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SPELLWOUND Shop | Redbubble SPELLWOUND is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.

Like a wriggling worm on the sidewalk after it rains, I have somehow found my way back onto your timeline again, with news!

First, the album is in progress.

Second, SPELLWOUND now has a Redbubble merch shop. Want a tshirt or a hoodie or a sticker or something? Go for it. SPELLWOUND.redbubble.com

⚠️ New evidence:
💿 "CONTRABAND" Disk 001

☣️ Contents: A collection of 14 songs, remixes, and unauthorized bootlegs recovered from musicians associated with the "THRIVE OR DIE" Sound System record label.

📥 Available for FREE access & download TOMORROW, July 25th.

@thriveordienow.bsky.social

An illustration of the golden sphere from roadside picnic. The text reads: Happiness for everybody, free of charge, and may no one be left behind!

Never not thinking about roadside picnic.

a text post from Michael Tonelli: "It's really unbelievable the niche parts of the internet that Al is ruining. My wife looks up crochet patterns online. It's now overrun by Al made up patterns that make no logical sense. My wife said if you tried to crochet the pattern that Al hallucinated, it wouldn't even be possible. And it's like, why? Why is someone ruining free crochet patterns? How were they even aware of that corner of the internet? Is there a plan to make the internet so unusable that people abandon it so we don't have access to information anymore?"

I think AI is going to eventually tank in the longterm, but...

the only real way to combat this is single-interest communities. Forums, user comms, etc, with a barrier to entry. They become trustable knowledgebases. It's really the only way forward is to return to what worked best the first time

Donate to Support Shannon's Fight Against ALS, organized by Kelsey Smith After struggling with symptoms for a year, Shannon has recently been diagnosed with A… Kelsey Smith needs your support for Support Shannon's Fight Against ALS

Hello bluesky💙 my family needs your help.
My SIL Shannon was diagnosed with ALS last year. It has progressed significantly and we are raising money to make end of life preparations as dignified and comfortable as possible. Pls spread the word:
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Disney, Universal sue image creator Midjourney for copyright infringement Walt Disney and Comcast's Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday, calling its popular AI-powered image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism" for its use of the studios' best-known characters.

Walt Disney and Comcast's Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday, calling its popular AI-powered image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism" for its use of the studios' best-known characters.

I used to choose things based on scientific evidence, but now I value the ones that somehow just "feel right". When I follow my instincts and go with what feels right, I often end up creating music I'm satisfied with. I feel the correct answer hidden in our feelings is both profound and mysterious.

ken se aharva kon sus manos no yora - he who hits himself with his own hands never cries

If the concept of consent would kill an industry, that industry should not exist in the first place.

This is not even a debate.

so, in short:

• if we all get loud for trans rights and actually organize a movement, we can win this one

• if we don’t, then a de facto ban on care is assured in us law within the next six months

in other words, you found yourself in history

now’s a moment to be the hero

really.

ok so an important thing i really think people on bluesky need to hear about the anti-trans megabill

the tl;dr is that you could actually turn the tide of trans rights in america right now

but if you don’t act now, then we’re all cooked indefinitely

please read on

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ANNOUNCEMENT TIME!

REBOOT://MYSELF

My first full album

Will release...

MAY 30th 2025!

That's just over 1 week away!

14 tracks includin the 2 released singles!

I truly put everything I have into this one so please listen and let me know!

It will be on Spotify, SoundCloud, YT Music & Tiktok <3

Folks call your Senators now!! A ban on any state laws on GenAi for 10 YEARS is gonna do unthinkable harm!

For those of you wondering what to say here are two posts you can use to build your own script (use alt script to cut and paste)

Need to find your representatives? Here you go:
5calls.org

--DIVINATION--

As feared, SoundCloud today confirmed they may train generative AI models on users’ music in future.

The ‘opt-out’ they commit to in this new statement would be totally unfair on artists, shifting the burden onto them to tell SoundCloud not to train on their music.

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Screenshot from Soundcloud's Terms of Services. Excerpt reads: In the absence of a separate agreement that states otherwise, You explicitly agree that your Content may be used to inform, train, develop or serve as input to artificial intelligence or machine intelligence technologies or services as part of and for providing the services.

FYI: Soundcloud's Terms of Services.

Self-host your music. Learn about HarmonyCloack and Poisonnify. We need them yesterday.

m.soundcloud.com/terms-of-use...

AI content The emergence of AI technology such as Large Language Models (LLMs) poses complicated challenges for artists and platforms like Ampwall. It is a rapidly moving field and policies will evolve as the technology and usage change. Creating one unified policy for everything AI does not reflect the nuance of the issue and risks being either too lenient or too restrictive. Ampwall's priority is preventing human artists from being forced to appear alongside or compete with low-effort AI-generated works. Music created entirely by AI is strictly prohibited on Ampwall. Music created predominantly by AI, such as a human singer over top of AI-created instrumentation or an AI performing human composition, is strictly prohibited on Ampwall. Music created with limited use of AI, such as a human band with human-written songs and some amount of AI-contributed instrumentation or AI "performing" alongside humans, is generally prohibited. Some exceptions might be made when the AI contribution is minimal. Use of AI to create effects that modify an input signal akin to traditional analog and digital equipment is currently permitted. Where images (artwork on albums, merch, etc,.. as well as logos and artist profile images) are concerned, similar rules apply to all content added after October 26, 2024. Images created entirely by AI are strictly prohibited on Ampwall. Images created predominantly by AI, such as a base image created by AI with additional details or modifications created by a human, are strictly prohibited on Ampwall. Images predominantly created by humans and using AI for supplemental details or effects is discouraged. It is currently permitted but may be restricted in the future. Exceptions may be allowed for images wildely used prior to listing on Ampwall. Please contact us for more information.

Here is @ampwall.com's policy:

ampwall.com/content-poli...

YIKES @soundcloud.dev no thank you

Can confirm the single is now officially available on both YouTube Music and Spotify! Probably tiktok too but I don't use it so can't check there <3

Please enjoy and look forward to the full album later this month and a 2nd single before that!

eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

COMING SOON

MY FIRST ALBUM

REBOOT//:MYSELF

(3d model by PixelCod - pixelcod.itch.io)

Your "dumb little projects" are so important during this harrowing time. Don't forget that. Your creativity has value, for yourself and for the world.

mock PSA that reads: STOP HIDING YOUR PATREON -Links are meant to be shared in the op -Years of posting yet no real-world use found for hiding your patreon link in a reply -Don't want to be shadowbanned? We had a tool for that: it was called "NOT USING TWITTER" - "Yes please, re-type the url from this censored image" - statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged LOOK at what Artists have been demanding your Respect for all this time, with the social media sites we built for them (These are real tearms used by real artists) SUB TO MY P SITE alts on the You Know Where Find more on the PAE PAE "Hello, please support me on sxbstxr, link on this carrier pigeon" THEY HAVE PLAYED US FOR ABSOLUTE FOOLS

PSA FOR ARTISTS

thank you for sharing! I love experimental music and your bass fingering is so impressive.

please support ur friends making creative shit in this cruel world. u have no idea how much a kind comment can mean to an artist when every website just tries to make you focus on the numbers

They can duo-lick my nuts

Fuck any and every company doing this shit

No, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wasn't "made" by 30 people Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's credits are a lot bigger than "30 developers".

Food for thought. External QA, animators, voice actors, and musicians deserve to be part of the narrative of game makers.