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Punchy Pigeon
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he/him 🏳️‍⚧️ | INFJ | Sleepy Boi | Sticker Enthusiast | NO AI
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mossworm.bsky.social
fantastical drawing of Tyrannosaurus, a bipedal carnivorous dinosaur with tiny arms. It is covered in colorful squares like a quilt, in shades of army green, orange, and pink. its arms are legs are simplified like toys. It is saying in a cartoon speech bubble "Even in a hypothetical world where genAI is environmentally neutral, I would still think it was really uncool."
December 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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mossworm.bsky.social
If I understand the situation correctly, why would you use genAI for placeholder or development art anyway? Just have the programmer draw it, literally everyone loves that stuff
December 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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annabookwriter.bsky.social
I just saw someone yell “they’re just using it to generate ideas!”

And

I hate to say it

But if you work in the ART DEPARTMENT and you need a death machine stuffed with your colleagues’ work to give you ideas

Quit.
December 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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mossworm.bsky.social
wow, it's Shonisaurus, the giant Triassic ichthyosaur!
fantastical drawing of Shonisaurus, an ichthyosaur (ancient marine reptile visually similar to a dolphin, but with four flippers). The Shonisaurus is covered in colored squares like a quilt, in varying tones of purple, blue, and orange. there is a speech bubble with the following in black handwritten text: "It doesn't matter to the companies whether any of their new AI tools help you. AI tools are not meant to help you. AI tools are meant to attract investors. Remember who fights and who capitulates."
December 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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meats.bsky.social
My current commission goal right now is 15 and I currently have 6/15 slots filled ☺️
meats.bsky.social MeatSpice!! @meats.bsky.social · 10d
✨Full body commissions are now open!✨
▫️Can be finished for Christmas upon request!
(not available after 12/20)
▫️65$ usd per character
▫️Comment or Dm to claim a slot
Sharing is appreciated❤️🙇
More info below⬇️
December 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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ianusjwolf.bsky.social
Creative solidarity means:

If you're a writer, do not use AI "art" or AI "voiceover"
If you're an artist, do not use AI "writing" or AI "references"
If you're a streamer/actor, do not use AI for backdrops, thumbnails, etc.

Never help AI steal another medium

No excuses, no shortcuts, no surrender.
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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thoughtrise.bsky.social
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing

these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous

this is worth sharing and educating people about
screenshot of a post on facebook from Alex Lamoreaux, depicting two versions of the "same" photograph of a bobcat in front of a pine plantation, one labeled original game cam photo, one labeling AI processed the markings have been altered on the AI photo, and the head changed and resized text says: Oh! A neat goose hybrid posted to ‘What’s this Bird?’ but when you zoom in on the photos the bill details have been too manipulated by AI photo editing to be accurately assessed for which species may be involved. Scroll on… A cool-looking Red-tailed Hawk that someone is wondering which subspecies it might be - right up my alley! But when you zoom in on the photos literally every feather group has been so heavily manipulated and altered by AI editing that it’s impossible to determine subspecies because the photo is essentially fake now; just a mashup of whatever AI thinks parts of a Red-tail should look like. Scroll on… WOW! That’s a remarkable trail cam photo of a Bobcat! It almost looks like a painting!… but the head looks oddly small…. hmmmm. After some prodding the original photo is produced and sure enough it had been so heavily altered by AI ‘post processing’ that the photo posted was essentially a digital mock-up with totally different proportions and fur markings. No longer the photo off the trail cam; it may as well have just been ‘created’ by AI from scratch. This stuff is killing me. My days on social media are becoming very limited. We can’t even trust simple, everyday photos of animals to be real. The wildlife community needs to quit editing with AI, and we need to start calling out photographers that are using it. Our reality is being destroyed all around us.
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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samrandom.bsky.social
Started a winter sale on itch.io. Selling my text adventures and my ezine for half of! A great gift for anyone that likes some more witchy writing in their life!

