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A small black and white comic. The comic shows me in four stages. At the beginning I am lurched over in my office chair, prepared to work hard. A speech bubble says: 'Okay. Time to lock in and-.' My cat's head is peeking up from around my lap. In the second part, my cat has started to crawl into my space. I look down at her, but am still distractedly saying: 'Time to lock-' In the third part my cat is starting to make herself comfortable on my chest, where she likes to be. I am succumbing, looking off in the distance saying: 'To-' By the fourth section, I have fully surrendered. She is sleeping on chest. It's all over.

[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.] JANET: Ugh... LIZ: What's up? JANET: I am so bored of cooking peas! LIZ: Have you tried... AI peas? JANET: AI peas? LIZ: They're peas with AI! [Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI]. LIZ: Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas JANET: What LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines] Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas? [Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it] LIZ: Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine [Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas] LIZ: With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas! JANET: What LIZ: Shut up LIZ: Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow From opening the bag of peas to boiling the peas to eating the peas To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means. JANET: Is it really necessary to- LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]: THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET [Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan: AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas. [Ends]

Every ad now

I relate @beetlemoses.bsky.social, I relate

This lil' comic is everything 💛💛💛

A quickly drawn comic - an artist draws frantically on a tablet. The screen reads "worst comic layouts you've ever seen_v053.psd" The artist throws their hands over their face and yells in frustration: "holy shit just finish SOMETHING!" As they recover, a little tap tap tap sound offscreen draws their attention.

A little dog taps his way up to the desk. He gazes upwards at his person from the floor and says, "Mother. Do not despair. If perfection exists let it be found in my love for you." The artist hugs the dog, who wags his tail.

My dog has been helping me with my perfectionism lately

Her art (in following post) is gorgeous and $10 for sketches is a steal. Maybe round up/give extra?

I lived in Manila for a year and the Philippines is one of the most wonderful countries in the world. Please help! And RT!

HEADLINE: CREATIVE WORKS CAN NO LONGER BE MINED BY AI WITHOUT CONSENT IN AUSTRALIA NEW REGULATIONS PROTECT ARTISTS' RIGHTS IN THE AGE OF AI

See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy

(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)

hell yeah!

BD : les gros éditeurs lâchent le festival d’Angoulême, à deux doigts d’un effondrement généralisé Dargaud, Dupuis, le Lombard, Kana, Urban Comics, Casterman, Gallimard BD ont annoncé leur boycott de l’événement lors d’une réunion d’urgence organisée lundi par les pouvoirs publics, qui ont jusqu’à ...

ça fait très plaisir, mais oubliez pas de soutenir les auteurices qui ont sorti un livre cette année et qui pour qui c'est un vrai sacrifice de ne pas venir! Also les petites maisons d'éditions pour qui c'est habituellement un gros spot d'exposition au public!

At risk of flogging a dead horse: this whole letter is a reminder that the creative process is an end in and of itself, and vital to self-actualisation. You can’t experience BECOMING, as he puts it, by outsourcing it to ChatGPT.

it's gelphie time

Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...

A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!

Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!

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incroyable!

MAIS C'EST SUPER J'ADORE 🔪

L'IA comme toutes les startups à un modèle basé sur des violations de la loi.
La réaction des gvts : SUPPRIMER LA LOI 🤡🤪

Oooh 💛

and now that I've (FINALLY) caught up with the comic, I know who that handsome face is from!! aaaaa

Different strokes

Ces révélations sur Sainte-Soline sont à regarder à l’aune du battage médiatique qu’il y avait eu sur toutes les chaînes à propos des manifestants venus, selon Macron "faire la guerre”.

Darmanin, Borne et Macron ont organisé et couvert un carnage pour étouffer la contestation écologiste.

It's there forever as long as Patreon exists!

Yes!!!! ☝️☝️☝️

We're socialized to constantly apologize for being too outwardly excited about things, but this world is so full of terror and misery that I'd rather see those bursts of light and passion shine through the cracks wherever you can find them.

Xena x Callisto fan art from patreon.com/laurenknight depicting Xena looming over Callisto and pulling her head back by her hair. #myart

Yet more Xena x Callisto from my patreon.com/laurenknight i may be obsessed 🫣

What a rad preview 🤩

This ☝️☝️☝️

Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.

For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting

so loving 🧡