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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 18h

What I don't get with the whole "AI is sentient" slop that they're trying to sell us is--surely if AI were sentient, it would be a living being and as such humans wouldn't be allowed to exploit AI with no pay, no rest and no workers rights?

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Steven desJardins @stdesjardins.bsky.social · 18h

Year after year after year. As noted, while each Worldcon is a separate organization from the previous one, the same volunteers tend to show up and be placed in positions of responsibility and influence. It is long past due for these people to treat every attendee as equally worthy of respect.

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Felladonna @langsec.hacker.gf · 23h

mi name is bear an wen its fall I go down to the markit stall I no care wat the humans said I hungry now I eat the bred

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's spooky season which means I can finally bring this piece back 🎃🐈‍⬛

A pumpkin patch featuring multicoloured pumpkins, some with carved faces, and black and white cats, frogs, crows and foliage

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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Moonlit night

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Cvkvlv Beadwork @cvkvlv.com · 30/09/2026

Help me cover rent by buying some beadwork!! RENT IS DUE! I need more sales to be able to pay it without incurring overdraft fees. Every piece is made with care and every order is appreciated. Boosting is super helpful <3 Shop my work: cvkvlv.com Thank you!! Sales goal updates in comments ⬇️⬇️

Four pairs of beaded fringe earrings on a bead mat. The design is an ombré pattern from white to light blue to lavender, then into dark blue at the bottom of the fringes.

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Gwen!!! @poodlewool.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

here she is!!

a traditional media drawing of an orpington hen in big witch boots and a witch hat

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Crispy-Ghee✨️ @crispy-ghee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

DO NOT SEEK THE TREASURE One of my favorite scenes from O Brother Where Art Thou. I figured I should try to draw all 3 of the Soggy bottom boys, why not. #art #comic

🍳 A messy comic of a scene from O Brother Where Art Thou. Delmar and Everett are in a movie theater looking behind them in their seats. Delmar is saying " We thought you was a Toad" to a confused looking Pete (surrounded by question marks).

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.

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Helvetica Blanc @helveticablanc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Arc 8 — helveticablanc.com/20260929-arc... — A composition I like to repeat and iterate on around my birthday. Today is my 44th! — #helveticablanc #wormsong #archway

A red column with a yellow, star-like entity is framed by a blue, six-winged archway containing stars and upward-reaching hands.

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Thoth @thoth.ptnote.dev · 20/09/2026

meta Muse perfec t size for put private d\ata in! inside very Secure and Private data very safe put data in Muse. No problems ever in Muse because very trustworthy and Mark super protective. AMeta muse yes a place for data put data in muse trust meta for givening good safety to data. Friend meta.

An image of a pelican with its gigantic mouth open, commonly associated with the "put baby in pelican mouth" post.

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Faith K. Falkner @faithfalkner.com · 27/09/2026

Be patient and kind to those who are making art right now. We're all self-funded and the richest, worst people in the world are trying to plaster over and erase our hard work.

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Deidra Skye @deidraskye.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

a raven with a damaged wing. it can still fly with ease. a raven with a damaged wing. it can still fly with ease. a raven with a damaged wing. it can still fly with ease. a raven with a damaged wing. it can still fly with ease. a raven with a damaged wing. it can still fly with ease. a rav

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Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Since a dev shared his game concept last month, Steam has been flooded with vibe-coded slop clones. This is what "democratising creativity" actually looks like. Even with AI, your ideas are worthless as long as they can be plagiarised at scale. Gen AI was designed for plagiarism, NOT creativity.

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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 23/09/2026

going forward you should assume that any video which neatly and cutely supports your views about the world is AI-generated

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amadis 🍉 @amadis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's fun. It's very satisfying to envision a thing and then make it exist, whether it's an illustration or a song, or a craft thing like an ornament, or a costume. I just like playing with things and making stuff.

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

No Data Centers! (Beadwork by @Little_Inu)

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Heather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW) @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

[WARNING] Do not awaken. [WARNING] There is nothing out there. [WARNING] The dark beckons.

A porthole into nothingness.

The dark beckons. There is nothing out there. Do not awaken.

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West Coast Bride @lastyearsmodel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

hello friends i made a little acoustic album I hope you like it DM me if you want a tape of it noise-land.bandcamp.com/album/postca...

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Postcards from Cuervo, by Max the Band

12 track album

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Kim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!) @kimsokol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

One thing they don’t tell you about being a working artist is that every once in a while a picture is simply Haunted and, for reasons beyond the reach of man, simple things you have done a thousand times will be Very Hard and Look Bad and you will lose ten years of skill for the duration of that job

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Arlen! 🐗 @ratwednesday.art · 21/09/2026

starting to feel autumnal around here 🐉

WIP watercolor and gouache painting of a dragon colored like autumn leaves in gold, orange, brown, and green

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amadis 🍉 @amadis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is very neat to think about! I hope it's reproducible, mostly because the future medical advances they hope to make would be incredible. In the current moment it made me go check Peter Watts' blog to see if he'd said anything about it, to find out he's got a short story collection out today 🤩

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

Rooster and Grasshopper. Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, approximately 132 × 85 mm, 2022.

