Swovik
@luscinia-aurea.bsky.social
a person, allegedly
lvl 25
Poland
If you think AI slop replacing human art is a good thing, I will cut you open, put gorgonzola inside and sew you back up
lvl 25
Poland
If you think AI slop replacing human art is a good thing, I will cut you open, put gorgonzola inside and sew you back up
Reposted by Swovik
Looking to ditch Spotify? @janus.bsky.social wrote this up for @fightforthefuture.org and it's an easy step-by-step guide for how to do it in the least painless way possible
touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/how-to-ditch...
touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/how-to-ditch...
How To Ditch Spotify and Support Music in the Age of AI Slop
There’s no shortage of reasons to quit Spotify in 2025. Artists and fans have been departing the platform in droves because they’re fed up with the company paying artists virtually nothing, using algo...
touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Looking to ditch Spotify? @janus.bsky.social wrote this up for @fightforthefuture.org and it's an easy step-by-step guide for how to do it in the least painless way possible
touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/how-to-ditch...
touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/how-to-ditch...
Reposted by Swovik
I saved a screenshot of a comment a reader left on “Carmilla of Green Gables” because it makes me smile when I’m feeling bad about my writing.
It says, “ffs y did u give me nightmares goddamn I legit had to put my phone down a couple times just to avoid freaking out wtf”
It says, “ffs y did u give me nightmares goddamn I legit had to put my phone down a couple times just to avoid freaking out wtf”
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
December 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I saved a screenshot of a comment a reader left on “Carmilla of Green Gables” because it makes me smile when I’m feeling bad about my writing.
It says, “ffs y did u give me nightmares goddamn I legit had to put my phone down a couple times just to avoid freaking out wtf”
It says, “ffs y did u give me nightmares goddamn I legit had to put my phone down a couple times just to avoid freaking out wtf”
Reposted by Swovik
Found the 'people named after birds' page of the will register
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Found the 'people named after birds' page of the will register
Reposted by Swovik
Commission for @adriannarafel.bsky.social ~
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Commission for @adriannarafel.bsky.social ~
Reposted by Swovik
Donkey in a hat :)
December 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Donkey in a hat :)
Reposted by Swovik
Finished stream commission for Xenith from last week!
December 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Finished stream commission for Xenith from last week!
Reposted by Swovik
Finished Galpal Illustration for @ehlbee.bsky.social ! Had blast working on this one (´∀｀)♡
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Finished Galpal Illustration for @ehlbee.bsky.social ! Had blast working on this one (´∀｀)♡
Reposted by Swovik
Tagalog Word of the day:
Bochog- pleasantly round, fat, pot-bellied, like a well-fed kitten
Bochog- pleasantly round, fat, pot-bellied, like a well-fed kitten
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Tagalog Word of the day:
Bochog- pleasantly round, fat, pot-bellied, like a well-fed kitten
Bochog- pleasantly round, fat, pot-bellied, like a well-fed kitten
Reposted by Swovik
"Why is that man just standing in the road in the middle of the night!? That's dangerous!"
7" x 11" ink on bristol paper
7" x 11" ink on bristol paper
December 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"Why is that man just standing in the road in the middle of the night!? That's dangerous!"
7" x 11" ink on bristol paper
7" x 11" ink on bristol paper
Reposted by Swovik
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
Reposted by Swovik
So at this point she is a pariah, yes?
No person who ever wants a shred of respect, or to be booked on any movie, TV or streaming program,or to be platformed on any media outlet, or to serve in any state, local or federal govt position, should have anything to do with this sadistic weirdo.
Right?
No person who ever wants a shred of respect, or to be booked on any movie, TV or streaming program,or to be platformed on any media outlet, or to serve in any state, local or federal govt position, should have anything to do with this sadistic weirdo.
Right?
Megyn Kelly on alleged war crimes: "I really do kind of not only wanna see them killed in the water, whether they're on the boat or in the water, but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
So at this point she is a pariah, yes?
No person who ever wants a shred of respect, or to be booked on any movie, TV or streaming program,or to be platformed on any media outlet, or to serve in any state, local or federal govt position, should have anything to do with this sadistic weirdo.
Right?
No person who ever wants a shred of respect, or to be booked on any movie, TV or streaming program,or to be platformed on any media outlet, or to serve in any state, local or federal govt position, should have anything to do with this sadistic weirdo.
Right?
Reposted by Swovik
December 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Reposted by Swovik
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
Reposted by Swovik
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
Reposted by Swovik
worst forest/trees problem in generations is that a canto is A SECTION OF A LONG POEM. THAT'S IT. YOU DIDN'T WRITE A CANTO BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THE WORD LOOKED COOL ON YOUR MEMOIR. CANTOS ARE POEMS. THAT LANGUAGE IS DYNAMIC DOES NOT MAKE YOUR SLAMBOOK A CANTO AMERICAN OR OTHERWISE
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
worst forest/trees problem in generations is that a canto is A SECTION OF A LONG POEM. THAT'S IT. YOU DIDN'T WRITE A CANTO BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THE WORD LOOKED COOL ON YOUR MEMOIR. CANTOS ARE POEMS. THAT LANGUAGE IS DYNAMIC DOES NOT MAKE YOUR SLAMBOOK A CANTO AMERICAN OR OTHERWISE
Reposted by Swovik
Another impossible beauty standard
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Another impossible beauty standard
Reposted by Swovik
Tempted to put up flyers around my village with Babs on them that says ‘HAVE YOU SEEN THIS CHICKEN? NOW YOU HAVE’
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Tempted to put up flyers around my village with Babs on them that says ‘HAVE YOU SEEN THIS CHICKEN? NOW YOU HAVE’
Reposted by Swovik
Instead of yelling at authors, they could be requesting that their local library purchase those authors' books
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Instead of yelling at authors, they could be requesting that their local library purchase those authors' books
Reposted by Swovik
LIBRARIES MAKE BOOKS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, she shouts, apparently inaudibly
WHY DO THESE "YOU'RE A CLASS TRAITOR" PEOPLE KEEP PRETENDING LIBRARIES DON'T EXIST?
ARE THEY CLASS TRAITORS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN LIBRARIES?
WHY DO THESE "YOU'RE A CLASS TRAITOR" PEOPLE KEEP PRETENDING LIBRARIES DON'T EXIST?
ARE THEY CLASS TRAITORS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN LIBRARIES?
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
LIBRARIES MAKE BOOKS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, she shouts, apparently inaudibly
WHY DO THESE "YOU'RE A CLASS TRAITOR" PEOPLE KEEP PRETENDING LIBRARIES DON'T EXIST?
ARE THEY CLASS TRAITORS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN LIBRARIES?
WHY DO THESE "YOU'RE A CLASS TRAITOR" PEOPLE KEEP PRETENDING LIBRARIES DON'T EXIST?
ARE THEY CLASS TRAITORS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN LIBRARIES?
Reposted by Swovik
first painty comm for @tazinhbodalla.bsky.social <:3
repeatingmyself, i rly loved working on this thank u so much
repeatingmyself, i rly loved working on this thank u so much
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
first painty comm for @tazinhbodalla.bsky.social <:3
repeatingmyself, i rly loved working on this thank u so much
repeatingmyself, i rly loved working on this thank u so much
Reposted by Swovik
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
Reposted by Swovik
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Reposted by Swovik
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
Reposting for this description, not necessarily for the CNN article, the latter being quite boring and unhelpful.
"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
How to explain AI to your family this holiday season | CNN Business
Politics, football and movies are among the many topics that tend to come up around Thanksgiving. In 2025, a new question may arise at the table: Why the heck is everyone talking about AI, and what sh...
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Reposting for this description, not necessarily for the CNN article, the latter being quite boring and unhelpful.
Reposted by Swovik
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.