John W. Tomac
@johnwtomac.com
Illustrator. Former art director. Shorter in person. john@johnwtomac.com johnwtomac.com
I wish for all the AI companies to pay every copyright holder $150,000 per infringement, the maximum amount allowed under the law
Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · last wk.“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.
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I am very excited to be getting re-vaccinated for Measles next week
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2w agoATLANTA (AP) — US surpasses 2025’s record-breaking tally for measles cases, with 2,318 cases and 5 more months left in the year.
Way to fuck the kids over
Jay Van Bavel, PhD@jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 3w agoUnfettered access to chatbots can harm educational outcomes Using AI while solving problems improves performance by 48% (GPT base). When access to AI was taken away, students actually performed worse than those who never had access (17% reduction in grades) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Some of us do drugs on the train because our kids won’t stop talking about the R-211T or insist on searching for all the brown M train signs the MTA hasn’t covered up.
ex-Lethality Jane@lethalityjane.bsky.social · 3w agoI think you're going to have a difficult time convincing families with young children to give up car culture and take more public transit if you also refuse to police behavior on the public transit and in the transit centers. Yes, people doing drugs in those places is a turn-off.
Artists/writers/creators in NYC - please feel free to sign the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social coalition's letter calling for a two year moratorium on "A.i." in the public schools! We're up to about 650 signatures - would love to get this over 1000! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Artists for an AI Moratorium in NYC Schools
NYC Artists, Writers, and Creatives Call for a Moratorium on AI in Public Schools CLICK HERE TO SIGN Dear Mayor Mamdani, As writers, musicians, visual artists, filmmakers, photographers, actors, di...
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The scene where Odysseus waits 20 minutes for a sandwich at the Shortstop Deli when he got back to Ithaca felt unnecessary.
Quote post with your bug art. Mosquito season!
Kim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!)@kimsokol.bsky.social · 3w agoQuote post your bug art!
“Time is made-up, it doesn’t mean anything,” I say to my boss as I stroll into the office at 1:07 p.m.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3w agoThe House overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill to make daylight saving time permanent
MLB would like you to Stand Up 2 Cancer while the MLB commissioner sucks up to the Trump administration that’s gutted cancer research & doomed people to death.
Hi #PortfolioDay Im Bruce, an illustrator, creative director, printmaker & sculptor. Big fan of risography, old SFF covers, forced perspective & experimentation. Knight of the Luddite Temple. WEB: www.badmanifesto.co.za IG: www.instagram.com/bad_manifesto PRINTS: www.inprnt.com/profile/brucemackay
Being an artist my age means hearing a great bit of wisdom, being in full agreement with it, and identifying the exact moment the part of my brain that will sabotage it awakens.
Daniel Benneworth-Gray@danielgray.com · 3w agoSam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.
Quick tutorial on how to opt out of Meta's new feature which allows anyone to tag your Instagram handle to generate AI images of you. @evystadium.bsky.social on Muse Image in 40 seconds:
Beach ride to The Rockaways is becoming our annual summer tradition. Now it's your annual tradition. Details and RSVP link: www.bikesbk.org/event/2026-b...
Meta is a staunchly anti-art, anti-artist company and has been showing you this for years with basically every product decision it has made with Instagram, and yet so many professional creative industries continue to rely on it. Spread the word on their latest attack on artists ⬇️
WIRED@wired.com · 4w agoAs part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content. www.wired.com/story/meta-n...
It’s these losers fault if Adri Mehmeti and Julian Hall decide play for Albania and Poland, respectively.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.quiet part out loud -- Ted Cruz thanks Trump for "getting rid of that ridiculous red card," then tells him, "there was a reason the FIFA trophy sat here for as long as it did"
(everything he touches turns to shit, anyone who thinks this isn't cursed is fooling themselves, belgium by a million)
Did you hear the cops finally busted Madam Marie for telling fortunes better than they do?
This is an NYPD problem. Like, I get that the event is a Taylor thing, but this is unusual for any MSG event never mind a Taylor concert or appearance. The cops are doing this. Please focus on the cops figuring out that they did this for Trump going to a NBA game and now they just do it whenever
Lᴇɢꜱ Bᴇɴᴇᴅɪᴄᴛ ✨@maybecam.blacksky.app · last mo.If you’re in NYC today be aware of how absolutely taylor swift and Travis kelce are absolutely fucking the city for their rich millionaire wedding (please see the below traffic and pedestrian closures)
I think it would be nice if @mayor.nyc.gov—who campaigned on improving bus service in New York City—got city employees (like the cops at the 68th Precinct) to stop parking in bus stops.
Congratulations to these traditionalist Catholics on becoming Protestants.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · last mo.A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics directly defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his consent, dismissing the resulting excommunications by declaring it was a “sacred duty” to defend the Catholic faith.
All hail our Glorious God-Emperor (who better not fuck with our money)!
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · last mo.BREAKING: The Supreme Court, 6-3, overrules Humphrey's Executor, giving the president broad firing powers over the leadership of federal agencies and limiting Congress's power to limit presidential firings. In a 5-4 decision, however, the court said the Federal Reserve is likely different.
