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LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 1d

A company that has replaced actors for striking in order to gain protections from this - a technology that not only threatens to ruin their industry, but also provides cheap, bad sounding versions of what they can do EFFORTLESSLY while not sounding like shit.

A company that makes literal millions.

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KK @077891st.bsky.social · 1d

i went to the bank last week and was told abt a guy who had to spend 6 days in there making copies & contacting past clients for affidavits bc he was running his business through personal accounts & the bank froze everything. even if you only get 1 comm ever you GOTTA treat it like a 'real' job omfg

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Alma K. Rowan @almakrowan.bsky.social · 2d

fearmongering and fraud confessions under this post got even worse overnight 😒

1. don't put any word related to nsfw art in the descriptions, and you'll be fine (nothing new. They've been forbidding it for as long as i remember)
2. don't use friends and family for business transactions ❗️

Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 23d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

Mastercard

Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372
1-800-307-7309
US option selection: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1
Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111
Aus: +61 1800 120 113
UK: 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers here (and here )

Stripe

California: 888-926-2289
US: 877-887-7815
France: +33 805-11-19-67

Paypal

Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161
Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050
UK: +44 (0203)-901-7000

Visa

Phone (US): 1-800-847-2911
US option selection: 1, 1, 2 or 1, 1, 3
Headquarters: +1 (650)-432-3200
Aus: +61 1800 125 440
Phone (outside US): click here

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Sylessae @sylessae.bsky.social · 2d

once people start to realize their creative autonomy, their life changes in a profound way. they start going after what they want, treating life like the blank canvas it is. if they can create something from nothing, they can do anything.

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 2d

Julia has now spent two thirds of her life living in tents and ruins. It's time for her to go home, and for her baby sister to learn how good solid walls are in winter. Can you help their family to rebuild? gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help #SkyAid 🍉

A small Palestinian girl standing in the corner of a tent. She has a curious expression.

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LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 3d

Please, even if you don't CARE if genAI is used for something like this, at the very least understand that actors were striking with genuine concerns and that Mihoyo, who just last month posted job applications for opportunities to work on their games using AI, do not have their protections in mind.

LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 5d

Anyway here's Mihoyo promoting AI assisted game production including:

"Efficiency in Image and Material Generation
With very few materials, they can generate character model sheets + 3D models, allowing for the testing of multiple designs and their artistic outcomes."

Something to keep an eye on.

A promotional image from Mihoyo for "AI Job Openings" that explains "in the world of Honkai we have always believed that AI can create infinite possibilities"

Examples of 2D artwork and 3D models that demonstrate how the AI would allow them to see how models would appear when translated from one to the other

An example of the Honkai Star Rail mascot Pom-Pom chatting to the playing using AI technology

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LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 3d

Several months ago, actors made it clear that they were withholding work from Genshin Impact because of a lack of basic AI protections

Hoyo fans told them it would/could never be an issue

Last night, Hoyo posted several official videos promoting Genshin's new mode

Here's what the VO sounds like.

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🕷️Gory Thing🕷️ @korybing.bsky.social · 3d

More good environmental news!! It’s possible to fix our mistakes!

Hope For The Planet @h4tp.bsky.social · 3d

Australia's humpback whales are doing so well that their population is expected to reach carrying capacity and plateau in the near future--they have not just reached but exceeded pre-whaling numbers. For this to happen with such a long-lived, slow-reproducing species is near miraculous. #goodnews

These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there are 50,000 of them

Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling.

www.abc.net.au

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Gracu ✨🌈 @prismagic.bsky.social · 3d

LEGALLY YOU SHOULD BE SENDING INVOICES FOR GOODS AND SERVICES. IF YOU TAKE COMMISSIONS ON PAYPAL DO NOT USE FRIENDS AND FAMILY. YOU ARE NOT SAFE, YOUR CLIENT IS NOT SAFE.

THIS IS A FORM OF TAX EVASION.

YOU SHOULD BE USING INVOICES.

StargazerKG 🦸🌠 Stellar Hero Vtuber @stargazerkg.bsky.social · 18d

Paypal is now playing harder ball on artists, going after anyone even mentioning commissions.

Artists, send invoices. That way, no one has to say what the money is for on Paypal's paper trail.

Customers, SAY NOTHING about commissions. Just say "thanks" on donos.

Everyone: INCREASE THE CALLS.

qdbuckwheat.bsky.social @qdbuckwheat.bsky.social · 19d

Sharing a helpful link, has other numbers and call scripts to use.
stop-paypros.neocities.org

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t talk about it much because the situation doesn’t really change but it’s still insane to me what an enormous amount of really talented game developers are out of work. just whole studios worth of incredible people, often people who worked on beloved games, unemployed.

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Grendel 🥀 @grendelmenz.bsky.social · 2d

people have this unfortunate misconception about farm life being cozy, and though it can occasionally be, it’s a lot of death all the time. Just a part of life and nature but definitely not for everyone. I recommend gardens over chickens 😔🐓

Grendel 🥀 @grendelmenz.bsky.social · 3d

I feel so bad about it but whenever a city/suburban person is like “Ohhhh one day I want to have a little farm with some chickens😊” I have to be like NOOOOO DONT DO IT

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Pank 🦑 @pankraru.bsky.social · 3d

Go Tell Twitch to stuff AI right up its ass.

