I'm glad this post is getting a lot of attention. As a creative who is currently out of work because of AI and has watched my industry (healthcare writing) basically collapse, I greatly appreciate that you're drawing attention to this seriously under-reported problem!
My vote for Better Offline!
It's so close! Here's my vote - may you emerge victorious!
I need to not be on this app because it's very good at getting me to Doomscroll, so, you can find me on Tumblr, Cara, and Patreon moving forward! Links in the, uh, link below.
linktr.ee/caspiangreyl...
this is the BEST and most organized walkthrough on commissioning an artist I've seen. Highly recommend this if you're new to commissions or want to just check it out (also love the artist! Definitely follow them!)
I hate ai. I hate the ai-fication of every facet of life. nothing is real. the images are fake, the products are fake, the websites that host these images are fake. creativity and curiosity is stifled by the ai-ification of search engines. the internet is junkspace now. everything feels like spam.
I was also hoping for cool colors! Give us our jewel tones!!!
The millennial experience is growing up with the internet, and watching it go from a free, open, democratic, and eclectic ecosystem to a wasteland of five websites controlled by billionaires, and now seeing it quickly fill up with AI-generated slop.
I want our World Wide Web back.
I don’t want to make a fuckin account to use my toaster. I don’t want to fuckin subscribe to software. I don’t want to create a fuckin profile to watch TV. I don’t want to fuckin register my whatever to unlock whatever. I don’t want to download a fuckin app to access anything. Death to new logins
Facebook post asking: "Anyone here use Pixelfed?"
Facebook message saying: "We removed your post"
Why this happened message from Facebook, claiming: "This post may use misleading links or content to trick people to visit, or stay on, a website"
Meta claims Pixelfed is spam.
CONFIRMED: Facebook has *banned* anyone from linking to Pixelfed. #MetaBlockingPixelfed
I just tried posting a message on Facebook that reads: "Anyone here using Pixelfed?" with a link to Pixelfed.Social
Within *seconds* I got a post saying my post was banned.
Screenshots below.
Fountain pens have a way of doing that! TWSBI are a lot of fun to work with - I've got the Eco myself and it's my go-to! :D
HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one piece to convince people to follow you
A difficult decision...
“An image of a social media post discussing the Smithsonian’s Open Access initiative. The post expresses excitement about being able to download, share, and reuse millions of Smithsonian’s digitized 2D and 3D items, including photos, text, videos, sound files, research datasets, and more. The content is available under a Creative Commons Zero license, allowing unrestricted use, even for commercial purposes, without requiring permission or attribution. The post celebrates the initiative as a positive step in making cultural and educational resources widely accessible.”
Just some free resources you are encouraged to access.
www.si.edu/openaccess
#TTRPG #WritingCommunity
4 panel comic P1: A grey haired techbro/CEO looking type, wearing a dark turtleneck, holds up a black cube into a spotlight with his left hand. He has a blank, perfect smile on his blank perfect face. He says "hey, artists! Do you want your art to be seen by potential BILLIONS of people? Then just put it in this--" P2: A closeup of the guy's hand --which is now distressingly realistic looking-- holding the object. He finishes what he was saying in panel 1, only now the speech bubble is inverted; white text against black. "--THE BOX" P3: We now see The Box growing to gigantic proportions, as it reaches into the sky, displacing the clouds around it. A caption box with a teeny tiny version of the CEO's head continues his pitch: "The Box grows larger as it feeds on the content you and others put in it" P4: The Box Tetsuos ever larger, breaching the Earth's atmosphere, clouds swirling around it as it reaches for the heavens. Endless stars pepper the vacuum. A final caption box --all yellow/red-- reads "The Box consumes all."
the box
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patreon.com/nhoj
Gandalf the White saying, "Be silent. Keep your forked tongue behind your teeth"
me when any program's AI assistant asks me if I want help writing:
I’m really sorry things are like this - it should not be so hard to find a safe space where one can build an audience! 😭
Oh that is a fantastic book! Lots of good info in it! Also i think this or last month a new one in the series came out - framed environment! I am waiting for my copy but super exciting that the learning continues!
As always there are so many to choose from! 😭 I am waiting to see for the switch successor right now though!
The time has come! With flamethrowers!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Oh my word this game looks wilddddd (also, excellent choice of hat 😎)
A pigeon egg, some twigs, and a pigeon looking suspicious.
Progress image from a new comic. Pigeons are always good to draw.
I was about to suggest Scrivener because they are so good, but it looks like they do not have an android app 😭 I have heard Wavemaker is similar and well reviewed though - and syncs across devices!
Ahahaha this is amazing, thank you!! 🎉🎉
Thank you moots for putting your trust in me. I had two spare spaces so I drew myself posing sensually.
In order
@caspiangreyling.bsky.social
@midochandesu.bsky.social
@dibujuani.bsky.social
@bymink.bsky.social
@cisnielcotaherna.bsky.social
@big-armed-mar.neocities.org
@rodart1d.bsky.social
Welcome back from the Holiday lull! (I gotta shake off that rust too honestly)
Artists are a big part of what makes your social media experience worth it. Most of them post incredible work out there for free (in this economy ??)
Remember to support your favorite creators so that they can keep making things you love. Seek out their patreon, shops, share their work.
A lot of memes are based on illustrations and comics that an artist made, but people remove all mention of the artist to make it seem as if the image sprang out of the ether, that it belongs to everyone. Especially in this day and age, it's important to assert when art is made by human hands.
I feel like i recently heard this a tradition somewhere - making the most outrageous proclamations for the new year just because! Now go hunt that chupacabras!! I am gonna fight the moon in 2025 🤣