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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#badhumanart numbers 28, 29, and 30 Flowers, flowers with a bee, and a house on a friend's property in Ireland. Join me in expressing human creativity! #notai #watercolor

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I just had the opportunity to volunteer for a motor neuron study that, as I best understand it, will help with earlier diagnosis of #ALS. I encourage you to look for similar studies in your area! Only took a few hours of my life. #EEG #EMG mcmanuslab.com

Me hooked up to an EEG and EMG for a few hours

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

#badhumanart 27 Devitt's Pub, Dublin. I'm disappointed in the blob of flowers in the middle, but otherwise happy with it! Join me in exercising human creativity. #notai #watercolor

watercolor painting of Devitt's Pub, Dublin. I removed the lamp post and people from the picture.

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#badhumanart 26? Charleville Castle, Ireland. Site of "Wednesday" and a bunch of other stuff. #watercolor #noai Join me and practice some human creativity! Taken from a photo sphere shot, so it's a little wall eye perspective.

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Ok, I'm almost caught up to realtime with my #badhumanart #noai experiment to practice human creativity. This is attempt 25. I miscounted the last one. I'm less happy with this one. The proportions got wrong so I went more abstract overall. #watercolor

poorly drawn Mill Bar in Monksland, Ireland. watercolor

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

#badhumanart attempt 23 I think. #watercolor again. This is a little coffee shop in Folkestone, UK. I think this one turned out ok.

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

#badhumanart attempt 23. #notai I tried (and failed) to capture this awesome phonebooth I just saw in Folkestone, UK

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Share your #badhumanart and #notai. this is my attempt 22. This time I've included some of my process for how to get there, plus the photo I started from. I'm basically making my own coloring book, then filling it in! Koppelpoort, Amersfoort, NL. water and land gate 14-15c.

koppelpoort, Amersfoort, NL. water and land gate from 14th century, photo

koppelpoort, Amersfoort, NL. water and land gate from 14th century, rough ink drawing

koppelpoort, Amersfoort, NL. water and land gate from 14th century, completed watercolor

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

My #badhumanart #notai attempt 21. It is #watercolor and ink painting of Malakoffturm in Cologne, Germany.

watercolor painting of Malakoffturm in Cologne, Germany. The view is from the chocolate museum, a part of the river is visible and a red flag is flying

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Attempt 20, #badhumanart #pixelart #noai this is a special edition Pepsi flavor of some sort. I was staring at it on the train and decided to make a version of it. Done with resprite on Android.

pixel art of a Pepsi soda bottle shown inside the pixel editor I use (resprite)

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Teaching C++ to Game Development Students in the Age of LLMs - Tom Tesch CppCast 408 / C++Weekly 537 youtu.be/C2ipTvy95wc

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Hairy Coo. Watercolor. His has is tilted. Why? Because I lost track of my horizon line while doing the sketch. #badhumanart attempt 19. #watercolor

hairy cow, tan. head tilted sideways. long horns

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Attempt 18, #badhumanart #notai practice your human creativity! #watercolor #ink BATMAN looking down on a city. All in black.

black watercolor of Batman looking on a blurry dark skyline if a city

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

This one turned out OK I think. Watercolor round. #notai #badhumanart view from my room when at NDC Toronto in May 2026. Bad human art attempt #17. Join me - exercise human creativity!

view of the CN Tower out of the ICE Tower, downtown Toronto

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

More #notai #badhumanart. Join me! #watercolor and #clay. Orca. I'm actually kind of proud of these ones. Attempt 16. Bonus #pixelart orca also.

OK watercolor of orca, better clay version of it. I like the texture of the water in the clay version.

Very simple pixelart orca. I meant to fill in some details... but didn't.

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Exercising creativity with #badhumanart . The coral is really bad. The flower is ok. #notai #watercolor.

