Skelenaut
@skelenaut.bsky.social
Jonathan Sims - SKELENAUT®
Iowa City, Iowa
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Professional Art Ghoul.
No A.I. bullshit.
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Iowa City, Iowa
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Professional Art Ghoul.
No A.I. bullshit.
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Skelenaut
@skelenaut.bsky.social
· Aug 23
If you show me anything A.I. generated, a ghost kills you within a week.
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I'm making a new comic book! Here's the ad for merch that's going in the book. No reason not to share it right now.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I'm making a new comic book! Here's the ad for merch that's going in the book. No reason not to share it right now.
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I'm making a new comic book! Here's the ad for merch that's going in the book. No reason not to share it right now.
skelenaut.threadless.com
skelenaut.threadless.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I'm making a new comic book! Here's the ad for merch that's going in the book. No reason not to share it right now.
skelenaut.threadless.com
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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every new AI application amounts to coming up with a smart sounding way to prey and profit from the most vulnerable and gullable
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
every new AI application amounts to coming up with a smart sounding way to prey and profit from the most vulnerable and gullable
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
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nothing is inevitable, if people kept up the pressure. but as usual video gamers see AI creeping into their games, throw up their hands and go "It's inevitable" because they don't have the fucking spine to fight for Artists and Devs and programmers.
Fuck EA, Fuck Ubisoft *shrug*
Fuck EA, Fuck Ubisoft *shrug*
November 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
nothing is inevitable, if people kept up the pressure. but as usual video gamers see AI creeping into their games, throw up their hands and go "It's inevitable" because they don't have the fucking spine to fight for Artists and Devs and programmers.
Fuck EA, Fuck Ubisoft *shrug*
Fuck EA, Fuck Ubisoft *shrug*
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Boycott this shit. We shouldn't accept AI images anywhere but we absolutely shouldn't accept them in something you pay $70 fucking dollars for.
"There is an extreme amount of AI artwork used within the base version of the game, despite the fact that last year’s Black Ops 6 made over $1 billion in its first 10 days on sale—the highest-grossing CoD game ever."
Too bad I don't play CoD, I can't boycott it 🤣
Too bad I don't play CoD, I can't boycott it 🤣
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Boycott this shit. We shouldn't accept AI images anywhere but we absolutely shouldn't accept them in something you pay $70 fucking dollars for.
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"There is an extreme amount of AI artwork used within the base version of the game, despite the fact that last year’s Black Ops 6 made over $1 billion in its first 10 days on sale—the highest-grossing CoD game ever."
Too bad I don't play CoD, I can't boycott it 🤣
Too bad I don't play CoD, I can't boycott it 🤣
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"There is an extreme amount of AI artwork used within the base version of the game, despite the fact that last year’s Black Ops 6 made over $1 billion in its first 10 days on sale—the highest-grossing CoD game ever."
Too bad I don't play CoD, I can't boycott it 🤣
Too bad I don't play CoD, I can't boycott it 🤣
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“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence
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the proliferation of "AI" generated content has largely enabled and to a great degree enabled cynical swindlers to more casually fleece people of their money- shitty knock off books, poorly made games, impersonating people for extortion, and this can't be separated from any allegedly good use case
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
the proliferation of "AI" generated content has largely enabled and to a great degree enabled cynical swindlers to more casually fleece people of their money- shitty knock off books, poorly made games, impersonating people for extortion, and this can't be separated from any allegedly good use case
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Rewatched Riddle of Fire tonight, and it’s so good you guys. It’s so good.
the Goonies if it took place in the world of Mandy.
the Goonies if it took place in the world of Mandy.
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Rewatched Riddle of Fire tonight, and it’s so good you guys. It’s so good.
the Goonies if it took place in the world of Mandy.
the Goonies if it took place in the world of Mandy.
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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
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I made a new shirt design.
skelenaut.threadless.com/designs/john...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I made a new shirt design.
skelenaut.threadless.com/designs/john...
skelenaut.threadless.com/designs/john...
I made a new shirt design.
skelenaut.threadless.com/designs/john...
skelenaut.threadless.com/designs/john...
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I made a new shirt design.
skelenaut.threadless.com/designs/john...
skelenaut.threadless.com/designs/john...
