rivers’ edge
@mother2millions.bsky.social
(mentally) struggling artist & certified social instigator
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It really feels like one of the purposes of AI video is to get us to a point where no video we see on social media and no photograph can be trusted or assumed to be true, and we fully enter a post-truth world.
Truth is used to fight oligarchs, so they seek to destroy truth itself.
Truth is used to fight oligarchs, so they seek to destroy truth itself.
October 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
It really feels like one of the purposes of AI video is to get us to a point where no video we see on social media and no photograph can be trusted or assumed to be true, and we fully enter a post-truth world.
Truth is used to fight oligarchs, so they seek to destroy truth itself.
Truth is used to fight oligarchs, so they seek to destroy truth itself.
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I just realized that the reason so many people are bad at poetry (and creative writing generally) is that because great poetry sounds and feels effortless, people assume that it *is* effortless. When in truth that effortless quality is actually the result of hard creative work.
February 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I just realized that the reason so many people are bad at poetry (and creative writing generally) is that because great poetry sounds and feels effortless, people assume that it *is* effortless. When in truth that effortless quality is actually the result of hard creative work.
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Every day is a new horror but I did just see a couple kids standing in a stream and poking at something with a stick, so it’s a relief to know that the old ways are not completely dead.
February 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Every day is a new horror but I did just see a couple kids standing in a stream and poking at something with a stick, so it’s a relief to know that the old ways are not completely dead.
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The thought of making a series of paintings just for fun and for practice, and make practice fun, left me feel looking excited and impatient to get to it asap.
I’m working hard on reopening my online shop tomorrow and then I’ll get to painting as a treat, and not just work. #artwork #bat #sketch
I’m working hard on reopening my online shop tomorrow and then I’ll get to painting as a treat, and not just work. #artwork #bat #sketch
February 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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On the days I am about to give up, this Gwendolyn Brooks poem gives me an anchor.
February 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
On the days I am about to give up, this Gwendolyn Brooks poem gives me an anchor.
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The NFL has a racism problem. Now it won’t say “END RACISM!” Trumpism wants this and it is OUTRAGEOUS! Just the pretense of acknowledging it exists and is wrong cannot be allowed to be normal! I WONT WATCH!
Why the NFL is removing "end racism" from end zones
The NFL is removing the words "end racism" from the end zone ahead of Super Bowl Sunday. It's the first time the words will not be stenciled in at least one of the end zones since Feb. 2021. Mike Silv...
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The NFL has a racism problem. Now it won’t say “END RACISM!” Trumpism wants this and it is OUTRAGEOUS! Just the pretense of acknowledging it exists and is wrong cannot be allowed to be normal! I WONT WATCH!
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Bless
One by one, Pennsylvania's cities vow to protect their residents from federal overreach.
penncapital-star.com/government-p...
One by one, Pennsylvania's cities vow to protect their residents from federal overreach.
penncapital-star.com/government-p...
Allentown adopts policy of non-collaboration with ICE as part of welcoming city movement • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Half of the city’s roughly 125,000 residents Latino or Hispanic and one-fifth are foreign-born, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
penncapital-star.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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One by one, Pennsylvania's cities vow to protect their residents from federal overreach.
penncapital-star.com/government-p...
One by one, Pennsylvania's cities vow to protect their residents from federal overreach.
penncapital-star.com/government-p...
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Tulip presenting her head for a kiss.
January 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Tulip presenting her head for a kiss.
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Yesterday, ICE raided a business in New Jersey and detained both citizens and non-citizens — without a warrant. They even detained a U.S. military veteran.
Nobody is safe.
Nobody is safe.
Newark business "raided" by ICE agents, mayor says, multiple people detained
Immigration agents "raided" a business in Newark on Thursday, according to the city's mayor.
www.cbsnews.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Yesterday, ICE raided a business in New Jersey and detained both citizens and non-citizens — without a warrant. They even detained a U.S. military veteran.
Nobody is safe.
Nobody is safe.
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Misunderstood? There’s no misunderstanding the message behind these words. You just told a lot of people they don’t write well enough or aren’t interesting enough for this app. And we wonder why we aren’t winning elections anymore…
January 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Misunderstood? There’s no misunderstanding the message behind these words. You just told a lot of people they don’t write well enough or aren’t interesting enough for this app. And we wonder why we aren’t winning elections anymore…
“the youth can’t read our character limited tweets” is not the take you think it is.
you’re just a hateful snob who is disconnected from what the rest of society vibes with.
you’re just a hateful snob who is disconnected from what the rest of society vibes with.
January 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“the youth can’t read our character limited tweets” is not the take you think it is.
you’re just a hateful snob who is disconnected from what the rest of society vibes with.
you’re just a hateful snob who is disconnected from what the rest of society vibes with.
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I wish we could cultivate a culture where people get excited about and share the new skills they've learned more than the new stuff they've bought.
January 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I wish we could cultivate a culture where people get excited about and share the new skills they've learned more than the new stuff they've bought.
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Black art is revolutionary because we live in a society that seeks to keep us so busy we can't reflect and produce art.
November 26, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Black art is revolutionary because we live in a society that seeks to keep us so busy we can't reflect and produce art.
the men we create are based on horrors
November 27, 2024 at 1:00 PM
the men we create are based on horrors
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Don’t know who needs to hear this but go ahead and use those good art supplies because if you manage to survive the apocalypse you can just scavenge replacements from a dead artist’s hoard.
November 27, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Don’t know who needs to hear this but go ahead and use those good art supplies because if you manage to survive the apocalypse you can just scavenge replacements from a dead artist’s hoard.
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i either read for 8 hours straight or don’t touch a book for 8 months there is no in between
November 21, 2024 at 11:53 AM
i either read for 8 hours straight or don’t touch a book for 8 months there is no in between
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Too many people haven’t touched a book since they graduated high school and it shows.
November 21, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Too many people haven’t touched a book since they graduated high school and it shows.
