Reposted by truJacky Alciné @jacky.blacksky.app · 2hKeep this in mind as folks are reporting dips in unemployment. 01712
Reposted by truCaleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 9hThis is why I keep saying “Make art. Make bad art.” Please understand that what the techbros and the AI cabal is coming for is your ability TO BELIEVE that YOU can be both a creative and a subject matter expert. One way to fight that is to consume less, create more, and share with others. 04923
Reposted by truJoseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 7hhumiliate the oligarchs. they're all losers. remind them constantly 2596140
Reposted by truJoey @joeycoco-jc.blacksky.app · 6hWow...Our legends are getting up out of here, my guy had some jams. He also, just celebrated his 70th b-day. #RIP to one the smoothest voices, Freddie stayed in rotation growing up. It's always the wrong ones leaving...smh. 073
tru @thetrudz.photo · 6hMy 29/39 is not 29/39-ing like it used to. Whatever they’re putting in gas pumps and selling lately is BS. 070
tru @thetrudz.photo · 8hThis wannabe Sprite tastes better than real Sprite. It’s 99¢ at Aldi and is crisp like shattered glass in the way McDonald’s Sprite is. 1164
Reposted by tru✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 9hThe smarmy, self-satisfied grin of men who upend people’s lives without a care, citing it as the “cost of business.” 310410
Reposted by truXae ❤️ @veryghetto.blacksky.app · 21hAye man, u surviving thru this shit and that takes a lot of determination. Give yaself some credit . 05533
Reposted by truMi’kael Meyerz. 👻 @brittanyalauren.blacksky.app · 9hFreddie & Alexander O Neal are 2 of my favorite old school R&B singers… Freddie will definitely be missed. 021
tru @thetrudz.photo · 9h🥀 Freddie Jackson passed. RIP. Such good music. One of my fave albums from one of my all-time fave years in music, 1986, has my fave song by him. My parents had the record, so loved this album since elementary school. (I have the album now.)music.apple.comHave You Ever Loved Somebody by Freddie Jackson on Apple MusicSong · 1986 · Duration 4:37 13313
tru @thetrudz.photo · 9hShe technically got it from the comedian Pineapple Honeydew and even tagged her on the video. I’m so glad tho because their audiences might not completely overlap and some people who follow Summer…needed to see that. 012
tru @thetrudz.photo · 10hI contact their tech support and they did the usual song and dance of “we looking into issue” but like other past issues it’s unlikely they’ll resolve it. They have an issue rn with post thumbnails showing up twice in feed, I told em about a year ago. Nothing fixed. Most tech issues are like this. 070
tru @thetrudz.photo · 10hSomething frustrating about Patreon is they promote as “for” artists but don’t care about how anything looks. They changed profile banner, I followed *their* dimensions, but now mine blurry; a photographer banner being blurry makes it seem like I don’t know what I’m doing when they’re the problem. 1113
Reposted by trunicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social · 10hget in loser. we are saving brazil from imperialism and dictatorship 😡 2106
Reposted by truJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13hHot news for the sea lion in my comments bothering everyone about how training data is fair use www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-...courthousenews.comAI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third CircuitUsing someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found. 573373809
Reposted by truBookshop.org @bookshop.org · 11hAnti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores. 2446902969
Reposted by truTanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 12hI'm not upping the goal, but I am throwing the GFM link back out. At this point, I just don't know what to do. I really don't. Note that in all of this, I have not touched the KS money sitting in the bank and I will NOT do so. www.gofundme.com/f/chip-in-to...gofundme.comDonate to Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt., organized by Tanya DePassUpdate: I initially had no plan to up the goal or change anyt… Tanya DePass needs your support for Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt. 24761
Reposted by truLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026Every film or TV show from now on should be required to have a character based on him in it whose entire role is to at some point fall into a pool of piranhas. 327658
Reposted by truPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026When some of you say "there's no money for public libraries etc..." I hope you know that there always is and it's just not prioritized. 428661
tru @thetrudz.photo · 06/10/2026Most fave film of 2026 so far. Least fave film of 2026 so far. Oldest film watched in 2026. Fave cinematographers. Film that always makes you laugh. Film that always makes you cry. Film you can only watch once. 010
tru @thetrudz.photo · 05/10/2026🩵 If you supported my shop, Patreon or general work in the past, tysm. Dealing with long-term income/work loss, chronic illness and a recent rent increase as well (which had already doubled in recent years). & finding other work been tough. I really appreciate your support of working artists. 031
