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attributed to Lily Tomlin; Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky; ilene_cecelia, reddit; Pratchett, Night Watch; Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky; Pirkei Avot 2:21; Ursula K. le Guin, Tehanu
““The gods have no hands in this world but ours. If we fail Them, where then can They turn?””
— The Hallowed Hunt (World of the Five Gods) by Lois McMaster Bujold
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (2021—2022) cover art by Bilquis Evely and Mat Lopes
my favorite relationship from the cruel prince series is jude and madoc. the way jude became who madoc trained her to be by betraying him, and he was furious but he admired her for it because even if they aren’t related by blood, she’s truly his daughter.
And how, by truly being her daughter, once things were said and done she couldn't just go back to him, reconciliate, or dutifully follow his orders, because just as he wouldn't bend the knee, she, that learned at his feet, couldn't either.
Moreover, they, being each other's mirror, it's why it will always end in bloodshed for them. And yet, they are still father and daughter. They still love each other, so they would always strike and wound the other but falter at the killing blow
We fucking won.
ABSOLUTE CASSANDRA CAIN ONE-SHOT!!!11!!
Full art of Absolute Cass:
@spicy-apple-pie I need you to look at this diva!
I've accepted that Supergirl (2026) won't be as visually astonishing as Woman of Tomorrow 2021 (they don't have the budget) nor would it be a loyal adaptation (I don't see how the story could be made to fit into a blockbuster's three arc structure) but I really hope they can at least be faithful to the themes and heart of the comic.
Because, from a purely personal perspective, not only are they extremely good, but the brainworms that they carry? Incomparable, delectable, they'll send you into madness, and you'll spend months trying to dissect your brain and pick them apart.
Like, what if you took a little girl who was set on a path of revenge, who was mourning her innocence, and whose world ended, in a journey towards forgiveness so grief and rage don't become her companions. But what if in the process both of you encounter more of the same grief and pain. So much of it, it was difficult to conceive? So what if you did your best trying to shield that little girl from it, but no one did the same for you.
And what if, despite it all, you still succeeded because the girl finally understood and because in this journey of horrors she saw how you remained kind and tried to ease the pain of everyone around you. But what if, now, it was too late for you, because in front of the cruelties of your journey, you yourself learned to forget the lessons you tried to teach the girl.
And what if you thought you failed to teach her? What if from the beginning, you thought you'll failed, anyway, because you were that little girl once, and you still are, as you still dream of your home and the world you lost, and part of your life will always be grief, so this journey was as much for her as it was for you.
And what if that little girl saw this, and she did what you did for her? What if she taught you those lessons back?!?!?!? What then? What then? What then?
Supergirl coming out during Pride Month damn right she is
I've accepted that Supergirl (2026) won't be as visually astonishing as Woman of Tomorrow 2021 (they don't have the budget) nor would it be a loyal adaptation (I don't see how the story could be made to fit into a blockbuster's three arc structure) but I really hope they can at least be faithful to the themes and heart of the comic.
Because, from a purely personal perspective, not only are they extremely good, but the brainworms that they carry? Incomparable, delectable, they'll send you into madness, and you'll spend months trying to dissect your brain and pick them apart.
Gorgon Stheno
I swear there is an actual guy doing these bits for real in my last workplace
falling in love with her art all over again...
Starfall by Anastasia Trusova, Acrylic on canvas
edit: hi hello 10 minutes after i made this post i discovered ms trusova is here on tumblr! her blog is atrusovaartist, go and enjoy her art directly from her!
GenAI v. not GenAI round up.
So you can avoid them stealing things from you, the artist/writer, etc.
Pro GenAI websites/Programs:
X/Twitter (Remember, Grok gives people cancer)
Threads
Pro Writing Aid
Grammarly
Duolingo
Google Docs
Microsoft Word/all Microsoft products Takes from and will feed their machine.
