Tired Art Goblin
@spaceturtleart.bsky.social
(She/Her) Artist, writer, general nerd.
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"JPMorgan on Monday said building AI infrastructure will cost more than $5tn"
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
"Investors have been selling off the debt of US tech heavyweights, showing how jitters over Silicon Valley’s boom in spending on artificial intelligence have spilled into the bond market."
Investor angst over Big Tech’s AI spending spills into bond market
Debt issued by groups building data centres has been hit in recent weeks
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"JPMorgan on Monday said building AI infrastructure will cost more than $5tn"
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
Crazy idea: Why not, rather than spending $5 TRILLION dollars to pay for data centers to create fake brains, just pay actual human beings with real brains that same $5 trillion?
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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It's been taken down, but this sort of thing boils my blood.
My family wonders why I'm so loud about genAI, because they find it cute. GenAI feeds on the IP of real, hardworking artists in order to produce mass amounts of crap.
Glad the thing was suspended at least. Keep being loud, folks.
My family wonders why I'm so loud about genAI, because they find it cute. GenAI feeds on the IP of real, hardworking artists in order to produce mass amounts of crap.
Glad the thing was suspended at least. Keep being loud, folks.
The freaking nerve. I don’t want to advertise them but they have other projects that they probably stole too
Idk if you can report it too or find them but god knows I really crave violence rn
www.kickstarter.com/projects/vin...
Idk if you can report it too or find them but god knows I really crave violence rn
www.kickstarter.com/projects/vin...
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
It's been taken down, but this sort of thing boils my blood.
My family wonders why I'm so loud about genAI, because they find it cute. GenAI feeds on the IP of real, hardworking artists in order to produce mass amounts of crap.
Glad the thing was suspended at least. Keep being loud, folks.
My family wonders why I'm so loud about genAI, because they find it cute. GenAI feeds on the IP of real, hardworking artists in order to produce mass amounts of crap.
Glad the thing was suspended at least. Keep being loud, folks.
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My toddlerhood was spent, as a blind kid, on a just-past-subsistence homestead on 100 acres in Alaska.
As @tkingfisher.com says: "Your ancesters will rise out of the grave and beat you to death for utterly disrespecting their labor, aspirations and dreams if you go back to subsistence agriculture."
As @tkingfisher.com says: "Your ancesters will rise out of the grave and beat you to death for utterly disrespecting their labor, aspirations and dreams if you go back to subsistence agriculture."
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social did a fantastic series on that reality recently.
acoup.blog/2025/07/11/c...
acoup.blog/2025/07/11/c...
Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part I: Households
This is the first post in a series discussing the basic contours of life – birth, marriage, labor, subsistence, death – of pre-modern peasants and their families. Prior to the industria…
acoup.blog
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My toddlerhood was spent, as a blind kid, on a just-past-subsistence homestead on 100 acres in Alaska.
As @tkingfisher.com says: "Your ancesters will rise out of the grave and beat you to death for utterly disrespecting their labor, aspirations and dreams if you go back to subsistence agriculture."
As @tkingfisher.com says: "Your ancesters will rise out of the grave and beat you to death for utterly disrespecting their labor, aspirations and dreams if you go back to subsistence agriculture."
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also if you guys enjoyed gdt’s frankenstein please watch crimson peak. one of his best movies that got absolutely slept on bc there was like no marketing.
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
also if you guys enjoyed gdt’s frankenstein please watch crimson peak. one of his best movies that got absolutely slept on bc there was like no marketing.
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solution: ask artist to license existing artwork (that looks very similar in theme but WAY better) for one-time extremely limited use. Artist agrees. Artist gets paid, author gets non-AI, everybody is happy.
YES you can do this!!! See something you really like from an artist? Ask to license it!
YES you can do this!!! See something you really like from an artist? Ask to license it!
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
solution: ask artist to license existing artwork (that looks very similar in theme but WAY better) for one-time extremely limited use. Artist agrees. Artist gets paid, author gets non-AI, everybody is happy.
YES you can do this!!! See something you really like from an artist? Ask to license it!
YES you can do this!!! See something you really like from an artist? Ask to license it!
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quick story: author I know hired a graphic designer. Graphic designer used AI assets. Author did not want this. Author realized close deadline that thing was AI. Author needed something not AI to replace this, and didn't have time so close to deadline to get a custom work or vet stuff. What do now?
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
quick story: author I know hired a graphic designer. Graphic designer used AI assets. Author did not want this. Author realized close deadline that thing was AI. Author needed something not AI to replace this, and didn't have time so close to deadline to get a custom work or vet stuff. What do now?
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America should take all that data center money and invest it in more whimsical art installations and murals like these instead
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
America should take all that data center money and invest it in more whimsical art installations and murals like these instead
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ADHD and anxiety clowning on each other in a perpetual cycle: want novelty! But also want routine! Bored of routine! But also want structure! No dopamine released for boring tasks, oops anxiety wants those boring tasks completed because now they're piling up! Just do the things! Things are BORING!
November 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Artist be like if I shift this line 0.05 cm to the left, increase overlay by 2%, and move this character’s head slightly by 3° will make a life changing difference that everyone notices
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Artist be like if I shift this line 0.05 cm to the left, increase overlay by 2%, and move this character’s head slightly by 3° will make a life changing difference that everyone notices
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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It’s that time of the yr to help your local wasp/hornet drones who have been abandoned to get a little before they pass on from the coming freeze and reduce your chances of getting stung.
This is something I do every yr and I think the wasps appreciate it. Can’t wait to see them back again next yr
This is something I do every yr and I think the wasps appreciate it. Can’t wait to see them back again next yr
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It’s that time of the yr to help your local wasp/hornet drones who have been abandoned to get a little before they pass on from the coming freeze and reduce your chances of getting stung.
This is something I do every yr and I think the wasps appreciate it. Can’t wait to see them back again next yr
This is something I do every yr and I think the wasps appreciate it. Can’t wait to see them back again next yr
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Watching this be proven in real time as result after result comes in is washing away so much of the ever present despair I’ve been feeling for months.
As ever... the vast, vast majority of people don't want the hellscape the right is forcing on us. they really are the minority viewpoint. vocal? yes. powerful? unfortunately, yes. But there are so many more people who don't want to live in the world they're trying to make.
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Watching this be proven in real time as result after result comes in is washing away so much of the ever present despair I’ve been feeling for months.
GOOD NIGHT NEW YORK!
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
GOOD NIGHT NEW YORK!
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It sucks because Direct File was one of the first times a lot of people ever had a positive experience using a government website or service.
IRS Direct File dies a sad, quick death after only a brief time among the living.
Why? It's not because it's a bad idea or that it didn't work.
It's because TurboTax's parent company spent decades trying to make sure they controlled the e-filing market:
Why? It's not because it's a bad idea or that it didn't work.
It's because TurboTax's parent company spent decades trying to make sure they controlled the e-filing market:
November 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It sucks because Direct File was one of the first times a lot of people ever had a positive experience using a government website or service.
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30 artists spent a year documenting a #rewilding project in the UK with fine #biodiversity & #climate angles
The land had been converted for crops during the World War II ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign & now is going back to the care of wild things:
The land had been converted for crops during the World War II ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign & now is going back to the care of wild things:
Norfolk rewilding project takes centre stage at London exhibition of wildlife art
A spectacular collection of artwork depicting a Norfolk rewilding project at Massingham Heath will take centre stage at the Society of Wildlife…
www.edp24.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
30 artists spent a year documenting a #rewilding project in the UK with fine #biodiversity & #climate angles
The land had been converted for crops during the World War II ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign & now is going back to the care of wild things:
The land had been converted for crops during the World War II ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign & now is going back to the care of wild things:
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I hadn’t considered this particular flavor of AI hell and now I’m mad all over again
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I hadn’t considered this particular flavor of AI hell and now I’m mad all over again
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Pets are wild, man. There's just this little dude or little lady living in your house, being a whole ass creature, living their little lives and following the tune of a song you'll never fully understand. It amazes me every time I look at an animal.
November 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Pets are wild, man. There's just this little dude or little lady living in your house, being a whole ass creature, living their little lives and following the tune of a song you'll never fully understand. It amazes me every time I look at an animal.
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There's a reason earnest candidates who scale walls in the middle of the night or perform hakas in front of Parliament drive us wild.
Mamdani shows how hungry voters are for candidates who act like they actually care for the places they'd represent. Will he deliver? Not on everything. But he has an exuberance for the city that you wish Congress had for the country.
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
There's a reason earnest candidates who scale walls in the middle of the night or perform hakas in front of Parliament drive us wild.
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Condé Nast finally achieved its dream of wrecking Teen Vogue and killing its politics section.
www.thecut.com/article/teen...
www.thecut.com/article/teen...
Teen Vogue Is Folding Into Vogue.com
According to Condé Nast’s announcement, the outlet will keep its “unique editorial identity and mission.”
www.thecut.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Condé Nast finally achieved its dream of wrecking Teen Vogue and killing its politics section.
www.thecut.com/article/teen...
www.thecut.com/article/teen...
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I know it's tedious to say at this point, but this is why we need to listen when porn artists and sex workers raise the alarm about this shit. Art and people that can be dismissed as "immoral" are ALWAYS the thin end of the wedge when the powers that be try and assert control over entire systems.
MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
How is Mastercard Preventing Payment Fraud at Scale?
Announcing Threat Intelligence at Money 20/20 US, Mastercard showcases its latest technology in preventing fraud, combining insights from Recorded Future
fintechmagazine.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I know it's tedious to say at this point, but this is why we need to listen when porn artists and sex workers raise the alarm about this shit. Art and people that can be dismissed as "immoral" are ALWAYS the thin end of the wedge when the powers that be try and assert control over entire systems.
Anyone know any #arthistory experts who would know more?
Something I've always been curious about, but never found a good answer for.
I was told that when you see frescoes like this, only the dark areas are real. The lighter areas are guesses we filled in.
But those guesses are the most INTERESTING parts!
Are they just made up???
I was told that when you see frescoes like this, only the dark areas are real. The lighter areas are guesses we filled in.
But those guesses are the most INTERESTING parts!
Are they just made up???
November 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Anyone know any #arthistory experts who would know more?