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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 13h

Probably burned my remaining bridges in the business, but I recently put out a statement regarding the increasing use of “generative AI” in British indie wrestling.

I’ve seen more and more promotions and wrestlers using generative AI, some of whom I work with, and I want to make something VERY clear:

I do not give anybody permission to use my likeness in any AI-generated posters, promos, clips, etcetera, and I consider any such use to be a personal and professional violation.

Do not feed me to a tech company’s algorithm. They’ve stolen enough of my writing and video material for their “AI training” already. That’s how Alleged Intelligence works, by the way - it’s a plagiarism tool, regurgitating every shred of “content” fed to it.

Leaving aside the horrific impact AI data centers have on the environment, you’re not creating anything by typing prompts into a box. Why should anyone be impressed with some cool photoshoot, promo, or move when you didn’t really do it? At best, Alleged Intelligence is self-insert reality fanfic and it makes wrestling truly live up to its reputation as fake.

I won’t try to sway you away from it, but I hope you reconsider and really look into AI. Whatever you do, leave me out of it.

Commander Sterling.

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Orlan-BOO-Fox @orlandofox.bsky.social · 11h

"Okay, idiot, you made mustard gas" --- I saw the original videos for the first time in years the other week and Jax immediately felt fitting for it, I had to get the idea out of my system #tadc #tadcjax

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is very true. A huge theme in a lot of recent coverage that AI is a bit like Saving Private Ryan. Everybody's gotta step up and adopt AI to get it across the goal line.

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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A good fresh Star Trek take on those fake isekai title jokes

A tumblr screenshot showing a post and two reblog responses, reading:
1. "star trek would be the ideal fictional universe to get trapped in because you'd explain your situation and they'd be like yeah makes sense. no further questions. fortunately we can use the mysterious warp signature emitting from this system's icy moon to counterface with the solar radiation and slingshot you back home"
2. "I'm from a universe where your world is all a work of fiction." Benjamin Sisko, nodding. "That happened to me once."
3. "I Got Isekaid Into The Star Trek Universe And They Quickly Understood What Was Happening"

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discopaws 🐰🐭🖱️💭🌐 @discopaws.buny.social · 23/09/2026

uhh gadget? are you-? uh hello gadget?

A rear perspective shot of Mina, an anthro mousegirl in big baggy pants, bending over a workbench.

Gadget Hackwrench looking on in flustered awe at Mina working.

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Shi-Bran ➡️ ASC @shiba-bran-inu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Understood.

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Witchy Annie 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔞 @possmom.bsky.social · 17h

"JK Rowling is already a billionaire and everyone already knows about Harry Potter, what's the point of boycotting?" Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit.

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Depressed Cryptid Ryu @doublestormryu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If nothing else, this will help me stay busy and keep paying my bills while I look for a job. I would seriously appreciate it, and everyone could always use some more fiction to read!

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

‘Be very angry about how the world is being fucked.’ King Guillermo, I adore you. 👑♥️ [Not my video! Saw on Reddit!]

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🦁 FunkyLion 'Yuyake' 🦁 @funkylion.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Getting tired of untested vibecoded ports that are just buggy and because no experienced coders are around, they can't fix it? Never fear, as I have listed decomps and recomps done by actual people and it will continue expanding! If you know any, lemme know!

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Nana Moon { game dev } - WISHLIST BATHORY @moonana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Get $40,000 worth of royalty free commercial use video game music 50% off for only $20 dollars, or $10 per pack! Go here before the sale ends, or share so others can see it: itch.io/s/202927/aut... #gamedev🎮 #ttrpg #vtuber

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🔞Tsanapi ||comms open||🔞 @tsanapi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i still quite like this commission

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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 01/10/2026

just came across this incredible picture of Terry Pratchett

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Anaugi [COMMISSIONS OPEN] @anaugi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

taking regular commission slots! 6 slots. DM or email me at anaugicommissions@gmail.com

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EEK! Semper Tyrannis! 🕸️🦇🍬🍫 @nicksempertyrannis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If Harry Potter hadn't become a big thing we'd all be into Redwall, baking scones and playing with swords.

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Poptart From Earth! @audreyfromearth.gay · 26/02/2026

It's okay if all you did today was survive <3

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Mx. Moz @mleelunsford.com · 02/10/2026

If you weren't able to get in on the Kickstarter, Chapter 1 of The Magical Misfits of Oz is now available for purchase! Along with some merch stuff! mleelunsford-shop.fourthwall.com/collections/...

The Magical Misfits of Oz Chapter 1: Safe Landing with an image of Dorothy falling into the Wicked Witch's hand

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gobithedog.bsky.social @gobithedog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#vinyl_scratch #mylittlepony let's dance the night away!

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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John-Charles Holmes @sonic9jct.jctholmes.com · 29/09/2026

girls night out 🥊🪑

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"I was still pretty young when it happened,but yeah, it wound up being more of a Butlerian Crusade than a Butlerian Jihad ..."

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Jey Pawlik 🏳️‍⚧️ @jpawlik.com · 01/10/2026

Hey are you a comic artist on Tapas? Are you frustrated with the news? Publish your Tapas comic on Itch.io (either partially or in full, even just 1 chapter) and submit it to the Tapas X Itch.io bundle form here by Oct 30th 11:59pmEST forms.gle/QhQaJ4cXvXKT... #Tapas

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A Tapas X Itch.io Bundle

We've heard the news that Tapas is shutting down on March 31st, 2027 and I want to setup an Itch.io bundle to help support the artists affected by this. If you have a comic on Tapas, this bundle is f...

