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🔞Althea Dread, Orc Apologist 🔞 @quintialmondi.bsky.social · 3d

Now's the time to call up Visa/MC to ask 'hey, how come you guys will pay for ChatGPT and Twitter subs but I can't buy certain games off of Steam?' Because I frankly would LOVE an answer to that...

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 4d

Sam Altman suggests ChatGPT is cannibalizing your fanfic and erotica to make its own clanker porn, rolling out this December.

ChatGPT just got filthy after new update lets it talk dirty to you

'You won't get it unless you ask for it.'

metro.co.uk

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CK Russell @virtualcara.bsky.social · 3d

they also cap out at 24 colors but they work well over copic markers (I used them for effects, markers were the base and shading).

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CK Russell @virtualcara.bsky.social · 4d

in less good things what happened to "just scan the entire scanner bed" as an option? Brother, you're not even scanning your preset sizes accurately stop cropping my stuff >:(

CK Russell @virtualcara.bsky.social · 4d

I used copic acrea paint markers for this one and I regret to tell y'all they are excellent. So good for paint they should be ashamed of themselves.

Open-stock is rare but worth seeking out if you want to try but not invest in a whole set.

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CK Russell @virtualcara.bsky.social · 4d

Lara Croft for #pouchtober2025 Day 3!

What do you mean it's day 16 already time is fake and a liar

#copicart #tradart #comicart #pouchtober #laracroft #tombraider

Color illustration of Lara Croft aiming her guns while leaping between a lettered phrase "Eyes on the Prize" in a dramatic fashion unbefitting of a proper English lady.

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CK Russell @virtualcara.bsky.social · 9d

So like, we're all aware that the major AI companies are american and the hardware makers are american and any investment in these things goes straight to america, right? No matter who helped invent it.

If you feel a way about this, let em know!

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 11d

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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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 9d

I'd really encourage folks in Canada to write out their thoughts in this survey.

Most of mine were "Don't", but I really got to dial in on some.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 11d

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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CK Russell @virtualcara.bsky.social · 11d

You have not lived your life until you run the adrenaline rush of six impossible feats before breakfast.

This cannot be automated away. The power is found only within yourself!

CK Russell @virtualcara.bsky.social · 11d

I crashed a friend's class in high school and wrote a surprise essay paper during the class period

I got a better grade than everyone actually IN the class

Dane of the Dead 🔜 LightBox Expo 313 @monkeyminion.com · 11d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 13d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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Brad Guigar — Follow my #HaHaHaHalloween Countdown 🎃 @bradguigar.com · 18d

A caricature of Lt. Columbo (art by Brad Guigar). The header says “Just One More Thing…” and the text reads: “Y’know, I hate to bother ya, but… I noticed your sketchbook there. Looks like you’ve been savin’ the ‘good paper’ for somethin’ special. Thing is… I’ve seen a lotta cases, and the good stuff? It usually never gets used. Might be better to mess it up now while you still got the idea fresh.”

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CK Russell @virtualcara.bsky.social · 18d

holy shit and also yessssssssss film for my film camera!

404 Media @404media.co · 18d

Kodak is officially selling their own film again for the first time in many years and will be selling directly to photography stores now.

🔗 www.404media.co/kodak-is-sel...

Kodak Is Selling Its Own Film Again for the First Time in a Decade

Kodak announced two new types of film that it will sell directly to photography stores, sidestepping a bizarre distribution agreement that has been in place since its bankruptcy.

www.404media.co

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rico. @whoisrico.bsky.social · 18d

Peer pressure caused me to do it again this year. It's the 4th or 5th list and the cuts are getting deep.
Thanks to @thekylestarks.bsky.social & @andymacdonald.bsky.social for help and moral support

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CindyLouWho2 @cindylouwho2.com · 23d

With Canada Post on strike again, I have updated my post on alternative shipping in Canada and to international destinations, with small businesses in mind.

Updates include information about tariffs and the end of de minimis

Canada Post Alternatives: Other Shipping Companies in Canada — CindyLouWho2

Find cheaper, faster, and more reliable options for shipping than Canada Post, for both within and outside of Canada. Available for both business and personal mailing, across almost all of Canada. Als...

www.cindylouwho2.com

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CK Russell @virtualcara.bsky.social · 23d

soooooo did anyone else get their bimonthly NS power bill before Canada Post went on strike?

cuz why the hell is it for SIX MONTHS OF POWER, WHAT THE ABSOLUTE SHIT

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CK Russell @virtualcara.bsky.social · 23d

Hey remember how we were all contacting visa/mastercard over their terms changes?

We can do that to our MPs too, over this, and holy snaps we need to.

Toronto Star @thestar.com · 24d

#Breaking: Postal union launches nationwide strike after Ottawa gives Canada Post the OK to end home delivery

Postal union launches nationwide strike after Ottawa gives Canada Post the OK to end home delivery

Other changes could include closing of rural post offices as Public Works minister cites "unsustainable" losses at Crown corporation.

www.thestar.com

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CK Russell @virtualcara.bsky.social · 26d

we deserve better conspiracies. the writers of this season should be ashamed of themselves.

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CK Russell @virtualcara.bsky.social · 26d

a few months back a religious dude said jesus came to him and said it'd start on Rosh Hashanah (ie: Feast of Trumpets), and somethingsomething trumpet call of god something they're all buying in

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CK Russell @virtualcara.bsky.social · 26d

If you're on the northern side, this will probably eliminate the savings on the D+/Crave bundle they've been HEAVILY advertising.

Anyway I cancelled D+, some folk have more money than sense and you can only help with one of those.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27d

SCOOP — Part of the reason Disney/ABC may have rushed to sort things out with Kimmel is because tomorrow they have a planned price increase for Disney+ streaming, a Disney source tells me. With subscriptions hemorrhaging since last week, they couldn’t risk losing more users with this announcement.

CK Russell @virtualcara.bsky.social · 29d

oh wait the limits are:
- 10k items/year which would melt a machine if you hit, it's HARD
- not to use the marvel, etc libraries to make merchandise for sale
- attempting to not get sued for the copyright infringement machine they added to their manufacturing device

dumb but normal levels of dumb

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