This is how you handle someone who tries to sell AI slop at a con: remove them, and then clown on them relentlessly
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This is how you handle someone who tries to sell AI slop at a con: remove them, and then clown on them relentlessly
A new cycle of #DDPY started today. I've not attempted the advanced level yet, so let's see how this goes. Going to be a rough 13 weeks, but it's always worth it.
Using this piece by @reallygoodwizard.bsky.social in my introductory lectures for my design students.
This is awesome!
Prairie chickens are apparently trying to move into my house. In other news, I just discovered how badly I need to clean my windows.
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
Thank you!
Star trails from last night. LiveComp mode almost feels like cheating. 110+ images in 40 minutes, all processed in camera. I'm sure there are advantages to stacking them in dedicated software, but this works really well, especially for a first attempt #om1 #astrophotography #omsystem #photography
Pretty darned happy with how this one turned out. Not bad for only my second attempt if I do say so myself. #omsystem #milkyway #sask #astrophotography #photography
One of the photos from my first successful attempt to photograph the milky way. Taken northeast of Regina at my wife's family farm this past Thursday night #milkyway #omsystem #astrophotography #sask
Eating a sandwich that's so good I'm already thinking about the next sandwich that is exactly the same as this sandwich.
There's a new post over at my blog about the trip to my first ren fair
#batman #mafex #knightfall #toyphotography #omsystem
Nevermind work, this is awful for just general everyday users. As someone who works with elderly people everyday to help them understand the basic functions of Windows, I can't imagine them having to use voice commands when they don't know the proper names of anything.
#toyphotography #batman #mafex #omsystem
Solving mysteries in crime ally ---------------- #mafex #batman #omsystem #toyphotography
This video really hit the nail on the head for me. Screw content and likes. Make art for you. I feel like I'm much happier with my photography, and the process of creating it since I nuked my dedicated instagram page
I don't know if I trust Barry's policies, and it doesn't help that he has a mustache not unlike that of a certain German dictator.
there’s an election for Cat Mayor currently happening in Somerville, Mass. and every cat deserves to win
I hope this isn't Bluesky somehow implying that the Thundercats are involved in far right politics.
Empire Records!
Between the art and the text, everything about this is outstanding.
New post over on my blog where I wander around a farmyard with a camera. -------------------- #omsystem #photoblog #photographersofbluesky
It's a Wednesday night. You had a cheese burger for supper followed by a bowl of ice cream. You're playing with a Batman action figure while watching Thundercats. You're 39 years old. Life is pretty good.
Exploring the farmyard ---------- #omsystem #blackandwhitephotgrpahy #saskatchewan #photography #photographersofbluesky
This little fellow was kind enough to pose for me this weekend while I wandered around my wife's families farm with my camera #omsystem #canada #photography
i feel attacked.
There's some new writing on my blog. I took a few weeks off, but I'm back talking about two different shoots that didn't pan out exactly as planned.
If you squint hard enough you can see the faintest little bit of the milky way running down the centre of this image. I was too close to the city to really capture it but it was a fun first attempt. I have a better location scouted for my next attempt August #omsystem #astrophotography #milkyway
She literally just devoted $1.2 BILLION of her Harry Potter money toward a "legal fund" for filing lawsuits against transgender rights and transgender people. If you support this new project in any way, you are directly contributing to this. There are NO excuses.
Hands down one of the best action figure accessories in my collection. Sgt. Slaughter with a tiny Sgt. Slaughter action figure. #toyphotography #gijoe #gijoeclassified
What George said.
Who knew that not having the resources to properly staff our hospitals would mean new health centre buildings wouldn't make sense? (I still wonder if the real goal is to move private health enterprises in on our dime when our present system "doesn't work"/is failed intentionally.) #Sask #SkPoli #YQR
Ravage is just a straight up house cat now. Not a jaguar. NTTAWWT
Noooo, we do not.
At this point I think this crew would be a more competent choice to have overthrown the United States. At least accusations of space lasers and weather dominators would have some credibility. #toyphotography #gijoe #cobra
$11 well spent this morning exploring garage sales. Each DVD set is the complete series for that character, plus documentaries. As for the book, as much as it is full of some satanic panic shit, that cover is fucking metal!
Male wood duck at the Wascana water fowl ponds #omsystem #birding #ducks #photography
No one defends billionaires like hundredaires
Canada Day fireworks #omsystem
New blog post is up, talking about my experience with fireworks this past Canada Day manwcamera.blogspot.com/2025/07/fire... #photoblog #omsystem #fireworks
Sandhill Crane at Wascana Lake #omsystem #birding #photography #canada
I know the media is going to unthinkingly start using “Alligator Alcatraz,” but it’s disgusting and sadistic and I intend to call it what it is, a fucking concentration camp, and fuck those people who are doing this and giving it a cutesy name.
DIY > AI
This is a concentration camp. Call it Alligator Auschwitz, because that's what it is. This is America. Never forget and never forgive the people who allowed this to happen.
It's not a proper Canada Day if I don't make a post dedicated to the greatest Canadian wrestler of all time. #brethart #toyphotography #wwf #canadaday #omsystem
Yesterday I had a front row seat for a disagreement between two female mallard ducks. #omsystem #photography #canada #birding
Finished up another blog last week but forgot to share it. Three weeks in a row baybay! manwcamera.blogspot.com/2025/06/bein...
I took a stroll in a cemetery today because I heard some great horned owls nested there. I soon learned I have no clue how to track down owls. Did I think it was just going to be sitting there waiting for me? This little guy got my attention instead #omsystem #birding #amiabirderyet #thatisnotanowl
I know I got really excited as a boy when I got my mint condition General Schwarzkpopf. Dick Cheney however always eluded me. He was a tough one to get your hands on.
It is 1991. I am living through a Gulf War against Iraq that US leaders promise will bring lasting peace to the region. It is 2003. I am living through a Gulf War against Iraq that US leaders promise will bring lasting peace to the region. It is 2025. I am living through a Gulf War against Iraq th
Can you believe it? I actually wrote posted in my photo blog two weeks in a row. It's not on any kind of schedule but it's a start manwcamera.blogspot.com/2025/06/firs...
Awesome! Looking forward to getting a pre-order in!
#omsystem #wildlife #canada
Someone didn't appreciate me taking their photo
I hardly pay any attention anymore, but it seems like they're just stretching it out between games so that sports channels have more airtime to fill between games. More airtime to repeat the same stats over and over again, means more ad revenue during commercial breaks. 🤷 Just my thoughts
Thanks bro. Sometimes you have to quit planning and just send it and see what happens.
I wrote in my photography blog for the first time since January...and now that I think about it, this is the first time I've ever shared anything about it. Have a look. Or don't. You do you. manwcamera.blogspot.com/2025/06/its-...
The absolute fucking entitlement of people who whine about ads in content. It's like, "dance, monkey, dance! and do it for free!" You are simply NOT entitled to someone's hard work for free. It's not a thing, Karen. Under any circumstances.
That feeling when you discover that your favourite childhood Transformer was nothing but a lousy Go-Bot ☹️
I finally went to see Sinners tonight, and it was such a good movie that having to tell someone to shut up multiple times didn't even ruin the experience.
Took a drive to escape the smoke filled city. Saw dilapidated buildings, prairie landscapes, a T-Rex, and found $1 yard sale Batman (that I have been trying to track down for awhile)
It was a rainy day for a parade, but it's always fun shooting for The Pile of Bones Brass Band. #omsystem #yqr #cvaf25 #brassband
Don’t give him any ideas!
It will always be rainy or windy or both! for this parade. It's just the law at this point.
In these uncertain and turbulent times, it's reassuring to know that we can count on the Maple Leafs to collapse in the playoffs, right on schedule.
First long run of the year in the books. Not as fast as I hoped because my knee started bugging me around 8km, so I had to walk most of the last 2km. Next week will be better! The goal this year is to be able run 10km in under an hour.
They earned the opportunity to once again fail spectacularly the way that only the Toronto Maple Leafs can.
Incredibly powerful. So many First Nations from all across Alberta gathered today at the legislature with one clear message for the UCP: respect our treaties. No one here wants your separatist agenda, Premier. Kill Bill 54. And as one chief said today, if you don't like it here, you can leave.
That's the way it goes. Not only do our cars know our schedules and just like to fuck with us and steal our happiness, they also can sense when we finally put a bit of money away in our savings accounts. Cars are assholes, but for some reason we keep them around.
This dog politely asked for a musician's drumstick in the middle of their performance. Always excited to find a fellow stick lover. 12/10
I've had this song stuck in my head off and on since Friday. Honestly, no complaints. It's been a joy, and you should get it stuck in your head for awhile too.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990 Sears Wish Book
In my defense one of those attempts was in a near whiteout blizzard and the test should have been postponed. I like to think I've made up for my embarrassing start by now being a better driver than at least 90% of this city. Although that is a rather low bar to hit lol
I'm pretty sure I got mercy passed on lucky number 4
it’s always “kids don’t need 30 dolls they can have 2 dolls” and never “rich people don’t need 30 billion dollars they can have 2 billion dollars and pay taxes”
We need educators like this
I think it captured the essence of how I'm feeling at work lately. Pretty sure that last week I gave multiple customers that same grumpy look. For better or worse, that bird might just be my new spirit animal.
It's been a rough couple weeks for my mental health, but I've been finding that taking a walk with my camera has been helping a little bit. So until my brain smartens up, I hope you're all ready for plenty of photos of local birds. #omsystem #mentalhealth #photography
What he describes in this thread is a pretty perfect description of what it was like growing up in rural Saskatchewan. I could not have put it better
Anyway, here's my dilithium crystal #omsystems #macro
A few months ago I had the idea to try some macro photos of a little piece of bismuth I had. I tore my house apart looking for the damn thing. Turns out it was mixed among my Star Trek toys I have displayed in my basement. I guess I thought it was a dilithium crystal and that's where it belongs 🤷
I made a big boy photography purchase that arrived today. No birds will be safe! Next up is a teleconvertor to get some extra reach. #omsystem
I love my echo chamber where everyone values the humanity of other people and enjoys the arts.
the Canadian election sort of feels like watching your next-door neighbour sit down butt-ass naked on top of a hot stove and then being asked if you would like to go next or if you're good to just stay where you are
We just watched the states vote modern conservative and turn into a puddle of shitfuck in like a hundred days. Four days to election day here. Let’s not, okay? We’re watching it unfold. Money is a universal language.
None of these fuckers even know what "woke" actually means. Not unlike how every crusty old fuck calls everything they disagree with communism. They just use it as a place holder for "vague thing I don't like but can't describe". They turned the word into a boogeyman to scare their cult members.
While raking my lawn on Sunday, I was thinking that I should put on shorts because I was so warm. Lousy Smarch weather
Living a van down by the ocean #omsystem
A lovely day at the beach.
Brandon Bird 