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feeb 🍓

@magicmooshka.bsky.social

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM

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bsb

@blackshirtboy.bsky.social

A figure in shadow holds a bloody heart, and stands in front of fire and smoke and a waving transgender pride flag. The caption reads "Fix your heart or die."

December 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM

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✨André moraph✨

@andre.moraph.art

About the JTwusky controversy... [CW]

December 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM

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Chise

@sailorrooscout.bsky.social

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.

November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM

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KariLikeSafari

@karilikesafari.bsky.social

Seriously. #TheWorldHasBiggerProblems catchworld.etsy.com/listing/1080...

A white sticker with the saying "the world has bigger problems than boys who kiss boys and girls who kiss girls" written out in rainbow colors is shown against a white marble background.

June 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM

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Randall Munroe

@xkcd.com

Car Size

xkcd.com/3167/

4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...

November 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM

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Indivisible ❌👑

@indivisible.org

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM

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Elysia Tatsu

@elysiatatsu.bsky.social

🎃

September 27, 2025 at 4:01 AM

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Nicole 🐸🌿

@munespice.bsky.social

welcome autumn! 🍂 🎃

An illustration of an old truck in the woods filled with pumpkins, with a pumpkin frog, several ghost frogs, and ravens about

September 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM

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Chalur

@chalur.com

Time to let the Halloween beast out 🐺🌕🎃

🖌️ @kotacat.bsky.social
Lycañata species @squidinu.bsky.social

October 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM

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Chise

@sailorrooscout.bsky.social

Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today.

Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.

Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.

Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.

September 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM

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Oliver

@dubiousdevil.bsky.social

*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*