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The reason you see AI pushed so hard in products, ads and promoted posts is that they know people don't WANT to use it but they are desperate to recoup on their millions in investments.

They wouldn't be over-saturating your feed with AI tools if people were buying these things on their own.

Three classical arches stand tall against a calm cerulean sky at twilight. Transparent spheres, each containing a flicker of flame, float among the pillars of a ruined yet still beautiful structure. Steps lead up from the sand to a broad pedestal set at the center of the arches. Above it a star hangs low on the horizon. In the immediate foreground, a path of stones winds across a shallow tidal pool. Water reflects the vertical lines of the pillars.

PASSAGE: THE AVATAR (1988)
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 48"

Initially inspired by a few notes from a Pink Floyd instrumental track, this came to me while floating in a sensory deprivation tank. 1/4

Skeleton of a short necked plesiosaur mounted on a wall: it has a large, ~meter long head, a two meter long neck, a fusiform two meter long ribcage, and four ~1.5 meter long flippers - the entire damn thing is preserved in articulation.

#fossilfriday Sarah stands in for scale against the surprisingly large skeleton of the Jurassic pliosaur Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni, on display in the "Mary Anning hall" at @nhm-london.bsky.social. This is a cast of the type, from the Whitby Mudstone of Yorkshire. @tetrameryx.bsky.social #2025SVP

In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade.

It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.

he hangs out in group chats with teenaged nazis, so there’s that

Germination🌱

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come on, dude

completely outside of politics, this is so charming

The Flayed Performer

2019/2020 PoR concept art

One of the themes of our new police state is the sheer lack of professionalism. They can't do the basics, and when challenged, double down. A dysfunctional organizational culture deeply suspicious of the society they are tasked with controlling.
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America 2025.

Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.

ICE agents in Queens, New York break down a bedroom door and point guns at a mother & her four US citizen children

They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”

This is tyranny

These kids are traumatized

It was warrantless and no ID was shown.

Just hanging out in the dark under a log. As one does.

#oilpaintingtimelapse #paintingtimelapse

It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.

Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.

UNBAN ME FROM TWITTER YOU COWARDS

Michael Fanone has been fighting back against Donald Trump since January 6, 2021. Today, that means demanding transparency for Americans and accountability for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein.

Want to join the fight? Follow us at @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.

I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.

AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.

Close up of completed portion of the Ravenwood Dragon Cloak after blocking, knit in merino silk yarn hand dyed in blue, purple and green.

A picture of the Ravenwood Dragon Cloak being blocked, knit in merino silk yarn hand dyed in blue, purple and green, in a two thirds of a circle shape.

I blocked it a little differently than the pattern called for because I modified it. The pics aren't good because the light is terrible and the yarn is wet. Hopefully, it dries quickly.

#knitters #knitting #knit #knitsky #🧶 #yarn #handknitting #handknitters #RavenwoodDragonCloak #TourdeFleece2025

AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : As I’ve said before, there was a day before Donald Trump’s presidency and there will be a day after. And in that day after, people will see so many of the decisions that individuals and organizations made…

A greyscale drawing of Big Anthony (a tall awkward blond man with mussed hair) and Strega Nona (an old woman) in front of her house. There is a very large bunny there.

Big Anthony

Duel.
Tribute to Katsuhiro Otomo's masterpiece AKIRA
#digitalart

The struggle is real.

I guess one way to distract people from your friendship with a sex criminal is to claim that you are friends with a political murderer.

Statement from Rep. Crockett on Threat at D.C. Office

Anatomical under drawing built of basic geometric shapes

A more refined underlying drawing , used for painting later

And if you want a bit on how, it's about keeping the underlying drawing in perspective!

Breaking it down from a simple mannikin frame, to then building a drawing on to it, then refine to a render.

With a LOT of tweaking as you go to make the shape feel just right!

Reddit user SpaceDev1 does fan art of Fieren, in a difficult angle. User is wondering why the angle is kind of weird.

Drawing of a silver haired elf looking upwards

Late, but I wanted to jump in on this trend. While I love Fieren, I am deeply inspired by how brave this person was! They went for the hard thing, were curious, made us all rejoice and draw together!

It makes me so happy to see folks gain that artistic curiosity!

So go forth! Rooting for you! 💖

I think this Stack o’ Frogs vase experiment is a success, and I plan to try more groupings of frogs!
#frogart #ceramics