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GigerPunk

@gigerpunk.bsky.social

Fuck me this is bleak.
But please, do continue to use GenAI slop thumbnails for your YouTube videos, or your album art, or your book covers or whatever else. I'll continue to refuse to watch/listen/read any of them, knowing already they're not worth the time & that you're a disappointing lazy hack.

‘Children's book illustrator isn't a job anymore.’
I've been out of work for a while now. I made children's book illustrations, stock art, and took various art commissions.

Now I have several maxed out credit cards and use a donation bin for food. I haven't had a steady contract in over a year. two weeks ago, when a client who has switched to AI found out about this he gave me $50 out of "a sense of guilt." Basically pity for the fact that Illustrator, as a job, does not exist anymore.

It was my birthday recently and I sincerely considered not living anymore.
The worst part of all is that the parents who once supported me fully in being an artist sent me an AI generated picture of a caricature of themselves holding a birthday cake with my name spelled incorrectly.

September 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM

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Dieselbrain

@dieselbrain.bsky.social

#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...

States with Age Verification ID tracker Bills introduced

MINNESOTA: SF 2105/HF 1434, HF 1875
HAWAII: HB 1212, HB 1198
MICHIGAN: SB284/HB4429, SB 191
MINNESOTA: HF 1875, HF 1434
NEW JERSEY: S4455, A4146
PENNSYLVANIA: HB 1513, SB 603
SOUTH CAROLINA: H 3405
TENNESSEE: HB222/SB 466
IOWA: SF 207/443, HF 864
WISCONSIN: AB 105/SB 130

If you live in these states, Contact your Governor and State Legislators and tell them to OPPOSE these bills

August 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM

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Suzanne ✨🌑

@tendermiasma.com

It's happening. Please call your reps and yell about SCREEN, KOSA, and IODA

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Aug 14

NEWS: SCOTUS allows Mississippi to enforce a restrictive internet-access law without explanation. Kavanaugh writes to say it is likely unconstitutional but he is voting to allow it, only repeating the legal rule for his reasoning.

No one else wrote a word.

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A97
NETCHOICE, LLC v. LYNN FITCH, ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF MISSISSIPPI
ON APPLICATION TO VACATE STAY
[August 14, 2025]
The application to vacate stay presented to JUSTICE ALITO and by him referred to the Court is denied.
JUSTICE KAVANAUGH, concurring in the denial of the application to vacate stay.
I concur in the Court's denial of NetChoice's application for interim relief because NetChoice has not sufficiently demonstrated that the balance of harms and equities favors it at this time. See Response in Opposition 37-39.
To be clear, NetChoice has, in my view, demonstrated that it is likely to succeed on the merits-namely, that enforcement of the Mississippi law would likely violate its members' First Amendment rights under this Court's precedents. See Moody v. NetChoice, LLC, 603 U. S. 707
(2024); Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn., 564 U. S. 786 (2011); cf. Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, 606 U.S. _ (2025). Given those precedents, it is no surprise that the District Court in this case enjoined enforcement of the Mississippi law and that seven other Federal District Courts have likewise enjoined enforcement of similar state laws.
See No. 1:24-cv-170 (SD Miss., June 18, 2025);
NetChoice, LLC v. Yost, 716 F. Supp. 3d 539 (SD Ohio
2024); Computer & Communications Industry Assn. v.
Paxton, 747 F. Supp. 3d 1011 (WD Tex. 2024); NetChoice, LLC v. Reyes, 748 F. Supp. 3d 1105 (Utah 2024); NetChoice, LLC v. Bonta, 770 F. Supp. 3d 1164 (ND Cal. 2025);

NETCHOICE, LLC v. FITCH
KAVANAUGH, J., concurring
NetChoice, LLC v. Griffin, No. 5:23-cv-5105 (WD Ark., Mar. 31, 2025); Computer & Communications Industry Assn. v. Uthmeier, _ F. Supp. 3d _ No. 4:21-Cv-438 (ND Fla., June 3, 2025); Net Choice v. Carr, _
F. Supp. 3d
— No. 1:25-cv-2422 (ND Ga., June 26, 2025).
In short, under this Court's case law as it currently stands, the Mississippi law is likely unconstitutional.
Nonetheless, because NetChoice has not sufficiently demonstrated that the balance of harms and equities favors it at this time, I concur in the Court's denial of the application for interim relief.

August 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM

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Frosty New Bits~!🍾🥂✨

@frostedbiticles.bsky.social

PLEASE SPEAK UP

WE DO NOT NEED EVERY CORNER OF THE INTERNET CENSORED

THIS IS FOR QUEER PEOPLE. THIS IS FOR BIPOC. THIS IS FOR ALL THE PLACES CURRENTLY BEING WAR-TORN AND RELYING ON US TO TALK ABOUT THEM.

Bluesky @bsky.app · Aug 14

In the coming weeks, we're asking for feedback on our Community Guidelines. Your input will help ensure our Guidelines serve our users and are ready to support Bluesky's future.

To learn how to contribute, check out our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Updated Terms and Policies - Bluesky

We’re updating the language in our terms and policies to better explain our approach and provide more detail.

bsky.social

August 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM

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Chris the Legendary (🚨SEE PINNED THREADS!)

@dinesvisual.bsky.social

Please answer the call for mutual aid. Time is running out and everything is being done to reach the goal and have a moment of reprieve. I need her to close the gap and make it though to the end. I want my friend to be safe and community is needed for that.

(RT MY PINNED) Tati @shockofthequeen.bsky.social · Jul 30

Don't have the energy to dress up my call for help as I'm really sick and stressed out. Please read, share, and most importantly - donate. That's all I ask for.

July 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM

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Chew ☁️噛む

@chewchewer.com

Link in reply.

March 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM

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angle (comms open!!! 📌)

@alsoangle.bsky.social

this is why i became an artist, to do this

Smile Dog is stuck in a plastic chair. He is sitting down.

Digital painting commissioned by Sybil.

April 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM

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Haus of Decline

@hausofdecline.bsky.social

1 Year on T... Mario hangs his hat on a nearby rack then notices himself in the mirror. He says "it's-a me..." Tears of joy stream down his cheeks and he finishes "Mario"

March 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM

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Terminal

@maxdimo.bsky.social

I say this in the gentlest most lighthearted way

Things that need apologies:
- Hurting someone

Things that do not need apologies:
- Drawing things you like
- Changing your art
- Not drawing quickly
- Drawing a lot
- Talking a lot
- Being excited about interests

None of these things hurt people!

March 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM

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Mental Misplay is trying to chill out.

@mentalmisplay.bsky.social

I see you. 👏🏻💖🥳

March 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM

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The Reel Jon 🦌🎬🇵🇸🇸🇸🇺🇦

@thereeljon.cryptoanarchy.network

I just membered, Happy Autism Acceptance Month
Skip the blue lightbulbs and puzzle pieces, stick with rainbows and infinity symbols
bsky.app/profile/ther...

The Reel Jon 🦌🎬🇵🇸🇸🇸🇺🇦 @thereeljon.cryptoanarchy.network · Apr 2

Happy Autism Acceptance Month.
Reminder that the blue lightbulb and the puzzle pieces are symbols associated with Autism Speaks and a neurotypical view of autism.
The preferred symbols are the rainbow or gold infinity symbols and the colors red, taupe, and gold.
#AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic