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Múmer @mumermao.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/10/2026

This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Hiding in Plane Sight theonion.com/hiding-in-plane-sight

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart

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Star @ Touching Grass (On Hiatus) @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's super distraction free and has a lot of good quality of life tools. Nice peace of mind

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The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Me: Michaels sucks now, Joanne's is gone, ac Moore is gone, local art shop is gone. Where can I shop for art supplies now? Person: Hobby Lob- Me: I will make art from my own sinew and bones first.

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⛈️⚡️Verra⚡️⛈️ @drunkendirewolf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey y’all I’ve been wiped out by bills & still have my phone bill that’s overdue. It’s $198 🫩 & the anniversary of my car accident is coming up soon; I can’t help but feel a bit extra shitty bc my finances have been very difficult since for the whole year. Anything helps.

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Brhannada @brhannadart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This image in the replies was particularly funny to me

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Jay 🏞️🔜 Howloween @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🐦‍⬛❕HUMAN EXPERIENCE Stickers have been restocked on my ko-fi!! :> ko-fi.com/s/3ecf690ed7 #formline #indigenousart #telekitneticart

A picture of a 3-inch anti-generative AI rainbow holographic sticker with a formline design on it. The design has a black border with sparkles lining it. Text within the border reads “you cannot automate the human experience.” The formline design depicts a decapitated robot head with vacant eyes. Next to it are two ravens, with one raven perched on the head with a piece of the robot’s antenna in its beak.

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

WHATS A MATTER - dashare.zone ADMIN

A SKLETEN WITH A COOL POLE ARM THEY WANT TO SHOW PEOPLE "ITS NOT A SWORD BUT FINE IF YOUR GOING TO CALL IT A SWORD THATS FINE" AND DA TEXT "WHATS THE MATTER YOU AFRAID TO WORK? THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, OVER 1/3 OF EMPLOYEES DO 6+ HOURS OF UNPAID LABOR EVERY WEEK, 3.9 MILLION AMERICANS GET INJURED OR DIE AT WORK EVERY YEAR, AND EVERY MANAGER IVE EVER HAD FUCKEN SUCKS, LET ME BRING MY SWORD TO WORK MOTHER FUCKER - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN IT IS MORE OF A HALBERD WITH MULTIPLE BLADES. ALLOWING THE USER TO STAND AT A DISTANCE FROM THERE TARGET. REAL SWORD HEADS KNOW - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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Kieran @toadally.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Foxes are valuable parts of the ecosystem, and there are species that are in trouble and need our help. But a disturbingly large amount of furries don’t actually care about real foxes based on how many pet fox videos they share.

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cerb (she/he) @cerberus.northsky.social · 28/09/2026

hoyis rayquaza samanlooyk - rayquaza used outrage 🎆

a formline design of rayquaza from pokemon. his body is depicted in deep green/black, with yellow and salmon accents. orange, pink, and purple flames and sparks surround his claws and face, and some billows of pale clouds are visible further up in the backdrop.

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Spaghetti Night.” Pen and copic gray marker on paper.

Our man is in the kitchen making spaghetti for his guests, who have become increasingly rowdy as they wait for dinner. More on them in a moment. He speaks into his landline phone with his oven mitts on, “Everybody’s pretty riled up for spaghetti night.” He is correct because sure enough we see his riled up dinner guests in the background. Two men play wrestle as a woman raises her hand to spank one of the wrestler's cheeks. She’s got great leverage on the windup so those cheeks are about to be pummeled, reader. Another man finds himself being carried by a woman with a crew-cut. Her strength is on display here because despite the man’s weight she’s able to effortlessly run around the living room with him slung over her shoulder like a ragdoll. Behind them we see another spaghetti night guest pumping his fists and shouting to the ceiling. Perhaps howling.

Artist’s note: One of my favorite drawings. Love seeing the whole group having a great time together.

