Oliver Scarlin
@oliverscarlin.bsky.social
Painter
Cape Town, South Africa
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Cape Town, South Africa
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well sure there’s lots of shit you can do if you just abandon all morals and principles and let the evil wash over you like a warm bath
If I speak… variety.com/2026/film/ne...
‘Pulp Fiction’ Writer Says It Was ‘Impossible’ to Get His Movies Made Until He Started an AI Production Company: ‘Just Put AI in Front of It and All of a Sudden You’re in Production on Three Features’
'Pulp Fiction' writer Roger Avary says it was 'impossible' to get his movies made until he started an AI production company.
variety.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
well sure there’s lots of shit you can do if you just abandon all morals and principles and let the evil wash over you like a warm bath
TUSINDFALD! Lush dream pop with new-age and shoegaze textures. Instant love on first listen <3
February 16, 2026 at 12:05 PM
TUSINDFALD! Lush dream pop with new-age and shoegaze textures. Instant love on first listen <3
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Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.
February 9, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.
From sketch to painting
February 3, 2026 at 9:57 AM
From sketch to painting
Wow, weed really does turn me into a horny socialist
January 31, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Wow, weed really does turn me into a horny socialist
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REST IN POWER!
Marxist historian and political scientist Michael Parenti has passed away at the age of 92.
He devoted his life to dissenting from the mainstream, challenging power and institutions, exposing contradictions, and ripping the mask off of propaganda.
‘The third world is not poor.’
Marxist historian and political scientist Michael Parenti has passed away at the age of 92.
He devoted his life to dissenting from the mainstream, challenging power and institutions, exposing contradictions, and ripping the mask off of propaganda.
‘The third world is not poor.’
January 24, 2026 at 11:07 PM
REST IN POWER!
Marxist historian and political scientist Michael Parenti has passed away at the age of 92.
He devoted his life to dissenting from the mainstream, challenging power and institutions, exposing contradictions, and ripping the mask off of propaganda.
‘The third world is not poor.’
Marxist historian and political scientist Michael Parenti has passed away at the age of 92.
He devoted his life to dissenting from the mainstream, challenging power and institutions, exposing contradictions, and ripping the mask off of propaganda.
‘The third world is not poor.’
The Democratic and Republican parties at their core are not enemies. They're America's good cop / bad cop that take turns getting what they want from their citizens and the world.
January 26, 2026 at 5:06 AM
The Democratic and Republican parties at their core are not enemies. They're America's good cop / bad cop that take turns getting what they want from their citizens and the world.
Ambient / Shoegaze first listens this month 🖤💙
January 22, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Ambient / Shoegaze first listens this month 🖤💙
If the world ends at least I got to listen to Boards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy (2005)
January 15, 2026 at 8:23 PM
If the world ends at least I got to listen to Boards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy (2005)
This is just slightly uncool enough to work
January 15, 2026 at 2:37 PM
This is just slightly uncool enough to work
Finally watched Penda's Fen and now it's all I can think about
January 14, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Finally watched Penda's Fen and now it's all I can think about
I think the reason conservatives love AI so much is that it allows them to effortlessly manifest their un-realities - what better way to represent an ideology untethered from humanity than through the uncanny?
January 14, 2026 at 9:28 AM
I think the reason conservatives love AI so much is that it allows them to effortlessly manifest their un-realities - what better way to represent an ideology untethered from humanity than through the uncanny?
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Am I the only person crushing on the background hipster from Community season one
January 12, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Am I the only person crushing on the background hipster from Community season one
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The 21st century has been defined by our leaders, no longer able to obscure their crimes, telling the world to disbelieve their eyes.
January 9, 2026 at 9:47 PM
The 21st century has been defined by our leaders, no longer able to obscure their crimes, telling the world to disbelieve their eyes.
Partial 2026 moodboard
January 2, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Partial 2026 moodboard
Boys & flowers what more can I say (painted from life)
Model: @harrisonjames.bsky.social
Model: @harrisonjames.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Boys & flowers what more can I say (painted from life)
Model: @harrisonjames.bsky.social
Model: @harrisonjames.bsky.social
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the term "content creator" served it's purpose very well. conditioning people into seeing everyone as anyone and everything as anything, mostly among the ruling class who found it most convenient for their pockets. in that sense, generating slop is the final result of content creation
the enthusiasm for generative AI would not have been possible without prior decades of capitalist conditioning to view works of art as products, rather than acts of culture and shared human life
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
December 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
the term "content creator" served it's purpose very well. conditioning people into seeing everyone as anyone and everything as anything, mostly among the ruling class who found it most convenient for their pockets. in that sense, generating slop is the final result of content creation
In Briefs We're Rarely Gorging
December 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In Briefs We're Rarely Gorging
Peaches & party cups in progress
December 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Peaches & party cups in progress
Trixie Mattel, your denim look was den-ummm?
December 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Trixie Mattel, your denim look was den-ummm?
Engorged we're briefly useless
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Engorged we're briefly useless
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