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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 12h

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We have some mountain climbing to do, featuring Teddy the delinquent!

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Some enemies from Mother. Piko is drawn by skeb.jp/@GuruminnSD

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 2d

Results of the poll was Kemono Teatime! Let's get cozy!

Tarte and Macaron in front of a stock image of some tea. Piko is drawn by skeb.jp/@Y845386

Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 2d

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Actually undecided what stream is going to be today, gonna catch up about over the weekend first though

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Musician, Writer, and artist! Building a nice little campfire to share with anyone who needs it! Always has been and always will be free of genAI. Pronouns he/him

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 4d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 7d

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Fairly certain we're in finale territory... is Cornet allowed to have a husband??

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Cornet standing in front of a jazzy arrangement of "Someday My Prince Will Come"

Piko is drawn by skeb.jp/@itsukirinngo

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 8d

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The desert

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A few enemies from the game Mother. Piko is drawn by skeb.jp/@GuruminnSD

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 9d

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Mom can we get Mobile Suit GUNDAM?

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The cast of Swordcraft Story 2 with the two playable characters front and center. Piko is drawn by vgen.co/Faerlumie

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 11d

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Bring your own snacks

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Tarte and Macaron in front of a stock photo of a hot beverage.

Piko is drawn by skeb.jp/@Y845386

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Rosa Pandora 🩷⭐ @rosapandora.bsky.social · 13d

★ SCHEDULE ★
SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 04

☆ twitch.tv/rosapandora ☆
☆ #vtuber #streamer ☆

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 14d

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I wonder if Etoile is going to make an appearance today

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Cornet standing in front of a jazzy piano arrangement of "Someday my Prince Will Come"

Piko is drawn by skeb.jp/@itsukirinngo

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Yeet Kune Do @yeetkunedo.bsky.social · Jul 6

re: generative AI

I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.

And now, you can use it, too.

Generative Al is being marketed as a tool designed to reduce or eliminate the need for developed, cognitive skillsets. It uses the work of others to simulate human output, except that it lacks grasp of nuance, contains grievous errors, and ultimately serves the goal of human beings being neurologically weaker due to the promise of the machine being better equipped than the humans using it would ever exert the effort to be.

The people that use generative Al for art have no interest in being an artist; they simply want product to consume and forget about when the next piece of product goes by their eyes. The people that use generative Al to make music have no interest in being a musician; they simply want a machine to make them something to listen to until they get bored and want the machine to make some other disposable slop for them to pass the time with.

The people that use generative Al to write things for them have no interest in writing. The people that use generative Al to find factoids have no interest in actual facts. The people that use generative Al to socialize have no interest in actual socialization.

In every case, they've handed over the cognitive load of developing a necessary, creative human skillset to a machine that promises to ease the sweat equity cost of struggle. Using generative Al is like asking a machine to lift weights on your behalf and then calling yourself a bodybuilder when it's done with the reps. You build nothing in terms of muscle, you are not stronger, you are not faster, you are not in better shape.

You're just deluding yourself while experiencing a slow decline due to self-inflicted atrophy.

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 15d

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I would prefer Ana lives and that we just wipe the floor with whatever enemies get in our way

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A few bosses from the game Mother. Piko is drawn by skeb.jp/@GuruminnSD

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 16d

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My reward for enduring the factory chapter was that now we're on the beach episode

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The cast of Swordcraft Story 2, the two playable characters front and center. Piko is drawn by vgen.co/Faerlumie

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 18d

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Time to clean out the marshmallow inbox

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Answering YOUR questions with advice! Piko's advice is not to be taken seriously

Piko is drawn by skeb.jp/@yui_mirano

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 18d

If the person who sent in 4 marshmallows after I reposted the marshmallow link is reading this, I would like to congratulate you on sending a normal one after sending 3 that make me wonder what's going on in that dome. If they were 4 unrelated senders, then nevermind.

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · Sep 5

Marshmallows have been piling up lately, but there's absolutely room for more. Send your questions to marshmallow-qa.com/pfsn4dd51i4s... before 1100 GMT-4 of 22 September 2025 and I'll answer it on stream! No bummers and no lore questions.

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Answering YOUR questions with advice! Get your questions in before 22 Sept 2025 and have them answered on stream by me!

-No bummers (Relationship questions, life-or-death scenario, generally scenarios you don't think you'll be able to laugh about later when you're past it)
-No lore (I'm writing chapter-by-chapter a full length story for Piko, if the answer is a spoiler for this, I will not answer it)

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 20d

Coming up on the 48 hour mark on taking questions that will be on stream! Link in quoted post!

Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · Sep 5

Marshmallows have been piling up lately, but there's absolutely room for more. Send your questions to marshmallow-qa.com/pfsn4dd51i4s... before 1100 GMT-4 of 22 September 2025 and I'll answer it on stream! No bummers and no lore questions.

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 21d

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You'll never save Prince Horac--- FERDINAND. I, Ice Dr-- MARJOLY, will strike you down.

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 22d

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I WANT TO GO TO SNOWMAN! I WANT TO RIDE THE TRAIN THERE!!!!

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Clay models of some enemies in Mother. Piko is drawn by skeb.jp/@GuruminnSD

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 23d

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It's time for drill

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Official art of the Swordcraft Story 2 cast with the two playable characters front and center. Piko is drawn by vgen.co/Faerlumie

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 25d

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If I were running this cafe, it'd be hot cocoa

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A wafting hot cup of tea. Tarte and Macaron portraits.
Piko is drawn by skeb.jp/@Y845386

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 28d

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Nobody better be wearing the same dress as me to the ball

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Cornet standing in front of a slightly blurry jazzy version of "Someday My Prince Will Come"

Piko is drawn by skeb.jp/@itsukirinngo

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · 29d

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So am I gonna get party members or what?

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · Sep 10

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I found the weeb button in this game, now playing with JP voices instead of dub

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Official art of Summon Night Swordcraft Story 2 featuring majority of the cast. Piko is drawn by https://vgen.co/Faerlumie

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Wordsmith Piko໒꒱ @wordsmithpiko.bsky.social · Sep 8

o^o)💦

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