Reposted by gwe🎇
and most critically the very rich who supported that economy, today they'd rather watch fox news and get really mad in their yacht or something than try to impress one another with the paintings they've paid for, though I'm sure that still happens to an extent
December 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
and most critically the very rich who supported that economy, today they'd rather watch fox news and get really mad in their yacht or something than try to impress one another with the paintings they've paid for, though I'm sure that still happens to an extent
Reposted by gwe🎇
the Renaissance painting begging is just stupid racist shit but those people also critically mistake that art as something that was just spontaneously produced for the world on its own merits rather than the results of a very specific society and economy of art creation
December 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
the Renaissance painting begging is just stupid racist shit but those people also critically mistake that art as something that was just spontaneously produced for the world on its own merits rather than the results of a very specific society and economy of art creation
Reposted by gwe🎇
artists of equal skill and creativity and vision exist by the hundreds, thousands, tbh millions but there is a huge variety of mediums for them to work in and the opportunity to, and desire to, spend years of their lives painting extremely expensive shit for the super rich, is few
December 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
artists of equal skill and creativity and vision exist by the hundreds, thousands, tbh millions but there is a huge variety of mediums for them to work in and the opportunity to, and desire to, spend years of their lives painting extremely expensive shit for the super rich, is few
Reposted by gwe🎇
not that there weren't painters who were hustling blasting up to one painting a day at their peak but even then to the average person the concept of owning a painting has become so devalued only speculators and rich hoarders could pay enough to make painting something large and complex viable
December 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
not that there weren't painters who were hustling blasting up to one painting a day at their peak but even then to the average person the concept of owning a painting has become so devalued only speculators and rich hoarders could pay enough to make painting something large and complex viable
Reposted by gwe🎇
my serious thought on "why do Renaissance paintings not happen anymore" well in the first place very, very few people can afford the equipment and workspace, and then work on a painting for several months, maybe over a year, to sell to one person who will pay enough money for their rent and costs
"people with renaissance-level art skills don't exist anymore" yes they do their username is something like 03748218_ and they spend all their time drawing pornography so deranged it'd kill hugh hefner a second time
December 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
my serious thought on "why do Renaissance paintings not happen anymore" well in the first place very, very few people can afford the equipment and workspace, and then work on a painting for several months, maybe over a year, to sell to one person who will pay enough money for their rent and costs
Reposted by gwe🎇
December 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Reposted by gwe🎇
a side note, but: 'no talent likenesses' will be used. So, Chris Pratt and whoever else are protected (for the moment). But the animators and designers who made these characters you are now willingly feeding into the slop machine designed to replace them...they're not considered talent.
December 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
a side note, but: 'no talent likenesses' will be used. So, Chris Pratt and whoever else are protected (for the moment). But the animators and designers who made these characters you are now willingly feeding into the slop machine designed to replace them...they're not considered talent.
Reposted by gwe🎇
Reposted by gwe🎇
griddlehark doodles!
(need to read nona 🏃 🏃 🏃 but it's a been a while so i should probably reread the first 2)
(need to read nona 🏃 🏃 🏃 but it's a been a while so i should probably reread the first 2)
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
griddlehark doodles!
(need to read nona 🏃 🏃 🏃 but it's a been a while so i should probably reread the first 2)
(need to read nona 🏃 🏃 🏃 but it's a been a while so i should probably reread the first 2)
Reposted by gwe🎇
115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.
December 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.
Reposted by gwe🎇
Remember the Amazon “Just Walk Out” supermarkets that were marketed as automated but actually relied on thousands of data workers in India?
www.businessinsider.com/amazons-just...
www.businessinsider.com/amazons-just...
Amazon's Just Walk Out technology relies on hundreds of workers in India watching you shop
Amazon promoted Just Walk Out as AI-powered cashierless technology. But the tech reportedly relied on workers in India for accuracy.
www.businessinsider.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Remember the Amazon “Just Walk Out” supermarkets that were marketed as automated but actually relied on thousands of data workers in India?
www.businessinsider.com/amazons-just...
www.businessinsider.com/amazons-just...
Reposted by gwe🎇
Today, DWI publishes a powerful essay by @mgasia.bsky.social, who works impersonating an AI sex companion: data-workers.org/michael/
This piece offers a rare glimpse into the psychological and economic realities behind one of the fastest-growing sectors: AI-assisted intimacy.
This piece offers a rare glimpse into the psychological and economic realities behind one of the fastest-growing sectors: AI-assisted intimacy.
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Today, DWI publishes a powerful essay by @mgasia.bsky.social, who works impersonating an AI sex companion: data-workers.org/michael/
This piece offers a rare glimpse into the psychological and economic realities behind one of the fastest-growing sectors: AI-assisted intimacy.
