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⚘Audrey⚘ @audreygonzalez.bsky.social · 1d

Hi! My name is Audrey Gonzalez and I am an animation production artist with 10+ years of experience in visual development, background paint, prop design, design supervision, and illustration (I also run #PortfolioDay💛).

⭐I am available to hire NOW!⭐

💼 thatsaud.com
✉️ [email protected]

Poster with text: Audrey Gonzalez thatsaud.com Available for work now! Background Paint, prop design, design supervision, illustration, visual development. audreygonzalezart@gmail.com Password available upon request. Features 4 slices of background paintings from various animated shows and company logos: Atomic Cartoons, Cartoon Network, Disney Television Animation, Nickelodeon, Titmouse, Warner Brothers Animation, and Wild Canary.

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⚘Audrey⚘ @audreygonzalez.bsky.social · 10d

Huxley:

two women standing next to each other in front of a brick wall with one saying i want it it 's everything

ALT: two women standing next to each other in front of a brick wall with one saying i want it it 's everything

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⚘Audrey⚘ @audreygonzalez.bsky.social · Jul 23

I made DDG my default browser a while ago. I don't love being tracked and distracted by Big Googoo all the time, and this is yet another reason to make the switch. techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/d...

DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results | TechCrunch

DuckDuckGo's new search feature comes as the internet is being flooded with AI-generated slop.

techcrunch.com

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⚘Audrey⚘ @audreygonzalez.bsky.social · May 17

Fascinating experiment conducted by this X user to see how Glaze protects artwork from Grok. Glaze and/or Nightshade everything you upload folks, it works!

Also stop using X please and thank you!

shion 🐬🐙🦈 @kobanzme.bsky.social · May 17

your artwork can directly be stolen and AI regenerated in the comment section of your work via grok on twitter now btw.

x.com/uhaha5324/st...

백합충 샤미 (5코 일요일) on X: "최근 'grok'으로 인하여 피해를 보는 사례가 많아졌기에, AI방지 필터 Glaze를 입힌 해당 이미지를 grok으로 수정하라고 명령을 내려봤습니다. 작업에는 그림을 그리신 수석님(@dshsh007) 허락을 따로 받았습니다. 이 타래의 결과가 탐라와 탐넘의 많은 그림쟁이 분들께 도움이 되기를 바랍니다." / X

최근 'grok'으로 인하여 피해를 보는 사례가 많아졌기에, AI방지 필터 Glaze를 입힌 해당 이미지를 grok으로 수정하라고 명령을 내려봤습니다. 작업에는 그림을 그리신 수석님(@dshsh007) 허락을 따로 받았습니다. 이 타래의 결과가 탐라와 탐넘의 많은 그림쟁이 분들께 도움이 되기를 바랍니다.

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Zachary Berger @zacharyberger.bsky.social · May 16

Made a cheat sheet to help you with the calling process. There is info on how to find out who to call, script ideas, and hopefully everything else you'll need. Feel free to share or offer suggestions! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · May 12

This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years.

from @404media.co

www.404media.co/republicans-...

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para6 graph (2), no State or political subdivision thereof
7 may enforce any law or regulation regulating artifi8 cial intelligence models, artificial intelligence sys9 tems, or automated decision systems during the 10-
10 year period beginning on the date of the enactment
11 of this Act.

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · May 14

Update: The TERRIBLE 10-Year Ban on State AI Regulations advanced House Committee. What does this mean?

It means we BLAST the HELL out of their phones! Call your House Members AND Senators today! Called a few days ago? Call again!

Tell them NO on 10-year State AI Regulation Ban!

(Info in thread)

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Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · May 14

Yes, we can all laugh at this, but it also demonstrates the entire point of the AI push: They want to make you dependent on it to inform you, and then control what it tells you. It’s why they buy newspapers and social media, too.

Elon is showing the billionaire playbook in the dumbest way possible.

the gabagool miracle @jimpjorps.bsky.social · May 14

apparently Elon's gotten so mad about Grok not answering questions about Afrikaners the way he wants, xAI's now somehow managed to put it into some kind of hyper-Afriforum mode where it thinks every question is about farm murders or the song "Kill the Boer"

Keir Starmer: I've already returned over 24,000 people with no right to be here. And I won't stop there.

twitter user: @grok Is this post misleading?

Grok: The claim of white genocide in South Africa is highly debated. Some evidence, like reports of farm attacks and political rhetoric, suggests violence against white farmers...

a user asks Grok to translate Chinese text on a photo, and it responds with a translation of "Kill the Boer" into Urdu

a user asks if something shown in a video is an effective way to clear sinuses, and Grok says the query is unrelated to "the provided analysis on white genocide in South Africa"

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · May 8

Did AI kill your job? If so, I want to hear about it.

The response to my story on the AI jobs crisis has been overwhelming. I heard from so many people impacted by AI that it made me want to collect and organize these stories to better understand the phenomenon.

Share yours at: [email protected]

Did AI kill your job?

If so, I want to hear about it. Send your story to [email protected]

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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wwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · May 8

giving myself a gold star for this

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⚘Audrey⚘ @audreygonzalez.bsky.social · Apr 18

A new sketchbook will fix me.

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⚘Audrey⚘ @audreygonzalez.bsky.social · Apr 8

Awwww what!! 😭💖

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#PortfolioDay @portfolioday.bsky.social · Apr 8

Today is the day – it’s #PortfolioDay! Put your best work forward and show us what you’ve got!

Visit portfolioday.art for info, merch, and more!

Good luck! 💛

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Christopher Graves 👻🎃✊🏿 @itsmechriswade.mov · Apr 3

Clip Studio is constantly on sale.

Animation Paper is $25.

Rough Animator on the iPAD is $25.

Blender is free.

Davinci Resolve is free.

There is no better time to leave Adobe or buy a bunch of SSD's with an Adobe coupon (which is a lot of work).

Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · Apr 3

makes you think

Gloria Chen, of Adobe’s HR department. Nice portrait. The headline indicates that Adobe is done with DEI hiring goals.

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⚘Audrey⚘ @audreygonzalez.bsky.social · Apr 3

So lovely!!

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · Mar 29

A four panel meme from "The White Lotus," S3, Ep,6, Panel 1: Saxton: Why can't you just like my geneative A*I art?
Panel 2: Chelsea: You have to be vulnerable enough to be bad at something to be good at it, but you're too much of a coward.
Panel 3: Chelsea: Because you're soulless.
Panel 4: Saxton disassociating

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⚘Audrey⚘ @audreygonzalez.bsky.social · Mar 29

The horrors persist but so should you. Rage.

#PortfolioDay @portfolioday.bsky.social · Mar 28

If the Ghibli bot scraping event enrages you, use that energy to fight back with all your might! Protect your work in every way you can! We wrote about some ways to protect your work in this April 2024 issue of the #PortfolioDay Newsletter: portfolioday.substack.com/p/portfoliod...

💛#PortfolioDay News - Issue #15

Ready? GO! #PortfolioDay is here!

portfolioday.substack.com

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Adam Ellis @adamtots.bsky.social · Mar 28

🙂

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#PortfolioDay @portfolioday.bsky.social · Mar 25

It's almost time again #PortfolioDay is in two weeks on Tuesday, April 8th! If you're a creative looking for work or someone who hires creative professionals, watch this video to find out how to participate.

👉 youtu.be/09cs_chctNk 👈

Visit portfolioday.art for more!

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⚘Audrey⚘ @audreygonzalez.bsky.social · Mar 1

*and mosquitoes but agreed! It can be paradise.

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EAM @elizmcmahill.bsky.social · Nov 9

Morbidly fascinated with Futurist art because I think a lot of it looks neat and it's interesting how it actively engages with the technical revolutions of the time like film and machines but am horrified by the massive fascism connection and fundamentally violent current that runs through it.
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Reid Southen @rahll.bsky.social · Feb 25

Generative AI is so damaging it got all the UK papers to unite against it. How's that for some solidarity 🇬🇧

Alex Paknadel from off of comics @alexpaknadel.bsky.social · Feb 25

Front page of every single UK newspaper today. Generative AI is theft.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Feb 25

NEW: Fully leaked diplomatic cable directing the implementation of this policy at all US diplomatic and consular posts.

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This image is a document from the U.S. Department of State with the subject "Guidance to Visa-Issuing Posts on January 20 Executive Order 14168 on Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government." It outlines an action request and provides a summary and definitions related to sex and gender as per the executive order (E.O.). The document mandates that sex listed on visas must correspond to the biological sex at birth and instructs the use of the term 'sex' rather than 'gender' in federal policies and documents.

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This image is a continuation of a document from the U.S. Department of State. It details the implementation of changes to ensure government-issued identification documents, like passports and visas, reflect the holder's sex as defined by an executive order. It states that foreign passports should be considered as evidence of the applicant’s sex but may require confirmation if discrepancies are noticed. The document outlines the process for consular officers to follow when there is a discrepancy in sex markers. It also provides action requests for updating public instructions on visa applications, specifying the requirement to select sex at birth. Existing U.S. visas that do not comply with this guidance remain valid until expiration.

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This image is the final part of a document from the U.S. Department of State regarding guidance on an executive order about recognizing sex on government-issued documents. It explains that existing visas remain valid until expiration despite sex marker differences. The document mentions forthcoming updates to FAM guidance and outlines talking points for interacting with applicants. It reaffirms the policy to list sex, not gender identity, on U.S. visas. Additional guidance can be accessed via specified web resources. It includes contact emails for media and congressional inquiries, and is signed by various personnel involved in drafting, clearing, approving, and releasing the document.

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