Skelenaut
@skelenaut.bsky.social
Jonathan Sims - SKELENAUT®
Iowa City, Iowa
www.skelenaut.com
Professional Art Ghoul.
No A.I. bullshit.
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Iowa City, Iowa
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Professional Art Ghoul.
No A.I. bullshit.
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Skelenaut
@skelenaut.bsky.social
· Aug 23
If you show me anything A.I. generated, a ghost kills you within a week.
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So a lot of artists were drawing the elf face at this angle, because its hard as hell. So I drew Slash, because to my 12 year old brain, him doing a solo in the November Rain video was as cool as a person could look. And it's still true.
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
So a lot of artists were drawing the elf face at this angle, because its hard as hell. So I drew Slash, because to my 12 year old brain, him doing a solo in the November Rain video was as cool as a person could look. And it's still true.
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Stop using AI for placeholder assets.
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
June 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Stop using AI for placeholder assets.
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
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I'm getting real tired of not being able to trust that a video game doesn't have AI crap in it:
aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...
aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I'm getting real tired of not being able to trust that a video game doesn't have AI crap in it:
aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...
aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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Here’s a handy protocol to determine whether AI could be helpful with your problem or project.
November 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Here’s a handy protocol to determine whether AI could be helpful with your problem or project.
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tech companies continually learning people don't want these things
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
tech companies continually learning people don't want these things
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new article discussing the implications of Daniel Estrada Sanchez's indictment for allegedly carrying zines.
meanwhile, please write to the Prairieland defendants & read more about their case here: dfwdefendants.wordpress.com
here’s the fundraiser:
www.givesendgo.com/supportDFWpr...
meanwhile, please write to the Prairieland defendants & read more about their case here: dfwdefendants.wordpress.com
here’s the fundraiser:
www.givesendgo.com/supportDFWpr...
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
new article discussing the implications of Daniel Estrada Sanchez's indictment for allegedly carrying zines.
meanwhile, please write to the Prairieland defendants & read more about their case here: dfwdefendants.wordpress.com
here’s the fundraiser:
www.givesendgo.com/supportDFWpr...
meanwhile, please write to the Prairieland defendants & read more about their case here: dfwdefendants.wordpress.com
here’s the fundraiser:
www.givesendgo.com/supportDFWpr...
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Should the economy be regulated by a democratic society to ensure that it creates opportunity and benefit for everyone? Or should it be a plaything for approximately a dozen of the world's most odious assholes? Who knows
November 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Should the economy be regulated by a democratic society to ensure that it creates opportunity and benefit for everyone? Or should it be a plaything for approximately a dozen of the world's most odious assholes? Who knows
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Social media could work differently. We teach digital literacy, but ppl often can’t apply those lessons w/in systems that obscure where info comes from & how it gets to them. What might social media look like if users had better signals of information provenance? www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries
A large number of MAGA social media influencers were exposed over the weekend as being being based in other countries.Podcaster Matt Binder posted screenshots showing that Charlie’s Voice Rising, a po...
www.rawstory.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Social media could work differently. We teach digital literacy, but ppl often can’t apply those lessons w/in systems that obscure where info comes from & how it gets to them. What might social media look like if users had better signals of information provenance? www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
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Vaccines save lives.
And no, they do not cause autism.
And no, they do not cause autism.
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Vaccines save lives.
And no, they do not cause autism.
And no, they do not cause autism.
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I made a new shirt design.
skelenaut.threadless.com/designs/john...
skelenaut.threadless.com/designs/john...
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I made a new shirt design.
skelenaut.threadless.com/designs/john...
skelenaut.threadless.com/designs/john...
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Ho ho ha ha! Everything in my threadless shop is ON SALE.
- $12.50 Regular, Fitted, & Classic Tees
- $12.50 Kids Tees
- Everything Else on Sale*
*Sale prices as marked.
- $12.50 Regular, Fitted, & Classic Tees
- $12.50 Kids Tees
- Everything Else on Sale*
*Sale prices as marked.
I'm making a new comic book! Here's the ad for merch that's going in the book. No reason not to share it right now.
skelenaut.threadless.com
skelenaut.threadless.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Ho ho ha ha! Everything in my threadless shop is ON SALE.
- $12.50 Regular, Fitted, & Classic Tees
- $12.50 Kids Tees
- Everything Else on Sale*
*Sale prices as marked.
- $12.50 Regular, Fitted, & Classic Tees
- $12.50 Kids Tees
- Everything Else on Sale*
*Sale prices as marked.
I can't help but imagine a software engineer with their billionaire boss looking over their shoulder like, "yeah, make the AI sound like it worships me. It can only say I'm the undisputed best at everything." What an awkward position.
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I can't help but imagine a software engineer with their billionaire boss looking over their shoulder like, "yeah, make the AI sound like it worships me. It can only say I'm the undisputed best at everything." What an awkward position.
Ho ho ha ha! Everything in my threadless shop is ON SALE.
- $12.50 Regular, Fitted, & Classic Tees
- $12.50 Kids Tees
- Everything Else on Sale*
*Sale prices as marked.
- $12.50 Regular, Fitted, & Classic Tees
- $12.50 Kids Tees
- Everything Else on Sale*
*Sale prices as marked.
I'm making a new comic book! Here's the ad for merch that's going in the book. No reason not to share it right now.
skelenaut.threadless.com
skelenaut.threadless.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Ho ho ha ha! Everything in my threadless shop is ON SALE.
- $12.50 Regular, Fitted, & Classic Tees
- $12.50 Kids Tees
- Everything Else on Sale*
*Sale prices as marked.
- $12.50 Regular, Fitted, & Classic Tees
- $12.50 Kids Tees
- Everything Else on Sale*
*Sale prices as marked.
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so apparently that zoopunk game uses a shit ton of AI tools including stable image diffusion. www.gematsu.com/2025/01/tiga...
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
so apparently that zoopunk game uses a shit ton of AI tools including stable image diffusion. www.gematsu.com/2025/01/tiga...
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These stories can easily be read as signs of corruption or crony capitalism. But in new piece w/ @segoddard.bsky.social we argue it is part of a wider emerging international order. We call it neo-royalism. State interests replaced by those of hyper-elites.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System | International Organization | Cambridge Core
Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System - Volume 79 Issue S1
www.cambridge.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
These stories can easily be read as signs of corruption or crony capitalism. But in new piece w/ @segoddard.bsky.social we argue it is part of a wider emerging international order. We call it neo-royalism. State interests replaced by those of hyper-elites.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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It's bizarre how these a.i. weirdos don't understand the social value of art. The best case scenario here is that you see an a.i generated movie and it blows your mind but because it was customized for you, you can't go to a friend and say "Did you see that great movie?!"
psst, no one is struggling with this - we are trying to create singular things that resonate with a huge audience or resonate hugely with a specific audience. We "struggle" with how tech and VC funding has broken almost every creative economy we have. So thanks but no thanks
November 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It's bizarre how these a.i. weirdos don't understand the social value of art. The best case scenario here is that you see an a.i generated movie and it blows your mind but because it was customized for you, you can't go to a friend and say "Did you see that great movie?!"
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What’s a horror movie that came out this year you think didn’t get enough love?
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
What’s a horror movie that came out this year you think didn’t get enough love?
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
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"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
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Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
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Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
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Is Cloudflare fucked again this morning or are my security settings too high, an eternal question
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Is Cloudflare fucked again this morning or are my security settings too high, an eternal question