Tired Art Goblin

Took a nap after work yesterday and the alarm I set did not go off. Fortunately the Dinnertime Cat Alarm was right on time so I did not miss movie night.

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

Happy International Asexuality Day, from me and my OCs Mark (from Transfusions) and Jousia (from The Witch Door)! 💜 #internationalasexualityday #thewitchdoor #transfusions #annikART

Ursula Vernon: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of your blorbo King: MY blorbo?! Vernon: yes Vernon: YOUR blorbo King: from my stories?!? Vernon: yes Vernon: from your stories

Round up the wolves release them into Google Headquarters. Even the score. futurism.com/future-socie...

Eyeglasses, especially strong prescriptions. When I was a kid my dad had the "Coke bottle glasses". Heavy, thick. My eyesight is as bad as his was and my glasses are so light and thin

If you haven't already, 1. Make a plan to vote, 2. Study your ballot this weekend, 3. Help your family and friends make plans too (e.g. can you take them to the polls/vote centers or drop off their ballots?) 4. Ask them to pass it forward.

Incredibly important thread, though I'd wager very few of my followers will learn anything new

Speaking from my field, environmental law, we actually are making so much progress despite all the news: renewable energies are more affordable than ever before and the technology keeps improving We also DID manage to eliminate the +6, +5, +4 degrees scenarios in 20 years: we need to keep going !!

Wikipedia exists because a massive army of volunteers supported by a nonprofit organization have spent decades building and maintaining an unprecedented, mostly high quality repository of humanity’s general knowledge available free, instantly, to everyone.

since the year I was born (1975): rescues/no kill shelters, foster networks, spay/neuter programs, and a general shift in cultural attitudes about pet ownership have reduced the number of cats and dogs euthanized in shelters by 90% pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

In 1990, about 20 million animals a year were euthanized in kill shelters. Today, over half the shelters in the US are designated no-kill and less than 500,000 animals are euthanized.

Indoor smoking bans. Those of you on the younger side have no idea how pervasive it was to go out to a restaurant, a bar, even a flight and be bombarded with second hand smoke. It was awful. So glad it is gone.

There was a fucking hole in our planet’s *atmosphere* Like a legit, no joke, “this will unravel our entire ecosystem” hole in the world, and then we fixed it by working together across national and political lines As a species we decided, “we will survive” Let’s do that some more

I always do the big important medical ones, so this time I’m just gonna say—long distance calls are free now.

Audio based entertainment. I grew up listening to tapes of The Green Hornet. For a long time there was almost nothing like that. And it was so difficult to take it anywhere. Now, Podcasts exist! There are hundreds of great programs. Also, audiobooks are way more accessible and plentiful.

I'm hearing talks about increases of 25-30% in health insurance next year. Our rates have basically doubled in three years because the GOP took a wrecking ball to insurance. Never let them claim they're the party of small business again.

I still think AI systems should be paying me 150k per copyright violation. People keep asking me 'what laws do we need for AI?' and I keep saying 'enforce the fucking ones we already have!' There are copyright laws that should be being enforced right now that just... aren't. B/c it's billionaires.

I came across this creek while leaf peeping in New England. The afternoon light illuminated the maple tree from behind and created a refraction of crystal light that was beautiful to behold. Crystal Creek by Erin Hanson, 2018 Oil on canvas 40 x 26 in #autumn #leafpeeping #painting #art @bsky.art

Solar farms in the Gobi are cutting dust storms. A study of 17 farms found the panels slow surface winds by more than 9% and make soil up to 17% less erodible, reducing springtime dust by about 352,000 tonnes a month. RenewEconomy buff.ly/bambHT8 #ShareGoodNewsToo

As an example of how vital Internet Archive is, I spent several hours today using it to recreate the Yale Integrity Project on trans healthcare. The original url & contents were scrubbed & replaced with a page listing just a few of the original publications. www.transgendermap.com/issues/group...

FYI - I don't use these features but I know a lot of people do.

Bioware made some of the most beloved stories and worlds in games and had such an impact on RPG that they essentially reshaped public perception of it and what it could be It also, not always successfully but always out of good intentions, was one of the biggest source of AAA queer stories in games

*dies laughing* I am approximately 66,000 words into my current draft, and it is all absolutely true. God, I love Elle Cordova. www.youtube.com/shorts/YqPPy...

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

Shimmering Iris 🌱✨ a new piece in my ongoing series of paintings called ‘A Starry Place’ where I explore spaces meaningful and nostalgic to me.

A coworker told my friend about the Emma M Lion books. She read them all & told our gaming group. Now 4 of us are also reading the series. Word of Mouth works.

It’s depressing to see schools use AI to create flyers, banners, & t-shirts. When I was in high school the faculty would come to the art department to have students create these things. I learned so many skills that have followed me my entire professional life. That’s what I thought school was for.

Cosmic Brownie polyclay sculptures! I need a creative break from 2D work. #hognose #snake #sculpture #polyclay #reptiles

I took a benadryl before my Covid shot on Friday and my arm was WAY less sore and I was much less tired than previous shots. Worth a try if the shot routinely kicks your ass.

When I was in high school, every classmate's mother had a horror story about an alley or a secret clinic somewhere, blood and terror and sometimes women dying in the effort to control their own futures. Abortion saves lives.

I lasted 2 months at a job that told me in the interview it was NOT a call center and turned out to be... basically a call center. The manager seemed determined to bully me and I had multiple anxiety attacks at work. Probably should have left sooner tbh.

Not to sound like an old man yelling at clouds but the climate today of “if this makes me personally uncomfortable then it MUST be morally wrong somehow” when it comes to sex or kink or any sort of alternative lifestyle is so incredibly dangerous. You can just not like a thing and it’s fine.

Anyway it’s shit like this why you need to vocally support kinksters and pornographers even if you yourself don’t make or even like NSFW content. It’s why kicking Kink out of Pride is dangerous. They won’t stop at banning what you personally think is gross, they won’t stop until YOU’RE illegal.

Serious question: does this mean stuff like House of the Dragon and sexy historical fiction about UK’s royal family is illegal in the UK because of this dumbass law? Like are they gonna put Matt Smith in jail over this, or is it just for punishing disenfranchised rowdy upstarts into shutting up.

christ

I think the future should look more like "a fuckload of trains and get more of this shit off the road" and less like...mad max trial runs.

#Artober day 5 - mystic #art #dragon

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

This why always suggest comics writers spend some time drawing their own scripts, even just as an exercise. It's important to understand what exactly you are asking an artist to do.

Pink & Red 6”x6” Oil on cradled wood panel