Skelenaut
@skelenaut.bsky.social
Jonathan Sims - SKELENAUT®
Iowa City, Iowa
www.skelenaut.com
Professional Art Ghoul.
No A.I. bullshit.
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Iowa City, Iowa
www.skelenaut.com
Professional Art Ghoul.
No A.I. bullshit.
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Skelenaut
@skelenaut.bsky.social
· Aug 23
If you show me anything A.I. generated, a ghost kills you within a week.
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data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
www.cnbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
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I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
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People don't dislike Tim Sweeney nearly as much as they should.
Opposing Steam’s AI Disclosures, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney Says Game Stores Should Drop "the AI tag" Because "it makes no sense" When "AI will be involved in nearly all future production"
www.gamesradar.com/games/opposi...
#ai #gamedev #steam #epicgames #videogames #gaming
www.gamesradar.com/games/opposi...
#ai #gamedev #steam #epicgames #videogames #gaming
Opposing Steam's AI disclosures, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says game stores should drop "the AI tag" because "it makes no sense" when "AI will be involved in nearly all future production"
Steam has actually made AI disclosures even more prominent
www.gamesradar.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
People don't dislike Tim Sweeney nearly as much as they should.
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In these dark times, know this:
The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line is real, free, and has not been enshittified.
1-800-288-8372, now through December 24th.
Repost to save a life.
The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line is real, free, and has not been enshittified.
1-800-288-8372, now through December 24th.
Repost to save a life.
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
In these dark times, know this:
The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line is real, free, and has not been enshittified.
1-800-288-8372, now through December 24th.
Repost to save a life.
The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line is real, free, and has not been enshittified.
1-800-288-8372, now through December 24th.
Repost to save a life.
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
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This year's Capitalism Sale is upon us this weekend.
Don't support mega corporations and the shitty cheap stickers they offer that are A. stolen from actual artists and B. AI generated slop. My stickers are amazing quality, cute, and unique!
shop ➡️ mcapriglione.art
Don't support mega corporations and the shitty cheap stickers they offer that are A. stolen from actual artists and B. AI generated slop. My stickers are amazing quality, cute, and unique!
shop ➡️ mcapriglione.art
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This year's Capitalism Sale is upon us this weekend.
Don't support mega corporations and the shitty cheap stickers they offer that are A. stolen from actual artists and B. AI generated slop. My stickers are amazing quality, cute, and unique!
shop ➡️ mcapriglione.art
Don't support mega corporations and the shitty cheap stickers they offer that are A. stolen from actual artists and B. AI generated slop. My stickers are amazing quality, cute, and unique!
shop ➡️ mcapriglione.art
Ugh. Every time a podcaster stops themselves mid sentence followed by a beat of silence, I'm afraid my computer is crashing and my adrenaline spikes a little.
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Ugh. Every time a podcaster stops themselves mid sentence followed by a beat of silence, I'm afraid my computer is crashing and my adrenaline spikes a little.
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GenAI is a fascist product. Sorry you don’t have the moral fortitude to do your own thinking, but fascists love that
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
GenAI is a fascist product. Sorry you don’t have the moral fortitude to do your own thinking, but fascists love that
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Large language mistake
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Large language mistake
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
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So a lot of artists were drawing the elf face at this angle, because its hard as hell. So I drew Slash, because to my 12 year old brain, him doing a solo in the November Rain video was as cool as a person could look. And it's still true.
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
So a lot of artists were drawing the elf face at this angle, because its hard as hell. So I drew Slash, because to my 12 year old brain, him doing a solo in the November Rain video was as cool as a person could look. And it's still true.
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Stop using AI for placeholder assets.
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
June 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Stop using AI for placeholder assets.
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
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I'm getting real tired of not being able to trust that a video game doesn't have AI crap in it:
aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...
aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I'm getting real tired of not being able to trust that a video game doesn't have AI crap in it:
aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...
aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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Here’s a handy protocol to determine whether AI could be helpful with your problem or project.
November 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Here’s a handy protocol to determine whether AI could be helpful with your problem or project.
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tech companies continually learning people don't want these things
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
tech companies continually learning people don't want these things
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new article discussing the implications of Daniel Estrada Sanchez's indictment for allegedly carrying zines.
meanwhile, please write to the Prairieland defendants & read more about their case here: dfwdefendants.wordpress.com
here’s the fundraiser:
www.givesendgo.com/supportDFWpr...
meanwhile, please write to the Prairieland defendants & read more about their case here: dfwdefendants.wordpress.com
here’s the fundraiser:
www.givesendgo.com/supportDFWpr...
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
new article discussing the implications of Daniel Estrada Sanchez's indictment for allegedly carrying zines.
meanwhile, please write to the Prairieland defendants & read more about their case here: dfwdefendants.wordpress.com
here’s the fundraiser:
www.givesendgo.com/supportDFWpr...
meanwhile, please write to the Prairieland defendants & read more about their case here: dfwdefendants.wordpress.com
here’s the fundraiser:
www.givesendgo.com/supportDFWpr...
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Should the economy be regulated by a democratic society to ensure that it creates opportunity and benefit for everyone? Or should it be a plaything for approximately a dozen of the world's most odious assholes? Who knows
November 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Should the economy be regulated by a democratic society to ensure that it creates opportunity and benefit for everyone? Or should it be a plaything for approximately a dozen of the world's most odious assholes? Who knows
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Social media could work differently. We teach digital literacy, but ppl often can’t apply those lessons w/in systems that obscure where info comes from & how it gets to them. What might social media look like if users had better signals of information provenance? www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries
A large number of MAGA social media influencers were exposed over the weekend as being being based in other countries.Podcaster Matt Binder posted screenshots showing that Charlie’s Voice Rising, a po...
www.rawstory.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Social media could work differently. We teach digital literacy, but ppl often can’t apply those lessons w/in systems that obscure where info comes from & how it gets to them. What might social media look like if users had better signals of information provenance? www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
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Vaccines save lives.
And no, they do not cause autism.
And no, they do not cause autism.
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Vaccines save lives.
And no, they do not cause autism.
And no, they do not cause autism.
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I made a new shirt design.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I made a new shirt design.
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Ho ho ha ha! Everything in my threadless shop is ON SALE.
- $12.50 Regular, Fitted, & Classic Tees
- $12.50 Kids Tees
- Everything Else on Sale*
*Sale prices as marked.
- $12.50 Regular, Fitted, & Classic Tees
- $12.50 Kids Tees
- Everything Else on Sale*
*Sale prices as marked.
I'm making a new comic book! Here's the ad for merch that's going in the book. No reason not to share it right now.
skelenaut.threadless.com
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November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Ho ho ha ha! Everything in my threadless shop is ON SALE.
- $12.50 Regular, Fitted, & Classic Tees
- $12.50 Kids Tees
- Everything Else on Sale*
*Sale prices as marked.
- $12.50 Regular, Fitted, & Classic Tees
- $12.50 Kids Tees
- Everything Else on Sale*
*Sale prices as marked.
I can't help but imagine a software engineer with their billionaire boss looking over their shoulder like, "yeah, make the AI sound like it worships me. It can only say I'm the undisputed best at everything." What an awkward position.
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I can't help but imagine a software engineer with their billionaire boss looking over their shoulder like, "yeah, make the AI sound like it worships me. It can only say I'm the undisputed best at everything." What an awkward position.
Ho ho ha ha! Everything in my threadless shop is ON SALE.
- $12.50 Regular, Fitted, & Classic Tees
- $12.50 Kids Tees
- Everything Else on Sale*
*Sale prices as marked.
- $12.50 Regular, Fitted, & Classic Tees
- $12.50 Kids Tees
- Everything Else on Sale*
*Sale prices as marked.
I'm making a new comic book! Here's the ad for merch that's going in the book. No reason not to share it right now.
skelenaut.threadless.com
skelenaut.threadless.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Ho ho ha ha! Everything in my threadless shop is ON SALE.
- $12.50 Regular, Fitted, & Classic Tees
- $12.50 Kids Tees
- Everything Else on Sale*
*Sale prices as marked.
- $12.50 Regular, Fitted, & Classic Tees
- $12.50 Kids Tees
- Everything Else on Sale*
*Sale prices as marked.