Velvet Minefield
@velvetminefield.bsky.social
fat queer trans artist | wayyyy over 18
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this did wonders on Tumblr idk if BlueSky will accept my offering #meme #funny #OC #originalcharacters
April 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
this did wonders on Tumblr idk if BlueSky will accept my offering #meme #funny #OC #originalcharacters
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No multi entries this time. Sorry.
April 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
No multi entries this time. Sorry.
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Doing a #nsfwart #artgiveaway as thanks for 5k followers!
If you win, I will draw your cute OCs fucking or whatever else you want. 🌸
I'm out all of next week, so I'll be picking the winner when I return home. Spread the word!
If you win, I will draw your cute OCs fucking or whatever else you want. 🌸
I'm out all of next week, so I'll be picking the winner when I return home. Spread the word!
April 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Doing a #nsfwart #artgiveaway as thanks for 5k followers!
If you win, I will draw your cute OCs fucking or whatever else you want. 🌸
I'm out all of next week, so I'll be picking the winner when I return home. Spread the word!
If you win, I will draw your cute OCs fucking or whatever else you want. 🌸
I'm out all of next week, so I'll be picking the winner when I return home. Spread the word!
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If someone in your life works in healthcare and/or accesses healthcare without a mask - consider sharing my article dedicated to maskless healthcare workers
Hospital acquired COVID has a 10% mortality rate. We MUST start mitigating
Every hospital acquired infection should be considered a failure
Hospital acquired COVID has a 10% mortality rate. We MUST start mitigating
Every hospital acquired infection should be considered a failure
A Plea to Maskless Healthcare Workers from Vulnerable Patients
If you see a mask - wear a mask. Better yet - wear a mask all the time and show us you understand that we're still IN a pandemic. We are depending on you to keep us safe - please don't betray that.
www.disabledginger.com
December 28, 2024 at 3:42 AM
If someone in your life works in healthcare and/or accesses healthcare without a mask - consider sharing my article dedicated to maskless healthcare workers
Hospital acquired COVID has a 10% mortality rate. We MUST start mitigating
Every hospital acquired infection should be considered a failure
Hospital acquired COVID has a 10% mortality rate. We MUST start mitigating
Every hospital acquired infection should be considered a failure
December 29, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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They think it's ok to design and build a slave who they have no intention of treating like a person but every intention of compelling it to do the work a person does.
If nothing else, it tells you what these folks think about other people (and about the ethics of how one treats other people)
If nothing else, it tells you what these folks think about other people (and about the ethics of how one treats other people)
December 27, 2024 at 4:46 PM
They think it's ok to design and build a slave who they have no intention of treating like a person but every intention of compelling it to do the work a person does.
If nothing else, it tells you what these folks think about other people (and about the ethics of how one treats other people)
If nothing else, it tells you what these folks think about other people (and about the ethics of how one treats other people)
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Daily reminder that the underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.
Anyway, AI has already stolen friends’ work, and is going to put other people out of work.
I do not think a political party that claims to be the party of workers in this country should be using it. Even for just a silly joke.
I do not think a political party that claims to be the party of workers in this country should be using it. Even for just a silly joke.
December 26, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Daily reminder that the underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.
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Seen a few folks astonished by my lack of support for ChatGPT and similar. Because AI, right?
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
December 27, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Seen a few folks astonished by my lack of support for ChatGPT and similar. Because AI, right?
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
I agree wholeheartedly with donating to all these sites.
Always donate to Wikipedia, AO3 and Anna’s Archive, my saviors
If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
December 28, 2024 at 12:49 AM
I agree wholeheartedly with donating to all these sites.
i love these pins.
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Store details below!
December 27, 2024 at 4:12 PM
i love these pins.
