Alex
@endymon.bsky.social
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+ it doesn't matter what level of skill you are someone will dislike your work.
even if you're absolutely best at it people won't like it because it's not what they want made in the exact way they want it done.
answer is: do the art you like and and you'll find others that share the sentiment.
even if you're absolutely best at it people won't like it because it's not what they want made in the exact way they want it done.
answer is: do the art you like and and you'll find others that share the sentiment.
"you will get savaged"
No. You won't. You'll find a small community of people who enjoy your first attempts at art, and that community will grow as you get better.
Be so for real. Yes, maybe one or two assholes will criticize you but most people are not so unkind.
No. You won't. You'll find a small community of people who enjoy your first attempts at art, and that community will grow as you get better.
Be so for real. Yes, maybe one or two assholes will criticize you but most people are not so unkind.
I mean, things are tough all over. If rude criticism stops you from making art, you should probably not be making art.
December 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
+ it doesn't matter what level of skill you are someone will dislike your work.
even if you're absolutely best at it people won't like it because it's not what they want made in the exact way they want it done.
answer is: do the art you like and and you'll find others that share the sentiment.
even if you're absolutely best at it people won't like it because it's not what they want made in the exact way they want it done.
answer is: do the art you like and and you'll find others that share the sentiment.
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The US TikTok sale has been signed. The company will be controlled by a joint venture including Oracle, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, Abu Dhabi-based MGX. Adding a UAE company really makes it clear that this was never about national security concerns.
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
Scoop: TikTok signs deal for sale of U.S. unit after yearslong saga
The deal would end a yearslong saga to force TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the company's U.S. operation.
www.axios.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The US TikTok sale has been signed. The company will be controlled by a joint venture including Oracle, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, Abu Dhabi-based MGX. Adding a UAE company really makes it clear that this was never about national security concerns.
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
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The push for the TikTok ban was bipartisan and stupid. But the Trump administration's goals for the ban have always been crystal clear: to place control of TikTok in the US in the hands of people chosen by and indebted to Trump.
December 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The push for the TikTok ban was bipartisan and stupid. But the Trump administration's goals for the ban have always been crystal clear: to place control of TikTok in the US in the hands of people chosen by and indebted to Trump.
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Last time I added pigment powder to an acrylic medium, I did waaaaay too much medium.
This time I'm 99% sure I didn't add too much medium... I'm 80% sure I may have added too little. At lest that's easier to fix?
This time I'm 99% sure I didn't add too much medium... I'm 80% sure I may have added too little. At lest that's easier to fix?
December 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Last time I added pigment powder to an acrylic medium, I did waaaaay too much medium.
This time I'm 99% sure I didn't add too much medium... I'm 80% sure I may have added too little. At lest that's easier to fix?
This time I'm 99% sure I didn't add too much medium... I'm 80% sure I may have added too little. At lest that's easier to fix?
Stages of making gift art:
1) Think of cool design.
2) Sketch it out.
3) Decide to go beyond experience and paint it on glass.
4) Make sketch into a stencil because writing mirrored is difficult, and I don't have the brain power for that right now.
5) Question life choices by writing a post.
1) Think of cool design.
2) Sketch it out.
3) Decide to go beyond experience and paint it on glass.
4) Make sketch into a stencil because writing mirrored is difficult, and I don't have the brain power for that right now.
5) Question life choices by writing a post.
December 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Stages of making gift art:
1) Think of cool design.
2) Sketch it out.
3) Decide to go beyond experience and paint it on glass.
4) Make sketch into a stencil because writing mirrored is difficult, and I don't have the brain power for that right now.
5) Question life choices by writing a post.
1) Think of cool design.
2) Sketch it out.
3) Decide to go beyond experience and paint it on glass.
4) Make sketch into a stencil because writing mirrored is difficult, and I don't have the brain power for that right now.
5) Question life choices by writing a post.
Last night I had an amazing opportunity to introduce two players to #CandelaObscura at my local game store. Everyone had a great time. Even with the dice being mean at the start, they succeeded in their assignment!
Hopefully will be running more games there soon.
@darringtonpress.bsky.social
Hopefully will be running more games there soon.
