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@owlso.me

Sergal, Snowy owl ΘΔ Full stack webdev, Game industry (UI/UX/marcom), Wannabe artist, Aliens fan, Trekkie. Info/projects: https://owlso.me Some projects: @bsky.shy.cat, https://bot.sergals.art etc No minors pls.

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He was my childhood crush in 90s! Especially after a spin-off comic books about him. And I never thought I'd actually see a nice art with him :3

28.02.2026 10:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Well... 60 years is a good run, but Star Trek will soon be dead.

28.02.2026 09:05 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

vite is so fast, time paradoxes were bound to happen

28.02.2026 04:31 👍 73 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

free open source software needs fewer engineers and more designers and product people

16.02.2026 12:04 👍 406 🔁 69 💬 22 📌 18
A cartoon drawing of various canines and a feline next to handwritten text. The first is a surly-looking wolf in a bathrobe gazing at the viewer while holding a coffee cup; text reads "Don't talk to me until I've had my coffee." The next shows two wolves happily drinking coffee together, with text reading "Only talk to me whilst drinking coffee." The next shows a wolf vibrating with emanata resembling scintillating scotoma around him; another gazes at him with concern. Text reads "Solely talk to me after I've consumed coffee." Lastly, a positively radiant cat looks at the viewer from a box with a nuclear trefoil on the front of it. Text reads "talk to me not knowing whether or not I've had my coffee."

A cartoon drawing of various canines and a feline next to handwritten text. The first is a surly-looking wolf in a bathrobe gazing at the viewer while holding a coffee cup; text reads "Don't talk to me until I've had my coffee." The next shows two wolves happily drinking coffee together, with text reading "Only talk to me whilst drinking coffee." The next shows a wolf vibrating with emanata resembling scintillating scotoma around him; another gazes at him with concern. Text reads "Solely talk to me after I've consumed coffee." Lastly, a positively radiant cat looks at the viewer from a box with a nuclear trefoil on the front of it. Text reads "talk to me not knowing whether or not I've had my coffee."

22.02.2026 06:19 👍 2459 🔁 572 💬 19 📌 2

After years of playing, only in 2025 I discovered how amazing warframe fanart community is, and so I joined right away :)
Excited to maybe become a part of this artbook as well ^.^

18.01.2026 12:37 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Here's the new #StarTrek 60th anniversary bumper video that will play before every new episode of the franchise in 2026, beginning with today's #StarfleetAcademy series debut

15.01.2026 14:35 👍 498 🔁 135 💬 36 📌 79

First time a wild wolf has ever been seen using a tool! She pulls a crab trap out of the water using a rope, and steals the bait inside, in a video from the Canadian west coast~

We are cleverer than we look! 🐺

18.11.2025 16:06 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

What "appropriate setup" are you talking about?
Or, what do you think the service actually does? Because on that point I have an impression that you think that my service is either able to accept user-supplied domains, or a plain guide for "your own" domains.

12.01.2026 17:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Star Trek The Next Generation scene. The bridge of the Enterprise is shown from above looking down. Data sits at his console looking back at the rest of the crew, who are all passed out in various situations; on the floor, slumped over a console, or half falling off their chairs. Worf, notorious Klingon warrior, dangles over the tactical station. No caption.

Star Trek The Next Generation scene. The bridge of the Enterprise is shown from above looking down. Data sits at his console looking back at the rest of the crew, who are all passed out in various situations; on the floor, slumped over a console, or half falling off their chairs. Worf, notorious Klingon warrior, dangles over the tactical station. No caption.

01.01.2026 15:49 👍 2730 🔁 637 💬 67 📌 120
modified from mysillycomics' "a true conversationalist" 

A guy says "hey 1979 IBM training manual hows it goin?" 

Photograph of said manual reads:
"A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE 

THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER
MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION" 

*the guy looks on with a melancholy expression*

"yea"

modified from mysillycomics' "a true conversationalist" A guy says "hey 1979 IBM training manual hows it goin?" Photograph of said manual reads: "A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION" *the guy looks on with a melancholy expression* "yea"

*repetitive strain injury from tapping the sign*

02.01.2026 05:38 👍 1613 🔁 611 💬 3 📌 3

But I don't claim that DNS is not used (which whould be silly). Did I missed the phrasing somewhere? O.o
The only "DNS" mention is in step 6: "Select 'No DNS Panel'"

12.01.2026 09:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Heya!
"No DNS Panel" is the name of the tab in bsky UI, which means that instead of creating DNS TXT record we use .well-known approach to check DID. (See bsky.app/settings/acc... )
Hope this clears the confusion :)

12.01.2026 09:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
11.11.2025 22:30 👍 15421 🔁 6201 💬 59 📌 119

Oh good! Thank you for a clarification :)

08.11.2025 15:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hey, that looks neat:

@aimod.social - you'll see labels on accounts that produce ai art (they have mute lists too)
However, keep in mind that no automated tool is perfect and, from my experience, they tend to flag great/classic artists.

@arttheft.bsky.social - labels on reported art thiefs.

08.11.2025 10:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist):

the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much.

you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.

Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist): the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much. you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.

Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).

02.10.2025 15:51 👍 9290 🔁 4078 💬 72 📌 216
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It happened again, in the most ironical way.
Not even going to censor the name... 🤦‍♀️

08.11.2025 08:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lynda Barry 4 panel comic in which a tall character and a small character are looking at an art piece depicting (probably) a mother and child. The small character and tall character both are unsure how to feel about the art. The small character asks the tall character to lift it up so it can see better. After picking up the small character, they both mirror the piece of art they are viewing.

