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cartotastic
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1.1K followers 1.4K following 810 posts
I love maps and comics and RPGing and once upon a time I sang rock songs in seedy pubs
Mastodon: @cartotastic@aus.social
GenAI is for jerks.
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No, Poppy not a toy poodle; why do you ask?

#spoodle #DogsofBlueSky #LEGO #digitalart #art
A picture of a caramel spoodle called Poppy, wearing a white and pink bow tie; she is sitting on the grass in front of a flowerbed. The picture has been digitised to appear as if it was made with LEGO 1x1 square plates.
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Sounds like it's time for a nap
Poppy, a caramel spoodle, is resting her head on a couch cushion.
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Poppy says: If your groomer isn't handing out free bow ties then what are you paying them for?

#pampered #DogsofBlueSky
Poppy, a caramel spoodle, sits to proudly display a white and pink bow tie. No wait she's actually waiting for a treat and doesn't care about her fashion accessories.
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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I got to meet a happy capybara up close at Taronga Zoo this weekend. If only we all had such a chill and content life as Pedro.
#capybara
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Currently enjoying 1.21 gigawatts of musical power! #backtothefuturemusical #BTTF
A splash screen reading Back to the Future the Musical, with blue electrical styling.
November 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Poppy says it's time for a nap. Obey Poppy.

#DogsofBluesky
Poppy, a caramel spoodle, has found a sunny spot on top of the couch and is contemplating a mid-afternoon nap.
October 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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I'm in! 🚀
#starfinder #crpg #SF2 #paizo
A clip from an email, it reads: "Thanks so much for backing Starfinder: Afterlight 💫. It means the world to us."
October 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Two button meme: The buttons.read: "control copyright" and "unpaid AI workers", and a sweating man labelled "media conglomerates" can't choose between the two.
October 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Oh well.
Get rid of your fascists and people might not hate you any more.
Bluesky notification: @streetscrypt.bsky.social has added you to the "Americanophobia" moderation list
September 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Those wonderful three or four days of the year when our cherry tree is something other than a bundle of sticks or a shambling mound of leaves.
An ornamental cherry tree in full blossom, with a couple of herb planter boxes in the foreground, and a brick house in the background.
September 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Accidental purchase while picking up a $10 GM screen for #Pathfinder... Poppy presented for scale.

#Hellboy #boardgames #DogsofBluesky
Poppy, a caramel spoodle wearing an orange sweater, sits uncertainly on a fluffy grey dog bed next to a huge box containing Hellboy the Board Game.
September 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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It's my 1K Day!
A close-up of my profile showing my profile pic, name/handle, and the text "1K followers, 1.3K following"
August 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Just a sneak preview from a little #rpg product I'm working on...
#PF2 #pathfinder #ttrpg
A gold coin etched with the image of a shooting star falling over a mountain lake. Under the water of the lake, tentacles are reaching upwards. The coin rests upon purple reptilian leather.
August 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Sam Altman Space School
A screenshot from The Simpsons, showing a door with a poorly-written sign that reads "Lanley Institute of Monorail Conducting".
August 14, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Loving this picture by Giorgio Marangolo of #Superman, #Supergirl and #Krypto from the amazing film by @jamesgunn.bsky.social
A picture by Giorgio Marangolo of Superman, Supergirl and Krypto. Superman stands with arms crossed and a confident smile, while Supergirl has her arms raised to show her biceps and a cheeky squint on her face. Krypto approaches in the air between the two of them. A cityscape can be seen in the background, and lens flare is being created by the sun in the top-right corner. The picture has a 50s photorealistic feel, as if taken by an old camera.
August 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Globey says no to the Manosphere.
Globey is a happy rainbow ball that wants the best for everyone. Be like Globey.
August 2, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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I have a problem... Running out of space! #Paizo #Pathfinder #PF2
My full shelf of Paizo Pathfinder 2 products.
July 31, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Unsurprising 🤓

(The test is here for those interested: www.idrlabs.com/jock-nerd-pr...)
My results from the Jock-Nerd/Prep-Goth Test at: https://www.idrlabs.com/jock-nerd-prep-goth/test.php I am 28.2% Goth, 50.9% Nerd, placing me in the True Nerd category.
July 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Poppy has entered the ring

#DogsofBlueSky
Poppy, a caramel spoodle, has been dressed for success by her 'sister', wearing a lovely red beret, red beaded necklace and bracelet, a red bowtie, and a red wrap. She is unsure what to make of the situation. Poppy, a caramel spoodle, sits majestically atop a couch in the sunshine.
July 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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No cheating post the most recent pic of your pets

> Poppy knows better than to mess with the Dice Goblin

#Pathfinder #DogsofBlueSky #PF2
Poppy, a caramel spoodle, rests her head next to a plush green dice bag in the shape of a Pathfinder Goblin's head.
July 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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If you want to look at this through a purely capitalist lens, GenAI has no business model, no clear product, and a user base that often rejects being forced to use it. It relies on training data that it's running out of and it isn't making money.

www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/
"As I've written about previously, OpenAI's other problem is that generative AI (and by extension the model GPT and the product ChatGPT) doesn't solve the complex problems that would justify its massive costs. It has massive, intractable problems as a result of these models being probabilistic, meaning that they don't know anything, they're just generating an answer (or an image, or a translation, or a summary) based on training data, something that model developers are running out of at an incredible pace. " https://www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/
July 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Learning from the work of others usually involves compensating the creators. GenAI models are built on countless stolen or uncompensated works of art.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
"At no point did Meta seek permission to use the authors' works to train its AI systems, or offer compensation." https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-28/authors-angry-meta-trained-ai-using-pirated-books-in-libgen/105101436
July 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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The energy/water requirements of GenAI are almost an order of magnitude greater than non-AI-assisted tasks.

news.mit.edu/2025/explain...
"“What is different about generative AI is the power density it requires. Fundamentally, it is just computing, but a generative AI training cluster might consume seven or eight times more energy than a typical computing workload,” says Noman Bashir, lead author of the impact paper, who is a Computing and Climate Impact Fellow at MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium (MCSC) and a postdoc in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)." https://news.mit.edu/2025/explained-generative-ai-environmental-impact-0117
July 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Broken brains accept broken viewpoints
theconversation.com/why-many-ame...
Brain imaging studies show that people with fundamentalist beliefs seem to have reduced activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex – the brain region responsible for cognitive flexibility and analytical thinking. When this area is damaged or less active, people become more prone to accepting claims without sufficient evidence and show increased resistance to changing their beliefs when presented with contradictory information. Studies of brain-injured patients show damage to prefrontal networks that normally help us question information may lead to increased fundamentalist beliefs and reduced scepticism.
July 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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The countdown to #Superman has begun! 🦸🏻

Tickets booked in Gold Class for July 10. Gonna have to do a rewatch of the previous films... 🤓

(Yes, even Superman: The Quest for Peace and the Snyder grimfest.)

#DCComics #films #comics #movies
The poster for the 2025 Superman film; Superman is looking up and flying upwards, and the background is blurred red and blue like his suit. The poster reads "A James Gunn Film" at the top, "Look Up" in the middle lower, and "Superman" at the bottom.
June 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM