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Alistair Gentry

@alistairgentry.bsky.social
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'Frankly disturbing' performance artist, writer, producer, irritant, arts admin and research fairy, jack of all trades, master of some. linktr.ee/alistairgentry alistairgentry.net

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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Death notice for Alistair Gentry
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Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
imagine you’re on a spaceship and then some random guy says that all the water and power on board should be used to generate fake sentences and ugly pics
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Another tough day for team “there’s no point in complaining about AI, just accept it.”
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11/03/2026
WHAT IF YOU JUST READ A FUCKING BOOK
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I use Gemini when I'm bored — and it's better than doomscrolling
It became my ultimate distraction
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
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A SKELATEN IN GROCEY STORE "LOL IF YOUR USING TWITTER IN 2026, IF I WANTED TO BEYELLED AT BY A BOT I WOULD MOVE ITEMS TO THE BAGGING AREA WITHOUT SCANNING THEM " DONT KNOW IF YOU SAW IT LATELY BUT ITS SOMEHOW EVEN WORSE THAN IT WAS IN 2025, AND THAT WAS WORSE THEN 2024, AND THAT WAS WORSE THEN 2023, ETC, BY THE TIME THE SHIT GOT SOLD TO ELLON IT WAS ALREADY ALMOST DEAD, THE LAST HANDFUL OF HUMAN USERS WANDERING IN ALGORITHM HELL WHILE BOTS RESPONT TO THEM IN GPT SPEAK, THE AGING SNARKY COMMENTERS REFUSING TO MOVE TO BSKY OR THREADS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ONE NOTCH DUMMER THEN THEM ARE STILL ON TWITTER AND THEY HAVE TO DUNK THEM BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO SAY AND NO WAY TO PROVE THERE SELF WORTH, AND THE PEPE NAZI'S FEEL EMBOLDENED TO START NEW SLURS AND SMACK THEM SELF IN THE FACE WITH OBJECTS TO INCREASE THEIR JAW LINE, BUT EVEN THEY DONT LIKE IT BECAUSE "THE LIBS" ARE NO LONGER THERE TO GET MAD AT THEM, AN APP FOR NO ONE WITH A SOUL, OWNED BY DEVIL, STILL FULL OF YOUR DEAD FRIENDS POSTS FROM YEARS PAST, AN ENTIRE ERA OF YOUR LIFE ONLINE NOW ONLY EVIDENCED BY OLD WORDS CARVED INTO THE CLIFFS OF HELL,,,,, BUT WHAT DO I KNOW IM JUST A SKELETIN - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
One of my favourite sides of politics/media.
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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Read the whole thread, and AUE's linked response. I also agree with a lot of Hodge's report, though she's an absolute rotter in many regards, e.g. (as mentioned by AUE) her opposition to boycotts. Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day, I suppose.
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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
What an image, by Stefan Rousseau/PA. Anti-migration daughter of Pakistani immigrants Shabana Mahmood marches out, taking sartorial tips from ICE/MAGA big coat wearers and giving Death Star cosplay vibes on her far right-washing photo opp in Denmark. Mouth by Dedra Meero out of Andor.
UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood wearing a long black coat while marching towards the camera.
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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Even the Pope has absolutely had it with all the lazy AI slop and shitty tiktoks. www.ncronline.org/vatican/pope...
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Pope Leo tells priests not to use AI to write homilies or seek likes on TikTok
"To give a true homily is to share faith," and artificial intelligence "will never be able to share faith," the pope said.
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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
GORTONS ALIVE????
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
So the Telegraph is taking this well
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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Turkey wanted to facilitate Christmas dinner.
Text advert for a visual artist to train AI.
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weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
swordfighting tactics, germany, 16th century
a ink drawing of a man tackling another man swinging a sword by grabbing him around the waist and putting his face in his crotch
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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This is fantastic and should be applauded, of course, but two things: 1) stop with the pilot schemes, it's well established that basic income works and it's only ideology and lack of political will that makes it difficult. 2) basic income for EVERYONE.
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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Digital art has only been a thing since the early 1950s, woo that arts council they so up to date they got 6-7 rizz drip and vibes. Digital art is on the boring spreadsheetz now fam. www.artscouncil.org.uk/blog/digital...
artscouncil.org.uk
Digital Arts becomes Arts Council England's tenth supported artform
‘Digital Arts’ joins Collections and Cultural Property, Combined Arts, Dance, Libraries, Literature, Museums, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts as Arts Council England’s tenth supported artform.
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 24/01/2026
Board of Peace - Season 1
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 20/01/2026
I'm so tired of working through the apocalypse.
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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 20/01/2026
normal way to talk about booming industry
