iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Lex @nsfwlex.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

So I now have a non-nsfw account: @lexthedog.bsky.social I'm going to be moving most of my posting there.

Lex @nsfwlex.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

You can just do that. This comment doesn't make sense because you can just choose to do it. It's like when people say "back in the day I could just go to the mall with friends and we had a great time." You can still just do that, you're just choosing not to.

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Lex @nsfwlex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hardcore impressed, probably. Fully cut off from my narcissistic parents, moved to the other side of the world to teach game programming at a university before I even hit 30, finally comfortable engaging in the furry community, and my first long-term relationship is still going well.

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Little Leif @peacemaker9669.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Never trust anyone using AI art to promote anything in the furry community.

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🔞Good Girl Elliotte🔞 @elliotte-draws.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

You might see several artists mad about the bluesky policy update banning non-con, even artists who do not make that kind of material, and wonder why it's such a problem. If that's you, here is a quick breakdown: 🧵

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Lex @nsfwlex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

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Lex @nsfwlex.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

However you find yourself creating, remember that the act of creation is what makes you a "creative person." It doesn't matter what you make as long as you're the one making it.

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Mr. Beat @iammrbeat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If I see an AI-generated thumbnail, I don't click on the video. If I think I'm watching AI-generated content, I click/swipe away. If you're "creating" AI-generated content, I'm biased to think you're a lazy person looking for shortcuts with little creative ambition.

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🦎Galileo🍉 @galileogb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

artists. writers. creatives of all kinds. when this is all over, never underestimate how important you are in the eyes of those who hate you. they want what you have, they need what you have, and will do anything to take it from you. anything.

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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"they blocked me and i never even said anything to them" buddy i have some bad news about how many people can perceive your behavior in a public setting

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Myoti ➡️ Megaplex @mxbatty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I have to vehemently disagree with this post I saw. I do not believe fascism is "part of human nature", it is an end-point of capitalism (and by extension, class-society as whole). It is not a natural phenomenon to who we are, it is a consequence of a system created and held by our ruling class. 🧵

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Remember - if they want us to all be contract temp employees: - no relocation for in office. - health insurance from a union. - residuals are mandatory. Also, spoiler alert - it won't work because that's not how games are made.

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Ruby 💕💜🩵 @fugitiverabbit.com · 31/08/2026

I have never and will never use AI. I am thankful I work a job where I am not forced to and likely would never be. If you are forced to use it for part of your job, you can always minimize it as much as possible. And if you started using it in your personal life, it is never too late to stop.

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That Lioxy Maid ♠️🏳️‍🌈 @thatlioxymaid.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

You can always make it better later The only supercomputer you can depend on is your own brain

A visual guide to show "How to Placehold":

Do use:
- Text to describe the posture and/or scene
- Royalty-free cliparts and photos for props
- Scribbles and doodles for visualisation

Don't use:
- AIGen imagery that depict the idra

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HearthFox ΘΔ @hearthfox.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

If you find yourself being talked to and asked weird invasive questions, the correct response is "that's quite a weird and invasive question to ask a stranger"

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Lex @nsfwlex.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Just had someone reply to a YouTube comment basically saying: > Using Generative AI for code is ok because, unlike art, code is a means to an end. Yeah, moron, do you know what else is a "means to an end"? *Literally everything*

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Lex @nsfwlex.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

There is a GDC talk where a designer from Ubisoft talked about their change from subtitles being disabled to enabled by default. They found that in both cases, ~20% of users changed the setting. The takeaway should be that you are expected by companies to never opt-out of anything.

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Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Twitch's "Allow your channel content to train generative AI models" setting is here and on by default. Go turn that shit off, streamer!! The toggle is under your Settings, then 'Security and Privacy'

screenshot of a Twitch account's Settings page, showing Security and Privacy and a toggle that reads "Training for Generative AI"

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Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · 12/08/2026

Twitch now uses your channel to train generative AI by default. You can opt out of some training here: www.twitch.tv/settings/sec...

Training for Generative AI

Allow your channel content to train generative AI content models at Amazon. Turning this off does not opt you out of Twitch and Amazon using your channel content for other purposes described in the Twitch Privacy Notice, including using AI-supported Twitch features that benefit the community by facilitating streamer growth and monetization (such as real-time sponsorship campaign assistance), viewer discovery (such as recommendations), and community safety (such as AutoMod). Learn more

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Lex @nsfwlex.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Regular reminder of the greatest piece of advice I give people: be very selective in who you take advice from (including me). If you're looking for tips or tutorials in art, music, programming, design, or anything else, are your sources professionals or just viral on TikTok for being flashy?

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

If we want to protect video games, we must start with the actual people who create them. Tell Microsoft how you feel about them laying off the developers who make your favorite games by going to the link in our bio.

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Héctor Barros 🏳️‍🌈 (he/him) @snibbits.eurosky.social · 10/08/2026

Here's the thing. If I know/notice genAI used in any part of your project, no matter how small, I will assume you used it for all of it, and I won't be interested at all. Why should I care if you don't?

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Lex @nsfwlex.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

If you are a somewhat (or very) technical person and want to have some direct positive impact on your community, please reply! I'm interested in helping people get into community hosting and can give advice and suggestions based on my own experience.

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Lex @nsfwlex.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"AI is here to stay whether you like it or not" Then why the hell are you wasting your time ranting me about it? If you're *so* confident we're wrong and will *definitely* be proven wrong, why expend energy debating us? Unless you think *you* might be wrong if there's enough pushback.

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Lex @nsfwlex.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I've officially requested a refund for a #CrashCourse coin I bought earlier this year and would encourage others and call out recent events around generative AI and effective altruist cult groups as specifically why.

