Reposted by Velvetykris @qwiqwiaqwi.bsky.social · 23hSketchy comm for the lovely @\wolestinien 💙 #DnD #DnDcharacter 3432110
Reposted by VelvetyJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 16hRemember: ICE lied so often about people posing threats to them, to justify their violence in Chicago, that a Chicago federal judge wrote it was "difficult, if not impossible, to believe almost anything" ICE said. Do you know what it takes to get a Fed district judge to WRITE THAT in a ruling? 4594218
Reposted by VelvetyWarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Turns out Ukraine knows nothing about the "energy ceasefire," Financial Times reports, citing a senior official close to Zelensky who says crews are busy restoring power and water in Kyiv right now. "No one has heard of any ceasefire," the official says. 1832573
Reposted by Velvetycen ⚔️🛡️🌿 waiting on merch arrival~! @aiphelix.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Drawing is going well this weekend because I was able to get a new piece of art ready for the November postcard~ more info at that towards the end of October #fma 215834
Reposted by VelvetySPiNDLE @spindlesong.bsky.social · 11/10/2026the pirate writing meme but with Dante (requested by yours truly @meidotwav.bsky.social <3) 2453791139
Reposted by Velvetydepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026four years ago I posted this image of paleontologist Jan Smit looking at rocks and his son-in-law replied with something even better 57149942879
Reposted by VelvetyAura @aurahack.ca · 10/10/2026i got custom music playing on the Steam Machine so i popped the Burnout Revenge soundtrack while playing Galactic Racer and it's kind of infuriating how dramatically it's bettered the experience 251474319
Reposted by Velvetymaq @crab-milk.bsky.social · 11/10/20262nd lieutenant dubois reporting for duty :] #lancer #lancerrpg #ttrpg 0388
Reposted by VelvetyArthur Baron-Clément @arthur.baron-clement.com · 10/10/2026The Aqueduct (2025) 61665374
Reposted by VelvetySPiNDLE @spindlesong.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Tether taking a break on her way from work <33 266771985
Reposted by VelvetyPleasebury Doughboy ✨ @plsburydoughboy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Maybe Hideki Kamiya was always right to treat Twitter as full of insects DualShockers guy nuked his entire account BTW 021
Reposted by VelvetyKat Tsai @chuwenjie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I’m at NYCC this weekend, Saturday and Sunday! Come say hi at Artist Alley D-07! #NYCC 025121
Velvety @velvety.northsky.social · 10/10/2026"According to data from LSEG, Japan's three megabanks -- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mizuho Financial Group -- arranged roughly $80 billion in related loans in 2025, accounting for about 13% of the global total." archive.ph/hlEhi#select...archive.ph 000
Velvety @velvety.northsky.social · 10/10/2026As usual, AI investors did this to themselves and caused untold harm in the world. By nation, Japan is second place for the amount of debt supplied for AI data center construction (see MUFG, SMBC, and Mizuho). 162
Reposted by VelvetyTom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 10/10/2026What the AI bros can never understand is that art is the very locus of our humanity, a sublime and intimate encounter with the ineffable workings of a fellow mind *presses send, plays "Ass N Titties" by DJ Assault* 2494
Reposted by VelvetyCorey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Like, put another way, if employees werent getting in the way of management going full AI, exactly what would distinguish harpercollins from some scammer auto uploading 300 slop books to amazon a day 422929
Reposted by VelvetyCorey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Its kinda wild seeing corporate management just obliterating the gates that keep them relevant ; namely the assurance that customers are getting quality products made with all the resources and institutional knowledge a corporation entails 8582169
Reposted by VelvetyCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me. 46106972981
Reposted by VelvetyWIRED @wired.com · 09/10/2026More than two dozen workers at three major publishing houses—HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette—tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech. Read the full story: buff.ly/p0ymGmN 301034517
Reposted by VelvetyHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 10/10/2026If my publisher were to hand me LLM back cover copy I would definitely be looking to move. 28515
Reposted by Velvetyflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Back in 2018-19, you used to get smart Sensible people saying “Well, this wouldn’t happen if” and the bottom line here is: this idiotic bullshit keeps happening because smart, Sensible people simply *will not stop acting the dick*, no matter how awful it gets. 06112