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Patricia Bastos @patmat.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
“You’re going to hear ‘AI consciousness’ and ‘AI personhood’ arguments coming from elite places—Harvard,Oxford,Ivy League panels—not necessarily because the case is strong, but because funding, prestige networks, and think-tank ecosystems decide what gets amplified. Follow the money, not the claim.
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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Louvre worthy
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Transilvanian Hungover🦇 @thecoffeenator.eurosky.social · 14/01/2025
Merry Feast of the Ass, y’all!
screenshot of the Wikipedia page for Feast of the Ass, observed on January the 14th.
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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
YET AGAIN a basic, serial numbers filed off version of something much more sophisticated I've been pitching for years has gone into production, by people who are in my networks and probably know full well that I and my work exist. It's so demoralising. Nothing I can do, just bearing witness.
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a bald man with a red bow tie says " it is happening again "
Alt: A bald man with a red bow tie says "it is happening again "
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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 16/12/2025
Look man I don’t think the people being poisoned by data centers really care if you remove the generated assets before shipping, and I don’t really care if you “only” use the machine that stole my shit and convinced teens to off themselves for internal PowerPoints. Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.
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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
M.Hodge is a proper wrong 'un but I can't argue with her here. Inject this report on the Arts Council England consultation into my veins: www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Arts Council England - an independent review by Baroness Margaret Hodge
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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Iceland Christmas range x Nine Inch Nails: March of the Pigs in Blankets
Product packaging for "Luxury Pig in Blanket Pinwheel", a coiled cooked sausage wrapped in bacon.Cover of CD Closer to God by Nine Inch Nails, showing a coiled black centipede against a grungy yellow background.
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
WORLDS FUCKED LET US COAST - dashare.zone ADMIN
IF DA WORLDS GONNA BE TOTALY FUCKED AT LEAST I SHOULDENT HAVE TO GO TO WORK THE WHOLE TIME , SITTIN THERE AND CANT GET SHIT DONE CAUSE NOBODYS EVEN AT WORK AND THERE ALL BUYIN SHIT ON LINE AND WONT RETURN EMAIL'S , AND BOSS IS DOING THAT TOO, SO WHAT DA FUCK , AND DA SKELTEN IN THE PHOTO IS THINKIN GTHE SAME THING WITH THERE COOL OWL AND THERE LIBRA SCALES, SO JUST LET EVERY ONE GO HOME , AND IF YOUR WORKIN AT A STORE THEY SHOULD PAY YOU DOUBLE CAUSE EVERY ONES ACTING LIKE A PEACE OF SHIT THIS MONTH , WORSE THAN USUAL , AND DA TEXT " OUTLAW GOING TO WORK IN DECEBER LEGALIZE COSTING UNTIL JANUARY, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY ME " - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Basic income for 2000 more artists in Ireland. Enough pilots and testing. Basic income works, full stop. Previous recipients earned more, claimed fewer benefits, and created a net benefit to the Irish economy of €8 million. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
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Three Years After Trial Launch, Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program Permanent
Several years after launching a trial, Ireland is set to make its basic income for artists program permanent starting in 2026.
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
YES - dashare.zone ADMIN
A SKELATEN CONFRONTEN A TINY "H.R" PERSON AND THERE SAYING " YES YOU MAY ASK ABOUT THE GAP IN MY RESUME ,I WAS CHILLEN, AND NOW IM OUT OF MONEY MONTHER FUCKER " DONT ASK ME WHY I WANT TO WORK AT YOUR PLACE!!! I OBVIOUSLY WANT TO WORK THERE BECAUSE I LIVE UNDER THE IRON GRIP OF A SYSTEM THAT PUNISHES THOSE WHO DO NOT PRODUCE SURPLUS VALUE FOR ITS OWNERS!!! WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT!!! GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW I OVERCOMED ADVERSITY AT WORK HOW ABOUT EVERY MORNING MOTHER FUCKER - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
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Paul [Atreides] Wood @retroid.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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a close up of a young man 's face looking at the camera with a serious look on his face .
Alt: a close up of a young man 's face looking at the camera with a serious look on his face .
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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Oh no, arts org comms teams are still announcing "major" exhibitions and commissions by the artists they work with. COWER WEAKLINGS as you SNIVEL into MY REALM of MINOR COMMISSIONS and TRIFLING EXHIBITIONS We'll decide if it feels major, important, or any other superlative when we see it, yeah?
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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
"The delusion hasn't changed, but the formatting has." Great thread on how LLMs and gen AI polish and reify disordered thinking and sidestep analysis or reflection. Goodbye green text and ALL CAPS, hello bulleted lists, em dashes, and "in conclusion..."
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 19/11/2025
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
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Al defenders are so embarrassing

