iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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feeb @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

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DR. IRONCLAD, Brunch Democrat @feclad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

To every MAGA, Jill Stein, or just couldn't bother to vote person out there, Fuck you. Fuuuuuuuuck you.

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When the genAI stuff started to pick up steam a couple years ago I changed to do this with artists and refence and other forms of inspiration. The tech strips people away from their work, the data it feeds on but we can be the opposite we can credit, lift and just celebrate each other with no effort

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 27/09/2026

i posted an epiphany i had about why i hate AI so much on fedi and i wanna post it here but it won't fit and i don't wanna cut it down to size so fuckit i'm just posting a screenshot

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OH. right! i get it now!

i get why AI is so depressing to me. because covid already shrunk my world to almost nothing, where almost all of my life revolves around socializing and watching videos on the internet (which is being ruined by AI) and creating creative works through coding (which is being ruined by AI), often using open source tools and libraries (which are being ruined by AI)

i already had so little and now even that is being rotted away before my eyes
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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 25/09/2026

Can we just, as a society, you-know, be kind, and actually care about people for a change? Perhaps we need to get all concerned and hateful about the existance of people who lack empathy or rational thought? Oh no! the "nonempath gullabrains" are at it again! Everyone grab the pitchforks... 😡

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Greg With Two G's @plusgreg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Repost if your account is a safe place for the trans community💙🩷🤍

Selfie of Nebraska legislator Megan Hunt. She stands in front of demonstrators holding an enormous cardboard sign that reads "RESPECT MY TRANS HOMIES OR I'M GONNA IDENTIFY
AS A FUCKING PROBLEM" on the sidewalk leading to the steps of the Nebraska State Capital building in Omaha.

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 23/09/2026

Ooh, this is very neat. Could watch for hours.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

THIS 👇 HERE TOO.......

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 23/09/2026

Maybe paint colour catalogues might be a good source of names. They must spend an inordinate amount of time thinking up another name for white/grey/etc. Clothing colours too to a lesser degree.

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 23/09/2026

Bronze. Silver. Copper. Stone. Charcoal. Slate. Terracotta. Pearl. Cotton. Steel. Chalk. China. Obsidian. Tar. Chocolate. Brick. Walnut. Chestnut. Hazel. Smoke. Sea. Sand. Moss. Grass. Ruby. Saphire. Amethyst. Neon. Plasma. Flame. Rust. Amber. Night. Sunset. Buttercup. Cherry.

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

it is incredibly fucked up that the UK government and police consider it a much worse crime to wear a t-shirt or wave a placard with 'palestine action' on it than to block ports and attack lifeboats

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If I stood outside a court holding a sign in support of pealestine action, police would show up in no time and arrest me. But this far-right hooligan 'tomo' is on VIDEO slashing a dinghy to make the people in it drown...and where is the arrest? This should be attempted murder. Fucking arrest him.

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 22/09/2026

I hear you are nolonger at Deepmind Simon 👀

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 21/09/2026

0ut you won't be able to wrap your head around it so I have a joke about Portal b0

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"i have created the machine that thinks." you fucked up a perfectly good graphics card is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 20/09/2026

They've been like that for decades. Whyyyyyy?!?!?!

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Del @del.art · 20/09/2026

When a game studio ships a solid game, it creates TWO valuable products: 1. A solid game. 2. The team that spent years learning how to work together make a game. Because Western studios keep disbanding #2 while development cycles get longer; we will inevitably see less of #1.

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 19/09/2026

Christ, The Daily Dot can get in the sea. 1025 partner sites with hundreds of data sharing opt outs in a massive list, and thats after managing to click the 'essential only' button that this popup replaces almost immediately.

Part of a list of 1025 data sharing opt out options

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 18/09/2026

This is a community that has an unemployment rate of 30% which rivals the great depression and suicide rates that are orders of magnitude worse than the general population. And those in power decided to go after this community and blame it for every problem in society. It's fucked.

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 18/09/2026

I think it counts as something HR need to know about 😬

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 18/09/2026

Our little indie team worked their socks off to make this happen. Please spread the word about this heart-felt, emotional, and sometimes gut-wrenching game. ❤️

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 17/09/2026

I'd be surprised if anything didn't get paint on it. 😆

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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

just learned this today

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Deep inside jupiter the pressure of gravity compresses gases into liquid. It is an ecosystem apart from us and nothing we as a species do will ever meaningfully affect it. Right now, waves lap across an ocean that will remain forever unseen by living beings. And yet it exists in all its complexity

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 16/09/2026

You had "@ga5p" twice because someone replied to me (twice) and the digits in my handle triggered the coordinate detector 😆 a few other numbers added to the beautiful chaos too 😁

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 16/09/2026

Ending on a musical number :D

Alistair singing for the finale (art in the background)

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Alistair Aitcheson & Mademoiselle Cafetière @agaitcheson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Starting in 20 mins! Drop in any time 7pm - 9pm BST and make a beautiful painting where I follow your every direction! twitch.tv/agAitcheson

A man in paint covered overalls and a beret stands in front of a canvas with a paintbrush

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 16/09/2026

Oh, this is lovely. Proc-gen brutalism city tinkerer.

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 16/09/2026

"Rejected Energy"?! Is that a greenwashing term for WASTED energy? 🤔

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 15/09/2026

This is amazing, didn't know this, must watch, human bodies are incredible, and infinitely fascinating in their variety and variations. It takes all sorts :)

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Ed Sheeran’s band just quit the Ed Sheeran tour.

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 15/09/2026

Oh, one feature I really like is the built-in time-lapse recorder! couple of clicks and it records, canvas, viewport, or whole app :)

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 15/09/2026

The icing on the cake is that it's completely AI free AND not subscription based either! Hard working tools, built by hard work, for the hard working artist :)

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 15/09/2026

Oliver is a good friend, experienced illustrator, and amazing coder too! He's only gone and built a new paint app around his super fast brush engine. "Kala Paint" is chock full of artist-first features, and growing in power, community, and interest by the day. Check out the free trial!

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Oliver Lawson @olawson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

a little Kala Paint painting between coding things @kalapaint.bsky.social I added a smoothed speedup feature to the Timelapse Manager for this that everyone can now use! I used it here to make the rendering stage play 6x faster(!). A bit more fun to watch without the sketch going by in 2 frames

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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

transphobia is an elitist pursuit, forced on working people from the top down against our collective will

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth

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Sam Swain @sam.apparance.uk · 12/09/2026

Viewfinder was a fun take on perspective/camera trickery. 😁

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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...

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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’

‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/09/2026

This is the world JK Rowling helped create. This is what Harry Potter is funding. All the legal challenges to enforce this regime are backed by Rowling and her Harry Potter money.

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