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Dave

@daveb23.bsky.social

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Aussie/He/him/Cis/Het ♋ Single dad 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ ally I draw, I write. AuDHD, PTSD survivor. Anti-capitalist. I like sci-fi and fantasy and comics. I used to draw every day, but that was decades ago. Trying to rediscover that. 🚫AI 🚫NFT 🚫 crypto

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Dave @daveb23.bsky.social · Mar 27

Intro post. I'm a single dad, I live on a pension and I'm struggling. I don't care how worthy your cause is, I won't be giving $ to anything, so don't ask. I need to feed my kid.

Any account following me with no posts or no info will be blocked.

Anyone posting AI "art" will be blocked.

Fuck AI.

Dave @daveb23.bsky.social · Feb 24

A Doctor Who Last Supper.

This is my tribute to season 13 of classic DW in particular, and the Hinchcliffe era (seasons 12 to 14) generally.

Illustration of vharacters and monsters from vlassic Doctor Who seasons 12, 13 and 14. Top row L to R Skarasen, Antimatter monster, Sutekh, Styggron, Morbius, Krynoid. 2nd row Zygon, Dalek, Cyberman, Wirrn, Sontaran, Android, Cyberman, Sontaran, Davros, K1 Robot. 3rd row Forgill, Sorensen, Scarman, Harry, Brigadier, Sarah, 4th Doctor, Lawrence Scarman, Warlock, Benton, Solon, Crayford, Chase. 4th row Voc mask, Time Lord helm, Hand of Fear, Mr Sin, Mandragora Mask, K-9, skull. Centre all the faces of other actors to play the Doctor: Hartnell, Troughton, Pertwee, Davison, Colin Baker, McCoy, McGann, Eccleston, Tennant. TARDIS outline implied behind Doctor faces, whole thing enveloped by Krynoid tentacles.

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🩸Spooky Sara🩸 @pashion.bsky.social · 1h

Think of the POSSIBILITIES that Jim Henson would have had if AI existed when he was alive. He could of made a really shitty boring ugly movie without meaning but much cheaper too.

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Dave @daveb23.bsky.social · 1h

Before materialising anywhere, the TARDIS scans all possible outcomes and mateialises at the exact right time for the Doctor to become involved in events and not actually get killed.

The TARDIS also really didn't like Adric...

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Dave @daveb23.bsky.social · 1h

Bringing Tennant back as the 14th Doctor was the biggest mistake made in the new era of DW.

I'd liken it to the production team, when faced with replacing Colin Baker, deciding to invite Tom back for another go.

As much as I loved Tom in the role, that would've been a huge mistake. DT more so.

Dave @daveb23.bsky.social · 2h

How often do you think high-masking autistic people get "diagnosed" as having narcissistic personality disorder by people with no qualifications to make such diagnoses?

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Jamie Robertson @pinkjokalypse.bsky.social · 2h

A portrait of Leela (Louise Jameson)

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Dave @daveb23.bsky.social · 6h

The last episode aired on 23 October 2022. Anything after that can be ignored. Once Disney was involved, I lost interest, despite how good Ncuti was.

And Jodie Whitaker did just fine as the Doctor, and the writing during her run was as hit and miss as any other era.

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Mike 🍁 @thewarrenisempty.bsky.social · 11h

Can the AI bubble please be the catalyst that ends the idea of corporate personhood and brings back personal liability for business decisions?

It would sure be great if any tech CEOs faced any kind of real consequences for their actions.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 15h

It really feels like Sam Altman promised a lot of Very Serious Old People he was going to create capitalist blowjob jesus based off a tech demo, and now that the bottom’s falling out he’s throwing whatever he can think of at the wall to avoid getting disappeared because he wasted all their money.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 21h

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

satire: a spirit halloween costume that’s a “violent antifa terrorist” and includes:
- inflatable frog suit
- cape
- pepper spray filter
- a thirst for the blood of the innocent
- air pump

batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

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Dave @daveb23.bsky.social · 1d

Yay! We're finally getting a proper Ainley Master figure!

merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/the-master-a...

The Master and Tardis Vortex Edition Figure Set

Character Options and BBC Studios are excited to reveal that its latest exclusive Doctor Who set has materialised…

merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk

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Jesse Lonergan @jesselonergan.bsky.social · 1d

Speed Racer pre-show commission form NYCC!

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Dominique Ramsey 𓃥 @dominiqueramseyart.bsky.social · 1d

The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return

Marker, colored pencil, and ink pen.
11 x 14in

Illustration of a green deer hugging a hare, with the hare is hugging a mouse. All three animals hugging form the silhouette outline of the deer.

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Maliveth 🔜 TwitchCon @maliveth.bsky.social · 1d

strange witch, laying in a pond & hiding from her mom

#dragonage #morrigan #art

digital illustration of Morrigan from Dragon Age, laying on some fluffy grasses underwater, with fish and lily pads above. Water reflections on her skin look like raven wings. The illustration is framed by two dragon silhouettes.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

boost your user satisfaction and growth with this one weird trick (removing the shit everyone hates that you added for no reason)

r/SaaS
u/soasme
I deleted ALL AI features... and user growth went UP.

Everyone's busy adding Al to everything.
I did the same for indie10k.com but it didn't work.
I removed all of fancy Al stuff - Al coach, Al growth ideas, Al "personalized" advice - everything.
Guess what?
I see more registered users and higher retention.
That actually make me wonder why now i have one page with one button, without all that Al thingy, but it does better?
Here's my question:
Is Al feature actually helping SaaS grow?

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Dave @daveb23.bsky.social · 1d

Smart bullies will engage in character assassination and isolate you from support, which is what has been done to me.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

I know it’s the most obvious thing in the world but it’s really sad that so many people have absolutely no desires or dreams in life except to accumulate money and our entire world is becoming a fucking pit because of it

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
2? Questions
I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Dave @daveb23.bsky.social · 2d

I'm shocked I tell you; shocked.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'Outrageous conflict of interest': Crypto is making the Trumps hundreds of millions of dollars

Donald Trump's wealth has skyrocketed since his return to the White House nine months ago, leading to accusations that he is profiting from the presidency.

www.abc.net.au

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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 2d

What people mean by a solution to climate change, I mean the media, politicians etc, is a magical plan, that allows them to carry on with business as usual BaU, without the unpleasant effects. That is just delusional. It is the argument of the super rich, and neoliberals.
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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 2d

“Everyone is lying about crime but us.”

“Everyone is lying about climate change but us.”

“Everyone is lying about vaccines but us.”

“Everyone is lying about our Medicaid cuts but us.”

“Everyone is lying about voter fraud but us.”

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Dave @daveb23.bsky.social · 2d

Not too bad. First slide could have been either of two stories, and I guessed the wrong one. Got it in 2 though!

I got Monday's Whodle in 2 guesses! ✅ Can you?
whodle.dixonary.co.uk/game/2025-10...

Whodle

Name that Doctor Who episode!

whodle.dixonary.co.uk

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Spy @spyhedg.bsky.social · 3d

[ #$ ] Velvet Crowe for @metalwavez.bsky.social

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 3d

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Eva Vilhelmiina @evelmiina.bsky.social · 3d

Inktober day 9
Last night I couldn’t sleep. When I finally did fall asleep I saw a centipede wizard

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 3d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 8d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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