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Develop “concept art”?? 💀 💀 💀
All the image models solely rely on stolen work of countless of artists to function at capacity.
Using them not only is deeply unethical but puts the company at risk.
Not worth it and I truly hope ( hell, I’m begging) that they reconsider 😭
All the image models solely rely on stolen work of countless of artists to function at capacity.
Using them not only is deeply unethical but puts the company at risk.
Not worth it and I truly hope ( hell, I’m begging) that they reconsider 😭
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Develop “concept art”?? 💀 💀 💀
All the image models solely rely on stolen work of countless of artists to function at capacity.
Using them not only is deeply unethical but puts the company at risk.
Not worth it and I truly hope ( hell, I’m begging) that they reconsider 😭
All the image models solely rely on stolen work of countless of artists to function at capacity.
Using them not only is deeply unethical but puts the company at risk.
Not worth it and I truly hope ( hell, I’m begging) that they reconsider 😭
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I see a lot of webcomic advice posts floating around and while a lot of them have excellent tips and wisdom about speeding up workflow or working smarter, I'd like to offer a slightly different insight:
Your personal project, first and foremost, should be enjoyable to make
Your personal project, first and foremost, should be enjoyable to make
December 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I see a lot of webcomic advice posts floating around and while a lot of them have excellent tips and wisdom about speeding up workflow or working smarter, I'd like to offer a slightly different insight:
Your personal project, first and foremost, should be enjoyable to make
Your personal project, first and foremost, should be enjoyable to make
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ever look at an old piece of yours and think "honestly? i ate"
There will be blood alt poster - 2016
There will be blood alt poster - 2016
December 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
ever look at an old piece of yours and think "honestly? i ate"
There will be blood alt poster - 2016
There will be blood alt poster - 2016
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anyways be kind to your creatives and be a bit forgiving with us if we don’t seem as cheerful as usual and crash out every now and then- we’re all collectively having a rough one since idk 2021 or so
Nah I feel you and it’s valid to crash out from time to time. We’re all feeling the strain and we’re carrying so much. Someone with your experience should have it made, but this awful industry just continues to spit on us
December 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
anyways be kind to your creatives and be a bit forgiving with us if we don’t seem as cheerful as usual and crash out every now and then- we’re all collectively having a rough one since idk 2021 or so
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I made a machine steal the work of a real human being. It's almost as if the stolen work it regurgitated seems like it was written by a real human being. Instead of giving that credit to the breathing person it was stolen from... perhaps the theft machine is actually alive??
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I made a machine steal the work of a real human being. It's almost as if the stolen work it regurgitated seems like it was written by a real human being. Instead of giving that credit to the breathing person it was stolen from... perhaps the theft machine is actually alive??
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The product is just dependence on mind poison. Study after study has shown people using GPT think they are more productive but are empirically not. It is just a button you press that delivers hits of dopamine completely unrelated to the world around you.
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
ChatGPT is about to get flirty.
buff.ly
October 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The product is just dependence on mind poison. Study after study has shown people using GPT think they are more productive but are empirically not. It is just a button you press that delivers hits of dopamine completely unrelated to the world around you.
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Just bought this. Please share and contribute if you can.
the “Play for Peace - Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle” needs as much support as it can get right now. it’s halfway there with just 2 days to go!
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please share and spread the word.
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please share and spread the word.
September 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Just bought this. Please share and contribute if you can.
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Ryan Ken at the Emmys, looking fabulous and displaying how easy it is to do your part to protect against COVID.
It can be hard to be the lone masker, but your health and the health of those around you is worth it.
Respirators do an excellent job stopping transmission.
It can be hard to be the lone masker, but your health and the health of those around you is worth it.
Respirators do an excellent job stopping transmission.
September 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Ryan Ken at the Emmys, looking fabulous and displaying how easy it is to do your part to protect against COVID.
It can be hard to be the lone masker, but your health and the health of those around you is worth it.
Respirators do an excellent job stopping transmission.
It can be hard to be the lone masker, but your health and the health of those around you is worth it.
Respirators do an excellent job stopping transmission.