#mushroom #magic #sale #wintersale #indiegame #indiedev

itch.io/s/173680/coz...
Cozy Winter Sale 2025 by SamRandom
A bundle by SamRandom, $2.50 for The journal of a mushroom witch, The temple in the grove, Path of the scholar
itch.io
December 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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sleepyrogue.bsky.social
anti ai, pro hag
Text reads: USE AI? No thanks. I'd rather get my misinformation from the local swamp hag.
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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samrandom.bsky.social
I have added some preview essays for free followers of my Patreon. Feel free to join as a free member if you want to see what I have to offer.
www.patreon.com/cw/SamRandom13

#Essay #gameanalysis #transfem #indiewriter #indiegamedev #queerwriter
SamRandom13 | Patreon
Creating literary analysis and short form fiction
www.patreon.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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samrandom.bsky.social
Time to shamelessly ride the wave of a meme! If you want to read good essays, written by someone that happens to also be named Samantha, and is also trans, I got a few!

anunusedfrequency.com
An Unused Frequency
A roadmap to lands real and fictional.
anunusedfrequency.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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samrandom.bsky.social
The latest newsletter is out now, for both free and premium followers!

ko-fi.com/post/Free-ne...

If you are feeling festively generous, please consider supporting a trans indie writer and game dev this december!
#transfem #indiewriter #essay #indiegame #indiedev
Free newsletter #3
SamRandom published a post on Ko-fi
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December 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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samrandom.bsky.social
www.worldanvil.com/community/ma...

Added another chapter to my series of fictional essays, this one is a series of notes regarding some of the more perilous and controversial parts of Khatarina Meredith's research!

#Worldanvil #D&D #rpg
Events of note 1.3
Events of note 1.3 in The notes of Khatarina Meridith by SamRandom
www.worldanvil.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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caldatelier10.bsky.social
🎄HELLO LOVELIES! 🎄
Art commissions open for the holiday season.
For more information, please check the next image.

Email me at cjreynaldo1002@gmail.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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smdefelice.bsky.social
my online sh0p is back open for a VERY limited time !! and with a discount code ! 🔗 below ♡
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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samrandom.bsky.social
I made another little text adventure in twine! It is about finding your power and passion in a new setting. The game is very short and have four endings.

samrandom.itch.io/path-of-the-...

#Textadventure #Twine #Indiegame #transwriter #transartist #itch.io
Path of the scholar by SamRandom
Take care of your old masters abandond cottage, forge your own path as a mage.
samrandom.itch.io
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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rcolesworthy.bsky.social
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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samrandom.bsky.social
I wrote a D&D module! A short thing, with plenty of bookish vibes, and even more bookish puzzles. Set in an archive about to be swallowed in to a void of magic by a powerful spellbook accidentally donated to the archive.
www.dmsguild.com/en/product/3...
#D&D #QueerD&D #Homebrew #Magiclibrary
The unraveling of pages
This tale is the first of several introductory adventures into the series Tales of Landhurst. The first installment will focus on the nation's magical guild, as well as the librarians' guild, other scholars and knowledge seekers. Magic, scholarship and quick thinking will be crucial in this puzzle heavy dungeon crawler adventure. In this adventure, the players will need to solve puzzles, learn arcane secrets as well as find the truth of a corrupted archive, all while doing their best not to get eaten by sentient book monsters!
www.dmsguild.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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nooskadraws.bsky.social
✨BUST COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN!✨

to help me pay for extra expenses in preparation for top surgery in jan, i've decided to open up bust commissions! 🏳️‍⚧️

