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Castor 🪲 @hamletisintown.bsky.social · 1h

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#CastorArt #OC-tober #CastorOCs

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Castor 🪲 @hamletisintown.bsky.social · 1d

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#CastorArt #OC-tober #CastorOCs

(no text this time, i'm tired and uninspired)

Simple drawing of a man, cut off at the bust. He is wearing gloves and a headpiece that covers his shoulders. He is holding a golden mask with one hand, like he just took it off. His face is blank, devoid of any features.

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Gail Drakes @gaildrakes.bsky.social · 18h

Are you a non-Black person pissed at Bluesky leadership and feeling a little jealous of all the good vibes coming from Blacksky?

There are Blacksky adjacent options for you! Here’s info from the Blacksky migration guide!

docs.blacksky.community/migrating-to...

Screengrab from Blacksky migration guide:

blacksky algorithms

A Warning: Anyone else using a blacksky.app handle will receive a warning at first and then a suspension.

Alternative PDSs for Everyone
Blacksky Algorithms also operates two other
PDSs that are open to anyone:
• myatproto.social - Open to all
• cryptoanarchy.network - Open to all

These servers run on the same infrastructure as blacksky.app and are maintained by the same team, but are available for anyone to use regardless of background.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 12h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

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

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Pigeon Gratuit - Personne n'a besoin d'IA générative dans sa vie @pigeongratuit.bsky.social · 13h

Quand on vous dit que L'IA générative est l'outil des fénéants et des tocard, c'est ca.

Les mecs ont prit le pognon, de l'argent public, pour faire un taf' et il ne l'ont pas fait.

Il ont fait faire le taf' par chat gpt et ils ont tellement pas bossé qu'ils ne l'ont même par relu avant envoi

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L'un des plus grands cabinets de conseil au monde a facturé à l'Australie un rapport écrit à l'IA : 250 000 euros à rembourser

Le cabinet Deloitte va rembourser une partie d'un contrat passé avec le gouvernement australien, pour un rapport sur le système d'aide sociale du pays. La raison : de larges extraits du rapport en que...

www.01net.com

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 14h

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 14h

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 14h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Jack_The_Generalist @jackgutmann.bsky.social · 13h

If you ever were wondering about the relation of Effects and Game-Feel this is a nice visual summary form @andremc.bsky.social (check them out)

André Cardoso @andremc.bsky.social · 2d

Recently had the opportunity to build 3 demos to demonstrate the power of game feel!

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Gramsci did nothing wrong @tontonpogo.bsky.social · 13h

Et pendant ce temps, l'Espagne, qui a misé sur un refinancement massif des services et aides publiques et une politique pro immigration, voit son économie s'améliorer durablement

Le réel donne raison aux gauchistes

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Prosper Tipaldi 🌱🌿 @prospertipaldi.bsky.social · 13h

Show me how you draw armor! 🛡️

A drawing of a knight in fourteenth century inspired armor, wielding sword and shield and wearing a flat bascinet helmet

A drawing of a woman in a mix of late medieval and late roman armor, wielding a spear and shield

A drawing of a woman in a mix of late medieval and late roman armor, wielding a sword and shield

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 4d

'Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium' - another recent embroidery commission that now has its new home... doing the buildings was a challenge for me, I'm not so experienced on those. I think I got good detail in without it getting overcrowded :) overall, this aerial landscape was a good challenge!

An embroidery hoop containing an aerial view embroidered landscape. It depicts red brick buildings and pathways surrounded by green lawn and trees, with a small beach and coastal area to the top.

An aerial view embroidered landscape. It depicts red brick buildings and pathways surrounded by green lawn and trees, with a white tent to the left.

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caro⛈ @mythiclings.bsky.social · 1d

sidurgu from 05.25
#ffxiv

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cozy milly 🥀 @mischiefmilly.bsky.social · 19h

no talk me i'm pervert

A screenshot of an enemy called Forgiven Perversion, which is standing in the corner of the room facing the wall akin to the "don't talk me angy" cat meme

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Wendy Reynolds @wendles1967.bsky.social · 4d

UK cis women, please sign this to acknowledge that trans people are not a threat. (Unless you think they are, in which case you're awful so please fuck off and never come back.) Everybody else, please circulate. 💜

Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 6d

We expect to hit 55k signatures in support of our open letter this week, perhaps even today. Thank you to everyone who has signed or shared. Let’s keep this going:

notinourname.org.uk

Home - Not in our name

As women we reject the narrative that trans+ people are a threat.

notinourname.org.uk

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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 13h

Chat Control is about to be voted on, but they might postpone the vote due to public pressure. Now's the time to write and call again, to reiterate that you DO NOT want this massive overreach to be made law!

