Laura
@barklaart.bsky.social
Aussie artist, she/her. Talks too much about drawing, gardening, foraging, knitting, vegan baking, poetry, sci fi, gaming, nature in general etc
tumblr: elbarkla, reddit: lauras_art_account
tumblr: elbarkla, reddit: lauras_art_account
Character concept: Millennial Grinch. He hates Christmas because he works retail.
He attempts to sabotage the store on Christmas Eve. Because FUCK consumers. But instead, he accidentally starts a strike and becomes a labour hero. He finds a community, heart grows three sizes etc
#grinch #art
He attempts to sabotage the store on Christmas Eve. Because FUCK consumers. But instead, he accidentally starts a strike and becomes a labour hero. He finds a community, heart grows three sizes etc
#grinch #art
November 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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This is insane shit. Yesterday when I saw that Open AI response to the suicide was to victim blame, I really thought that would be the lowest shit. But here, Google acknowledges AI is bad for kids but FUCK IT deal with it, parents. Trash company. They don't need to do this shit.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is insane shit. Yesterday when I saw that Open AI response to the suicide was to victim blame, I really thought that would be the lowest shit. But here, Google acknowledges AI is bad for kids but FUCK IT deal with it, parents. Trash company. They don't need to do this shit.
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Poor Marcel has just found out that he was adopted by vegans so he won't get any leftover turkey. (don't worry, like most vegans we do not feed our cats vegan cat food. He'll get plenty of churu and the fancy Tiki Cat and Weruva flavors he loves)
November 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Poor Marcel has just found out that he was adopted by vegans so he won't get any leftover turkey. (don't worry, like most vegans we do not feed our cats vegan cat food. He'll get plenty of churu and the fancy Tiki Cat and Weruva flavors he loves)
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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they are removing a big australian beach christmas artwork from redfern station (a huge train station) because it's ai garbage. kangaroos have koala heads and some animals have missing limbs and one of them is WEARING A BRA
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM
they are removing a big australian beach christmas artwork from redfern station (a huge train station) because it's ai garbage. kangaroos have koala heads and some animals have missing limbs and one of them is WEARING A BRA
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i semi-regularly think about this concept and way of describing it and crack up. absurd
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
i semi-regularly think about this concept and way of describing it and crack up. absurd
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The subtext of the Torre piece on her is she was (nonsexually) abused by the same coach, internalized it as what it takes to become a champion, failed miserably anyway, and took it all out on the trans woman for existing.
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The subtext of the Torre piece on her is she was (nonsexually) abused by the same coach, internalized it as what it takes to become a champion, failed miserably anyway, and took it all out on the trans woman for existing.
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my jaw is on the floor and yet im completely unsurprised. trump’s only political conviction is that he loves a handsome winner
A reporter asks if Mamdani stands by calling Trump a fascist. Mamdani starts to give a delicate answer.
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
my jaw is on the floor and yet im completely unsurprised. trump’s only political conviction is that he loves a handsome winner
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trying to start a moral panic and the stories are all like “the ADHD meds really helped but didn’t solve everything”
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
trying to start a moral panic and the stories are all like “the ADHD meds really helped but didn’t solve everything”
yet another female researcher whose contributions went unrecognized 😔. justice for Asya
![text from the Wikipedia profile of Yuri Knorozov, reading:
Knorozov listed his cat Asya as a co-author on his work, although editors always removed her. He would always use a photo of himself with the cat as his author photo, and got annoyed when editors cropped her out.[34] Asya is featured on his monument in Mérida.
My post is a joke. It highlights the real oppression of women in science by humorously suggesting Asya was suppressed for her gender. When she was not a real scientist at all. She was a cat.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tlcgx2egx5lvkgzvr54ddvsn/bafkreihzltmzkaaip37pb7stallhoidryjvqgtw2qwntedl6444llsi26m@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 AM
yet another female researcher whose contributions went unrecognized 😔. justice for Asya
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A friend of mine has early access to cutting edge corporate jargon, I heard the phrase "let's double-click on that" from him long before anywhere else. I asked him what's new these days and he says it's "the shark closest to your body" for the most urgent issue.
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A friend of mine has early access to cutting edge corporate jargon, I heard the phrase "let's double-click on that" from him long before anywhere else. I asked him what's new these days and he says it's "the shark closest to your body" for the most urgent issue.
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Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
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when you understand that patriarchy views children as sexual property it all makes sense. there's no hypocrisy. exposure to queerness & transness threatens to "corrupt" the father's property, to "lead them astray" into self-determination, to taint their future sexual value. CSA is permissible as >
Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 AM
when you understand that patriarchy views children as sexual property it all makes sense. there's no hypocrisy. exposure to queerness & transness threatens to "corrupt" the father's property, to "lead them astray" into self-determination, to taint their future sexual value. CSA is permissible as >
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One comment I sometimes get on my chess posts is that it's demotivating to consider getting into chess now, when a computer can more or less easily beat any human. Respectfully, that's never been persuasive to me. A car can outrace any human, but humans still run track. It's about the joy of doing
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
One comment I sometimes get on my chess posts is that it's demotivating to consider getting into chess now, when a computer can more or less easily beat any human. Respectfully, that's never been persuasive to me. A car can outrace any human, but humans still run track. It's about the joy of doing
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hey i wrote an article about folk names for birds and you should check it out!!!
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
hey i wrote an article about folk names for birds and you should check it out!!!
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
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Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
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"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
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Clooney dropping hints that he wants to be in The Pitt like a dog dropping hints that she wants to eat your yummy dinner by staring you dead in the eye the entire time you're eating
George Clooney would get in ‘The Pitt’ and try to love someone. But only if asked. He said he’d reunite with Noah Wyle ‘in a heartbeat,’ but doesn’t ‘want to interrupt’ his pal’s new show unless asked.
George Clooney Would Reunite With Noah Wyle ‘in a Heartbeat’
George Clooney would get in ‘The Pitt’ and try to love someone. But only if asked. He said he’d reunite with Noah Wyle ‘in a heartbeat,’ but doesn’t ‘want to interrupt’ his pal’s new show unless asked.
www.vulture.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Clooney dropping hints that he wants to be in The Pitt like a dog dropping hints that she wants to eat your yummy dinner by staring you dead in the eye the entire time you're eating
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
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I think the thing that really made the Joyce Carol Oates tweet sting so bad is that it's a nerd power fantasy, this devasting, eloquent putdown that hurts worse than anything a bully can physically do to you, and that's the kind of thing he thinks he's supposed to be doing
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I think the thing that really made the Joyce Carol Oates tweet sting so bad is that it's a nerd power fantasy, this devasting, eloquent putdown that hurts worse than anything a bully can physically do to you, and that's the kind of thing he thinks he's supposed to be doing
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
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