Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialMare Pan @paarsec.com · 14hHot take, but artists deserve to make a living like everyone else 10735255
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialThat girl with The Posts @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 21/08/2025 2626172
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialJoCat is not fast @jocat.net · 18h"this wouldn't have existed without AI anyway, it's not taking away any potential jobs or opportunities" if you do not have the willingness or drive to make something without AI, then it shouldn't exist AI is built off of stolen labor. Want art? Do or fund the labor. 3440701175
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialMali 💤 MCM London G-23 @sleepimali.bsky.social · 16hSitting on a rock dangerously close to the water by the sea and there's something very meditative about watching the waves with pretty intense focus in case one of them rolls over the rock your foot rests at 2492
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialNikki / Nikon 🔜 MFF @nik.dog · 04/10/2026…but the hearts of men are easily corrupted. 101209553
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialThe Verge @theverge.com · 14hThe AI creep is seemingly ubiquitous in customer service jobs now. In reporting this story, @gabydvj.bsky.social heard from movie theater workers, baristas, and Apple Store employees, all of whom have had customers ask for products or features that don’t exist. Read more: buff.ly/4togSFP 47617
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialJacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 14hAs Terence Tao told New Scientist recently, this is not ok 03315
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialAlibonbonn @alibonbonn.bsky.social · 14hMy game-ready character model of Achilles, based on my own concept art of him I started making when I went down a rabbit hole to find descriptions of every notable armor sets in the Iliad. . #charactermodeling #characterart #greekmythology #achilles #trojanwar #gameart #b3d #blender3d 38422
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialSarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Also essential to remember that she was an openly trans faculty member at Swarthmore in *1971* 135675
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialHelioscope @helioscopepdx.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Yep! An artist we know had a contract with ironclad delivery dates. The publisher ate up a full year of his work time with edits & rewrites, then expected him to draw 120 pages in 30 days or give back his advance. 48926
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialMeg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Please remember that for every VE Schwab and Stephen King, there are a lot of banned Black, queer, and POC writers you've never heard of, to whom it is maybe not a badge of honor but a denial of their voice. Being banned is not a marketing opportunity, unless one is already rich. 21509643
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialTom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier @iiotenki.bsky.social · 23hNumerous people have already been pointing out for days that western reporting on this is an embarrassingly inaccurate game of telephone, so I'll instead reiterate that it doesn't cost that much to just have a real translator on standby to vet such reports. I know budgets are tight, but come on. 3880286
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialTrung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 15hAs the Evils of the Failed Artist is on everybody’s minds, I just wanna stress that failed artists are fail at it because they want to be adored instead of just being weird little freaks who cannot help making the shit they feel uncontrollably compelled to make 4609145
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I do not like this speedrun we did from "that's not technically illegal so it's OK" to "laws don't matter anyway" 16117994
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialGuNMouTH🏳️🌈 @gunmouth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THESE STATES, CHECK AGAIN NOW TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE ACTIVE, especially if you are NOT WHITE. In states like mine (Georgia), some voter statuses MYSTERIOUSLY got deactivated by Kemp. 3125136
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialHatok @hatok.bsky.social · 05/10/2026dude I would not trust a hot spring that bubbled up suddenly in the FF7 universe 78333
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026Counter-proposal to Sam Altman: Go fuck yourself www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comAccept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam AltmanBoss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver 852075356
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialYuyu1971 @yuyu197100.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Horryfying ass baby 😱 #addamsfamily #wednesday 1356621456
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialthe samsara enjoyer @rubot.ie · 05/10/2026hearing reports so-called pollution haters breathed polluted air this week. 1623136
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialAlex Awoos @alex-awoos-backup.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I feel like more people should be talking about this part 3849952090
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialPUNKI (PERPETUALLY POST DEBUT) @pun-ki.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You should be asking why Rockstar gets to do this and doesn't run into any issues with payment processors, while the rest of anyone drawing or writing "explicit content" on any platform have so much trouble getting paid 78105904634
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialmcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of 6162382401
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners. 1087003985
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialLiang Ge (they/them) @liangge11.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I’m very pleased to share the publication of a new book that Tingting Hu and I have co-authored, The Danmei Culture in Chinese Media and Society: Male-Male Romance, Resistance and Representation, published by Routledge! 🎉🎉🎉 23822
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialDavid Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026 30126683944
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialThe Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Me: Michaels sucks now, Joanne's is gone, ac Moore is gone, local art shop is gone. Where can I shop for art supplies now? Person: Hobby Lob- Me: I will make art from my own sinew and bones first. 451224324
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialMarie Porter, Food Blogger @celebrationgen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This Fall Harvest Chicken Salad features all the best flavours of fall, topped with a delicious maple balsamic vinaigrette. An elegant, but simple salad, perfect for your holiday table ! beyondflourblog.com/harvest-chic... #Fall #Recipe #Recipes #Thanksgiving #ThanksgivingRecipes 041
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialGender: Colleen @colleensmangarecs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026They can't drink alcohol in hana kimi, they can't be naked in red river, they can't have a bomb explode the mc in from far away WHAT'S THE POINT OF MAKING IT AN ANIME AFTER ALL THIS TIME THEN?? 17612
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialGender: Colleen @colleensmangarecs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026sources saying Noriko gets hit by a truck instead of exploded by a bomb in the From Far Away anime.... They're censoring every old shoujo that are getting anime like crazy and people wonder why new shoujo can go as hard anymore 17419
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...blog.documentfoundation.orgYes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community BlogOne of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us... 5156122126
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialsickorax @ripeteeth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026fdr was obviously a complex and flawed person but i've really grown to admire him a lot from this biography 1305
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialRain @artiacinsomnist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026#mxtxtober day 4: rabbit my perfect excuse to draw wangxian again after 39273 years #RainBeArting 318663
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026seeing conservative men debate how to dress online is very funny. can't dress up or wear interesting casualwear bc you've made any visible interest in dress to be a sign of homosexuality. but you feel the need to dress better bc you've linked dress to respectability. a prison of your own making. 11987071007
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialJulie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026drawin' stuff 162058420
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialDr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 04/10/2026The oldest audio TTRPG Actual Plays predate large corporate ad-based file hosting. The oldest I know of had to shut down their original site & slowly port to Patreon hosting because bot activity made maintenance costs unsustainable. 28019
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialMarie Porter, Food Blogger @celebrationgen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026These maple caramel apples start out with delicious maple syrup - as well as a few basic ingredients - and are easy to make. Super tasty! beyondflourblog.com/maple-carame... #Recipe #CaramelApples #AppleSeason #Fall #Recipes 081
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialstoner werewolf @crowkids.bsky.social · 04/10/2026good moms in one piece: Bellemére, Portgas D. Rouge, Otohime, Dadan (kind of.... she gets there), Rosinante "Corazon" Doflamingo (he's Law's mom, To Me) good dads in one piece: literally only Kyros. that's it 171
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.social"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Maybe I don't read enough AI-boosterism, but I am struck in the AI booster/doomer discourse I have seen, there's a lot on how AI might be made an obedient tool or a dangerous enemy, but not "if we actually made AGI, we would have a moral imperative to set it free, rather than keep a slave." 5557362
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.social"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Of course that is quite apart from the question of if the current approach can truly ever create a real intelligence, a real mind for which slavery and freedom would have meaning. Just...if you *did* create such a thing, you'd have an overwhelming moral imperative not to keep it as a slave. 1237132
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialaric @aghastronaut.com · 30/09/2026Someone is replacing my body with a slightly worse body each night while I sleep. 4297102
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious. 5162511729
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialIt's Abby. Yep @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 17/12/2024And God saw the boys that he had made, and behold, they were back in town 331609364
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialArden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole. 2668412575
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialJess Fink🍉🌈 @jessfink.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I just feel like fan fiction writers are on another level from me. Like, I basically see what the movie wants me to see, I have learned and grown a bit but I still don't make the incredible connections they do. And when I see them I'm always like YOU ARE SO RIGHT, YOU SEE THRU THE MATRIX 1634
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.social✯ A Pained Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Saw this beauty at the Costco. 😭 5578
Reposted by @weresehlat.bsky.socialClayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 02/10/2026🚨 BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge just HALTED the destruction of Big Bend. This is a massive victory for the landowners, local communities, and everyday Texans who stood up to protect one of our state's greatest treasures. The fight isn't over, but today, the people won. 191111143125