Reposted by Tired Art GoblinAnna Landin @annalandin.bsky.social · 13hhello from the land of post-election political mess where we still don't have a new government! I hope you're doing well! I'm doodling epic fantasy characters and have also made myself the fanciest writing desk in town. Check it out: www.patreon.com/annalandin/p... #art #Patreon 3161
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinLong_Painter @longpainter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Premonition 10”x10” Oil on cradled wood panel Available on my website. 151546254
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinLong_Painter @longpainter.bsky.social · 16hFelt like painting some autumn leaves… Each are 6”x6” oil and are available on my website. 0415125
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 18hWhen people in power deliver bad news to you, they expect you to just take punch, accept it, and move on. In these situations, we need to empower ourselves to reject the premise. I want you to look at three time points in the fight to save the academy of natural sciences with me. (Thread) 121761
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20hNew Philly voice article on the fight to reopen the Academy of Natural Sciences! www.phillyvoice.com/academy-natu...phillyvoice.comAcademy of Natural Sciences is closed, but the fight for the museum continuesA grassroots group is urging Drexel's board to disaffiliate from the institution and calling for a public process to decide its future. 215779
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinSean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 27/09/2026Would you like to know how to make a zine? Here's easy step-by-step instructions on how to make your own without the use of a computer by @thorazos.bsky.social etsy.com/listing/6936... 216078
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinBen Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Well this is bleak. And why did they wait a week after the news leaked just to say "we have no plan?" 34715
Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I am not trans, but learning the word "asexual" was a similar revelation. Suddenly there was a word for this thing I'd been feeling my whole life. Keeping kids ignorant of queerness doesn't stop them being queer, just keeps them miserable. 0277
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026People are commenting Save The Academy on all of Drexel's instagram posts and I think that's pretty cool. If you're looking for something to do tonight 👀 223252
Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This story haunted me for like two weeks after reading it. Fantastic horror, go read it. 0122
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The press coverage of the Academy of Natural Sciences has gone from "Oh how sad" to sounding like a hostage negotiation. Which maybe sounds bad, but elected leaders, the press, the people online, all saying "You don't have to do this, man" is better than mourning. share.inquirer.com/YTQg0sshare.inquirer.comPhiladelphia shouldn’t give up on the Academy of Natural Sciences’ historic museum | EditorialThe Academy's 150-year-old building faces roughly $150 million in deferred maintenance costs. While that may seem daunting, it is not insurmountable. 9538183
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinRonnie Smart @ronniesmart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just finished reading Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig, which is simultaneously both a good and a bad advertisement for heirloom apples. An excellent horror novel about evil, apples, and evil apples. #reading #horror 1526
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We’re not going down without a fight 542468
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinCirc @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going. 2675334440
Reposted by Tired Art Goblin"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It seems to me that a solution to encouraging AI 'alignment' would be to hold AI companies and their executives legally liable - criminally, if relevant - for what their AI agents do. 3160993
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here: 131860900
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Apparently there is T. Kingfisher discourse! This is wonderful! I haven't read any of it, so I just assume everybody is talking about how good her books are and how funny she is. Let me just take a big sip of coffee before I start scrolling and-- 3955018
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinZane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The thing about this "AI is gonna go rogue" bullshit is that we've established that this technology requires extremely expensive unpopular infrastructure to run. Like oh god the super intelligence is gonna kill us all please keep letting us build the streaming diesel fume factories 1417113
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinGale Galligan @galegalligan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Hello, publishers! We heard you want to make more books and pay people less, without risking your copyright! We’ve got you!” Same old, same old. Grifters and losers. 1554
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinGale Galligan @galegalligan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I have notes. (1) Why dress up a PR release as an interview? Why take any of this at face value when there’s so much to dig into? (2) Related: “WHY AREN’T THERE MORE GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS” should immediately disqualify you from conducting any kind of comics-related “interview.” 1614739
Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026LOOK AT MY BEAUTIFUL RAILROAD in Tuesday's Ticket to Ride game! (I'm red) 050
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinJames Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 25/09/2026And more, "Oh, no! This machine I have created with a clearly marked "off" button, and that requires electricity I could easily shut off, is a dire threat to us all! Alas and woe is us, what shall we do?" 45512
Reposted by Tired Art Goblindr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved 12971091694
Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If you see this, post some cats! Here's a Halloween cat from last year. 052
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinJames Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 24/09/2026LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN BACK 06622
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinDan Tuohy @tuohy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"If we can sort of band together behind the conservation of a particular species, we are absolutely able to have a successful conservation story," said Mickayla Johnston, New Hampshire Audubon's avian biologist.nhpr.orgNew Hampshire's bald eagle population sets a new record100 bald eagle chicks fledged their nests in New Hampshire this year, the most since the population was near extinction about 40 years ago. 03012
Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I think it would be very cool if I discovered a bug in my yard and it got named after me. 000
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinGory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I yearn to read the article, it’d be cool if the publishers let me do that and/or put the thing on a useable and readable site. 11033
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinGory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“Did you even read the article or did you just read the headline and assume you knew what it meant” ok well I tried to read the article but it told me I had to subscribe because my “free articles” were used up despite never being to this site before and also it yelled at me for having an ad blocker 1326980
