Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Mali 💤 MCM London G-23 @sleepimali.bsky.social · 3hThis whole PPWR and EPR situation... it sure would be nice if the EU figured out a way to be 100% sure small businesses aren't punished for shipping to other member states soon because this has been and is very stressful 2201
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 20hSally Rooney: To publish my work in the UK could now constitute a serious criminal offence. After a process of consultation and deliberation, and with my full agreement, my publisher Faber has therefore determined that it can no longer supply my work within the UK. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...irishtimes.comSally Rooney’s books will no longer be available in UK over her support for Palestine ActionFaber blames UK antiterrorism legislation for decision to stop distributing bestselling author’s works 1214077
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 18hIt’s easy to do the right thing when it doesn’t cost you anything. It’s harder to do the right thing in cases like this, where it will cost Sally Rooney quite a lot. A really uncommon display of principle. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comSally Rooney says she can no longer sell books in UK due to Palestine Action supportIrish writer of Normal People says she can no longer receive royalties from British sales and she cancelled UK trip due to fear of arrest 15898233
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Briar 🦋🍂🐀 @briarlily.bsky.social · 7hTumblr post that I think applies to 99% of the Kylo/Bendemption wank recently 32812
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Kitty 小刘 @helbepraised.bsky.social · 15hY’all are full of shit. You can’t ethically use a system that steals from other authors/artits and pollutes entire neighborhoods. There is no ethical use. If your “art” or “writing” has AI in it, you might as well throw it in the trash because that’s what it’s worth. 0168
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 15hJust... wow. The Society of Authors has decided that a technology built on the massive theft of writers' work is perfectly okay and can be your friend really. Let's be clear: there is NO responsible/ethical way to use genAI. For shame. 2143
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Katria Raden @katriaraden.bsky.social · 14/10/2026There's NO ethical use of this technology as long as it's built on theft, environmentally harmful, damaging to systems of information and education, our own well-being, and lining the pockets of billionaires. Even if this were all somehow "solved", IMO there's no place for AI in arts, period. 214316
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Katria Raden @katriaraden.bsky.social · 14/10/2026How do you "ethically" use generative AI? Do you say "ohmigosh so sorry" to the ether after every prompt? 925434
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 17hBeing GenX/Millennial is such a trip. In our lifetimes, we saw people our age getting wild criminal penalties for pirating music and now have to sit and watch as companies gobble up our work with impunity. 85108723167
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 13/10/2026“The public conversation hasn’t caught up to how much of a problem drones are at this point,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @fastcompany.com. “There are very high-resolution cameras that can see thousands of feet away and are designed to not be seen by the people on the street.”fastcompany.comFlock is facing a surveillance backlash. Meanwhile, its drone business is boomingAs cities push back against its license plate readers, the $8.4 billion surveillance company is betting big on police drones, raising fresh questions about privacy and oversight. 011667
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸bree 🦇💀 in their natural habitat 🧛🏻🎃 @eirvherassan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I know shit’s hard rn, but if you have a chance, maybe go give LAIKA’s new baby a shot while it’s in theaters? They’re still out here saying fuck genAI & making art with their hands, and I can’t stress enough how much we love them here in Portland 💜 15035
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Is this supposed to discourage me from seeing the movie? 1274065635
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Moem ʕ·ᴥ· ʔゝ and the 🍌 of joy @moem.bsky.social · 11/10/2026#Reyloween (or #swoloween post 4) : Werewolf 84020
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸magical clunico freestyle @cluniies.bsky.social · 11/10/2026always retweet the no hustle mizuki comic forever 0971512
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Melo @letitmelo.bsky.social · 11/10/2026325gb of art and material that artists and animators weren't allowed to use in portfolios to keep themselves fed. 1750091502
Nana Di Maggio 🌸 @nanadimaggio.bsky.social · 11/10/2026youtu.beJames Blunt - 1973 (Lyrics)YouTube video by RouxioMusic 000
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 11/10/2026Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent 12870392087
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 10/10/2026We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words. 2344156
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026NEW: Staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette told @adamm0rgan.bsky.social AI is infiltrating their workplaces, from generating cover art and back cover copy, to publicity materials, to rejection emails, as execs tell junior staff to "champion" the tech. www.wired.com/story/book-p...wired.comBook Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are RevoltingWorkers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech. 27597336
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026the year is 2030 and i no longer consume anything that isn't personalized to me. every game, every book, every movie extends to the limits of my own imagination and no further. i haven't been surprised in five years. i cry softly, in bewilderment, if i see a word i don't know 392842788
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Do you want good tortoise news? I thought so. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comScientists discover 180,000 giant tortoises on one Seychelles islandFree-roaming Aldabra population far exceeds human population of Seychelles after decades-long recovery programme 472781928
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 08/10/2026If you have ever read a book to a baby, you will realize it's not a linear experience. The baby wants to turn pages backward, wants to ask questions (if they're old enough), wants to examine the pages and get really excited if they can say "bear!" even if the word "bear!" is not on the page. 451807301
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 08/10/2026These people don't even want to pay *regular* taxes and they expect us to believe their little pyramid scheme will lead to universal basic income. Lol. Lmao. 781258
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸N*Kim @nkimillustrate.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Is fall here yet?🎃🐈⬛Pumpkin and Cat Witch! 2349231597