This piece offers a rare glimpse into the psychological and economic realities behind one of the fastest-growing sectors: AI-assisted intimacy.
Reposted by gwe🎇
Our government and military are directly responsible for this atrocity and US complicity will only grow unless we do everything in our power to stop it.
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Our government and military are directly responsible for this atrocity and US complicity will only grow unless we do everything in our power to stop it.
Reposted by gwe🎇
It confines Palestinians within a political and operational framework that, under the guise of security and humanitarian measures, entrenches Israeli occupation, de facto annexation, and forced displacement.
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It confines Palestinians within a political and operational framework that, under the guise of security and humanitarian measures, entrenches Israeli occupation, de facto annexation, and forced displacement.
Reposted by gwe🎇
Trump’s plan is premised on systematic discrimination, turning Palestinians’ basic needs — housing, food and healthcare — from universal rights into tools of coercion and control.
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Trump’s plan is premised on systematic discrimination, turning Palestinians’ basic needs — housing, food and healthcare — from universal rights into tools of coercion and control.
Reposted by gwe🎇
and illegally restricts aid and services to Palestinians to coerce relocation, according to @euromedhr.bsky.social. Once relocated, Palestinians cannot return home.
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
and illegally restricts aid and services to Palestinians to coerce relocation, according to @euromedhr.bsky.social. Once relocated, Palestinians cannot return home.
Reposted by gwe🎇
The militarized green zone, controlled by the Israeli military, imposes population control and severely restricts Palestinian movement through invasive checkpoints, screenings and watchtowers,
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The militarized green zone, controlled by the Israeli military, imposes population control and severely restricts Palestinian movement through invasive checkpoints, screenings and watchtowers,
Reposted by gwe🎇
Instead, it will be under direct Israeli security and economic domination. Gaza’s fishing waters, gas fields, and coastal infrastructure will fall under Israeli military control.
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Instead, it will be under direct Israeli security and economic domination. Gaza’s fishing waters, gas fields, and coastal infrastructure will fall under Israeli military control.
Reposted by gwe🎇
The red zone covers 90% of Gaza’s coastline and 47% of its land—where most Palestinians now shelter—but is excluded from plans for Palestinian reconstruction.
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The red zone covers 90% of Gaza’s coastline and 47% of its land—where most Palestinians now shelter—but is excluded from plans for Palestinian reconstruction.
Reposted by gwe🎇
The Israeli military is describing this yellow line as its new “border,” directly violating international law.
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The Israeli military is describing this yellow line as its new “border,” directly violating international law.
Reposted by gwe🎇
They are imposing a separation system that divides Gaza into concentrated population areas and closed military zones, called the “red and green zones”—divided by a rapidly expanding “yellow line,” where the Israeli military is enforcing a shoot-to-kill policy.
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
They are imposing a separation system that divides Gaza into concentrated population areas and closed military zones, called the “red and green zones”—divided by a rapidly expanding “yellow line,” where the Israeli military is enforcing a shoot-to-kill policy.
Reposted by gwe🎇
Currently, the US and Israeli militaries are operating out of the so-called Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), located on top of the villages of Iraq al-Manshiyya and al-Faluja/Kiryat Gat.
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Currently, the US and Israeli militaries are operating out of the so-called Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), located on top of the villages of Iraq al-Manshiyya and al-Faluja/Kiryat Gat.
Reposted by gwe🎇
The US, in coordination with the Israeli government, is implementing long-term illegal control and annexation of Gaza, imposing collective punishment on Palestinians, violating their right to self-determination and forcibly displacing families.
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The US, in coordination with the Israeli government, is implementing long-term illegal control and annexation of Gaza, imposing collective punishment on Palestinians, violating their right to self-determination and forcibly displacing families.
Reposted by gwe🎇
The Trump Ceasefire Plan is paving the way for mass population transfer of Palestinians in Gaza and massive land theft by the Israeli government.
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The Trump Ceasefire Plan is paving the way for mass population transfer of Palestinians in Gaza and massive land theft by the Israeli government.
Reposted by gwe🎇
As a winter storm batters Gaza, "people's tents are either being washed away or flooded entirely," says Moureen Kaki with the medical aid group Glia, speaking from Khan Younis. She says the current situation is "not really a ceasefire" but merely "a slower form of death."
December 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
As a winter storm batters Gaza, "people's tents are either being washed away or flooded entirely," says Moureen Kaki with the medical aid group Glia, speaking from Khan Younis. She says the current situation is "not really a ceasefire" but merely "a slower form of death."