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Susan, A Cabbage Man, Graham

@grahamophones.bsky.social

lit agent at Dunow, Carlson, & Lerner Agency - they/them, let's fight about clowns, icon by @anuanew.bsky.social

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Nate Bethea@inthesedeserts.bsky.social · 5d ago

Apple charges people ~20% more than the Patreon list price and they keep the difference for themselves. They also hold the proceeds of iOS app sales for 75 days, making it impossible for creators to accurately predict earnings. They basically inserted themselves in order to rip *more* people off

Part Time Yeen@parttimeyeen.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Any of you using the ios version of Patreon to support me, switch to the browser version instead, cuz the apple fees have actually taken over 3000 usd from me in the course of a year

ipaintbirbs@ipaintbirbs.bsky.social · 5d ago

hey so! this truly feels like impending doom on a platform i have come to really care about because of the people there, please let Twitch know how you feel about this, i sure did. twitch.uservoice.com/forums/92338...

twitch.uservoice.com

Zach Bussey 🍁@zachbussey.tos.gg · 5d ago

Twitch and Amazon are apparently planning to use streams to train Generative AI. Multiple sources tell me it will be announced in the coming months, despite some internal friction against it. Creators may be able to opt out of some training data.

jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 5d ago

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
Olivia Waite@oliviawaite.com · last wk.

A thread on special editions, luxury books, and publishing history: In 1903, J. M. Dent created Everyman’s Library, intended as a cheap line of hardbacks to make a classical education accessible as mass literacy rates were on the rise.

kath🖤@kathinka.bsky.social · 2w ago

Yeah, so I am nonbinary and I make a historical dark urban fantasy comic with a nonbinary (bisexual) MC about traumatized monster hunters looking for closure. It launches July 23rd! And that’s my official nonbinary awareness week post. Please be aware of Callow Hearts, Hollow Bones.

Oliver Gerlach@olliegerlach.bsky.social · last wk.

With some urgency: if you've got any paying writing work, or any leads on the same, right now I could VERY much use some meaningful employment as a writer.

Oliver Gerlach@olliegerlach.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hi #PortfolioDay ! I'm Ollie, and I write comics (and increasingly prose). You may know me from THE RESTAURANT AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, or 2000AD, or various award-winning anthology projects. I'm open for work at the moment, any genre, any length! Email: olivergerlach596(@)googlemail(.)com

The cover to THE RESTAURANT AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
Climate Families NYC@climatefamsnyc.bsky.social · last wk.

AI in schools robs children of their creativity AND their futures. We need a moratorium on AI in @nycschools.bsky.social now.

AI Moratorium for NYC Schools@aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 2w ago

Nearly 700 artists have signed our letter to @mayor.nyc.gov including the brilliant @mollycrabapple.bsky.social calling for a moratorium on AI. NYC kids deserve schools that foster their creativity and critical thinking. AI does the opposite. bit.ly/ArtistsSayNoAI4Schools

A flyer saying: "Kids need to explore, think deeply and build their creative skills, but AI robs them of this opportunity. By putting AI in schools, we are hobbling future generations."
Faith@faithschaffer.bsky.social · last wk.

if you're trying to get into drawing environments but worried about perspective, my hot take is don't worry about it at all. It's a lot more important that things FEEL in perspective than actually being in perspective, and that usually comes from strong composition, scaling and shapes