QueenSimia
@queensimia.bsky.social
Old on the internet AND in real life! 40something graphic designer by trade, comicker by hobby. Hostile to generative AI/LLMs and crypto shills. She/her, aroace, has a fat and freckled face.
posts about my comic tagged #OutoftheEther #oote
posts about my comic tagged #OutoftheEther #oote
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As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
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tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
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The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
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Cute little short film made by Indigenous animators like Joey Clift. It made me laugh but it's also poignant. Worth the watch. youtu.be/dOTuVqdwu8Y?...
Pow!
YouTube video by FNX TV
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November 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Cute little short film made by Indigenous animators like Joey Clift. It made me laugh but it's also poignant. Worth the watch. youtu.be/dOTuVqdwu8Y?...
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After 1,5 months of sitting in my folder half done I finally finished this. I swear I like other characters too I just need to exorcise him out of my system first I think.
#art #digitalart #fanart #monkeywrench #jawbone #indieanimation #cartoon #alien #skeleton #osteon #green
#art #digitalart #fanart #monkeywrench #jawbone #indieanimation #cartoon #alien #skeleton #osteon #green
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
After 1,5 months of sitting in my folder half done I finally finished this. I swear I like other characters too I just need to exorcise him out of my system first I think.
#art #digitalart #fanart #monkeywrench #jawbone #indieanimation #cartoon #alien #skeleton #osteon #green
#art #digitalart #fanart #monkeywrench #jawbone #indieanimation #cartoon #alien #skeleton #osteon #green
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That's one cool doggo. 😎
Shop: ko-fi.com/s/2662537ed5
#CharacterDesign #TraditionalArt #Cartoon #Dog #Retro
Shop: ko-fi.com/s/2662537ed5
#CharacterDesign #TraditionalArt #Cartoon #Dog #Retro
November 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
That's one cool doggo. 😎
Shop: ko-fi.com/s/2662537ed5
#CharacterDesign #TraditionalArt #Cartoon #Dog #Retro
Shop: ko-fi.com/s/2662537ed5
#CharacterDesign #TraditionalArt #Cartoon #Dog #Retro
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FREELANCER TIP: THE 25% RULE!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
Just calculated how much I will have to pay in self-employment taxes since I've never been a contract employee before and
Oh my god?????
This is awful?????
The US government finds a new way to devastate me every day 🫠
Oh my god?????
This is awful?????
The US government finds a new way to devastate me every day 🫠
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
FREELANCER TIP: THE 25% RULE!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
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Their efficacy was confirmed against LIVE viruses including Ebola, Marburg, Nipah, Hendra, SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), AND Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
The study has been published in Science Advances. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The study has been published in Science Advances. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🧪🧵⬇️
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Their efficacy was confirmed against LIVE viruses including Ebola, Marburg, Nipah, Hendra, SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), AND Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
The study has been published in Science Advances. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🧪🧵⬇️
The study has been published in Science Advances. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🧪🧵⬇️
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
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Dude who got his ass blocked went from arguing with me to replies, to trying to quote-skeet me to dunk on (I detached), didn't take the hint and tried it *again* and got his ass blocked entirely.
GEE I WONDER WHY PEOPLE ARE GETTING FED UP WITH THE FOLKS TRYING TO SELL US ON "AI."
GEE I WONDER WHY PEOPLE ARE GETTING FED UP WITH THE FOLKS TRYING TO SELL US ON "AI."
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Dude who got his ass blocked went from arguing with me to replies, to trying to quote-skeet me to dunk on (I detached), didn't take the hint and tried it *again* and got his ass blocked entirely.
GEE I WONDER WHY PEOPLE ARE GETTING FED UP WITH THE FOLKS TRYING TO SELL US ON "AI."
GEE I WONDER WHY PEOPLE ARE GETTING FED UP WITH THE FOLKS TRYING TO SELL US ON "AI."
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I remember when NFTs hit and once we understood how they worked (a receipt for a purchase without an establishment of ownership of anything at all) we immediately got it: you were selling star-naming as a tech scam.
And you said that wasn't true.
And it was.
We *remember,* assholes.
And you said that wasn't true.
And it was.
We *remember,* assholes.
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I remember when NFTs hit and once we understood how they worked (a receipt for a purchase without an establishment of ownership of anything at all) we immediately got it: you were selling star-naming as a tech scam.
And you said that wasn't true.
And it was.
We *remember,* assholes.
And you said that wasn't true.
And it was.
We *remember,* assholes.
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In short we don't like "AI" because we can see a fucking used car salesman coming a mile away and yet you keep insisting there are five lights.
We're not all stupid and we're not all gullible, and we won't blindly accept an obvious scam.