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2020 is when I picked art back up after a 6 year burnout/pause from it, I look back and it looks like a different person made it💀
September 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
2020 is when I picked art back up after a 6 year burnout/pause from it, I look back and it looks like a different person made it💀
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MtG: Yera and Oski, Weaver and Guide
Through the Omenpaths
AD: Sam Padilla
(c) Wizards of the Coast 2025
maybe one of my favourite card illustrations so far of mine. (Now, if only we could have a print version 😅)
#art #juliametzgerart
Through the Omenpaths
AD: Sam Padilla
(c) Wizards of the Coast 2025
maybe one of my favourite card illustrations so far of mine. (Now, if only we could have a print version 😅)
#art #juliametzgerart
September 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
MtG: Yera and Oski, Weaver and Guide
Through the Omenpaths
AD: Sam Padilla
(c) Wizards of the Coast 2025
maybe one of my favourite card illustrations so far of mine. (Now, if only we could have a print version 😅)
#art #juliametzgerart
Through the Omenpaths
AD: Sam Padilla
(c) Wizards of the Coast 2025
maybe one of my favourite card illustrations so far of mine. (Now, if only we could have a print version 😅)
#art #juliametzgerart
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I’ve been going though my hard drive all weekend and I now have an additional 300 or so paintings I’d like to make, I’ll probably do like 3 or 4, I’ll make them exclusive to coerce you
Remember these old paintings I used to do, would you like to buy a pdf that collects all 70+ of them together? If you make me feel really good maybe we can bump it up to 80, 90? Probably not
September 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I’ve been going though my hard drive all weekend and I now have an additional 300 or so paintings I’d like to make, I’ll probably do like 3 or 4, I’ll make them exclusive to coerce you
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Yes, literacy is important -- but literacy means more than "how to use X". It also includes understanding what X (here, LLMs) is and when NOT to use them.
Synthetic text that reads as authoritative but for which no one is accountable is poison to the information ecosystem.
Synthetic text that reads as authoritative but for which no one is accountable is poison to the information ecosystem.
September 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Yes, literacy is important -- but literacy means more than "how to use X". It also includes understanding what X (here, LLMs) is and when NOT to use them.
Synthetic text that reads as authoritative but for which no one is accountable is poison to the information ecosystem.
Synthetic text that reads as authoritative but for which no one is accountable is poison to the information ecosystem.
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August 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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If you can take a food safety course, it would likely be an excellent investment in your health.
This is devastating and it’s egregious the public weren’t notified when they stopped the surveillance program.
It’s a cull. They want to kill off the “weak” so only the strong (and rich) survive.
This is devastating and it’s egregious the public weren’t notified when they stopped the surveillance program.
It’s a cull. They want to kill off the “weak” so only the strong (and rich) survive.
A federal-state partnership that monitors for foodborne illnesses quietly scaled back its operations nearly two months ago.
As of July 1, the critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight, a spokesperson for the CDC says.
As of July 1, the critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight, a spokesperson for the CDC says.
The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses
As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.
nbcnews.to
August 27, 2025 at 4:48 AM
If you can take a food safety course, it would likely be an excellent investment in your health.
This is devastating and it’s egregious the public weren’t notified when they stopped the surveillance program.
It’s a cull. They want to kill off the “weak” so only the strong (and rich) survive.
This is devastating and it’s egregious the public weren’t notified when they stopped the surveillance program.
It’s a cull. They want to kill off the “weak” so only the strong (and rich) survive.
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Birders of a feather flock together for unaccompanied immigrant children. And we love them for it! Thank you for supporting @theyoungcenter.bsky.social!
Hey all! Once again, I will be raising funds for @theyoungcenter.bsky.social 's #Waymakers Challenge from September 1-30! Donate at the link below & name a bird and I'll draw it as thanks. All money goes to helping immigrant kids in the US!
act.theyoungcenter.org/a/birdsbeyon...
act.theyoungcenter.org/a/birdsbeyon...
August 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Birders of a feather flock together for unaccompanied immigrant children. And we love them for it! Thank you for supporting @theyoungcenter.bsky.social!