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Really heartening to see both game workers and players wake up to the realities of what collective action can do to change things. The tide is turning. Everyone, including you, deserves a union.

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If you work for any studio of any size, your loyalty should never lie with a company. Instead, your loyalty and solidarity should always be with your fellow worker! We deserve better than this! YOU deserve better than this! PLAYERS deserve better than this!

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Christophe is making Prerolled! @qaqelol.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

My new free interactive guide on #Godot Control Nodes and #UI is out!! qaqelol.itch.io/gui My free #Tween guide also gets a new update! qaqelol.itch.io/tweens AND You can now get the All-in-One version, that regroups all my guides + extra features to support me!! qaqelol.itch.io/guides #GameDev

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BigNerdSam @bignerdsam.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

what the fuck why does this @stupidtwink.bsky.social comic keep happening?

"I love this app that lets you virtually pet a dog"

"don't they send 17 trillion dollars to Israel every year"

Three panels of betrayal, comprehension, and confusion

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VƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

We actually don't need to justify ourselves to kinkshaming scum. We never did, and never will. It is important to brutally, mercilessly rub their faces in it at every possible opportunity: we do not answer to them. They have no power over us, or the fandom. They are not welcome in any fandom space.

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🍊 tsu @tsurudraws.art · 19/07/2026

had this pulled up for my freelancing guide how topical indeed

A screenshot of a tumblr post.

From user radiqueer:
Human relationships are not transactional but they are reciprocal, which I think many of you with your ‘i don’t owe anyone anything’ shtick are too happy to forget.

From user aromanticduck:
Transactional: everything has to be exactly 50/50 all the time, pay me back for the £5 sandwich or buy me something worth exactly £5, I refuse to make an effort for you if there’s nothing in it for me

Reciprocal: you were there for me when I needed help, and I’m going to do the same for you, it doesn’t matter if one of us needs more or is capable of less, because the point is not equivalent exchange but mutual care

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

At best, AI bros either know this is the case, and do not care. Or, worse, they know this is the case, and this is exactly what they hope for; because all they care about is ensuring a generation unable to read, think or write without their technology.

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 15/07/2026

it's funny how for decades the RIAA would carbomb teenagers for downloading one (1) song yet now these dudes are just allowed to do this shit like it's nothing

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Lex @nsfwlex.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

If you have a few minutes this week (and ideally every week), take the time to send an email, DM, or just make a public post directly to the maintainer of an open source project you appreciate.

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Unions are a great way to help developers, but how can regular fans help? Just remember the one-two punch! 1. Support games developed by unionized devs! (An easy way to find out is to look up Studio+Union) 3. Circulate pro-union material (like this post) and keep the conversation alive!

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

client feedback in the GenAI era

2 panel comic

Panel 1 is titled “Client Feedback (2012)
Red Guy sits at his desk typing on his laptop. There is a bubble on the right hand side of the panel showing his screen.
A small text panel says “and the”. There is an arrow pointing to the bottom of the words with a correction box that reads: “Text is slightly misaligned. Please fix”

Panel 2 is titled “Client feedback (2026)
Red Guy is slouched on chair typing into his phone. His phone screen shows a panel of text that is complete gibberish. This time the correction reads “not alphabet but who give a fuck”

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Chef @chef033.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

[growing increasingly desperate] p-please get with the program. you're losing, it's inevitable, ai is the future, please stop fighting. we are losing so much money please stop fighting.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Generative AI is not only fundamentally based on the rejection of consent, but also *standards*. Artists have been micromanaged and hounded over individual pixels, academics fighting to defend every minute detail of their thesis, etc, and then are tossed away in favor of the get shit wrong machine.

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Faisal فيصل @faisalhamadah.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.

Hi, thanks for posting! We do appreciate you thinking of us even though we have to moderate.

Our stance on all AI generated content (Images, Video, Voiceovers, and whatever else LLM based AI gets up to in the future):

At best, they are approximations of street fighter characters as the AI has no clue what it is trying to create. Because of this, there is no street fighter content so they are not allowed. (rule 1)

Also, they aren't allowed per our source rule. As AI sources cannot be tracked, we must assume that they use uncredited sources in the learning data. (rule 5)

Finally, AI images, video, text, and voiceovers are barely any different than posting a screenshot of a google search. The level of effort is so low that we consider it spam (rule 3).

Because of these reasons, AI art and other AI content is not allowed.

If you would like to contact the moderators about this removal, you can do so here.

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Lex @nsfwlex.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

If you do not understand what these instructions do, you should consider doing one of two options: 1. Learn a *little* bit about how computers work; or 2. Never use a computer again. This is for your own good

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Haley MacLean @haleyfax.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

ahem, AI CANNOT ASSIGN COPYRIGHT. YOU WILL NOT OWN THE THINGS THIS THING MAKES EVEN IF THEY TRY AND ASSIGN IT TO YOU. USING THIS WOULD TECHNICALLY BE IN VIOLATION OF 100% OF PUBLISHER AGREEMENTS I HAVE SEEN

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MADDIEBISCUITS 🐰 comms open! @maddiebiscuits.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I tell people at cons that to stick with drawing or any kind of art, you need two things: 1) have so much fun you can’t stop 2) train yourself to have a high frustration tolerance If you have 1 and not 2, you won’t improve. If you have 2 and not 1, it’s a miserable chore. Then I show them this:

A post by Youtube Journalist and Essayist Defunctland saying “I hate literally every step in the filmmaking process. The only thing I hate more than making a film is not making a film.”

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Otter @oceanotter.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

It's hard to train yourself be confrontational about what you beleive in if you've trained yourself to be quiet because your parents told you not to talk back. You're an adult now. You can speak up for what you beleive in. You can practice your responses and guide someone to be better.

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