tru @thetrudz.photo · 05/10/2026added some new items to my site🩵 • thetrudz.com/shop • cash.me/$thetrudz • paypal.me/thetrudz • venmo.com/u/thetrudz 1914
Reposted by truArif "Felonious Munk" Shahid @feloniousmunk.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026I check my voter registration once a quarter. Probably because i couldn't vote for so long (felon.) Here is your periodic reminder that "felons can't ever vote" is untrue in the majority of states. If you are a felon and want to vote, check your state laws. Outside of KY/IA restoration is possible. 5190131
Reposted by truOlivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 05/10/2026There is a bleak sort of pleasure in telling people who bring up AI in casual conversation, “Actually, I’m one of the authors AI stole from. Not an exaggeration. The judge ordered them to send me a check.” It hits them different when it’s a real person saying it. 171772407
Reposted by truHyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 05/10/2026Strike? More like sike ... Unionized staff at the Whitney Museum of American Art have narrowly averted full-blown strike action this week as news of an 11th-hour contract ratification came in on Sunday night, October 4.hyperallergic.comWhitney Museum Union Ratifies Contract on Eve of StrikeWorkers were prepared to begin their strike during the preview week of a major Roy Lichtenstein retrospective. 12110
Reposted by truJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10389052785
tru @thetrudz.photo · 05/10/2026When she did that, I laughed lmaooo. The laughter startled her. Which amused me further. I *expect* providers to fail. I find it funny to be correct all of the time. After rage comes humor. 0140
tru @thetrudz.photo · 05/10/2026Ties into the fact that the therapeutic context (MFT, LMHC, MHC, PhD, MD) involves training people without any type of sociopolitical analysis. It’s just reflection + coping + drugs and no real acknowledgement of systems and def not violence if not romantic/primary familial. Source: MHC/CJ in grad 1172
tru @thetrudz.photo · 05/10/2026Seeing a new psychiatrist and we got about 20 min in before she victim blamed me for abuse I’ve experienced in labor contexts. Which…I don’t think she would’ve done that if it was like romance abuse. IME, there’s this lack of empathy from professionals when labor is the primary source of violence. 4251
Reposted by truSnow Burrow @bostonjerry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You do not under any circumstances have to engage with and/or share a clip from a random podcast that you've never heard of 09029
Reposted by truColossal @thisiscolossal.com · 05/10/2026Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards is back with its list of 2026 finalists, taking on a kind of blooper reel-like quality with some of the goofiest happenstances and candid moments photographers captured. www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/10/come... 02613
tru @thetrudz.photo · 05/10/2026Checking out Meshell Ndegeocello’s latest…music.apple.comSynonym by Meshell Ndegeocello on Apple MusicAlbum · 2026 · 15 Songs 0100
Reposted by truLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026What I always find out when I leave the app is that you can still write skeets and just not publish them and it’s called Writing Down Thoughts and it’s gonna sweep the nation 4827
Reposted by tru🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The “have lunch with someone you disagree with” mode of learning is so … Very annoying and white centric Because it assumes political difference is the only one Like me a Black New Yorker will only learn if it involves someone who hates me as opposed to MILLIONS of diverse people 26814
Reposted by truPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You can also reject the culture of compulsory confession that online culture has worsened. You don't have to publicly reveal past trauma or experiences to speak. Finally, take care of yourself if you're a survivor. 331767
Reposted by truSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 04/10/2026So what if something came out last year, or 10 years ago, and it was trendy and everyone was talking about it and you hadn't read/seen/listened/experienced the thing. That's ok! Recency is not the most important thing when the work is about seeking understanding. Culture is not a race! 5688
Reposted by truSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 04/10/2026The thing about doing criticism at-large is that there is a tradeoff to not sticking to one medium or genre: you will not, you cannot, immediately respond to or even experience every new hotness the moment it comes out. Well, not in a way that is thoughtful or memorable. Stuff has to steep. 2797
Reposted by truXodanix3 @xodanix3.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Please continue to get this moving as much as yesterday. As I emphasized, september electric is already overdue. Can't afford to keep waiting months for goals to only get partially met. #helpsky #tipaNative #RedistributeWealth #ShareTheLove 💸💕 11219
Reposted by truRandom Jeweler @randomjeweler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I have not fought fascism today, I have taken a lil nap 182
