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.chantal//RYAN

@thoughtrise.bsky.social

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing

these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous

this is worth sharing and educating people about

screenshot of a post on facebook from Alex Lamoreaux, depicting two versions of the "same" photograph of a bobcat in front of a pine plantation, one labeled original game cam photo, one labeling AI processed

the markings have been altered on the AI photo, and the head changed and resized

text says:

Oh! A neat goose hybrid posted to ‘What’s this Bird?’ but when you zoom in on the photos the bill details have been too manipulated by AI photo editing to be accurately assessed for which species may be involved.
Scroll on… A cool-looking Red-tailed Hawk that someone is wondering which subspecies it might be - right up my alley! But when you zoom in on the photos literally every feather group has been so heavily manipulated and altered by AI editing that it’s impossible to determine subspecies because the photo is essentially fake now; just a mashup of whatever AI thinks parts of a Red-tail should look like.
Scroll on… WOW! That’s a remarkable trail cam photo of a Bobcat! It almost looks like a painting!… but the head looks oddly small…. hmmmm. After some prodding the original photo is produced and sure enough it had been so heavily altered by AI ‘post processing’ that the photo posted was essentially a digital mock-up with totally different proportions and fur markings. No longer the photo off the trail cam; it may as well have just been ‘created’ by AI from scratch.
This stuff is killing me. My days on social media are becoming very limited. We can’t even trust simple, everyday photos of animals to be real. The wildlife community needs to quit editing with AI, and we need to start calling out photographers that are using it. Our reality is being destroyed all around us.

December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM

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t. kendal mintcake

@mintcaketime.bsky.social

pals you gotta quit spotify

Spotify now features Al band clones
discussion
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard prominently left Spotify earlier this year. Today this was recommended to me by their release radar:
https://open.spotify.com/intl-
de/artist/6WFS7oPAEirPXePSayORzn?si=jtf|za1qI-
gRyUUBjD-EHA
A bad Al ripoff, from aesthetics to band name, copying their songs.

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December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM

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lacey

@byelacey.bsky.social

over on threads they’re making up new derogatory terms for (checking my notes) guest cover artists, a normal and common thing

November 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Chloe

@acclorat.bsky.social

This angle is almost impossible 😭 I still think I drew the back of her head kinda weird and her ear might be too low?? But I’m too sick of this to fix it rn. I applaud the original artist for trying this angle lol. #frieren

November 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM

Chloe

@acclorat.bsky.social

I tried out screentones today. I inked this on paper so it's wonky but I had fun #screentones #fairy

November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM

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Will Oremus

@willoremus.com

every company in 2025

comic strip with call and response text.
who are we?
CEOs
what do we want?
AI!
AI to do what?
We don't know!
When do we want it?
Right now!

November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM

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🌞 LaweyD 🌞

@laweyd.bsky.social

The digital version of my Sapphic Thriller comic ‘The Fool, The Absolute Mad Woman.’ is now available.

I hope you guys enjoy!

Itch.io: laweyd.itch.io/the-fool-the...
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/s/70ab0ddeb6

November 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM

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Keezy Young🌼

@keezyyoung.bsky.social

panels from it's bitter where i've replaced the text. corey says okay so. drawing the skeleton suit sucks. and a bully says hahahha you're only page 3 of 32. idiot. and corey says that's mean

November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM

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🌏岩澤美翠🌴

@midori1989.bsky.social

wip

November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM

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𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐗𝐈𝐀

@cruxia.bsky.social

Had to share this from twitter just because

November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM

Chloe

@acclorat.bsky.social

Did this in may and never posted #fairy #digitalart #oc

October 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM

Chloe

@acclorat.bsky.social

I don’t think I posted this but I did this a few months ago. I need to change her hair color I think

October 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM

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ʙᴀʀʀʏ🎃🇰🇬

@l0-barry.bsky.social

average girlhood experience #KnightsOfGuinevere

October 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈

@beingliberal.bsky.social

As ICE descends on San Francisco City Lights has posted Ferlingheti’s own words…

October 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM

Chloe

@acclorat.bsky.social

I think a lot of the time the New York Times connections requires you to be middle aged or older to know really old slang in order to figure out any of the categories at all

October 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM

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jeremy kaplowitz

@jeremykaplowitz.com

stealing paintings from museums will soon be considered just another tool in the artist's toolbelt

August 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM

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ShortBox Comics Fair

@shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social

It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!

Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!

And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

October 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM

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Comicsbeat

@comicsbeat.bsky.social

ShortBox Comics Fair kicks off on October 1

Zainab Akhtar‘s annual ShortBox Comics Fair, an all-digital, indie comics convention, launches tomorrow, October 1st, 2025. The convention runs through the month of October, running until Halloween. Featuring over 100 comics creators, the event helps…