Youtube (taking advantage of people who are hearing impaired. ==;;)
Adobe Products. All of them. If you HAVE to use them (Some businesses require it), save offline because there is a film of at least some privacy protections there, so if you have to sue, you can say it violates US privacy law. Remember, contracts do not circumvent US law.
Corel won't feed the machines, but still uses AI stolen from other artists. Which sucks since Corel Draw is the second best overall for vector programs. (Plus I love Painter, but I bought the offline version to avoid AI). (Canadian company)
Canva Takes and feeds their machine.
Deviant Art Not only supports AI, but put a tool in and said they are going to steal your work if you like it or not for their machine.
Sketchup went Pro-GenAI. The thing is that you can do the same thing in Blender these days with precise measurements.
Autodesk has stated they are Pro-Gen AI here. It is not clear if they will use your models to feed their machine. But be on guard. They make Maya and 3Dmax. You can replace it with Blender.
Neutral ground:
Tumblr (there is a way to opt out [Link] and they don't have an active AI machine.) https://www.tumblr.com/dookins/743519550598987776/heres-how-to-disable-third-parties-like-ai
Etsy allows GenAI, but still has some (minor) restrictions. I'd still be cautious. (Also be cautious of drop shippers). Complaints about too much AI and AI images+patterns made by Ai still exist on the website. They lean slightly more pro-AI, but still won't let it run completely amok, say like Facebook. They won't feed your work into a machine, but also don't ban it through robots.txt.
Bluesky They don't use an AI algorithm except for in the "Discover" section of their website, but while they are anti-GenAI strongly, they don't seem to block the Gen AI bots from entry, so you'd still have to use Nightshade or Glaze (links below). There is no opt-out because they don't need an opt out. (Leaning towards strong position on AI, but I wish they would block GenAI bots).
Searxng- If you super want to screw over Google, in general, and have some tech savvy, you can set up your own search engine through searxng. It's easier on Windows and Linux than it is on a Mac. (Mac you need Docker), but if you're determined on privacy, Searxng adds a layer of privacy. Some of it sometimes uses bits of AI, but most of it doesn't and you can fuss with the settings so it doesn't spit out AI results. At sheer minimum Google will stop spitting out weird videos on Youtube at you because in your private browsing, you searched for the origin of ball bearings while not logged in for a book and Google likes to break privacy laws.
Strong positions against AI:
Scrivener (Creator vowed against AI) Writing program. There is an active forum, and versions for Mac, Linux and PC. It is paid, but at ~60 USD, it's cheaper than most programs. There is usually a holiday sale around Christmas. It has a learning curve, but with an active forum with the programmer of it there to ask obscure questions it's not a dead zone. They often take suggestions and implement them over time. (Especially if you rank the importance, applications, etc) US company.
LibreOffice Open source and free Spreadsheet and Word processor program that can replace Microsoft Word. Some people might have seen older versions where it was called Neo Office (now extinct) and Open Office. LibreOffice is still populated, plus the forums are super helpful if you get stuck. The UX is pretty intuitive if you've used Microsoft Word. Scrivener, BTW, supports exporting to odt (the native file) as well as .doc, and this can open both. The slight thing is that sometimes it doesn't export to .doc smoothly. And I DO wish more magazines, and agent (big clue here) supported .odt files since it is free. Part of the reason .odt isn't as supported is because Microsoft and Adobe have a deal with the devil with each other, so Adobe's Book formatting program InDesign doesn't support ODT. (BTW, if you have a good open source replacement for InDesign that supports ODT, let me know.)
Dabble (as suggested by SF stories, see reblog) is a writing program. Similar to Scrivener. Has vowed against AI and to resist it. 108 dollars a year for Basic. It is almost twice the price of Scrivener who lets you update for fairly cheap. 29 dollars a month, v. 59 dollars for the whole program (Scrivener) for the same features of Premium. You choose.
yWriter is a free Writing program and like Scrivener, and has vowed against AI Last I looked it had some UX issues, but some people swear by it. The learning curve is higher than Scrivener which is saying something.
