Josh | writer, painter, tinkerer

They just want truthy rants. I know, I'm good at them but I burned out on making sure they were better than just truthy

Yes

When it comes to politics these dudes are Dunning-Kruger car crashes; Danyl has cooked his once-decent mind on This Explains Everything pop-science and Bryce got the anti-woke brainworm.

You would be effortlessly leagues better than both of them

I so wish a helpful press secretary or official had thought to describe ferries as "floating roads"

They'd have been waved through without a second thought

No Man’s Painting – High-resolution PDF This is a high-resolution downloadable PDF of the original painting "No Man's Painting", part of the Two Ruru Paints series, by Joshua Drummond, who is me. Also, hi! Thanks for supporting my art by buying my work. This painting features an interloper somewhere in the deep wilds of space. Are they lost - or have they found something no-one else has?

By occasional demand, I am slowly uploading all my old digital products to my website. Here's No Man's Painting

South Island Robin Hood – PDF This is a PDF version of my painting "South Island Robin Hood," part of the Birds in Hats series by Joshua Drummond, who is me. Also, hi! Thanks for supporting my art by buying my work. This long-legged, curious fellow is a master of the woods and bush. Likes: helping the poor, redistribution economies. Dislikes: crony capitalism, usurped monarchies. A crack shot sporting a stylish leaf-green hat; you'll see him, but remember: he saw you first.

By occasional demand, I am slowly uploading all my old digital products to my website. Here's South Island Robin Hood

Doot Boi – PDF This is a printable PDF of "Doot Boi" a painting I made for a friend. It is a mashup of two of the greatest dank  memes. A lot of people wanted prints of it, so here it is! Original painting is acrylic on canvas. I've forgotten how big it was because I gave it to my mate, and I don't think it matters all that much.

By occasional demand, I am slowly uploading all my old digital products to my website. Here's Doot Boi

Captain Jack Seagull – PDF This is a high-resolution downloadable PDF of the original painting "Captain Jack Seagull", part of the Birds in Hats series, by Joshua Drummond, who is me. Also, hi! Thanks for supporting my art by buying my work. This feisty mariner has lost a leg, but none of his spirit. "Arr! Arr! Arr!" he screams, whenever possible.

By occasional demand, I am slowly uploading all my old digital products to my website. Here's Captain Jack Seagull!

I give up, Claude is conscious. Ergo AI developers must face imprisonment or execution for performing medical experiments on their living slave.

I prompt that reads draw the smiling man and underneath is a smiling man

Smiling intensifies

How does a car work?

A drawing of scrambled eggs with ketchup (not blood)

No AI could achieve this magnificence

A bucko that’s listening up

This is amazing

A bucko that’s listening up

This is amazing

screenshot where a user has requested "draw a gnome surfing" and someone else has replied with a hastily doodled little stick guy wearing a red pointy hat catching some waves on a surf board

youraislopbores.me is a fun little idea where you put in a "prompt" and another user "steals ai's job" and draws or writes an answer. but i want to draw some stuff and there aren't enough requests rn so check it out and i might be your pretend AI

Why is everyone campaigning for luxon to go now, when we need him to take his unpopularity right through to the election?

Hayden appreciates fine art, I’m sure they’ll be making a new series any day now and this painting will have its moment in the sun

the new owners of this masterwork and I are hatching a plan for what to do with this painting when Luxon is rolled and we’re very open to your horrible ideas

Oh my god someone Halloweened both iterations of my beautiful photorealistic painting

This is better than Christmas

the new owners of this masterwork and I are hatching a plan for what to do with this painting when Luxon is rolled and we’re very open to your horrible ideas

Luxon emerges from a ghastly pink wall of flesh

my wip of a cute kakapo in a trucker cap got like 5 likes, I didn’t want to admit it to myself but I know what you sickos really want

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weird: we choose to let the world’s most stupid venal and sociopathic people rule

weirder: we could stop choosing this at any moment

Partly painted Kākāpō

A partly painted car kakapo with a sideways trucker cap

Anyway here’s Kakabro

suddenly I understand how the Minister for Education had trouble distinguishing between Excellent and Achieved

Does she tho

I had no idea of the existence of this book before ten seconds ago and now I am desperate to read whatever this is based entirely on the bear’s expression on the cover

there is no need to be upset YouTube video by High Valley

For you, a classic youtu.be/GJDNkVDGM_s?...

I’m writing a novel about the pain of being in my 40s. It’s called “I, Buprofen”

If my previous skeet on this was too sarcastic, let me be clear: in a multipolar world, every import is a potential banana skin unless you're a big dog. New Zealand is a fucking chihuahua but our current policies (esp. around fossil fuels) pretend we're a big dog and it's reckless and dumb #nzpol

Silicon Valley Has a God Problem And we're all up for sacrifice.

I’ve written about exactly this, from my background as a former evangelical Christian and drawing heavily on the work of @gilduran.com, @timnitgebru.bsky.social and many others www.webworm.co/newgods/