Red Dread Mike
@reddreadmike.bsky.social
Animator-artist hybrid powered by ancient nightmares & non-Euclidean movement. Calls the city of Vancouver, BC home.
46 - He/Him - Professional Nerd
46 - He/Him - Professional Nerd
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Here for the art & comics, as well as space & science news. But first I gotta track down my faves that have migrated here, as well as sub(?) any moderation lists that are recommended to keep my experience from becoming another Doom Scroll
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For all the new artists joining Bluesky:
🎨 You don't have to censor words such as commission, Patreon or Ko-Fi.
🎨 You can share links and your post will not be de-boosted.
🎨 You can take time away from Bluesky and come back whenever you feel like, there's no algorithm to punish you!
🎨 You don't have to censor words such as commission, Patreon or Ko-Fi.
🎨 You can share links and your post will not be de-boosted.
🎨 You can take time away from Bluesky and come back whenever you feel like, there's no algorithm to punish you!
December 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
For all the new artists joining Bluesky:
🎨 You don't have to censor words such as commission, Patreon or Ko-Fi.
🎨 You can share links and your post will not be de-boosted.
🎨 You can take time away from Bluesky and come back whenever you feel like, there's no algorithm to punish you!
🎨 You don't have to censor words such as commission, Patreon or Ko-Fi.
🎨 You can share links and your post will not be de-boosted.
🎨 You can take time away from Bluesky and come back whenever you feel like, there's no algorithm to punish you!
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A posca experiment I don’t think I posted
December 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A posca experiment I don’t think I posted
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Hell yes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/25/c...
Soon you may be able to type a new Chinese character: the gender-neutral pronoun | CNN
Chinese pronouns are largely split between female and male – prompting LGBTQ activists to invent their own gender-neutral pronoun. That movement just took a big step forward.
www.cnn.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Hell yes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/25/c...
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If you're an artist coming over from Twitter because of this bullshit they added, first of all:
Really genuinely sorry they fucked you like this & I think it's extremely reasonable to be crashing out HARD right now
Second: I'm gonna offer Bluesky tips and encourage ppl to share starter packs here
Really genuinely sorry they fucked you like this & I think it's extremely reasonable to be crashing out HARD right now
Second: I'm gonna offer Bluesky tips and encourage ppl to share starter packs here
Man its like just so invasive and gross feeling to see "Edit Image" appear over other people's images. Musk decided to give us the only kind of gift he can for christmas, sickening disappointment. Best of luck out there folks.
December 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If you're an artist coming over from Twitter because of this bullshit they added, first of all:
Really genuinely sorry they fucked you like this & I think it's extremely reasonable to be crashing out HARD right now
Second: I'm gonna offer Bluesky tips and encourage ppl to share starter packs here
Really genuinely sorry they fucked you like this & I think it's extremely reasonable to be crashing out HARD right now
Second: I'm gonna offer Bluesky tips and encourage ppl to share starter packs here
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"people can still download your art from bsky and feed it into AI" if gamer behavior has taught me anything, just one extra button press is more than enough to annoy a MASSIVE amount of people into not making the effort
December 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"people can still download your art from bsky and feed it into AI" if gamer behavior has taught me anything, just one extra button press is more than enough to annoy a MASSIVE amount of people into not making the effort
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seems i never posted this comm here
December 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
seems i never posted this comm here
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heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community
go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!
go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community
go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!
go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!
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Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
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Happy holidays, my friends! Take care 🤘
December 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Happy holidays, my friends! Take care 🤘
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A happy Festivus to the rest of us ♥️
an older man in a red cardigan says i got a lot of problems
ALT: an older man in a red cardigan says i got a lot of problems
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A happy Festivus to the rest of us ♥️
A few of these have already been snagged by lucky peeps (I myself am one!) - Paige is a wonderful human, and they did an *amazing* experience of tattooing me!
Follow them for when/where they're going to be next
Follow them for when/where they're going to be next
4 new flash sheets for ur eyeballs and maybe ur skinmeat
December 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A few of these have already been snagged by lucky peeps (I myself am one!) - Paige is a wonderful human, and they did an *amazing* experience of tattooing me!
Follow them for when/where they're going to be next
Follow them for when/where they're going to be next
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
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I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
December 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
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Praying every day for something to poison databases so bad that all these structures and frameworks built around chatGPT and genAI instantly implode
December 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Praying every day for something to poison databases so bad that all these structures and frameworks built around chatGPT and genAI instantly implode
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December 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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THE POINT OF THIS IS THAT MY HUSBAND IS ALSO TRANS WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR TEN YEARS HE IS THE HUSBAND FORMERLY KNOWN AS WIFE
Latest strain of out-of-touch Instagram comment has been ugh of COURSE you’d end up with a man and like, TAKE IT UP WITH HIM HE’S THE ONE WHO DECIDED TO TURN INTO ONE
December 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
THE POINT OF THIS IS THAT MY HUSBAND IS ALSO TRANS WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR TEN YEARS HE IS THE HUSBAND FORMERLY KNOWN AS WIFE
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Post some art you made from before Bluesky!
December 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Post some art you made from before Bluesky!
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I think this is why fascists love AI art, not because it is good, but because it is bad. Not because it is original, but because it is stolen.
To make art as an expression of skill and craft and humanity reinforces humanity.
To push a button that steals art and call it your own is domination.
To make art as an expression of skill and craft and humanity reinforces humanity.
To push a button that steals art and call it your own is domination.
December 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I think this is why fascists love AI art, not because it is good, but because it is bad. Not because it is original, but because it is stolen.
To make art as an expression of skill and craft and humanity reinforces humanity.
To push a button that steals art and call it your own is domination.
To make art as an expression of skill and craft and humanity reinforces humanity.
To push a button that steals art and call it your own is domination.
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Me after you telling me that Trump AND Clinton must go to jail:
December 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Me after you telling me that Trump AND Clinton must go to jail: