Surly Queen
@surlyqueen.bsky.social
She/Her | Artist | Bard/Rogue | Bibliophile | Bog Witch
I read comics and I draw comics:
www.surlyqueen.net
I read comics and I draw comics:
www.surlyqueen.net
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Surly Queen
@surlyqueen.bsky.social
· Jan 21
"After that we had the worst time of all. If it hadn't been for Bluebell's jokes and chatter we'd have stopped running for certain."
Stories and art are important. Especially now. To be able to scrape up enough of whatever it takes to put light and beauty out into this world is a powerful thing.
Stories and art are important. Especially now. To be able to scrape up enough of whatever it takes to put light and beauty out into this world is a powerful thing.
I knew that title/article was disingenuous. Aardman studios seemed like the least likely studio to embrace genAI and that's because they aren't.
The headline is disingenuous. Full quote is attached.
“We want to” is NOT the same as “will.”
As for why he’s not totally anti-AI, Laika developed AI tools to hide seams back during Missing Link - an application that seems ethical and useful for stop motion. www.fastcompany.com/90537494/how...
“We want to” is NOT the same as “will.”
As for why he’s not totally anti-AI, Laika developed AI tools to hide seams back during Missing Link - an application that seems ethical and useful for stop motion. www.fastcompany.com/90537494/how...
December 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I knew that title/article was disingenuous. Aardman studios seemed like the least likely studio to embrace genAI and that's because they aren't.
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard Mode: no Star Wars/Trek, LOTR, Marvel, Disney Animated, or Pixar.
I'm also gonna add holiday titles.
Every bit of dialog is tattooed onto my brain. I could probably recite this whole film.
I'm also gonna add holiday titles.
Every bit of dialog is tattooed onto my brain. I could probably recite this whole film.
December 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard Mode: no Star Wars/Trek, LOTR, Marvel, Disney Animated, or Pixar.
I'm also gonna add holiday titles.
Every bit of dialog is tattooed onto my brain. I could probably recite this whole film.
I'm also gonna add holiday titles.
Every bit of dialog is tattooed onto my brain. I could probably recite this whole film.
Celebrating Krampusnacht by watching "Krampus." 🐐😈
December 6, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Celebrating Krampusnacht by watching "Krampus." 🐐😈
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Democracy is a group project & a lot of you motherfuckers let everybody else do the work & then complain about the fucking grade.
December 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Democracy is a group project & a lot of you motherfuckers let everybody else do the work & then complain about the fucking grade.
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Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
That cancelled show you'll never stop thinking about
I'm an Elder Millennial and a sci-fi fantasy nerd, so Firefly is obligatory, but damn do I want more
Archive 81 and Mindhunter.
I'm an Elder Millennial and a sci-fi fantasy nerd, so Firefly is obligatory, but damn do I want more
Archive 81 and Mindhunter.
That cancelled show you'll never stop thinking about
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
That cancelled show you'll never stop thinking about
I'm an Elder Millennial and a sci-fi fantasy nerd, so Firefly is obligatory, but damn do I want more
Archive 81 and Mindhunter.
I'm an Elder Millennial and a sci-fi fantasy nerd, so Firefly is obligatory, but damn do I want more
Archive 81 and Mindhunter.
I will never forget seeing the portion of the AIDS Quilt that came through my home town. Mom made sure both my brother and I saw it, and we were the only young children there. She still hates Reagan for what he did to the AIDS victims.
All 50,000 panels of the National AIDS Memorial Quilt has been fully digitized.
You can search Duane's name and see the panel he made. And someone else made a panel for him, too.
www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...
You can search Duane's name and see the panel he made. And someone else made a panel for him, too.
www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I will never forget seeing the portion of the AIDS Quilt that came through my home town. Mom made sure both my brother and I saw it, and we were the only young children there. She still hates Reagan for what he did to the AIDS victims.
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Stop interviewing CEOs
Stop interviewing CEOs about AI.