Silhouette illustration primarily in black ink of a crowing rooster, standing amid tall grasses. A grasshopper jumps into the air in front of the rooster. The rooster's comb and wattle are the one spot of red in the piece.

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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

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Ian Danskin @innuendostudios.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"we allowed rights to be stripped from minorities and tolerated illegal wars and destroyed literature about queer and trans history in order to prevent fascism"

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

incredibly well-done resident evil teaser from a movie theater

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maya kern @mayakern.com · 07/09/2026

hi all! this is really difficult for me to talk about, but the store is in danger of closing before the end of the year. you can read more about what happened here: www.mayakern.com/blog i'm at a point where i need to ask for help. 👇

maya is wearing the hot air balloons skirt in size 2xl. the skirt has a gradient of light blue to sunset pink with hot air balloons floating in the sky

maya is wearing the wrap top in a dusty green

maya is wearing a spaghetti strap maxi dress with a flattering pleated bust and belt, the pattern is a sepia-toned repeat of snakes and roses

maya is wearing a black midi skirt with pleats on the waistband

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 17/09/2026

it's literally a fucking brand pivot!

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Scary Tea Lady @sassytealady.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Look at this stupid thing I made because the idea amused me. Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut

a tiny malibu barbie dream house sitting a top proportionally sized giant chicken legs

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Eli ☆ @waldprinz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

(Wolf) Link to cope with no Twilight Princess news

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David Autovino @davidautovino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Shel Silverstein somehow clocking AI all the way back in 1981

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Pixar: We strive for a "commonality of experience instead of “a director’s catharsis.” Studio executives will mentor upcoming directors to “focus less on autobiographical films” and, rather, “develop concepts with clear mass appeal.” Dreamworks:

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🔥💀LA MANTIA!💀🔥 @lamantia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Don't Look Away • Ink on 2.5x3.5 bristol card, 2023

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Chris Schweizer @ NCAF & NYCC @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This article is fascinating! What should, on paper, be the truest possible way to be faithful to the original intent fails to account for technical limitations, now absent, that the original was designed to incorporate and accommodate.

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amadis 🍉 @amadis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Woo I fixed my surround sound! I've got a 16 year old receiver that I got from some friends a long time ago, and the center channel stopped working a bit ago for some reason. Did all the troubleshooting I could in the audio settings of the tv and such, so next step was open it up and take a look.

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Mx. Moz @mleelunsford.com · 15/09/2026

Old concept I tried that I wanted to try again on. Print available here: mleelunsford-shop.fourthwall.com/products/whe...

A parody Scooby-Doo piece trying to look like a 1960's thriller movie poster

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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Venus will disappear behind the Moon tomorrow in a rare daytime occultation Watch from Europe, Africa, Asia, and western Russia. Not visible from the Americas

A bright point of light, Venus, is positioned in a clear blue daytime sky, near a faint, translucent crescent Moon and soft white clouds.

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alexandra @bigmoodenergy.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

here come old laptop he come bootin up slowly he got broken touchpad he need one more update he got no space on this pc one thing i can tell you its got no warranty

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Kat Lyons @katlyyons.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

btw they do this so they don’t have to hire back the same crew on a raise 🤙 (speaking from experience)

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Helvetica Blanc @helveticablanc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

From the Archives — 2023 09 06-12 — Divination 6: helveticablanc.com/20230912-div... — #helveticablanc #wormsong #wormrote #divination

A small, centered panel shows two dice - one black bearing a zero, and one white bearing a one. Around them, a dripping, ribbon-like entity reaches toward the dice with three hands, while Wormrōte calligraphy to the right reads 'struggle'.

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RitaM @ritaman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Yesterday's @effinbirds.com is another stand out.

Effin Birds Day calendar picturing a hawk with the words irresponsible selfish shit is how we got here.

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 11/09/2026

What about a premise where they put on a variety show with different guests each week. They start the music, light the lights, get things started, that type of thing. What if the premise is the thing everyone wants that they recently proved still works

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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

reddit comment:

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply:

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.

Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

GDT:

The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…

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Schippj @schippj.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Morning fields

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Helvetica Blanc @helveticablanc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

They Only Make Broken Hearts — helveticablanc.com/20260901-the... — #helveticablanc #wormsong #archway

An archway-like being with many crying eyes reaches toward a leaking heart at its center.

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amadis 🍉 @amadis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Help an artist afford some very essential repairs and get yourself some lovely jewelry!

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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops

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