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Helena N. @koalalaurelin.bsky.social · 3h

Hey #PortfolioDay ! I am Helena, freelance artist from Ukraine. I draw dark and fantasy characters/illustrations.

✉️[email protected]
Price: www.deviantart.com/nikulina-hel...
Info: koalalaurelin.carrd.co

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 14h

This is an alarming compression of the planetary destruction timeline: with the massive growth of the AI bubble, data centers are expected to consume up to 12% of total US electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/t...

Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal | CNN Business

OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further high...

www.cnn.com

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BIG_RED_40TECH @bigred40tech.bsky.social · 15h

I can still remember some of my friend's numbers from when I was a kid. XD

BIG_RED_40TECH @bigred40tech.bsky.social · 16h

Unit videos are on the way. Starting late this year with the #LoneWolves.

I've also got plans for the #Kellhounds and #FoxPatrol too.

#Battletech

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Bryan Young @swankmotron.com · 2d

The cover to BattleTech: Outfoxed, the first full novel for Katie Ferraro and the Fox Patrol, goes way harder than should be possible. The book comes out in 13 days. Pre-orders should start soon.

A Fox Patrol Griffin punches a Nightsky in the cockpit.

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BIG_RED_40TECH @bigred40tech.bsky.social · 1d

They look like they're having a rough day lol

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BIG_RED_40TECH @bigred40tech.bsky.social · 2d

That's a fantastic book-cover. Honestly, I'd say this is one of the best book covers in years.

It'll be interesting to see what's inside said book. I'll know next year when I buzz through all the #FoxPatrol stuff.

#Battletech

Bryan Young @swankmotron.com · 2d

The cover to BattleTech: Outfoxed, the first full novel for Katie Ferraro and the Fox Patrol, goes way harder than should be possible. The book comes out in 13 days. Pre-orders should start soon.

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BIG_RED_40TECH @bigred40tech.bsky.social · 2d

Big congrats to Bryan, and well-deserved. A Question of Survival is a big point for the #Ilclan era of #Battletech, and its deserving of the praise.

Bryan Young @swankmotron.com · 3d

Tonight, I was humbled and honored to accept the Utah Book Award’s top prize in the speculative fiction category for my book BattleTech: A Question of Survival.

An award sits on a table next to a framed photo of the book cover of the book A Question of Survival, in the background are the mountains.

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BIG_RED_40TECH @bigred40tech.bsky.social · 3d

I think everyone should check this one out.

#Battletech #Mechwarrior

Iulia Crimson [Crimson Impala] @iuliacrimson.bsky.social · 3d

▫️Tired of drawing Mechs? Draw pilots.
▫️Tired of drawing pilots? Draw Mechs.
▫️Repeat.

Just a sketch of WolfDragoons

JAY | EZ | LIAM ///// BlackWidow Battalion X Kell Hounds

#Battletech #Mechwarriors #Art #Fanart #portrait #wolf #Wolfdragoons #SmokeJaguar

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BIG_RED_40TECH @bigred40tech.bsky.social · 4d

Divina believes herself to be a god, creating at her whim. She's an awful human being. XD

You know its bad when someone thinks the Word of Blake were amateurs, because there is no greater cause than one's self, and their own, unshackled creativity.

Humanity is but a canvas for her to paint. :\

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BIG_RED_40TECH @bigred40tech.bsky.social · 4d

Helena's art is fantastic. This is a character named Divina Nebunu, who also has the nickname "The Canopian" in a fan-story I've been chipping away at.

A cybernetic organism herself. Divina just wants to help people achieve their maximum potential. To achieve her vision for them. She's a nice lady.

Helena N. @koalalaurelin.bsky.social · 4d

Commission.💜🤎
#Commission #commissionsopen #commstar #battletech

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solarvvind @solarvvind.bsky.social · 4d

Calling it good enough. A Bane painted up for my 1st Falcon Sentinels. #battletech

A miniature of a Bane battlemech, painted green with yellow accents. A mural of a falcon covers part of the top of the hull.

A miniature of a Bane battlemech, painted green with yellow accents. A mural of a falcon covers part of the top of the hull. The picture shows it facing to the viewer's left.

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BIG_RED_40TECH @bigred40tech.bsky.social · 4d

That's a Mad Cat IV actually :)

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shop1ift.bsky.social @shop1ift.bsky.social · 5d

Reel's Roughriders Wraith. #Battletech #Miniaturepainting

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BIG_RED_40TECH @bigred40tech.bsky.social · 5d

It's still a bad movie.

No, not because it's poorly shot. It's not good because it basically takes the story down a path that people didn't want to go down.

Ripley shouldn't have come back for a third film imo.

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BIG_RED_40TECH @bigred40tech.bsky.social · 5d

Oh look. George Miller pissing on his legacy. That's a shame.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 6d

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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BIG_RED_40TECH @bigred40tech.bsky.social · 6d

We'll hit 1003. And then it will remain stagnant. Forever :P

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Mahmud Asrar 🪲 @mahmudasrar.bsky.social · 7d

AI slop is ruining our lives. Do not be a part of the problem.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN...

AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

www.youtube.com

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porble @porble.bsky.social · 7d

guillotine

#battletech #miniaturepainting

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BIG_RED_40TECH @bigred40tech.bsky.social · 6d

Less than 30 followers away from 1,000.

Remember, when we hit 1,000. I do intend on doing an AMA on Bluesky. I don't forget my promises XD

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BIG_RED_40TECH @bigred40tech.bsky.social · 6d

That is genuinely spectacular.

#Battletech

Everyone else should check out @love2pronk.bsky.social other work too. This is a person who knows how to deliver incredible models.

love2pronk.bsky.social @love2pronk.bsky.social · 6d

Here's the upscaled Mad Cat in Steve Venters' iconic scheme! #nerdlings #paintingminiatures #battletech

Large scale Timber Wolf fun the Battletech kickstarter, painted in the scheme of Steve Venters' piece. It's only a paper moon in the background

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BIG_RED_40TECH @bigred40tech.bsky.social · 6d

I can't wait to get more done through such incredible artists.

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BIG_RED_40TECH @bigred40tech.bsky.social · 6d

Doom and Gloom by Marco Mazzoni, depicting the #GrandTitan for #Battletech.

It's apart of the big Grand Titan Video I released last Friday.

It can be found here: youtu.be/eZpQc4Xxii0

Apologies for the Nightshade's particular impact on this image, unfortunately it hurts dark images the most.

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Nicholas ODL @ndanilukarts.bsky.social · 7d

BT Memes.

#Battletech #mechwarrior

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 7d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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