Andrew Prahin
@aprahin.bsky.social
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Andrew Prahin
@aprahin.bsky.social
· Mar 1
Hello fellow social platform refugees. I'm a children's book author-illustrator with a deep love of science and history and people in cafes and bars whispering the resistance into life.
Love a good bird photo. Immediately thought of this.
December 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Love a good bird photo. Immediately thought of this.
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2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
December 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
2 NEW epic images of Phobos over Mars just released by @esa.int Mars Express
This view is especially striking, with Phobos between the Tharsis volcanoes and Noctis Labyrinthus–Valles Marineris
Full resolution 300MP(!) & info on: flic.kr/p/2rMW4so
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY 🧪🔭
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
A 10 minute walk from my last Chicago home. When ICE has been put down and disbanded there must be arrests, there must be trials, and there must be justice. Everyone involved, from the thugs on the ground to those at the very top.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A 10 minute walk from my last Chicago home. When ICE has been put down and disbanded there must be arrests, there must be trials, and there must be justice. Everyone involved, from the thugs on the ground to those at the very top.
From privatizing health care to whipping up fear of others to crap like this, the billionaire class is working overtime to turn the UK into US Shithole East.
October 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
From privatizing health care to whipping up fear of others to crap like this, the billionaire class is working overtime to turn the UK into US Shithole East.
October 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
You do you, of course, but I imagine there's at least one independent or at least alternate coffee shop in your neck of the woods. Time to let Starbucks die.
BREAKING: Starbucks just announced a $1 billion restructuring and will close 59 unionized stores — nearly 10% of union locations.
It includes the Roastery in Seattle, one of its busiest shops.
CEO Brian Niccol made $100 million in four months last year.
It includes the Roastery in Seattle, one of its busiest shops.
CEO Brian Niccol made $100 million in four months last year.
September 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
You do you, of course, but I imagine there's at least one independent or at least alternate coffee shop in your neck of the woods. Time to let Starbucks die.
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Yeah man we should really fight back by staying on X
September 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Yeah man we should really fight back by staying on X
Many have been wondering what 1 person can do to reverse the seemingly overwhelming tide of authoritarianism. The cowards at Disney just gave us an opportunity.
As an illustrator, I'll miss the original 101 Dalmatians. As a writer, Andor. It may seem silly, but we can't let this moment pass.
As an illustrator, I'll miss the original 101 Dalmatians. As a writer, Andor. It may seem silly, but we can't let this moment pass.
September 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Many have been wondering what 1 person can do to reverse the seemingly overwhelming tide of authoritarianism. The cowards at Disney just gave us an opportunity.
As an illustrator, I'll miss the original 101 Dalmatians. As a writer, Andor. It may seem silly, but we can't let this moment pass.
As an illustrator, I'll miss the original 101 Dalmatians. As a writer, Andor. It may seem silly, but we can't let this moment pass.
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
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Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Andor Season 2, Episode 8 remains exceptional and very relevant.
September 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Andor Season 2, Episode 8 remains exceptional and very relevant.
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Update: We've removed the paywall for all ye who enter.
We've just updated the @wired.com guide to protecting your privacy while attending protests with the latest best practices. @agreenberg.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Update: We've removed the paywall for all ye who enter.
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“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft
Responding to the call / helping build a coven
May 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Responding to the call / helping build a coven
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It’s worth mentioning that Bookshop.org was specifically created to help indies—you can buy online, choose an indie to support, and the store gets a huge percentage of the sale. Even if you don’t have an indie in your area, Bookshop supports bookstores!
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
Bookshop.org
April 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
It’s worth mentioning that Bookshop.org was specifically created to help indies—you can buy online, choose an indie to support, and the store gets a huge percentage of the sale. Even if you don’t have an indie in your area, Bookshop supports bookstores!
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Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
April 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
American eggs. We're all going to pay.
Quick illustration using the trackpad of my aging laptop.
#illustration #eggs #SOTU
Quick illustration using the trackpad of my aging laptop.
#illustration #eggs #SOTU
March 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
American eggs. We're all going to pay.
Quick illustration using the trackpad of my aging laptop.
#illustration #eggs #SOTU
Quick illustration using the trackpad of my aging laptop.
#illustration #eggs #SOTU
Hello fellow social platform refugees. I'm a children's book author-illustrator with a deep love of science and history and people in cafes and bars whispering the resistance into life.
March 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Hello fellow social platform refugees. I'm a children's book author-illustrator with a deep love of science and history and people in cafes and bars whispering the resistance into life.
Masters of the Air is the only show I can think of that deliberately built tension-destroying spoilers into the content of the series.
Absolutely breathtaking. Magnificently written. But head-scratching decisions continually ruined potential surprises or agonizing scenes.
Absolutely breathtaking. Magnificently written. But head-scratching decisions continually ruined potential surprises or agonizing scenes.
March 19, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Masters of the Air is the only show I can think of that deliberately built tension-destroying spoilers into the content of the series.
Absolutely breathtaking. Magnificently written. But head-scratching decisions continually ruined potential surprises or agonizing scenes.
Absolutely breathtaking. Magnificently written. But head-scratching decisions continually ruined potential surprises or agonizing scenes.
Just watched Tilda Swinton and Tilda Swinton in The Shining. It took its time.
January 17, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Just watched Tilda Swinton and Tilda Swinton in The Shining. It took its time.