Lynda Barry 4 panel comic in which a tall character and a small character are looking at an art piece depicting (probably) a mother and child. The small character and tall character both are unsure how to feel about the art. The small character asks the tall character to lift it up so it can see better. After picking up the small character, they both mirror the piece of art they are viewing.

02.10.2025 19:01 👍 86 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 0

On a keynote they also said "no ai training on your stuff" but don't forget to actually disable it here: www.canva.com/account/priv... (surprise! it's on by default)

Also, their TOS says that they will not train ai on content from "canva for education" and don't mention anything else, hmm.

31.10.2025 00:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

RIP #Serif and #Affinity
v3 pros: free...
v3 cons: ...mium + canva ai subscription.

v2 and all the addons can still be downloaded from this semi-hidden link: store.serif.com/en-gb/account/

31.10.2025 00:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Randomly did a thing for Halloween :)
>> fluffy.monster <<
Despite being all white, it is scary! 👻

Thanks to @jeany545.bsky.social who asked me to also credit mudkipful, and will tell more after returning from a vacation ^.^

29.10.2025 03:08 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
an illustration that shows a caterpillar, then a moth, then The Mothman

text: GIVE YOURSELF TIMEA

an illustration that shows a caterpillar, then a moth, then The Mothman text: GIVE YOURSELF TIMEA

Be the Mothman you wish to see in the world

02.10.2025 01:19 👍 2756 🔁 931 💬 13 📌 12
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15.10.2025 01:52 👍 471 🔁 178 💬 11 📌 1
A mock-up of an old D&D guide detailing the properties of magical items, featuring "Altman’s Quill of Artifice". The entry reads:
This enchanted quill, made from the feather of a harpy, serves as a magical scribe and sage, able to answer all its owner’s queries. The owner must use it to write a question at the top of a piece of paper or parchment, such as “Where is the secret entrance to the King’s treasury?” or “How can I cure lycanthropy?” Acting under its own power, it will write an answer. But despite its apparent (and often genuine) usefulness, this item is cursed.
Roll d20 to determine the result of any query: 1 Hopelessly wrong, 2-5 Contains major errors, 6-10 Contains minor errors, 11-16 Accurate but incomplete, 17-20 Fully accurate.
Apply modifiers in line with the rules for consulting sages (see Table 62) depending on the nature of the question (general 0, specific -2, exacting -4) and the availability of relevant knowledge (complete 0, partial -2, non-existent -6). The DM should choose the nature of any errors, as well as the consequences of believing them.
If the answer is less than fully accurate, that will not be obvious, as the quill of artifice writes in a confident and authoritative manner. A reader may scrutinise the answer to attempt to notice any problem, but to succeed they must pass an intelligence check at a penalty of -2. Anyone who has previously failed such a check makes all future checks at -4. The owner of the quill is particularly vulnerable, permanently losing one point of intelligence with each inaccurate answer that is believed. The owner will be unaware of this loss, and will become fiercely possessive of the quill, refusing to give it up and distrusting anyone who doubts its output.
A remove curse spell may make the owner willing to part with it, but the loss of intelligence is irreparable.

A mock-up of an old D&D guide detailing the properties of magical items, featuring "Altman’s Quill of Artifice". The entry reads: This enchanted quill, made from the feather of a harpy, serves as a magical scribe and sage, able to answer all its owner’s queries. The owner must use it to write a question at the top of a piece of paper or parchment, such as “Where is the secret entrance to the King’s treasury?” or “How can I cure lycanthropy?” Acting under its own power, it will write an answer. But despite its apparent (and often genuine) usefulness, this item is cursed. Roll d20 to determine the result of any query: 1 Hopelessly wrong, 2-5 Contains major errors, 6-10 Contains minor errors, 11-16 Accurate but incomplete, 17-20 Fully accurate. Apply modifiers in line with the rules for consulting sages (see Table 62) depending on the nature of the question (general 0, specific -2, exacting -4) and the availability of relevant knowledge (complete 0, partial -2, non-existent -6). The DM should choose the nature of any errors, as well as the consequences of believing them. If the answer is less than fully accurate, that will not be obvious, as the quill of artifice writes in a confident and authoritative manner. A reader may scrutinise the answer to attempt to notice any problem, but to succeed they must pass an intelligence check at a penalty of -2. Anyone who has previously failed such a check makes all future checks at -4. The owner of the quill is particularly vulnerable, permanently losing one point of intelligence with each inaccurate answer that is believed. The owner will be unaware of this loss, and will become fiercely possessive of the quill, refusing to give it up and distrusting anyone who doubts its output. A remove curse spell may make the owner willing to part with it, but the loss of intelligence is irreparable.

I finally realised what AI dependency reminds me of

10.10.2025 13:20 👍 124 🔁 68 💬 6 📌 2
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what then!!

28.07.2025 16:26 👍 8909 🔁 3179 💬 29 📌 44

Huh, surprised how low sergal count is. I expected like 200-1000 O.o Feeling a bit out of touch now... but at the same time lucky to know a bunch of sergals :)

11.10.2025 14:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I haven't seen the video but I'm not surprised. They've been baked by billionaires for many years, gently pushing their agenda, and still have the audacity to claim that they're baked primarily by the community. And now "we'll continue to use ai"? They just continue to push their agenda. Yeah, nah.

09.10.2025 21:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Such a wonderful take on that topic

08.10.2025 23:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could

now, normal people buy smart toasters & coffee mugs while every techie I know is on the verge of retreating to the forest

26.09.2025 18:43 👍 1992 🔁 660 💬 32 📌 27