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸pixie muledonkey ♥ @pixiemuledonkey.bsky.social · 04/10/2024Inktober 🤝 NaNoWriMo destroying their own annual creative community event 444970
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸𝕊𝕒𝕘𝕖🍃 @sagegarnish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026✅What blocking on AO3 does: - They can't make comments on your works ❌ What blocking on AO3 does NOT do: - Hide your works from them - Hide their works from you ✅ What Muting on AO3 does: - You won't see their works in ur searches - Hides their comments/bookmarks from you 03221
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 07/10/2026The American Copyright Protection Act would let copyright owners seek court orders forcing ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block Americans’ from accessing to entire websites. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgCongress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNsCongress is taking another run at site-blocking, a deeply flawed concept that would undermine basic internet infrastructure. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has introduced the American Copyright Protection 612565
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 07/10/2026As long as authoritarian governments work to censor & surveil us for ultimate control, VPNs remain vital tools. That’s why we’re fighting to defend them. 210071
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026For #BannedBooksWeek, it's a good time to remember that book bans are moving online in the form of censorship laws, age verification laws, and attacks on Section 230, often framed as "protecting kids." Follow @fightforthefuture.org and take action at BadInternetBills.com to protect freedom to read!badinternetbills.comBad Internet BillsAll of the bad internet bills. One website. 17856
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 03/10/2026Site-blocking isn’t just theoretically dangerous. Italy’s system blocked hundreds of innocent websites. Spain’s swept up domains belonging to Greenpeace and Harvard. Now Congress wants to bring this to the U.S. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgCongress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNsCongress is taking another run at site-blocking, a deeply flawed concept that would undermine basic internet infrastructure. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has introduced the American Copyright Protection 4162108
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 04/10/2026Despite its name, the DEFEND IP Act would instead incentivize censorship, overblocking, and bad faith attempts to block access to a website. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgSite-Blocking Will Not Defend IP, No Matter the Bill’s NameThere has been a raft of site-blocking bills in the latest Congress, and the latest is called the “Deterring Extraterritorial Foreign Exploitation of Networks Damaging Intellectual Property” aka the 111056
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 05/10/2026A new site-blocking bill in Congress has procedural improvements. But it also explicitly reaches VPNs and broadens what kind of websites can be targeted. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgCongress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNsCongress is taking another run at site-blocking, a deeply flawed concept that would undermine basic internet infrastructure. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has introduced the American Copyright Protection 48852
Nana Di Maggio 🌸 @nanadimaggio.bsky.social · 06/10/2026For what's worth, I really like your style ☺️ 010
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Jeremy Whitley @jeremywhitley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My spider-sense says that Tapas closing and Web Toons suddenly partnering with Marvel is probably not a really positive sign for independent web comic creators. 714236
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Celesse ✿ @celesse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Witch's Garden 🌱✨ #art #Drawtober #cats 101279507
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Maude Zbornak @maudezbornak.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hi, all. I have received some sad news. My position at my once-current place at work was eliminated. So I am regrouping and entering the job hunt at a very fun time. I have a bit of a cushion, but in the meantime would like to share links to books I have written: ⬇️ 104016
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸𖦹 🅢🅘🅝 𖦹 @duskydreamer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026 ⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀ ⣰⣿⡟⢻⣿⡟⢻⣧ ⣰⣿⣿⣇⣸⣿⣇⣸⣿ ⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⢻⣿⣿⣿ ⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣼⣿⣿⠇ ⢿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀ ⠀⠀⠈⠿⠿⠋⠙⢿⣿⡿⠁⠀ 019195
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“GOTTA LEARN AI OR BE LEFT BEHIND.” Good. Fuck off! Leave me behind! Enjoy your artbarf rapture, your janky Temu future. I’ll be back here looking at real birds and writing weird, also real, books. 382889566
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 05/10/2026i dont want to download an app i don't want a qr code menu i dont want to talk to an ai assistant i dont want ai summaries for my searches i dont want to optimize my workflow i dont want to jump on a call i dont want to rate anything i don't want to create an account LEAVEME ADLONEe 1035351161
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸𝖕𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖘𝖎𝖙𝖊-𝐙 [ Novel In Progress ] @parasite-z.bsky.social · 04/10/2026As billionaires, the wealthy class and ai tech bros try to privatize knowledge and erase human curiosity, another form of resistance is to stay curious. Do your own research. Do not be spoonfed your ideals or opinions. Use your library. Think for yourself. It's very important that you do. 5718315
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Chloé Stawski @chlowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026hysterically laughing at the idea of techbros trying to convince the pope that Jesus also died for the LLMs to go to heaven 17735138
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Buntglas ♡ Comms open! @buntglas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's my birthday! 🎂 May I ask for a lil RT of my art? 🙏💕 Or maybe you want to gift yourself and I a print purchase? 🤔 www.inprnt.com/gallery/bunt... 26538279
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 262185664910
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026ATTENTION COMIC NERDS! 1219108
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Arden 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. 2669162601
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Started as a little study and became another one of the 'Secret Society of Unpractical Headpieces in Space' series (that still does not exist) 🪐 261903631
Reposted by Nana Di Maggio 🌸high & off the wallflower 👻spoopy szn edition👻 @baseball4breakfast.bsky.social · 26/11/2025 2892623094