@darringtonpress.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Last night I had an amazing opportunity to introduce two players to #CandelaObscura at my local game store. Everyone had a great time. Even with the dice being mean at the start, they succeeded in their assignment!
Hopefully will be running more games there soon.
@darringtonpress.bsky.social
Hopefully will be running more games there soon.
@darringtonpress.bsky.social
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Heads up for all my art friends that have an online store.
December 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Heads up for all my art friends that have an online store.
Friday: Internet outage in town.
Not ideal but can be managed.
Saturday: town gets internet back, my house doesn't because of an unknown issue.
This... this is now bad. I have things that can't be handled on a phone, and don't have a laptop. 😐 I now have calls to make. 😵
Not ideal but can be managed.
Saturday: town gets internet back, my house doesn't because of an unknown issue.
This... this is now bad. I have things that can't be handled on a phone, and don't have a laptop. 😐 I now have calls to make. 😵
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Friday: Internet outage in town.
Not ideal but can be managed.
Saturday: town gets internet back, my house doesn't because of an unknown issue.
This... this is now bad. I have things that can't be handled on a phone, and don't have a laptop. 😐 I now have calls to make. 😵
Not ideal but can be managed.
Saturday: town gets internet back, my house doesn't because of an unknown issue.
This... this is now bad. I have things that can't be handled on a phone, and don't have a laptop. 😐 I now have calls to make. 😵
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If you live in the US, you may be more concerned than ever about what happens when law enforcement shows up at a telco and demands information about your account.
A new anonymous phone carrier startup Phreeli, launching today, will let you sign up for cellular service with almost no personally identifiable information—not even your name. All it asks for is a ZIP code, the minimum info legally required for tax purposes. www.wired.com/story/new-an...
A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code
Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
If you live in the US, you may be more concerned than ever about what happens when law enforcement shows up at a telco and demands information about your account.
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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Various Animations of Clippy, the MS Office Assistant (2001)
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Various Animations of Clippy, the MS Office Assistant (2001)
Further proof Webster dictionary is no longer holding back.
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Further proof Webster dictionary is no longer holding back.
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ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
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Control of your own devices is temporary, but surveillance is forever.
Google stopped letting owners of early Nest themostats remotely control their devices last month. But it's still remotely collecting extensive surveillance data from them: https://www.theverge.com/news/820600/google-nest-learning-thermostat-downgraded-data-collection #privacy
Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded Nest thermostats
The thermostats may no longer connect to Google’s app, but they still transmit your data.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Control of your own devices is temporary, but surveillance is forever.
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If you’re at Rhode Island Comic Con, stop by 727 for prints, playmats, books and creatures!
November 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
If you’re at Rhode Island Comic Con, stop by 727 for prints, playmats, books and creatures!
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"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
June 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
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Here’s Nick Cave replying to a correspondent called Valerio who was asking him about how to respond to a growing sense of cynicism - here. www.theredhandfiles.com/do-you-still...
October 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Here’s Nick Cave replying to a correspondent called Valerio who was asking him about how to respond to a growing sense of cynicism - here. www.theredhandfiles.com/do-you-still...
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ChatGPT’s new Atlas browser doesn’t just see what you read — it remembers it.
@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.
My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC
@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.
My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC
Column | ChatGPT just came out with its own web browser. Use it with caution.
OpenAI’s Atlas promises AI-powered convenience. The price? Letting ChatGPT track and store “memories” of what you do online.
wapo.st
October 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
ChatGPT’s new Atlas browser doesn’t just see what you read — it remembers it.
@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.
My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC
@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.
My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC
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This is old and it's not even the first time I've seen it but I need to stress to everyone that I am the reincarnation of this teenage girl
October 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This is old and it's not even the first time I've seen it but I need to stress to everyone that I am the reincarnation of this teenage girl
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Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw
Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts
All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."
www.pbs.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw
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Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).
October 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).
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Samsung has rolled out a software update to its smart fridges that will display ads, despite saying they had "no plans" to do so. We're headed for a future where you will have to pay extra for appliances without ads.
Samsung brings ads to US fridges
Samsung’s ‘screens everywhere’ initiative is morphing into ads everywhere.
www.theverge.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Samsung has rolled out a software update to its smart fridges that will display ads, despite saying they had "no plans" to do so. We're headed for a future where you will have to pay extra for appliances without ads.