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Playing with nested boxes in today's #inkyDays drawing.

Here's an in-progress shot. The rest is now posted for all of my supporters on patreon and ko-fi:
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Those purple mitochondria were pretty, but they didn't look right to me. So, I'm going back to blue for my little mitochondria shapes in today's #inkyDays drawing.

I'm posting the finished drawing today.

If you'd like to see all of my drawings this month, you can find them on my Patreon and Ko-fi: patreon.com/posts/157125081
ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-May-20…

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I usually draw mitochondria as blue, but I thought I'd try purple for today's #inkyDays drawing. It's pretty purple, but I keep wanting them to be blue. Oh well.

Here's an in-progress shot.

Lot's of folks mentioned they think of mitochondria as different colors. What color do think of for mitochondria?

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It's a dark and rainy day, here in San Francisco. So I'm going with a comforting floral pattern in a sunny orange ink in today's #inkyDays drawing.

Here's an in-progress shot.

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For today's #inkyDays drawing, I went with some cute little polka-dotted mushrooms. I also finished this Artemis inspired piece.

Here's an in-progress shot.

I try to avoid posting too much of my art on socials, to reduce how much it can be scraped and stolen. I post more of my daily drawings on my Patreon and Ko-fi, so that folks can see them, but I still have some protection.

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Yesterday I attended the first major protest against AI data centres in Vancouver. There was a solid turnout, more than I expected for an event organized by a teen who'd never run a protest and just put out some Instagram posts and physical posters on a few main streets. At least 300, maybe over 400 people? I'm trying to be conservative in my guesses.

Speaking to the crowd, the top concerns were the social and cultural effects of AI (misinformation, disconnection, undermining the arts), then environmental concerns (Vancouver is already under water restrictions due to drought; fossil fuel buildup for AI; etc), then prioritization (why is money and space going to this instead of housing, healthcare, etc). A few other topics came up less often, like economic effects.

The group shut down traffic on two of Vancouver's biggest streets, Granville and Broadway, including the Granville Street Bridge. They also passed through Granville Island, one of the most-visited tourist destinations in Canada.

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