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restlessBear

@restlessbear.bsky.social

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Obese over 50 curmudgeon trying to pursue a satisfying existence in spite of life's unspeakable horrors. Religious bigots, racists, capitalist boot-lickers, ai-slop slingers, trump turds and related trash will be blocked without comment. He/Him/Jim

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 20h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 6h

I genuinely cannot express how vital it is that you train yourself to recognize AI-generated images and videos for your own good because none of this is going away and many, many people are counting on you to fall for their shit

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restlessBear @restlessbear.bsky.social · 3d

10 Federal Storage just raised the rent on my 10x20 unit from $174 to $251 a month, a 30% increase. Because that's totally in line with inflation hovering around 3-5%. Totally not shitty corpos ass-fucking the middle class to line their fat pockets.

a stick figure is sitting in front of a computer monitor .

ALT: a stick figure is sitting in front of a computer monitor .

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 8d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

Mastercard

Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372
1-800-307-7309
US option selection: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1
Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111
Aus: +61 1800 120 113
UK: 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers here (and here )

Stripe

California: 888-926-2289
US: 877-887-7815
France: +33 805-11-19-67

Paypal

Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161
Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050
UK: +44 (0203)-901-7000

Visa

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US option selection: 1, 1, 2 or 1, 1, 3
Headquarters: +1 (650)-432-3200
Aus: +61 1800 125 440
Phone (outside US): click here

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restlessBear @restlessbear.bsky.social · 5d

Damn. Really cuts to the core with this.

How I View the US After 13 Years Living in Europe

YouTube video by Evan Edinger

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Magic8 🎱 @magic8dolls.bsky.social · 6d

Myla finds all new crystals

#HollowKnight #Myla #FigureSky #MineralSky #CrystalSky

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⛥H. Kyoht Luterman⛧ @hkluterman.bsky.social · 9d

An American Werewolf with Worms.
#art #werewolf #AWIL #fanart #furry #furryart

The werewolf from An American Werewolf in London scooting on his butt with his feets up in a very silly and awkward position. He doesn't look thrilled.

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panken @panken.bsky.social · 10d

whatever. does this to you

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Skelesse 💀✿ @celesse.bsky.social · 10d

It's spooky time!! 💀🧡

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rat posting from the lab @gizmouse.bsky.social · 12d

academy award contending tiktok

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skrif @skullbird.bsky.social · 11d

May the right fire burn within me.

There is hatred all around me.
But i wont let it win.
I can fight for what I love,
more than against what I hate.

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 12d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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restlessBear @restlessbear.bsky.social · 13d

Anyway, just needed to get that out of my system in a way so I can look back on it later. I am making a decision for myself and I have to ignore the feeling of selfishness it invokes. Self-preservation is not a sin, it is part of being human. I need to take that to heart.

restlessBear @restlessbear.bsky.social · 13d

So this is the first step. Cut out the media slop and junk, and go from there. Doesn't mean I'm abandoning social media or disappearing from the internet, but I might try a different platform more appropriate for keeping a journal or blogging.

restlessBear @restlessbear.bsky.social · 13d

I can't do it all at once, or it simply won't work. That's one thing therapy has taught me; one or two small, achievable steps at a time. Don't try to do it all at once, or you will overwhelm yourself.

restlessBear @restlessbear.bsky.social · 13d

Not sure exactly what all will be involved, but it definitely starts with filtering out the news, shutting down the feeds, and stopping the daily doom-scrolling grind that's been going on for years.

restlessBear @restlessbear.bsky.social · 13d

So I'm cutting it out. Starting today, I'm focusing on the things directly around me that I can control and appreciate. My family, my hobbies, my community, and myself. The rest gets filtered and blocked until sometime when I feel like I can handle it again.

restlessBear @restlessbear.bsky.social · 13d

I don't know for how long or to what extent, but if I don't do this now, I'm not going to survive. I know it's cowardly and selfish, but I am too old and too out of shape, both physically and mentally, to keep up the fight against the people trying to control how you think every day.

restlessBear @restlessbear.bsky.social · 13d

The news and social media I keep following has become so untrustworthy, and the cost and effort required to sort fact from propaganda has become so high, that I can't see any safe level of consumption. I have to stick my head in the sand, for my own well-being.

restlessBear @restlessbear.bsky.social · 13d

I can't ignore what's happening to me anymore. I've had to change up and more than double my medications, and the meds on their own are simply not doing the job. I have to make some hard changes or I am just not going to make it, and that starts with the media I consume.

restlessBear @restlessbear.bsky.social · 13d

This weekend hasn't been great. Once again I went into it with every intention of getting good rest, cooking good food, and getting things done around the house, both chores and just fun hobby stuff. And once again I've deteriorated into crushing apathy, toxic lethargy, and overwhelming cynicism.

restlessBear @restlessbear.bsky.social · 14d

I wish I could stop feeling so lethargic, bleak and completely unmotivated all the time.

I really may have to drop into some kind of dystopian good-vibes-only echo chamber at some point.

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Gay Breakfast @gaybreakfast.bsky.social · 22d

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The Chaotic Queer Cat sits proudly at the top of a ledge, their rainbow cloak billowing in the wind. An onlooker complains “uhg, its not even pride month.” The onlooker begins to jeer “hey loser! I identify as an attack helicop-“ but he never finished that sentence. In his eagerness to taunt, he failed to notice the cat hunker down and gulp repeatedly before barfing up jet stream of rainbow down onto him. “OH GOD!” he wails from offscreen.

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restlessBear @restlessbear.bsky.social · 18d

restlessBear @restlessbear.bsky.social · 19d

They will do it again. They're "changing their mind" because they're losing money, no other reason. They have no moral compass. Just blind, ravenous, insatiable greed.