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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 2d

made this happy little frame for my art website :)

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 1d

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 1d

squarespace site, hosting, adobe suite, linkedin premium - if we lived in a sane world, these things would be discounted for people who are job hunting.

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 2d

Appreciate the advice!!!!

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 2d

I need to do some investigating 🕵🏻‍♂️

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 2d

No idea what that is i’m just very slow and don’t use tools the way you’re supposed to 😭

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 2d

IMPLEMENT*

sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 2d

These are wild. How do you inplement the texture on your shapes? Do you have it built into a brush? Or is that something you’re just laying under the drawing and then blocking on top? I’ve never seen that. I can’t believe you do these in an hour

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 2d

im scared that if i have EVEN A SIP of wine i’ll fall headfirst into making a reece shearsmith fancam

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 2d

made this happy little frame for my art website :)

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · Aug 15

sun 🌙 down

A digital drawing of a werewolf floating amongst tree branches. He is grey and wearing brown ripped pants, a blue scarf around his head and bandages. There are arrows in his back.

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 3d

totally but that is not what most of these bystanders seem to be asking for and while I think these actions are good they don’t do anything to the government just those specific companies

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t think it’s helpful to be hopeless but I am curious what bystanders are imagining we do short of getting ourselves killed or disappeared.

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 3d

lotta ppl in countries with universal healthcare childcare and parental leave asking “why don’t americans do something!!??” What pray tell would you have regular people do in this situation beyond protesting and calling our reps which we already do - I am legitimately curious.

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 3d

that's different and a real ocd thing!! I'm more referring to people who are asking complete randos if they will like something or if watching/consuming something is 'worth their time' like nobody can answer that but you king.... sometimes you watch a bad/underwhelming thing and thats fine

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 20d

🌟 sever thy spirit 🌙

Digital drawing by Sara Rubin. A grey/purple figure with a pointed face like a bird sits in a grassy patch of flowers that is emerging from a golden portal. The figure is wearing a Pierrot style clown costume with a ruff collar. In his right hand he holds a glowing red heart. The portal is inscribed with the words 'Sever Thy Spirit'

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 4d

people on reddit are insane when it comes to consuming media: is it worth it? i'm scared to start. should i watch xyz? be for real!!! how do you feed yourselves!!!!!

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 4d

all indie rock because that's what i listen to

wednesday
the last dinner party
bully
magdalena bay
the beths
black country new road
ratboys
twen
nilufer yanya
momma
sidney gish
deep sea diver
girl scout
porridge radio

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 5d

Meta is constructing its largest data center yet: a $10 billion facility in Louisiana, as big as 70 football fields, requiring more than twice as much electricity as the City of New Orleans.

Louisiana has had to greenlight $3 billion in new energy infrastructure to service Meta's facility.

New Meta Data Center Needs Twice as Much Energy as New Orleans

Meta is constructing its largest data center yet: a $10 billion facility in Louisiana requiring more than twice as much electricity as New Orleans.

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 5d

wednesday is sooooo damn good. in high school I barely listened to female artists. one thing the internet did is open up the opportunity for women in indie spaces and now SHOCKER most of the best bands/artists are women or female-led

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 5d

its been over 2 years 🥴

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 20d

it's in the details, dahling!

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 5d

by my husband lol

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sara 🌛 rubin @sararubin.bsky.social · 5d

actually going bonkers they need to release GO3 or i will be put in the rubber room

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