nienko ニェンコ
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animation director & visual journalist | mom of trans kid 🏳️⚧️ | FREE TO BROWSE comic book expected soon
it has been an honor to share Free to Browse at the National Cartoonists Society conference today at the Boston Public Library and to connect with some great people
August 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
it has been an honor to share Free to Browse at the National Cartoonists Society conference today at the Boston Public Library and to connect with some great people
U.K. Online Safety Age Verification Law - Time has changed - by niixarts
August 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
U.K. Online Safety Age Verification Law - Time has changed - by niixarts
the day to remember
wow, just holding this in one hand is an incredible feeling
wow, just holding this in one hand is an incredible feeling
August 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
the day to remember
wow, just holding this in one hand is an incredible feeling
wow, just holding this in one hand is an incredible feeling
Yeah, let's ban everything. We have no evidence it helps anyone, but we just want to control teens so bad. Teens aren't people. They don't need to learn how the actual world works. Just put them in a freaking simulated past and watch them become just as backward as we are.
August 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Yeah, let's ban everything. We have no evidence it helps anyone, but we just want to control teens so bad. Teens aren't people. They don't need to learn how the actual world works. Just put them in a freaking simulated past and watch them become just as backward as we are.
Meanwhile, in the free Western world, many people seem to be happy to surrender their privacy and join the UK and Australia in their mindless march towards an internet of total surveillance and ID checks.
July 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Meanwhile, in the free Western world, many people seem to be happy to surrender their privacy and join the UK and Australia in their mindless march towards an internet of total surveillance and ID checks.
this is so good
by @stephencollins.bsky.social
by @stephencollins.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
this is so good
by @stephencollins.bsky.social
by @stephencollins.bsky.social
my great-grandma, my best friend when i was a kid; totally would’ve had a crush on her if we met back in 1928 when this picture was taken
July 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
my great-grandma, my best friend when i was a kid; totally would’ve had a crush on her if we met back in 1928 when this picture was taken
My great-great-great-grandparents, the Nosonovskys, around 1888 (I still have their old spoons!)
It's amazing what ai can do to change our perception of our long gone family members, especially those stiff figures on long exposure fin-de-siècle photographs.
It's amazing what ai can do to change our perception of our long gone family members, especially those stiff figures on long exposure fin-de-siècle photographs.
July 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
My great-great-great-grandparents, the Nosonovskys, around 1888 (I still have their old spoons!)
It's amazing what ai can do to change our perception of our long gone family members, especially those stiff figures on long exposure fin-de-siècle photographs.
It's amazing what ai can do to change our perception of our long gone family members, especially those stiff figures on long exposure fin-de-siècle photographs.
every now and then, i get a slap-in-my-face painful reminder about why we left The Netherlands 🤦♀️
(the screenshot is from an open letter by Dutch academia calling to ban AI at Dutch universities)
(the screenshot is from an open letter by Dutch academia calling to ban AI at Dutch universities)
July 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
every now and then, i get a slap-in-my-face painful reminder about why we left The Netherlands 🤦♀️
(the screenshot is from an open letter by Dutch academia calling to ban AI at Dutch universities)
(the screenshot is from an open letter by Dutch academia calling to ban AI at Dutch universities)
June 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
While this new low in The NY Times reporting may be what a lot of the general public wants today, an easy populist win by throwing a tiny vulnerable group under the bus, it won’t age well, as one of the commentators reflected:
June 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
While this new low in The NY Times reporting may be what a lot of the general public wants today, an easy populist win by throwing a tiny vulnerable group under the bus, it won’t age well, as one of the commentators reflected:
first impressions from Midjourney V1 model:
fast, manages multiple characters well and in a versatile way, optimizes cam movement, introduces new characters into the scene consistent with style, attentive to detail (very few uncanny valley artifacts)
#midjourney #v1 #aianimation
fast, manages multiple characters well and in a versatile way, optimizes cam movement, introduces new characters into the scene consistent with style, attentive to detail (very few uncanny valley artifacts)
#midjourney #v1 #aianimation
June 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
first impressions from Midjourney V1 model:
fast, manages multiple characters well and in a versatile way, optimizes cam movement, introduces new characters into the scene consistent with style, attentive to detail (very few uncanny valley artifacts)
#midjourney #v1 #aianimation
fast, manages multiple characters well and in a versatile way, optimizes cam movement, introduces new characters into the scene consistent with style, attentive to detail (very few uncanny valley artifacts)
#midjourney #v1 #aianimation
I have always considered Dave Holz one of the greatest visionaries of our time.
