Glenn Williams
@glennhasabeard.bsky.social
I teach Adobe Firefly — tutorials, prompts, workflow breakdowns.
Obsessed with photorealistic surrealism and images that feel slightly wrong.
Also: Luthier, husband, chaos enthusiast.
Obsessed with photorealistic surrealism and images that feel slightly wrong.
Also: Luthier, husband, chaos enthusiast.
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The Shepard and the Daughter of the Sun
YouTube video by Stor-AI Time
youtu.be
🧵 1/3 A shepherd falls in love with a sacred Daughter of the Sun.
An ancient Inca legend brought to life with AI animation and handcrafted paper cut-out style.
Watch in 4K:
Stor-AI Time (kid friendly): youtu.be/7CTp9tAerCM
Main channel: youtu.be/BkfCcc1P6m0
#AIArt #AIAnimation
An ancient Inca legend brought to life with AI animation and handcrafted paper cut-out style.
Watch in 4K:
Stor-AI Time (kid friendly): youtu.be/7CTp9tAerCM
Main channel: youtu.be/BkfCcc1P6m0
#AIArt #AIAnimation
🧵 1/5 Bluesky doesn't have "an algorithm" the way most platforms do.
Which is great until you realize your posts aren't magically finding people either.
Here's how discovery actually works here, and what you can do about it:
#AIcreators #socialmedia
Which is great until you realize your posts aren't magically finding people either.
Here's how discovery actually works here, and what you can do about it:
#AIcreators #socialmedia
January 22, 2026 at 1:23 PM
🧵 1/5 Bluesky doesn't have "an algorithm" the way most platforms do.
Which is great until you realize your posts aren't magically finding people either.
Here's how discovery actually works here, and what you can do about it:
#AIcreators #socialmedia
Which is great until you realize your posts aren't magically finding people either.
Here's how discovery actually works here, and what you can do about it:
#AIcreators #socialmedia
🧵 1/5 I kept telling people "Bluesky has no algorithm."
That's not quite right.
It has the Discover feed. It has 100,000+ custom feeds with their own ranking logic. It has signals it tracks.
What it doesn't have: published weights or engagement velocity pressure.
#Bluesky #SocialMediaTips
That's not quite right.
It has the Discover feed. It has 100,000+ custom feeds with their own ranking logic. It has signals it tracks.
What it doesn't have: published weights or engagement velocity pressure.
#Bluesky #SocialMediaTips
January 21, 2026 at 5:36 PM
🧵 1/5 I kept telling people "Bluesky has no algorithm."
That's not quite right.
It has the Discover feed. It has 100,000+ custom feeds with their own ranking logic. It has signals it tracks.
What it doesn't have: published weights or engagement velocity pressure.
#Bluesky #SocialMediaTips
That's not quite right.
It has the Discover feed. It has 100,000+ custom feeds with their own ranking logic. It has signals it tracks.
What it doesn't have: published weights or engagement velocity pressure.
#Bluesky #SocialMediaTips
🧵 1/4
Bluesky feels different. Chronological feed. No mysterious algorithm punishing you.
But there's still a system deciding what hits Discover and what doesn't.
I spent January researching it alongside X, Instagram, and Threads.
The pattern surprised me.
#socialmedia #creators
Bluesky feels different. Chronological feed. No mysterious algorithm punishing you.
But there's still a system deciding what hits Discover and what doesn't.
I spent January researching it alongside X, Instagram, and Threads.
The pattern surprised me.
#socialmedia #creators
January 19, 2026 at 2:29 PM
🧵 1/4
Bluesky feels different. Chronological feed. No mysterious algorithm punishing you.
But there's still a system deciding what hits Discover and what doesn't.
I spent January researching it alongside X, Instagram, and Threads.
The pattern surprised me.
#socialmedia #creators
Bluesky feels different. Chronological feed. No mysterious algorithm punishing you.
But there's still a system deciding what hits Discover and what doesn't.
I spent January researching it alongside X, Instagram, and Threads.
The pattern surprised me.
#socialmedia #creators
🧵 1/3 A shepherd falls in love with a sacred Daughter of the Sun.