Reposted by Velvetyflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Me: (Head to toe in black, standing in front of a billowing union flag and behind a podium with “Mandatory Remigration Now” written on it) The left’s racial hatred terrifies me, I have to sleep with the light on 29527
Reposted by Velvetyflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026“Clown country”, is pretty much all that can be said here. This is what happens when your ruling class turns to the far right to save them from the left, in short. 914934
Reposted by VelvetyMei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 06/10/2026slight difference in allocation of budget 317118
Reposted by VelvetyAftermath @aftermath.site · 07/10/2026While paying subscribers are our lifeblood, did you know you can also sign up for a FREE Aftermath membership? It'll get you 2x the free stories per month, as well as newsletters sent straight to your inbox. aftermath.ghost.io/?ref=after... 215456
Reposted by VelvetyPenny Parker @snapcube.gay · 10/10/2026installed a mod that gets path-traced hair running on my 4090 and oh my god???? im drooling???? 1259022
Reposted by VelvetyMondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 10/10/2026The Israeli army has bulldozed over 1.6 million olive trees in Gaza since the beginning of the genocide in 2023, threatening the livelihood and heritage of olive farming communities, and the survival of a centuries-old Palestinian cultural tradition. mondoweiss.net/2026/10/afte...mondoweiss.netAfter three years of genocide, Gaza’s olive harvest is going extinctThe Israeli army has bulldozed over 1.6 million olive trees in Gaza since the beginning of the genocide in 2023, threatening the livelihood and heritage of olive farming communities, and the survival… 8156111
Reposted by Velvety🍁 Spooky Silvia 🍁 @demonyomsfw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Rough Render commission for @morningstararts.bsky.social Thank you so muuch I had so much fun drawing this 💙💙 #ocsky #commissions #art 314734
Reposted by VelvetyTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10/10/2026My latest @newscientist.com cartoon 2943831576
Reposted by VelvetyNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Ossoff is acting like Trump/MAGA/GOP and what they’ve done to the country is Actually Bad. Charismatic and well spoken, which sure helps. But no “my friends across the aisle,” no acting like the imaginary “Baileys” are the only ones who matter, no “don’t talk values, only kitchen table.” That’s it. 472814529
Reposted by Velvetye.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/10/2026just to emphasize what's happening here: BMW (a company that used slave labor under the Nazis) refused to provide an official vehicle to the ultra right-wing AfD party, which is now asking Elon Musk to provide a Tesla instead Tesla literally becoming the Nazi car brand 723219913
Reposted by VelvetyJessica the Bestica 🏳️🌈Thought Bubble TM Hall A5 ☕Trying My Best @anireal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026🌸OC Emery Vibes🌸 0699
Reposted by VelvetySPiNDLE @spindlesong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026witchin with @meidotwav.bsky.social 2472811068
Reposted by VelvetyEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 09/10/2026Premium Newsletter: The Hater's Guide To Junk, the world of high-yield debt where Anthropic and OpenAI will have to play if they want to survive post-IPO - and why the same leveraged loans that killed multiple software companies may be their only option. www.wheresyoured.at/premium-the-...wheresyoured.athttps://www.wheresyoured.at/premium-the-haters-guide-to-junk/Ladies and gentlemen, we are in a glorious, splendiferous, outrageous era of crap! Some call it “high-yield,” some call it “speculative-grade,” but to those of us living in the real world, we know… 819734
Reposted by VelvetyDenimcatfish @denimcatfish.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Worked on character layouts for the animation in this film~ can’t wait to see it on the big screen 🔥 412411
Reposted by Velvetysamijen ✦ 🔜 MSQ 🇸🇬 A37 @samijen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026my back hurts SO BAD save me salonpas and tiger balm patches,,,,save me 2435
Reposted by Velvetyxuuikie @xuuikie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"106cm" Samus & Tsunade sketch Warm-up for October. 11133232
Reposted by Velvety🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 08/10/2026the only thing more pathetic than being an influencer shilling the pervert glasses is being an influencer shilling knock off pervert glasses 523428
Reposted by VelvetyEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 09/10/2026next week on Better Offline: The Hater's Guide To Bonds with @robinwigglesworth.ft.com 017913