“As you know, our focus for the past few years has been images. What you might not know, is that we believe the inevitable destination of this technology are models capable of real-time open-world simulations.
“As you know, our focus for the past few years has been images. What you might not know, is that we believe the inevitable destination of this technology are models capable of real-time open-world simulations.
June 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I have always considered Dave Holz one of the greatest visionaries of our time.
“As you know, our focus for the past few years has been images. What you might not know, is that we believe the inevitable destination of this technology are models capable of real-time open-world simulations.
“As you know, our focus for the past few years has been images. What you might not know, is that we believe the inevitable destination of this technology are models capable of real-time open-world simulations.
look what I got from Japan for my birthday!!
June 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
look what I got from Japan for my birthday!!
Great analysis on o3 vs o3 pro: www.latent.space/p/o3-pro
Personally, I’m totally blown away by o3 already, it’s solved several serious problems for me
Personally, I’m totally blown away by o3 already, it’s solved several serious problems for me
June 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Great analysis on o3 vs o3 pro: www.latent.space/p/o3-pro
Personally, I’m totally blown away by o3 already, it’s solved several serious problems for me
Personally, I’m totally blown away by o3 already, it’s solved several serious problems for me
Truly one of the best books to make sense of tomorrow, @keachhagey.bsky.social is my hero. All characters 3D humans, not flat caricatures. And wow, I knew Eliezer Yudkowsky had a wide influence, but I didn’t realize just how deeply Effective Altruism had taken root in research and government circles
June 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Truly one of the best books to make sense of tomorrow, @keachhagey.bsky.social is my hero. All characters 3D humans, not flat caricatures. And wow, I knew Eliezer Yudkowsky had a wide influence, but I didn’t realize just how deeply Effective Altruism had taken root in research and government circles
In memory of Victoria Roshchyna, the Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian captivity, was tortured and had organs removed before her body was returned. Let her image forever stand before the eyes of those who cheer on parades that glorify war.
May 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
In memory of Victoria Roshchyna, the Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian captivity, was tortured and had organs removed before her body was returned. Let her image forever stand before the eyes of those who cheer on parades that glorify war.
FREE TO BROWSE stickers and cards, in preparation for tomorrow’s Trans Youth Summit in Boston
Join the project at UnschoolingFuture.net/free-to-browse
Join the project at UnschoolingFuture.net/free-to-browse
March 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
FREE TO BROWSE stickers and cards, in preparation for tomorrow’s Trans Youth Summit in Boston
Join the project at UnschoolingFuture.net/free-to-browse
Join the project at UnschoolingFuture.net/free-to-browse
Trump administration has stopped funding the investigation aiming to return Ukrainian children abducted to Russia. The lab’s database may have been deleted or compromised, including satellite imagery and biometric data tracking the identities/locations of as many as 35,000 children from Ukraine.
March 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Trump administration has stopped funding the investigation aiming to return Ukrainian children abducted to Russia. The lab’s database may have been deleted or compromised, including satellite imagery and biometric data tracking the identities/locations of as many as 35,000 children from Ukraine.
Utah governor vetoes an anti-trans bill. He says what influenced him most is learning more about trans kids
governor.utah.gov/press/gov-co...
governor.utah.gov/press/gov-co...
March 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Utah governor vetoes an anti-trans bill. He says what influenced him most is learning more about trans kids
governor.utah.gov/press/gov-co...
governor.utah.gov/press/gov-co...
“no longer effectuates agency priorities” - “see Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy” - it’s like I’m reading Russian dictatorial euphemisms and Putin zeitgeist lingo in English
March 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“no longer effectuates agency priorities” - “see Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy” - it’s like I’m reading Russian dictatorial euphemisms and Putin zeitgeist lingo in English
This will be challenged in courts as well because it’s illegal. USAGM doesn’t report to the President. But it’s unthinkable how many colleagues’ lives are now being destroyed and how many more people will be left in the dark.
March 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This will be challenged in courts as well because it’s illegal. USAGM doesn’t report to the President. But it’s unthinkable how many colleagues’ lives are now being destroyed and how many more people will be left in the dark.
