Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialSahoni, Official Re(a)d Wolf @sahoni.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The idea of a pristine wilderness untouched by man is a myth and folly. The ecological devastation of Colonialism and it's extractionary nature can never be overstated. 144593
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialSirFox @sirfox.bsky.social · 07/10/2026That sandwich you got from Chick-fil-A helped to fund this happening. Thanks. 261170562
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialGaia_BentosZX5 @bento-bongos.bsky.social · 07/10/2026You forgot the grifting, corporate bootlicking drama mills passing off as well-meaning fans, also need to go. They take great pleasure tormenting workers by spreading rumors hoping there would be a mass layoff in a corporate buyout. 1152
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.social〚Ẋ〛 @projectendo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026In time a new animation industry will form, by our hand. But it'll have to be different. The CEOs, Executives, shareholders, AMPTP, tech bros, do have to drown along with our ship they sank. When the chips were down, they showed they weren't capable of doing better. They are ontologically failures. 12764156
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialThat girl with The Posts @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 07/10/2026 19322
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.social🐺 Wolf Nanaki 🏳️⚧️ @wolfnanaki.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I pissed off a lot of AI bros with this one. :v 1725792
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialLinotype Pilgrim @symbo1ics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026the only way we're going to "cure cancer" is to hold the 'ai' con men and CEOs upside-down till all their money falls out then take it fund science, research, public health, preventative health whatever's left over can go to rebuilding the humanities and everything else they have destroyed 19733
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialWitchy Annie 🏳️⚧️ 🔞 @possmom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's really easy to just say you support trans folk, we're just asking you to put your money where your mouth is and not give it to one of the worst transphobes alive to show you mean it. If you can't even do that it's clear you just genuinely don't care about trans folk. 81539211
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialWitchy Annie 🏳️⚧️ 🔞 @possmom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"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. 9484443189
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialMaddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 05/10/2026one thing you learn from making a lot of things is that the nitty gritty details, the millions of tiny invisible decisions, ARE the art. The "higher level ideas" are not nearly as important or interesting 252076500
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialMeg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Please remember that for every VE Schwab and Stephen King, there are a lot of banned Black, queer, and POC writers you've never heard of, to whom it is maybe not a badge of honor but a denial of their voice. Being banned is not a marketing opportunity, unless one is already rich. 21555671
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialmossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"the people saying it's wrong to like Harry Potter are probably the same people who own iPhones, shop on Amazon, or go to Starbucks" I know this isn't the point at all, but it's also possible to not do those things either 1313420
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners. 1087383989
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialArden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole. 2668712587
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialJet - Local Delinquent Dragon @jetthedrake.bsky.social · 03/10/2026FA being told by advertisers that the most mundane of art is just too risqué to work with should be a good indicator why trying making your fandom squeaky clean to appease people, who will never be happy, is a shitty idea 1325901210
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.social🎃heeeeere's johnny🎃 @ozarkobscura.bsky.social · 04/10/2026allowing a cis man who has proven he is not only willing to sexually assault women but willing to sweep it under the rug to have a career access to millions of young viewers is irresponsible. saying that does nothing to downplay one's commitment to abolitionism. for fucksake. 1248
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialSquish @dasquished.bsky.social · 03/10/2026IGN using the japanese translation for "Generation" as time, like the Next Generation of the RE Engine to imply "Generation AI" is Fucked too and deserves to be Called Out. That was clearly done with the intent to get people angry/upset thinking Capcom is going to start using LLMs 1161
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialSquish @dasquished.bsky.social · 03/10/2026That Capcom thing is a great reason why we need to start calling generative AI as LLMs and -not- AI, because there is a distinct difference in something like, developing local in house tools to automate something like wall collision testing, and using Generative LLMs based on Data Centers. 25511
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.social𝗟𝗨𝗖𝗔 @behemow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In regard to FurAffinity being at risk due to censorship: Furries are now political targets. We are getting namedropped at high levels of government. They know that we are a large, influential, largely queer, community. Fighting for the spaces owned by our community is incredibly important 2552142554
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialmossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026AI bros suggesting the models have some form of personhood reminds me of that thing when business people make an LLC and then make an LLP to partner themselves with it, so they can pretend the business is a separate entity from themselves and defer consequences to it. corporate veil, that's it 211110
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialromulus - 🛸METROID RAVENOUS🍽️ @romulusofficial.bsky.social · 02/10/2026idk how anyone can see something advertised with ai and NOT immediately think of the Willy Wonka Experience in Glasgow 111758488
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialDonryu @donryu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The biggest lie ever pervaded by mainstream entertainment was that our art, our skill, our craft, was not truly impressive unless they severely underpaid us for it and told us to be grateful for the opportunity. 120359
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialSnow 🐕🦺 Service Twink @snowbluehusky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Giving back to the community is important to me. I'm fortunate enough to have a small amount of disposable income and I would rather see it go to FA than go to another media conglomerate so a billionaire can get his next billion. I wanna encourage my friends to subscribe if they're able to 🩵 2169
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialhotel @hotelfella.bsky.social · 30/09/2026we really dont give a shit how accurate it becomes at doing a task or how efficient it becomes to not destroy the world by existing (unlikely). Do not allow yourself to become reliant on these people and corporations. they would kill you for money without a second thought 1308
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialhotel @hotelfella.bsky.social · 30/09/2026ai needs to be rejected in all spaces if just on the grounds of it being an open power grab on the knowledge and ability to create things by corporations to make sure any doing so is reliant on Them. And off the back of stolen work! thats still a problem thats never been addressed 26725
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 119115952877
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialCasey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I see these kind of people talk down to indie devs all the time, they'll leave comments on social media posts or trailers berating indies for their artstyle saying things like people have moved on from these graphics, they see a specific artstyle as a failing to have kept up with technology. 688541
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialCasey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026They don't understand art because they believe it is beneath them, why do a thing when the computer can do the thing faster and better? And because they don't care about art, they don't seem to be able to see the flaws in the AI generated output because it looks higher definition and thus better. 41057100
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialStephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Writers, if you are against AI, do not put your writing into ANY tool that is itself AI. Not to check grammar, not to "prove" you wrote it yourself. Everything you give them becomes part of their data, even if it's only to "improve their service" or whatever BS they tell you. 7616231
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialBwillett Comics, Monster Boyfriend Specialist @bwillettcomics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Also not all of us wear n95s for *just* Covid. 'Just a cold' causes me month long lung infections. I like not spending 1/6th of my year in bed with a fever and barely breathing. I'm kooky like that 419055
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialrooshoes @roo.shoes · 28/09/2026very pleased that multiple people get this 1433471098
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The humanities have been calling out genAI theft since the jump, while STEM has rallied around “discovery potential”. I am *ONCE AGAIN* reminding EVERYONE that science is not the sacred cow, STEM isn’t the exception. They are going to steal our IP, too. We aren’t special. 8371150
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialWOLFGIRL9MILLION (COMMS OPEN!) @wolfgirl9million.bsky.social · 28/09/2026real conversation i had when i stayed the night at a friends house that i think about constantly 10742151061
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialAndrew Schreck @andrewschreck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026 82132123656
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialGallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 17/05/2024lesser evil politics results in the lesser evil getting consistently more evil until the distinction becomes meaningless. 412355
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialIdo @idohavjuan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026fursonally I just stopped using discord for anything but vc because too many people keep getting phished off of admittedly some of the silliest methods possible of "someone sent me a link and I clicked it" The problem is widespread for sure but we can definitely do a little better individually! 291
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialFaith K. Falkner @faithfalkner.com · 27/09/2026Be patient and kind to those who are making art right now. We're all self-funded and the richest, worst people in the world are trying to plaster over and erase our hard work. 11648581
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialOrin 🚀🦏 @orinoxide.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Speed of recovery varies from place to place (life in very cold and very dry places is slow to rebound, for example), but the instant we Stop Fucking Doing That the recovery begins, because as far as living organisms are concerned it's free real estate for someone. 1151
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialsarah zedig 🐐 @hmsnofun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026it is bugfuck bananas technocapitalist austerity dark ages bullshit that we don't have a Federal Department of Software employing many thousands of software engineers developing free public platforms for education, bureaucracy, entertainment, online services etc. no leave it to the private market 🙄 227341
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialsarah zedig 🐐 @hmsnofun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026maybe part of the problem with education right now is that getting an education is objectively the least important part of getting educated, and in fact if you DO want to get educated instead of just memorizing test-facts you are actively antagonized by software, bureaucracy, and most college staff 230749
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialsarah zedig 🐐 @hmsnofun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026every time i talk to someone who's in college i'm like, oh, it's less of a "literacy crisis" than it is a "literally every online system required for getting a higher education is garbage bloatware designed only to collect a fat paycheck from universities, protect copyright, and steal data" crisis 7760197
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialsasha @2damntrans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Astonishing really how ADHD-denialism so closely matches early trans-denialism (say, a decade ago, before it went mask-off eliminationist), to the point that it includes the exact same personalities, again vomiting their know-nothing opinions all over the place. 302153661
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialHarvey Birdlaw @ostensiblyethan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Someone wanted to hack Australia. They did so. Australia finally realized it. The company used their new cover story, saying “oh, golly, rogue AI agent. This technology is so good! But uncontrollable. Not our fault. No one’s fault, really.” Then they said “shrug.” Then the media believed them. 1294
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026People were like no, using genAI doesn't deskill you. And then *all* the CEO's started announcing that not only is deskilling the explicit goal, but then they brag that they don't know how to toast a poptart 21337229
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say 6537751488
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialBrie @briechindeyerle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I remember when people looked at me funny for saying that the only way the business model and valuation of these genAI companies makes sense is if they believe they can control people’s most basic cognitive skills. Now the CEOs are just saying the quiet part out loud. futurism.com/health-medic...futurism.comNvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says That Sacrificing Our Children's Minds to AI Is a Price He's Willing to PayThanks to AI, it won't matter if students can do multiplication, or even remember their own home address, tech billionaire Jensen Huang said. 211341
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ringen.wikipedia.orgIron Ring - Wikipedia 2073722302
Reposted by @lurkingfornow.bsky.socialAhhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 02/04/2026“It is a striking indication of the social and cultural decay inherent in the final stages of capitalism, when elaborate scientific methods begin to be used, no longer to promote, but to eliminate intelligence from among the workers, because intelligent workers become Communists.” R. P. Dutt (1934) 91104331