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Once buried under silt and nearly lost, Wular Lake in Kashmir is seeing lotus flowers emerge again after 33 years. A five-year desilting campaign has restored water depth, clarity, and native flora, along with centuries-old culinary and cultural traditions. buff.ly/4vuVcm6
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Joy and relief as lotus flowers bloom again in Kashmiri lake after three decades
Wular Lake once supported 5,000 people who harvested the plant’s edible roots, until the lake silted up after floods. Now the lotuses are back
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August 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Once buried under silt and nearly lost, Wular Lake in Kashmir is seeing lotus flowers emerge again after 33 years. A five-year desilting campaign has restored water depth, clarity, and native flora, along with centuries-old culinary and cultural traditions. buff.ly/4vuVcm6
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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“Workers’ pay is increasingly shaped by opaque algorithms and artificial intelligence systems, shifting compensation decisions away from human managers, clear legal standards, and collective bargaining.”
Algorithmic wage discrimination was first documented in app-controlled ride-hail and food-delivery work.
Read more on how surveillance pay works and where it is deployed in the U.S. economy, along with recommendations to ensure fairness in setting workers’ pay:
equitablegrowth.org/how-artifici...
Read more on how surveillance pay works and where it is deployed in the U.S. economy, along with recommendations to ensure fairness in setting workers’ pay:
equitablegrowth.org/how-artifici...
How artificial intelligence uncouples hard work from fair wages through ‘surveillance pay’ practices—and how to fix it
How surveillance pay practices work, where they are increasingly deployed in the U.S. economy, and policy recommendations to ensure pay fairness and transparency.
equitablegrowth.org
August 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“Workers’ pay is increasingly shaped by opaque algorithms and artificial intelligence systems, shifting compensation decisions away from human managers, clear legal standards, and collective bargaining.”
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The biggest AI transition—for now!—is a permission structure for your boss to screw you www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/ai-killed-...
August 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The biggest AI transition—for now!—is a permission structure for your boss to screw you www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/ai-killed-...
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Friends (esp if you live in CA) we REALLY need signatures on this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act.
TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets!
Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets!
Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
August 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Friends (esp if you live in CA) we REALLY need signatures on this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act.
TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets!
Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets!
Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
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The irony is that the position the Government is taking (that competing privacy rights and rights to collective security have to be balanced to ensure each is given proportional weight) has been exactly tested in the CJEU and the top court found that it was *a disproportionate* action.
August 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The irony is that the position the Government is taking (that competing privacy rights and rights to collective security have to be balanced to ensure each is given proportional weight) has been exactly tested in the CJEU and the top court found that it was *a disproportionate* action.
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I love this next iteration of making climate an individuals responsibility, rather than a systemic issue.
This blame game benefits corporations that want to run AI models.
Data storage is "cold"🧊: the heat it generates is marginal.
Active computing for AI GPUs is hot. 🌡🔥
It needs tons of water.
This blame game benefits corporations that want to run AI models.
Data storage is "cold"🧊: the heat it generates is marginal.
Active computing for AI GPUs is hot. 🌡🔥
It needs tons of water.
sorry you're experiencing record breaking temperatures and drought. Have you tried deleted some of photos of your grandmother about it?
UK Asks People to Delete Emails In Order to Save Water During Drought
As Britain experiences one of its worst droughts in decades, its leaders suggest people get rid of old data to reduce stress on data centers.
www.404media.co
August 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I love this next iteration of making climate an individuals responsibility, rather than a systemic issue.
This blame game benefits corporations that want to run AI models.
Data storage is "cold"🧊: the heat it generates is marginal.
Active computing for AI GPUs is hot. 🌡🔥
It needs tons of water.
This blame game benefits corporations that want to run AI models.
Data storage is "cold"🧊: the heat it generates is marginal.
Active computing for AI GPUs is hot. 🌡🔥
It needs tons of water.
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First-of-a-kind US class-action lawsuit would force EPA to reinstate $3bn climate program
First-of-a-kind US class-action lawsuit would force EPA to reinstate $3bn climate program
Coalition of non-profits, tribes and local governments sued EPA chief for halting climate justice grants
www.theguardian.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
First-of-a-kind US class-action lawsuit would force EPA to reinstate $3bn climate program