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FnordianSlip
@fnordianslip.bsky.social
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Walked away from Omelas only to find that everywhere else was also Omelas.
I dig fighting games, pinball, sumo, reading, and Oxford commas.
Blocking gen AI whenever I see it.
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FnordianSlip @fnordianslip.bsky.social · Jan 17
The best way to fight AI? MAKE STUFF! Use your mind and your hands and your voice to make things. Weird and beautiful things. Human things. Make stuff you know how to make. Learn to make things you don't know how to make. Fill the world with beauty and oddness. Because that is what being a human is.
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extrafabulous.bsky.social
October 7, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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nationaltrust.org.uk
You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree.
October 6, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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morkticia.bsky.social
While doing some research for MÖRKTOBER, I found this wonderful lil' illustration of some rats all standing around, holding hands.
October 2, 2026 at 4:20 AM
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toonholechris.bsky.social
September 29, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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hannahvardit.bsky.social
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
September 29, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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willjobst.bsky.social
don't be shy gen con go ahead. don't be shy pax unplugged go ahead. don't be shy origins go ahead. don't be shy gamehole go ahead. don't be shy gary con go ahead. don't be shy page go ahead. don't be shy breakout go ahead. don't be shy dragon con go ahead.
geeknative.bsky.social Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 14d
UK Games Expo has banned generative AI art, text, and merchandise across all NEC exhibition halls, bringing the convention in line with broader British tabletop standards. Standholders face removal or bans if their products aren't made by humans. #UKGE
UK Games Expo bans generative AI art and text across all trade halls
UK Games Expo has introduced a mandatory policy prohibiting generative AI art and text across all NEC trade halls, requiring exhibitors to sell only human-made games.
www.geeknative.com
September 25, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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lollibeepop.bsky.social
A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻
A painting of fat blobby bears
September 24, 2026 at 12:37 PM
fnordianslip.bsky.social
I'm quite tired of having my childhood repackaged and resold to me.
September 23, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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drewtoothpaste.bsky.social
going insane because you traveled interdimensionally or met aliens or met god is understandable. but going insane because you used a computer chat program is just embarrassing
September 9, 2026 at 5:50 AM
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whimsicalmuse.bsky.social
Whenever I meet someone who supports the Oxford comma, I find myself encouraged, delighted, and hopeful.
September 16, 2026 at 5:55 PM
fnordianslip.bsky.social
Excellently articulated thread. Long, but worth the read.
deepcuts.blog Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog · 22d
Meditation of the day: the dark secret about H. P. Lovecraft that nobody wants to talk about
September 15, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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pantspants.bsky.social
Pen and watercolor. Two fools wander through an open field. The tall one dressed in a carrot costume and the short one dressed in an apple costume. Their hands are out to their sides to maintain balance. Carrot speaks, “You feel the ground shaking?” In the distance, we see a massive herd of wild horses thundering towards them. Hooves pound the ground racing to carrot and apple. By the time our boys realize their mistake it could be too late. Where are they going? Why wander dressed as horse treats? Things to consider. Artist’s note: Most of my drawings are black & white and I tend to use color sparingly. Hilary Knight, the illustrator of the Eloise books, is a big influence on both my linework and color use.
September 15, 2026 at 12:37 PM
fnordianslip.bsky.social
My life.
September 14, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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benpaddon.net
An AI flyer is a brown M&M test. If your event or business is cutting corners by using an AI flyer, where else are you cutting corners? What else are you cheating out on? Why should I be bothered to go somewhere you couldn't be bothered to promote with a little of your own personality?
September 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM
fnordianslip.bsky.social
This.
nberlat.bsky.social Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 24d
the reason the ai companies claim they are on the verge of creating superintelligence is not to warn us of the risks. it's because it's a fun sf narrative that serves as a marketing tool. 1
September 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
fnordianslip.bsky.social
They're not wrong.
September 12, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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hypercubexl.bsky.social
GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire

www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...
reddit comment: Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind? Guillermo Del Toro's reply: My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real. Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know? Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all. Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you. Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand? GDT: The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man. We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear. AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist. And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.” And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…
September 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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realinfowars.bsky.social
Walking is for losers.
A person appears to be floating horizontally above a city street with a busy sidewalk in the background. Large text above reads, "Floatmog all those walkcucks stuck on the ground!" Below the person, a magazine titled "Learn to Float" is displayed.
September 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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mrlovenstein.bsky.social
Secret Panel HERE 🧠 patreon.com/mrlovenstein/posts/mind-body-84972760
September 9, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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hotpaper.bsky.social
panel 1 man thinking: Am I still a good person if helping others also benefits me? panel 2 disembodied voice from far away: Hey, man panel 3 picture of the entire universe: It's me, the universe panel 4 universe: Be kind, I don't care why
January 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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sarahseeandersen.bsky.social
The image is of a four panel comic. In the first panel we see a dragon sitting on a pile of treasure. A speech bubble pointing off panel reads, “Dragon, why do you have all this treasure?” In the second panel we zoom in on the dragons face. He simply says “shiny”. In the third panel we pan to the left and see that there is a crow standing next to the dragon on the treasure. In the fourth panel we zoom in on the crows face. He says “hell yeah”.
September 5, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/books/pictur...
Title: Methods for Encouraging a Reluctant Young Reader Panel 1 Caption: Read Together Image: A small child sits on a sofa, face buried in a book, between two adults doing the same. Panel 2 Caption: Bribery Image: The small child sits on a treasure chest wearing a crown, face buried in a book, in a room full of coins, jewels and precious items. Panel 3 Caption: Element of danger Image: The small child sits, face buried in a book, precariously balanced on a thin branch in a tall tree. Panel 4 Caption: Reverse Psychology Image: The small child sits, face buried in a book, beside a huge bookshelf and a sign that reads “Adults Only” Panel 5 Caption: Pulleys and Pistons Image: The small child sits, face buried in a book, amidst a complicated mechanism that provides endless new books. Panel 6 Caption: Rituals and Incantations Image: The small child sits, face buried in a book, in a circle of candles amidst clouds of smoke and mysterious phrases.
September 6, 2026 at 3:28 PM
fnordianslip.bsky.social
Just reiterating. I block genAI posters on sight. Carry on.
September 6, 2026 at 10:25 PM
fnordianslip.bsky.social
Opened up this app. Read the first post in my timeline. I think that's enough for today.
September 5, 2026 at 11:57 PM
fnordianslip.bsky.social
Power outage at work. Never so peaceful.
September 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM