bayleaf

@bayleaf.bsky.social

💙⚔💙💚🌿💚💜🐺💜 (She/Her, 30s) 2D Artist and Variety Streamer 🚫Do not reupload my art. 🚫DNI Minors/AI/NFT. Will share spicy🔞stuff, so check your content settings. Will block liberally. Tags: #enderal #oc #art #sketch #wip #warframe Stream Updates: #strimupdate

🚨 The archived version of the suppressed Amnesty report into the anti-trans network operating to dismantle human rights in the UK has been "excluded" from the Wayback Machine. JKR is working very hard to scrub its existence from the eyes of the public. Thankfully, I kept screenshots.

A screenshot of the Wayback Machine page when trying to access the suppressed Amnesty report into anti-trans organisation and networks in the UK saying "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine".

These pursuits also require a decent amount of curiosity and critical thinking. Conservative brains are really just MC Escher mazes of knee jerk reactions to stimuli, which they confuse with thinking deeply, but crucially does not allow space for new ideas

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 2d ago

I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.

Generative AI is the tool and aesthetic of fascism, and that aesthetic only appeals to middle aged divorced sex predators, billionaires, guys who drive cybertrucks, and guys who don't tip. It's the aesthetic of losers, miserable assholes, and guys with a sexual allegations section in their wiki.

I'm so angry when I talk with people who are so defeatist about generative AI (in art) and say stuff like "it's here to stay, you need to adapt and learn" or "it's just a tool". No, sorry. I want to keep my brain working. Yes, I lose all interest in a song or a drawing if it's AI.

I think a lot of ppl underestimate how much their dollar actually helps artists, writers, journalists etc. And I think a lot of people overestimate how following translates to income. I don't have a 1$ tier so it is hard to convert, but about 1% of my following is actual subscribers.

-𝚖𝚘𝚡@moxiest.art · 2d ago

people get intimidated by the social belief of "supporting the arts" as like donating $5,000,000 for a new wing at a museum or hosting some gala it's not. 10% of our audience throwing us $1.00 a month would literally be *life-changing* money most artists are in the same boat.