i have compiled a list of free image resources inspired by a conversation on bluesky last week about how cheap ai images make blogs look https://livelaugh.blog/posts/non-ai-images-for-blogs-websites/
@jenn hell yeah.
i read a blog a year ago (and it kills me that i can't find it again) that said "literally point your phone camera at anything (the sky, a tree, your coffee cup) and take a photo of it and use that for your splash photo. that is immediately more human and interesting than any AI slop political cartoon ass diagram"