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@JohnAltringham
These are amazing.

@JessMahler
Would you like to dicuss this more via email?
I would like to know more about your skilllsets and time line that you could possibly work with. if your skills match, I'd love to work with you.

My email is: hiisikoloart@gmail.com

Also my website for you to see my art skills:
https://mxmilo.wixsite.com/hiisikoloart

My very sad author website that has not seen updates for a while: https://mxmilo.wixsite.com/marareboi

(Website updates are on my long to-do list)

@Firlefanz @susankayequinn
Maybe I could try that....despite then being evil too. I hate that we only have bad options available.

@faduda @susankayequinn
I have my hands more than full with my small art business and can't afford any co-op fees. Nor do I have time for setting up a co-op. (You mean business sense, right?)

I could maybe trade services with someone to help me manage the workload...but thus far haven't found anyone who would barter those skills for art. (^_^)*

My dreams aren't dead yet, but I know some who are so utterly dejected they might not write anymore at all.

@susankayequinn
I will keep publishing, just through KDP for now and hope D2D will get their shit together. (^_^)*

@susankayequinn
I hope they back away from this desicion too and instead attack the AI slop - maybe have the books reviewed for slop covers and editing instead, and punish those who seem to publish books constantly (or have them reviewed by a human at least).

If they wont...well, for many of us who have very little energy, this is a dream ender...and AI was already kicking our asses to the highest degree.

@susankayequinn
I am disabled so I can only do what is the easiest path at the moment. The whole end part of publishing process is very punishing for my brain cells. (^_^)*

I will try to get my books spread wide again, but since D2D is out....well, I don't have the fuel to go to each individual place one at the time to make sure they are available. )*: That would take far too many precious hours I don't have.

@susankayequinn
I unlisted all of my books and sent D2D a message through their system - which noted that they are very busy due to sudden onslaught of messages (I am not paraghracing exactly). I can't afford to pay a fee on books I already can't market properly due to making most of my measly income doing illustrations instead....so now I will be stuck with Amazon KDP. (÷_÷)*

How can someone message another person in Signal if your number is secret, they are not on your contact list, and you have virtually no contacts?

Someone I know just got a random "hello" in Signal from a stranger without zero prior contact.

#help #signal #fedihelp

@Blender
I hope someone from Blender reads these comments and realizes that they have fucked up.

As always - don't use Generative "AI", that will rot your brain faster than leaving a tomato to rot in the sun next to a dung heap.

Do not trust your skills to computers.
Use your hands. Be a human.
Buy a notebook and use it.

Don't wake up one day wondering why holding a pen hurts and writing a paragraph is pain. USE YOUR BIG BEAUTIFUL PLUMP BRAIN!

#advice #pen #writing #NoAI #fuckAI

Also by the way - it is WORRYING that people who claim not to have memory issues clearly have memory issues (from covid, or over use of phones, or denial of age, or skill regression, or all above etc.) But wont make physical notes.

I, from a small age, have needed to make notes to remember a single thing - it is terrifying that people without memory issues REMEMBER LESS THAN ME just because they won't keep up the skills they need!

So do good for your brain, make paper notes.

#pen #writing

Also - using a pen on paper HELPS YOU REMEMBER BETTER than typing it into your phone. If you don't write physical notes and wonder why you used to remember shit and don't anymore - it could be caused by skill regression and not doing something REAL with your hands.

We didn't used to be glued to smartphones.
People need physical things to build memory paths. This shit I am doing now - it's not as real as writing things down on a paper.

#advice #pen #skill

If you haven't touched a pen for a while - do it. Doodle something, write notes - do not let the skill of holding a pen get away from you. By not using a pen, you can cause regression of this skill and might end up being surprised how hard picking it back up can be!

(Inspired by people who apparently couldn't remember when they last held a pen, whined that it hurt their hands, and said it was difficult to write a SINGLE PARAGRAPH OF TEXT. Don't be like them.)

#advice #pen #skill

@yle_fi_bot
Rokotteita ei edelleenkään anneta tarpeeksi, ja maski-kielteisyys tappaa ja rapauttaa vanhuksien (ja kaikkien!) terveyttä. Nämä käytännöt johtavat kuolemiin ja Long Covidiin tälläkin hetkellä, sillä pandemia ei ole todellakaan ohi

Voisiko YLE ehkä laittaa rahaa siihen että edes yksi toimittaja pysyisi tietoisena uusimmista tutkimuksista, mitä tulee koronaan? Vai tuleeko kaikki YLE:n massi oikeistolta, niin ei oikein uskalla ilmoittaa ihmisiä todellisuudesta?