Allen Passalaqua

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Beware: Government Using Image Manipulation for Propaganda U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last week posted a photo of the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong, one of three activists who had entered a St. Paul, Minn. church to confront a pastor who

This isn’t just “owning the libs” — this is the highest office in the nation using technology to lie to the entire world. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

@nintendousa.bsky.social please save us

AI looks like circular pyramid scheme sucking in any additional invest it can while making that bubble larger and larger hopping they achieve sentience before the bubble burst and also hoping a sentient AI doesn’t just try to kill us all… fingers crossed

This was a fun story to color but finding the ref probably put me on a watch list. Thanks @theburnham.bsky.social

Dot the Dog Howling

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Digital illustration with Digital Watercolor drawn by Allen Passalaqua

that's dumb, @behance.bsky.social should really make a thumbnail with the link... nobody should have to click on that so here's the image

so much on here it's overwhelming but I guess thats the point. So I thought I'd share a digital watercolor I did and I really like. #notai www.behance.net/gallery/1754...

Yes!

Scott Galloway Explains How YOU Can Stop Government Overreach Using the Power of Your Purse Above, Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher explain how everyday Americans can push back against government overreach—by focusing on the economic decisions they make each day. 'Trump does not respond to ou...

If you are too scared to protest on the street then do it with your wallet.

www.openculture.com/2026/01/scot...

If the republican Party actually had the moral fortitude they claim they had all of my lifetime. This wouldn’t be happening. The hypocrisy is disappointing, but not that surprising.

I hope those 7 Dems who voted for ICE funding are proud of themselves

This and anything Meta or X too...

I’m up for an economic blackout… I’ll stop spending the little money I have except to support locally owned businesses and food

Dane-geld, by Rudyard Kipling IT IS always a temptation to an… To call upon a neighbour and to sa… “We invaded you last night– we are… Unless you pay us cash to go away.… And that is called asking for Dan…

Kipling’s poem Dane-geld is something everyone dealing with a bully should read, here’s the last part

“We never pay any-one Dane-geld,

No matter how trifling the cost;

For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that plays it is lost!"

www.poeticous.com/kipling/dane...

my understanding is a Kavanaugh Stop is anytime someone is detained or arrested because of racism, probable cause? You’re not white.

Waking up every morning listening to the news and it’s so bleak… I’ve protested, wrote to congress, talk to my neighbors and it feels like people that want to make things better are losing. I think it’s time to stop giving any money to companies that are supporting the cruelty. Stop the Money.

xAI silent after Grok sexualized images of kids; dril mocks Grok’s “apology” xAI may be liable for Grok generating AI CSAM.

my dislike of Meta is pretty open but at least they aren't sexualizing children as a company like X... are you still on it? #grok
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

What is the best way to do image searches excluding AI? Duckduckgo has a Hide Ai images function built in but they sneak in once in a while.

I'm tired of cloud based features... @adobe.com CC is down and it's affecting my work. When I can't get to files because of them what's my recourse? I just want a working copy of Photoshop 6 that came on a disc and you only paid once for.

These are not normal times…

Attending a Protest today? Check this out before you leave the house. See you in DTLA

LA downtown Library has a large format scanner in the Octavia Lab

This is screening in Santa Ana on Sunday: www.eventbrite.com/e/earths-gre...

A bunch of microsoft logos from the 70s, 80s, 90s and today but instead of saying Microsoft all of them spell Microslop in the vibe of the original logos.

It's fascinating to see the changes in one company's logo over the years.

Delete request and opt-out platform (DROP) Protect your personal information. Data brokers collect, share, and sell your personal information. You can stop that from happening.

Californian? You can tell data brokers to delete and not sell your personal information by law.
privacy.ca.gov/drop/

United stated Civil government delineation of power

Found this quaint piece of history at the Huntington from before the blatant corruption was just out in the open

Julie Benson smiling and raising a glass of bourbon.

I’m a screenwriter for comics, live action, and animated TV. Algorithm gods please connect me with kindred spirits:
- Sci-Fi / Fantasy fans
- Disney Enthusiasts
- Film & TV nerds
- Artists
- Comic Book geeks
- Writers
- Producers
- Mixologists
- Project Managers
- Forgotten Women in History buffs

“What was your biggest impact on the Internet?”

Tie between my Baby Yoda meme and the Poison Ivy/CEO/Bees panel from a Batgirl and the Birds of Prey issue, but that one’s a joint effort written with @shawnabenson.bsky.social and art by @rogeantonio.bsky.social an @angryf.bsky.social. ❤️🐝

illustration of a doctor/scientist with medical tools and tentacles behind by Allen Passalaqua drawn for x2y for an article

just got followed by @x2y.tech which I did one of my favorite editorial illustrations for an article about squid autopsy for science... this was before @bsky.app existed