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Exercise your human creativity with me and make some #badhumanart ! More #watercolor. Things bled way more than I wanted. Classic "Jesus Saves" neon sign from the Denver Rescue Mission (look it up), a scenic railway in #Switzerland and the Santa Crossing sign from Drøbak, Norway. This is attempt 14.

Poorly done watercolor, just as described.

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

My #badhumanart attempt 13. You should also try some art and rebel against the AI! this is a watercolor and pen elephant

an OK grey african elephant in a green field. Watercolor, pen.

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

My #badhumanart attempt 12 - "if you aren't already afraid of clowns, you will be now" Watercolor, no idea what I was doing at all.

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

This is my #badhumanart attempt 11. My attempt to explain what a "bunny" is to a non native English speaker

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

In response to AI, I've decided to start making #badhumanart join me and exercise some human creativity! (art posted in order, but not in real time) Attempt #10 accidental rainbow in a shredder

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

ALiSe is at CppNorth to remind you to donate to ALS research if you have the means, in memory of our friend Rainer Grimm from the C++ Community. www.modernescpp.com/index.php/ca...

A doll named ALiSe who traveled with Cippi for awhile last year to help raise awareness for ALS. ALiSe is sitting on a voting display for CppNorth

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

In response to AI, I've decided to start making #badhumanart join me and exercise some human creativity! (art posted in order, but not in real time) Attempt #9 #pixelart version of the previous watercolor

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

In response to AI, I've decided to start making #badhumanart join me and exercise some human creativity! (art posted in order, but not in real time) Attempt #8 watercolor snowman made on a flight home. Inspired by a box of tissues.

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

See you in Toronto in a couple of weeks at NDC Toronto for a bunch of great C++ content and workshops! May 5-8 ndctoronto.com CODE: JASONS20 for 20% off

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

In response to AI, I've decided to start making #badhumanart join me and exercise some human creativity! (art posted in order, but not in real time) Attempt #7 Ball point pen and watercolor blueberries. Inspired by the recent blueberry recall.

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Exclusive 20% off coupon code for attending NDC Toronto! Time is running out! May 5-8 ndctoronto.com CODE: JASONS20

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

In response to AI, I've decided to start making #badhumanart join me and exercise some human creativity! (art posted in order, but not in real time) Attempt #6 watercolor recreation of a geometric painting.

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

In response to AI, I've decided to start making #badhumanart join me and exercise some human creativity! (art posted in order, but not in real time) Attempt #5 terrible ball point pen and watercolor portrait a Tim Hortons cup and donut

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

In response to AI, I've decided to start making #badhumanart join me and exercise some human creativity! (art posted in order, but not in real time) Attempt #4 ball point pen and watercolor portrait of a Kinder Yoda toy (with stamp of approval from the toy)

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

In response to AI, I've decided to start making #badhumanart join me and exercise some human creativity! (art posted in order, but not in real time) Attempt #3 clay sink for a friend who hopes to become a plumber

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

In response to AI, I've decided to start making #badhumanart join me and exercise some human creativity! (art posted in order, but not in real time) Attempt #2 ball point pen and watercolor ant

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I'm giving workshops at upcoming conferences! The next two coming up are C++Online (April 9) and NDC Toronto (May 5-6). Check out this session preview of my style: www.youtube.com/live/Ipr6ntC... C++Online: cpponline.uk/workshop/per... NDC Toronto: ndctoronto.com/workshops/c-...

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I'm super surprised to see that my ridiculous constexbrau haus designs are my best sellers right now! jason-turner-shop.fourthwall.com/products/con... jason-turner-shop.fourthwall.com/products/con...

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

In response to AI, I've decided to start making #badhumanart join me and exercise some human creativity! attempt #1 clay modeled ant

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Fellow nerds! 🤓 Want to help me play test my new Programming Puzzles Game website? programmingpuzzles.fun It's the companion site to my Programming Puzzles for Everyone book. Have fun and report any issues.

