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Toni J.

@tonij.bsky.social
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Occasional post or repost in Finnish. He/Him.

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Marty @martincrownover.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The perfect way to put it. They found a way to worm a subscription between you and your normal work.
A screenshot of a post on Threads by Joe Hill. The post reads: "Here’s a thought about the purveyors of AI. They aren’t selling assistance—they’re selling dependency. You give up on acquiring one skill after another, give up on the knotty, meaningful struggle to acquire those skills and AI takes over. It isn’t freeing up time so you can make more of yourself. It’s encouraging cognitive surrender so you can be less."
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Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If the people behind an album can’t be bothered to invest more than a few seconds into their artwork, how dare they expect us to spend our time listening to it?
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AI Album Covers Have No Place in Hip-Hop
A visual artist who built his career on creating covers for independent rap records laments how AI is bastardizing his life’s work.
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Toni J. @tonij.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"When artists use generative AI, progress and experimentation are inherently absent from the process. Working organically, human artists insert their own selves. How they felt that day. Strange childhood sense-memories. The way only their hands can touch their medium. In this transference is the ancient and ineffable blood-pact of creation. An AI program can only ever replicate and combine that which it has already seen and, in the context of art, has already been expressed by human hands. AI can never push creativity forward because it has never broken a bone, grieved, or been loved. It has nothing to say that hasn’t been said."
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
Eugenics 🤝 ai www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...
One of the things that is going to change is that we’re never ever again going to be able to be dominated by public officials who tell us, ‘Trust the experts,’” Mr. Kennedy said during the Tuesday session.

“If somebody tells you, ‘Masks work, trust the experts,’ A.I. may tell you otherwise,” he added. “If somebody tells you, ‘Social distancing works, trust the experts,’ A.I. may correct that. And if somebody tells you that a vaccine will prevent transmission and infection, or you need to take it to protect your grandmother, A.I. may say it actually doesn’t do that.”
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Bongo” Ballpoint pen, pencil, watercolor, acrylic paint, and a little colored pencil.

Our man is in trouble this time, reader. Art supplies are scattered around a painting of an abstract cityscape. On the canvas we see a man in a telephone booth making a frantic call to his cat, Bongo. In the foreground, an answering machine is taking his voicemail, [Leave a message at the beep] --- “Bongo, Daddy got stuck in the painting. Go get help, Bongo.” Bongo stands at the base of the easel looking at the phone. Her tail in the air and ears perked up. Whether she’ll be able to help is open to interpretation.

Artist’s note: One of my favorites from the Spooky Pants book. I was playing around with the idea of a painting coming to life (like that guy in Ghostbusters 2) and kind of fumbled my way into this version. I really draw a lot of corded phones. I won’t stop.
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this is fantastic and I learned something new
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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This 100% applies to trans and queer kids. I'm sorry that your imaginative empathy can't stretch to another person's direct experience, but why should you expect another person to suffer for your failings? Believe queer kids. Believe trans kids. You, who have no experience, do not know better.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Pen, watercolor, acrylic paint, black & white charcoal pencil.

One of my favorite pieces from my new book, Spooky Pants. Coming out this October.

A small cabin in the snow surrounded by trees. Two cabin people stand outside holding mugs of hot cider. One of them shouts out, “Big Fella, we got hot apple cider happening over here.” On the other side of the page we see Big Fella, a massive spider emerging from the forest. 

