bug catcher jd 🐛
@softmossdog.bsky.social
We must fight hopelessness and apathy with art, joy, and whimsy.
27, queer.
I only repost images with alt text.
PFP: guy with shaggy brown hair, green shirt by @cyellolemon.bsky.social
Banner: nonbinary flag with ghosties by @/catboyzaid on twit
27, queer.
I only repost images with alt text.
PFP: guy with shaggy brown hair, green shirt by @cyellolemon.bsky.social
Banner: nonbinary flag with ghosties by @/catboyzaid on twit
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Remember, sneering works. It’s working now. That’s why the lowliest AI fan and the CEO of Microsoft are trying to get us to stop saying “slop.”
AI art is supposed to be its flashy flagship and treating it as disposable rubbish (which it is) ruins everything
AI art is supposed to be its flashy flagship and treating it as disposable rubbish (which it is) ruins everything
February 6, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Remember, sneering works. It’s working now. That’s why the lowliest AI fan and the CEO of Microsoft are trying to get us to stop saying “slop.”
AI art is supposed to be its flashy flagship and treating it as disposable rubbish (which it is) ruins everything
AI art is supposed to be its flashy flagship and treating it as disposable rubbish (which it is) ruins everything
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”You liked this $20 until you learned it was counterfeit!” they chirp, confident that they have won the argument
February 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
”You liked this $20 until you learned it was counterfeit!” they chirp, confident that they have won the argument
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They say “But you LIKED this art when you didn’t know it was AI!” like it’s some kind of gotcha.
We liked the original artist upon whose stolen work the machine was trained. Kindly point us in their direction.
We liked the original artist upon whose stolen work the machine was trained. Kindly point us in their direction.
February 6, 2026 at 1:56 AM
They say “But you LIKED this art when you didn’t know it was AI!” like it’s some kind of gotcha.
We liked the original artist upon whose stolen work the machine was trained. Kindly point us in their direction.
We liked the original artist upon whose stolen work the machine was trained. Kindly point us in their direction.
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A few years ago I was (for some reason) asked to guest-judge a children's science fair. Fear not for the future: our greatest scientific advancements are ahead of us
May 2, 2024 at 3:14 PM
A few years ago I was (for some reason) asked to guest-judge a children's science fair. Fear not for the future: our greatest scientific advancements are ahead of us
And I wish I could sing the blues, but all I hear are orange tunes 🍊
CLAY - "Orange" (Official Audio)
YouTube video by CLAY
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February 6, 2026 at 6:03 AM
And I wish I could sing the blues, but all I hear are orange tunes 🍊
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wtf. fuck off Joseph
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is on CNN talking about “repealing section 230” so as a reminder: repealing 230 will destroy freedom of expression as we know it. It means more censorship, suppression & mass surveillance. This is bad, don’t let a B-list actor convince you otherwise. Call your representatives!
February 5, 2026 at 11:27 PM
wtf. fuck off Joseph
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February 5, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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Flax About to Flower
Digital painting
Digital painting
February 5, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Flax About to Flower
Digital painting
Digital painting
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The Earth's cutest boys.
February 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The Earth's cutest boys.
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Portable dimetrodon to be slung around the neck, much lighter than an actual dimetrodon, now at xxyxxy.com
#twee #ceramic #dimetrodon #necklace
#twee #ceramic #dimetrodon #necklace
February 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Portable dimetrodon to be slung around the neck, much lighter than an actual dimetrodon, now at xxyxxy.com
#twee #ceramic #dimetrodon #necklace
#twee #ceramic #dimetrodon #necklace
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beetle is writing you a love letter 💌
February 5, 2026 at 11:37 PM
beetle is writing you a love letter 💌
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Yikes! 3 lines drawn in the span of 2 seconds and the "accurate" detector is saying it's likely to contain ai content. At this point I was curious to see just how bad this thing is at its job, so I used some other default photoshop CS6 functions on the smiley to see what happened
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February 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Yikes! 3 lines drawn in the span of 2 seconds and the "accurate" detector is saying it's likely to contain ai content. At this point I was curious to see just how bad this thing is at its job, so I used some other default photoshop CS6 functions on the smiley to see what happened
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Kind of an awkward PSA because I've had some artist mutuals recommend these sites/tools, but
"ai image detection" tools are snake oil, and I feel like nobody bothered to scrutinize them.
So I opened photoshop cs6, drew a smiley face, and uploaded it to the "accurate" detector:
"ai image detection" tools are snake oil, and I feel like nobody bothered to scrutinize them.
So I opened photoshop cs6, drew a smiley face, and uploaded it to the "accurate" detector:
February 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Kind of an awkward PSA because I've had some artist mutuals recommend these sites/tools, but
"ai image detection" tools are snake oil, and I feel like nobody bothered to scrutinize them.
So I opened photoshop cs6, drew a smiley face, and uploaded it to the "accurate" detector:
"ai image detection" tools are snake oil, and I feel like nobody bothered to scrutinize them.
So I opened photoshop cs6, drew a smiley face, and uploaded it to the "accurate" detector:
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To call this "harm reduction" or a "good step" is to treat the public like idiots. It's insulting. They are acting like people making real demands are children, and they are the adults in the room.
February 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
To call this "harm reduction" or a "good step" is to treat the public like idiots. It's insulting. They are acting like people making real demands are children, and they are the adults in the room.
Me in bio: I only repost images with alt text
Me, at least once a day: *reposts an image without alt text and immediately notices After the fact, has to unrepost*
anyway if you ever see these reposts in the two seconds before I undo them, my bad, I am very fallible
Me, at least once a day: *reposts an image without alt text and immediately notices After the fact, has to unrepost*
anyway if you ever see these reposts in the two seconds before I undo them, my bad, I am very fallible
February 5, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Me in bio: I only repost images with alt text
Me, at least once a day: *reposts an image without alt text and immediately notices After the fact, has to unrepost*
anyway if you ever see these reposts in the two seconds before I undo them, my bad, I am very fallible
Me, at least once a day: *reposts an image without alt text and immediately notices After the fact, has to unrepost*
anyway if you ever see these reposts in the two seconds before I undo them, my bad, I am very fallible
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Surprisingly good video on the Cold War from David_thegreatest on TikTok.
Covers how the main threats to the US post WW2 were Britain and France's legacy of colonialism and the rise of communism.
Many of todays problems can be explained through this lens.
Covers how the main threats to the US post WW2 were Britain and France's legacy of colonialism and the rise of communism.
Many of todays problems can be explained through this lens.
February 5, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Surprisingly good video on the Cold War from David_thegreatest on TikTok.
Covers how the main threats to the US post WW2 were Britain and France's legacy of colonialism and the rise of communism.
Many of todays problems can be explained through this lens.
Covers how the main threats to the US post WW2 were Britain and France's legacy of colonialism and the rise of communism.
Many of todays problems can be explained through this lens.
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“There will still be assholes in communism” nobody said there wouldn’t be. But they’ll be living in an apartment like everyone else. Using the same healthcare system. And not have a trillion dollars of private capital. I don’t care if they are rude
February 5, 2026 at 1:15 AM
“There will still be assholes in communism” nobody said there wouldn’t be. But they’ll be living in an apartment like everyone else. Using the same healthcare system. And not have a trillion dollars of private capital. I don’t care if they are rude
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I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
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February 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
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I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane
February 5, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane
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This is like a scene out of Monty Python.
ICE agents get a name back from face recognition and multiple agents start calling out "Maria! Maria!" to see if a woman in custody reacts. (Presumably if she does that's a match???)
It didn't work, so they ran the app again and got another name.
ICE agents get a name back from face recognition and multiple agents start calling out "Maria! Maria!" to see if a woman in custody reacts. (Presumably if she does that's a match???)
It didn't work, so they ran the app again and got another name.
February 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
This is like a scene out of Monty Python.
ICE agents get a name back from face recognition and multiple agents start calling out "Maria! Maria!" to see if a woman in custody reacts. (Presumably if she does that's a match???)
It didn't work, so they ran the app again and got another name.
ICE agents get a name back from face recognition and multiple agents start calling out "Maria! Maria!" to see if a woman in custody reacts. (Presumably if she does that's a match???)
It didn't work, so they ran the app again and got another name.
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One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.
Anyway, yeah. The overwhelming impression one gets from so many of these emails is that a lot of them are guys who have never had a real, serious friendship with a woman in their lives.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
February 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.
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