Ah. The server i’m hosted on is closing… er.. anyone know a good home for a queer kink artist on masto?
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Atapi.EXEhey wow it's ace week! here's some facts about asexuality for you!
- aces can be horny and even masturbate! some of us even love those things!
- aces can have, like, or even crave sex!
- asexuality is about how one feels about other people, not what they do with their body.
- I am ace so you must paypal me 30000 USD
- aces are allowed to dress however slutty or conservative as they want!
- neither aros nor aces are devoid of love or affection!
*dangerous thing was ‘overtaking me while waiting on a roundabout entrance despite me being in the middle of the single lane, because I hadn’t yet gone on to the (fast moving, full) roundabout and was waiting for a non-suicidal gap.’
Had to pick my bike up and move sideways to avoid ending up under her wheels. She sped right into the roundabout then - must be nice to know you’re safe in a cushioned roll cage if you cause a crash, but that’s not an option for squishy me sat on my pushbike.
Another term-time cycle to work, another mother in a too-large car yelling at me for getting in her way, whilst doing something dangerous to me … so her child can get to school on time.
Christopher LawleyHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
https://mastodon.art/@Nick_Stevens_graphics/113236624969547279
https://mastodon.art/@Nick_Stevens_graphics/113236624969547279
Nick Stevens Graphics (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Famous AI "Artist" Says He’s Losing Millions of Dollars From People Stealing His Work The guy who used Midjourney to create an award-winning piece of AI art demands copyright protections. https://gizmodo.com/famous-ai-artist-says-hes-losing-millions-of-dollars-from-people-stealing-his-work-2000505822
Tilde LowengrimmCorporations hoard & suppress culture. They try to lock the collected art of the last century behind DRM & streaming. They want us to own nothing & have no rights. Pay and consume; never create, never control. These artificial psychopaths (run by ordinary human sociopaths) are parasites. They know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Art and culture are just tools for profit, not things which hold meaning, tell stories, or inspire. They have no respect for the society which supports them or for the people who create. We should have just as much respect for them.
Simultaneously, the LLM-purveyors want to vacuum up every scrap of writing and every video & picture & podcast to replace human creation with synthetic slop. It's already ruined search & wordfreq. If the art-stealing robots are allowed to "train on" all art & culture so that they can churn out trash, then you sure as heck deserve to re-watch your own re-runs whenever you feel like it. Not just because it might inspire you to make something better than corporate synthetic dumbasses. But because you're a human person and that's a good enough reason to deserve a personal archive of all art and knowledge.
The only obstacles to this are corporate & capitalist. Dust off your tricorn hat & update your NAS. Make local copies of the art which matters to you. Actual files on a physical hard drive or SD card in your hand. Back up your bookmarks offline — the web rots and that one post with the answer might not be there next time you need it. Don't rely on the Internet Archive; it's under attack and may not survive. Share with others; rebuild Alexandria.
This is not a new thought. I wasn't the first to say it; I won't be the last. But it bears repeating. This is not a post about tools or tactics; it's about outrage and action, resilience and community. But I'd love to hear your suggestions. What's your favorite tool for guerilla archivism? How do you keep backups of your bookmarks? What should aspiring archivists know?
Simultaneously, the LLM-purveyors want to vacuum up every scrap of writing and every video & picture & podcast to replace human creation with synthetic slop. It's already ruined search & wordfreq. If the art-stealing robots are allowed to "train on" all art & culture so that they can churn out trash, then you sure as heck deserve to re-watch your own re-runs whenever you feel like it. Not just because it might inspire you to make something better than corporate synthetic dumbasses. But because you're a human person and that's a good enough reason to deserve a personal archive of all art and knowledge.
The only obstacles to this are corporate & capitalist. Dust off your tricorn hat & update your NAS. Make local copies of the art which matters to you. Actual files on a physical hard drive or SD card in your hand. Back up your bookmarks offline — the web rots and that one post with the answer might not be there next time you need it. Don't rely on the Internet Archive; it's under attack and may not survive. Share with others; rebuild Alexandria.
This is not a new thought. I wasn't the first to say it; I won't be the last. But it bears repeating. This is not a post about tools or tactics; it's about outrage and action, resilience and community. But I'd love to hear your suggestions. What's your favorite tool for guerilla archivism? How do you keep backups of your bookmarks? What should aspiring archivists know?
Passed my archery assessment today. I got knighted with a big foam sword and everything 😂 very silly, very happy. Guess that fixes the Christmas list now too…!
Riley
Might be a bit in love with my latest painting. Which is several levels of narcissism, perhaps 😂
…but I swear i’m in love with how it’s come out, not the subject! The colours and shades and balance are just… right, for once. 😍
As someone who *does not like unresolved notifications* I am VERY over this latest trend of ads being inserted into apps/websites as messages or emails that you cannot remove* from the list or actually ‘resolve’ so they disappear.
*unless you pay the provider to remove them, of course.