Paula Wirth

@paulawirth

Creative artist & content/community/tech Swiss army knife, in Oakland, CA. Pro-DEI, libraries, democracy, LGBTQ+, immigrant rights, vaccines, human intelligence. NO SPAM unless canned. 🖋️📸 🎨🐕🐈📚🌈🦄 Art @theplayfulbrush.com linktr.ee/paulawirth

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Paula Wirth@paulawirth· 25d

Really enjoying Netflix's Human Vapor sci-fi crime series. Takashi Ohmama's soundtrack is stunning. Great actors, Shun Oguri, Yû Aoi... This has it all – suspense, action, yakuza, ramen shops, and more.

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· 25d

We saw you from across the bar and we liked your vibe.

Still from the film “THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER”.

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· 27d

My cat is so over it.

Persian rescue kitty Mochi stares with resting bitch face at the photographer, standing on a red couch, with a yellow and red burning hell of an apocalypse sky in the background. No filter.

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jul 11

I was on a boat!

San Francisco Ferry view of East Bay Bridge (and water).

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jul 7

John Oliver slap response vs. Gonzo the muppet

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jul 5

Just watched The Spirit of 1976 film from 1990, with David Cassidy, Leif Garrett, Carl and Rob Reiner, Redd Kross, and Devo! Don’t know how I missed seeing this! Plus, one of my friends was an extra in the disco scenes!

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 30

I am pro-labor. Not anti-tech, but I don’t trust the owners of this tech, and it is already making dumb folks dumber.

I am the Union Organizer. patron saint: Cory Doctorow. Al is a real tool being used to extract real labor value from real people without paying them. You don't care about the singularity - you care about the artists, writers, and workers getting strip-mined by capital. You're not anti-technology. You're anti-theft.
Impact: +0.8
Valence: -4.3

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 27

I am in a #fountainpens group that is getting filled up with genAI slop. New and vintage pens, ink, writing, drawing... you'd think it would be slop free, but it seems one can't even enjoy totally analog, hand-tool-based interests without uncreative attention-seeking assh*les ruining everything.

Some of my collection of real world, vintage fountain pens.

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 27

Comic book fans in the SF Bay Area, save the date – Sat. July 11, @fopal.bsky.social is having a huge #comicbooks sale, $1 each! Including #scifi magazines and even some #graphicnovels Your obsession can support Palo Alto Libraries! Deets at FOPAL.org

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 25

I forgot that I painted this gorgeous kitty.

Beautiful kitty in white with orange and black on her head, and pink ears and nose.

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 21

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 20

Pink roses for a sunny Oakland Saturday.

Luxurious pale pink roses (3) with darker pink tips, against a saturated blue, midday Oakland sky, with a soft white wash of clouds.

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 18

A gaggle of geese cross the road in Alameda, CA.

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 18

So, here is the old article from June 2024: www.cmswire.com/digital-expe...

"@Adobe I am not ok with your new terms and conditions," Bay Area artist, content and social media specialist Paula Wirth posted on X on
June 7.
"I've been using your products since
Photoshop was released. Why are you treating loyal customers like this?"

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 17

So here's the comparison, originals are at the bottom, layered on top of the Prime image... width and height proportions are off on some of the processed ones, interestingly. It is subtle, and one has to look closely, but some interesting differences, at least to this lifelong visual artist nerd.

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 17

The Flux ads look pretty different to me.

BBC Doctor Who Flux with rainbow fabric explosion

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 17

WTF is this generative AI BS on Amazon Prime/AMC+? Amorphous bewb lava lamp, and just look at what they did to Jodie Whittaker's face... and ear. UGH. Can't even enjoy Doctor Who anymore without talentless hacks messing with it...

Uncanny Valley GenerativeAI image of the most recent Doctor Who actors, with amorphous boob lava lamp effects in the background. WTF.

Creepy generative AI image of Jodie Whittaker's face that totally changes what she looks like, with creepy AI ear.

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 9

I am amused by thirsty marketing normally, but automated stuff like this is especially amusing. All the photos in this email from Google are for businesses that are closed.

Google email screenshot showing food photos for businesses that shuttered, with text saying "Google maps - Your photos are helping in a big way."

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 8

Clearly, the real reason the dress was blue or gold: bisexual lighting.

Photo of a dress that is either gold or blue

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 6

Somehow I missed the creative and charming jukebox musical “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” when it first came out. I’ve been laughing and crying along with it today. Highly recommend.

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 3

Note the fake writer appears again on this second account, this time the name of the writer and text “match.” There is a journalist by this name, but this is all fake.

Screenshot of genAI “writer” EVAN VEGA
with the following text:
Evan Vega is a national affairs correspondent covering politics, public health, and regional policy across multiple states. His reporting connects statehouse developments to their real-world impact on communities. Evan has covered three presidential cycles and specializes in the intersection of state governance and federal policy.

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 3

See an example of the fake genAI “news” the other bot @dailypolpress.bsky.social generates:

Fake generative AI code and text, including “Unable To Retrieve Up-To-The-Minute Verified U.S. Political News For The Last 24 Hours; Real-Time Headlines Are Temporarily Unavailable”

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 3

Do not be taken in by @dailycalpress.bsky.social - EVERYTHING is generative AI bot BS from the stories to the writers to the text and images (including racist depictions and this “photo” of Governor Newsom.)

Fake news and generative AI image with text: Gov. Gavin Newsom Faces Scrutiny Over Proposed $20 Million Spending Plan As California Budget Fight Escalates

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 3

I suspect the “writer” is also AI, given this info.

Screenshot of woman’s photo with woman’s name and text for a man.
Photo and name, Gina Pouge Text: Evan Vega is a national affairs correspondent covering politics, public health, and regional policy across multiple states. His reporting connects statehouse developments to their real-world impact on communities. Evan has covered three presidential cycles and specializes in the intersection of state governance and federal policy.

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 3

What fresh hell is this?

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· Jun 3

WTF is this genAI manufactured nonsense news “photo” of the “suspect,”who has a disembodied Caucasian hand attached to his waist?

AI-generated nonsense photo of a “suspect” with a disembodied, Caucasian hand around his waist.

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· May 30

Yes, it is more global than the other settings… so web access to change settings, only. Ugh.

Screenshot of Bluesky app moderation settings, including “Adult content can only be enabled via the Web at bsky.app.
- Advanced Bluesky Moderation”

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· May 30

Unichan the tortie Maine Coon rescue cat, indignant that you would question whether she can read the books on the shelf she rules over.

Paula Wirth@paulawirth· May 28

Eating the driest egg salad sandwich imaginable while staring longingly at the overpriced Kewpie mayo (on the shelves of mocking condiments).