An ancient Inca legend brought to life with AI animation and handcrafted paper cut-out style.
Watch in 4K:
Stor-AI Time (kid friendly): youtu.be/7CTp9tAerCM
Main channel: youtu.be/BkfCcc1P6m0
#AIArt #AIAnimation
An ancient Inca legend brought to life with AI animation and handcrafted paper cut-out style.
Watch in 4K:
Stor-AI Time (kid friendly): youtu.be/7CTp9tAerCM
Main channel: youtu.be/BkfCcc1P6m0
#AIArt #AIAnimation
The Shepard and the Daughter of the Sun
YouTube video by Stor-AI Time
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 1:08 PM
🧵 1/3 A shepherd falls in love with a sacred Daughter of the Sun.
An ancient Inca legend brought to life with AI animation and handcrafted paper cut-out style.
Watch in 4K:
Stor-AI Time (kid friendly): youtu.be/7CTp9tAerCM
Main channel: youtu.be/BkfCcc1P6m0
#AIArt #AIAnimation
An ancient Inca legend brought to life with AI animation and handcrafted paper cut-out style.
Watch in 4K:
Stor-AI Time (kid friendly): youtu.be/7CTp9tAerCM
Main channel: youtu.be/BkfCcc1P6m0
#AIArt #AIAnimation
Nano Banana Pro is excellent at creating thumbnails for your videos
Premiering tomorrow morning
Made with Adobe Firefly
Premiering tomorrow morning
Made with Adobe Firefly
January 18, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Nano Banana Pro is excellent at creating thumbnails for your videos
Premiering tomorrow morning
Made with Adobe Firefly
Premiering tomorrow morning
Made with Adobe Firefly
🧵 1/7
Bluesky doesn't have "an algorithm."
It has 100,000+ of them.
Every Custom Feed is a different algorithm you can opt into. This changes everything about how community building works here.
#socialmedia #Bluesky
Bluesky doesn't have "an algorithm."
It has 100,000+ of them.
Every Custom Feed is a different algorithm you can opt into. This changes everything about how community building works here.
#socialmedia #Bluesky
January 16, 2026 at 1:56 PM
🧵 1/7
Bluesky doesn't have "an algorithm."
It has 100,000+ of them.
Every Custom Feed is a different algorithm you can opt into. This changes everything about how community building works here.
#socialmedia #Bluesky
Bluesky doesn't have "an algorithm."
It has 100,000+ of them.
Every Custom Feed is a different algorithm you can opt into. This changes everything about how community building works here.
#socialmedia #Bluesky
🧵 1/5
AI art gets less engagement than traditional digital art.
After months of research, here's what surprised me:
On algorithmic platforms, it's not the system penalizing you. There are no signals detecting AI images.
It's something else entirely.
#AIart #socialmedia
AI art gets less engagement than traditional digital art.
After months of research, here's what surprised me:
On algorithmic platforms, it's not the system penalizing you. There are no signals detecting AI images.
It's something else entirely.
#AIart #socialmedia
January 15, 2026 at 1:18 PM
🧵 1/5
AI art gets less engagement than traditional digital art.
After months of research, here's what surprised me:
On algorithmic platforms, it's not the system penalizing you. There are no signals detecting AI images.
It's something else entirely.
#AIart #socialmedia
AI art gets less engagement than traditional digital art.
After months of research, here's what surprised me:
On algorithmic platforms, it's not the system penalizing you. There are no signals detecting AI images.
It's something else entirely.
#AIart #socialmedia
🧵 1/6 Bluesky doesn't have an algorithm deciding your reach.
But that doesn't mean all engagement is equal.
After researching how "social neighborhoods" and custom feeds actually surface content, I found what separates growth from stalling:
#BlueskyCommunity
But that doesn't mean all engagement is equal.
After researching how "social neighborhoods" and custom feeds actually surface content, I found what separates growth from stalling:
#BlueskyCommunity
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
🧵 1/6 Bluesky doesn't have an algorithm deciding your reach.
But that doesn't mean all engagement is equal.
