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Jeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Astros having their season ended by the White Sox inspired me to remake my "Houston-sized Chicago" map. It's been 66 years since Chicago last grew by annexation. In an alternate reality where the city grew to match the physical size/shape of Houston (as shown) it'd have twice the population.

A map depicting Houston, TX with the following information:
Land area: 640.44 square miles
2020 population: 2,304,580

A map depicting Chicago if it had the same land area and similar shape as Houston
Land area: 640.30 square miles
2020 population: 5,059,448

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This map is only 3 miles off from destroying the ‘I’m from Chicago…actually from Naperville’ meme format

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feeb | yuritober!! @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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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli

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Hannah Alexander Artwork @hannahartwork.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Kiki's Delivery Service, No. 1 in Koriko since 1989 ✉️ 🎁 🍞

An art nouveau style posters featuring Kiki flying on a broomstick with Jiji. The background shows various scenes of bread and pastries, plus the town of Koriko.

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Me: I’d like a slice of pizza Server: that comes with three sides Me: I know what shape it is

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

weird i have completely opposite takes than sam here

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram:

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 16/09/2026

Drawings from a Moving Train, page 15 Frames and layouts I left the final pages of this notebook project incomplete as a documentation of process. Depending on my mental capacity for the day, I would work on either composition, frame detailing, or subject matter. #penandink #art #drawing #noai

A notebook is open to pages with pen and ink drawings of small picture frames. The frames are empty, to be drawn in at another time

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George W Harris @bullcityfats.northsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you use AI you will never improve

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 15/09/2026

Drawings from a Moving Train, page 14 Books and wood grains The bookend is based on one that I made out of concrete and epoxy with a little underwater scene embedded in it. #penandink #art #drawing #noai

A notebook is open to pages with pen and ink drawings in small picture frames. The left page shows a bookshelf, the spine of an old book, and a book open on a table with a coffee and glasses. The right side shows different wood grain patterns.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 14/09/2026

Free newsletter: The idea that we're nearing the creation of AI systems that we can't control and that pose an existential threat to humanity is a lie and a distraction from the tangible harms and problems caused by LLMs and AI labs' near-unlimited resources. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-alread...

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#BREAKING: Over public dissents from Justices Thomas and Alito, #SCOTUS *denies* the Trump administration’s request for a stay in the mail-in ballots case. The USPS Rule will remain blocked—almost certainly through the midterms.

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 15/09/2026

Drawings from a Moving Train, page 13 Bicycles and waterfalls My grandparents collected antiques during their time on earth, and had a penny-farthing bike hanging on their wall for a number of years. #penandink #art #drawing #noai

A notebook is open to pages with pen and ink drawings in small picture frames. The left page shows different bicycles, the right side shows different waterfalls and a pond in the rain.

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Katie Tiedrich @katietiedrich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’m not the first person to make this observation but the prevalence of nauseating ai-generated business logos means stuff like this hits CRAZY for me now

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 14/09/2026

Drawings from a Moving Train, page 12 Rabbits and power lines We have a native prairie restoration in our side yard, and always have new bunny families making burrows in them. #penandink #art #drawing #noai

A notebook is open to pages with pen and ink drawings in small picture frames. The left page shows different rabbits, the right side shows different power lines.

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 10/09/2026

Drawings from a Moving Train, page 11 Rocks and radios I find landscapes easy to adapt when I make mistakes. A careless line becomes a new rock or tree. A Dieter Rams design object is harder to freestyle, so I drew the outlines before the train left the station. #penandink #art #drawing #noai

A notebook is open to pages with pen and ink drawings in small picture frames. The left page shows different rock formations: a field of pebbles, a desert mesa, a babbling brook through boulders, a stacked tower of rocks, and the two large stones from Arnold Lobel’s Mouse Soup. The right side shows Dieter Rams design radios and speakers.

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 09/09/2026

Drawings from a Moving Train, page 10 Newspapers and sheep My usual train was canceled, and the next one was double booked, standing room only. The newspapers were drawn while standing up, with a young couple bumping into me as the train lurched back and forth. #penandink #art #drawing #neverai

A notebook is open to pages with pen and ink drawings in small picture frames. The left page shows two newspapers: one of a front page, and the other of the crossword and comics page. The right side shows a sheep, closeup and far away. A portion of a knitting project and a bundle of yarn hang as if on a wall.

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 09/09/2026

Drawings from a Moving Train, page 9 Bugs and baseball I was drawing these pages next to my son, and he asked for the baseball theme at the end of his little league season. #penandink #art #drawing #neverai

A notebook is open to pages with pen and ink drawings in small picture frames. The left page shows different bugs: a fly, a ladybug, a beetle, a stick bug and a butterfly. The right side shows a baseball glove, baseball bat, baseball, and baseball field.

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 08/09/2026

Drawings from a Moving Train, page 8 Clouds and shoes This was a record breaking year for tornados in Illinois, 210 to date. Texas is the only other state with more tornados in a year, with 244 in 2015. #penandink #art #drawing #neverai

A notebook is open to pages with pen and ink drawings in small picture frames. The left page shows different clouds, one in the open sky, one over an ocean, and one forming a tornado. The right page depicts shoes; a loafer, a converse high top, and a pair of cowboy boots.

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 08/09/2026

Drawings from a Moving Train, page 7 Herbs and pen(cil)s The micron pen was drawn by the object it depicts. Like the dinosaur > oil > plastic > dino toy pipeline, the new object contains a shadow reflection of the old. #penandink #art #drawing #neverai

A notebook is open to pages with pen and ink drawings in small picture frames. The left page shows different herbs; rosemary, basil, cilantro and sage. The right page depicts writing utensils; a fountain pen with a feather, a pair of ink pens, a sharpie, and some pencils sharpened to different lengths.

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 04/09/2026

Drawings from a Moving Train, page 6 Doors and leaves Despite all the times I’ve had to identify and remove poison ivy from my yard, I still had to look up a reference photo. #penandink #art #drawing #neverai

A notebook is open to pages with pen and ink drawings in small picture frames. The left page shows different doors, the right side shows different leaves.

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 03/09/2026

Drawings from a Moving Train, page 5 Tools and trees Trying a new figure ground technique with the missing hammer. Also trying to vary overall tonality with dark background of the birch forest. I did that in the clover drawing on page 2 and quite like the effect. #penandink #art #drawing #noai

A notebook is open to pages with pen and ink drawings in small picture frames. The left page shows different tools; pliers, a hammer, a tape measure, wrenches and bolts, a hand jigsaw and a screwdriver. The right side depicts different trees; a birch forest, a pine tree, a bonsai and an oak tree in a field.

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 03/09/2026

Drawings from a Moving Train, page 4 Mushrooms and lights I haven’t done stippling in a long time, and find it mindlessly therapeutic after a long day at work. #penandink #art #drawing #noai

A notebook is open to pages with pen and ink drawings in small picture frames. The left page shows different mushrooms. The right side depicts different lamps; a streetlight, a bare lightbulb with a pull chain, a table lamp, and a vintage lamppost.

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

yeah gotta get off 1Password, sorry

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 02/09/2026

Drawings from a Moving Train, page 3 Vegetables and train bridges Starting to work from references, though holding a phone, notebook, and pen on the jostling train is proving difficult. #penandink #art #drawing #noai

A notebook is open to pages with pen and ink drawings in small picture frames. The left page shows different vegetables; green onion, beans, carrots, a radish and a pepper. The right side depicts trains running over bridges.

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 02/09/2026

Drawings from a Moving Train, page 2 Flowers and lighthouses I’m still getting back into the habit of drawing, and drawing from memory on a moving train with no references is a new challenge #penandink #art #drawing

An open notebook shows pen and ink drawings of butterflies, flowers, and lighthouses, composed in frames as if hung on a wall

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 02/09/2026

Drawings from a Moving Train, page 1 The hardest part with a new notebook is the blank page, so I borrowed some advice from a coworker and started by drawing a frame to set the bounds, then filling in the frame. #penandink #art #drawing

An open sketchbook shows pen and ink drawings of birds and tree branches

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 02/09/2026

These days are pretty full with work and spending time with my wife and kids, so I don’t have as much leftover time or energy to draw as I used to. This summer, I started drawing in a small Japanese album moleskine during my half hour commute.

A notebook sits on a table, with a Metra train schedule and an ink pen rested on top of the notebook

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Back in 1951, Chicago Public Schools had a very rah-rah civics textbook where the very first lesson was the Grid.

Image of Chicago’s Grid, a bit abstracted and without waterways or diagonal streets.

Image of intersection of State and Madison,

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This forest fire aerial is now available! All profits are going to the Devon Wildlife Trust 🦡 the link to the listing is here: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/work/forest-...

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Forest fire - 'You'll choke too'

My first ever embroidered forest fire. This is a response to widespread climate apathy and selfishness I've been feeling around me.

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 24/08/2026

In our spring survey, 35% of Canadians said the United States is a reliable partner to their country, down from 83% in 2022, the last time we asked this question.

Chart showing decreasing shares see the U.S. as a reliable partner.

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Philip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

171 apartments, one courtyard, no corridors! Instead there are 10 stairs and elevators which provide access to homes from shared lobbies Designed by Estruch Martorell Arquitectes, in Eivissa, Spain

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James Taite @jamestaite.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hannah’s Bottle Village, Prim Point PEI

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Philip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Is this more expensive? Yes and no! Yes, it’s more capital and maintenance cost for elevators. No, you save a huge amount of floor area from removing corridors, and have more sellable space.

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Philip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Design for courtyard housing in Hamburg There’s no long central corridor. Instead 12 stairs and elevators provide access, meaning most apartments have views both into the courtyard *and* onto the street. Image on the right is the roof garden!

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Philip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Apartments just finished in Tehran Some remarkable organic terraces created with what looks like terracotta cladding. The architect is Alireza Taghaboni

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Philip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The architect’s website has more information, but I’ll also try and dig out some better images, because this is something else! nextoffice.co/ir/projects/...

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gabriel x. michael 🎃👻🕸️ @g-x-m.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

shadows, sunset & structural support — 875 North Michigan Avenue, built 1969

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Yeah they don't understand that ordering food doesn't make them a chef.

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

We don't call people who use AI "artists" for the same reason we don't salute civilians who wear military clothes they bought from a costume shop. It's stolen valor.

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 18/06/2026

The ai advocate is arguing that an LLM is a tool like other software, but I think it’s actually a commission. When you ask ChatGPT to create an image, you are not the artist, you are the client. The “artist” is a neural network, and the tools are the huge library of stolen artwork of others

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 18/06/2026

I think using the client > commission > artist > tools > artwork language is useful to break the argument down. A client or patron commissions an artist to use their tools to create an artwork. Often, artists will create on their own, acting as both the patron and the artist.

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Tim Wood @timwood.work · 18/06/2026

I’ve been getting into composing music using FL Studio recently. Hearing people make the argument that ai is just another digital tool like photoshop or a beat sequencer made me stop and think about why I disagree.

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