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Alex Fort

@alexfortgallery.bsky.social
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Film and TV concept artist. Gouache, acrylic and watercolor painting.

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The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense @bunkerpod.bsky.social · 5h
Drug companies wouldn’t pitch their products as “I’m selling poison”. So why are tech companies so keen to warn us that AI could wipe out humanity? Hear @naomiaklein.bsky.social  in conversation with @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social on The Bunker. ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 05/10/2026
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979): Matte painting by Syd Dutton
Futuristic city, matte painting by Syd Dutton
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Alex Fort @alexfortgallery.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Acrylic portrait, 7x5 inches. #acrylicart #acrylicportrait #portraitpainting #sketchbook #artist
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Alex Fort @alexfortgallery.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Quick portrait. Acrylic on paper, 7x5 inches. #portraitpainter #acrylicart #portraitartist #acrylic #sketchbook
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Alex Fort @alexfortgallery.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Tech bro. Acrylic on paper, 7x5 inches. #doctorwho #acrylicpainting #acrylicportrait #drwhoart
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism
In a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I spoke with @gilduran.com this week to discuss the roots and rise of tech fascism—and how it might fall.
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Charting the rise of tech fascism
How the tech right seized power, with Gil Duran, author of the Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy.
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 20/08/2026
Oh no, not another artbook with AI slop 😢 And once again, the same question: how could such a glaring error make it into an official book? It’s just too depressing—leave me by the side of the road; I’ll only slow you down...
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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A new example of Meta shithousery. This is a post of mine on Instagram (left). Click the dots top right and this advisory note appears (right). I never use ai, never will. Why would they do this? Who benefits? Are they just trying to make viewers think everything is genAI so they just accept it?
A digital painting I posted on instagram. I didn’t use ai to create it. An Instagram advisory saying the artwork in the post is ‘likely made with AI’
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The Artbook Collector @theartbookguy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
'The Expanse: The Complete Visual History' from @titanbooks.bsky.social arrives in August 2027, giving fans a deep dive into the hit sci-fi show. Full details - www.artbookcollector.com/post/the-exp...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
New Origin Story: On the mad history of paranormal investigators. As with nearly every episode, we start with some faintly respectable Victorian types and end with a bunch of cynical charlatan American entrepreneurs, exploiting the stupid and the unwell for money.
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All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 22/06/2026
JAWS was released 51 years ago this week. Regarded the first summer blockbuster and A landmark of Hollywood, the making of story is so crazy it begs the question of how it was ever made… 1/47
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Been a grim, grim fucking week man iandunt.substack.com/p/an-abysmal...
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Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The Brexit vote 10 years on - and the legacy we live with every day. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Britain is a swamp of lies and disinformation – and we got here on the Brexit bus | Jonathan Freedland
Ten years after the vote, our economy is battered – and our national conversation darkens by the day. Still, there is reason for hope, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Alex Fort @alexfortgallery.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Watercolour doodle, A6. #watercolour #portraitpainter #sketchbook #watercolourartist #artist
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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
1/ This company’s models were trained on web scraped datasets (like LAION) and their founders are ex-Stability AI employees who engage in the same thieving practices that led artists like myself to sue Stability. GenAi companies NEED big names to sanitize their exploitation and crippling PR.
Screenshot of an X announcement by Black Forest Labs:

Martin Scorsese is an advisor to Black Forest
Labs.
He's spent six decades shaping how the world sees stories. Now he's helping us shape visual intelligence with human taste and craft at the center.
We sat down with him for a working storyboarding session using FLUX.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A lot of journalism in the tech space is basically free advertising. If some CEO makes a wild claim that is transparently designed to boost their market valuation you don't have to report it. This is how scams like Theranos happened. How many times have we heard that AGI is 1-2 years away? It's hype
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Alexander Stanton @thewormling.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
That’s how you do it! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 @MayorofLondon
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 19/05/2026
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Men In Black: Vincent D'Onofrio as Edgar
Alt: Men In Black: Vincent D'Onofrio as Edgar
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Alex Fort @alexfortgallery.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Watercolour, A6. #watercolour #watercolourportrait #portraitpainting #sketch #artist
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Alex Fort @alexfortgallery.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Sketch of Dua Lipa. Watercolour, A6. #watercolour #watercolourportrait #watercolourartist #dualipa #sketch
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Alex Fort @alexfortgallery.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Sketch of Ron Perlman. Acrylic on paper, A6. #portraitpainting #acrylicart #acrylicportrait #sketchbook
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Alex Fort @alexfortgallery.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Quick watercolour sketch, 7x5 inches. #watercolour #watercolourportrait #portraitpainting #sketchbook
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Alex Fort @alexfortgallery.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Watercolour sketch, 7x5 inches. #watercolour #watercolourportrait #portraitpainting #sketch
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
So, incredibly happy for, and proud of, Hungary. And looks like PM might even manage 2/3rds needed for a deep constitutional undoing of Orban's feckery. If EU has *any* sense whatsoever, it will THROW MONEY at Magyar, like a drunk yuppie at a stripper. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
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Hungary election: Viktor Orbán concedes with opposition on course for landslide election win - follow live
Hungary's prime minister has been ousted after 16 years in power, with Péter Magyar set to be the country's new leader.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Orban was the first in the modern populist wave, the prototype, and he operates now as a crucial international lynchpin. There's a reason the White House and the Kremlin are so desperate for him to win.
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 02/04/2026
Glad to see so much love for Dedra Meero today 😍 (in Andor, and if you don't know, you miss a great character).
Dedra Meero
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Reid Southen @rahll.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Oh HELL yes! 🔥 OpenAI is pulling the plug on their AI video generator Sora, and with it goes their deal with Disney to bring AI gen to Disney+. OpenAI seems to be in serious financial trouble, what a shame 🖕
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OpenAI Will Shut Down Sora Video Platform
OpenAI is planning to discontinue Sora, the generative-AI video creation platform it launched last year,
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
It really gets my goat when people tell me I may not like AI but it’s here to stay & there’s nothing we can do about it. Yes there is! We don’t have to bow down to every corporate demand! We can fight, regulate, use the law. We can & must ensure this tech benefits humanity & doesn’t dismantle it.
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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Mileships outtake
Digital painting, a ship defies gravity hovering above three figures in a bleak landscape
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
This duet cover of Radiohead's "Creep", between a son and his Shastriya Sangeet classically trained mother, is the mash-up I didn't know how much I needed in my life. Totally spontaneous sobbing may have taken place. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
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Mom & I Cover Creep By Radiohead (she is a classical Indian singer 🕉️)
YouTube video by Avie Sheck
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Alex Fort @alexfortgallery.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Small sketch of Michael Sheen. Acrylic on paper, A6. #acrylicpainting #portraitpainting #acrylicart #artist #sketch
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Alex Fort @alexfortgallery.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Sketch of Ella Purnell. Acrylic on paper, A6. #acrylicpainting #portraitpainter #ellapurnell #artist
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Alex Fort @alexfortgallery.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Ruins of Skaro, Doctor Who. Acrylic on paper, A5. #acrylicpainting #doctorwho #scifi #drwho #artist
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Alex Fort @alexfortgallery.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Doctor Who sketch, Oodsphere. Acrylic on paper, A5. #doctorwho #acrylicpainting #scifi #drwho #acrylicart
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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Some straight drawings
Pencil drawings, Ormiscaig village in North West Scotland Pencil drawings, Ormiscaig village in North West Scotland Ink drawing, Ormiscaig village in North West Scotland Ink drawing, a house on the road to Ullapool in North West Scotland
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Nathan Fowkes Art @nathanfowkes.com · 29/01/2026
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Reform is basically a suburban petrol station's DVD bin of Tory politicians.
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Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
“The goal now has to be nothing less than a new alliance of western democracies no longer dependent on the US for their defence”. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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As the world finally punches back, was this the week Donald Trump went too far? | Jonathan Freedland
The US president took his bullying doctrine to Davos and hit a wall of opposition. If this creates a new western alliance against him, all to the good, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Every day we all have to think about one of the most irredeemable cunts in the history of the world. What’s he doing? What’s he said now? How will it affect your life? What will be left once he’s finished smashing it all up? It’s unconscionable
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 19/01/2026
Was honored to get the call to be one of The Guardian’s Big Interviews in G2. A thorough and thoughtful piece that digs into the real fundaments of the AI bubble narrative. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Ed Zitron on big tech, backlash, boom and bust: ‘AI has taught us that people are excited to replace human beings’
His blunt, brash scepticism has made the podcaster and writer something of a cult figure. But as concern over large language models builds, he’s no longer the outsider he once was
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Alex Fort @alexfortgallery.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Quick sketch of Mia Goth. Gouache on paper, A6. #gouachepainting #portraitpainting #sketchbook #artist
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Last week, hundreds of creative workers amassed at a public hearing for an AI transparency bill to testify how AI was corroding their lives. Days later, Disney cut a deal with OpenAI, and Trump moved to stamp out state AI laws. On art and labor in the age of AI and American authoritarianism:
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There has to be a way
On the future of art and labor in the age of American AI and authoritarianism.
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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Hot dang this video essay hits hard, is well researched, and aligns so well with what I think ails this world. I feel that now, more than ever, solidarity of the 99% will truly be one of the few things that can fix this absolute mess of a techno feudal-ish world. Mega worth the watch:
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Greed is Destroying the World
YouTube video by Drew Gooden
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Alex Fort @alexfortgallery.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Acrylic doodle, A6. #acrylicpainting #portraitpainting #artist #sketchbook
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Alex Fort @alexfortgallery.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Sketch of Elle Fanning. Acrylic on paper, A6. #acrylic #portraitpainter #ellefanning #artist
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 26/08/2025
Here's the clip! youtu.be/ZGVKZQQSJkg
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CNN - What We Know With Max Foster - Ed Zitron Talks AI
YouTube video by Ed Zitron
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
How we're all changing under the gaze of AI, as we learn to see ourselves as the machine sees us iandunt.substack.com/p/machine-me...
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