QueenSimia
@queensimia.bsky.social
Old on the internet AND in real life! 40something graphic designer by trade, comicker by hobby. Hostile to generative AI/LLMs and crypto shills. She/her, aroace, has a fat and freckled face.
posts about my comic tagged #OutoftheEther #oote
posts about my comic tagged #OutoftheEther #oote
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
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Sleep well, my sweet Uni
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Sleep well, my sweet Uni
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There was that post a couple weeks ago about “how great AI videogames have gotten” and it was a cutscene. Sure it seems great unless you want to pick up a controller and engage with it. And it’s the same damn thing with all of it. It’s “this thing looks like this other thing”, it’s killing your soul
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
There was that post a couple weeks ago about “how great AI videogames have gotten” and it was a cutscene. Sure it seems great unless you want to pick up a controller and engage with it. And it’s the same damn thing with all of it. It’s “this thing looks like this other thing”, it’s killing your soul
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The Joyce Carol Oates and “books written between 1890-1930 are so ALPHA” thing struck home because it showed how many elites nowadays lack the ability to be moved or find meaning in art beyond what we did watching John Wick and going fuck yea this rules and that explains why they believe in AI art
November 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Joyce Carol Oates and “books written between 1890-1930 are so ALPHA” thing struck home because it showed how many elites nowadays lack the ability to be moved or find meaning in art beyond what we did watching John Wick and going fuck yea this rules and that explains why they believe in AI art
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German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
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Friendly tip for folks. My discord got hacked yesterday and my computer was acting funky ever since. Turns out it was malware installed through a blender file I bought as part of an asset pack on CG Trader. I didn’t know blender files were being used this way, but I figured I’d spread the word.
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Friendly tip for folks. My discord got hacked yesterday and my computer was acting funky ever since. Turns out it was malware installed through a blender file I bought as part of an asset pack on CG Trader. I didn’t know blender files were being used this way, but I figured I’d spread the word.
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I think that Del Toro may be one of the finest femgaze directors in Hollywood
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I think that Del Toro may be one of the finest femgaze directors in Hollywood
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Who else remembers a few years ago when the Jujutsu Kaisen movie made almost 200 million at the box office and the dub cast got like $300 tops
Ask literally any voice actor if they get royalties from the video games they worked on.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
They will tell you no. They might even laugh.
Now imagine any developer actively trying to use AI VO to save money wanting to offer something like that.
Also, re: "they get royalties", how much money is that? Does it make up for the lack of continued work?
Paying next to nothing is still "getting paid royalties" but is functionally nothing.
Paying next to nothing is still "getting paid royalties" but is functionally nothing.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Who else remembers a few years ago when the Jujutsu Kaisen movie made almost 200 million at the box office and the dub cast got like $300 tops
lrs: damn, had no idea that happened. I did wonder why interest in Webfishing p much evaporated so quickly for such a cute little game.
Looks like the dev nuked their socials, so unless you go mega-digging the deets are gone. you can glean what happened via Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/3146520/...
Looks like the dev nuked their socials, so unless you go mega-digging the deets are gone. you can glean what happened via Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/3146520/...
WEBFISHING General Discussions :: Steam Community
WEBFISHING - WEBFISHING is a multiplayer online casual fishing game where you relax, hang out, make friends, and catch fish!CATCH THEM ALL!Nearly 100 different creatures to catch- from the smallest sn...
steamcommunity.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
lrs: damn, had no idea that happened. I did wonder why interest in Webfishing p much evaporated so quickly for such a cute little game.
Looks like the dev nuked their socials, so unless you go mega-digging the deets are gone. you can glean what happened via Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/3146520/...
Looks like the dev nuked their socials, so unless you go mega-digging the deets are gone. you can glean what happened via Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/3146520/...
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"Gay people should just create their own stuff" Webfishing dev got doxxed because their game was too gay, you guys literally don't let us have anything
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
"Gay people should just create their own stuff" Webfishing dev got doxxed because their game was too gay, you guys literally don't let us have anything
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nsfw content gets a rap of being easy money or "the dream" but every single one of us is wondering what's going to happen when the life we've built for ourselves is going to get taken away by law or platform TOS
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
nsfw content gets a rap of being easy money or "the dream" but every single one of us is wondering what's going to happen when the life we've built for ourselves is going to get taken away by law or platform TOS
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I genuinely believe nerdism's insistence that story is a thing to be quantified, compartmentalized into tropes and trivia, to be literalized, has been utterly poisonous.
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I genuinely believe nerdism's insistence that story is a thing to be quantified, compartmentalized into tropes and trivia, to be literalized, has been utterly poisonous.
if your response to a voice actor commenting on the lack of royalties on their work is "this is reflected in Spamton's treatment by Tenna," you might just be really fucking stupid
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
if your response to a voice actor commenting on the lack of royalties on their work is "this is reflected in Spamton's treatment by Tenna," you might just be really fucking stupid
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Remember when despite the "dominance" of trans women in women's sport, no trans women qualified to compete at the last Olympics so the British press had to invent one?