Artist’s note: The spider only has 6 legs.. I made a mistake. However, I did read that some spiders can lose their legs in battle so maybe that’s what happened. Also, this drawing was probably directly inspired by the game Limbo. I love the art direction in it.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
it’s like they unearthed a second zapruder film or something
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I wonder if anyone predicted that the problem with an extremely effective vaccine is that after a few years the stupidest people around would come to believe that the success of the vaccine means that the vaccine was never needed.
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Stuart Millard @franticplanet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Firstly, a female Doctor, played by an older actress with a background in theatre/comedy. For an added frisson, let's make the sidekick character the husband. And we'll lose the whole 'Doctor' tag and reveal the birth name, which is spelled 'Bucket' but
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 18/09/2026
I swear I'd like to be posting about books and movies rather than chronicling the rise of xenophobia and fascism but as someone once said you do not get to choose the times you are born in
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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
rip annie dillard
One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.
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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 17/09/2026
Mel Blanc screams are like Greek fire, we lost the technology to make sounds like this
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Toni J. @tonij.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: Het Potatis will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran.
A scan from an 1980s school textbook depicting three teenagers playing instruments.
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Mervi Eskelinen @mervi.art · 02/07/2026
Nothing to do in July? No worries, I got you. Make something with these prompts! #art #artprompts #prompts #supportartists
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Reagan didn’t address AIDS until 1985, at which point thousands were already dead. In 1986, C Everett Koop released a report on the crisis without sending it first for review to the White House, because he knew the Reagan administration would have censored it.
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Shanna Katz Kattari, PhD 🍉🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♿️ @drshannak.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Medical aid in dying/assisted suicide options cannot be ethical until we make accessible housing available, pain management for all, universal basic incomes and more
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/06/2026
The trans sports ban are almost completely an invention of the media, conservative and mainstream. it has been years of lies, of shoddy fact checking on just completely false conservative claims, years of phony concern trolling.
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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I hate checking the news every day in order to find out whether I still have the remaining human & civil rights I had last night and/or what atrocities my kleptocratic, 'Christian' dominionist, white supremacist, homo- & transphobic, misogynist, lying sack of wasted carbon of a government has done.
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Aasa T 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @rosgakori.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
One thing that is firmly in "disappointed but not suprised" category is how this has been ignored by the media. One rag wrote about it based on the official police statement so it didn't really catch the truth. Five cops drag a young black woman off a pride event and nothing in the media.
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Mervi Eskelinen @mervi.art · 28/06/2026
June zine is out! Art, poetry and thoughts. The full version includes also an empathy meditation. #artzine #art #supportartists #zine #digitalzine #catlike
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I know this is not the biggest concern going these days, but it stresses me out that basically every artist/writer/critic is now expected to create their own tiny empire instead of getting paid by any existing entity to perform a job they've worked to get good at!!!!
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Meredith Borders @mereborders.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Almost can't believe I'm saying it but STARLOG IS BACK, BABY. Beyond honored to serve as senior editor under the badass, brilliant @annaleen.bsky.social, with @jhoffman.bsky.social & @da7e.com on the podcast mic. Trust that you'll want to sign up for Jordan's weekly inbox dispatch, too: starlog.com
The STARLOG logo over a starry black skyA MEET THE TEAM graphic for STARLOG, with my headshot and bio
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 22/06/2026
Starmer saying the next PM will inherit a country that is 'fairer' than the one he inherited 2 years ago. In the one Starmer inherited, trans people could use public toilets.
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Alan Power @soulpaavo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Vilkaisepa nopeasti tätä vetoomusta Euroopan ympäristölakien puolustamiseksi saastuttajien painostusta vastaan. Allekirjoittaminen vie minuutin. Olisi iso apu, jos jakaisit tämän eteenpäin! #HandsOffNature wwf.fi/napitirti/?u...
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Näpit irti luonnosta – allekirjoita vetoomus
Euroopan ympäristölainsäädäntö on uhattuna. Vaadi kanssamme, että ympäristölainsäädäntöä ei saa murentaa!
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✨Kirm✨ @antonballdeluxe.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Given all of the recent genAI discussion, I wish to repost this.
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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If you got AI to write your book you didn’t write your book. Stephen King wrote your book. Octavia Butler wrote your book. Jilly Cooper wrote your book. Dav Pilkey wrote your book. Lisa Jewell wrote your book. I wrote your book. Every author whose work has been digitised wrote your book. You did not
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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
It’s a pretty weird week when a guy who wants to be a trillionaire is simultaneously getting headlines for the economy-shattering IPO expected Friday and the racist pogroms he is accused of stoking — but these stories are viewed as separate and in no way connected or prescient of the future.
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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
among the biggest problems with television today, the lack of economic or logistical pressure to actually make shows is among the greatest. (1/14)
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Satu Tani @satuplaneetta.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Olethan jo käynyt allekirjoittamassa Esteettömyys NYT! -kansalaisaloitteen? Nyt on jo kiire! Allekirjoita viimeistään 3.6. ja kerro tästä myös kaikille tutuillesi! bit.ly/esteettomyysnyt
Kuvassa Satu seisoo rantakalliolla kädet vyötäisillä ja katsoo sivulle. Hänellä on yllään musta pipo, mustat housut, mustat maiharit ja musta paita, jossa on makaava luuranko ja hautakivi, jossa lukee vielä on työkykyy jäljellä. Teksti: esteettömyys nyt! Ilman (neuro)esteettömyyttä ei ole aitoa yhdenvertaisuutta.
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Dr Jamie Gallagher @jamiebgall.co.uk · 02/06/2026
It’s Pride 🏳️‍🌈 Spare one repost for a small creator? 🥺 My science and sci fi pins raise money for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Just sent another £800 to @aktcharity.bsky.social bringing total to £47,521 New for Pride 2026: 🌈Scientist🌈 🏳️‍🌈🐥🦜🦅🏳️‍🌈 🌈pronouns🌈 www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop
Pin badge “scientist” in rainbow motif Two bird pins. A series if birds sitting on a branch. Each bird is the colour of a stripe on the rainbow flag. Pronoun pins with rainbow motif:
She her 
He him 
She they 
He they 
They them An array of pride themed science and sci fi pins.
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valoisa ⚧ @valoisa.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Emme elä totuudenjälkeistä aikaa vaan Trust me bro -aikaa jossa käärmeöljykauppiaiden valheet ovat arkipäivää ja niillä johdetaan kansakuntia.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...
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Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked
The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.
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Mervi Eskelinen @mervi.art · 01/06/2026
Happy Pride month! 🌈 #art #sketchbook #sketchbookart #pride #rainbow #watercolour #drawing
Photo of an open sketchbook, the spread filled with watercolour rainbow over a blue sky. The sketchbook is on a wooden table and on the topside of it there’s a messy watercolour palette partially visible. The sketchbook spread is dated 1.6.2026.
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I genuinely feel sick. A company reached out to me on IG, linking me to an AI version of myself. You can even ask "me" questions. They are also advertising it using an AI photo of me. They told me if I like it, they will give me free access... to my own fucking content that they stole. /1
A screenshot of the advertisement with an AI image of Lindsey and a brain, with text that says: YOUR BODY HAS A HISTORY. ASK ABOUT IT."
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Vakava Kirjailija Saastis @saastis.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Työhuone haussa! Jos satut tietämään Helsingissä (välillä Itäkeskus-Sörnäinen) loppukesällä tai syksyllä vapautuvia työhuoneita (hinta enintään 400 e / kk), kerro! Kaksi kirjoittajaa (ja satunnaispodcastaajaa) siis vailla joko pöytäpaikkoja mutta mieluummin huonetta, jossa voi työskennellä kaksi.
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Reetta Kallio @kiertotie.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Suomessa on monta todella taitavaa kuvittajaa jotka vielä ovat tehneet paljon lintuaiheisia kuvituksia, mutta posti päätyy tällaiseen tekoälysloppiin. Generoija itse myöntää ettei osaa piirtää ja käyttää tekoälyä suunnitteluvaiheessa, mikä on tärkeimpiä työvaiheita luovassa työssä. Todella noloa.
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mimi 🩵💛 @knightlyaffair.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
this fucking sucks ( from the creator of the cupcake character, lorynbrantz instagram - www.instagram.com/p/DY2v_qXIoQt )
Lorynbrantz on instagram shares a post about their cupcake character being stolen for these new amazon ai shows. Reads as follows

