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Krane | Stained Karbon

@stainedkarbon.bsky.social

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Maps that Inspire Stories. https://www.patreon.com/StainedKarbonMaps I create beautiful environments/battlemaps for ttrpgs like Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder and more. Absolutely NO AI!

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Krane | Stained Karbon @stainedkarbon.bsky.social · Jun 28

Pretty maps for a pretty damn good price ($4 for full access, or $8 if you're feeling generous!): www.patreon.com/StainedKarbo...

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Krane | Stained Karbon @stainedkarbon.bsky.social · 4h

Aw, did I miss #portfolioday? Lets try anyway...

I'm Krane, I make battlemaps for TTRPG needs, would like to be an artist for top down environments in video games some day!

Here is my portfolio: cara.app/stainedkarbon
And my patreon if you're looking for maps: www.patreon.com/StainedKarbo...

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Ben MacLeod 馬志斌 @benmacleod.bsky.social · 2d

Canadians – If you have some time this long weekend, fill out this godawful government survey on AI, which itself seems to have been written by AI trained exclusively on buzzword-laden LinkedIn posts.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 6d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Dieting Hippo @dhippo.net · 1d

Newgrounds has a very helpful guide for detecting AI audio over at www.newgrounds.com/wiki/help-in... for anyone interested in catching AI-generated music. Don't rely on any service that uses AI for detection, that's just using slop to find slop and you'll get false positives/missed catches.

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Krane | Stained Karbon @stainedkarbon.bsky.social · 18h

You can turn AI slop off on Pinterest now! It won't be perfect most likely but I love it is now an option at least, now if the entire internet can do this too...

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Dicefunctional | TTRPG Nerds, Actual Plays, and Streamers | 🦀 @dicefunctional.bsky.social · 5d

This is a great time to remind everyone that you should in fact, still be calling MasterCard, Visa, Stripe, and other payment processors to annoy the shit out of them.

Because I'll tell you right now, that shitheel? Not gonna have to worry about them accepting payment.

*Artists will.*

Phone Numbers
• Stripe (California): +1 888 926 2289 (Say you're based in California before continuing.)
• Stripe (Headquarters): +1 (888) 963-8955
• Stripe (US): +1 (877) 887-7815
• Stripe (France): +33 805-11-19-67
Mastercard (Headquarters): +1 914-249-2000 • Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-627-8372
Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-307-7309
• Mastercard (Int.): +1 (636)-722-7111
• Mastercard (AUS): +61 1800 120 113
• Mastercard (UK): 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers for Mastercard Visa (Headquarters): +1 (650)-432-3200
• Visa (US+ Can): +1 (800)-847-2911
• Visa (AUS): +61 1800 125 440 All region numbers for Visa
• PayPal (US): +1 (888)-221-1161
• PayPal (UK): +44 (0203)-901-7000
PayPal Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116

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Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social · Aug 19

Warning to anyone who has their art on Spreadshirt.com: They now have a feature where anyone can remix your art and it's impossible to opt out unless you just leave the site altogether.

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/19/s...

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI

Spreadshirt is an online print-on-demand store. You can sell T-shirts and mugs and so on. My wife Arkady Rose is an artist as well as a musician, and had a pile of designs on Spreadshirt and Redbub…

pivot-to-ai.com

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OverClocked ReMix (We ♥ video game music!) 🎮🎵 @ocremix.org · 2d

25 years in, we are NOT allowing genAI music onto OC ReMix, full stop.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

ocremix.org/remix/OCR04918
youtube.com/watch?v=fUsg...

Recent comment: "This A.I. music is as fake as 🏈 🦇."

In this case, this is human-made. (3 of our judges panel are also involved as collaborators on it: jnWake, pixelseph, and paradiddlesjosh.)

We explicitly do NOT accept any music made with generative A.I. There are tools out there that help identify genAI music. If music involving genAI is ever unknowingly let on, it will be removed if it's discovered.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

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Diversity Saves @diversitysaves.bsky.social · 2d

Our next Community Showcase is coming up on 10/18 at 9am PST/4pm UTC! Host Nekola is sitting down with @amaanhk.bsky.social and the cast of Godkiller: Qismat live on Twitch. You can drop some questions in the comments or during the live stream in chat!

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Krane | Stained Karbon @stainedkarbon.bsky.social · 2d

New map is out! [30x30] Patrons get snow and feywild variants as well as a foundry module.
Running a 25% discount on first subs for monthly and annual options! Don't miss out! Or do, that's fine, it's your money <3 patreon.com/posts/141047...

#art #ttrpg #battlemaps

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AbyssalBrews | Weekly Magic Items for D&D and PF2E @abyssalbrews.com · 2d

Me post magic item
Me want you to follow
Me want you to sub on Patreon if possible
Me make thing to make you happy
Me hope you happy

Pellar’s Purse
Wondrous item, uncommon

This expertly crafted component pouch is purpose made for impatient spell casters that have little time to sit down and do the laborious work of transcription. With a large pouch for storing a spell book, and an enchanted scroll case below, this satchel is certain to ease a wizard’s burdens.

