Zau
@fleshmaven.bsky.social
art sometimes, brain rot all times
they/them | 30 | social psych grad | not alone
art / comm info: fleshmaven.carrd.co
they/them | 30 | social psych grad | not alone
art / comm info: fleshmaven.carrd.co
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The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
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So the guy himself is saying they arent really even seeing productivity gains? He said they are just using AI because they are afraid of being left behind. He is inviting this public scorn by repeating techbro talking points for no benefit at all. The mind of a CEO is fascinating.
If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
December 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
So the guy himself is saying they arent really even seeing productivity gains? He said they are just using AI because they are afraid of being left behind. He is inviting this public scorn by repeating techbro talking points for no benefit at all. The mind of a CEO is fascinating.
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The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro regime a "terrorist" group
The escalation exerts unprecedented pressure on the Maduro regime, threatening to bankrupt Venezuela's already struggling economy.
www.axios.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Hot take on Larian using genAI for literally anything, including 'placeholders' and especially concept art:
don't.
just. stop. pay artists for concept art no matter how small. use fonts that have existed forever as placeholders. ctrl+v lorem ipsum.
do better.
thanks bye
don't.
just. stop. pay artists for concept art no matter how small. use fonts that have existed forever as placeholders. ctrl+v lorem ipsum.
do better.
thanks bye
December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Hot take on Larian using genAI for literally anything, including 'placeholders' and especially concept art:
don't.
just. stop. pay artists for concept art no matter how small. use fonts that have existed forever as placeholders. ctrl+v lorem ipsum.
do better.
thanks bye
don't.
just. stop. pay artists for concept art no matter how small. use fonts that have existed forever as placeholders. ctrl+v lorem ipsum.
do better.
thanks bye
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consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
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These people are not secretive about being Zionists and loving genocide. They're proud of it!!! They think it's hilarious!!! Spend some time mobilizing your followers against *them*, maybe. Or better yet, mobilizing people to direct material aid toward the 4.5mil Palestinians experiencing genocide
September 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
These people are not secretive about being Zionists and loving genocide. They're proud of it!!! They think it's hilarious!!! Spend some time mobilizing your followers against *them*, maybe. Or better yet, mobilizing people to direct material aid toward the 4.5mil Palestinians experiencing genocide
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I could yap a LOT about why you should, but it boils down to, if you're anti-kink/pro-censorship, you will only ever be punching sideways or punching down. You will only ever be hurting people like you, or acting as an oppressor.
September 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I could yap a LOT about why you should, but it boils down to, if you're anti-kink/pro-censorship, you will only ever be punching sideways or punching down. You will only ever be hurting people like you, or acting as an oppressor.
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Some of y'all need to come to grips with the fact you will NEVER have the level of unmatched sex appeal of a skeleton and grow from that smh
September 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Some of y'all need to come to grips with the fact you will NEVER have the level of unmatched sex appeal of a skeleton and grow from that smh
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“How many murdered Palestinian journalists will it take for the mainstream press’s cowardly fever to break?” asks Prem
Thakker, in the wake of Israel’s killing of Anas al Sharif.
Thakker, in the wake of Israel’s killing of Anas al Sharif.
BREAKING: Israel Killed Al Jazeera Journalist Anas Al-Sharif
Journalists in Gaza continue to be murdered in record numbers, while Western media outlets and reporters show little or no outrage.
zeteo.com
August 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
“How many murdered Palestinian journalists will it take for the mainstream press’s cowardly fever to break?” asks Prem
Thakker, in the wake of Israel’s killing of Anas al Sharif.
Thakker, in the wake of Israel’s killing of Anas al Sharif.
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June 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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I am currently going through a lot right now and dont know what to do
Chronic illness is flaring up
Stress & Anxiety are through the roof
I dont like asking for help because Ive been conditioned by trauma not to but If you feel comfortable Id appreciate it a lot
Im sorry
paypal.me/LainWithTea?...
Chronic illness is flaring up
Stress & Anxiety are through the roof
I dont like asking for help because Ive been conditioned by trauma not to but If you feel comfortable Id appreciate it a lot
Im sorry
paypal.me/LainWithTea?...
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April 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I am currently going through a lot right now and dont know what to do
Chronic illness is flaring up
Stress & Anxiety are through the roof
I dont like asking for help because Ive been conditioned by trauma not to but If you feel comfortable Id appreciate it a lot
Im sorry
paypal.me/LainWithTea?...
Chronic illness is flaring up
Stress & Anxiety are through the roof
I dont like asking for help because Ive been conditioned by trauma not to but If you feel comfortable Id appreciate it a lot
Im sorry
paypal.me/LainWithTea?...
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I feel like its common sense at this point but as a queer person who's obviously suffering and being directly affected by current events if you still use or are posting about twitter I regard you with immediate distrust and suspicion because there is zero excuse at this point
Get. Off. Twitter.
Follows mean nothing. Likes mean nothing. Engagement means everything. Twitter has no engagement, just fake numbers/bots.
Get. Off. Twitter.
You don’t need to cross-post. You don’t need to “just check it now and then”. You’re not “losing years of xxxx”
GET. OFF. TWITTER.
Follows mean nothing. Likes mean nothing. Engagement means everything. Twitter has no engagement, just fake numbers/bots.
Get. Off. Twitter.
You don’t need to cross-post. You don’t need to “just check it now and then”. You’re not “losing years of xxxx”
GET. OFF. TWITTER.
March 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I feel like its common sense at this point but as a queer person who's obviously suffering and being directly affected by current events if you still use or are posting about twitter I regard you with immediate distrust and suspicion because there is zero excuse at this point
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Taking two days off to just do a self indulgent personal piece for an audience of like 3 friends really will fix you.
March 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Taking two days off to just do a self indulgent personal piece for an audience of like 3 friends really will fix you.
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You have no enemies to fight.
If you're doing things right, you're too busy fighting your friends and loved ones
If you're doing things right, you're too busy fighting your friends and loved ones
January 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
You have no enemies to fight.
If you're doing things right, you're too busy fighting your friends and loved ones
If you're doing things right, you're too busy fighting your friends and loved ones
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December 21, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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Wish more people realised that for most art businesses, there's only one person doing all the work. Creating, shipping, admin, promotion, starting feuds with other artists, painting unflattering portraits of them into historical scenes, trying to poison them, it's all one person.
November 23, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Wish more people realised that for most art businesses, there's only one person doing all the work. Creating, shipping, admin, promotion, starting feuds with other artists, painting unflattering portraits of them into historical scenes, trying to poison them, it's all one person.
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It's Trans Day of Remembrance, while it's a grim reminder of the extends to which transphobia can go, it is also a reminder to be kind and loving to your trans friends.
Enrich their lives as they probably have yours.
Enrich their lives as they probably have yours.
November 21, 2024 at 9:53 AM
It's Trans Day of Remembrance, while it's a grim reminder of the extends to which transphobia can go, it is also a reminder to be kind and loving to your trans friends.
Enrich their lives as they probably have yours.
Enrich their lives as they probably have yours.
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✦ God didn't exist when you laid with me
✦ The devil didn't touch me when you kissed me
✦ The devil didn't touch me when you kissed me
May 1, 2024 at 1:53 AM
✦ God didn't exist when you laid with me
✦ The devil didn't touch me when you kissed me
✦ The devil didn't touch me when you kissed me