QueenSimia
@queensimia.bsky.social
Old on the internet AND in real life! 40something graphic designer by trade, comicker by hobby. Hostile to generative AI/LLMs and crypto shills. She/her, aroace, has a fat and freckled face.
posts about my comic tagged #OutoftheEther #oote
posts about my comic tagged #OutoftheEther #oote
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I know there's a lot of other massive problems with "AI," but as a techie and a PC builder I am GODDAMNED FUCKING SICK of some stupid hype bubble designed to fleece investors and nothing else ruining my hobby.
Your crypto shit took all the video cards. Your "AI" took GPUs *and* RAM.
Fuck you all.
Your crypto shit took all the video cards. Your "AI" took GPUs *and* RAM.
Fuck you all.
December 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I know there's a lot of other massive problems with "AI," but as a techie and a PC builder I am GODDAMNED FUCKING SICK of some stupid hype bubble designed to fleece investors and nothing else ruining my hobby.
Your crypto shit took all the video cards. Your "AI" took GPUs *and* RAM.
Fuck you all.
Your crypto shit took all the video cards. Your "AI" took GPUs *and* RAM.
Fuck you all.
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Saw this video of Tristan Harris on Diary of a CEO sharing what AI-tech bros have shared regarding their motivations pursuing this technology. It’s horrifying.
These tech ghouls have us all on a suicide mission because of their EGOS. 🫠
These tech ghouls have us all on a suicide mission because of their EGOS. 🫠
December 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Saw this video of Tristan Harris on Diary of a CEO sharing what AI-tech bros have shared regarding their motivations pursuing this technology. It’s horrifying.
These tech ghouls have us all on a suicide mission because of their EGOS. 🫠
These tech ghouls have us all on a suicide mission because of their EGOS. 🫠
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you have been visited by the Quail of the Double Top Knot. Like for good luck. Ignore to go fuck yourself.
December 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
you have been visited by the Quail of the Double Top Knot. Like for good luck. Ignore to go fuck yourself.
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fat bear week is good, but don't forget about borb season
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
fat bear week is good, but don't forget about borb season
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It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.
People hate AI slop!
People hate AI slop!
McDonald's Pulls Down AI-Generated Holiday Ad After Deluge of Mockery
McDonald's Netherlands is catching flak for a stupefying AI-generated video, which was roundly condemned on social media.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.
People hate AI slop!
People hate AI slop!
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Still so excited for everyone who showed up to this yesterday! It was stunning to see a sea of creatives overwhelm that tiny hearing. We had an overflow room of artists and the line for 30 second public commentary literally had to be cut off!
You made a huge difference
yesterday.
Thank you!
You made a huge difference
yesterday.
Thank you!
Actors and artists pack Stanford hearing to demand new AI transparency law
SAG-AFTRA and other groups say the measure offers basic transparency for performers whose work is being scraped without consent.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Still so excited for everyone who showed up to this yesterday! It was stunning to see a sea of creatives overwhelm that tiny hearing. We had an overflow room of artists and the line for 30 second public commentary literally had to be cut off!
You made a huge difference
yesterday.
Thank you!
You made a huge difference
yesterday.
Thank you!
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Japanese Monk Racks
Brain For Haiku That Will Knock
Them On Their Asses
https://theonion.com/japanese-monk-racksbrain-for-haiku-that-will-knockthem-on-their-asses/
Brain For Haiku That Will Knock
Them On Their Asses
https://theonion.com/japanese-monk-racksbrain-for-haiku-that-will-knockthem-on-their-asses/
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Japanese Monk Racks
Brain For Haiku That Will Knock
Them On Their Asses
https://theonion.com/japanese-monk-racksbrain-for-haiku-that-will-knockthem-on-their-asses/
Brain For Haiku That Will Knock
Them On Their Asses
https://theonion.com/japanese-monk-racksbrain-for-haiku-that-will-knockthem-on-their-asses/
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today’s affirmation: I am within the acceptable range of deviation. I am a perfectly roasted quail. if I was a car the mechanics would find nothing weird or rodent related in my air filter. I am upright. There are no stones or excess debris in my shoes. I still have all my bones.
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
today’s affirmation: I am within the acceptable range of deviation. I am a perfectly roasted quail. if I was a car the mechanics would find nothing weird or rodent related in my air filter. I am upright. There are no stones or excess debris in my shoes. I still have all my bones.
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I really wanted to write a blog where I imparted sage advice about how to live with the constant suspicion of AI without letting that suspicion erode your soul, but uh... well
December 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I really wanted to write a blog where I imparted sage advice about how to live with the constant suspicion of AI without letting that suspicion erode your soul, but uh... well
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"Awareness carries a high cost these days. It’s exhausting. It’s meant to be exhausting, I think. This is how supremacy works. The costs of reparation are very high, and the cost of awareness comes first of all."
...yes.
...yes.
"Say I tell you 'My father is choking my brother.' What do you say to that?
"How does a culture of abuse end?
"What is our part in ending it?"
www.the-reframe.com/cult-ure-of-...
"How does a culture of abuse end?
"What is our part in ending it?"
www.the-reframe.com/cult-ure-of-...
Cult(ure) of Abuse
How do we deal with a culture of abuse? What is our part in ending it? How do we deal with an abusive cult of millions?
www.the-reframe.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"Awareness carries a high cost these days. It’s exhausting. It’s meant to be exhausting, I think. This is how supremacy works. The costs of reparation are very high, and the cost of awareness comes first of all."
...yes.
...yes.
"I get stuck describing my own work"
literally just say what's in the picture. even a simple sentence is better than nothing.
really tired of people whining about how haaard it is to add alt text, yet also complain about people not sharing their art
if I don't see "ALT," 9/10 times I don't share
literally just say what's in the picture. even a simple sentence is better than nothing.
really tired of people whining about how haaard it is to add alt text, yet also complain about people not sharing their art
if I don't see "ALT," 9/10 times I don't share
December 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"I get stuck describing my own work"
literally just say what's in the picture. even a simple sentence is better than nothing.
really tired of people whining about how haaard it is to add alt text, yet also complain about people not sharing their art
if I don't see "ALT," 9/10 times I don't share
literally just say what's in the picture. even a simple sentence is better than nothing.
really tired of people whining about how haaard it is to add alt text, yet also complain about people not sharing their art
if I don't see "ALT," 9/10 times I don't share
lrs: I try to avoid putting genAI on my TL, but 1) I agree with the poster pointing out the inconsistent argument, and 2) the ad itself illustrates the naked cynicism and contempt for its audience all genAI stems from. "All this lived experience is awful, right? Let us shovel our slop into you."
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
lrs: I try to avoid putting genAI on my TL, but 1) I agree with the poster pointing out the inconsistent argument, and 2) the ad itself illustrates the naked cynicism and contempt for its audience all genAI stems from. "All this lived experience is awful, right? Let us shovel our slop into you."
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A good point people are bringing up — if they need to pretend that making this commercial was hard work to avoid getting yelled at, they are also undercutting the propaganda that A.I. will give you a ton more free time. Which fake story are you sticking to. bsky.app/profile/cult...
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A good point people are bringing up — if they need to pretend that making this commercial was hard work to avoid getting yelled at, they are also undercutting the propaganda that A.I. will give you a ton more free time. Which fake story are you sticking to. bsky.app/profile/cult...
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Both the "Continue" button and the "Try it now" button do *the same thing* in what is the clearest example of a dark pattern I've ever seen. Imagine someone is getting metrics about the "number of Google Docs users who are using AI" and all the numbers are total bullshit.
December 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Both the "Continue" button and the "Try it now" button do *the same thing* in what is the clearest example of a dark pattern I've ever seen. Imagine someone is getting metrics about the "number of Google Docs users who are using AI" and all the numbers are total bullshit.
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Many people keep trying to pass off genAI as actual artwork. Why? If genAI is so great, why do you need to convince us that you didn't use it? Why do you have to make us think that you actually drew it?
Deep down they know the value is in the work, not the end product.
Deep down they know the value is in the work, not the end product.
December 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Many people keep trying to pass off genAI as actual artwork. Why? If genAI is so great, why do you need to convince us that you didn't use it? Why do you have to make us think that you actually drew it?
Deep down they know the value is in the work, not the end product.
Deep down they know the value is in the work, not the end product.
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✨ timeline cleanse ✨
September 26, 2024 at 1:59 AM
✨ timeline cleanse ✨
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The Old World is dying and The New World struggles to be born. Now is the time of history defining goofs from very stupid people convinced they're smart.
December 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The Old World is dying and The New World struggles to be born. Now is the time of history defining goofs from very stupid people convinced they're smart.
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Introducing the Cool S, For Her™
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Introducing the Cool S, For Her™
so there was an Aussie documentary series called "You Can't Ask That," where marginalized folks answered the sort of invasive questions normies generally ask
all excellent, but when I got to the polyamory ep and a guy was wearing a stealth Homestuck shirt, I was instantly all "I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE"
all excellent, but when I got to the polyamory ep and a guy was wearing a stealth Homestuck shirt, I was instantly all "I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE"
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
so there was an Aussie documentary series called "You Can't Ask That," where marginalized folks answered the sort of invasive questions normies generally ask
all excellent, but when I got to the polyamory ep and a guy was wearing a stealth Homestuck shirt, I was instantly all "I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE"
all excellent, but when I got to the polyamory ep and a guy was wearing a stealth Homestuck shirt, I was instantly all "I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE"
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pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
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Trump does not want us to regulate AI because AI is a tool of fascism. AI is perfect for making people turn off their brains and trust the machine that lies.
BREAKING: Trump says he will sign an executive order this week that will limit states’ ability to regulate AI.
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Trump does not want us to regulate AI because AI is a tool of fascism. AI is perfect for making people turn off their brains and trust the machine that lies.
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Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
I feel the clients now using GenAI to do stuff and going "good enough" when they used to nitpick at every last detail is due to them finding out all those nit picky changes take time and work they cant be bothered to put in.
December 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
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After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
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Having a hard time not to just launch into singing 'Once in a Lifetime' every time I'm engaging someone 10+ years younger then me on accepting the realities of systems we thought were there to serve us are broken, and its turning into a daily audio brain stim
a close up of a man 's face with the words same as it ever was below it
Alt: a close up of a man 's face with the words "same as it ever was" below it
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Having a hard time not to just launch into singing 'Once in a Lifetime' every time I'm engaging someone 10+ years younger then me on accepting the realities of systems we thought were there to serve us are broken, and its turning into a daily audio brain stim