You fucking ruined every product you've touched you assholes
We're not all stupid and we're not all gullible, and we won't blindly accept an obvious scam.
You fucking ruined every product you've touched you assholes
November 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
In short we don't like "AI" because we can see a fucking used car salesman coming a mile away and yet you keep insisting there are five lights.
We're not all stupid and we're not all gullible, and we won't blindly accept an obvious scam.
You fucking ruined every product you've touched you assholes
We're not all stupid and we're not all gullible, and we won't blindly accept an obvious scam.
You fucking ruined every product you've touched you assholes
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It's a black box and you won't disclose how it generates answers even though that process can be manipulated.
You've crammed dozens of disparate technologies under the same "AI" banner despite them being unrelated, damning them all.
You blather fantastical nonsense simply to encourage hype.
You've crammed dozens of disparate technologies under the same "AI" banner despite them being unrelated, damning them all.
You blather fantastical nonsense simply to encourage hype.
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It's a black box and you won't disclose how it generates answers even though that process can be manipulated.
You've crammed dozens of disparate technologies under the same "AI" banner despite them being unrelated, damning them all.
You blather fantastical nonsense simply to encourage hype.
You've crammed dozens of disparate technologies under the same "AI" banner despite them being unrelated, damning them all.
You blather fantastical nonsense simply to encourage hype.
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It's bad for the environment.
It makes products worse but you won't admit it.
Even if it could improve them you won't take the time to properly test them because you're rushing to beat the end of the bubble.
You have no viable business model.
You're ruining the hardware market needlessly.
It makes products worse but you won't admit it.
Even if it could improve them you won't take the time to properly test them because you're rushing to beat the end of the bubble.
You have no viable business model.
You're ruining the hardware market needlessly.
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It's bad for the environment.
It makes products worse but you won't admit it.
Even if it could improve them you won't take the time to properly test them because you're rushing to beat the end of the bubble.
You have no viable business model.
You're ruining the hardware market needlessly.
It makes products worse but you won't admit it.
Even if it could improve them you won't take the time to properly test them because you're rushing to beat the end of the bubble.
You have no viable business model.
You're ruining the hardware market needlessly.
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Why don't we like "AI?"
You try to put it into everything in nonsensical ways.
It doesn't work the way you claim it will.
You don't pay for the work you use to generate it.
Your intent is labor reduction without a contributory return.
You know it's unpopular so you try to hide it.
You lie about it.
You try to put it into everything in nonsensical ways.
It doesn't work the way you claim it will.
You don't pay for the work you use to generate it.
Your intent is labor reduction without a contributory return.
You know it's unpopular so you try to hide it.
You lie about it.
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Why don't we like "AI?"
You try to put it into everything in nonsensical ways.
It doesn't work the way you claim it will.
You don't pay for the work you use to generate it.
Your intent is labor reduction without a contributory return.
You know it's unpopular so you try to hide it.
You lie about it.
You try to put it into everything in nonsensical ways.
It doesn't work the way you claim it will.
You don't pay for the work you use to generate it.
Your intent is labor reduction without a contributory return.
You know it's unpopular so you try to hide it.
You lie about it.
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And yes, I am going to be denigrating and insulting in my descriptions of any developers relying on AI to have their creativity for them.
It’s inherent plagiarism, environmentally destructive, and it’s being used to REPLACE GAME DEVS.
To use it is to be a traitor to your own profession. Fuck you.
It’s inherent plagiarism, environmentally destructive, and it’s being used to REPLACE GAME DEVS.
To use it is to be a traitor to your own profession. Fuck you.
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
And yes, I am going to be denigrating and insulting in my descriptions of any developers relying on AI to have their creativity for them.
It’s inherent plagiarism, environmentally destructive, and it’s being used to REPLACE GAME DEVS.
To use it is to be a traitor to your own profession. Fuck you.
It’s inherent plagiarism, environmentally destructive, and it’s being used to REPLACE GAME DEVS.
To use it is to be a traitor to your own profession. Fuck you.
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
god, the snort-laughs this part drove from me
because honestly, he's not wrong! And putting it in perspective did change my mind. I thought even just making a Walt animatronic was ghoulish (and lbr, it is), but at the end of the day, he really did bring it upon himself.
because honestly, he's not wrong! And putting it in perspective did change my mind. I thought even just making a Walt animatronic was ghoulish (and lbr, it is), but at the end of the day, he really did bring it upon himself.
Took me 4 days to watch the whole thing, but that was a damned good Defunctland video.
November 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
god, the snort-laughs this part drove from me
because honestly, he's not wrong! And putting it in perspective did change my mind. I thought even just making a Walt animatronic was ghoulish (and lbr, it is), but at the end of the day, he really did bring it upon himself.
because honestly, he's not wrong! And putting it in perspective did change my mind. I thought even just making a Walt animatronic was ghoulish (and lbr, it is), but at the end of the day, he really did bring it upon himself.
