Reposted by Alistair GentryMél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 14/03/2026imagine 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 1346113
Reposted by Alistair GentryLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Another tough day for team “there’s no point in complaining about AI, just accept it.” 3651361380
Reposted by Alistair GentryChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11/03/2026WHAT IF YOU JUST READ A FUCKING BOOKandroidpolice.comI use Gemini when I'm bored — and it's better than doomscrollingIt became my ultimate distraction 4560041048
Reposted by Alistair Gentryda share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 08/03/2026LOL - dashare.zone ADMIN 02731862
Reposted by Alistair GentryEsheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 02/03/2026One of my favourite sides of politics/media. 132135494263
Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Read 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. 000
Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 02/03/2026What 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. 020
Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Even the Pope has absolutely had it with all the lazy AI slop and shitty tiktoks. www.ncronline.org/vatican/pope...ncronline.orgPope 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. 011
Reposted by Alistair GentryAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/02/2026So the Telegraph is taking this well 40458961098
Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Turkey wanted to facilitate Christmas dinner. 010
Reposted by Alistair Gentryweird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 19/02/2026swordfighting tactics, germany, 16th century 23492452382
Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 14/02/2026This 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. 000
Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Digital 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.ukDigital 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. 010
Reposted by Alistair GentryLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 24/01/2026Board of Peace - Season 1 472115346467
Reposted by Alistair GentryKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 20/01/2026I'm so tired of working through the apocalypse. 15898167
Reposted by Alistair Gentryali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 20/01/2026normal way to talk about booming industry 217341
Reposted by Alistair GentryPatricia 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. 023
Reposted by Alistair GentryThe PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Louvre worthy 71399391
Reposted by Alistair GentryTransilvanian Hungover🦇 @thecoffeenator.eurosky.social · 14/01/2025Merry Feast of the Ass, y’all! 0349173
Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 14/01/2026YET 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.media.tenor.coma 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 " 120
Reposted by Alistair GentryZoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 16/12/2025Look 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. 2049441572
Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 16/12/2025M.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...gov.ukArts Council England - an independent review by Baroness Margaret Hodge 110
Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Iceland Christmas range x Nine Inch Nails: March of the Pigs in Blankets 030
Reposted by Alistair Gentryda share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 10/12/2025WORLDS FUCKED LET US COAST - dashare.zone ADMIN 132385
Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Basic 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...artnews.comThree Years After Trial Launch, Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program PermanentSeveral years after launching a trial, Ireland is set to make its basic income for artists program permanent starting in 2026. 010
Reposted by Alistair Gentryda share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 26/11/2025YES - dashare.zone ADMIN 0657143
Reposted by Alistair GentryPaul [Atreides] Wood @retroid.bsky.social · 26/11/2025media.tenor.coma 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 . 2258
Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Oh 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? 000
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..." 010
Reposted by Alistair GentryDavis Bickford @davis.social · 19/11/2025Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social 5685373327
Reposted by Alistair Gentryda share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 19/11/2025MIRACLE - dashare.zone ADMIN 0598138
Reposted by Alistair Gentryweird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 12/11/2025hey gang 221211192
Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 12/11/2025In 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. 000
Reposted by Alistair GentryElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 19/10/2025Take 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...eff.orgOpt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and SecurityTrying 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 013258
Reposted by Alistair Gentryjeremy kaplowitz @jeremykaplowitz.com · 03/08/2025you 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 75131883679
Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Zelda 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." 100
Reposted by Alistair GentryDavid Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Yes 419381
Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 04/10/2025I 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...watershed.co.ukPower StationTwo artists in London set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution. 030
Reposted by Alistair Gentryda share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 06/09/2025CAPTALISM - dashare.zone ADMIN 01200333
Reposted by Alistair GentryLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 21/08/2025I 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. 8542252
Reposted by Alistair Gentryleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 19/08/2025rewarding my microwave by letting it heat up a fork as a treat 665870797
Reposted by Alistair GentrySpelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Did a new one 3777072730
Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 07/08/2025The 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...bbc.co.ukHomelessness minister hiked rent weeks after removing tenantsRushanara Ali faces criticism for increasing the rent on a house she owns by hundreds of pounds. 110
Reposted by Alistair GentryElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 05/08/2025The 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.eff.orgBlocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online, No Matter How Many Times UK Politicians Say SoThe 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... 117892
Alistair Gentry @alistairgentry.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Obviously 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...artscouncil.org.ukStatement: an update on our application portal GrantiumAn update on our application portal Grantium 050
Reposted by Alistair Gentrybakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 26/07/2025artists 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 6845181