Ellipsus is an online writing program and vowed against AI. The main feature I like (which Scrivener doesn't have) is the ability to change spellcheck based on region/language. It is a requested feature of Scrivener, but lower priority. So if you have a Brit, you can get the spelling for the character. They are a British-based company.
Cara.app (The creator of the website sued GenAI there is no chance they'll convert) is an artist website. Cara is trying to institute an auto Glaze/Nightshade into the website if given enough funds. People see it as a soft replacement for deviant art. (which went fully AI) If you believe in human art, please donate if you can. Zhang Jingna, the Creator,is Chinese-Singporean. She lives in Singapore.
Clip Studio Paint added AI, but saw the light and decided to protect artists instead because of protest and removed it. There are tutorials and a good forum if you get super stuck. Based in Japan, so the UI and UX is really clean.
Davinci Resolve Pro is a film editing software that's super good. There is a free version and a paid version. The forums are responsive. The programmers aren't always present. There is a healthy group of tutorials. US company. Clean UX. It does take a little bit of time to remember the shortcuts.
Tahoma2D is anti-AI and open source animation program. Takes a little getting used to, but is good for animations and doesn't crash as often as Animate. Programmers are in the forums and some bugs are fixed within hours. The forums are super responsive and helpful.
Krita open source and free, no AI. I'd rank it secondary to Clip Studio Paint (which is paid) I haven't tried the forums, but it's pretty intuitive and can stand for a lower level replacement for Painter, and do a lot of the basics of Photoshop. It's usually ranked higher than the equally open source Gimp.
Writer P AKA Writer+ (app for when you're on the go) is a simple word processor app for your phone that doesn't use AI. The original programmer stopped updating, so Writer+ person took over and isn't out to make a profit since it's free in the spirit of the original app. It has subfolders you can use. Since it was programmed before GenAI it doesn't have AI. Intuitive, easy to use. Fairly easy to upload the files through three dots->share. The files can save to your card or phone with some settings fussing. Simple word processor.
Inkscape is a free vector program and no AI. It is harder to use than illustrator and has less features. But if you're doing smaller vectors for one-offs with less complexity, it'll do you after some learning curve. Best of the lot. I hate Affinity Designer which is the same thing, only paid. (Neither Affinity program was worth the money paid)
Affinity (Designer, etc) swore to be AI-free and does Vector and Photos. The UX is messy, I dislike the program and regret paying for it. Inkscape and Krita are better UX and do the same thing. The forums aren't as friendly since there has been an onslaught of people seeing it's supposed to be a replacement for Photoshop and Illustrator, but the programmers aren't present. The people on the forums are often on edge about this assertion. And the capabilities of the program don't outshine basically Krita or Inkscape capabilities (both free). What is usually intuitive is not. UK company. If you're going to pay for a program, go for Clip Studio Paint which rivals Corel Painter.
Blender is a 3D art program and does not use GenAI. It can do 2D animation, but Tahoma is easier to use in this regard. It's open source and free. Plus there are plenty of tutorials. The forums can be touch and go sometimes, but there are plenty of sub Blender communities that might be responsive. It can also do animation.
Handmade vowed against AI and promised to never sell itself for stock prices to prevent AI (as a replacement for Etsy.)
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Proton (to replace Google Suite) as suggested by SF Stories (see reblog) Vowed against AI. They are missing a spreadsheet, but have online and offline capabilities, plus a built-in VPN.
But you need a pro website...
Look up robots.txt and AI bots: https://www.cyberciti.biz/web-developer/block-openai-bard-bing-ai-crawler-bots-using-robots-txt-file/
Use cloudflare:
Use Nightshade:
https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/whatis.html
which will poison the algorithm
Use Glaze:
Take Away:
The thing is you think you doing it alone will do nothing, but the more AI feeds on itself, AI images, the worse they become, and the less detailed so, denying it the images, adding poison or not being able to read the human text is eventually going to lead to an AI collapse.
Analysis shows that indiscriminately training generative artificial intelligence on real and generated content, usually done by scrapi
And why not help that along?
I don't want to give cancer to poor people [Link] or make the planet burn faster [Link]. So GenAI collapse is everything I dream of. GenAI apocalypse is not.
You can add Procreate to the anti AI list. They have vowed time and time again when people ask that they will not use AI in their software.
We are not adding generative AI to our apps. Here's why.
Will also add that elllipsus has options for sharing work with Betas and getting comments in-line wjth the text, a lot like google docs does.
I know a lot of writers stick to gdocs for thaf specific feature but you dont have to!
huge fan of the depth of a good purple but another area that draws me is definitely around aquamarine/turquoise/seafoam. you can not go wrong once the green starts getting just a tinge more blue. a gal could certainly do worse than to pull over there and stay a while
something earth shattering going on here
this is why one of my favorite all-time paintings is Ship in Stormy Seas by Ivan Aivazovsky... he was really onto something there
a close up to just... light shining through those waves, makes me feel faint with exhilaration every time
THERE IS A BOAT BY IVAN AIVAZOVSKY!!
Ivan Aivazovsky could paint glowing water. One of the GOATs for sure.
How very depressing that Neil Gaiman had trended not even a tiny bit for demonstrating what a fucking horrific person he is.
As a reminder, he's suing Caroline Wallner, one of his accusers, for breaking her NDA. Not for libel. He's saying she shouldn't have told anyone about it, not that she lied.
The author says Wallner broke her NDA by sharing her story with the media, including with New York Magazine.
He doesn't need the money. He's risking the Streisand effect. He is punishing Caroline, he's trying to intimidate other victims who have signed NDAs to scare them into continued silence.
He is no friend to women, to the LGBTQIA+ community, to anyone quite frankly unless he thinks they are of value to him.
Share the story. Put it on Facebook and bluesky and whatever else you're on. Make it clear what a horrifying person he is. Tell your friends. He's paying Edendale a fortune to try and cover this up. Make this hard for him. Make it cost him money.
The way I'm not surprised....
I just hope this doesn't turn into another "let's burn the witch to protect our beloved saint" court case.
Am I jaded for thinking that in the upcoming weeks, we will see a bunch of social media buzz questioning Wallner "moral character" or "purity"?
Is there any less sexy activity than vaping? It's like smoking but they took all the rizz out of it.
Put down that thingamajig and go light-up a cigarette! Have some self respect!
FR, I think tobacco companies invented vaping to punish society's attempt at ending smoking.
"FINE, no more cigarettes! You people are so ungrateful... What, no? you'll still die of lung cancer, but now you'll be lame while doing it "
Lana del Rey (early work) and Sabrina Carpenter basically did the same thing to achieve success, after unsuccessful attempts to make it big. They picked an immediately recognizable set of visual symbols invoking a specific white female heterosexuality--Lana did her Veronica Lake peekaboo chanteuse film noir femme fatale, Sabrina did... something similar but blonder and with the self-conscious "oopsie-woopsie!" funny horny baby part of Marilyn Monroe's public image--and made songs about the destructive inevitability of relationships with men. Lana sang about rich, older men using and abusing her, surrounded by imagery implying luxury, wealth, and danger. Sabrina sings about male partners disappointing her, being stupid, useless, and frustrating, but craving their attention and loving sex with them regardless. In both cases, the result of the "story" each tells is foreclosed. Yes, men are evil, but Lana will go back to Daddy. Yes, men are useless, but Sabrina will go back to hottie. There is no possibility of declining the heterosexual imperative. For all these reasons calling these works "feminist" is pretty much a joke given the scads of money both have made off their respective images. The culture loves the symbols they use and the narratives they evoke and will throw cash at any woman who can continue to produce this dead-end type of cultural messaging and sell other women the lie that you have no choice but to partner with and center men no matter how unhappy they make you or how much it hurts.
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Digital files from my "Good News" zine
This work is about the joy and freedom that come with deconverting from an oppressive religion. I hope you enjoy!
Debates about belief/religion are not welcome. If you disagree, just keep scrolling :)
