Ren
@rainbowboots.bsky.social
Writer when cats and brains allow it
Anime hipster, Vocaloid liker, too many RPGs and not enough time so let's just replay NieR and Persona
Anime hipster, Vocaloid liker, too many RPGs and not enough time so let's just replay NieR and Persona
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If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
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RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Using it to make political Satire/insult (regardless of target) is using gen ai
Being a "small/indie" studio & using it is still using gen ai
Using it for "Ideas" is still using gen ai
Tracing over it is still using gen ai
USING THE DAMN THING REGARDLESS OF REASON IS USING GENERATIVE FUCKING AI!
Being a "small/indie" studio & using it is still using gen ai
Using it for "Ideas" is still using gen ai
Tracing over it is still using gen ai
USING THE DAMN THING REGARDLESS OF REASON IS USING GENERATIVE FUCKING AI!
October 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Using it to make political Satire/insult (regardless of target) is using gen ai
Being a "small/indie" studio & using it is still using gen ai
Using it for "Ideas" is still using gen ai
Tracing over it is still using gen ai
USING THE DAMN THING REGARDLESS OF REASON IS USING GENERATIVE FUCKING AI!
Being a "small/indie" studio & using it is still using gen ai
Using it for "Ideas" is still using gen ai
Tracing over it is still using gen ai
USING THE DAMN THING REGARDLESS OF REASON IS USING GENERATIVE FUCKING AI!
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I could try to make moral arguments about spending your Spotify fee on one Bandcamp album a month.
But let's go simpler. It is *so easy* to just switch from Spotify to Tidal, Apple, or Qobuz! You won't barely notice the difference! You can move your playlists! The audio quality is better!
But let's go simpler. It is *so easy* to just switch from Spotify to Tidal, Apple, or Qobuz! You won't barely notice the difference! You can move your playlists! The audio quality is better!
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I could try to make moral arguments about spending your Spotify fee on one Bandcamp album a month.
But let's go simpler. It is *so easy* to just switch from Spotify to Tidal, Apple, or Qobuz! You won't barely notice the difference! You can move your playlists! The audio quality is better!
But let's go simpler. It is *so easy* to just switch from Spotify to Tidal, Apple, or Qobuz! You won't barely notice the difference! You can move your playlists! The audio quality is better!
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Play it Later - Gator Days
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Play it Later - Gator Days
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BlueSky is automatically hiding posts with cuss words in them.
You may want to adjust your settings:
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
BlueSky is automatically hiding posts with cuss words in them.
You may want to adjust your settings:
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not to sound like a broken record but this is (one of the reasons) why history and literature are a tremendous salve to being a person alive at any one specific moment
honestly been getting weird reassurance from reading du fu and other ancient chinese poets and knowing people have faced the same struggle of caring deeply amidst a bumbling state
August 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
not to sound like a broken record but this is (one of the reasons) why history and literature are a tremendous salve to being a person alive at any one specific moment
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#SaveSpeech
The FSC has a website for tracking online ID Bills.
action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verifica...
These are all states with ID laws introduced (but not enacted) and the bill numbers
tell your state reps to vote NO
www.usa.gov/state-governor
www.congress.gov/state-legisl...
The FSC has a website for tracking online ID Bills.
action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verifica...
These are all states with ID laws introduced (but not enacted) and the bill numbers
tell your state reps to vote NO
www.usa.gov/state-governor
www.congress.gov/state-legisl...
August 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
#SaveSpeech
The FSC has a website for tracking online ID Bills.
action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verifica...
These are all states with ID laws introduced (but not enacted) and the bill numbers
tell your state reps to vote NO
www.usa.gov/state-governor
www.congress.gov/state-legisl...
The FSC has a website for tracking online ID Bills.
action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verifica...
These are all states with ID laws introduced (but not enacted) and the bill numbers
tell your state reps to vote NO
www.usa.gov/state-governor
www.congress.gov/state-legisl...
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if you are ever tempted to write off the residents of a "red" (i.e., gerrymandered) state and say "set them adrift, let them secede, they deserve what they voted for", you are missing all the thousands of stories like this where the human beings in those states are pushing back every single day
There are still good, kind, decent people in the world
You just need to know where to look
www.newsweek.com/florida-loca...
You just need to know where to look
www.newsweek.com/florida-loca...
Florida locals defy Ron DeSantis by restoring Pulse rainbow crosswalk
People took matters into their own hands after the commemorative crosswalk was removed, and drew it back onto the ground.
www.newsweek.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
if you are ever tempted to write off the residents of a "red" (i.e., gerrymandered) state and say "set them adrift, let them secede, they deserve what they voted for", you are missing all the thousands of stories like this where the human beings in those states are pushing back every single day
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And on the subject of #realartatters: AI poisoning tool NIGHTSHADE is now free for artists to use: venturebeat.com/ai/nightshad...
Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to use
The tool's creators are seeking to make it so that AI model developers must pay artists to train on data from them that is uncorrupted.
venturebeat.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
And on the subject of #realartatters: AI poisoning tool NIGHTSHADE is now free for artists to use: venturebeat.com/ai/nightshad...