HERE: ▶️ twitch.uservoice.com/forums/92471... ◀️

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𝖠𝗍𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 @sirbranch.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Ace week my friends 💜🤍🖤

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lou-ellen @louceph.com · 4d

please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you

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anni//scivious @scivious.bsky.social · 5d

forgot to upload it here! witch hat atelier au info + #neuvithesley comic 1/10

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8th creation ✨ @8thcreation.bsky.social · 6d

Go and commission hortensja! They draw my lizards from time to time and they always deliver. 10/10, I recommend. 💙

hortensja 🍉 @hortensjjja.bsky.social · 9d

i need to buy a thermoelastic pillow and an oral irrigator for my needs as a disabled person. my commissions are open, shares are very appreciated!!!

🌈 vgen.co/hortensjjja

Commission sheet: sketch waist up and experimental portrait, both of them cost 75 USD.

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Yume💤 @kibounoyume.bsky.social · 13d

#infinitynikki #インフィニティニキ

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✦✦✦ Japhers @japhers.bsky.social · 6d

Aldo (Blue Dad Version) #oc #ocsky #digitalart

Waist-up color sketch of OP’s original character, Aldo. They sport blue-black hair and eyes, as well as a pinstriped dress shirt of the same color. Their blue tie has a gold pin on it.

Close up color illustration of Aldo. Aside from their usual outfit, they also wear a blue lanyard.

Cropped color illustration of Aldo in an open blue floral shirt and dark blue swim trunks, the sun shining from the window behind them. They look up at the screen, readjusting the sunglasses on their forehead.

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Teal ☆cryptid sighting☆ @harpytea.bsky.social · 7d

Its my birthday!!! As is bsky tradition, I would be so appreciative if people would share some of my art to help celebrate!! 🥳🎉

Symmetrical bust of a yellow tiefling. She has vitiligo on the left side of her face going all the way up her horn. Her hair is in large silver ringlets, and her horns curl in a corkscrew pattern. She’s wearing a large jesters collar with ruffles underneath.

My character Odd, a pink skinned astral elf with scars on her wrists, the side of her face, and one large spider webbed scar in the center of her chest. She has shaggy wolf cut styled white hair, with two long strands on either side of her face trailing down to her chest. Her ears are long and end in two antenna like points. Her eyes are small galaxies with bright stars as the pupils. Her index finger is cut, bright silvery glowing blood, like molten starlight, is seeping out and dripping down to form an arrow.she is dressed in a loose flowy shirt, and a large fur trimmed winter coat.

A drawing of a redhead woman, in a book shop, looking about a shelf and has a transparent hand emitting magic. She is dressed in Victorian period clothing, and gentle light shines in from above

Work in progress of my water witch, Whinifryd, wading in a pond with frogs all around her and the sun shining from behind.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 7d

Yacub’s son Suhaib fell and shattered his teeth chasing after a food truck recently. They need help treating him and also preparing for the new baby

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 7d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Yacoub. Yacoub was a tailor before the war but he lost his shop and home. He’s trying to return to the North with his large family including Aida, 16, Anas, 14, Suhaib, 12, Batoul, 10, Yahya, 5, Zakaria, 2 and his wife who is pregnant.

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anni//scivious @scivious.bsky.social · 7d

uuwugh nervous,, soft launching here i guess 🥺

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hortensja 🍉 @hortensjjja.bsky.social · Jul 26

"...? oh, hello... didn't we talk today already?" 🌱

#art #oc #fom #fieldsofmistria

A modified character sheet from Fields of Mistria game with my OC - Berenice. The portrait is in a pixel style, roughly inspired by the game. She is a dryad, has a cool green complexion, wavy long dark green hair and empty tired black eyes.
There's loved gifts and liked gifts with various crafting materials, salads, purple fruits from the game. The text below the portrait reads: Berenice, Winter 1, Dryad, Single.

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Ren @theprairierose.bsky.social · 19d

Hi! My commissions are open once again. I truly hate to ask but please consider reblogging this post so I can reach more people. Even one sale will help me tremendously this month.

#art #artwork #artist #MyzWykkydsArt #supportartists #Vgencommopen

Ren @theprairierose.bsky.social · Aug 23

All commission types are open on vgen!

vgen.co/Myz-Wykkyd

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 8d

If you’re looking to support a family that hasn’t raised money before- Ahmad has a brand new fundraiser (mainly because he needs clothes for his baby who is due at the end of the month)

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 8d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Ahmad. Ahmad was a barber before this. He has five children Hala, 16, Verimas, 15, Muhammad, 14, Mahmoud, 13 and Ali, 6. His wife is also 9 months pregnant. Muhammad was injured and is suffering from lack of pain medication and malnutrition.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 9d

Hate when I feel like I didn’t “market” a share of the day right- Basma has 4 kids including a 9 month old, she had a bunch of money stolen from a previous fundraiser, she just wants to rebuild their lives ❤️

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 9d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Basma. Basma was a makeup artist and did eyelash extensions before the war. She lost her home and the tower she worked in was recently destroyed. She has 4 children Tulin, 9, Malak, 7, Kamal, 5 and baby Maryam who is just 9 months old.

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