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Lynda Barry 4 panel comic in which a tall character and a small character are looking at an art piece depicting (probably) a mother and child. The small character and tall character both are unsure how to feel about the art. The small character asks the tall character to lift it up so it can see better. After picking up the small character, they both mirror the piece of art they are viewing.

On a keynote they also said "no ai training on your stuff" but don't forget to actually disable it here: www.canva.com/account/priv... (surprise! it's on by default)

Also, their TOS says that they will not train ai on content from "canva for education" and don't mention anything else, hmm.

RIP #Serif and #Affinity
v3 pros: free...
v3 cons: ...mium + canva ai subscription.

v2 and all the addons can still be downloaded from this semi-hidden link: store.serif.com/en-gb/account/

Randomly did a thing for Halloween :)
>> fluffy.monster <<
Despite being all white, it is scary! 👻

Thanks to @jeany545.bsky.social who asked me to also credit mudkipful, and will tell more after returning from a vacation ^.^

an illustration that shows a caterpillar, then a moth, then The Mothman text: GIVE YOURSELF TIMEA

Be the Mothman you wish to see in the world

A mock-up of an old D&D guide detailing the properties of magical items, featuring "Altman’s Quill of Artifice". The entry reads: This enchanted quill, made from the feather of a harpy, serves as a magical scribe and sage, able to answer all its owner’s queries. The owner must use it to write a question at the top of a piece of paper or parchment, such as “Where is the secret entrance to the King’s treasury?” or “How can I cure lycanthropy?” Acting under its own power, it will write an answer. But despite its apparent (and often genuine) usefulness, this item is cursed. Roll d20 to determine the result of any query: 1 Hopelessly wrong, 2-5 Contains major errors, 6-10 Contains minor errors, 11-16 Accurate but incomplete, 17-20 Fully accurate. Apply modifiers in line with the rules for consulting sages (see Table 62) depending on the nature of the question (general 0, specific -2, exacting -4) and the availability of relevant knowledge (complete 0, partial -2, non-existent -6). The DM should choose the nature of any errors, as well as the consequences of believing them. If the answer is less than fully accurate, that will not be obvious, as the quill of artifice writes in a confident and authoritative manner. A reader may scrutinise the answer to attempt to notice any problem, but to succeed they must pass an intelligence check at a penalty of -2. Anyone who has previously failed such a check makes all future checks at -4. The owner of the quill is particularly vulnerable, permanently losing one point of intelligence with each inaccurate answer that is believed. The owner will be unaware of this loss, and will become fiercely possessive of the quill, refusing to give it up and distrusting anyone who doubts its output. A remove curse spell may make the owner willing to part with it, but the loss of intelligence is irreparable.

I finally realised what AI dependency reminds me of

what then!!

Huh, surprised how low sergal count is. I expected like 200-1000 O.o Feeling a bit out of touch now... but at the same time lucky to know a bunch of sergals :)

I haven't seen the video but I'm not surprised. They've been baked by billionaires for many years, gently pushing their agenda, and still have the audacity to claim that they're baked primarily by the community. And now "we'll continue to use ai"? They just continue to push their agenda. Yeah, nah.

Such a wonderful take on that topic

20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could

now, normal people buy smart toasters & coffee mugs while every techie I know is on the verge of retreating to the forest

Unlike an absolutely unfortunate remake with Keanu Reeves, the original 1951 movie is absolutely wholesome! It captures the kindness and friendliness, even for an alien possessing an existential threat.

Share your favorite black and white movie

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Heck, I wanted to search if Serif has an account in bsky and stumbled upon your post...
I missed those news. Now I'm worried that they're going to roll out a new product, replacing Affinity (why else they needed to close down the store and move the support to discord?).
Concerning, to say the least.

Potential harm for authors:
- Moderation errors/lazyness: Mods tend to remove things faster, while dealing with mistakes much later, if ever.
- Rules abuse: Weak people like to feel the power by weaponising rules against someone who they can frame to it. Mods are busy/lazy and usually allow that.

I see something I like - I like/share it.
... don't like - I scroll past it.
... I actively dislike - I mute/block that, to not see it again.
I see someone being a bloody maggot - I report them.

For me, there's no harm in seeing things. But there is a *potential* harm in #blueskycensorship

A wizard ponders five blue crystal orbs labeled WIP

Them: So what have y'all been up to?
Me: Haha, you know. The usual.

The Usual:

Anyway... Here's highly optimised therian SVGs:
stash.owlso.me/rnd/therian-... (hover for download link at right)
Or, all in one zip: stash.owlso.me/rnd/therian-...
Hope someone will find it useful :)

I was kinda expecting the download to contain vector formats that would make a bit more sense for this kind of simplistic shapes :)

Same :D Well, maybe a bit more than just a shirt tho... 👀

Commission for @owlso.me

It's been a while since I've drawn backgrounds with such passion as here... and in such detail

#furry #art #furryart #comsopen

The central cast of Hackers, all wearing a variety of 90s alternative fashions and looking queer and gender as heck

Someone once described Hackers as possibly the only major film with more genders than characters in the main cast, and they have a point.

Finally there will be enough space for whip practice.
And a much better intertubes.

Swallowed by the fog

SOLSTICE TIME, BAYBEE!!

Yeah, forgot to add the numbers:
(followers/following/posts)
A: 5.5K / 2.2K / 227
L: 17.1K / 2.4K / 3K
B: 10.4K / 2.3K / 245

Probably (just probably) this is some kind of paid service who figured how to stay low from lists like
@automated-lists.bsky.social
‬

Well, this is an old behaviour since 3.5 (if not earlier). I'm pretty sure that people familiar with Claude seen this.
Also, what service you've used to generate followers here? This is a new behaviour I haven't seen before, after all.

I'm a bit annoyed.
What connects those three accounts? Look closely... They liked my old post that makes no sense to them at the same time, they have about the same following count and two of them receive only 1-10 likes per post.
So, this is a new kind of auto-farming followers
#bluesky #spam

Owl! at the Library @SketchesbyBoze stop trying to please people who already don't like you and embrace the joy of being the most annoying person they've ever met

This is fairly good advice.