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Red Dread Mike
@reddreadmike.bsky.social
Animator-artist hybrid powered by ancient nightmares & non-Euclidean movement. Calls the city of Vancouver, BC home.
46 - He/Him - Professional Nerd
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Here for the art & comics, as well as space & science news. But first I gotta track down my faves that have migrated here, as well as sub(?) any moderation lists that are recommended to keep my experience from becoming another Doom Scroll
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What a quote.
December 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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You're damn right Norman Rockwell was antifa.
December 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Nothing says "publisher prepping for 2026" like adding "Both of us promise to never never NEVER use genAI in this project, and if either of us do, deal's fuck'n OFF" clause to your publishing contracts.
December 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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i think what gets overlooked is that part of the humor and charm of edits like these is that you're perfectly aware that someone sat down and spent their own time making it. they chose to do something cool or silly or stupid or genius, regardless of the results

that human element elevates the work
Who needs AI when we had stuff like this? I’ll take photoshop edits over the slop any day
December 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Palantir. Sauron. CyberDyne. Blackrock. Mr Beast Inc. Cerberus. Blackwater. Anduril. Citizen. Citadel. Gilead. Bain Capital. Darktrace. Oracle. Umbra.
December 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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This bit was actually my idea.

I was just a fan columnist, I made friends with Mark Waid, he knew I loved the Justice League and he let me read the early script. I said I loved it (I still do) but I thought Canary could have some cooler moments and suggested this and a couple other bits.
December 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Remember:

When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.

When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.

ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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December 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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My favorite thing about Frog and Toad is that it is the story of two men deeply and obviously in love with one another, drawn as a tribute to his lifelong partner by a gay man long before their relationship was socially sanctioned.
Then Frog and Toad went out onto the front porch to wait for the mail.

They sat there, feeling happy together.
December 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Bonus: you don’t even have to be hyper talented or experienced. Be nice to work with, work well and the right people will pass your name around. Also: go to things.
I've worked in quite a few creative industries and I've found that one of the best way to make friends is to be reliable and get things done on time. You don't need to be the best, just someone who can be counted on.
December 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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This is just the series in a nutshell really
Just a little fun during my break!
December 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Mom Roz 🦋💙
#TheWildRobot
December 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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For all the new artists joining Bluesky:

🎨 You don't have to censor words such as commission, Patreon or Ko-Fi.

🎨 You can share links and your post will not be de-boosted.

🎨 You can take time away from Bluesky and come back whenever you feel like, there's no algorithm to punish you!
December 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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A posca experiment I don’t think I posted
December 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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If you're an artist coming over from Twitter because of this bullshit they added, first of all:

Really genuinely sorry they fucked you like this & I think it's extremely reasonable to be crashing out HARD right now

Second: I'm gonna offer Bluesky tips and encourage ppl to share starter packs here
Man its like just so invasive and gross feeling to see "Edit Image" appear over other people's images. Musk decided to give us the only kind of gift he can for christmas, sickening disappointment. Best of luck out there folks.
December 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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"people can still download your art from bsky and feed it into AI" if gamer behavior has taught me anything, just one extra button press is more than enough to annoy a MASSIVE amount of people into not making the effort
December 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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seems i never posted this comm here
December 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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December 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community

go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Happy holidays, my friends! Take care 🤘
December 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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September 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM