SCIENTISTS QUARREL OVER MARTIAN WOMEN One Says Ladies Have Two Thumbs and X-Ray Eyes ANOTHER SAYS BIG EARS --The Commercial Appeal, 22 Oct 1928

We used to do real science

Zohran Mamdani and the Fight for Economic Justice Robert Reich

On his first day in office, Zohran Mamdani revived the Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants and intervened in a major slumlord bankruptcy case on tenants' behalf.

Mamdani and his team are showing the country what real economic justice looks like. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tCkZ1jszYcQ

For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines

Exactly this.

For 2026 let’s remind ourselves what really matters: weird fiction

Photograph shot from above, aka a bird's eye view, of an urban street with tram tracks, and three figures: a delivery man (perhaps for bread?0 on a bicycle, and a male and female couple walking arm in arm. The long shadows suggest it is early in the morning

One of the most unforgettable images capturing the vibrant promise of the new year, by the great Bauhaus artist László Moholy-Nagy: 7 A.M. (New Year's Morning), c. 1930 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Outlook for the new year ...

A black and gold illustration of a girl with golden wings enveloped by a dark wolf/raven-like creature. She looks up toward the sky warmly as the creature bares his teeth, her hands rest tenderly in his claws. Ravens swarm about them with a singular white raven flying up above them and golden flames below them. The background is a semi-circle border of golden roses, with an inner border of moons and stars. A moon enveloping a sun is behind them. The border text reads," It's written in the stars. Everything must come to an end." The characters are my own, Cupiovera and Dove.

[ocs] Recall

This “it’s impractical to avoid AI” stance is frustrating to me because no it isn’t? At least for authors who have direct control over their work. Not a single GenAI tool touched my books at any part of the creation process. I know this for a fact because I know my software and what my editor uses.

Unpopular opinion: Using AI for book covers, illustration and promotion isn't stealing. It doesn’t copy one artist—it mixes patterns to make something new. Indie authors who must utilize it for financial ressons aren't theives, they’re resourceful. Original visions still = original. Fun fact: The creativity? 100% theirs. The ethics? Totally fine if it’s not a direct copy. Let's not bash Indie authors. J.K Rowling was on welfare and depressed when she wrote HP. Let's be more compassionate.

You’re right, that is unpopular. And selfish. And greedy.

And let’s so fucking for real - JKR was NEVER an indie author.

I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.

"Remember, the AI is fed with the work of actual humans. Why do you think that is, exactly?

If you use it, it means you’re replacing people.

People who could’ve done the job better.

People who actually did the job, and now their work is pilfered and duped."

Hold on, gimme a sec. I wrote it. I'm the author. I know all about it... I just need like five minutes to calibrate my brain and process how to properly reply when someone asks about my writing.

I guarantee that if I just completely lost my soul & started cranking out AI books, my career would be over. if you put in the work to make something good and born from your own mind, the people who become your readers/fans WANT THAT. They don’t want generic robot slop. Using AI is authorial death.

My best recent anecdote—we were asked to give a more “story telling” design presentation at work this holiday. The other team used chatgpt to write theirs, advised me to do the same.

My team took time to write something we were all happy with & nailed it. The other team’s was a total crash and burn

always baffles me when I see “but writers/creatives/etc. HAVE to use AI to remain competitive!”

besides AI writing being worse, there’s no evidence it gives any real advantage over not using it. you’d still have to fix all its screw ups, which takes time you could use to do it right the first time.

The lack of critical thinking ability in this piece is astounding.

This post is the sign you’ve been waiting for to get into painting miniatures in 2026. Don’t worry about your skill level, or learning the lore, or having to play the game after - I promise you, you will thoroughly love the journey of simply painting a mini. It’s also so therapeutic. Do it :)

fan made poster of john carpenter's "the thing". jed the dog from the film suspended from the upper half of the composition with slimy tendrils of teeth and flesh leaving his snarling mouth and nape. made in the procreate app for ipad, 2021

if you're cold, they're cold. bring them inside.

prints here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/mxmo...

happy holidaysssss

Joe Rumrill @2tonbug Here comes Dracula Here comes Dracula Right down...SANTA CLAUS LANE??!! 8:16 AM · Dec 7, 2017

The only thing I miss about Twitter is not being able to repost the classics.

There is no AI used in Blue Prince. The game was built and crafted with full human instinct by Tonda Ros and his team at
@dogubomb.bsky.social.

It is the result of eight years of development, fuelled by imagination and creativity, and we are extremely proud of what Tonda has achieved.

Hello, not only do we not use AI we would rather cut off our own arms than do so. Demonschool is 100% human made.

Tumblr post that says “the world isn’t kind” OK???much more importantly are you? “the world isn’t kind” skill issue. I am “the world isn’t kind” not yet it isn’t. This is a threat.

Bring this energy with you int 2026 (yes this is a threat)

cinema_nasties 1d Al defenders are so embarrassing j.paulmonter 2h All you are saying is that you want to gatekeep creativity. That's not good. drachelbarr & 20h • •• Neuroscientist here... creativity is a process. A process. A FUCKING PROCESS. Not an output. Nobody is gatekeeping the process - Al simply invites you to skip to the end, to the output. Which, as mentioned, is not creativity. Nobody cares if the output is aesthetically pleasing, because the process, the act itself, the limitation of a single human mind and the resulting creations that capture that one single inimitable human experience... is what makes a creation worth paying attention

Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social

A Very Important Interview with Jeremy Culhane TONIGHT 🥰

Watch only on Dropout at 7PM ET / 4PM PT
📸: Kate Elliot

I guarantee you, Person Who Is Somehow Still A Harry Potter Fan In 2025, that there are so many books by trans authors that are better and not fueling hate.

Go read them instead.

some studios are pro-junk and AI-slop now i guess

not surprised. but at the end of the day, the only thing that will end this is you and your dollar.

if you want human-made art and animation, it’s up to you, the customer, to prove it.

rip Hollywood. the next iteration of you will make more sense.

Anti-A.I. stamps!

For illustrations, comics, photos and all your creative works, printed and digital!

You can download the transparent file for free here: ko-fi.com/i/IT6T718NAKF (but consider donating please 😘)