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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I'm glad this post is getting a lot of attention. As a creative who is currently out of work because of AI and has watched my industry (healthcare writing) basically collapse, I greatly appreciate that you're drawing attention to this seriously under-reported problem!

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

It's so close! Here's my vote - may you emerge victorious!

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I need to not be on this app because it's very good at getting me to Doomscroll, so, you can find me on Tumblr, Cara, and Patreon moving forward! Links in the, uh, link below. linktr.ee/caspiangreyl...

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@caspiangreyling | Linktree

Pen & ink artist creating The Long Watch, an urban fantasy mystery series.

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Yukimi Lumaris | Author-Artist @lumaris.net · 17/01/2025

this is the BEST and most organized walkthrough on commissioning an artist I've seen. Highly recommend this if you're new to commissions or want to just check it out (also love the artist! Definitely follow them!)

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angel💀 @sabattons.com · 16/01/2025

I hate ai. I hate the ai-fication of every facet of life. nothing is real. the images are fake, the products are fake, the websites that host these images are fake. creativity and curiosity is stifled by the ai-ification of search engines. the internet is junkspace now. everything feels like spam.

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I was also hoping for cool colors! Give us our jewel tones!!!

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Mike Riverso @mikeriverso.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

The millennial experience is growing up with the internet, and watching it go from a free, open, democratic, and eclectic ecosystem to a wasteland of five websites controlled by billionaires, and now seeing it quickly fill up with AI-generated slop. I want our World Wide Web back.

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 15/01/2025

I don’t want to make a fuckin account to use my toaster. I don’t want to fuckin subscribe to software. I don’t want to create a fuckin profile to watch TV. I don’t want to fuckin register my whatever to unlock whatever. I don’t want to download a fuckin app to access anything. Death to new logins

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AJ Sadauskas @ajsadauskas.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

CONFIRMED: Facebook has *banned* anyone from linking to Pixelfed. #MetaBlockingPixelfed I just tried posting a message on Facebook that reads: "Anyone here using Pixelfed?" with a link to Pixelfed.Social Within *seconds* I got a post saying my post was banned. Screenshots below.

Facebook post asking: "Anyone here use Pixelfed?"

Facebook message saying: "We removed your post"

Why this happened message from Facebook, claiming: "This post may use misleading links or content to trick people to visit, or stay on, a website"

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Fountain pens have a way of doing that! TWSBI are a lot of fun to work with - I've got the Eco myself and it's my go-to! :D

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Foxpirate's Art 🌟Fall Con🌟🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @foxpirate.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one piece to convince people to follow you A difficult decision...

A landscape of the Foothill stables in Legend of Zelda, Breath of the Wild / Tears of the kingdom. The stable is puffing smoke delicately into the air to encourage travelers to stay a while. It's overlooking the mountainous region.

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Matt Joro @dungeonglitch.com · 12/01/2025

Just some free resources you are encouraged to access. www.si.edu/openaccess #TTRPG #WritingCommunity

“An image of a social media post discussing the Smithsonian’s Open Access initiative. The post expresses excitement about being able to download, share, and reuse millions of Smithsonian’s digitized 2D and 3D items, including photos, text, videos, sound files, research datasets, and more. The content is available under a Creative Commons Zero license, allowing unrestricted use, even for commercial purposes, without requiring permission or attribution. The post celebrates the initiative as a positive step in making cultural and educational resources widely accessible.”

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John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

the box -------- patreon.com/nhoj

4 panel comic

P1: A grey haired techbro/CEO looking type, wearing a dark turtleneck, holds up a black cube into a spotlight with his left hand. He has a blank, perfect smile on his blank perfect face.

He says "hey, artists! Do you want your art to be seen by potential BILLIONS of people? Then just put it in this--"

P2: A closeup of the guy's hand --which is now distressingly realistic looking-- holding the object.

He finishes what he was saying in panel 1, only now the speech bubble is inverted; white text against black. "--THE BOX"

P3: We now see The Box growing to gigantic proportions, as it reaches into the sky, displacing the clouds around it.

A caption box with a teeny tiny version of the CEO's head continues his pitch: "The Box grows larger as it feeds on the content you and others put in it"

P4: The Box Tetsuos ever larger, breaching the Earth's atmosphere, clouds swirling around it as it reaches for the heavens. Endless stars pepper the vacuum.

A final caption box --all yellow/red-- reads "The Box consumes all."

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JRR Jokien (joshcarlosjosh) @www.jrrjokien.com · 11/01/2025

me when any program's AI assistant asks me if I want help writing:

Gandalf the White saying, "Be silent. Keep your forked tongue behind your teeth"

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I’m really sorry things are like this - it should not be so hard to find a safe space where one can build an audience! 😭

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Oh that is a fantastic book! Lots of good info in it! Also i think this or last month a new one in the series came out - framed environment! I am waiting for my copy but super exciting that the learning continues!

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

As always there are so many to choose from! 😭 I am waiting to see for the switch successor right now though!

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The time has come! With flamethrowers!!! 🔥🔥🔥

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Oh my word this game looks wilddddd (also, excellent choice of hat 😎)

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 09/01/2025

Progress image from a new comic. Pigeons are always good to draw.

A pigeon egg, some twigs, and a pigeon looking suspicious.

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I was about to suggest Scrivener because they are so good, but it looks like they do not have an android app 😭 I have heard Wavemaker is similar and well reviewed though - and syncs across devices!

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Ahahaha this is amazing, thank you!! 🎉🎉

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Coyotito 🦊 @mylv00.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Thank you moots for putting your trust in me. I had two spare spaces so I drew myself posing sensually. In order @caspiangreyling.bsky.social @midochandesu.bsky.social @dibujuani.bsky.social @bymink.bsky.social @cisnielcotaherna.bsky.social @big-armed-mar.neocities.org @rodart1d.bsky.social

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Welcome back from the Holiday lull! (I gotta shake off that rust too honestly)

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Theo @notidee.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Artists are a big part of what makes your social media experience worth it. Most of them post incredible work out there for free (in this economy ??) Remember to support your favorite creators so that they can keep making things you love. Seek out their patreon, shops, share their work.

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Nilah "Nine Jobs" Magruder @nilahmagruder.com · 31/12/2024

A lot of memes are based on illustrations and comics that an artist made, but people remove all mention of the artist to make it seem as if the image sprang out of the ether, that it belongs to everyone. Especially in this day and age, it's important to assert when art is made by human hands.

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I feel like i recently heard this a tradition somewhere - making the most outrageous proclamations for the new year just because! Now go hunt that chupacabras!! I am gonna fight the moon in 2025 🤣

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burn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

i don't think millennials and gen xers "feel like sellouts" I think authors think the job of "writing the book" is an entire fucking job and marketing it is a second entire fucking job and doing the first means you shouldn't also be expected to do all of the second

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

people who say “why do we need [fine arts, humanities degrees, mid-budget films] when they don’t make a ton of money?” are insufferable. why do we need chrysanthemums? why do we need bonfires or baleen whales or the color blue? we just do. we just do.

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Ram Lightly @ramlightly.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The Mad Painter

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John Terry @johntrterry.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

just blurted out in class "yes, you have to cite where you got your info. in a world in which lying loudly is the only thing that seems to get rewarded, citing your sources is an act of resistance" and folks, I really believe that.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 16/12/2024

Newsletter: Our digital lives are unregulated growth-hacked ecological disasters. The modern tech ecosystem's growth-at-all-costs mindset is actively harming billions of people, pushing them toward authoritarianism for profit. We must fight back. www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/

wheresyoured.at

Never Forgive Them

In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting wor...

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Thank you! And yeah, for sure - that's all we can do! 💪🌈

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I just got back from a long trip and it feels like a totally different place here now, what the heck?? 😱

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Chimera Comics Collective @chimeracomics.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Hello Bluesky! We are a brand-new collective of webcomic creators who aim to uplift the titles we catalog, provide a supportive community, and share resources among members to maximize everyone's chances to succeed. Follow us here for more updates as we build a magnificent library for you! 🦁🐐🐍

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Yes, there's a Comicfury starter pack that @dexmckinnery.com put together, and I spotted your name is on the list! go.bsky.app/NudGS3K

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Yukimi Lumaris | Author-Artist @lumaris.net · 20/11/2024

Retouched this, going to call it the final until I improve my rendering techniques. Hope to revisit it later down the line 💜 #fantasyart #dragons #horse #fantasyillustration #amwriting #bookart

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

WHOA this is so cool!!! So dramatic, and I love the color choices!!!

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Either way, he's got good reason! 😆

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Caspian Greyling @caspiangreyling.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Prickly Pear dude is such a mood 😆🌵

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Dexter McKinnery @dexmckinnery.com · 19/11/2024

If you're looking for more webcomics to read, I've been maintaining a #starterpack and a list full of people who host their comics on Comic Fury. =) This pack/list includes comic accounts where possible too! Starter pack: go.bsky.app/NudGS3K List: bsky.app/profile/dexm...

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Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author, Stage Combat Guy @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Seeing as a lot of my new followers are #fantasy #authors and #writers, here's some handy sword-related info for you. 1: Swords were not meant to be heavy! Warriors were going to be swinging those things for several seconds, maybe a few minutes at a time. Heavy weapons are slow and tiring! (1/)

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