Our humanity is shoehorned into such a particular mold for social media and technology. There are more ways to enjoy learning and knowledge and living, the path of least resistance is being forced to fulfill only the mightiest dragons.

I don’t like a future where we can *only* create & serve a company based on what they want. (Feeding the algorithm with content).

Places like Wikipedia for decades have allowed access to their information freely and liberally. We see some rolling back their free APIs w the greediness of training

It should be a priority for llms and search engines to properly cite where their info comes from.

The business model of Wikipedia is being affected by a push of behavior change.

And I wonder how broadly will this shape how we interact with the internet?

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We're ~hooked~ on your right to read. 🎣

It's #PortfolioDay day again! I make oil paintings of natural & fantasy landscapes, here are some paintings I've done this year #art #tradart #oilpainting

perceptivepumpkin.com/gallery/
shiftypumpkin.etsy.com
ko-fi.com/shiftypumpkin

hello #PortfolioDay
im an illustrator based in the uk. i love to draw things inspired by fantasy themes, fairy tales and ornamental design.
please take a look 🌿

✉️: [email protected]
🛒: www.etsy.com/shop/2ghosts...
🌲 : linktr.ee/2ghosts

Hi #PortfolioDay

I’m Élle • Freelance illustrator & surface pattern designer

Specializing in detail heavy B&W work & passionate about occult history, horror & symbolism

Open for work in publishing, book covers, TTRPGs, private & commercial commissions

✉️ [email protected]
🎨 babeandoak.carrd.co

[inktober day 10] did you see that? no? oh then never mind

Not generally. My birthday falls around Christmas time, so I generally take my b-day to new years off.
At my current company it's a granted time off, and I got to program a script to apply the PTO to upcoming birthdays! 👩🏽‍💻

🧡Monarch on late thoroughwort🤍
#Eupatoriumserotinum
This was before the hard frost this week. Now the garden looks ready for bed.
#bloomscrolling #nativeplants #danausplexippus #bugsky #Michigangardening 🌱 #pollinators #biodiversityconservation

From every ending comes the changing of the seasons; a shift into something new 🌙

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal cuts abcnews.go.com/Entertainmen...

So many business folks disrespect lunchtime. 😫

🐹 Before viral videos on TikTok or YouTube, there was Hampsterdance.

Full of dancing hamster GIFs & a sped-up tune, it became one of the internet’s first viral hits.

You can still dance to it on the #WaybackMachine ➡️ web.archive.org/web/19991222...

#Wayback1T

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Yes totally 😭 Reading nonfiction uses a different reading muscle vs reading fiction 🧠

Illustration I did for a baby shower book

#gouache #watercolor #paint #illustration

I'm on Week 4 of The Artist's Way with the reading group @xoruby.com
This week it's all about reading deprivation, which our lovely group leader also suggest **content** deprivation!

I guess this is me signing out of bsky for a week! 🫡 🚪

Michigan door mat— talk about the Michigan Difference!

Thinking of the Twinkies drink I saw at Dollar Tree.

Only difference is that yours is alcoholic 🥴

Here are a bunch to get you started. If you are unfamiliar with @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social it's a digital magazine publishing short stories and poetry by Black SFFH authors for going on *counts on fingers* 10 years? Good lord. Co-founded it. Won a Hugo. Etc. go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p

"The Familiars"

I'm having an Autumn Sale in my shop - 10% off select autumnal items at albaillustration.etsy.com thru Sept 29th - including this print! Perhaps you'd like some new seasonal decor?

#blackcat #illustration #autumn #fall #cat

I’ve been given recommendations in the past to change it on your resume to what’s most relevant.

Happy Birthday to Jim Henson, born on this day in 1936.