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404 Media @404media.co · 28/09/2026

Executives working on AI at Microsoft and OpenAI admitted what its critics have been saying all along: LLms are predatory pieces of technology that have been built on what a Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft

"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Had a great, easy writing day yesterday, a brutally hard one today. As I force myself to keep typing, Annie Dillard whispers: “Every book has an intrinsic impossibility, which its writer discovers as soon as his first excitement dwindles.”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Dylan, on life in your 80’s, is incredible. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...

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Simon and Gargamel @kellylink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Please enjoy the two minute crucible that is this turtle trying to get on to a log that other turtles are on.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

My god. Have you ever seen close-ups of sea star skin? 🧪🌊🌿

Close up shot of Solaster endeca surface pink and bubbly. By Alexander Semenov: https://www.flickr.com/photos/a_semenov/4371752155/

Red and orange projections as a close up shot of Crossaster papposus surface. Photo by Alexander Semenov: https://www.flickr.com/photos/a_semenov/4372503348/

Closeup of sea star skin, unknown species. Alexander Semenov: https://www.flickr.com/photos/a_semenov/8447618289/

Close up of Crossaster papposus sea star skin. By Alexander Semenov: https://www.flickr.com/photos/a_semenov/8448703898/in/photostream/

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Riis Griffen @riisgriffen.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

This new painting is in the Upward Spiral at WOW x WOW Contemporary, an online show of international artists up until March 27! Somewhere Better Than This mixed media on paper, 8 x 10" #art #NewArt #BskyArtist #OriginalArt #ArtShow #WOWxWOW #TheUpwardSpiralWxW #ArtLovers #PDXArt #ArtOnBlueSky

Painting of an abstract figure in blues and golds on a white/gray background. The figure's arms hang at their sides and they are looking upward and to the side, with a weary expression.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 08/02/2026

people who say that all creative endeavor can be replaced with AI probably need to reckon with the fact that all televised sports events with human athletes could easily be replicated by high-definition computer-animated simulations….and yet we don’t do this and no one seems to want to.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 05/02/2026

This is a cool photo of crescent Venus. And the Moon, too. Image credit: Iván Éder

A blue sky, some patchy clouds, and a thin, bright crescent. That's Venus. The larger, dimmer crescent is the Moon.

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Riis Griffen @riisgriffen.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

New painting in my small solo show at Brassworks Gallery until this weekend. 😊 The art still be available on their website afterward. Ready, Set mixed media on canvas 12 x 12" #art #owl #ArtYear #BskyArt #PDXArt #painting #artist #NewArt #BskyArtist #ArtLovers #ArtOnBlueSky #painters

Painting of an abstract owl in shades of red, pink and gray with a striped collaged beak. The owl is standing, looking up and to one side.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 28/01/2026

There's an auction going for Minnesota! Loads of publishing-related lots and opportunities: have a look! www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...

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Publishing for Minnesota

Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

I'm sorry. As a technology writer, I'm supposed to be telling you that this bet will some day pay off, because one day we will have shoveled so many words into the word-guessing program that it wakes up and learns how to actually do the jobs it is failing spectacularly at today. This is a proposition akin to the idea that if we keep breeding horses to run faster and faster, one of them will give birth to a locomotive. Humans possess intelligence, and machines do not. The difference between a human and a word-guessing program isn't how many words the human knows.

I'm sorry. I know that when we talk about "digital sovereignty," we're obliged to talk about how we can build more data-centres that we can fill up with money-losing chips from American silicon monopolists in the hopes of destroying as many jobs as possible while blowing through our clean energy goals and enshittifying as much of our potable water as possible.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

once again saying: our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15/01/2026

From Sesame Street

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Riis Griffen @riisgriffen.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I've been feeling inspired from seeing so many friends and so much art at Brassworks last Saturday! Here's another painting in my small solo show: Incurable Optimist mixed media on canvas 12 x 12" #art #painting #OriginalArt #ArtSky #BskyArtists #PDXArt #artist #PortlandArt #painter #WeirdArt

Painting of an abstract character in shades of pink and gold on a black background. The character is wide, with small cat-like ears, a wide messy smile, and arms of different sizes.

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff

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Riis Griffen @riisgriffen.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

"Fledgling" is in my show opening tomorrow at Brassworks Gallery in Portland. The online preview of the January shows is already live if you're not local and you'd like to check it out. I'll be at the reception from 5 to 6:30--hope to see you! #artist #NewArt #painting #PDXArt #art #originalart

Mixed media painting of an abstract birdlike character with big eyes, drooping wings, and a stance that lists slightly sideways. The character is shades of tan and gold on a black and red background.