send me your beloved tavs, durges, dnd ocs, rooks, inquisitors, ocs, and more to: 🌿alex_dingley@hotmail.co.uk🌿(pls don't dm me on here!) (rts = 💖🙏😭)
nooska's bust commissions are OPEN! 1 character: £45 / $59 (USD) 2 characters: £90 / $118 (USD) contact: alex_dingley@hotmail.co.uk payment through paypal invoices Bust commission examples. Left: A digital illustration of Sir Radzig Kobyla from Kingdom Come Deliverance (and also history). He has short cropped brown hair, a brush moustache and goatee. He wears his grey-beige hood lined with red, embroidered with plants and the Skalitz crest. He is surrounded by iris flowers. Right: A digital illustration of Sir Hanush from Kingdom Come Deliverance (and also history). He has short cropped brown hair and a full dark beard. He has hazel eyes. He wears a breastplate adorned with gold metal details. He wears a blue and gold robe. He is surrounded by yellow gladiolus flowers. Digital illustration of two character busts. One is a teal green skinned man with a pink curly moustache and red wavy hair. His eyes are black with blue irises. He grins in a wide smile at the person next to him. The other person is a pink skinned tiefling with white horns. She has light pink long hair, pink eyes and dark purple lipstick. She wears a crown inset with a purple gemstone, and small silver hooped earrings.
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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lntpblk.bsky.social
Last Nov 4, Cebu was ravaged by Typhoon Tino. I want to help my friends rebuild their homes bc this gov't won't.

All the most relevant details are in the pics but don't hesitate to DM me here or shoot an e-mail at borgobear@protonmail.com for questions!

6 SLOTS OPEN!

[COMMERCIAL RATE ON REQUEST]
graphic for emergency commissions that features three characters. the graphic reads: "Emergency Commissions. Help us rebuild after the typhoon." "On November 4, Typhoon Tino hit the island of Cebu and left so much destruction in its wake. Since I have a bit more time now, I’m offering a huge discount on my commissions. The profit of which will be used to help my friends and communities with rebuilding their homes and lives." "FULLY COLORED ART FLAT COLOR BACKGROUNDS ONLY NO EXPLICIT OR HATEFUL REQUESTS NO DESIGNING, PROVIDE REF PAYPAL, WISE or GCASH ONLY!" A graphic with sample art as well as a table of rates. The table has these rates per character: "Bust Sketch - USD 20, Bust Inked (Smooth) - USD 30, Bust Inked (Textured) - USD 30, Half Body Sketch - USD 30, Half Body Inked (Smooth) - USD 40, Half Body Inked (Textured) - USD 50, Full Body Sketch - USD 50, Full Body Inked (Smooth) - USD 60, Full Body Inked (Textured) - USD 80" A little green square has this sentence: "DM ME FOR MORE INFO!"
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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gyip.bsky.social
between the pigeon show at the fringe festival and the monthly pigeon mail club and the pigeon ceramic installation at the outdoor art fair this past summer and NOW the toronto wildlife centre posting a video about why pigeons are great, are we experiencing a pigeon-aissance???
Why Toronto’s pigeons matter
YouTube video by Toronto Wildlife Centre
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November 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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nooskadraws.bsky.social
ye olde trans rights. now and forever. 🏳️‍⚧️✨

#TDOR #TransDayofRemembrance
A digital illustration of a medieval banner. It says in medieval inspired script "ye olde trans rights". It is decorated with plants and blue, pink, and white flowers.
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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samrandom.bsky.social
Oakendale academy was my first tentative step into game design. I am currently learning Godot (slowly mind you). I hope to have a full version of the game out eventually. For now can you play the demo in all its queer glory on my itch.io!
samrandom.itch.io/oakendale-ac...
#queergame #indiegaming
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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samrandom.bsky.social
Do you like my writing and want to help me write more? Please take a look at my patreon, it has several essays, and would help me create a lot more: www.patreon.com/cw/SamRandom13
SamRandom13 | Patreon
Creating literary analysis and short form fiction
www.patreon.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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samrandom.bsky.social
anunusedfrequency.com/2025/11/16/g...
The latest part of my Gwylim notes series is out now! Another Morrowind one, discussing the starting area of Seyda Neen.

#Morrowind #ElderScrolls #Gamedesign #Essay
Gwylim notes on Morrowind: Seyda Neen, the anatomy of a tutorial area
Introduction All players of Morrowind start their adventure by leaving their prison ship, and entering through Vaardenfell costumes office. They enter the game as a prisoner, brought to Vadeenfell …
anunusedfrequency.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM