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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Sublight Drive Crafts @sublightdrive.bsky.social · 5d

we love a tin can with a warp drive

RJB / Mallacore 🇨🇦 @rjb-mallacore.bsky.social · 6d

A warp capable system patrol ship.
Pre/early Federation possible setting.

Enjoy.

#scifi #scifiart #startrek

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Sublight Drive Crafts @sublightdrive.bsky.social · 5d

I do wonder how many card and board games started out as little cutouts shoved in with sleeved basic lands.

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Matt Schuster @workerfile.bsky.social · 6d

Compiler, Digital Collage, 2022. #artsky #collage #abstract

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 8d

Physical miniature elements getting ready

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70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 8d

How I'm posting this month

A hand emerges from a pumpkin, covering in gross innards, to type into an old word processor, c. 1983.

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Matt Schuster @workerfile.bsky.social · 10d

Bad Maps V, Digital Collage, 2022. #artsky #blackandwhite #abstract #collage

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wei-yau.bsky.social @wei-yau.bsky.social · Jun 6

Uh oh, confession time. I learned about Gaslands last December, and I've accumulated far too many diecast cars and built over 60 cars since then.

And someday, I hope to play my first game.

I haven't included perks beyond the default sponsor ones. So, for Verney, I made sure to include droppers.

The veteran "Blaster" Bartel drives this rusted, patched up Charger. The minigun is operated by the crew in the reinforced armored passenger side. The mine dropper in the rear of the car allows Bartel to seed destruction for any tailgaters.

"Crusher" Corman was recently poached by Verney away from the famed Miyzaki Crew-212. Now, with a new paint job and sponsor, Corman lends his twin-linked hood mounted machine guns and rear mounted napalm dropper to running that final victory lap.

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 10d

The tech is unable to help you with making a game right now and certainly not one that will pay off 20 billion. The work made by the magical ai will need to be redone and fixed by skilled people but it’s polishing a turd and still a turd no mater how many shaders you put over it.

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Sublight Drive Crafts @sublightdrive.bsky.social · 10d

One of those things that seems obvious (unless it isn’t), but I never write any of my scripts in order. I always start in the middle, writing the part I find the most interesting or relevant. Stuff like connective tissue and intros come easier when the meat of the thing is already on the page.

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Sublight Drive Crafts @sublightdrive.bsky.social · 11d

Watch me build a real version of the ship from the cover of Asteroids for the Atari 7800! Full video is on youtube, be sure to check it out.
#shiptember

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Sublight Drive Crafts @sublightdrive.bsky.social · 12d

What is he processing

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Sublight Drive Crafts @sublightdrive.bsky.social · 14d

More photos of my Atari 7800 Asteroids project. Full build video is up on YouTube now!

#shiptember

Front on view of a model spaceship against a black background. An asteroid is visible in the background.

Underside view of a model spaceship. Many small details and patches of color are visible, and the canopy is just visible on ver the edge of the ship.

Closeup view of a model spaceship. Small details, like decals, oil stains, and small mechanical parts are visible.

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Sublight Drive Crafts @sublightdrive.bsky.social · 15d

And the compositing process for this image. The full video for making the spaceship should be up this weekend.

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Sublight Drive Crafts @sublightdrive.bsky.social · 15d

Seeing the cover art for the Atari 7800 version of Asteroids struck me with an overwhelming desire to replicate it with physical models.

#shiptember

A space scene made by compositing photos of a model spaceship and asteroids. Two delta shaped spacecraft fly between the asteroids and towards the upper left of the image, shooting purple blaster bolts at a green explosion.

The cover for the Atart 7800 asteroids game. It features an image of two delta shaped spacecraft in an asteroid field, being shot at by UFOs as they destroy asteroids.

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Sublight Drive Crafts @sublightdrive.bsky.social · 19d

I made a rock #myrock

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Matt Schuster @workerfile.bsky.social · 20d

Salt the Earth, Digital Collage, 2022. #artsky #abstract #blackandwhite #collage

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70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 20d

It's Control Panel Saturday: Here's the uncredited 1983 cover art for the Atari game 'Encounter.'

missleA guy in a VR-looking helmet faces a screen showing a crystaline flying saucer hovering in a green field surrounded by three yellow upright tubes. A control panel below the screen shows off tetris-like buttons as well as three big glowing buttons: A red one reads 'missile', a yellow one 'saucer', and a blue one 'attack.'

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 21d

we have to destroy it to release his soul so he can rest

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 21d

For decades, Stan Lee was the king of comic conventions. Now, nearly seven years after his death at the age of 95, he will once again be a presence at L.A. Comic Con, this time as a hologram that will use AI to have conversations with fans.

An AI Stan Lee Hologram Will Speak With Fans at L.A. Comic Con

For decades, Stan Lee was the king of comic conventions. Now, nearly seven years after his death at the age of 95, he will once again be a presence at L.A. Comic Con, this time as a hologram that will use AI to have conversations with fans.

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Shaun Mooney @mooneysart.bsky.social · 24d

Does your desk need cleaning?

Shaun Mooney @mooneysart.bsky.social · 24d

First prototype is done. Some tweaks to make but think we cracked it at this scale. Who would be interested in purchasing this as a high quality large scale model?

big thanks to @locusdio.bsky.social who did the dirty work on this!

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Matt Schuster @workerfile.bsky.social · 29d

All Hell Breaks Loose I, Digital Collage, 2023. #blackandwhite #abstract #collage #artsky

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Sublight Drive Crafts @sublightdrive.bsky.social · Sep 11

Show me your pink art!! 🎀💝🌸

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · Sep 10

Politicians and rich people only condemn violence as "political" when it kills someone rich and famous.

When trans people are targeted for violence by the state or by right wing influencers, when immigrants are racially profiles and put in camps, when protestors are brutalized, that's just normal.

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Sublight Drive Crafts @sublightdrive.bsky.social · Sep 9

I have made a rock

A small model of an asteroid, on the end of a thin black support. In the background, out of focus, is a model spaceship.

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kruger @kruger.bsky.social · Sep 7

#SST25 Tandem /Day5. Heavy Fighter Craft T10M5, developed jointly by "Vyrrak" and "Northern Star Shipyards" for Vyrian LREF, as a long-range superiority fighter for hit-and-run tactics, when cruisers and carrier groups are an overkill for the needed effect #spaceshiptember

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