Someone somewhere else mentioned that as a very online person, MB would definitely be aware of this meme. But I’m not sure it would approve… #themurderbotdiaries #marthawells #allsystemsred #wakingupinportfreecommerce
December 25, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Someone somewhere else mentioned that as a very online person, MB would definitely be aware of this meme. But I’m not sure it would approve… #themurderbotdiaries #marthawells #allsystemsred #wakingupinportfreecommerce
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But I keep being told that I'm overreacting when I say anti blackness and transphobia are related, and Black cis women are routinely denied womanhood due to white supremacy
being "born a real woman" doesn't protect Black women.
being "born a real woman" doesn't protect Black women.
A cis Black woman was chased out of the women’s bathroom of the RUSD meeting in Riverside last Thursday for being a “transgender in the wrong bathroom” in case you hadn’t heard.
In case it was unclear where this was going all along.
In case it was unclear where this was going all along.
December 24, 2024 at 5:17 PM
But I keep being told that I'm overreacting when I say anti blackness and transphobia are related, and Black cis women are routinely denied womanhood due to white supremacy
being "born a real woman" doesn't protect Black women.
being "born a real woman" doesn't protect Black women.
Someone on tumblr dreamcast Vico Ortiz as Murderbot and I was v. happy to use them as a model. #themurderbotdiaries #marthawells #murderbotfanart #fanart #vicoortiz #vmart
December 17, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Someone on tumblr dreamcast Vico Ortiz as Murderbot and I was v. happy to use them as a model. #themurderbotdiaries #marthawells #murderbotfanart #fanart #vicoortiz #vmart
“Agricultural bots have the statistically lowest chance of accidental injuries but are physically the most terrifying. It’s weird how something designed to take care of delicate lifeforms looks the most like it wants to tear you apart and eat your humans.”
##marthawells #themurderbotdiaries
##marthawells #themurderbotdiaries
November 28, 2024 at 3:57 PM
“Agricultural bots have the statistically lowest chance of accidental injuries but are physically the most terrifying. It’s weird how something designed to take care of delicate lifeforms looks the most like it wants to tear you apart and eat your humans.”
##marthawells #themurderbotdiaries
##marthawells #themurderbotdiaries
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Pre-orders are live for my next book, The #Covid Safety Handbook -- a community-led guide for our ongoing pandemic:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNFSXBBZ
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-covid-...
We hope you check it out, we're really proud of this project!
#LongCovid #StillCoviding
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNFSXBBZ
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-covid-...
We hope you check it out, we're really proud of this project!
#LongCovid #StillCoviding
November 20, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Pre-orders are live for my next book, The #Covid Safety Handbook -- a community-led guide for our ongoing pandemic:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNFSXBBZ
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-covid-...
We hope you check it out, we're really proud of this project!
#LongCovid #StillCoviding
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNFSXBBZ
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-covid-...
We hope you check it out, we're really proud of this project!
#LongCovid #StillCoviding
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NSFW artist's truth.
November 2, 2024 at 4:16 PM
NSFW artist's truth.
October 18, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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As an editor, I help people say what they mean--and not say what they don’t mean. Here are some common not-quite-right words or expressions that I often see. This is not to embarrass anybody--I've made many of these mistakes myself. Please share your favorite fixes at the end of the thread. (1/n)
October 1, 2024 at 12:31 PM
As an editor, I help people say what they mean--and not say what they don’t mean. Here are some common not-quite-right words or expressions that I often see. This is not to embarrass anybody--I've made many of these mistakes myself. Please share your favorite fixes at the end of the thread. (1/n)
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I really wish people talking about how unfair it is for cast and crew members to lose jobs when a serial rapist like #NeilGaiman gets deemed financially risky by big studios would instead pivot to how unfair it is for cast and crew to not be insured again the risks of working with sexual abusers.
September 10, 2024 at 7:32 AM
I really wish people talking about how unfair it is for cast and crew members to lose jobs when a serial rapist like #NeilGaiman gets deemed financially risky by big studios would instead pivot to how unfair it is for cast and crew to not be insured again the risks of working with sexual abusers.