"Why stop at AI use? We could have mandatory disclosures for what shampoo brand the developer uses" — Epic boss Tim Sweeney says Steam should ditch its AI generated content disclosure. https://bit.ly/4a193vt
November 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Stop interviewing CEOs
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As posted in a few servers and was alerted to this picture earlier today: What they said. DO NOT FILL IT OUT, it is there to fuck with your artist peers and yourself, they (paypal) can and will abuse this and steal your money by banning your account
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
As posted in a few servers and was alerted to this picture earlier today: What they said. DO NOT FILL IT OUT, it is there to fuck with your artist peers and yourself, they (paypal) can and will abuse this and steal your money by banning your account
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She's right, and I'll go further - when you're looking at your phone and you look up to look at the thing you're quote unquote "watching" you're annoyed at it, because it's distracting you from your phone. I noticed this recently, splitting my attention this way made me irritated with the 2nd thing.
Oh my god. She's 1000% right. This makes so much sense.
(Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
(Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
November 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
She's right, and I'll go further - when you're looking at your phone and you look up to look at the thing you're quote unquote "watching" you're annoyed at it, because it's distracting you from your phone. I noticed this recently, splitting my attention this way made me irritated with the 2nd thing.
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
A movie that takes place where you're from.
I thought I would have to be more broad and go with an Alabama classic like Fried Green Tomatoes, but then I remembered the Space Camp movie exists 😆
I thought I would have to be more broad and go with an Alabama classic like Fried Green Tomatoes, but then I remembered the Space Camp movie exists 😆
a man wearing a nasa hat is sitting in a chair
Alt: I assume this gif is from the movie Space Camp (I have not seen it). Several kids are in simulator that jolts them around.
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
A movie that takes place where you're from.
I thought I would have to be more broad and go with an Alabama classic like Fried Green Tomatoes, but then I remembered the Space Camp movie exists 😆
I thought I would have to be more broad and go with an Alabama classic like Fried Green Tomatoes, but then I remembered the Space Camp movie exists 😆
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
It's okay to find joy in bleak times, perhaps imperative.
I want to very gently say something, and I hope nobody will be mad: If somebody on the internet says something that is NOT about politics and NOT about how terrible everything is, it’s a kindness not to reflexively make a comment (in jest or not) that brings it back to those things.
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It's okay to find joy in bleak times, perhaps imperative.
CEOs: Finally! We have all the money!
Actual People: Now we can't buy your products.
CEOs:
Actual People: Now we can't buy your products.
CEOs:
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
CEOs: Finally! We have all the money!
Actual People: Now we can't buy your products.
CEOs:
Actual People: Now we can't buy your products.
CEOs:
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
I will give the AI Coke commercials this, the soulless slop doesn't make me cry like all the other heartfelt holiday commercials.
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I will give the AI Coke commercials this, the soulless slop doesn't make me cry like all the other heartfelt holiday commercials.
Is it finally happening? God, please.
We are at the ai bubble pop.
The next few months we are going to see the most insane fear mongering garbage in a half ass attempt to limp it just a little longer.
The next few months we are going to see the most insane fear mongering garbage in a half ass attempt to limp it just a little longer.
November 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Is it finally happening? God, please.
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If I had to predict a high-impact story that is flying under the radar now but will play a big role in next year's major federal and state elections in the U.S., it'll be electricity prices and data centers. Easy-to-understand affordability and corruption story.
The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived
A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.
www.wired.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If I had to predict a high-impact story that is flying under the radar now but will play a big role in next year's major federal and state elections in the U.S., it'll be electricity prices and data centers. Easy-to-understand affordability and corruption story.
Damn, is it Partially Muscled Skeleton Day already???
Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Damn, is it Partially Muscled Skeleton Day already???
Watching Law and Order is way better now that I am An Old and know a bunch of actors. I spend every episode like
a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing
Alt: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Watching Law and Order is way better now that I am An Old and know a bunch of actors. I spend every episode like
Not me completely forgetting that I had gotten this signed by @tadstones.bsky.social 1000 years ago at Momocon 🤩
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Not me completely forgetting that I had gotten this signed by @tadstones.bsky.social 1000 years ago at Momocon 🤩