Notices by Joaquín Baldwin (joabaldwin@mastodon.social)

I need a bigger lens.

just make it exist first
you can make it bear later

Hold wolp gentle like hamburger
#Doodles

I like how this bear turned out.
He has The Shape.
#Doodles

We saw SO MANY NEWTS this weekend. It was my first time seeing newts in the wild, and I saw probably more than 100 in one single pond. They were so curious and friendly—they'd swim right up to you and stare or let you boop their noses.

Does anyone know which sticker pack JD Vance was using?

Regarding this article: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/?gift=kPTlqn0J1iP9IBZcsdI5IVJpB2t9BYyxpzU4sooa69M&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Amazon doesn't want you to know, but loading epubs into your Kindle is as easy as drag and drop (this way Bezos doesn't get your money). Buy direct from an author's website whenever you can! It's the best way to support their work.

I made some updates to this old illustration. I hope it helps you, no matter which stage you find yourself in right now.

This is important

Confirming that the streak on the first photo was the International Space Station flying by. I just looked up the photo's timestamp and compared it to the ISS tracker and it was above Mono Lake at that same time. Awesome.

A photographer's dream. I've been photographing at Mono Lake for many years, and never did I expect to get photos like these, I didn't think it was possible. The aurora came and went for only about 15 minutes with that intensity, shifting colors before vanishing. #Aurora #NorthernLights #MonoLake

- Wow, that’s hilarious! I can’t believe that happened to you!
- Well, actually, I kinda made the story up. But still, it would’ve been so funny if it had happened, right?
- ಠ_ಠ

What it feels like when you realize something is AI barfed.

@kaia those are proof copies, not the same. After your proof is approved and the book is on sale, you can buy author copies at cost with no watermarks on, to sell on your own.

Of note: if a customer orders a copy from Amazon, and a damaged, returned book is shipped to them instead, no new KDP printing orders kick in. This means I don’t get paid at all, because they only pay me when a book is printed. They just stole all that money from me, on top of scamming a customer.

I got my first confirmation just now from someone who bought an Amazon copy and received my returned, damaged copy. Those bastards. What recourse do I have on this? How can this be prevented? It’s totally illegal, I’m guessing.

My order of author copies from Amazon had several badly printed books, so I'm returning the bad ones with this note inside, heeding a warning by another author who said Amazon sometimes tries to resell damaged books. If you find one of these notes, let me know!

What bothers me most about this is that I see my own friends and family loving AI trash, unaware it's fake, and I can't tell them it's fake because that only creates more engagement. No one has the energy to combat tens of thousands of fake images a day. https://www.404media.co/facebook-is-being-overrun-with-stolen-ai-generated-images-that-people-think-are-real/

Meta/Facebook/Threads/Instagram is now using your content for generative AI. There is a form to opt out, although I don't know if it'll make a difference, but here it is: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/1266025207620918

Abolish circadian rhythms.
Let's implement cicadian rhythms: sleep for 17 years, wake up, scream, fuck, and die.

I woke up with important centaur questions in my mind