After researching how "social neighborhoods" and custom feeds actually surface content, I found what separates growth from stalling:
#BlueskyCommunity
But that doesn't mean all engagement is equal.
After researching how "social neighborhoods" and custom feeds actually surface content, I found what separates growth from stalling:
#BlueskyCommunity
🧵 1/6 Reply chains on Bluesky aren't just conversations. They're social neighborhood builders.
The Discover feed prioritizes posts that spark discussion over passive likes. When you reply back and forth, you're creating relationship clusters the system tracks explicitly.
#Bluesky #SocialMedia
The Discover feed prioritizes posts that spark discussion over passive likes. When you reply back and forth, you're creating relationship clusters the system tracks explicitly.
#Bluesky #SocialMedia
January 13, 2026 at 1:31 PM
🧵 1/6 Reply chains on Bluesky aren't just conversations. They're social neighborhood builders.
The Discover feed prioritizes posts that spark discussion over passive likes. When you reply back and forth, you're creating relationship clusters the system tracks explicitly.
#Bluesky #SocialMedia
The Discover feed prioritizes posts that spark discussion over passive likes. When you reply back and forth, you're creating relationship clusters the system tracks explicitly.
#Bluesky #SocialMedia
🧵 1/6
Image-primary accounts have an advantage on Bluesky most creators don't realize.
Images get 40% more engagement than text-only. Photographers report 10x more responses here than platforms with 100x the followers.
But visibility works completely differently.
#AIart #photography
Image-primary accounts have an advantage on Bluesky most creators don't realize.
Images get 40% more engagement than text-only. Photographers report 10x more responses here than platforms with 100x the followers.
But visibility works completely differently.
#AIart #photography
January 12, 2026 at 12:29 PM
🧵 1/6
Image-primary accounts have an advantage on Bluesky most creators don't realize.
Images get 40% more engagement than text-only. Photographers report 10x more responses here than platforms with 100x the followers.
But visibility works completely differently.
#AIart #photography
Image-primary accounts have an advantage on Bluesky most creators don't realize.
Images get 40% more engagement than text-only. Photographers report 10x more responses here than platforms with 100x the followers.
But visibility works completely differently.
#AIart #photography
Reposted by Glenn Williams
Popcorn man
January 8, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Popcorn man
Share your art 🎨
Repost, like & tag other creators! ⬇️🍻
Use this space to connect with others!
#Art #ContentCreators
Repost, like & tag other creators! ⬇️🍻
Use this space to connect with others!
#Art #ContentCreators
January 8, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Share your art 🎨
Repost, like & tag other creators! ⬇️🍻
Use this space to connect with others!
#Art #ContentCreators
Repost, like & tag other creators! ⬇️🍻
Use this space to connect with others!
#Art #ContentCreators
1/7 🧵 Your post is getting reposts.
Spreading through networks. Showing up in custom feeds. The chain is building.
Then it stops.
Bluesky has no algorithm killing your reach. But momentum still dies here.
Here's what breaks the chain:
#AIart #SocialMedia #Bluesky #CreatorTips
Spreading through networks. Showing up in custom feeds. The chain is building.
Then it stops.
Bluesky has no algorithm killing your reach. But momentum still dies here.
Here's what breaks the chain:
#AIart #SocialMedia #Bluesky #CreatorTips
January 8, 2026 at 1:14 PM
1/7 🧵 Your post is getting reposts.
Spreading through networks. Showing up in custom feeds. The chain is building.
Then it stops.
Bluesky has no algorithm killing your reach. But momentum still dies here.
Here's what breaks the chain:
#AIart #SocialMedia #Bluesky #CreatorTips
Spreading through networks. Showing up in custom feeds. The chain is building.
Then it stops.
Bluesky has no algorithm killing your reach. But momentum still dies here.
Here's what breaks the chain:
#AIart #SocialMedia #Bluesky #CreatorTips
January 8, 2026 at 11:53 AM
🧵 1/8 Polls get massive engagement. But do they actually help you grow?
I dug into how each platform's algorithm treats poll votes.
The answer changes completely depending on where you're posting.
I dug into how each platform's algorithm treats poll votes.
The answer changes completely depending on where you're posting.
January 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
🧵 1/8 Polls get massive engagement. But do they actually help you grow?
I dug into how each platform's algorithm treats poll votes.
The answer changes completely depending on where you're posting.
I dug into how each platform's algorithm treats poll votes.
The answer changes completely depending on where you're posting.
🧵 1/5
Alt text helps screen readers. But does it help algorithms find your posts?
I researched X, Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads.
The answer split completely. One platform indexes it for search. Others ignore it entirely.
Here's what I found:
#AIart #accessibility
Alt text helps screen readers. But does it help algorithms find your posts?
I researched X, Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads.
The answer split completely. One platform indexes it for search. Others ignore it entirely.
Here's what I found:
#AIart #accessibility
January 6, 2026 at 4:19 PM
🧵 1/5
Alt text helps screen readers. But does it help algorithms find your posts?
I researched X, Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads.
The answer split completely. One platform indexes it for search. Others ignore it entirely.
Here's what I found:
#AIart #accessibility
Alt text helps screen readers. But does it help algorithms find your posts?
I researched X, Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads.
The answer split completely. One platform indexes it for search. Others ignore it entirely.
Here's what I found:
#AIart #accessibility
Expanding my focus: cross-platform social media strategy.
Every platform algorithm rewards different behavior. I'll be breaking down what actually works across all of them.
For creators serious about building community, not just posting into the void.
What platform is tripping you up?
Every platform algorithm rewards different behavior. I'll be breaking down what actually works across all of them.
For creators serious about building community, not just posting into the void.
What platform is tripping you up?
January 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Expanding my focus: cross-platform social media strategy.
Every platform algorithm rewards different behavior. I'll be breaking down what actually works across all of them.
For creators serious about building community, not just posting into the void.
What platform is tripping you up?
Every platform algorithm rewards different behavior. I'll be breaking down what actually works across all of them.
For creators serious about building community, not just posting into the void.
What platform is tripping you up?
🧵1/8 On Bluesky, timing isn't about gaming an algorithm.
It's simpler and more brutal: post when your audience is offline, and your content sinks immediately.
Chronological feeds don't rescue you. Here's how to time your posts so they actually get seen:
#Bluesky #ContentStrategy
It's simpler and more brutal: post when your audience is offline, and your content sinks immediately.
Chronological feeds don't rescue you. Here's how to time your posts so they actually get seen:
#Bluesky #ContentStrategy
January 5, 2026 at 1:48 PM
🧵1/8 On Bluesky, timing isn't about gaming an algorithm.
It's simpler and more brutal: post when your audience is offline, and your content sinks immediately.
Chronological feeds don't rescue you. Here's how to time your posts so they actually get seen:
#Bluesky #ContentStrategy
It's simpler and more brutal: post when your audience is offline, and your content sinks immediately.
Chronological feeds don't rescue you. Here's how to time your posts so they actually get seen:
#Bluesky #ContentStrategy
1/4 New year, new systems 📅✨
Time to reset, set intentions, and get organized.
3 goal-setting vibes using Nano Banana Pro in Adobe Firefly 👇
#AIart #AdobeFirefly
Time to reset, set intentions, and get organized.
3 goal-setting vibes using Nano Banana Pro in Adobe Firefly 👇
#AIart #AdobeFirefly
January 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
1/4 New year, new systems 📅✨
Time to reset, set intentions, and get organized.
3 goal-setting vibes using Nano Banana Pro in Adobe Firefly 👇
#AIart #AdobeFirefly
Time to reset, set intentions, and get organized.
3 goal-setting vibes using Nano Banana Pro in Adobe Firefly 👇
#AIart #AdobeFirefly
First Stor-AI Time of 2026 is in progress. This story comes from Peru. More BTS coming as I refine the process.
Main channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCw5UOg6Jj7mlKvBCxcsiepA
Kid-friendly:
youtube.com/channel/UCe7o7qtSl5BF8Bxzdt5iHTA
#AIart #AdobeFirefly
Main channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCw5UOg6Jj7mlKvBCxcsiepA
Kid-friendly:
youtube.com/channel/UCe7o7qtSl5BF8Bxzdt5iHTA
#AIart #AdobeFirefly
January 3, 2026 at 2:21 PM
First Stor-AI Time of 2026 is in progress. This story comes from Peru. More BTS coming as I refine the process.