Go write some ~scathingly polite emails~, it takes just a few minutes and it's working!

Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU

Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.

fightchatcontrol.eu

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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 1d

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 12h

LRT about the Taito photo goes hand in hand with this video by Kurzgesagt, talking about how AI posted by official sources will creep back into the datasets as legit information until it will be impossible to verify what is real and what’s not

Mahmud Asrar 🪲 @mahmudasrar.bsky.social · 1d

AI slop is ruining our lives. Do not be a part of the problem.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN...

AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

www.youtube.com

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Stop Homophobie @stophomophobie.com · 13h

🇪🇺🚨 Avancée historique pour les droits des personnes intersexes !

Le 7 octobre 2025, le Comité des ministres du Conseil de l’Europe a adopté à l’unanimité un texte inédit pour protéger les droits des personnes intersexes en Europe.

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Le Conseil de l’Europe adopte sa première recommandation historique pour les droits des personnes intersexes - Association STOP homophobie

Le Conseil de l’Europe adopte une recommandation historique pour protéger les droits des personnes intersexes en Europe.

www.stophomophobie.com

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 14h

Repetitive pattern doodle in the out of date diary today. Just diagonal lines of repeating shapes & lines.

This kinda doodle also looks nice when you scale it up & make it neat.

The shapes in these big drawing contain tiny Morse code letters that spell 'repetition is relaxing'. I love drawing CW.

A doodle on an out of date diary page made of repeating shapes and lines in a grid. The way they're drawn in ink and pencil creates diagonal lines of alternating circles, triangles, and squares, each with markings in and around them.

A larger and tidier grid pattern, using the same principles as the first one. It's an 11 by 11 grid with each cell containing nested circles in colourful ink. There are smaller circles at the vertices that are connected by thin black lines. There are tiny black Morse code letters drawn in the circ lol es as described in the post.

Another larger and tidier grid pattern in different colours, using the same principles as the first one. It's an 11 by 11 grid with each cell containing nested circles in colourful ink. There are smaller circles at the vertices. There are tiny black Morse code letters drawn in the circ lol es as described in the post.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 12h

And one of the industries which, relying entirely on freelance workers, but requiring public audience spaces, was fucked over completely by the pandemic, without mercy or assistance, but survived, on its knees so it can now get another kick in the teeth from these soulless twats.

Corey Brotherson - ready for my close up--NOOO TOO CLOSE! @coreybrotherson.bsky.social · 12h

Hey kids!

Remember when the pandemic struck and eventually the (Tory) government told everyone to stay at home, and the arts and entertainment industries were one of the few things keeping everyone from pulling our own eyes out of our skulls from abject fear and boredom?

Remember that?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 14h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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mar mar mar @marmastry.bsky.social · 12h

I will be at @drinks.aka housewarming event this Oct 12.
I will bring some comics and art prints to sell (and yes this includes 5 sets of physical copies of moomers hehe).
Come see me and have a drink ^^ 🫶🏽

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 12h

Altering archive photos is a falsification of history. It's extremely important not to do that.

It's bad enough that I have to put up with retouched behind-the-scenes images (green screen replaced by gray...), but if on top of that they modify details from the past...

VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 1d

I thought something seemed off about the the image posted below: it's a photo that's been edited and colorized by AI. Please don't do that.

Black and white photo showing people around a Darius cabinet at the October 1986 AM Show.

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Colpizen @colpizen.bsky.social · 2d

Morning all :) ☕️ 🌿
Papilio machaon
White and Indian ink on old papers
#sciart #entomology #noborder #swallowtail

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Charlie Higson @cphigson.bsky.social · 11h

Looking for a job is great because you ask people for jobs and then they say no

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Ebibi @ebibi.fr · 12h

j'me permet de relayer l'appel au rassemblement d' @urgencepalestine.bsky.social ce soir à paris

affiche avec un bateau
"BREAK THE SIEGE END THE GENOCIDE"
rassemblement / mercredi 8 Octobre
18h30 République Paris

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Castor 🪲 @hamletisintown.bsky.social · 1d

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#CastorArt #OC-tober #CastorOCs

(no text this time, i'm tired and uninspired)

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