Stíofán Mhac an Bhaird (Stephen Ward)
@stephencward.com
Comic-loving bookworm. Scribbler of words and images. (cis,he/him)
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Black Bolt/ Scream mashup I did for Inktober 2017. Which was printed in the back of Black Bolt #9 :D
Can't. Owe my soul to the company store
can't. living on a prayer.
can’t. digging through the ditches and burning through the witches.
February 18, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Can't. Owe my soul to the company store
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Belgian deputy prime minister (who is also the foreign minister) confirms today in a rebuke of the Israeli foreign minister that the Kingdom of Belgium has suspended all consular services to Belgian citizens who have chosen to live in occupied Palestinian territory as settlers.
February 17, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Belgian deputy prime minister (who is also the foreign minister) confirms today in a rebuke of the Israeli foreign minister that the Kingdom of Belgium has suspended all consular services to Belgian citizens who have chosen to live in occupied Palestinian territory as settlers.
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AI is revolutionizing the world! A Playstation now costs $5,000 and this is the last phone you will ever own.
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 17, 2026 at 10:02 PM
AI is revolutionizing the world! A Playstation now costs $5,000 and this is the last phone you will ever own.
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People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.
www.heise.de
February 17, 2026 at 9:12 PM
People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
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Street party protest outside the Poxton hotel has closed down the street as hundreds turn up to protest the hotels complaint against Yamamori Izakaya :)
#Spéirghorm
#Spéirghorm
February 17, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Street party protest outside the Poxton hotel has closed down the street as hundreds turn up to protest the hotels complaint against Yamamori Izakaya :)
#Spéirghorm
#Spéirghorm
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If anyone asks you who won the Crimean War the answer is indisputably “cholera”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean... (scroll to “Casualties and Losses”)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean... (scroll to “Casualties and Losses”)
A major cause of death in pretty much every pre-20th century war (especially siege based ones) was highly curable bacterial diseases ripping through people in close proximity to each other, as opposed to actual violence.
Yes. Our current form of living, highly concentrated urban with constant global mobility, only can happen because of vaccines, antibiotics, running water, and public health efforts like meat inspection. Without all of these, we die and it ends.
February 17, 2026 at 8:13 PM
If anyone asks you who won the Crimean War the answer is indisputably “cholera”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean... (scroll to “Casualties and Losses”)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean... (scroll to “Casualties and Losses”)
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The Covid mRNA vaccines are, singly, the most important medical advance of my lifetime. It's incredibly sad that we may look back at 2022 as the apex year for American medical research and development.
Well now, would you look at that?
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of SEVERE disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of SEVERE disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
February 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM
The Covid mRNA vaccines are, singly, the most important medical advance of my lifetime. It's incredibly sad that we may look back at 2022 as the apex year for American medical research and development.
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“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 17, 2026 at 6:37 PM
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
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rereading the script for Terran Omega The Ghosts of War #2 - look, I dunno if I'm any good at writing, but I enjoyed it? so that's good right? thought it's a rollicking story with some point to it. Your mileage may vary. But you read part one from the start free: www.pauljholden.com/patreon/?via=bs
Welcome to Terran Omega: The Ghosts of War | PJ Holden
Get more from PJ Holden on Patreon
www.pauljholden.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:39 PM
rereading the script for Terran Omega The Ghosts of War #2 - look, I dunno if I'm any good at writing, but I enjoyed it? so that's good right? thought it's a rollicking story with some point to it. Your mileage may vary. But you read part one from the start free: www.pauljholden.com/patreon/?via=bs
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I hope She Spawns Sea Spells by the Sea Spore.
Award-Winning Gail Simone Joins Todd McFarlane's 'She-Spawn' This May
@gailsimone.bsky.social @imagecomics.com
www.lotuslandcomics.com/2026/02/awar...
@gailsimone.bsky.social @imagecomics.com
www.lotuslandcomics.com/2026/02/awar...
February 17, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I hope She Spawns Sea Spells by the Sea Spore.
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Deeply embarrassed on behalf of all Ians
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Deeply embarrassed on behalf of all Ians
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✨Huge news, y’all!✨
Stoked to share that I’m now repped by Andrea Colvin! 💖
Stoked to share that I’m now repped by Andrea Colvin! 💖
February 17, 2026 at 6:04 PM
✨Huge news, y’all!✨
Stoked to share that I’m now repped by Andrea Colvin! 💖
Stoked to share that I’m now repped by Andrea Colvin! 💖
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TechBro billionaires must read dystopian science fiction and look at the villains and say "I wanna do that!".
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 1:23 PM
TechBro billionaires must read dystopian science fiction and look at the villains and say "I wanna do that!".
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people pretend to not be nazis and couch that in dog whistles but i think a reality we have to contend with is that there are so many, many, many incredible ignorant people out there
February 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
people pretend to not be nazis and couch that in dog whistles but i think a reality we have to contend with is that there are so many, many, many incredible ignorant people out there
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Creatives who use AI to replace the work of other creatives are class traitors without souls. You are not entitled to have things just because you want them, especially when those things you want put other people in the poorhouse. I'd rather die.
Writers if you could drop your novel or short story into an AI and have it make a great and watchable movie out of your story, and you could sell that movie, would you do it? #writers #WritingCommunity
February 17, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Creatives who use AI to replace the work of other creatives are class traitors without souls. You are not entitled to have things just because you want them, especially when those things you want put other people in the poorhouse. I'd rather die.
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I’m assuming this is a genAI image. This is an ad for a car brand. It wasn’t just made by one person, a number of people would have had to check it and approve it.
They released this like this
Why would anyone ever drive a car by people who do not Look At MEASUREMENTS
Why would anyone ever drive a car by people who do not Look At MEASUREMENTS
February 17, 2026 at 11:21 AM
I’m assuming this is a genAI image. This is an ad for a car brand. It wasn’t just made by one person, a number of people would have had to check it and approve it.
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Trying to get ChatGPT to count to one hundred.
Bearing in mind, this technology is being forcefully pushed into education.
Bearing in mind, this technology is being forcefully pushed into education.
February 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Trying to get ChatGPT to count to one hundred.
Bearing in mind, this technology is being forcefully pushed into education.
Bearing in mind, this technology is being forcefully pushed into education.
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#portfolioday #🎨sketch
Concept Art and cover art for Panacean. (2017) Can be read via Amazon Kindle. (part 1)
Concept Art and cover art for Panacean. (2017) Can be read via Amazon Kindle. (part 1)
February 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
#portfolioday #🎨sketch
Concept Art and cover art for Panacean. (2017) Can be read via Amazon Kindle. (part 1)
Concept Art and cover art for Panacean. (2017) Can be read via Amazon Kindle. (part 1)
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February 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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white people work so hard. even their restaurants are open on chinese new year
February 17, 2026 at 4:29 AM
white people work so hard. even their restaurants are open on chinese new year
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Streisand Effect strikes again.
The Youtube for @jamestalarico.bsky.social appearance on the View received under 200K views. That segment motivated the FCC to try to shut down any more Talarico appearances.
His banned segment with Colbert--online for only 10 hours--has almost 1 million views. 👀
Censorship can backfire. Badly.
His banned segment with Colbert--online for only 10 hours--has almost 1 million views. 👀
Censorship can backfire. Badly.
February 17, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Streisand Effect strikes again.
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Here’s an example of a local newsroom actually informing the public about AI (the role of journalism) versus the blatant AI boosterism we’re seeing many other newsrooms engage in to the detriment of the entire profession
The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could
February 17, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Here’s an example of a local newsroom actually informing the public about AI (the role of journalism) versus the blatant AI boosterism we’re seeing many other newsrooms engage in to the detriment of the entire profession
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The Swiss commentator is telling viewers about Israel’s war crimes that the team’s pilot has openly supported while the Israeli bobsleigh team is racing.
February 17, 2026 at 4:11 AM
The Swiss commentator is telling viewers about Israel’s war crimes that the team’s pilot has openly supported while the Israeli bobsleigh team is racing.
Strip mining your deceased loved ones for content
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Strip mining your deceased loved ones for content