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KILL ME, FUNNY DEER MAIDEN @ghouljokes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

if the vibes are arabian, that's spyro 2 you're playian if chinese it be, brother you're in spyro 3

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

RONALD REAGAN IS IN HELL WAITING FOR HEAVEN TO TRICKLE DOWN

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io

screenshot of my itchio store, showing several texture packs available for purchse

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It feels genuinely ridiculous having to say this, but the point of art is to connect with another human. Someone thought of that painting or melodic line or scene or paragraph that is suddenly making you weep, and that means that they saw you and understood you without even meeting you.

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　　　the　　　 ghostes @rem.bsjky.team · 30/09/2026

an AI cannot meaningfully be horny therefore an AI cannot meaningfully make music

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Sean McKnight @ynot1989.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Its just Clippy, but it costs the GDP of Poland to run.

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discopawbs @discopawbs.buny.social · 30/09/2026

a bianca from a few months ago i forgot to put here!

Miss Bianca, a white-furred anthro mouse lady from The Rescuers in a cream sweater and brown-plaid skirt. She's standing casually and eyeing something happily to the side.

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Depressed Cryptid Ryu @doublestormryu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Look, I hate feeling like I'm just harping on this, but I really could use the financial support right now. I'm still hunting for a day job, and to keep myself and my partner financially secure for another month I need to make about a hundred more dollars. Much appreciated ko-fi.com/depressedcry...

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았 @acenth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

why deadlock had to be a pvp moba hero shooter with all that juicy material

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Scott Forester @scofoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's Spooky Month again!

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epicjana.bsky.social @epicjana.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ticklish

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Sgt M @sgtm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Game design meme for me and maybe three other people on this site.

Guy looking at random encounters: "Wow! RPGs are grindy!"
Text overhead: "Random encounters help ensure that the the play experiences combat at regular intervals instead of avoiding fights and ending up underpowered, increasing the risk of quitting entirely."

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Hell-Bat, CE🔞 of Spooky Cynicism @lostboy1977.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Seriously, Alex is right on the money here. They say Gooseworx is cringe. They say VivziePop is cringe. And among the populations saying it's all cringe, you've got media-illiterate mouth-breathers (for Goose), pedophiles stalking your coattails for clout (for Viv), and other massive creeps. 🤷‍♂️🧐☝️

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

NEW ADVICE-FROM-LIEBER LIST! I've posted these tips as a thread before, but I figured it's about time I made it available as a single, shareable image.

MISTAKES I'VE MADE THAT YOU CAN AVOID
Don't be like me.
1. Don't trash your own work when complemented. In that context your self-deprecation is insulting someone else's taste! Just say thanks and change the subject. Maybe credit an influence?
2. As far as your readers are concerned, comics are drawn with a printing press or a monitor. Don't fetishize the original art or the tools you make it. Anything that gets the story told the way it needs to be told is the right tool for the job.
3. Don't use one job to audition for another. It's unfair to your collaborators and a betrayal of the reader to get flashy or sexy or explosive if the moment in the story doesn't call for it.
4. The important storytelling choices on a page can be worked out in thumbnails. Gesture, camera angle, framing, broad arrangement of tones-get this stuff right before you worry about anatomy, lighting, drapery, or facial expressions.
5. Some artists can put down a final inkline with no underdrawing, but that's because they're skilled and experienced enough to do all that underdrawing in their head. You probably aren't. Get your underdrawing right and save the masterstrokes for the masters.
6. What you're feeling while you work doesn't matter. What the audience feels when they read it does. You can be happy and still do a great drawing of someone in agony. You should understand what you're depicting. It's not necessary to experience it in real time at the board.
7. Get a fresh eye on your work. You never know when some accidental juxtaposition is going to completely change your intended meaning.
8. Don't let getting things 100% right keep you from getting things done. It's easy to get bogged down in research or prep sketches. Make a schedule at the start of a project so you know how much time you have. Do the best you can with the time allotted and move on. But...

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💀 Shalloween 💀 @shallowva.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Clicking Google's fun whimsical throwback logo today sends you to an AI chat pre-filled with a goofy prompt and immediately hits you with a warning that it is potentially dangerous to continue. You couldn't make a better commentary on how badly they have fucked up the internet if you tried.

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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In this period of time filled with AI stupidity, let's celebrate those we are not celebrating enough: Art supporters, Art commissioners THANK YOU! Thanks to YOU, many artists can do what they do the best and keep being productive but most importantly Artists can LIVE!

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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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apdoodles @apdoodles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

V.IV RUSTY - STEEL HAZE #ARMOREDCOREVI #AC6 #アーマードコア

An illustration of the mecha "STEEL HAZE" from Armored Core 6. It wields a large laser slicer on its left arm, whirling it rapidly to block incoming fire.

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Iris @ DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH @irisposting.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I NEED PEOPLE TO PAY ATTENTION I WILL DIE WITHOUT THIS. paypal.me/cjmcwillams venmo: areanynamesopen I TAKE THESE FOR LUPUS SYMPTOM CONTROL, if you take them consistently for years like I have you -cannot- stop suddenly. You DIE.

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BuvanyBu @buvanybu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Apple Jack post

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Fluor 💡 COMMISSIONS OPEN @fluorescencefuture.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

[ #StarFox ] fashion sense headcanons for (most of) the crew, might do more 👗

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BuvanyBu @buvanybu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Pinkie Pie post

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Depressed Cryptid Ryu @doublestormryu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Basing someone's ability to advertise their commissions based on their ability to get engagement SOUNDS great but what it does is it screws over anyone new trying to build a base. ESPECIALLY if they're not an illustrator or 3D modeler.

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