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Riis Griffen @riisgriffen.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

My ten newest paintings will be at Portland's Brassworks Gallery starting Jan 10! The online preview opens Friday--just enter your email address on their website to be included. #riisgriffenart #newart #artshow #pdxart #pdxartist #portlandart #portlandartist #oregonartist

Art exhibit show card for several shows opening at Portland's Brassworks Gallery on January 10: a group show called Forest Myth; a two-person show with Amelia Opie and Rye Watts; a small solo show with Riis Griffen; a small solo show with Gwynn Goodner; and Embers in the Dark: Queer Stories of the Unseen, by Nat Erickson. I'll be at the reception from 5 to 6:30. If you're in the area, I hope to see you there!

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Riis Griffen @riisgriffen.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar, Day 21! An all-time favorite of mine. In the new year I'd like to keep more of this looseness and ambiguity in my art. Yo-Yo mixed media on 18 x 24" canvas 2020, Sold #art #artist #ArtSky #ArtistSky #BskyArt #BskyArtists #PDXArt #ExpressiveArt #WeirdArt #ArtOnBlueSky #paintings

Painting of an abstract childlike figure with a dismayed expression and a yo-yo with a tangled string. The figure is painted in shades of blue and back on a gray and white background.

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Riis Griffen @riisgriffen.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

From last year's Postcard Show at Portland's Brassworks Gallery 😊This year's show is currently open and the art is available online as well as in the gallery! Desmond mixed media on 4 x 6" card #ArtAdventCalendar #art #artist #BskyArtist #BskyArt #painting #WeirdArt #ExpressiveArt #ArtistOnBlueSky

Mixed media painting of an abstract four-legged creature with a big grin and upstanding ears. The creature is painted in shades of pink and red on a pale background.

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magpie TRICKS @magpie.tips · 18/12/2025

As I've said before. You can make anything for your Christmas tree

An embroidered ornament of the Christmas hedgehog

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Riis Griffen @riisgriffen.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Happy Wednesday! Here's a larger piece. I had fun painting this one—in the new year I'd like to get back to working bigger. 🎨 Miss Helen mixed media on 18 x 24" canvas 2024 Sold #ArtAdventCalendar #art #artists #ArtLovers #Chickens #ArtSky #BskyArt #BskyArtists #painting #ExpressiveArt

Painting of a large opinionated chicken in shades of red and pink. She has tiny white teeth lining her beak.

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Riis Griffen @riisgriffen.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I've been working on art for a Jan. show and can't share it yet. Here's an older one that's still meaningful to me. Wise Beyond Your Years Mixed media on 8 x 8" board 2015 Sold #ArtAdventCalendar #Art #Artist #Painting #ExpressiveArt #BskyArt #BskyArtist #ArtOnBsky #PDXArt #WeirdArt #Arte #Kunst

Painting of an abstract animal-like character's face with long pink rabbity ears. The face is painted in shades of teal, gray, and gold on a dark blue background.

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Riis Griffen @riisgriffen.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Brassworks Gallery's 3rd Annual Postcard Show opens tonight with 1500 pieces by artists from 26 countries! Art is for sale online (starting late tonight) and in person. Jewel Mixed media on card #ArtAdventCalendar #PDXArt #ArtSky #Art #Collage #ArtYear #BskyArt #BskyArtist #Artist #OwlArt #ArtLove

Mixed media collage of an abstract owl character. The collage is made with hand-painted papers with different patterns and textures.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

“.. It is truly astonishing that this was allowed to go forward at all,” one Post editor wrote. “Never would I have imagined that the Washington Post would deliberately warp its own journalism and then push these errors out to our audience ..” @maxtani.bsky.social www.semafor.com/article/12/1...

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

There's still time to order fantasy subway map for Christmas presents! Surely you know someone who needs: - a Hobbit subway map - a LoTR subway map - a Narnia subway map They're right there, at my Etsy store, waiting for you! #LOTR #Narnia #Maps #Subway www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...