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Reminder: you don't have to engage with AI as an instructor. You can talk about AI--even build AI literacy, if you want to call it that--and still not engage directly with a brutal, unethical, ecologically disastrous bundle of technologies. Regardless of institutional pressure, you can refuse.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Reminder: you don't have to engage with AI as an instructor. You can talk about AI--even build AI literacy, if you want to call it that--and still not engage directly with a brutal, unethical, ecologically disastrous bundle of technologies. Regardless of institutional pressure, you can refuse.
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If your admin says "but we need to prepare students for AI-driven careers," you can calmly say no. Reiterate that AI-integration is the result of wild capitalist greed, the technologies themselves aren't "generative" or useful in most careers, and students should focus on process-based learning.
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
If your admin says "but we need to prepare students for AI-driven careers," you can calmly say no. Reiterate that AI-integration is the result of wild capitalist greed, the technologies themselves aren't "generative" or useful in most careers, and students should focus on process-based learning.
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I don't often find threads to be terrifying, but this is my training and career speaking.
Education is a skill. That goes for teaching and absorbing. The OP's perspective is just one view of one university, but I cannot think it's not representative of many.
Education is a skill. That goes for teaching and absorbing. The OP's perspective is just one view of one university, but I cannot think it's not representative of many.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I don't often find threads to be terrifying, but this is my training and career speaking.
Education is a skill. That goes for teaching and absorbing. The OP's perspective is just one view of one university, but I cannot think it's not representative of many.
Education is a skill. That goes for teaching and absorbing. The OP's perspective is just one view of one university, but I cannot think it's not representative of many.
Skunks
American kestrel (dive-bombed by one!)
Whitetail deer
Big fat groundhogs
SQUILLS
American kestrel (dive-bombed by one!)
Whitetail deer
Big fat groundhogs
SQUILLS
Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Raccoons.... so, so many raccoons....
Armadild... I mean, armadillo
Coyoteyoteyotes
Red fox
Awesome Opossums
Raccoons.... so, so many raccoons....
Armadild... I mean, armadillo
Coyoteyoteyotes
Red fox
Awesome Opossums
Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Coyote
Elk
Moose
Dolphin
Bobcat
Coyote
Elk
Moose
Dolphin
Bobcat
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Skunks
American kestrel (dive-bombed by one!)
Whitetail deer
Big fat groundhogs
SQUILLS
American kestrel (dive-bombed by one!)
Whitetail deer
Big fat groundhogs
SQUILLS
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With 6 HOURS LEFT in the ⭐50% OFF⭐ sale, I'd like to remind folks that we are confirmed Private Equity Collateral Damage & will be taking a hit on payouts from our distro, Ingram.
ICC will be absorbing the loss, NOT billing artists, so we would appreciate your patronage today!
store.ironcircus.com
ICC will be absorbing the loss, NOT billing artists, so we would appreciate your patronage today!
store.ironcircus.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
With 6 HOURS LEFT in the ⭐50% OFF⭐ sale, I'd like to remind folks that we are confirmed Private Equity Collateral Damage & will be taking a hit on payouts from our distro, Ingram.
ICC will be absorbing the loss, NOT billing artists, so we would appreciate your patronage today!
store.ironcircus.com
ICC will be absorbing the loss, NOT billing artists, so we would appreciate your patronage today!
store.ironcircus.com
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Honest to God I think your average novice voice actor on Twitter or Bluesky could do an infinitely better fandub of this from home.
…Hell, why don’t you? Call it the “Banana Fish Challenge”. Dub a scene from the show in English and show the suits at Amazon how shit they are.
…Hell, why don’t you? Call it the “Banana Fish Challenge”. Dub a scene from the show in English and show the suits at Amazon how shit they are.
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Honest to God I think your average novice voice actor on Twitter or Bluesky could do an infinitely better fandub of this from home.
…Hell, why don’t you? Call it the “Banana Fish Challenge”. Dub a scene from the show in English and show the suits at Amazon how shit they are.
…Hell, why don’t you? Call it the “Banana Fish Challenge”. Dub a scene from the show in English and show the suits at Amazon how shit they are.
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Shout out to u/BuffaloCrapSmeller on the retro anime subreddit for posting this, I had no idea where this meme came from until today!
Anime: The Brave of Sun Fighbird, 1991.
Anime: The Brave of Sun Fighbird, 1991.
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Shout out to u/BuffaloCrapSmeller on the retro anime subreddit for posting this, I had no idea where this meme came from until today!
Anime: The Brave of Sun Fighbird, 1991.
Anime: The Brave of Sun Fighbird, 1991.