#Corporate Decision-Making

[jeffsperandeo]

Charting the Unseen: How AI Experts are Becoming the Essential Compass for Tomorrow’s Corporate Odyssey

In the ever-evolving narrative of technological advancement, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as the protagonist, reshaping the contours of the corporate world with each passing day. As a seasoned visual storyteller and a keen observer of the interplay between technology and human endeavor, I’ve witnessed firsthand the transformative power of AI. It’s a force that compels us to reimagine…

[bvckbiter]

fandom talks too little about hylla and reyna. reyna killed her father when she thought he'd killed hylla. hylla dragged them out of puerto rico and found them sanctuary and employment on circe's island AND became one of circe's favorites. then when they got captured by blackbeard hylla also got them out of that situation by out-pirating literal immortal pirates. then in a span of three years, they split up, found their own ways to the amazons and cj, and became the leaders of their respective factions. when hylla's queenship was being threatened by otrera in son, she plotted a counter-coup and defeated an amazon queen who couldn't die two nights in a row in one-on-one combat, THEN led her cavalry to camp jupiter. (ik this woman slept like a corpse for a week afterwards). hylla used reyna as an absolutely ruthless bait-and-switch to capture orion, and all reyna said in response to that was, "bet." reyna carries insurmountable amounts of both guilt and gratitude towards her sister. even though they havent seen each other in a while, hylla still drops everything and does everything in her power to save her baby sister when she knows reyna needs her.

[artibirdi]

Not doing artfight but when I saw @artenjoyingcritter 's Hero reference sheet I knew I had to draw them.

[buriedpentacles]

On this Earth Day, I ask that each person who sees this steps outside, or looks outside their window, just for a moment.

Take the time out of your day to just feel the world around you. Hear the birds between the revs of cars and bustle of life, sees the trees or plants that stretch towards the sky, see the clouds or the clear blue above. Feel the rain or the sun or the wind on your skin.

No phone. No thoughts. Just feel.

Watch a documentary, even if its just a short clip of one on youtube, about some other part of the world, some animal you've never heard of, some plant that you never would have thought of. Recognise that there is so much beauty out there that you've never even considered.

For a brief moment, just connect to nature and care. Do not allow that care to turn to fear or anxiety, do not let yourself be lost to the hopelessness because hopelessness is useless. Instead, turn that care into hope, into a desire to do better, into a burning fire to keep the Earth alive.

Research one thing, just one thing, that you can do to live more sustainably. Doesn't matter if it's creating a whole new compost pile in your garden, or using a reusable water bottle. Find ways to fight back - voting, calling representatives, volunteering.

Find a local community - birdwatching, gardening, foraging, farmer's market, mutual aid. Whatever. Jump in to it with both feet and meet imperfect people who are trying, just like you and build the community you need.

Connect, not just to the world around you, but the people within it and find hope for a better future for our planet.

[fiafey]

I agree with copyright abolishment in theory, but there are a couple fringe cases where I see it being good in protecting the creations of small artists from being poached by large businesses, like with emily gwen

I'm genuinely curious, is there any way to have a system that protects the work of people under a certain profit margin vs having the wealthy hoard art for their own gain?

[unforth]

Been thinking about a modern Yanshen AU where blind Shen Qiao doesn't realize he doesn't even know where the light switches are in his apartment or if the lights, like, have light bulbs in them, until the first time Yan Wushi comes over.

[paradigmrust]

let's hug it out!

[savagechickens]

Decisive.

And more leadership.

[bombusbombus]

They should give Max Lord a memory wipe. That would in fact fix him and make everyone else's relationship with him about 4000% funnier. We can't retcon his crimes, we can only put old max into a world full of people who hate him.

[piplupcola]

I don't have a lot of confidence in my art, but Roosterteeth and Achievement Hunter was one of the few things back in the day that got me to sit down & draw. I'm still really honored to be one of their guest artist for their 18th anniversary. You weren't always the best Roosterteeth, but thanks for inspiring this shy artist to keep drawing.

[kaiserouo]

tbh maybe shouldn't have posted on twitter since then

[eggs-can-draw]

I heard we were talking about Wall-E

We are never going to get a movie quite like it again. At least not with the current state of the entertainment and animation industries. Honestly a huge shame. Disney get your balls back and stop trying to be as widely appealing as possible it’s just disappointing. You too Pixar.

That being said always keep your eyes out for more “niche”/smaller animation studios, they’ll almost always knock your socks off. Also watch porco rosso. Everyone needs to watch porco Rosso. The like “I’d rather be a pig than a facist” gets more relevant with the passing day

[monsieuroverlord]

Some of the Pride Allies Variants are up

General housekeeping before I proceed with the Roast Fest

I want to make this explicitly clear: it is not my intention to hate on the artists themselves nor their art skills or anything along those lines.

