Kira
@spaceforestart.bsky.social
they/them, fae/faer | artist. trekkie. queer. fey trickster. eastern european. norse heathen. anarchist. no ai, 100% real human foolishness.
https://spaceforestart.carrd.co/
https://spaceforestart.carrd.co/
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SUPER excited for this, after a year of chasing the angle, 30 minutes of waddling around up and down a parking garage, and over 6 hours of editing:
A murder of crows flies towards the camera, in front of the full Moon, set to Blind Guardian's "Nightfall" and the sound of the crows themselves.
🪶 🐦⬛
A murder of crows flies towards the camera, in front of the full Moon, set to Blind Guardian's "Nightfall" and the sound of the crows themselves.
🪶 🐦⬛
September 27, 2026 at 10:14 PM
SUPER excited for this, after a year of chasing the angle, 30 minutes of waddling around up and down a parking garage, and over 6 hours of editing:
A murder of crows flies towards the camera, in front of the full Moon, set to Blind Guardian's "Nightfall" and the sound of the crows themselves.
🪶 🐦⬛
A murder of crows flies towards the camera, in front of the full Moon, set to Blind Guardian's "Nightfall" and the sound of the crows themselves.
🪶 🐦⬛
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This building is the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.
My God.
This is the center of Kyiv. A civilian building, a historic one, built in the 1850s.
Russian terror knows no bounds. They are attacking and killing Ukrainian civilians just because they can.
If Russia is not stopped, it will expand its terror and violence.
This is the center of Kyiv. A civilian building, a historic one, built in the 1850s.
Russian terror knows no bounds. They are attacking and killing Ukrainian civilians just because they can.
If Russia is not stopped, it will expand its terror and violence.
September 28, 2026 at 4:11 PM
This building is the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.
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What is happening is not that AI-generated cultural goods are replacing human-made cultural goods; what is happening is that capital is flowing out of the production of cultural goods *entirely,* making us all poorer for it.
September 28, 2026 at 2:13 AM
What is happening is not that AI-generated cultural goods are replacing human-made cultural goods; what is happening is that capital is flowing out of the production of cultural goods *entirely,* making us all poorer for it.
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w nowym numerze Stonera Polskiego moje opowiadanie o ziemi i przemocy
stonerpolski.pl/ziemcy-opowi...
stonerpolski.pl/ziemcy-opowi...
Ziemcy | opowiadanie - Stoner Polski
To Miśka przyniosła pierwszego z działki. Jak co roku w wakacje spędzała tydzień u Gerarda na wsi: trochę się jeszcze włóczyła z wnuczką od Biernatów, przyjaciółką z dzieciństwa; trochę spacerowała z ...
stonerpolski.pl
September 26, 2026 at 12:41 PM
w nowym numerze Stonera Polskiego moje opowiadanie o ziemi i przemocy
stonerpolski.pl/ziemcy-opowi...
stonerpolski.pl/ziemcy-opowi...
imagine being a grownup adult who still thinks "the last ringbearer" is "very clever". embarassing, honestly.
had to google this one up
so his company's name is not a LOTR reference, it is a Russian bootleg novel reference where Sauron is the good guy
web-wp.archive.org/web/20150910...
so his company's name is not a LOTR reference, it is a Russian bootleg novel reference where Sauron is the good guy
web-wp.archive.org/web/20150910...
September 27, 2026 at 3:28 PM
imagine being a grownup adult who still thinks "the last ringbearer" is "very clever". embarassing, honestly.
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"Being in a colonizing discipline first demands and then encourages an attitude that might be called intellectual hubris." Turkle, Sherry (1984). The second self: Computers and the human spirit
August 30, 2025 at 6:55 AM
"Being in a colonizing discipline first demands and then encourages an attitude that might be called intellectual hubris." Turkle, Sherry (1984). The second self: Computers and the human spirit
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Cover of the 1977 Star Trek fanzine "Fuhura" #5, by Connie Faddis
September 18, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Cover of the 1977 Star Trek fanzine "Fuhura" #5, by Connie Faddis
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Over 4 years since i wrote this appendix to my dissertation in which i explain the entire spiritual foundations and metaphysical commitments of the predominant contemporary "AI" movement in a somewhat dinner party skit.
Apparently another technogarch kleptocrat has said that he "wants to turn AI into a cosmic religion," to which I again say, "'*Wants* to'?"
![Tech Bros:
Wow, so true, dude; that makes a lot of sense when you think about it; I mean maybe not “Gods” so much as “artificial super intelligences,” but yeah.
90’s TechnoPagans:
I mean… Yeah? It’s all just a recapitulation of The Art in multiple technoscientific forms across time. I mean (*takes another hit of salvia*) if you think about the timeless nature of multidimensional spiritual architectures, we’re already—
DARPA:
Wait, did that guy just say something about “Uploading” and “Cyborg/AI Gods?” We got anybody working on that?? Well GET TO IT!
Disabled People, Trans Folx, BIPOC Populations, Women:
Wait, so our prosthetics, medications, and relational reciprocal entanglements with technosocial systems of this world in order to survive makes us cyborgs?! :-O
[Simultaneously:]
Kurzweil/90’s TechnoPagans/Tech Bros/DARPA:
Not like that.
Wiener/Clynes & Kline:
Yes, exactly.
Haraway:
I mean it’s really interesting to consider, right?
Tech Bros:
Actually, if you think about the bidirectional nature of time, and the likelihood of simulationism, it’s almost certain that there’s already an Artificial Super Intelligence, and it HATES YOU; you should probably try to build it/never think about it, just in case.
90’s TechnoPagans:
…That’s what we JUST SAID.
Philosophers of Religion (To Each Other):
…Did they just Pascal’s Wager Anselm’s Ontological Argument, but computers?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ybkylffhwhn2an2ic2lxh76k/bafkreidw4lxmnersevtb76kax7rzii3fxdzqdcwooqn4di7svzis5ixmxi)
![René Descartes/90’s TechnoPagans/Philosophers of Religion/Some STS Theorists/Some “AI” Engineers:
…
[Scene]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ybkylffhwhn2an2ic2lxh76k/bafkreidrg2y2oo3b453ewimi5k5pds4l4ivvntumwjt34bfz53vmhy4bye)
September 18, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Over 4 years since i wrote this appendix to my dissertation in which i explain the entire spiritual foundations and metaphysical commitments of the predominant contemporary "AI" movement in a somewhat dinner party skit.
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So @kjcharleswriter.com says when you work in a googly eye factory, you become somewhat immune to thinking that sticking googly eyes on an object makes it alive.
It applies to “can AI think?” but maybe also all us creative types who watched them loot our stuff by slapping their googly eyes on it.
It applies to “can AI think?” but maybe also all us creative types who watched them loot our stuff by slapping their googly eyes on it.
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
www.orlandosentinel.com
September 18, 2026 at 7:15 AM
So @kjcharleswriter.com says when you work in a googly eye factory, you become somewhat immune to thinking that sticking googly eyes on an object makes it alive.
It applies to “can AI think?” but maybe also all us creative types who watched them loot our stuff by slapping their googly eyes on it.
It applies to “can AI think?” but maybe also all us creative types who watched them loot our stuff by slapping their googly eyes on it.
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FAN ART GALLERY: Nouveau 💀 💚
Featured artwork by deonnii-donei on Tumblr
VIEW THIS WEEK'S FAN ART GALLERY ⬇️
critrole.com/fan-art-gallery-nouveau
Featured artwork by deonnii-donei on Tumblr
VIEW THIS WEEK'S FAN ART GALLERY ⬇️
critrole.com/fan-art-gallery-nouveau
September 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
FAN ART GALLERY: Nouveau 💀 💚
Featured artwork by deonnii-donei on Tumblr
VIEW THIS WEEK'S FAN ART GALLERY ⬇️
critrole.com/fan-art-gallery-nouveau
Featured artwork by deonnii-donei on Tumblr
VIEW THIS WEEK'S FAN ART GALLERY ⬇️
critrole.com/fan-art-gallery-nouveau
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Describing the intention of something that doesn’t exist dos not summon it into being and instill it with that intention outside of the boundaries of the story.
AI is not breaking out of boundaries. It is not a being. You’ve just all forgotten what the fuck reading feels like.
AI is not breaking out of boundaries. It is not a being. You’ve just all forgotten what the fuck reading feels like.
