david wolfpaw

A bit about inktober, election, posters, Grand Rapids

david wolfpaw   •   6 Nov 2026   •   Reading time: 5 mins

What an eventful two weeks!

I made a vlog yesterday to talk about it, but long story short:

  • I finished my Inktober drawings and videos. 34 different Pokémon in my not-that-great drawing style. But It’s done. I’ll have galleries up soon.
  • I did put up galleries of my 2020, 2022, and 2024 daily photo challenges on a new subsite of my personal site: https://den.david.garden/daily-photo-gallery/
  • Our trip to Grand Rapids was relaxing, as well as fulfilling with an SUV donation to a queer youth services organization, and a volunteer project.
  • I have three poster designs that I’m finishing to get printed for sale. I wish that I did this a month ago!
  • I did election volunteering on Tuesday. Florida didn’t go how I’d have liked, but the national results are a lot better.

Enjoy the vlog and the various shares for this week. And remember to take care of yourselves 💝

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The compiler was supposed to end programming too – Hatim Rih
Obviously this is a different beast, but I can see the future where AI doesn’t take away coding, but changes the skill set for doing so.

Why the Internet Needs a Memory – Brewster Kahle, The Atlantic
Letting abusers of information take away information for everyone else is not the way to go.

Please Let the Internet Die – Miles Klee, WIRED
“⁠Your opinions are shaped in a bubble by avatars you’ve never met, weaponized against equally hermetic rival camps.⁠⁠”

Anti-Oligarchy Activists Plan to Dox Elon Musk and Hundreds of Billionaire-Linked Homes – Dell Cameron, WIRED
“Democracy is not dying, it’s being killed,” they say, “and those who are killing it have names and addresses.”

Anthropic Raises Concerns – Matt Levine, Bloomberg.com
We might destroy the world! But if we don’t, we might make you a lot of money if you invest!

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THE CODER – Omeleto
I have no interest in being assigned an AI manager with no compassionate human oversight.

Halloween Spirit ｜Animated short film – Halloween Spirit
A little late for Halloween, but still cute!

Firefox brings back your favorite meme icons from the early 2000s. – Firefox
Mainly cringe in the way that Firefox *could* be a good company if they could listen to the people who actually use it (like myself).

How bout that internet – Hannah Gadsby
I think that people thought that I, an autistic person on the internet, was making fun of autistic people by quoting from this bit.

why does your “Watch Later” keep growing? – Pillar of Garbage
I try really hard to keep mine from growing. On YouTube at least. I can’t say that I’m successful everywhere else 😅

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Should Rocky Horror Picture Show Be Canceled? – Panic World
You can’t define what culture changes over time are acceptable to everyone. But I wouldn’t take RHPS away from the queer community.

LIVE A Future Florida Can Afford: Town Hall with Angie Nixon, Maxwell Frost, and Anna Eskamani – More Perfect Union
Angie Nixon didn’t win Florida (which is my main bummer from Tuesday), but this conversation is still a hopeful look toward the future.

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