I had to go on Twitter to confirm this was real because Ship Awesome Games In A Weekend having a hand with six fingers was so on the nose I was about to pass out

Cale Michael@xjustified.bsky.social · 2d ago

This shit just writes itself at this point. Just the name "Epic AI MegaJam" is a joke that best describes what is going on with these companies.

There is a doofus currently arguing here that no "creative talent" would choose to write tie-ins, and since I just did a panel this weekend on why creative talents choose to write IP, here are a few reasons. Non-financial reasons, for fun and because frankly it usually doesn't pay that well.

I though this was worth sharing. x.com/rena_yume1 derpibooru.org/images/3912467

Don't you just hate it when your pony stops working? manebooru.art/images/1122612 #mlp #mlpfim

Oof. This episode is going to take a while. It's very ambitious. But also, retooling for blender 5.2 is an agonizing trudge, because of the constant barrage of breaking changes the devs have been making.

I really don't think folks who weren't there grasp just how much these generations really were shamed or even prosecuted for stuff that giant companies do all the time now like ffs, websites used to shame people for 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 images without paying the site that hosted it for their bandwidth!

Julie S. Lalonde@julieslalonde.bsky.social · last wk.

Being GenX/Millennial is such a trip. In our lifetimes, we saw people our age getting wild criminal penalties for pirating music and now have to sit and watch as companies gobble up our work with impunity.

This episode is going to feature a D&D session as a framing device, including some in-game stuff. So they need outfits! So asset dev doesn't take a zillion years, I'm mostly just snagging outfits from the Daz ecosystem, then adapting them and finishing fixing them up. #blender3d #mlp #fanart #anthro

I've been saying this for a while. *If* someone does genuinely believe that the AI models they are making could become sentient/aware, then they really need to explain how, if that were true, they aren't creating permanent slavery for thinking beings. It's either a lie, or deeply monstrous.

Aliette de Bodard@aliettedebodard.com · 2w ago

I'm working on the next episode, which is going to use Twilight taking up Juicebox on his recent game night offer as a framing device. So...RPG costumes! this one needs so many assets I'm happily just snarfing up assets without lovingly customizing them, but I want them to still suit the characters

Spectrum Allocation xkcd.com/3307/

I really needed to hear what is said in this video by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social about making art. It made me cry a little. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgUM... (I have no interest in sports, so if you share that trait, don't let the use of sports as part of the framing device make you tune out)

Make Your Art.

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When you bake custom ears shape keys into the base shape, and then accidentally ALSO leave the shape key active. XD

The secret ingredient is a half teaspoon of rosewater. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/cardamom PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

It seems like we should be less worried about Skynet, and more worried about The Sorcerer's Apprentice.

Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · 3w ago

Econ 101

Plunged

Stop putting off that thing you wanted to do

404 Media@404media.co · 3w ago

The estimated lifespan of the outer solar system has been downgraded from 100 billion years to just a few billion years, according to a study that probed “terminal instability” during the Sun’s death.

Helen of Troy (but as a horse) ✨

Of course shortly after I've decided to do an episode with a legally-distinct-from-D&D tabletop rpg, Spindlehorse announces a merch drop with the same theme, presumably in advance of doing something similar. 😅

Nood Loon Moon #Loona #helluvaboss #furryart #nsfw

My next episode is going to require a lot of prep and asset creation/editing. I should probably try to get better at posting WIP stuff.

When you see Pinkie in space, you don't really question WHY or HOW she got there. You just sort of accept it. Artwork is by Ghosties! www.deviantart.com/v... #mlp #mlpfim #art

It’s Launch Day, darling! This one is not cozy or for the faint of heart, please note the warnings, but it’s here at last! And while you should read in the way you like the best—dude, Neil Newbon’s narration knocks it out of the PARK. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813073...

Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion by T. Kingfisher: 9798217298594 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The roguish charlatan Astarion will free himself from a centuries-long fate of servitude or die (a second time) trying—in this decadently dark fantasy adventure by award-winning author T. Kingfisher.....

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I have lots of people who I know online, and like talking to, but who I never message. It doesn't work well to just say "hey, what's up?" but the alternative is either to just randomly talk about something I find interesting, or pepper them with questions to get them to talk. hashtag-autismproblems😅

This may be a bad idea to say publicly on the Internet, but...*IF* you are someone who has already been reading my stuff, is there anything you want to see more of, or less of? I'm not going to "chase the algorithm", but knowing what people are interested in gives my wandering mind some direction.

This is the part when, having finished a big project, I flail around feeling like "woe is me, no ideas, head empty, art done forever" Just like every time. Fortunately, I've recognized the pattern by now, so I know it will be okay.

☁️🌈 waitin 4 my phone 2 glow... 🦋☀️

Speaking of my old forays into animation... the animated thing that I am by far the most pleased with... and which the fewest people gave a damn about, was my ponified version of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventures season 4 ending credits. :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fmu... #jojo #animation #mlp #fanart

Pinkie's Bizarre Adventures (JoJo season 4 ending credits parody)

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