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"The problem (AI) is solving is that greedy people want their money. That's the problem. The CEOs are like 'What if we could get drawings without paying an artist? ...scripts without paying a writer? ...music without paying a musician?' It's solving a problem for like 8 people."
August 18, 2024 at 2:40 PM
"The problem (AI) is solving is that greedy people want their money. That's the problem. The CEOs are like 'What if we could get drawings without paying an artist? ...scripts without paying a writer? ...music without paying a musician?' It's solving a problem for like 8 people."
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we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
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So I didn't see this bc I have the term AI muted lmao, BUT ANYWAYS SURPRISE EVERYONE IT'S LIVE, HERE'S MY GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING ALL THIS SHIT AND HOW TO PROTECT YOUR WORK FROM SCRAPING AND FIGHTING BACK, also yes I did do the little illustrations
New article our on TrueRef! 🤍
Understanding AI: Facts, Myths & Protecting Your Work by @torrent-empress.bsky.social
Covering what AI really is, what it's costing us as a society and how you can protect yourself.
Read: trueref.io/blogs/news/w...
Understanding AI: Facts, Myths & Protecting Your Work by @torrent-empress.bsky.social
Covering what AI really is, what it's costing us as a society and how you can protect yourself.
Read: trueref.io/blogs/news/w...
Understanding AI: Facts, Myths & Protecting your Work
As the world at large continues to talk about “AI”, creatives from all fields are left scrambling to save their work from companies using it to build data training sets to compete with them. In this a...
trueref.io
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
So I didn't see this bc I have the term AI muted lmao, BUT ANYWAYS SURPRISE EVERYONE IT'S LIVE, HERE'S MY GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING ALL THIS SHIT AND HOW TO PROTECT YOUR WORK FROM SCRAPING AND FIGHTING BACK, also yes I did do the little illustrations
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This is a good thread on narrative framing. How we talk about technology matters, particularly because hype is one of Silicon Valley’s most powerful weapons
Just read a talk announcement about "AI" and K-12 education that looked like it maybe, maybe embedded a critical perspective but was still dressed up in the language of AI hype, presupposing both job market & education "reshaped by AI".
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November 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is a good thread on narrative framing. How we talk about technology matters, particularly because hype is one of Silicon Valley’s most powerful weapons
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
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Noting that more than 100,000 Iowans will see their health insurance premiums double or triple as a result, Nathan Sage, Josh Turek and Zach Wahls have all scorned Senate Democrats for caving on the GOP spending bill last night.
'Spineless, shameful bullshit': Iowa Democratic candidates for Senate oppose funding deal with Republicans - Little Village
As eight Senate Democrats broke with their party on Sunday night to vote for a Republican spending bill that would end the shutdown of the federal government but not restore […]
littlevillagemag.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Noting that more than 100,000 Iowans will see their health insurance premiums double or triple as a result, Nathan Sage, Josh Turek and Zach Wahls have all scorned Senate Democrats for caving on the GOP spending bill last night.
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Reminder that, unless a creative freelancer has a spouse with a day job that offers health insurance, they likely have an ACA plan. And with the hits to creative industries the past few years, I'm guessing many qualify for subsidies.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Reminder that, unless a creative freelancer has a spouse with a day job that offers health insurance, they likely have an ACA plan. And with the hits to creative industries the past few years, I'm guessing many qualify for subsidies.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
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The US withdrawal from WHO could impact the flu shot.
Flu samples sent to CDC from around the world are down 60% this year, as of July.
"When those viruses are not coming in, we don't know what to put in the vaccine, and you're going to have less effective vaccines."
Flu samples sent to CDC from around the world are down 60% this year, as of July.
"When those viruses are not coming in, we don't know what to put in the vaccine, and you're going to have less effective vaccines."
Why next year's flu shot might not be as good as it should be
America's withdrawal from the World Health Organization is affecting the ability of U.S. scientists to track flu and other pathogens. That could be a blow to the development of the 2025 flu vaccine.
www.npr.org
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The US withdrawal from WHO could impact the flu shot.
Flu samples sent to CDC from around the world are down 60% this year, as of July.
"When those viruses are not coming in, we don't know what to put in the vaccine, and you're going to have less effective vaccines."
Flu samples sent to CDC from around the world are down 60% this year, as of July.
"When those viruses are not coming in, we don't know what to put in the vaccine, and you're going to have less effective vaccines."