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tobias 🍃🎐🌱 @godbirdart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

『 COMMISSIONS OPEN 🌿◦ SEPTEMBER 2026 』 ─ ✧˖° Looking to fill four or five slots! ✦ Form closes September 26 @ 18:00 MDT [UTC-6] ✦ Not first-come first-serve Order Form: forms.gle/fngFYXKtQiuu... Pricing Info: godbirdart.com Trello: trello.com/b/MUUX1tsl/ Thank you for considering my work!! ;w;

Image text reads: commissions open. limited slots; not first come first serve. form closes September 26 @ 16:00 (4PM) Mountain Daylight Time (Coordinated Universal Time -6).

All applicants will be emailed back to confirm whether or not their application was chosen. Payment plans available - see form. Slow turnaround! ETA 3 to 4 months; subject to vary. Full price guide, FAQ, ToS and queue are available at godbirdart.com. #commsopen #furryart #furry #fursale

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Star @ Touching Grass (On Hiatus) @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Every day I become more glad UF rejected my application

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It would be such a shame if more people knew this is the 5th year of UF's "AI Days" genAI festival, and that the genAI art / business proposal contest does not actually check if you are a student before letting you submit things. ai.ufl.edu/ai-universit...

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Gator Create | AI | University of Florida

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#ShareGoodNewsToo

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Ghoulumunkus @gulumunkus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

discord casually admitting they know that nobody wanted the age verification implemented and trying to be funny about it is seriously something that the pr team should reflect on and really study when they lose a lot of nitro subs in this next week

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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Two panel comic. Panel 1: news broadcast of a Chimpanzee in a suit walking to the podium of a White House briefing. Text at the bottom reads: “PRESIDENT CHIMPSKY TO MAKE STATEMENT ON TERRORIST ATTACK” Panel 2: president Chimpsky signs to the camera, “Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you.”

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The Onion @theonion.com · 23/09/2026

Vacationing Man Excited To Try Fast Food Franchise Not Found In Hometown theonion.com/vacationing-man-excite…

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Star @ Touching Grass (On Hiatus) @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I was dicking around on my computer and then saw movement out of the corner of my eye

A small lizard holding on to a bisexual pride flag while a fairy light string cuts through the shot

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Steeeve Duffy @stevenduffysstuffy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

How I’ve Been Pronouncing It (Feat. Foghorn Leghorn, my… roommate?)

Comic. I’m at my desk, leaning over to the doorway, saying “Hey! Foghorn! Foghorn Leghorn! Get in here!”
Foghorn Leghorn is walking past the doorway, “Boy, I tell ya, I tell ya, not so loud, boy. What, I say, I say, what d’ya want?”
Next panel, I’m gesturing to my computer. “How do I find that really good manga you recommended? It’s an anime now? I keep getting Halloween costumes.” Foghorn leans over my chair, “well, boy, I say, I say, you ain’t typin the entire title.”
Last panel, I turn around- “you said ‘witch hat.’ Foghorn gets in my face- “open your ears, boy!! ‘Witch Hat Atelier, I tell ya! I tell ya ‘Atelier,’ I tell ya’”

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Vela Lightheart 🌊 @velalightheart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So here we are a month later... still nothing. No word an ANY place I have been applyin to. I don't think I am doin anything wrong but it's been eating away at me physically and mentally. I don't wanna be on this ride any longer. I am tired of asking for help. I am tired of feeling useless.

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☄ Heron ☄ ➡️ ASC, MFF @marbleheron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

As much misogyny there is in the fandom (which frankly is no more or less imo than just existing as a woman), there's like one hundred other cis gay men who would throw their bodies in front of me if something happened and I love each and every one of those guys.

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Star @ Touching Grass (On Hiatus) @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What's good I'm a NB lemur who hasn't been active bc I've felt like there's no point in being in a space where embracing my femininity no matter what's in my pants automatically makes me lesser or w/e the fuck (That and the Latine erasure but that's not the point)

@drunkendirewolf's Beastars OC. He is a detective black panther with white pepper face and a white fur mask. He is wearing a green button up shirt and a loose red tie while smoking a cigarette. His name is Hyokage

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Russell Irving @rginteger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm not much of a Pokémon person, but my son is & trying to buy him cards at retail prices has been nigh on impossible the last couple of years, and I refuse to pay scalpers for anything. So it warms the cockles of my heart to see so many of them having a full meltdown about the recent set. Enjoy!!