I am horrified and disgusted by BuzzFeed taking my character, The Good Advice Cupcake, and giving it to an Al platform. My time at BuzzFeed was marked by continually being taken advantage of and lied to. They repeatedly assured me in good faith that they would never do anything with Cuppy without my input, yet offered me no legal options, insisting that I would never need them. The news that this character, who is based on my own personality and whom I created as a microphone to spread love and positivity, has been taken and turned into a soulless Al puppet feels like having my intestines pulled out of my body.

Somebody leaked the news to me early on that there were talks happening, and I pleaded with the CEO Jonah Peretti directly not to do it. Instead, he tried to talk me into signing an NDA. Obviously, I did not.

This is an assault on artists everywhere.

I encourage you to boycott BuzzFeed and any Al-produced or adjacent animation.
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 26/05/2026
People don't long for "inconvenience." They long for permanence. And though streaming services may be convenient, people are waking up to the fact that we are paying rent-seeking middle men month after month for things we will never actually own.
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Mervi Eskelinen @mervi.art · 26/05/2026
Your “ethical search engine” maybe isn’t so ethical. (Also it’s heavily into AI.)
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Ethics of Kagi
Spoiler: Kagi doesn’t seem very ethical
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Mervi Eskelinen @mervi.art · 24/05/2026
New zine out now! New zine out now! I filled this one with spells and weird magical doodles. #zine #art #artzine #catlike #supportartists
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MaijaH @maijah.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Somekiellon arvioidaan iskevän erityisesti heikommassa asemassa oleviin nuoriin, jotka menettäisivät tärkeän vertaistuen kanavan. Somekielto voisi vaikeuttaa esimerkiksi neurovähemmistön, transnuorten, yksinäisten ja kiusattujen elämää, ja heikentäisi hyvinvointia. Somen ongelmat on ihan muualla!
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Nuorisoalan ammattilaiset eivät innostu nuorten somekiellosta
Ammattilaisten mukaan somekielto sulkisi tärkeän vertaistukikanavan. Erityisesti tämä koskettaa sateenkaarinuoria ja muita vähemmistöjä.
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David Wynne @davidwynne.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.
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Samppa K @samppak.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Vielä kurkkivat, joo moi vaan sullekin taas.
Orava tsekkaa kuka siellä pihalla taas rymyää.
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Olli Tiainen @ollitiainen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
No niin! Tehdääs tämä yhdessä. Luontolaki nyt - kansalaisaloitteella vielä pari viikkoa aikaa saada 50 000 nimeä kasaan. Luontolaki loisi juridisen velvoitteen saavuttaa luontopositiivisuus vuoteen 2035 mennessä. Kannata aloitetta täällä ja jaa eteenpäin 👇 www.kansalaisaloite.fi/fi/aloite/16...
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