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Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”

the library bought it.

which in turn means that the community bought it.

In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.

Screenshot of the top of a Bsky feed, with a red circle around the hamburger menu in the top left.

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

Adding another cheap food resource via Tumblr

www.toogoodtogo.com

I hate the term “Illegal Alien” so much. Like bro they’re a fucking person not the Xenomorph.

Saw a tumblr post saying AI is turned on again in a hidden Google Drive menu, but its not a menu you can find on mobile; its only desktop. anyhoo. here it is with a picture and clearer directions

Google Drive > MyDrive > (Gear Icon top right) Settings > Manage Apps [switch off Gemini here]

3, 6, 8 let’s go! 274980

I BELIEVE IN YOU! You’ll do great!

A meme that says 'petition to add this button to literally every app right now: Exclude AI meme by @FLScience

Shout this from the fucking rooftops, people!! #fuckAI

Inhalers contribute significantly to global warming, study finds Millions of Americans using inhalers for chronic lung diseases like asthma may be unknowingly contributing to global warming, according to new research.

As somebody with asthma who uses inhalers - SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS ARTICLE IS SHAMING PEOPLE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION.

"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.

Fuck you - fuck you again.

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal] @MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

Mastercard Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372 1-800-307-7309 US option selection: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1 Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111 Aus: +61 1800 120 113 UK: 0-800-96-4767 All region numbers here (and here ) Stripe California: 888-926-2289 US: 877-887-7815 France: +33 805-11-19-67 Paypal Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161 Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050 UK: +44 (0203)-901-7000 Visa Phone (US): 1-800-847-2911 US option selection: 1, 1, 2 or 1, 1, 3 Headquarters: +1 (650)-432-3200 Aus: +61 1800 125 440 Phone (outside US): click here

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

here's a reminder that discord has adopted a new arbitration policy, which means you have under 30 days to opt out of it

My 2025 Bingo Card. Surprise T. Swift album is now crossed out.

This isn’t really what I meant by “Surprise T. Swift Album” but people do seem pretty surprised, so I’ll take it.

Price drop! Reducing my hours at work so I can keep up with school. I hope to make more of these in my little bit of free time to make up the difference!
[🐰 #ClaySculpture #ClayBunny #MyArt #HumanMadeArt ]

www.etsy.com/listing/1905...

Alright locking this account down no more followers /j
(Thanks yall)

Trico art doll

I made a few Trico dolls back then in 2017/18 and this is one of those few creatures that I wanted to repeat after so many years. Surprisingly, I sculpted his head 90% from memory and only opened references to touch up some details. Definitely a quite memorable fella.

Size: 22*48 cm

Throwback to when I drew backgrounds more. I need to. Do that more again.
#art #myart

Fish backgrounds bring me life

The ungodly amount of genAI I see in every single google ad now is disgusting.

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.

If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!

Donate at blinkingguy.com

tons of pixelart chickens

Anyone got any more suggestions for chicken breeds for me to pixel? #pixelart

Desperately need these as stickers or something

Absolutely GORGEOUS animation

I’m not here to make friends with nazis and they don’t get to control my thoughts and feelings.

✏️ Happy Labor Day! 🖌️

Did you know that AI “art” is labor theft?

Hi. I’m a professional traditional artist of over 15 years & I was able to make a decent living until 3 years ago.

In May 2023, over 50 of my paintings had been scraped without my consent to fuel AI image generators like Midjourney.

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

I really hate it when a friend or coworker, who is very much not fat, says that they are fat with their whole chest. Because that must mean I, who is visibly and obviously a heavier weight than they are, must be hella fat. :’)

six legged worm or snake like fantasy creature with rainbow colors. speech bubble reads "genAI is for chumps"

I'll say it once and I'll say it again. If you think artists are just "naturally talented", you're deeply wrong. The only difference between you and us is that we kept trying when it didn't come out like we hoped.
You can always make art yourself. There's no bad time to start, you can start now.

Character on the left belongs to @randyzorra.bsky.social character on the right belongs to Kirudon on Art Fight~