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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see Sarah, the protagonist, next to a stick figure labeled “AI”. The stick figure says, “my outputs look just like yours now.”
The second panel zooms in on Sarah’s face. Above her we see text reading “I think”.
The third panel zooms in closer on Sarah’s face. Text above her reads “you missed”.
The fourth panel shows Sarah drawing happily in a sunlit room. The text above her reads “the point”.

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Alfred / Alfie @jookpubstock.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Pretty sure this set is still my masterpiece. #posereference #artreference #poseref

A drawing reference photo of a model wearing a white shirt and black pants, standing in front of an easel, looking slightly distressed, trying to block the canvas.
The photo can be used as references for personal and commercial work. The model is Alfred Gustav Günthel aka JookpubStock.

A drawing reference photo of a model wearing a white shirt and black pants, standing in front of an easel, looking very distressed, trying to block the canvas.

The photo can be used as references for personal and commercial work. The model is Alfred Gustav Günthel aka JookpubStock.

A drawing reference photo of a model wearing a white shirt and black pants, sitting in front of an easel, looking slightly distressed, trying to block the canvas.

The photo can be used as references for personal and commercial work. The model is Alfred Gustav Günthel aka JookpubStock.

A drawing reference photo of a model wearing a white shirt and black pants, standing in front of an easel, screaming, trying to block the canvas.

The photo can be used as references for personal and commercial work. The model is Alfred Gustav Günthel aka JookpubStock.

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qutens 💕✨ hiatus 💉🩺 @qutens.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hi friends :"3 I hate to ask for help, but I need it. Due to my health, I'm a bit behind on rent & need help catching up so I can keep a roof over my head while I'm dealing with everything else in my life rn. ko-fi.com/qutens/goal?... Anything helps, thank you :"3

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crumb @cuptoast.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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

incredibly well-done resident evil teaser from a movie theater

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Nanaasuzy @nanaasuzy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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Star @ Touching Grass (On Hiatus) @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I know Wendy's probably didn't expect this but with the whole thing about shady backroom deals and desperate ploys to regain profits, it wouldn't surprise me if they promised him a lifetime of meal deals for this Twitter endorsement

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Star @ Touching Grass (On Hiatus) @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

50 dollars for a family of 4 at Wendy's is unacceptable as is but this is something else I guess all we can say is "thank fuck my waistline is saved"

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Phil H @frimpys.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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Fusion Warrior 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔆 @fusionwarrior.neurario.com · 15/09/2026

Today marks three months to the date since my open heart surgery, I've not worked since then and i start again tomorrow. Please help me and my family if you can. Thank you. ko-fi.com/alicefusionw... 💕💸 #MutualAid #transaid #lgbtqaid #transrights #UrgentNeed #HelpSky

Screenshot of bank account showing a negative balance of -$210.68

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Kieran @toadally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Cannot put into words how frustrating it is to hear people say "this is my escape from politics, so I don't want to see politics here." It is an immense privileges if you can "escape" politics. People whose entire identities are politicized just by how they look do not have the same benefit.

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⛈️⚡️Verra⚡️⛈️ @drunkendirewolf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Deleted my other post for the suit combo bc a friend helped me out w/that but I have a big bill coming & gotta reprioritize 🫩 car insurance is $257 instead of $200 due on the 20th. Literally anything helps. I have $100 set aside for it atm.

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Bolt thunder @boltthunder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Y'all in nyc please be careful. Fishtank is trying to bait y'all.

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Star @ Touching Grass (On Hiatus) @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ren, I mean this in the best way possible when I say you remind me of my old theater drama class and I could easily see you being a classmate of mine

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Quasimodox @quasimodox.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Morrigan has been lifting. 😆Darkstalkers

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Chance Kubesh @itskoob.mov · 13/09/2026

This been stuck in my head all day

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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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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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Katie Tiedrich @katietiedrich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’m not the first person to make this observation but the prevalence of nauseating ai-generated business logos means stuff like this hits CRAZY for me now

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