Aria Phan ❤️‍🔥 comm open!

@dragonsaria.bsky.social

• 30 • art freelancing • 🇻🇳 • fantasy RPG and historical fashion enthusiast • no AI 🎨 VGen: https://vgen.co/ariaphan 🎨 Portfolio: https://i-aria.carrd.co 🎨 Tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/i_aria

A reminder this sale ends next week! After that I will close my commissions on VGen and keep them open only for Ko-Fi and Patreon members!

Nen the pigeon@nenthepigeon.bsky.social · 3w ago

Let's do it one last time, shall we? I'm doing one last -15% sale on commissions on both VGen and Ko-Fi for all subscribers. Sale starts today till I'm full 2 weeks employed. After the sale is concluded commissions will be closed until I finish my queue. More info on Ko-Fi #VGenComm #VGenOpen

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"End of full time freelance sale, -15% until I'm 2 weeks employed.
Sketches, illustrations, YCH services mystery/surprise commissions and more!"

Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · last wk.

AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.

Okay. So here's what I know - I lost my day job. - I hated my day job. - I liked having a lot of money and health insurance. - But a lot of money never made me happier, I just owned more stuff. - I do still need health insurance. - I'm really fucking good at lettering comic books.

I wouldn't call myself an expert, but I made some notes to process some observations of feathered wings and thought I'd share. If it's useful to you too, I'd be glad. Not intended to be scientific or precise so take it with a grain of salt!

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It's why I'm always harping on "Screw algos! resist the urge to crab bucket post! We don't HAVE to do this Hate-Engagement/Outrage farming thing!!" it's not only made the world a worse place, but the net really didn't used to be this way. it really was a place to make friends, create and explore

💀your friend corrigan.🥀@hereliescorri.bsky.social · 2w ago

I feel like there's a cohort of us who got on the internet before "social media" and made all sorts of healthy friendships through forums or livejournal or what have you and thus, while everyone's like SOCIAL MEDIA FUELS COMPARISON AND MISERY we're like, but that's just where my friends live.