Art. Subway style map to go with The Lord of the Rings, showing the different pathways of various parties throughout the book. The title reads: "Lord of the Rings Transit Map: One Does Not Simply Walk Ino Mordor When One Can Ride." The map takes up the middle part of the page, and there are two keys. The one on the left is titles "Standard Service Lines, and has color keys matched to the subway lines on the map. Lines are named:
"Shire-Bree Commuter Line
Old Forrest Crescent
Wildland Scenic Line
Fellowship Line
Gollum / Sméagol Line
Uruk Hai Express
Three Hunters Line
Fangorn Slow Service
Rohan to Gondor Business Line
Black Ships Ferry Service
Oliphant Direct Line
Army of the West Line
Gandalf Express

A smaller key on the right side of the map is labeled: "Limited Service Lines" and has color keys matched to the following names lines:
"Eagle Express
Paths of the Dead Line
Nazgûl Search & Resuce
Valinor Ltd."

A note at the bottom reads:
"* Mount Doom station only accepts Rings of Power in payment. Plan accordingly."

Art. Subway-style map of the itinerary in The Hobbit. The main journey is show in three different lines: red (Hobbiton to Goblin Town); green (Goblin Town to the Elvenking's Halls); and blue (Elvenking's Halls to Erebor). There are multiple stops on these lines. There is a yellow line going back from Erebor to Hobbiton, making stops at Beorn's Hall, Rivendell, and the Troll's Lair. There is an orange line directly from the Iron Hills on the map's right side to Erebor, and a purple line from Gundabad directly to Erebor.

The map's title reads: "Hobbit Transit Map" and there are directions for both There and Back Again listing the lines and transfer points. Between them, in the middle of the page, is a dragon drawn to resemble the dragon on Thror's Map from The Hobbit.

A key shows the names of each colored line:
Red: Western Lands Line
Green: Mountains and Forests Line
Blue: Barrel Line
Yellow: Gandalf Express
Orange: Iron Hills Business Line
Purple: Orc and Goblin Reserve Line

Text at the bottom right reads Surprised Eel Maps, 2025

A subway style map on a parchment background. The map's title reads: "Narnia Transit Map: Talking Beasts Ride Free." The map has seven keys, one for each of the seven books in C.S. Lewis's Narinia series. The main movements of characters and action in each book are traced by colored lines, like a subway map. Locations in each book are marked out as stops in the lines. There is a drawing of a lion above the title of the map, and in the lower right corner there is a compass rose.

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Riis Griffen @riisgriffen.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Day 10 of the #ArtAdventCalendar! Feels like the season is flying by and I haven't even gone out to see lights. Here's a little owl character from last winter 😊 Nadia Mixed media on 6 x 6" panel 2024 Available #ArtYear #ArtLovers #Artists #Art #ArtSky #BskyArt #BskyArtists #OwlArt #Collage #PDXArt

Mixed media collage of a small owl in blue and green hand-painted papers.

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☀️SunshyneArt☀️ @sunshyneart.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Day 10 of #ArtAdventCalendar I have a serious fascination with the idea of a multiverse, and paint a lot of wormholes! 🤓 "MultiWorlds" acrylic on cradle board 10x10 😊🌀☀️ linktr.ee/sunshyneart #Art #SciFiArt #FantasyArt #Whimsical #ArtYear #Painting

A colourful painting depicting a wormhole in the middle of space, out of which various different worlds emerge with whimsical houses and trees, and colourful skies. On top is another world with colourful trees and strange creatures against a blue sky.

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I think it would be fun if writers who love language started intentionally writing more strangely as AI flattens written "content" into a mono-voice. it would cool I think if writers responded by focusing their individual efforts on cultivating a really unique voice that's hard to copy

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Riis Griffen @riisgriffen.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Joining into the #ArtAdventCalendar a bit late with a new little piece that will be in the annual Postcard Show at Portland's Brassworks Gallery! Tut-Tut Mixed media on card, 4 x 6" #collage #art #BskyArt #artists #PDXArt #ArtLovers #Owl #OwlArt #ArtYear #ArtOnBlueSky

Collage of an abstract owl made with found and hand-painted papers.

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lronlacy.bsky.social @lronlacy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

#THISWEEK in 1952 👇🧵 ‘*New* PHILCO Radio-Phonograph with Television in Mind!’ ‘Add Television when you’re ready’ ‘Philco – Famous for Quality the World Over’ Collier’s, November 22, 1952 #radio #phonograph #Philco #design #industrialdesign #interiordecoration #furnituredesign

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Riis Griffen @riisgriffen.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Happy #Caturday! From two years ago, Monty receiving instructions from the mothership. #CatLovers #PetSky #CatSky #PetLovers #BskyPets #PetPics

A tuxedo cat with impressive whiskers sits on a table gazing up into the bright light fixture directly above him.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

I beg you to read this thread but only if you promise to read all the alt texts

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