Betsy Cola and Davi Go are both extremely talented and skilled artists. Support their work. Art is fucking hard and its even harder to actually get paid for it.

Betsy Cola is a queer Filipina and has an Instagram Page (but no online shop for prints). Lots of fun retro style (think 50s-60s-70s Pop Art)

Davi Go does have an INPRNT with lots of Marvel and DC Characters. Like nine different Emma Frost prints alone. A couple of lovely Laura Kinney and much more. For fine Art Prints, artists earn like 50% of the sale, I'm pretty sure.

I personally have no idea what goes into getting contracted to do any cover by Marvel, but I'm sure it was absolutely thrilling to get to do ANY work by a big company such as Marvel, where so many would get to see something I had made. I also have no idea how much an artist is told when they are contracted to make something. (Do they get told what it's for, or are they just given a generalized prompt? I truly have no idea)

I do know, that personally for me, doing ANYTHING of that caliber would be a dream come true. I've been reading comic books since I was five/six years old. While I only make shitty little fans arts and the occasional fanfic, if by some astronomical chance, I was offered to write or do a cover, I would absolutely jump on the chance. Or at least strongly consider it.

I am specifically critiquing Marvel's decisions as corporation to even come up with and sign off on something as obnoxious (and frankly, insulting) as "Pride Allies" for a variant series. Especially considering the overarching fact that historically Marvel has had its fair share of issues regarding its treatment of its queer characters -- lack of consistent appearances/storytelling, questionable treatment/writing choices, and blatant rainbow washing during Pride month to give a few generalizations (pick your favorite example, there's a lot). Sometimes its enjoyable to poke fun at company's ridiculous marketing ideas.

Much like the fact last winter they did a "Ski Chalet" variant series with skiing and snow activities, yet somehow didn't find an artist to do a variant of their ONE CANON OLYMPIC SKIIER.

But I digress.

In Summary: the act of creation is beautiful, don't be a douche canoe. Being punk is anti-establishment, not anti-people.

Thank you.

Now, ladies, gentlemen, and everyone in-between and outside thereof, first up we have:

Amazing Spider-man #52 by Davi Go

Davi Go does a pretty Northstar, I'll give him that.

But why is Spider-man here? What are they even doing? I know JP has canonically crushed on chatty dumbasses *cough cough* Iceman *cough cough* but I don't see the point of this pairing.

What are they even doing? Did Parker get lost on his way to the Pride Parade? Lmao.

Next:

Daredevil #10 by Davi Go

Rachel is very pretty. Looks very powerful here.

They both wear red, I'll give them that.

(I don't have much more to say on this one. I think my brain broke a little)

I genuinely do NOT see the point in pairing up a queer character with a random more popular Marvel hero. I repeat my question, who the hell signed off on this?

In my personal opinion, its just new lows in performative allyship and rainbow washing and whatever kind of marketing you wanna call it.

Source here for first two (directly from Marvel site)

[towerartt]

I wonder if Jack sticks with forearm lasers because, despite how many years have passed since Angel's involuntary momslaughter, the sound of rapid-fire still makes him uneasy.

[meangan-thee-lesbian]

I just had to share this email I got so all y'all can appreciate the absolute state of welfare services in Australia with me:

The NILs Loan Scheme is a government funded, no interest loan scheme for people on low incomes, but this leaves me wondering exactly who tf can qualify for their loans. Because it seems like if you have any symptoms of poverty it's a no.

I applied because I need the clutch replaced in my van, which I live in. It's lucky that I actually CAN afford the cost myself (due to living in a van & not participating in Australia's increasingly ridiculous housing market). I thankfully can afford such an expense these days & was just looking for a responsible financial buffer, just in case. But if this had happened to me a few years ago when I first became homeless and was far less financially stable, then my next living situation wouldn't be "affordable housing" it would be a fucking tent.

Anyway, the backwards ass state of a GOVERNMENT FUNDED welfare scheme refusing to assist those who need welfare the most because they don't want to encourage homelessness or whatever the dumb fuck? Just really rustled my jimmies tbh. Just screams "yet another govt welfare scheme that's actually just about handing out money to fake charities & not helping the poor". Good Shephard just got on the "do not donate to these grifters" list along with the Salvos😒

[tiggymalvern]

LOL. Why don't we drop a decades old brand name that's associated with incredibly high quality products and replace it with a name so bland and generic it's impossible to search for? What could possibly go wrong?