You can use an action to place a spell scroll of any level into the scroll case and your spellbook into the main compartment. Provided you have the correct inks and other materials on you, the scroll case will begin copying the spell scroll into your spellbook. The process takes the normal amount of time based on the spell’s level and utilizes the same amount of materials, but does not require your constant attention. If the process is interrupted by removing the spell book, it begins where it left off when the book is replaced. Additionally, you gain advantage on the Arcana skill check to successfully copy the scroll.

You can also place non-magical paper into the scroll case and blank paper into the main compartment to produce a perfect copy of the papers in the scroll case at a rate of 1 page per minute.This process doesn’t require ink.

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Domille (She/Her) @domille.bsky.social · 3d

⛵ Calypso's Catch is Live! 🪸

Get your pledge in below so you don't miss this amazing a level-agnostic, system-agnostic aquatic #ttrpg adventure with 20 battle maps, 20 music tracks, and a full Foundry conversion!

www.kickstarter.com/...

An ad card for Calypso's Catch: Aquatic TTRPG Adventure with Maps & Music by Domille's Wondrous Works

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Lauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 3d

www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/politics-gov...

#booksky

Campbell County librarian fired after defending LGBTQ+ books wins $700,000 settlement

The long-time library director had sued local government officials for her 2023 termination, alleging they violated her free speech rights by punishing her for refusing to move LGBTQ+ books.

www.wyomingpublicmedia.org

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Cha0tix03 @cha0tix03.bsky.social · 3d

Hey everyone, I don’t usually make this kind of post but if you see a DM that goes something like this, ignore it, it’s a scam

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 3d

Fresh fucking christ! Yeah yall in case it was not eminently clear if your making stuff like this you Cannot be doing this!

Hell even when making A show with maps that have put out for fair use your really supposed to check in

You cannot be trying to just yoink shit like that!

Allie Briggs @alliebriggsart.bsky.social · 3d

NO. IT. IS. NOT.
#art #ttrpg

Screencap from reddit.

"sorry I caught you off guard with the post. In the dnd homebrew space it isn't standard practice to gen in contact with artists for incorporation their work, provided that they are adequately credited and that the homebrew work is available for free, both of which are the case here."

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boneyardz.bsky.social @boneyardz.bsky.social · 3d

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Borough Bound @boroughbound.bsky.social · 4d

A cosy home can be found in the unlikeliest of places 💫

Don't forget, if you sign up to our newsletter, you'll be the first to learn about our big discounts! Then all you have to worry about is finding out who lives in these huts...

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Justin McElroy @thoughtographic.bsky.social · 4d

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irish fish @neutralgena.bsky.social · 4d

you guys gotta prepare yourselves for real on what you will do when an ICE raid happens in front of you. remember SALUTE when reporting. REPORT IMMEDIATELY! call the hotline BEFORE you post on social media, BEFORE you text your friends, BEFORE you engage with ANY state or federal officers.

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Domille (She/Her) @domille.bsky.social · 3d

Get the base Autumn Pasture Battle Map when you join for Free, or upgrade your tier and unlock a trove of variations!

Give yourself an edge at the table by clicking the link below.

www.patreon.com/post...

#battlemap #ttrpg

Autumn Pasture Battle Map and its variations by Domille's Wondrous Works. It features a golden-hued pasture.

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Krane | Stained Karbon @stainedkarbon.bsky.social · 4d

Currently having a 25% discount on first sign ups on both monthly and annual subs! www.patreon.com/StainedKarbo...

25x35

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 6d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Yes, forcing users to upload documents for age verification is going to end very badly.

Collecting sensitive documents, like ID is an especially bad idea.

Do not collect shit that you do not need to collect, ever.

If it's not collected it can't be leaked.

That is all.

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AbyssalBrews | Weekly Magic Items for D&D and PF2E @abyssalbrews.com · 4d

You know what's awesome about my feed here. I can open it up any time and see real content. Real creation. Real art.

That's magical to me as I've curated my feed to only contain people that actually create the wonderful things I want to see. Also here's something we made, because I love you.

Pondcho
Wondrous item, uncommon

Some could easily mistake this colorful poncho as a novelty piece, but putting it on reveals it to be far more interesting than just a bit of costume.

While wearing this poncho, you can use a bonus action to leap up to 30 feet in any direction. If you land on a wall that isn’t slippery, you can stick to it with your feet leaving your hands free. If you are stuck to a wall when your turn begins, you can leap from it using another bonus action or choose to stay stuck in place. You can only stick to walls, not walk across them.

Additionally, if you leap onto a body of water while wearing this poncho, a lilypad will magically appear where you land. The lilypad lasts for 1 hour, or until you leave it. The lilypad can support up to 800 pounds while staying afloat.

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Ori the Cartographer @orithecarto.bsky.social · 5d

You can get all the battle maps in high quality, without signature and grid by subscribing to my Patreon, to fully enjoy your campaign! Also available as FoundryVTT scenes and through Moulinette Cloud!

The TTRPG tabletop RPG encounter battle map showing top down view of the turtle temple ruins, surrounded by ponds and waterlilies, with fallen statues and a path leading to circular gate.

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