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Grim @grimfangsmaw.bsky.social · 7m

For such a big dog, he has such dainty feet!

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Sbug Games @sbug.games · 1d

3 and a half years of isopod rolling down big hills!
Isopod is finally coming out tomorrow!
store.steampowered.com/app/2053910/...

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Grim @grimfangsmaw.bsky.social · 1d

Some pics of smaller details. :3

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Grim @grimfangsmaw.bsky.social · 1d

Felted a bear (Halsin, specifically) for my friend's birthday! Even gave him a duck friend to keep him company. 🦆❤ #Art #Crafting

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 2d

Today marks the two-year anniversary of a great modern sci-fi show: Scavengers Reign. 🥰

A new classic that is only officially available in a few countries.

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🌲🏳️‍🌈MTO 🔞 @mtomauw.bsky.social · 1d

Go to your parents's place and install Ublock onto their browser and add this filter " google.com##.hdzaWe " to get rid of the AI overview.

You can use Ublock lite for chrome.

Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 4d

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors

“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

www.404media.co

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Grim @grimfangsmaw.bsky.social · 2d

What's the manga? :o

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Grim @grimfangsmaw.bsky.social · 3d

I have to chuckle at the girlfriend now looking a bit done with her boyfriend's shenaningans XD

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Fuss @fusspot.rip · 3d

A printed set of World Book encyclopedias is $1200 and only captures info up to the window in time in which it was printed.

A few bucks a month can make sure a vital resource that's constantly updated and rigorously scoured for inaccuracies by benevolent pedants remains available to everyone.

Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 4d

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors

“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

www.404media.co

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Bruka Jones @brukajones.com · 4d

There’s a free application, shutup10++, that lets you disable all the shitty windows stuff with a series of checkboxes.
It even tracks if windows rolls anything back between updates and lets you reverse the changes with a click.
I can personally recommend shutup10++ if you need to stick with windows

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 4d

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Grim @grimfangsmaw.bsky.social · 3d

THIS. My mother is horrible at proper communication, especially about emotions. This is something she was never taught and now experiences an emotional constipation that is often maddening to navigate.

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Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com · 5d

oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More via @ConsumerReports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Kuya Jaypi @kuyajaypi.bsky.social · 4d

Tired of seeing AI on pinterest?
1) Go to your profile
2) click on "Edit Profile" to get to your settings
3) go to "Refine your recommendations"
4) go to "Gen AI interests"
5) turn everything off
ENJOY A CLEAN PINTEREST!
Spread the word among your friends to save them from generative AI pollution!

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · Oct 28

Time for another reference dump!

This zip file contains 2,566 photos (6.58 GB) from the Metropolitan Museum of Art arms and armor collection. I tried to focus on the types of details you don't see in most available reference, like hinges and fasteners.

Enjoy!

drive.google.com/file/d/1emF3...

A shot of an eggplant-shaped samurai helmet sitting on a wooden stand in a museum display case. It's made of darkened metal and has gold trim and accents.

A closeup shot of some buttons, fasteners, and ties on a small section of a samurai armor set's front chest plate. There are various ornate patterns, complex knots, and overlapping pieces.

A closeup shot of the thumb and forefinger of a European steel gauntlet inlaid with gold. It has bronze rivets and a white leather glove under the overlapping finger armor pieces.

A closeup shot of an extremely ornate double barreled shotgun's firing mechanism and trigger. The hammers are shaped like squirrels holding nuts and there is floral filigree everywhere.

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Grim @grimfangsmaw.bsky.social · 5d

What language is the site in? I'm getting popups and don't know what they say to get past them to the article.

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 5d

I am begging people outside the book industry to understand that what we’re experiencing is not merely a surge in book banning but a coordinated effort to end libraries and librarianship in America. 4/4

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Character Design References @characterdesign.bsky.social · 5d

Portfolio of the Day | Sylvain Marc → bit.ly/2Lv5uEv

#art #portfolio #illustration #drawing

The Art of Sylvain Marc

Discover the finest artists from animation, games, illustration and comics..

bit.ly

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Grim @grimfangsmaw.bsky.social · 6d

Y'know, I said before that Sam Altman looked like a throwaway character made by Illumination entertainment. But turns out he's already Aloysius O'Hare. Literally manufacturing a product out of nothing to make himself richer. Why are all these men literally cartoon villains?

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lacey, infested with bears @byelacey.bsky.social · 6d

it’s that time of year again 🍂🍃

four simplistic drawings of a fluffy white dog rolling around in red, yellow, and orange leaves while exclaiming “leaf, leaf”

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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 6d

Everyone grows up thinking the stuff they were exposed to as a child was the best, but it’s a headfuck to’ve grown up with what may objectively really be the greatest filmmaker of all time scored by the greatest film composer of all time with posters drawn by the greatest poster artist of all time.

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 6d

Two weeks ago we lost a giant of the movie posters world, Renato Casaro. Today we lost a modern Master of movie posters: DREW STRUZAN. I can guarantee you have at least seen 5 of his posters in your lifetime. The man has put his art on some of the most popular movie franchises (Indiana Jones, 1/4

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 6d

Just heard Drew Struzan passed away 😞 His incredible work has given me and countless others so much awe, joy and inspiration!

I had posters of his work as a teen, I began using color pencils because I thought he used them too. Always inspired by him. Just utterly heart broken.

RIP Drew Struzan.

Drew Struzan’s poster of Big Trouble in Little China

Drew Struzan’s poster of Pan’s Labyrinth

Drew Struzan’s poster of Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom

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secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com · 6d

Fall [part 1/3]

A cartoon crow is looking up as orange, red and yellow fall leaves dance in tje wind around him.

The crow is walking on the crunchy leaves, saying "what a perfect day!"

The crow is marveling at how lovely all the leaves are, new seeing a stone in his path.

The crow trips on the stone right on his face.

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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 6d

Look at the wraparound artwork Struzan did for the Indiana Jones books in the early 90s, complete with hand-drawn titles and author blocks!

16 year old me would stand in a mall B. Dalton and could feel the thunder & hear the music with one of these books in my fat little white suburban hands.

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Ben Canham @bencanham.bsky.social · 6d

When you're autistic or neurodivergent,
friendships can feel like walking on eggshells.
But true friends don’t flinch at your honesty,
your silence, or your struggles. Those who
mind don’t matter. Those who matter don’t
mind. Keep the ones who let you be you.

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