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I tried to sell my last generation @Garmin.com watches, but then realized they weren't keeping charges very well. The guy I gave them to for free sent me this lovely note and $50. I'm forwarding the $ to ALS research in honor of Rainer Grimm, consider contributing to ALS research if you can.

Dear Jason,

I hope you remember me. A few weeks ago, you were trying to sell your 2 Garmin watches on Craigslist. You decided to just give me the watches because they were not working properly. I was able to get one of them to work, so I am sending you a check for $50. I thought about paying your generosity forward, but paying it back works too. Thank you again for your kind gesture and please put this $50 to good use.

Merry XMAS + Happy New Year!

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I know you "need" this Christmas Winter Holiday themed pirate constexpr long sleeve shirt! jason-turner-shop.fourthwall.com/products/con...

constexburrr pirate Christmas themed shirt. It's red and long sleeve. Honestly, I'm not sure why I did this one. I was on a roll. you should see the car pirate constexpr one that's also in the store.

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Are you ready for Halloween or the next Talk Like a Pirate Day?? jason-turner-shop.fourthwall.com/products/con...

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Cippi helping to introduce the opening keynote for NDC TechTown! #als Check out the Cippi Project and Rainer's ALS blog to learn more about this. www.modernescpp.com/index.php/ca...

Cippi, Rainer's mascot, on stage with Klaus at the opening keynote for NDCTechTown

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Arr!! Cippi learned a lot at CppCon this week and celebrated the hard week by going to a Pirate Festival! She acquired a new booty bag in the process too! #talklikeapirate #cppcon www.modernescpp.org/cippi/ Consider giving to #als research

Cippi celebrating the end of the week while listening to pirate music on talk like a pirate day!

Cippi helping Matt Godbolt present the closing keynote

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

CiPPi is attending my CppCon workshop! #als awareness

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Last chance to come to one of my highly interactive and dynamic C++ Best Practices conference workshops this year at CppCon (Sept 13-14) or NDC TechTown (Sept 22-23) ndctechtown.com/workshops/c-... cppcon.org/class-2025-b...

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Check it out! 👀 My puzzle book designed to be FUN and to TEACH core Computer Science is now available in print format! 400 PAGES of puzzles for only $19.95! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FP312CRT leanpub.com/programming_...

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Come to one of my highly interactive and dynamic C++ Best Practices conference workshops this year at CppCon (Sept 13-14) or NDC TechTown (Sept 22-23) Only about 3 weeks left! ndctechtown.com/workshops/c-... cppcon.org/class-2025-b...

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Repost if you think I should bring some print copies of my latest puzzle book (over 400 pages of puzzles!) to the next conference to give away!! leanpub.com/programming_... (Expect to be able to buy it yourself in print in the next week or so, or get the digital copy today).

amazing picture of my giant 400 page programming puzzles book

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Thank you @jetbrains @jetbrains@programming.dev @jetbrains.com for this awesome creator swag box!

unopened awesome swag box from jetbrains. this thing was super high quality, quite the unboxing experience

all of the unopened (numbered) packages in the box

the opened packages. a T-shirt, sweat shirt, hat, notebook, insulated mug, bag

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

My combined total log of hiking and walking for this summer has been now 932 km! So I'm upping my total ledge to ALS research, in honor of Rainer Grimm up to 932 Euro! Please consider also giving to this underfunded field, if you can afford it.

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I'm getting very close to publication of my latest book: The Programming Puzzles Big Book (Fun for ages 7-99)! leanpub.com/programming_... This is your last chance to get it for the pre-release price of only $4.99 and help me find any remaining bugs. This is 400 pages of puzzles!

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Jason Turner @lefticus.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Message from my wife: if you squat to pee, and are hiking, don't be this person, leaving trash in the woods!! Buy one of these instead (reusable pee cloth)! amzn.to/3H5558W She says it's the best $14 she's ever spent and recommends it to everyone.

tissue left in the woods from someone who peed!

reusable pee cloth for hiking. it's easily washable and ready for the next day!

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