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinElise Schuenke @troubledminnesotan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So much bad happening but this movie not only coming out but also making its money back in spite of the efforts of ghouls to kill it… nice to have the little reminders that communities will fight for art 6998297
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinFrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026cbsnews.comLargest wildlife overpass in North America located in Colorado with 91% reduction in collisions: "Big success"A wildlife mitigation system made up of North America's largest wildlife overpass, five wildlife underpasses, and fencing to guide animals to the crossings has led to a 91% decrease in wildlife collis... 6753216
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinKythryne Aisling/Wyrding Studios @wyrdingstudios.com · 13/09/2026Hiiiiiii can I interest you in shiny things? I’ve been out sick for a week so no new pieces, but I did restock some sold-out leaf earrings and there are other pretties that haven’t found a home yet. wyrdingstudios.com (Shares very appreciated since being out sick for a week is, uh, Kinda Not Great) 78377
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinRemember the LMAO @ass.golf · 22/09/2026I must once again emphasize that if you are putting art on the internet, you need your own website in case some fucking management ghoul decides the platform they paid too much money for isn't worth how much they paid for it 526561014
Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Non-paywalled article: www.yahoo.com/news/politic...yahoo.comFederal judge restores $7B Solar for All program, says EPA illegally axed itA Trump-appointed judge said the One Big Beautiful Bill Act did not convert the funding into “a lump-sum amount subject to EPA’s discretion.” Defendants acted contrary to Congress’ intent and with “no... 021
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 21/09/2026This is my take on almost every single pending copyright case: settling for a few billion is what we will have to do because the alternative is probably that Congress rewrites copyright law so that we have to give it over for free. 529258
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026IF I WANT TO POST MORE THAN TWO LINKS A MONTH I NEED TO PAY $40 PER MONTH????>????? 733631
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026i'm sorry, i now have to sign up for something called "meta one" to post links to my own website from my website's own facebook page????? 10623111
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The world’s largest battery-electric aircraft flew for the first time on the 12th of August, a 27-minute test flight over upstate New York that cost about five dollars in electricity. Heart Aerospace’s 30-seat prototype is a big step toward a commercial version. buff.ly/i3f0PhR #ShareGoodNewsTootechspot.comThe largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricityHeart's X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes from a regional airport in upstate New York, running on battery power the entire time. The aircraft reached 1,100 feet... 191042292
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinKatie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights** Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight. 291672885
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people 16886342298
Reposted by Tired Art Goblin🌈Eski🌈 @eskiworks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Oh my god, I haven't encountered this attitude since art school years when a snobby art supply store clerk sneered at me for buying alcohol markers because they were "just for illustrators". Some fine arts people really are on another planet. 1215349
Reposted by Tired Art Goblinmelissa capriglione @ HOODIE KICKSTARTER @mcapriglioneart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Good morning! There's just 13 days left to back my HISS OFF cat ear hoodie and cat ear hat project! We only have $1559 to raise to make this project a reality. Remember, the hoodies don't get made unless we fund! Fulfillment done by @whitesquirrel.com 🩷 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mca...kickstarter.comHISS OFF: Cat Ear Apparel CollectionA unique cat-themed apparel collection with cat-idtude. 23734
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinG! @gpike.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Fuck these publishers and fuck the authors who agree with this. 0101
Reposted by Tired Art Goblinursiday @ursiday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'm so excited about the newly described Leopardus tilcayo #cats 64155005121
Tired Art Goblin @spaceturtleart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Seriously, imagine if the money we're pouring into AI went into public transit, infrastructure, clean energy... 050
Reposted by Tired Art GoblinJames Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Bolivian Murder Kitten just dropped... 1628867
Reposted by Tired Art Goblinrahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Unsurprisingly (it *is* by Lane, after all), this is a really, really good explanation of some famously complex philosophical concepts 28119
![Screencap from “Novvel.co Produces Graphic Novel Adaptations with AI Assistance” by Ed Nawotka for Publishers Weekly, accessed 9/25/26. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/101260-novvel-co-pioneers-producing-graphic-novels-with-ai-assistance.html
[Question] Where does copyright actually land on an Al-assisted book?
[Answer] A purely Al-generated image can't be copyrighted under current law. The storytelling, meaning how you sequence panels, pair dialogue with imagery, and structure the narrative, requires human creative input, and that layer can be copyrighted. If a client is building a franchise and wants a consistent, exclusive character likeness that no one else can replicate, we typically work with a human artist upfront to establish that design, and the Al is then used to scale and multiply it, not originate it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jeti53ozn4dfqx3qvlkfjdty/bafkreie746vlebfao3hgqjlw2almlqevwo7ny3q3khbk3op62u3vb4jrai)
![Screencap from “Novvel.co Produces Graphic Novel Adaptations with AI Assistance” by Ed Nawotka for Publishers Weekly, accessed 9/23/2026. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/101260-novvel-co-pioneers-producing-graphic-novels-with-ai-assistance.html
We came together around the question of how to make reading exciting again in a world of declining attention spans. We spent a lot of time talking to teachers and parents, and looked at literacy data, which shows the biggest drop in reading tends to happen right around the grade level when kids are also getting their first phones, typically middle school.
We landed on the hypothesis that a graphic novel is the ideal format to bring people back to reading, not just reluctant readers.
[Question] Why isn't there more graphic-novel content already, if the format works so well?
[Answer] Production is expensive and slow. The average production cost of a graphic novel runs somewhere between $20,000 and $50,000, and it typically takes 12 to 18 months. Most small publishers and authors don't have that kind of capital to spend on a bet, and even large publishers that do have it have to be very selective about what they commit it to.
[Question] Walk me through what the platform actually does.
[Answer] You put in a manuscript. The system spends time studying the story, including the thesis, the background, the protagonist, and the emotional beats that pay off for a reader, and produces a storyboard that gets you to roughly 60-70% of a finished product.
Then an editor, the author, and an illustrator go in and shape that further, because a purely Al-generated output tends to lack soul and be generic. This is not a self-driving car. It's more like handing a Ferrari to someone who already knows how to drive.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jeti53ozn4dfqx3qvlkfjdty/bafkreidvt4ewqzmm6wfn6tmhi4aukprss7hhrfzqf53n22vif6vy4aa7p4)
