Sit as an advisor to a public health study of how chemical plants have been harming my people.

Check ✅

I think it just uses exactly what each person submitted without any edits

Blacksky Algorithms’ Policy Towards Agentic Coding We created an AI Policy to explain our use of agentic coding, such as Claude Code and the options for a future path for Blacksky Algorithms and the community at large. Our team has heard the concerns ...

Now that you’ve read the stance of the Blacksky Team, we wanna hear from you all to help us determine the future of Blacksky.

Quotes and replies off - please submit statements and vote on statements via our People's Assembly.

If you run locally or self host it's easier to reduce your overall usage

I was thinking this would be something that's not constantly running at max load but just periodically when necessary. The main benefit is that you're not contributing to more data centers being built

I understand it would have some upfront costs and hardware limitations. That still might be a good compromise since the community could potentially fund something like this while minimizing harm and avoiding a need for VC

One option I would like to suggest is running a smaller LLM on a Blacksky-owned server instead of using Claude. My understanding is that this would greatly mitigate the energy demands and associated environmental harm. One server could potentially be shared among a small team as well.

No, it is definitely possible to design AI in a way that is not destructive. Generally speaking small, specialized models don't use a lot of energy and can be built without stealing content. LLMs are almost always harmful in practice but they don't necessarily have to be

I want to make more stuff in Twine. I made a tiny adventure just to try it out a few years ago and I had a lot of fun with it. It's hard to explain but I feel like I have a better sense of what's possible now #gamedev #twine #blacksky

In a lot of ways it makes more sense for pets to choose a human than the other way around

If you are privileged enough to be able to go about your daily life in a relatively normal way, make choices that allow you to stop despairing. Do not intentionally subject yourself to things that drain your energy and give you nothing in return.

Get up.

That makes me wonder if Blacksky Cash would also work for small business or individuals who want to buy or sell products & services. Normally the businesses need to drive traffic to a separate site, but there may be an opportunity if people can safely do a transaction directly through the platform

Your voice is bigger than you think!

There might be a lot of people out there that want genAI tools to make cheap content, but there aren't a lot of people that want cheap content made by genAI tools

Directory of No AI Artists

The 1st iteration of HireHumanArtists.com is here. It's currently just a spreadsheet directory of visual artists who've pledged to never use AI in their works. Use the pre-made filters to find what you want or make your own. Please share with authors & anyone else looking for art!

I really appreciate being able to access Blacksky through the appview. I would only add that the most important thing to me is that Blacksky can survive independently of Bluesky if anything were to happen. User count can change overnight and I would not want to lose this community

i legitimately don't care about the "harriet tubman" migration drama, but i want to make sure anyone who would like to migrate to blacksky and is having issues gets assistance

technology is still very inaccessible for many and i want to help bridge that gap

Indie fund Outersloth has rejected every generative AI pitch it has received 'I really like a game that has soul.'

Indie fund Outersloth has rejected every generative AI pitch it has received

To y'all young artists out there, take in comfort that your "poorly drawn" picture has more copyright protection than some GenAI slop piece. Thanks to the latest Supreme Court ruling against GenAI, it's a major victory for us artists.

May as well shoot ya shot!

And we're actively working on the sequel!

What is found is a powerful connection, with depth and passion.

Love is what happens when that connection is nurtured and cultivated with purpose and intention

I wonder if Highguard could have a second life as a paid game. I am thinking about Wayfinder as an example of a game that flopped as live service but found its audience as a reasonably priced traditional game.

Given how last month (and BHM) went…I am just putting this out into the universe for 2026. 😌

A portrait of Manyara, a light skinned Black woman against a dark red background. She is wearing a bright red headband and matching red ruffle shirt with a leather vest.

When they were kids Manyara used to always steal Nia's lunch. Now, Manyara's grown into the village's best swordsman and it's definitely gone to her head. If the two of them can learn to actually work together, they might just have a chance... #art #oc #indiegame #intew #inkscape

And as it turns out, someone already did it!

Thanks! I thought I was going to have to figure out how to make one 😌

It looks like anyone can make a moderation list, but I think the hard part would be figuring out a way to automatically detect which images are X posts

If I wanted to see X I wouldn't have deleted my account. I feel like we should have a moderation list for this