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A dark evening, somewhere in a remote and mountainous area. The sky is dark purple, with a crimson glow on the horizon. On the small hill closest to the viewer is a single streetlight, casting a greenish glow over the ground. In the background is the blurry rise of another hill, black against the horizon. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

@nicksherman What's especially unsettling is that when a far-right hate group plastered my town with their stickers a few years ago, their branding used a typeface that looked a *lot* like Forza.

It wasn't Forza—it was more condensed and less refined, probably a free font from DaFont or whatever—but everything that this AI "font philosopher" said here sounds entirely plausible as to why this group would have selected it.

@ambivalena Thanks! The Groke is my favorite Moomin character, and last night was very cold with a full moon, so it made me think of her.

@rikuylonen It was about -16C here, so maybe she was in my neighborhood as well.

@likesoldmacs yikes. Glad you managed to limit the damage. My dad just asked me recently about a scam email he got from "PayPal"; it really did look eerily legit.

AI has made these things a lot harder to catch. It used to be that the language was a dead giveaway—"greeting Sir ! this is Micro Sioft Help Support ! your acount is have Virus !!"—but any chatbot can produce completely polished boilerplate, so it's given these guys a major leg up.

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A bright, moonlit winter night. The full moon hangs in a slightly cloudy sky. A slight tinge of white reflects off the wisps of dull blue clouds. The Groke, a formless dark creature with a large nose, trudges up a snow-covered hill, casting a blue shadow in the moonlight. The Groke is holding a phone in one large paw and staring at it, yellow eyes fixed on the white screen. It's light, all right, but entirely without warmth. A dark treeline is visible over the hill. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

@bonkers @NanoRaptor @jamesthomson The donut design uses less material, and it's lighter. It also fits into standard CR2032 compartments, which is why this design is favored over just making a smaller battery.

Donut batteries are used pretty commonly in aerospace, particularly in things like drones or lightweight craft.

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Silent Sunday.

#NotAI #SilentSunday #Landscape #Lake #Island #Photography #Darktable

A color landscape photo of a small steep rocky island sitting in absolutely dead still blue water. It is early morning and the sun has just broke over an unseen ridge line to the right and is illuminating the top half of the island. The rocky island is pyramid shaped and cover in green bushes and conifer trees. There is a small abandoned stone structure at the top of the island. Because the water is dead still, the island is reflected, as if in a mirror, on on the water giving the effect that the island might be floating in the sky.

@gedeonm My god. That's awful. What a time to be dealing with that—very glad she is okay.

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An ominous scene: a steep, dark cliff under a crimson sky. Right at the edge of the cliff, dangling down from the sky from an unseen source, is a long rope ladder. Racing towards the ladder—gripping it, in fact—is a figure wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase. Right behind the figure and reaching towards it is a huge dark arm with grasping fingers; an unhappy client, perhaps. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

@bougiewonderland @kwrose heh, the green line split was actually inspired by the 4-5-6 in NYC. Other than that, though, I wasn't looking at any particular city's system; interesting to see that there are similarities to existing lines.

“…I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction, ICE
Is also great
And would suffice.”

— Robert Frost, “Fire and Ice”

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@ambivalena Thanks! Yeah, I really enjoy designing these things.

#notesArt #mastoArt #art #illustration #goblinWeek

Goblin town: a dull, gray netherworld. A figure with horns and a long tail stands in front of a glowing billboard displaying a subway map of some unknown city. The map has numerous interconnecting colored lines, rendered in sharp geometric lines. No city is recognizable, and no station names are legible. The figure, silhouetted in the greenish glow from the board, is slightly hunched, with short legs and long arms. It is holding a briefcase, and has a windup key sticking out of its back. A low fog hangs over the ground. Glowing green-white fluorescent tubes hang above the scene. A few dim, horned shapes roam in the background. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

@wklj @marioguzman @rafa I had no idea Things came with stickers. Wish it still did. I probably spend 25% of my day in that app.

@vkc I was wondering that too! I don't have a good sense of how much it takes to produce a song, but even for someone who's been doing this his entire life, I was impressed by the fact that he apparently did that over a weekend.

@vkc I was honestly a little surprised the first Minneapolis song wasn't from Neil Young.

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Digital wallpapers on an iPhone and iPad showing pink and purple tropical leaves. Text reads "Tropical Paradise - patreon.com/iconfactory - wallaroo.app

@humdrum "The thousand line-cuts by the old woman I had borne as I best could, but when she ventured upon the last doughnut, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul,

@krnlg I didn't know about that one! A bit cryptic purpose-wise, but I like the personality.

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