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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Typo in the investment breakdown I got from my financial advisor says I can meet my retirement goals sooner by decreasing my living expenses to zero 😂 can't believe I didn't think of this myself

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octember 🎃🔥 @woketopus.northsky.social · 15/09/2026

who up being uncharitable to their past self

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Every year Book Dash shares a dashboard with volunteer creatives where we can see how many kids our books have reached and every time it makes my heart EXPLODE and SHOOT INTO SPACE

A snippet of the aforementioned dashboard, with text reading "Total printed copies of your Book Dash book/s in the hands of children: 186,750". Below the text is a list of all the books with print quantities for each one. It is cropped, but we can see that the first book on the list "Is there anyone like me?", has been printed 76,468 times.

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Remember the Anne Geddes craze, when all our moms and aunties had huge glossy photos of random strangers' babies on display in their homes?

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I've spent the last couple of years feeling like I'm in an anti-genAI echo chamber and that most people don't get what all the fuss is about, but have had more than one client this week tell me that they like my work specifically because it looks like a real person made it. Is the tide turninngggg 🤞

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ɯᴉpɹɐɾ ɯᴉʇ 🇿🇦 @timmehjimmeh.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

As part of @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social's birthday present this year, I have acquired my own copy of Stardew Valley, so we can have a race to finish the Community Center in our own single player instances. Each session begins with Jess singing "Chore Simulator" to the tune of Smooth Operator.

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Pretty sick to death of people who are skeptical of or hostile towards GenAI being characterised as """emotional""", in contrast to suuuper smart and analytical AI supporters, who couldn't possibly be frantically buying into fascist propaganda out of fear and/or greed www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu-2...

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The Animation School: Integrating AI into the curriculum - with Nuno Martins and Tim Argall - Ani...

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I know that I can tell Discord to stop sharing my gaming activity now that I am also using it for work stuff but I think clients will see this is a demonstration of my whimsy and dedication to problem solving

A Discord screenshot that shows I am busy playing Stardew Valley in the middle of a workday

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

WE'RE AUDITIONINNGGGGGG forms.gle/Eivj1oc6KYBz...

A new season, and your voice is waiting to be heard.
We’re inviting singers to join the JQC family. Come audition and be part of the harmony
Tuesday, 7 July 2026 & Thursday, 9 July 2026
18:00–20:20
St. Columba’s Presbyterian, Parkview
Prepare a verse + chorus of a song you love
(No music reading needed!)
Whether you’re a seasoned singer or just love to sing, all voices and allies are welcome. Come as you are and sing your heart out.

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I am trying to watch and enjoy Les Mis for the first time in my life but unfortunately I can't delete the fucking SNL Diner Lobster sketch from my brain www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj-D...

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Diner Lobster - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Too many of us repeat the statement that trust in science is falling. Is it really the case? The data don’t support this conclusion in a straight forward way. Science may have an influence & comms problem more than a trust problem, in fact… but it’s complex 👇🏻 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Have people stopped trusting science? The data tell a surprising story

Some say there’s a global crisis of trust — but research reveals where the real problems lie.

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

In Joburg? OBVIOUSLY you already have tickets to the JQC's ICONS concert on 27 June - why not also join us for bar choir in July? Come along for a little singalong and smash a burger while you're at it 🎵🍔🍻 www.quicket.co.za/events/34952...

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Book tickets for Bar Choir with the JQC

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Portfolio motherflipping updated! Well, you know. There are 15 more #design and #illustration projects in the drafts, but it's ready to share. I have added a testimonials page, which is kind of for prospective clients to see but also for me to go read when I feel sad. jessjardimwedepohl.co.za

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl

Looking to work with a purpose-led, human-first designer and illustrator? Over the past 14 years, I've worked with local and global NGOs, NPOs and purpose-driven companies to create beautiful, effect...

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

#gamedev friends, does Godot has its own equivalent of the Blender donut tutorial (i.e. a gold standard beginner project that touches on a few different facets of what the engine can do)?

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Is it even a client catch-up if there's no 45-minute yap about art and self-image and not monetising your hobbies 🥰

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

In the eventual aftermath of this US administration's disastrous and short-sighted actions on basically every front, which have had impacts on every corner of this planet that will take decades to counteract -

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 11/05/2026

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I am watching Victor Frankenstein (2015) for the first time and what (I cannot stress this enough) the fuck

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Vyvyan @vyv.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I’m an artist who refuses to engage with it despite enormous pressure I do not post my work online I refuse to outsource thinking I’ve invested too much into my brain to just abrogate the beauty of problem solving to AI It’s nice to know I’m not alone - that there are excellent minds in agreement

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it. www.nature.com/articles/d41... h/t @maartenp.bsky.social

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Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI

Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it.

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Busy working on an icon set for a client in the #politicaladvocacy space (excited to share when I can!) and am being reminded all over again how interesting it is to create a visual language in fields where very specific imagery is required.

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

New illustration, animation and design work for Greenpop, the IUCN and the International Model Forest Network! Did you know that #forestrestoration projects do better when women play a greater role in owning, planning and implementing them? weekendermaking.co/internationa...

