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Commissions Now Open.
🖌️ corgiani.carrd.co
Hello! I'm a motion GFX artist, illustrator, and animator with over a decade of experience. I'm opening up commissions for the first time in 2 years.
I have fast turnarounds, reasonable rates, and I'm currently really in need of clients.
Please share ❤️
🖌️ corgiani.carrd.co
Hello! I'm a motion GFX artist, illustrator, and animator with over a decade of experience. I'm opening up commissions for the first time in 2 years.
I have fast turnarounds, reasonable rates, and I'm currently really in need of clients.
Please share ❤️
September 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Commissions Now Open.
🖌️ corgiani.carrd.co
Hello! I'm a motion GFX artist, illustrator, and animator with over a decade of experience. I'm opening up commissions for the first time in 2 years.
I have fast turnarounds, reasonable rates, and I'm currently really in need of clients.
Please share ❤️
🖌️ corgiani.carrd.co
Hello! I'm a motion GFX artist, illustrator, and animator with over a decade of experience. I'm opening up commissions for the first time in 2 years.
I have fast turnarounds, reasonable rates, and I'm currently really in need of clients.
Please share ❤️
Runners World Fall 2026 BTS
September 21, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Runners World Fall 2026 BTS
baltimore ikebana two ways
September 21, 2026 at 12:29 AM
baltimore ikebana two ways
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It’s easy to see why the AI companies wanted to hide this from the public. The statements are some of the most damning indictments of the ways LLMs were trained, how they work, and the immediate threat they pose to human labor. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports.
www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
September 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
It’s easy to see why the AI companies wanted to hide this from the public. The statements are some of the most damning indictments of the ways LLMs were trained, how they work, and the immediate threat they pose to human labor. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports.
www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
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Harm reduction politics is over for me. The harm is here, the harmers are in power & doing tremendous harm. No, in an era of fascist control the way to end harm is by being anti-fascist. I don't need ideological purity, but if we're gonna make an anti-fascist coalition here, it can't include harmers
September 17, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Harm reduction politics is over for me. The harm is here, the harmers are in power & doing tremendous harm. No, in an era of fascist control the way to end harm is by being anti-fascist. I don't need ideological purity, but if we're gonna make an anti-fascist coalition here, it can't include harmers
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New cat just dropped www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 years
A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.
www.nationalgeographic.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:41 PM
New cat just dropped www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
📸 from yours truly :>
@gdocexpo.com is rapidly approaching (NEXT WEEK), and we are so excited to share that one of our Blacksky community members is the host! @sharpiepls.com will be hosting the expo next week, and we have discounted tickets!
Use code gdocBlacksky for a 10% discount on tickets: ti.to/GDoCExpo/202...
Use code gdocBlacksky for a 10% discount on tickets: ti.to/GDoCExpo/202...
September 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM
📸 from yours truly :>
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“Sure, consumers may accept useful safety equipment such as backup cameras, but many don’t want their vehicle tracking everything they do — and they definitely don’t want to see ads on their vehicle screens.”
Your car is selling your data
The amount of data about you that many cars collect — and sell to third parties — is staggering.
www.theverge.com
September 13, 2026 at 12:22 PM
“Sure, consumers may accept useful safety equipment such as backup cameras, but many don’t want their vehicle tracking everything they do — and they definitely don’t want to see ads on their vehicle screens.”
finally finished ¡Hola Papi! by @jpbrammer.bsky.social from many many many many many moons ago. a wonderfully tender (hopeful) return to analog reading.
September 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
finally finished ¡Hola Papi! by @jpbrammer.bsky.social from many many many many many moons ago. a wonderfully tender (hopeful) return to analog reading.
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“You can ask a machine to sound like [the great writers], to bring your idea to life in someone else’s voice. Sure. But don’t fool yourself. You aren’t writing. You’re shopping.”
A positively exquisite look at what it means to write, and be a writer.
A positively exquisite look at what it means to write, and be a writer.
I wrote about AI, our relationship to pain and to comfort, and about why writing should hurt johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/writing-sh...
Writing Should Hurt
On our relationship to pain and creativity
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
September 11, 2026 at 8:42 AM
“You can ask a machine to sound like [the great writers], to bring your idea to life in someone else’s voice. Sure. But don’t fool yourself. You aren’t writing. You’re shopping.”
A positively exquisite look at what it means to write, and be a writer.
A positively exquisite look at what it means to write, and be a writer.
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Every conversation about bike lanes is like:
"Car crashes kill a huge number of people every day, including pedestrians, cyclists, & car occupants. Good bike infrastructure has been shown to make everyone safer (& doesn't increase congestion)."
"But sometimes cyclists break rules & hit people!"
"Car crashes kill a huge number of people every day, including pedestrians, cyclists, & car occupants. Good bike infrastructure has been shown to make everyone safer (& doesn't increase congestion)."
"But sometimes cyclists break rules & hit people!"
August 16, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Every conversation about bike lanes is like:
"Car crashes kill a huge number of people every day, including pedestrians, cyclists, & car occupants. Good bike infrastructure has been shown to make everyone safer (& doesn't increase congestion)."
"But sometimes cyclists break rules & hit people!"
"Car crashes kill a huge number of people every day, including pedestrians, cyclists, & car occupants. Good bike infrastructure has been shown to make everyone safer (& doesn't increase congestion)."
"But sometimes cyclists break rules & hit people!"
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werner herzog on AI filmmaking (from here www.indiewire.com/features/int...)
![Q: A couple years ago at IDFA, I saw this movie "About a Hero," which is this partly Al-generated hybrid documentary that tries to recreate the atmosphere of your films.
A: The intention of this young filmmaker was never to remake any [of my films], but making something in the spirit. And I immediately said, "You will fail. It is such a stupid idea. It's phenomenally, abysmally stupid. I will not take part in it." He wanted me to explain things and have my voice in it.
I said, "You are alone. There's such a thing as free speech, which I respect. So go ahead and fail." And it is a failure, period.
It's so standardized that Al can step in because there's not real storytelling. It's mimicry of something that has happened before. And I welcome Al to replace all the idiots who are into nothing but repeating, repeating, repeating until it's ad nauseam.
When it's ad nauseam, please, please, please let Al step in and do the job.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v5vphilwcf6nunioeyrpxw6g/bafkreibeadpx66jtqlttglhgbgkew6g65haxqngz5yt6p3ybwyi5zney54)
September 8, 2026 at 8:17 PM
werner herzog on AI filmmaking (from here www.indiewire.com/features/int...)
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1000%, cosigned, no one host an event of any kind until they read this. Do you know how many times I have read through an entire event description and finished without knowing WHAT FUCKING CITY IT’S IN? So many times. Far too many. Please just. Just read and follow this, for all our sakes.
I've looked at literally thousands of online event listings over the past year and a half and now I have Opinions™ about how they should be structured, perhaps you would be interested in these if you also run events or you just enjoy a slightly exasperated blog post phirephoenix.com/blog/2026-09...
things I wish every event organizer would do for their event listings
Hello yes, I am aware that it’s been almost a full year since the last post. This is largely because running Show Up Toronto and writing a newsletter for it every week takes a lot of time and energy. ...
phirephoenix.com
September 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM
1000%, cosigned, no one host an event of any kind until they read this. Do you know how many times I have read through an entire event description and finished without knowing WHAT FUCKING CITY IT’S IN? So many times. Far too many. Please just. Just read and follow this, for all our sakes.
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"So go ahead and fail" is the key here
GenAI enthusiasts don't just want to be able to play with their toys- they want us to reorder the world to ensure their success, and they hate that left to their own devices, they can and will fail
GenAI enthusiasts don't just want to be able to play with their toys- they want us to reorder the world to ensure their success, and they hate that left to their own devices, they can and will fail
Werner Herzog's scathing quote about Ai is what I needed this morning.
September 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM
"So go ahead and fail" is the key here
GenAI enthusiasts don't just want to be able to play with their toys- they want us to reorder the world to ensure their success, and they hate that left to their own devices, they can and will fail
GenAI enthusiasts don't just want to be able to play with their toys- they want us to reorder the world to ensure their success, and they hate that left to their own devices, they can and will fail
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The key is motivation. Many techbros see artistic training as a barrier and believe art is overpaid. What they actually know is the media version of art work, not the real thing. Art is largely marginalized by the market.
September 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM
The key is motivation. Many techbros see artistic training as a barrier and believe art is overpaid. What they actually know is the media version of art work, not the real thing. Art is largely marginalized by the market.
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Over and over, 3M scientist Kris Hansen found PFOS, a chemical her company made, in people’s blood. Her bosses doubted her work: How could it be everywhere?
Finally, she found one batch of blood samples without PFOS — but with it came a devastating revelation.
Full episode: propub.li/4gVmPRQ
Finally, she found one batch of blood samples without PFOS — but with it came a devastating revelation.
Full episode: propub.li/4gVmPRQ
September 8, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Over and over, 3M scientist Kris Hansen found PFOS, a chemical her company made, in people’s blood. Her bosses doubted her work: How could it be everywhere?
Finally, she found one batch of blood samples without PFOS — but with it came a devastating revelation.
Full episode: propub.li/4gVmPRQ
Finally, she found one batch of blood samples without PFOS — but with it came a devastating revelation.
Full episode: propub.li/4gVmPRQ
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So, after seeing a discussion of why drivers hate cyclists so much I thought, what does social science say? and found this. "Altruistic punishment" also explains the rage against shoplifters I hear daily.
If anyone has newer/more/better research, happy to have it!
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
If anyone has newer/more/better research, happy to have it!
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The psychology of why cyclists enrage car drivers
It’s not simply because they are annoying, argues Tom Stafford, it’s because they trigger a deep-seated rage within us by breaking the moral order of the road.
www.bbc.com
September 7, 2026 at 4:17 PM
So, after seeing a discussion of why drivers hate cyclists so much I thought, what does social science say? and found this. "Altruistic punishment" also explains the rage against shoplifters I hear daily.
If anyone has newer/more/better research, happy to have it!
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
If anyone has newer/more/better research, happy to have it!
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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I bet an Efferdent bath feels good af for a night guard
March 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I bet an Efferdent bath feels good af for a night guard
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Hey! Look over here! You can press the Ⓐ 𝘽𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙣 to make me shake my queer little ass.
September 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Hey! Look over here! You can press the Ⓐ 𝘽𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙣 to make me shake my queer little ass.
Finally hit Master Ball! 🙂Had a slight hiccup in Ultra, but ended the season with about a 60-70% win rate. 🐀🐁
September 3, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Finally hit Master Ball! 🙂Had a slight hiccup in Ultra, but ended the season with about a 60-70% win rate. 🐀🐁
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techno-optimists befuddled by declining popular support for “the robot that tells you to kill yourself”, “the pervert glasses“, and “the camera network that stalks you”
August 29, 2026 at 6:22 PM
techno-optimists befuddled by declining popular support for “the robot that tells you to kill yourself”, “the pervert glasses“, and “the camera network that stalks you”
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