Mike Stamm
@luckbat.bsky.social
Director, animator, podcaster, webcomicker https://luckbat.com/
Seeing every small business, be it a local restaurant, a moving company, whatever, all having AI logos and AI ads, really puts into perspective just how many artists are out of jobs now. All those little sustaining jobs where someone just needed a quick thing for $50 to $200 are just gone.
this is genuinely my greatest fear about writing historical fiction. I'll spend a bunch of time researching, do my best, and some fucking chicken expert will be like "chickens are wrong"
Kristi Yamaguccimane@wapplehouse.bsky.social · 2y agoThis is the best film complaint I’ve ever seen
I'm going to be away for the rest of the day so today's post in going to be an early bird! Miniature Minimalist Birds Day 6 - European Goldfinch
Only on Diagnosis: Murder can you see Dick Van Dyke trying to outrun a series of explosions in a hospital:
the silhouette has to be cool or else whats the point
It’s so funny you can just buy THC at the grocery store and it changed basically nothing about society
I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
If you have a Substack, I will not subscribe to it, I will avoid sharing anything you post there, and I will think less of you
Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 3w agoAnd as a commenter welcomes, guess who just welcomed Andrew Tate onboard? Yep, Substack.
Calling the RFK Jr diarrhea strain “MAHA Blast” since it has now evidently infiltrated Taco Bell
No one doing more consistently unhinged work than the folks who design hotel showers. Containing the water to the shower itself? The lowest priority, have a half wall. The tile? The slipperiest imaginable, and just no regard for those who might have to shave their legs. Bunch of maniacs.
as a Canadian i love when friends in other countries ask me about what poutine is, its my time to shine
Cats looking at the fireplace suspiciously. Me: *opens the fireplace door expecting a bug, but then a bird flies out* Frantically calling for my mom to help me with the bird, she catches the bird with her bare hand.
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Finally brought closure to an offhanded gag I wrote in 2016.
I know this is not the biggest concern going these days, but it stresses me out that basically every artist/writer/critic is now expected to create their own tiny empire instead of getting paid by any existing entity to perform a job they've worked to get good at!!!!
Some movies are classics for a reason. Carol Reed's 1949 thriller “The Third Man,” back in theaters in a new 35mm re-release, is one of them.
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What has turned people into psychopaths who don't know how to use headphones
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