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All you are saying is that you want to gatekeep creativity. That's not good.

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Neuroscientist here... creativity is a process. A process. A FUCKING PROCESS. Not an output.
Nobody is gatekeeping the process - Al simply invites you to skip to the end, to the output. Which, as mentioned, is not creativity.
Nobody cares if the output is aesthetically pleasing, because the process, the act itself, the limitation of a single human mind and the resulting creations that capture that one single inimitable human experience... is what makes a creation worth paying attention
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
MIRACLE - dashare.zone ADMIN
DA SKELATEN LOOKIN WIERD BECAUSE THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO MOVE THERE BODY OR WHERE TO PUT THERE ARMS , AND IT SAYS " ACTED NORMAL DURING SMALL TALK, DONT KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED, IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN " SORRY FOR DOING THIS NOW YOUR GONNA THINK IM NORMAL, AND I AINT EVER GONNA LIVE UP TO THAT ONE,,, IF HALF YOUR LIFE IT FEELS LIKE YOUR WATCHIN SOMEONE ELSE DO ALL YOUR STUFF FOR YOU FROM INSIDE YOUR BODY , AND YOUR NOT REALLY IN CONTROL OF IT, ARE U THE ONLY ONE IN THERE? IF YOUR NOT CONTROLLING YOUR BRAIN OR BODY THEN WHERE ARE YOU????? WHO IS THE OTHER GUY????????????????????? THERES MORE TO THIS EXISTANCE THAN WE KNOW, AND IF IM WRONG THEN TELL ME WHY I KNOW IT WOULD IMPROVE MY LIFE TO DO MY CHORE'S AND MY DO DO LIST BUT I NEVER DO ANY OF THEM BUT I ALSO GET MAD AT MY SELF FOR IT - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
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weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
hey gang
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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
In case anyone thinks declaring the DWP a crime scene is hyperbole, they're directly responsible for thousands of disabled, elderly and mentally ill people's deaths.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 19/10/2025
Take some time this weekend to get caught up in our #OptOutOctober series, where we’re providing daily tips to reclaim your privacy, one small task at a time. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security
Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy
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jeremy kaplowitz @jeremykaplowitz.com · 03/08/2025
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Zelda Williams (daughter of Robin) on AI slop: "You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it."
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Yes
"Say what you like about nurses, garbage collectors, or mechanics, it’s obvious that were they to vanish in a puff of smoke, the results would be immediate & catastrophic.

A world without teachers or dock-workers would soon be in trouble, and even one without science fiction writers or ska musicians would clearly be a lesser place.

It’s not entirely clear how humanity would suffer were all private equity CEOs, lobbyists, PR researchers, actuaries, telemarketers, bailiffs or legal consultants to similarly vanish - many suspect it might markedly improve."

- David Graeber
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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
I was at the joyful London premiere of Power Station last night, an inspiring documentary about a community (mine actually!) coming together to buy their own renewable energy production. It's at @wshed.bsky.social tomorrow (Sunday 5 October), Bristolians www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1358...
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Power Station
Two artists in London set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution.
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
CAPTALISM - dashare.zone ADMIN
A SKELETEN BEING HALF WAY GRIDED UP IN A MEAT GRIDER AND IT SAYS "MAYBE IF I SACRIFICE ENOUGH OF MY BODY TO THE GRINDER , THELL LET ME CRANK THE HANDLE SOME DAY " - JUST WORK HARD AND YOUR GONNA BE APPRECIATED LOL, JUST HIT THE STREET'S AND HAND OUT YOUR RESUME LOL, JUST BUY A USED CAR LOL, JUST BUY FOOD LOL, ETC - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
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shardcore @shardcore.org · 30/08/2025
a message to the british media
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 21/08/2025
I hope this helps someone: Regardless of your intention when using AI, it doesn't change the processes involved in using it, which include excessive consumption of water & other finite energy sources and data centers that are placed in vulnerable communities, polluting both people and land.
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
rewarding my microwave by letting it heat up a fork as a treat
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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Did a new one
Government style ad in watercolour. Image of a burglar stealing a painting from the wall of a home. Tagline: "It's not theft... if you say you're using it to train your AI algorithm". Body text: "Theft is now legal, so we can boost the economy by eliminating jobs. If that doesn't make any sense, ask a chatbot to explain it to you." HM government logo in the corner.
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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping apparently thinks her job is to increase those things. I guess it shouldn't be a surprise at this point that scumbags like her and slum landlord Jas Athwal are welcome in the Labour Party. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Homelessness minister hiked rent weeks after removing tenants
Rushanara Ali faces criticism for increasing the rent on a house she owns by hundreds of pounds.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 05/08/2025
The UK’s Online Safety Act is being sold as a way to protect children. But instead, UK politicians are pushing sweeping censorship and forcing platforms to implement invasive age checks. This is not safety–it's surveillance.
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Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online, No Matter How Many Times UK Politicians Say So
The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so, these...
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Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Obviously not good for people trying to apply but Grantium is down, good riddance, hope it never comes back and they're forced to replace it. Also hilarious and on brand for Grantium that its collapse was caused by PEOPLE USING IT FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE. www.artscouncil.org.uk/creative-mat...
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Statement: an update on our application portal Grantium
An update on our application portal Grantium
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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
artists you need to remember your compatriots are not collectors and gallerists and curators, they are people that make porno and people that cook food. stand with fellow people that work at night
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