Sarah
@sarahs-stitch.bsky.social
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As if artists don't have enough to deal with, Amazon has a "Buy For Me" program in beta which is scraping indie shops for their items and putting them up on Amazon (often incorrectly), for their "AI agent" to buy from the other site. It is NOT opt in, and there is no opt out.
I just found out that our stuff is being sold on Amazon - WITHOUT our consent or any ability to opt out bc Amazon is just scraping artist’s websites and putting our shit in their search results. Again, without our permission.
December 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
As if artists don't have enough to deal with, Amazon has a "Buy For Me" program in beta which is scraping indie shops for their items and putting them up on Amazon (often incorrectly), for their "AI agent" to buy from the other site. It is NOT opt in, and there is no opt out.
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An update: there IS an opt-out email, you should check if your site/merch is in this "feature" and use it. If it's not there now, you should likely set a reminder to check back, since it's new. bsky.app/profile/monk...
Update: I emailed the opt-out address listed on their website and got a reply. But, I never. Should. Have. Had. To. Opt. Out. I’m so tired of these tech companies & their entitlement. DoorDash putting small restaurants on their apps w/o permission, AI scraping our sites, & now this? It’s exhausting
December 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
An update: there IS an opt-out email, you should check if your site/merch is in this "feature" and use it. If it's not there now, you should likely set a reminder to check back, since it's new. bsky.app/profile/monk...
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December 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Please enjoy this photo of the sun this morning. I hate that the new year will be 80°F.
Trying to think on how to start the new year and all I feel is so defeated. I don't want a repeat of 2016 but that's how my soul feels right now.
Trying to think on how to start the new year and all I feel is so defeated. I don't want a repeat of 2016 but that's how my soul feels right now.
December 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Please enjoy this photo of the sun this morning. I hate that the new year will be 80°F.
Trying to think on how to start the new year and all I feel is so defeated. I don't want a repeat of 2016 but that's how my soul feels right now.
Trying to think on how to start the new year and all I feel is so defeated. I don't want a repeat of 2016 but that's how my soul feels right now.
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but opposing GenAI is not about opposing technology, it's about opposing capitalists.
GenAI is not a technology: it's a massive automation of theft, masquerading as an industry, run by grifters.
Don't hate computers, hate the capitalists behind the curtain.
GenAI is not a technology: it's a massive automation of theft, masquerading as an industry, run by grifters.
Don't hate computers, hate the capitalists behind the curtain.
December 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but opposing GenAI is not about opposing technology, it's about opposing capitalists.
GenAI is not a technology: it's a massive automation of theft, masquerading as an industry, run by grifters.
Don't hate computers, hate the capitalists behind the curtain.
GenAI is not a technology: it's a massive automation of theft, masquerading as an industry, run by grifters.
Don't hate computers, hate the capitalists behind the curtain.
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Goodbye December ❄️
Wishing everyone a beautiful ending to the last day of the year tomorrow and a beautiful start to a new one!!
Wishing everyone a beautiful ending to the last day of the year tomorrow and a beautiful start to a new one!!
December 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Goodbye December ❄️
Wishing everyone a beautiful ending to the last day of the year tomorrow and a beautiful start to a new one!!
Wishing everyone a beautiful ending to the last day of the year tomorrow and a beautiful start to a new one!!
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✨I put together a pack of wonderful LGBTQ+ artists open for commissions! ✨ Drop a comment here if you'd like to be added 🖤
go.bsky.app/Pr3CVHV
go.bsky.app/Pr3CVHV
December 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
✨I put together a pack of wonderful LGBTQ+ artists open for commissions! ✨ Drop a comment here if you'd like to be added 🖤
go.bsky.app/Pr3CVHV
go.bsky.app/Pr3CVHV
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oh damn they're goin full metaverse, corporations only do this when they’re in extreme distress.
It blows my mind that you can create a startup based on a fucking absurd series of lies and impossible promises, make billions of dollars while companies cut staffing believing the lie, then walk away from the smoldering crater without being guillotined straight to hell
www.ft.com/content/9b1b...
www.ft.com/content/9b1b...
AI ‘world models’ promise to reshape $190bn video games industry
Google DeepMind and Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs target gaming with AI-generated 3D environments
www.ft.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
oh damn they're goin full metaverse, corporations only do this when they’re in extreme distress.
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Prague Christmas market!🎄
December 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Prague Christmas market!🎄
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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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more josh o'connor for you
December 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
more josh o'connor for you
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GDT’s #frankenstein but make it yuri
December 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
GDT’s #frankenstein but make it yuri
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TL;DR AI shills don’t know or care why people connect with art. Their experience of art is as little posts scrolling by with numbers affixed to them, and they think that’s all there is. Sad, clueless dilettantes at life.
There’s lot to be said about how little AI shills know about art, but not enough is said about how little they think of fandom, of community, of all the people who bring the art to each other. That’s why it’s never gonna happen like they want. They’ll never have the adulation they crave.
December 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
TL;DR AI shills don’t know or care why people connect with art. Their experience of art is as little posts scrolling by with numbers affixed to them, and they think that’s all there is. Sad, clueless dilettantes at life.
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This is a really good point that I had not run into before: these "creators" have no further insight into their alleged creation than the average audience member and that is why it cannot be called art (besides all the other obvious reasons).
December 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is a really good point that I had not run into before: these "creators" have no further insight into their alleged creation than the average audience member and that is why it cannot be called art (besides all the other obvious reasons).
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"To be lost and to be found, that is the lifespan of love. And in its brevity, its tragedy... this has been made eternal. Better this way... to fade... with your eyes gazing upon me.." 🍁
#art #Frankenstein @realgdt.bsky.social
#art #Frankenstein @realgdt.bsky.social
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"To be lost and to be found, that is the lifespan of love. And in its brevity, its tragedy... this has been made eternal. Better this way... to fade... with your eyes gazing upon me.." 🍁
#art #Frankenstein @realgdt.bsky.social
#art #Frankenstein @realgdt.bsky.social