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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 21d

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI

Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Cory Allen Heidelberger @coralhei.bsky.social · 27d

Good news in the global war on fascism:

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27d

"A majority of Brazil’s supreme court judges have voted to convict the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a military coup, leaving the far-right populist facing a decades-long sentence for leading the criminal conspiracy."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup

Former president faces decades-long jail sentence for seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing 2022 election

www.theguardian.com

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@kitkat444.bsky.social @katydid53.bsky.social · Aug 13

The center of DC crime is in the White House.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Aug 14

"Baltimore County Public Libraries announced on Wednesday that free naloxone is available at all its branches, as part of an ongoing partnership with the County's Department of Health and Human Services."
www.wmar2news.com/news/region/...

Baltimore County Public Library now offering free naloxone at all branches

Naloxone can help reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Baltimore County Public Libraries announced on Wednesday that free naloxone is available at all its branches.

www.wmar2news.com

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Greg Shill @gregshill.com · Aug 11

In Europe there are high-speed rail trainsets that are faster than anything in the US that have been abandoned because they’re outdated.

Pic of Eurostar train, taken from Facebook.

Apparently technically being “stored,” but vandalized and overgrown with weeds.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · Jul 29

This is Bug. He would like to be picked up for cuddles. It is an emergency. 13/10 (IG: bugthebrusselsgriffon)

a teensy brown ball of fluff sits on a gray tile floor and looks up at the camera. the dog’s eyes are wide-set and pleading, and his little mouth curves down in a dramatic frown. his little body only takes up one half of one tile, and it looks like he could be swallowed up by shadows any second. pick him up!

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Animal Flix @animalflix.bsky.social · Jul 25

This is an uninterrupted minute of Maruay the rescued tiger with his beloved ball..🥰😇 #bluesky

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · Feb 28

ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.

S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*

short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵

legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...

emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · Feb 28

a cloture vote for the way-harder-to-undo-than-an-executive-order federal anti-trans sports ban is now set for monday. that means there's more time to make calls.

no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.

please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.

from the senate democrats website

approximately 5:30pm, the Senate will vote on confirmation of the McMahon nomination. Following disposition of the nomination, the Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture
on the motion to proceed to Calendar #2 S.9, Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.
Monday, March 3rd at approx. 5:30pm - 2 roll call votes expected: 1. Confirmation of Executive Calendar #24 Linda McMahon, of Connecticut, to be
Secretary of Education 2.
Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to Calendar #2 S.9, Protection of
Women and Girls in Sports Act.

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Olivia A.F. @oblivia-n.bsky.social · Feb 24

Has anyone seen non luxury apartments being built in their neighborhood? I'm not talking townhomes k, just an apt building without a dog spa or a gym. Can we go back to when apts didn't require those things and could automatically have lower costs

Olivia A.F. @oblivia-n.bsky.social · Feb 24

Learning to drive after the amygdala has fully formed requires you to routinely gaslight yourself into pretending this isn't the most insane and dangerous practice we do daily. How do people let their kids behind the wheel of a car, but somehow are shocked that I was taking the subway at 14.

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Olivia A.F. @oblivia-n.bsky.social · Feb 16

I'm forever hoping I'll be able to be a first time home buyer in my family. But these real estate apps need a search section for homes with real wood floors. Cause the shoddy flip jobs for older apt buildings hurts my soul. Why would u put vinyl over parquet?!

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Greg Andree @gregandree71.bsky.social · Feb 13

Got my first "Violating an Executive Order" and "I'll make sure you lose federal funding" parent threat today for teaching "DEI" books in our upcoming "Liberty and Justice" themed unit. Even in "Blue" Massachusetts we're dealing with this.

Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.

Book covers for: Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed, The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, Monster by Walter Dean Myers, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

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Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · Feb 6

name a book about vampires.

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Olivia A.F. @oblivia-n.bsky.social · Feb 6

tan agradecida por este increíble libro ❤️
@arlenedavila.bsky.social

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Olivia A.F. @oblivia-n.bsky.social · Feb 5

dsq-sds.org/index.php/ds... there are some other books / articles referenced throughout this issue that could be helpful too?! Sounds like an awesome student!! Wish them luck

Sex Work and Disability: Introduction To The Special Issue | Disability Studies Quarterly

dsq-sds.org

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Olivia A.F. @oblivia-n.bsky.social · Feb 5

Finally restocked.
newyoricans.com

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · Feb 4

Ok I’m on it

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · Feb 3

Congress must take action to restore the rule of law.

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Olivia A.F. @oblivia-n.bsky.social · Feb 3

While I knew I had no hope of receiving social security despite paying into it since I was 14 I am now having to figure how the hell we are supposed to support my parents depending on theirs in case it all gets pulled.

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · Feb 3

"Elon Musk is going to pay for his tax cut with your Social Security."

@lindsayowens.bsky.social breaks down the billionaire's unprecedented takeover of key government functions, including trillions in Treasury Department payments.

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/3/elon_musk_gov

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Memories of No One @historysraven.bsky.social · Feb 2

I’ve literally put in 250 job applications last year. I had THREE interviews. The only job I got was a seasonal receptionist position. Since the start of the new year, I’ve put in 30 and have only had one interview that went nowhere.

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La Tanya S. Autry (she/her) @artstuffmatters.bsky.social · Feb 2

buy groceries directly from Black farmers
blackfarmersindex.com/the-index

Black Farmers Index

blackfarmersindex.com

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Feb 1

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

archive.org/details/2025...

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IWW DMV Education Workers Organizing Committee @dmvewoc.bsky.social · Feb 2

On February 8-9, DMV EWOC invites you to the Education Workers Organizing Training: Workplace Control and Resistance Workshop. The training is in D.C. from 9am-5pm each day.

For details about the training, please fill out the following registration form:

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#EduSky

Education Workers Organizing Training

Please complete this form to register for the upcoming Education Workers Organizing Training in Washington, D.C. on February 8 and 9, from 9am to 5pm. The Education Workers Organizing Training is an...

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · Feb 3

Me: I joke that Mars is the only straight planet, but I realized I'm projecting my trauma with abusive men in the Mars science community, plus Elon Musk, onto the planet, which means I'm the one forcing heteronormativty onto Mars

My therapist: You put words in an order I've never heard before

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