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Remember when despite the "dominance" of trans women in women's sport, no trans women qualified to compete at the last Olympics so the British press had to invent one?
at the rate the AI bubble is bursting, this stupid data center promo video might probably only be finally done when all the air's gone out of it
g o o d
lol
g o o d
lol
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
at the rate the AI bubble is bursting, this stupid data center promo video might probably only be finally done when all the air's gone out of it
g o o d
lol
g o o d
lol
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
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Even on projects that don’t feature AI, it’s often difficult to justify how little voice actors get paid for work on projects that sell in the millions
So it’s fascinating to see folks say “they were compensated fairly” repeatedly on this occasion where we don’t even have the voice actors credited.
So it’s fascinating to see folks say “they were compensated fairly” repeatedly on this occasion where we don’t even have the voice actors credited.
The argument I'm hearing about it is "the voice actors got paid for it so it's all good"
We don't know how much they got paid, or if they get royalties every time those lines get used.
It's a slippery slope being brushed off because "game good"
if Arc Raiders had plagiarized art, would it matter?
We don't know how much they got paid, or if they get royalties every time those lines get used.
It's a slippery slope being brushed off because "game good"
if Arc Raiders had plagiarized art, would it matter?
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Even on projects that don’t feature AI, it’s often difficult to justify how little voice actors get paid for work on projects that sell in the millions
So it’s fascinating to see folks say “they were compensated fairly” repeatedly on this occasion where we don’t even have the voice actors credited.
So it’s fascinating to see folks say “they were compensated fairly” repeatedly on this occasion where we don’t even have the voice actors credited.
(forgot to say things)
Razz is a longtime friend, a champion for accessibility, and has always been transparent about what it's like to live on what paltry support the US gives to folks who need it most. Help them out if you can, they deserve it 500%.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-razz-...
Razz is a longtime friend, a champion for accessibility, and has always been transparent about what it's like to live on what paltry support the US gives to folks who need it most. Help them out if you can, they deserve it 500%.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-razz-...
Donate to Help Razz Move to Accessible Housing, organized by Razz Terizzi
Hello! I'm Razz, a blind artist and Colorado native.
I've been trying to mov… Razz Terizzi needs your support for Help Razz Move to Accessible Housing
www.gofundme.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
(forgot to say things)
Razz is a longtime friend, a champion for accessibility, and has always been transparent about what it's like to live on what paltry support the US gives to folks who need it most. Help them out if you can, they deserve it 500%.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-razz-...
Razz is a longtime friend, a champion for accessibility, and has always been transparent about what it's like to live on what paltry support the US gives to folks who need it most. Help them out if you can, they deserve it 500%.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-razz-...
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Trying to raise enough money to move out of Cowtown. I only have 3 weeks so any help is appreciated!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-razz-...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-razz-...
Donate to Help Razz Move to Accessible Housing, organized by Razz Terizzi
Hello! I'm Razz, a blind artist and Colorado native.
I've been trying to mov… Razz Terizzi needs your support for Help Razz Move to Accessible Housing
www.gofundme.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Trying to raise enough money to move out of Cowtown. I only have 3 weeks so any help is appreciated!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-razz-...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-razz-...
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They also give you pages for your characters. My screenshots don’t cover it all but you can really flesh shit out in a digestible way here, and keep separate sections for your official refs and comms/fanart. And you can credit adopts.
Toyhouse but i don’t hate using it with every fiber of my being.
Toyhouse but i don’t hate using it with every fiber of my being.
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
They also give you pages for your characters. My screenshots don’t cover it all but you can really flesh shit out in a digestible way here, and keep separate sections for your official refs and comms/fanart. And you can credit adopts.
Toyhouse but i don’t hate using it with every fiber of my being.
Toyhouse but i don’t hate using it with every fiber of my being.
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A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
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For the Arc Raiders AI VA debacle, people are already pointing out that they boast an substantial number of ping-related voice lines.
However, no matter your beliefs on if any AI VA is okay, it's baffling they deemed it acceptable for their story NPCs: www.reddit.com/r/ArcRaiders...
However, no matter your beliefs on if any AI VA is okay, it's baffling they deemed it acceptable for their story NPCs: www.reddit.com/r/ArcRaiders...
From the ArcRaiders community on Reddit: usage of AI to replace voice actors
Explore this post and more from the ArcRaiders community
www.reddit.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
For the Arc Raiders AI VA debacle, people are already pointing out that they boast an substantial number of ping-related voice lines.
However, no matter your beliefs on if any AI VA is okay, it's baffling they deemed it acceptable for their story NPCs: www.reddit.com/r/ArcRaiders...
However, no matter your beliefs on if any AI VA is okay, it's baffling they deemed it acceptable for their story NPCs: www.reddit.com/r/ArcRaiders...