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my main problem with the attitude of "butlerian jihad" or "killing the computer" is that it assigns blame to inanimate objects instead of the real people who very much can be held accountable who designed the computer to be this way
August 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
my main problem with the attitude of "butlerian jihad" or "killing the computer" is that it assigns blame to inanimate objects instead of the real people who very much can be held accountable who designed the computer to be this way
Oh the quotes I find when researching a rock...
August 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Oh the quotes I find when researching a rock...
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To illustrate further how big shoujo anime and manga was in the early 00's, these are just a few cosplay photoshoot / meet ups at Anime Expo 2004 (Anaheim, CA) highlighting series such as Fruits Basket, Fushigi Yuugi, and various CLAMP series. I really miss the massive CLAMP meet ups!
July 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
To illustrate further how big shoujo anime and manga was in the early 00's, these are just a few cosplay photoshoot / meet ups at Anime Expo 2004 (Anaheim, CA) highlighting series such as Fruits Basket, Fushigi Yuugi, and various CLAMP series. I really miss the massive CLAMP meet ups!
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YIKES!!!!!! thank you for sharing this wlswarts!
copying this from the tumblr post for reference
copying this from the tumblr post for reference
July 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
YIKES!!!!!! thank you for sharing this wlswarts!
copying this from the tumblr post for reference
copying this from the tumblr post for reference
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People reading these and being like “ooooh okay so it’s only for REALLY bad stuff” is very eye opening to the fact that none of u actually engage with any meaningful stories, like at all
July 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
People reading these and being like “ooooh okay so it’s only for REALLY bad stuff” is very eye opening to the fact that none of u actually engage with any meaningful stories, like at all
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As a maker of exceptionally sexless art, I just wanna say publicly that any attempt at censorship of the arts is to be resisted. NSFW art is always an easy target, but it’s also always only the first step in a chain, not to mention the artistic value of this stuff in its own right.
July 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
As a maker of exceptionally sexless art, I just wanna say publicly that any attempt at censorship of the arts is to be resisted. NSFW art is always an easy target, but it’s also always only the first step in a chain, not to mention the artistic value of this stuff in its own right.
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i worked with our director RJ to put together a web page compiling phone numbers, emails, and petitions where you can make your voice heard - protect queer artists and sex workers and tell payment processing companies to end their awful policies harming safe spaces for creative art
July 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
i worked with our director RJ to put together a web page compiling phone numbers, emails, and petitions where you can make your voice heard - protect queer artists and sex workers and tell payment processing companies to end their awful policies harming safe spaces for creative art
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I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven
July 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven
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When I think about how when I was young I was able to walk family members all the way to their gate at the airport to say goodbye until I was 15 years old & then suddenly the advisory system kicked in & we never "won" the war on terror, & now I'm 39 & it's still like this, I get so fucking mad.
Fun fact, it was never lowered to blue or green. This ran from 2002-2011 and would get covered by the news
June 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
When I think about how when I was young I was able to walk family members all the way to their gate at the airport to say goodbye until I was 15 years old & then suddenly the advisory system kicked in & we never "won" the war on terror, & now I'm 39 & it's still like this, I get so fucking mad.
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Your regular reminder that the feds are reading your Bluesky account too.
June 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Your regular reminder that the feds are reading your Bluesky account too.
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It's that time of year again! Drowning doesn't look like drowning; familiarize yourself with the instinctive drowning response
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:03 AM
It's that time of year again! Drowning doesn't look like drowning; familiarize yourself with the instinctive drowning response
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If you want to help today, pick one of the list and donate.
If you want to help today and you can't afford to donate, share this with your followers! These resources can't save lives if people don't know about them. Spreading the word matters.
If you want to help today and you can't afford to donate, share this with your followers! These resources can't save lives if people don't know about them. Spreading the word matters.
Vital resources for trans youth, adults, and their loved ones in the wake of SCOTUS' decision in 'U.S. v. Skrmetti.'
These Mental Health and Mutual Aid Resources Are Here for Trans People Post-Skrmetti Ruling
Vital resources for trans youth, adults, and their loved ones.
www.them.us
June 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
If you want to help today, pick one of the list and donate.
If you want to help today and you can't afford to donate, share this with your followers! These resources can't save lives if people don't know about them. Spreading the word matters.
If you want to help today and you can't afford to donate, share this with your followers! These resources can't save lives if people don't know about them. Spreading the word matters.
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Let's do a different type of art share... With so much going on with LGBTQ+ & corporate America, why don't we keep the queer dollar in the queer community? 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
In this thread, share your Pride merch, or your friend's Pride merch. Let's buy from each other rather than the corporations this year.
In this thread, share your Pride merch, or your friend's Pride merch. Let's buy from each other rather than the corporations this year.
May 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Let's do a different type of art share... With so much going on with LGBTQ+ & corporate America, why don't we keep the queer dollar in the queer community? 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
In this thread, share your Pride merch, or your friend's Pride merch. Let's buy from each other rather than the corporations this year.
In this thread, share your Pride merch, or your friend's Pride merch. Let's buy from each other rather than the corporations this year.