Brian Nygaard, ham. (he/him)

@nygaard.bsky.social

[slow heavy metal music plays] Anti-racist ogre Actually Autistic Double depression, losers Unions lift everyone up Pharmacy Automation Tech Systems & game design for inclusion and accessibility FIRST NOT qualified to give legal/medical advice

Hey guys I wanna tell you something cool. My first novel is becoming always on backorder now. It is on bookshop now & often is at bookshops including my neighborhood home bookshop. This is a sign there is high demand for my book, demand that exceeds the stock. So that's cool, waiting to get rich.

we’re at costco and my husband ordered a hot dog from the cashier and the guy said “what flavor” and my husband said wat and costco guy said “jk there’s only one flavor. it’s hot dog” and my husband said dammit you did this to me last time and the costco cashier collapsed in giggles

NEW: Over the last few months, Meta has run dozens of paid ads that included AI-generated CSAM. The ads, some of which were linking out to “nudify” apps, targeted men in the US, UK, and a dozen European countries. Some were running in the last few days

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.

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Okay, I have a gaming session tonight. I need an image of three people standing in an ancient ruin. The keys to the puzzle must be hidden within it. We start in a couple hours. I refuse to describe a scene to my players, and they refuse to listen to description. Narrative is for pussies.

We just had to take on $10,000 of debt so on top of my regular pet portraits I'm gonna offer some quicker versions at half price: $50 for a 9x12 or $100 for 12x16 in this style. DM me to grab a spot, I'm only going to take a handful to start with. And please share if you can!

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