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If the model uses stable diffusion, the data is stolen. Do not pass go. Do not collect on your plagiarism machine.
July 1, 2023 at 12:58 AM
If the model uses stable diffusion, the data is stolen. Do not pass go. Do not collect on your plagiarism machine.
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"AI is not a tool, it's a plagiarism slot machine." - @kellymckernan.bsky.social
Excellent article at Creative Bloq by Ian Dean.
Excellent article at Creative Bloq by Ian Dean.
Illustrator Kelly McKernan reveals the raw impact of AI on artists' lives
How generative AI and AI art is affecting artists.
www.creativebloq.com
October 24, 2023 at 4:29 PM
"AI is not a tool, it's a plagiarism slot machine." - @kellymckernan.bsky.social
Excellent article at Creative Bloq by Ian Dean.
Excellent article at Creative Bloq by Ian Dean.
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This article from 2 years ago about Joss Whedon brings up some of the same abuse of power issues that we're discussing about Neil Gaiman. Framing these kinds of relationships as "consentual" is problematic.
Joss Whedon Wasn’t Having ‘Affairs’ On The Set Of Buffy, He Was Abusing His Power
‘Who did Joss Whedon have an affair with on Buffy?’ - they weren't affairs, they were an abuse of power. Read more on Grazia.
graziadaily.co.uk
August 12, 2024 at 3:49 AM
This article from 2 years ago about Joss Whedon brings up some of the same abuse of power issues that we're discussing about Neil Gaiman. Framing these kinds of relationships as "consentual" is problematic.
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Wrote a thing about the current Neil Gaiman accusations
multimindpublishing.com/2024/08/07/a...
Which is also mentioned in the Muccamukk link round up
muccamukk.dreamwidth.org/1678972.html
It's not surprising how SFF and nerd spaces are quite quiet. You will allow what you will accept 🤷🏿♀️
multimindpublishing.com/2024/08/07/a...
Which is also mentioned in the Muccamukk link round up
muccamukk.dreamwidth.org/1678972.html
It's not surprising how SFF and nerd spaces are quite quiet. You will allow what you will accept 🤷🏿♀️
Another One Bites The Dust – Or: The Case of One Who Thought He Was Truly Ineffable
So, another writer acting badly: Neil Gaiman. Given his usual demeanor and the company he tends to keep, such as public-groping, all-around vicious person Harlan Ellison, the rapey and abusive China M...
multimindpublishing.com
August 8, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Wrote a thing about the current Neil Gaiman accusations
multimindpublishing.com/2024/08/07/a...
Which is also mentioned in the Muccamukk link round up
muccamukk.dreamwidth.org/1678972.html
It's not surprising how SFF and nerd spaces are quite quiet. You will allow what you will accept 🤷🏿♀️
multimindpublishing.com/2024/08/07/a...
Which is also mentioned in the Muccamukk link round up
muccamukk.dreamwidth.org/1678972.html
It's not surprising how SFF and nerd spaces are quite quiet. You will allow what you will accept 🤷🏿♀️
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More writers speaking up about Gaiman.
Lewis Shiner: "I am relieved that sexual predator and narcissist Neil Gaiman is finally being exposed. I have first-hand knowledge of lives that he's damaged, and I hope more and more survivors of his abuse come forward."
Lewis Shiner: "I am relieved that sexual predator and narcissist Neil Gaiman is finally being exposed. I have first-hand knowledge of lives that he's damaged, and I hope more and more survivors of his abuse come forward."
August 11, 2024 at 1:36 AM
More writers speaking up about Gaiman.
Lewis Shiner: "I am relieved that sexual predator and narcissist Neil Gaiman is finally being exposed. I have first-hand knowledge of lives that he's damaged, and I hope more and more survivors of his abuse come forward."
Lewis Shiner: "I am relieved that sexual predator and narcissist Neil Gaiman is finally being exposed. I have first-hand knowledge of lives that he's damaged, and I hope more and more survivors of his abuse come forward."