An excerpt of an interview with art historian and critic David Sylvester which i think feels relevant to the environment artists find themselves in the digital/social media/algorithmic content age

Montana Supreme Court Rules Its Constitution Entirely Protects Trans Citizens In Landmark Ruling The ruling will have enormous impacts for transgender residents in the state.

1. In a landmark ruling, the Montana Supreme Court has declared that the constitution, one of the most progressive in the nation, entirely protects transgender people.

The ruling is even insulated from SCOTUS decisions, due to how state constitutions work.

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THREAD: The Massachusetts House just advanced a draconian and unconstitutional social media ban bill.

"This legislation would have kicked Greta Thuneberg off social media before she organized her first climate protest. How does that make kids safer?"

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An extremely bad OS-level age verification bill. This is *not* like the CA and CO age bills, which I thought were a good idea. (blog.giovanh.com/blog/2026/03...) It's the worst of both worlds, requiring all users not just attest but PROVE their identity *and* requiring every OS to enforce this.

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I'm so happy you continue to weaponize genAI screensavers against your parents, more people should do this

Also, capitalists, politicians, CEOs commit acts of violence against people individually and humanity as a whole every day, all the time.

here's your yearly reminder jay naylor is furry's biggest practicing nazi artist. stop giving him money, fucks sake

A tweet reporting that the Trump administration fired two immigration judges who blocked deportations of pro-Palestinian students, noting that four additional judges were also fired.

This is how a dictatorship takes hold. Judges should be free from political pressure so they can apply the law justly and without outside influence.

Now, Trump’s budget request reveals, the FBI runs a dedicated “NSPM-7 Joint Mission Center”; with personnel from 10 federal agencies, it is busy “proactively” identifying domestic terrorists motivated by any of the following beliefs: “anti-Americanism,” “anti-capitalism,” “anti-Christianity,” “support for the overthrow of the U.S. Government,” “extremism on migration,” extremism on “race,” extremism on “gender,” “Hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family,” Hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on “religion,” and Hostility towards those who hold traditional views on “morality.”

The FBI is “proactively” identifying “domestic terrorists,” including anyone with critical views on “capitalism,” “Americanism,” “Christianity,” “migration,” “race,” “gender,” and “family.”

Essentially, every single Bluesky user.

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Absolutely love to see it.

I have heard several creatives describe their experience with Pixar being "They hired me for my creativity then shot down all my ideas for being too XYZ."

ai;dr

A comic made from stills of a superhero show. The first panel has two superheros looking at two jets in the distance. The jets are labeled "data centers" and "server farms". In the second panel, the two superheros, now labeled "writer" and "artist" look at each other. One says, "Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power."

Enjoy your inability to write when the subsidized LLMs go away 💅

...I know guilting people is fucking stupid, but.

Y'all.

Some horrible, random woman is now a millionaire because she called a child a nigger.

We can at least get Luanne to goal.

Jen Sorensen

A little late but a birthday gift for @feralcatalyst.bsky.social

The twins couldn’t resist cumming to Monos special day party!!! 😉

Pokemon drawing n.193, Yanma!

A strategy I am recommending to people who don’t want to mask all the time is always in healthcare facilities and public transportation, AND if you see someone in a mask, put yours on. The first helps protect spaces high risk people may have no choice but to go, the second shows them support.

47th International Illustration Contest We're holding a competition with a theme of “My color palette”! The winner of the Grand Prize will receive US$2,000. The deadline is April 8, 2026, 23:59 UTC

Hey what the fuck is this shit clip studio paint

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why is your fucking art contest banner FUCKING AI

a little Noxia for @feralcatalyst.bsky.social >:3c

A kind reminder of my audience for this my Blue Sky

Lauren inquires about commissions in today's strip laurenipsum.spiderforest.com/comic/703

#comic #webcomic #spiderforest

I’m always right btw

Artistic Process in a nutshell.

Pixar Exec Hit With Backlash After Callously Explaining Why LGBTQ+ Content Was Cut From 'Elio'

Representation matters.

I wonder how much work is like this rn:

Person A uses AI to speed up their tasks and finish work early

Person B has to work longer/harder cause Person A left them a bunch of messed up work that needs fixing cause the AI didn't do it right

Anti-ICE protesters accused of being part of antifa found guilty of support for terrorism in Texas Case was seen as major test of the first amendment and whether the US could use broad anti-terrorism statute to prosecute leftwing protesters

This verdict is appalling — especially the conviction of Daniel Sanchez-Estrada merely for transporting constitutionally protected zines, similar to the pamphlets that prompted the press freedom clause.

The implications extend far beyond so-called "Antifa."