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Weekender Making Co. - International Model Forest Network

Weekender Making Co. is an animation and design/illustration duo with a combined 17 years of experience in the South African creative industry. We’ve worked with clients big and small, spanning multip...

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

If you're in Joburg on the 27th of June, come see the Johannesburg Queer Chorus perform music by Brenda Fassie, Johnny Clegg, Miriam Makeba, Chappell Roan, Queen, and many other beloved local and global icons! 🎉 www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.asp...

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THE JOHANNESBURG QUEER CHORUS presents ICONS

The Johannesburg Queer Chorus (JQC) invites audiences to ICONS, a bold, high-energy choral celebration of artists who dare to disrupt, redefine and dazzle. This season’s show leans into the rebels, ...

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

🧵 (1/15) Almost a year ago I had a conversation with a great friend about this "someone I love is an arts administrator" t-shirt and I'm still mulling on it.

A photograph of a person wearing a t-shirt with text on it that says "someone I love is an arts administrator". It is overlaid with screenshots of a test exchange I had with a friend, where she causes me to realise that I am actually an arts administrator in my role at the Johannesburg Queer Chorus.

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Think I'm gonna make a zine of all the diabolical ways I've had to hunt down good-enough resolution logos of tiny obscure NPOs when laying out reports for organisations who genuinely are not able to provide me with hi res logos for all their grassroots partners

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Deb JJ Lee @jdebbiel.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

this is why i don't livestream

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Had to verbally deliver some complex and detailed info to about 60 people the other night and let me tell you okes love it when you occasionally mutter "omg I'm killing this" to yourself

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I can't believe that this webinar about the blatant unsupported lies that AI companies are telling about the 'positive impacts of AI on climate solutions' is pissing me off

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a close up of a pikachu with a surprised look on its face .

Alt: a close up of a pikachu with a surprised look on its face .

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Every time I activate the brush tool in illustrator it defaults to this totally sick and rad barbed wire brush and I feel like this is a bug I should be annoyed about but unfortunately it's very funny

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Lord grant me one single week of my life where I don't have to be in a conversation with someone who is trying to convince me Agent Smith style that genAI is inevitable but also so very cool and fun and useful and totally unproblematic

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ouhie @ouiouhie.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

the earth watcher 🌏

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

FUCK YOU and FUCK OFF, oh my god. This is why I can't look at job listings for more than five minutes without needing to go outside.

A screenshot from a job listing, which reads as follows:

Job Title: Fine Artist, Including Painter, Sculptor, or Illustrator
Job Type: Contract
Location: Remote
Job Summary
Join our customer's team as a Fine Artist and help shape the next generation of creative technology. In this unique and impactful role, you will leverage your artistic expertise to guide and train Al systems, ensuring they accurately interpret and generate visual art. If you have a passion for both traditional and digital art forms and enjoy sharing your creative process, we would love to connect with you.

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Stevoisiak @stevoisiak.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for * Google AI Summaries * YouTube Ask button & chat summaries * GitHub Copilot * Facebook AI chat * X's Grok buttons * Deviantart DreamUp * Booru AI images * And more github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

It is some nerd shit to be excited that Google Forms has finally added the functionality to automatically close a form on a certain date and time, but here we are

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Jesstergen 👩🏻‍🚀 ✨ @rougerogue.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”

Lord of the rings: Merry looks into the glowing palantir orb… and screams

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I love it when people use the adjective "shit-hot" in a job listing because then I know not to click on it 🥰 ALSO where did that come from? I've only ever heard South Africans use it and I want them to STOPPIT

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Feel like he’s breaking the 4th wall bc he realized this is kinda f’d up

Richard scarry image of pigs eating hot dogs

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Having a weirdly emotional admin moment 🥲 Every year @timmehjimmeh.bsky.social and I send out an email to let our clients know when we're back in office, partly just to say howzit but also to let them know if our rates will be increasing and by how much.

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Mark Reel @markreel.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The first two hours this morning

A old advert that has the words What the heck is Electronic Mail? With a man looking very scared by a sparkling trail flying around his desk

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I like to think that this is how the Spice Girls intended this song to be performed

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

This bit of the thread gets its own repost because I can't fucking believe it happened

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Come to the UJ Arts Centre on Saturday for the JQC's biannual concert! This is a really special show especially for queer people who have mixed feelings about the festive season. We've worked so hard to put it together and now all that's left is to enjoy it 🥹 qkt.io/DcQNx7

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Book tickets for The JQC presents Joy to Joburg: A Dezemba Choral Special

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

My most boomer opinion is that black cherry yoghurt used to be a standard flavour like strawberry and now the world has moved on to other newfangled flavours and I DON'T LIKE ITTTTTT

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Jess Jardim-Wedepohl 🇿🇦 @jessjardimwedepohl.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Small, extremely noncommittal inktober because there are baby doves in our honeysuckle hedge and they are so small and so very wrinkly and nude and they really don't like it when I go out there and stare at them

Quick and messy pen and ink drawing of two disgruntled looking baby birds

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