I wish I could see anti-vax ugly faces:
"But Kennedy's suggestion that the vaccine was effective infuriated several members of the anti-vaccine community:
I’m sorry, but we voted for challenging the medical establishment, not parroting it.
— Mary Talley Bowden MD (@MdBreathe) April 7, 2025"
Anti-DEI assholes directed the removal of #HarrietTubman from a #NationalParkService webpage about the #UndergroundRailroad. After an outcry, the changes were reverted today. Keep making noise, folks.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/07/park-service-harriet-tubman-underground-railroad 
‘i’m a race woman,’ said billie. her close friend, josh white, backed her up on that: ‘she had more thought for humanity& was more race-conscious than people knew.’
#racism #blackMastodon #billieHoliday #artist #jazz #music
Going live now @ https://twitch.tv/airadam13 !
45 Funksters Vol. 50 - All Funk 45s
Turn your volume up and come join us!
#Gardening #Farming #UrbanGardening #BlackMastodon # BlackTwitter
Forgot to share this interview with co-owner of Rise & Root Farm, Karen Washington. She went from creating a garden in a vacant Bronx lot to opening a farm that just received its organic certification. She also coined the term #FoodApartheid. It's pouring rain here today, so its a great day to stay inside and have a listen.
https://youtu.be/AsyDL8o2sAk?feature=shared
Mitigating Bias In Machine Learning Review! #AI #MachineLearning #BiasInAI #BlackSTEM #BlackWomen #BlackTwitter #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse
Co-editor, Brandeis Marshall, PhD, EMBA https://ojs.stanford.edu/ojs/index.php/grace/article/view/3848/1816
...I should keep inking.
Saying the quiet part out loud gets tiring.
Especially when so many prominent artists lie back and take it from the generative AI industry and their fanbros.
Perhaps they are thinking of England instead of the fact that places they get free art refs from are being WRECKED by AI scraping bots?
But also I found my ink. 
And I need to sketch out the next piece for my exhibition. 
Python?
I use that shit on EVERYTHANG!
Making games? Python.
Running scripts for mundane things that didn't need a script in the first place? Python.
Examining malicious code in a sandboxed VM? Python.
Reading system files? Python (.pyc).
Coding in the Linux Kernel? Py...
OK I'LL STOP I'LL STOP lol before someone's panties catch on fire.
(... it's a joke.)
Had my friends drag me through the math and code to generate 2d and 3d game objects. (Shit was rough but I made it. But at what cost? 
I can read the code and tell you what it does at least...)
Have been reading academic papers on Generative AI, Machine Learning, Neural networks etc.
But also, getting into cybersecurity and consumer protections (protecting USERS is one of my concerns about AI!! Protecting your unwashed tech bro AI loving ass!)
AI lovers don't care about learning and exploring. They care about tricking people. They care about hiding info. They care about lying to win prizes and money they didn't earn. (Oooh... a recent ARC competition... 
)
They care about get rich quick schemes, and getting the most Internet clout.
They don't care about sharing art love by crediting artists.
They don't love art.
Their very act of "creation" involves destruction and dragging down actual artists.
(BTW, these artist-artisans were paid for their work. Kings, nobility, religious figures, etc, commissioned them for work. The Sistine Chapel painting was a commission. Getting money for the labor of the paintbrush or chisel isn't that abnormal as people today make it seem.)
Trading art for useful things like currency or goats is an ancient idea. The starving artist idea was espoused by some twisted ass fools in the modern age.
On the #TDOV, #TSMadison opened a re-entry home in #Atlanta for formerly incarcerated #BlackTransWomen.
I have 10 sheets of 22"x30" cotton paper. But again, I think that's for drawing only. The brand is discontinued.
I have Strathmore mixed media paper (wood pulp) in those large rolls.
But I like using pen and ink for the line work! You can't get that on regular paper‐‐
I could have used hot press watercolor paper. But the Fabriano Studio WC paper don't come that big. And I don't have the money. (Ex, 10 sheets of Arches 22"x30" would cost $90+)
That deadline for me to have some kind of artwork to show be creeping up faster and faster. 
Working with another artist on your gallery show does have the benefit of... you're not alone while creating art, getting super into that art, and panicking.
... I need to write an artist statement and artist bio. And I want to scrape my body against the rough rug instead. Just until I pass out.
Ooh how to draw stars (celestial kind) might be a fun tutorial.
I really am writing this stuff down...
Working on my Ancient Technological Gods artwork for my dual gallery exhibition in June.
(Detailed on my patreon.)
I've blocked in shapes and done some inking for one portrait last night. But that brings up some BS I should have thought about:
How well does gouache work on Bristol paper? I've done it on smaller Bristol paper... 
The whaling industry was an unexpected player in the fight against #slavery.
How whale oil and spermaceti contributed to abolition:
https://theconversation.com/abolition-wasnt-fueled-by-just-moral-or-economic-concerns-the-booming-whaling-industry-also-helped-sink-slavery-250980
#history @histodons #Histodons @blackmastodon #BlackMastodon
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Hej, remember when I totaled my car?
Good news! I managed to find another in a relatively short amount of time.
Bad news! It's taking awhile for the insurance payout to clear on the previous car loan, and until that does I'm still on the hook. Assuming that's gonna take a few months, I'm looking at $600 to cover that.
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Not to sound like a Dem text or anything, but this is me... begging. It's one thing when it's just me but I've got a partner and kid and another kid I'm trying to reunite with. I truly need your help, I'm trying to be creative and not hit y'all over the head, I just don't know what else to do.
Super appreciate how this community has gotten me this far, hope we can keep it going.
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