September 11, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Describing the intention of something that doesn’t exist dos not summon it into being and instill it with that intention outside of the boundaries of the story.
AI is not breaking out of boundaries. It is not a being. You’ve just all forgotten what the fuck reading feels like.
AI is not breaking out of boundaries. It is not a being. You’ve just all forgotten what the fuck reading feels like.
I went to memorial screening of rocky horror picture show organized by local horror film festival yesterday and they gave us green light to yell, sing along, and dance during the movie, and damn I needed that
September 10, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I went to memorial screening of rocky horror picture show organized by local horror film festival yesterday and they gave us green light to yell, sing along, and dance during the movie, and damn I needed that
they gave me one of those proper large lecture halls for my historic dye talk at Kapitularz and I discovered that it's one of my favoured terrains
September 10, 2026 at 5:47 PM
they gave me one of those proper large lecture halls for my historic dye talk at Kapitularz and I discovered that it's one of my favoured terrains
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Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
September 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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Note that it's open to everyone.
European artists!
The EU commission is opening a feedback on the use of AI in the cultural and creative fields.
Their vision is clearly pro-use of AI, but we clearly have an opportunity to push back:
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
The EU commission is opening a feedback on the use of AI in the cultural and creative fields.
Their vision is clearly pro-use of AI, but we clearly have an opportunity to push back:
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
ec.europa.eu
September 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Note that it's open to everyone.
I have two talks at the con next weekend and I'm stuck in big "don't perceive me" mode, sigh. Maybe I should add more naked Romans to my presentation to keep people's attention on them instead of me
August 30, 2026 at 7:38 AM
I have two talks at the con next weekend and I'm stuck in big "don't perceive me" mode, sigh. Maybe I should add more naked Romans to my presentation to keep people's attention on them instead of me
middle aged gay couple goes on a little trip to aquarium
Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title:
A chief technology officer is worried about keeping his spreadsheets private.
A chief technology officer is worried about keeping his spreadsheets private.
August 29, 2026 at 2:24 AM
middle aged gay couple goes on a little trip to aquarium
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Stop fucking using genAI. Not even for a joke, not even for that oh so cutting political satire. Every time you use it, you are actively taking food out of our mouths. You are using the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it.
The amount of working artists I've spoken to who are losing or have lost the ability to make a viable career out of it due largely to people's use of genAI instead of hiring artists is genuinely so upsetting. We won't know what we've lost until it's gone.
August 27, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Stop fucking using genAI. Not even for a joke, not even for that oh so cutting political satire. Every time you use it, you are actively taking food out of our mouths. You are using the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it.
August 27, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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The best way to honor the two who have left us recently, imo, is to keep being as gay as possible
August 26, 2026 at 5:17 PM
The best way to honor the two who have left us recently, imo, is to keep being as gay as possible
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If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable.
August 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable.
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When people say they’re anti-AI, they’re clearly talking about generative AI in the arts and LLM slop that C-Suite jackoffs want to use to replace them.
You know this. I know this. Everyone knows this. So the “then don’t use spellcheck if you hate AI” talking point is disingenuous horseshit.
You know this. I know this. Everyone knows this. So the “then don’t use spellcheck if you hate AI” talking point is disingenuous horseshit.
August 21, 2026 at 7:26 AM
When people say they’re anti-AI, they’re clearly talking about generative AI in the arts and LLM slop that C-Suite jackoffs want to use to replace them.
You know this. I know this. Everyone knows this. So the “then don’t use spellcheck if you hate AI” talking point is disingenuous horseshit.
You know this. I know this. Everyone knows this. So the “then don’t use spellcheck if you hate AI” talking point is disingenuous horseshit.
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Donating to The Imagination Library is good way to pay your respects to Dolly Parton.
imaginationlibrary.com
imaginationlibrary.com
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
imaginationlibrary.com
August 25, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Donating to The Imagination Library is good way to pay your respects to Dolly Parton.
imaginationlibrary.com
imaginationlibrary.com
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www.badbaltic.com/if-eastern-e... oh this is brilliant
If Eastern Europeans reported the world like the world reports Eastern Europe
Here’s what those tropes, clichés, and stereotypes sound like in reverse.
www.badbaltic.com
August 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
www.badbaltic.com/if-eastern-e... oh this is brilliant