Main channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCw5UOg6Jj7mlKvBCxcsiepA
Kid-friendly:
youtube.com/channel/UCe7o7qtSl5BF8Bxzdt5iHTA
#AIart #AdobeFirefly
Main channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCw5UOg6Jj7mlKvBCxcsiepA
Kid-friendly:
youtube.com/channel/UCe7o7qtSl5BF8Bxzdt5iHTA
#AIart #AdobeFirefly
1/4 January has many moods 💪❄️😴
Grinding, snowy magic, or full hibernation — which one are you?
Here's 3 vibes using Nano Banana Pro in Adobe Firefly 👇
#AIart #AdobeFirefly
Grinding, snowy magic, or full hibernation — which one are you?
Here's 3 vibes using Nano Banana Pro in Adobe Firefly 👇
#AIart #AdobeFirefly
January 2, 2026 at 7:07 PM
1/4 January has many moods 💪❄️😴
Grinding, snowy magic, or full hibernation — which one are you?
Here's 3 vibes using Nano Banana Pro in Adobe Firefly 👇
#AIart #AdobeFirefly
Grinding, snowy magic, or full hibernation — which one are you?
Here's 3 vibes using Nano Banana Pro in Adobe Firefly 👇
#AIart #AdobeFirefly
1/7 If you came from X, you probably stopped using hashtags.
Smart move there. Penalty move here.
Bluesky has 50,000+ custom feeds that pull posts BY hashtag. No hashtag = invisible to those feeds.
The rules reversed. Here's how discovery actually works:
#AIart #socialmedia
Smart move there. Penalty move here.
Bluesky has 50,000+ custom feeds that pull posts BY hashtag. No hashtag = invisible to those feeds.
The rules reversed. Here's how discovery actually works:
#AIart #socialmedia
January 2, 2026 at 4:40 PM
1/7 If you came from X, you probably stopped using hashtags.
Smart move there. Penalty move here.
Bluesky has 50,000+ custom feeds that pull posts BY hashtag. No hashtag = invisible to those feeds.
The rules reversed. Here's how discovery actually works:
#AIart #socialmedia
Smart move there. Penalty move here.
Bluesky has 50,000+ custom feeds that pull posts BY hashtag. No hashtag = invisible to those feeds.
The rules reversed. Here's how discovery actually works:
#AIart #socialmedia
Champagne corks as rocket ships.
Countdowns projected on skin.
Numbers burning through midnight.
3 NYE prompts dropping tomorrow, featuring nanobanana in Adobe Firefly.
🍾🚀🔢
Countdowns projected on skin.
Numbers burning through midnight.
3 NYE prompts dropping tomorrow, featuring nanobanana in Adobe Firefly.
🍾🚀🔢
December 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Champagne corks as rocket ships.
Countdowns projected on skin.
Numbers burning through midnight.
3 NYE prompts dropping tomorrow, featuring nanobanana in Adobe Firefly.
🍾🚀🔢
Countdowns projected on skin.
Numbers burning through midnight.
3 NYE prompts dropping tomorrow, featuring nanobanana in Adobe Firefly.
🍾🚀🔢
🧵If you came from X, you probably learned to stress about the first 30 minutes after posting.
Hit 5% engagement or get buried. Be online. Reply fast. Race the clock.
That pressure doesn't exist here the same way. Here's why timing still matters, but differently.
Hit 5% engagement or get buried. Be online. Reply fast. Race the clock.
That pressure doesn't exist here the same way. Here's why timing still matters, but differently.
December 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🧵If you came from X, you probably learned to stress about the first 30 minutes after posting.
Hit 5% engagement or get buried. Be online. Reply fast. Race the clock.
That pressure doesn't exist here the same way. Here's why timing still matters, but differently.
Hit 5% engagement or get buried. Be online. Reply fast. Race the clock.
That pressure doesn't exist here the same way. Here's why timing still matters, but differently.