Jake Yorath
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Jake Yorath
@jakeyorath.bsky.social
Artist, graphic designer, freelance creative.
I've recently been suffering post-viral exhaustion and brain fog and spent a lot of time resting.

I've had a lot of time to think and I've thought a lot about why I do what I do. This is a poem about my childhood hero, Colin McRae.

#motorsport #rallying #poetry
March 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reposted by Jake Yorath
"Sorry, we can't make this technology that sucks and nobody wants and that uses enough power to blow up the moon unless we *also* steal people's shit to throw into our content woodchipper in order to produce mediocre digital particleboard out of the cumulative artbarf."

futurism.com/the-byte/ope...
OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free
OpenAI is begging Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's "impossible" for the company to make money without them.
futurism.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Adding "FIA accredited" to your biography. Don't. Stop. Give it up.
December 20, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Had my ACL and meniscus repaired yesterday. The NHS is bloody fantastic. Do not trust anyone who says private healthcare should replace it!
December 18, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Reposted by Jake Yorath
People underestimate how much of making art involves having a little sit and doing a little think
November 27, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Still waiting for a tangible Brexit benefit but here's another tremendous bit of red tape to navigate. I thought we were getting rid of those, eh?
Quick heads up to everyone selling anything to customers in the European Union.

The new GPSR regulations come into force in 2 weeks making it necessary to have a representative within the EU to continue trading.

Brief summary (for artists but applies to all sellers)
blog.folksy.com/2024/11/26/g...
GPSR - What you need to know as an artist or maker on Folksy | Folksy Blog
A guide to the new General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR) and what they mean for artists, designers and makers on Folksy.
blog.folksy.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Hello, who should I be following on this app for:

Art and graphic design inspiration
Motor racing (particularly weird niche stuff)
History nerds

(For starters)

Many thanks
November 26, 2024 at 9:18 AM
November 26, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Reposted by Jake Yorath
November 24, 2024 at 8:35 PM
👋🏻

Blue thing for BlueSky, I suppose
November 25, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Great to see that Elfyn Evans is back for another year of WRC in 2024, and signed off 2023 with a dominant win in Japan. Dolgellau to the world! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#WRC #Rallying
November 20, 2023 at 10:28 AM