Nicola Black
Design, history, knitting, genealogy, gardening, hiking, self-employment, cooking, baking, outdoors, 🚫NOAI
👩🏻💻Creative Strategist & Designer: https://nicolablack.com
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- Had a great Roundtable discussion with my WIP friends. 😊 Today, we talked about confidence. Whether around public speaking, negotiating pricing, networking, or the beast that is marketing, the struggle is common. Just hearing others talk about their experience is helpful. I ❤️ these conversations.
- I may have quietly made a big update over on www.joinwip.com. I'll be announcing it more officially tomorrow, but for those who may be following along... now's a good time to take a peek. 👀
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- I decided to make a sourdough starter from scratch about a month ago. I think it’s almost mature! The line marks where it was this morning. It’s at the stage of feeding every 12 hours. 😍🍞 Here are the directions I followed: www.americastestkitchen.com/articles/233...
- Reposted by Nicola BlackD260,108 - issued in 1982 for a design for a "playground climber." #DesignPatents
- Reposted by Nicola BlackFantastic ending to Baroness Kidron's speech in the House of Lords yesterday, which led to the government's defeat on AI & copyright. Speaking the UK's creators: "Their property, their labour, is worthy of your protection - because apart from anything else, it is not ours to give away."
- An awesome visualization of Earth’s supercontinents and their impact on evolution: szupie.github.io/supercontine...
- It’s a boule! 🍞
- Reposted by Nicola BlackFolks call your Senators now!! A ban on any state laws on GenAi for 10 YEARS is gonna do unthinkable harm! For those of you wondering what to say here are two posts you can use to build your own script (use alt script to cut and paste) Need to find your representatives? Here you go: 5calls.org
- Good lord just what the hell is up today. A potential ban on any regulation for AI for the next 10 years? This includes good bills like AB 412 of legislation protecting folks from Deepfakes! Wtf?! Call your congressmen and women asap to tell them to take this down! www.404media.co/republicans-...
- Reposted by Nicola BlackThis is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years. from @404media.co www.404media.co/republicans-...
- I just want to eat 1000 fries. This is my solution to a stressful day.
- Glad to report Ollie's been given the all clear! He's a little sad and was a bit stressed because he had his shots (he's so sensitive to pain - hobbles about), but they gave him some pain relievers. ❤️ We just had a little walk. His face.🥹 My little guy. I love him so much.
- Reposted by Nicola BlackGood lord just what the hell is up today. A potential ban on any regulation for AI for the next 10 years? This includes good bills like AB 412 of legislation protecting folks from Deepfakes! Wtf?! Call your congressmen and women asap to tell them to take this down! www.404media.co/republicans-...
- My white coat syndrome transfers to veterinarian visits as well. Today, Ollie has his yearly check-up. I'm a nervous wreck. It's so stupid. I know it's irrational. I have such a BIG fear of all things medical. Mostly that there will be some kind of horrifyingly bad news. Anxiety is a jerk.
- This. They'll always come out of the woodwork to tell you what you "should" do. My faves are the folks who don't know the history of the thing you've been doing. You know, the suggestions you've already explored and tried. You know the results, but they're VERY SURE it'll work.
- Here's what's going on at Work In Progress – the community for freelancers and creative solopreneurs – this week! 🥳 We're getting ready to run a big promotion. Keep your eyes on www.joinwip.com for more information soon. In the meantime, fill out an application to join today!
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- Just a little bun slurping up a dandelion. 😄🐰🌼
- Azaleas bloomed this week. 🌺
- Enjoying the morning sun with my bestie. ☀️
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- Reposted by Nicola BlackHey folks! I am looking to fill more commission spots. I offer a variety of items, from left-handed doodles to OC portraits to pet portraits. Please have a look! Examples in replies ⬇️ ko-fi.com/danellemalan...
- Morning walk with the boy. So many dandelions. 💛
- Brainstorming possible WIP Roundtable topics for the next few months. 🤓 A few ideas: • Anxiety, high expectations, & boundaries • Being secure in your value + presenting confidently as a solopreneur • Cash flow <--> energy flow • "The Parking Lot" - creating space for brain dumps worth revisiting
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- Time for another #lostbakedgoods post from the archive. This one is from 8/17/2018. This poor roll. Left on a scattered bed of dry pine needles. Just trying to live its best life. 🍞😢
- Reposted by Nicola BlackFrom paleoart to fine art, comics to medical illustration, bioart to space imagery, explore the rich SciArt ecosystem on Bluesky with the SciArt Starter Pack. 150 artists, plus the entire popular SciArt Feed 🐡. And no gen AI or NFTs.at://did:plc:4vjdrhro4bxoawbyjgixesij/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3kw5p6nous62f
- This morning I unveiled a new section of my newsletter called "Ask Nicola." The 1st question in the series is: "How do I get clarity on how to design/upgrade my own biz amidst everything (going on)?" Sign up here and you'll get the answer in your inbox tomorrow. 😉 www.nicolablack.com/contact
- I'm begging folks who use "Luddite" as a derogative term to read this. ❤️
- Tom Humberstone's excellent comic about the Luddites' history. thenib.com/im-a-luddite/
- FFS. 🤦 It's been out of hand for a long time already, but come on. There is no good or ethical use for AI. Period. The more people rallying around it to normalize it's use, or claim time on the hype train, the more we're gonna see dumb shit like this.
- Starting off this morning researching arborists in our area. We have a beautiful tree that's got a concerning lean - right toward our house - and I'm hoping it doesn't have to come down. 🤞 We love it so much. The canopy it provides is so perfect. We enjoy our coffee under it on warm days. 🌳☕
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- I keep forgetting to post about this amazing moment. I was in a parking lot when I heard the sounds of Wreckx-n-Effect's Rump Shaker drifting through the air. I see a teen sitting alone in the passenger seat of a car dancing his ass off. It's made me smile since. 🍑🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=98j3...
- John will always be my favorite Labyrinth DJ. 👯
- Anyway, I used to work in nightlife www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWD9...
- Reposted by Nicola Black"The turbines were necessary to get the third version of the company’s AI chatbot up and running in time, Musk said..." In the US, we've decided it is worth it to literally poison people and planet so people can make mediocre memes and get misled by a chatbot. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
- Looking for an online community made for solo business owners with coworking & monthly events like Roundtable Discussions and Office-Hours? Check out Work In Progress! Hint: sign up for our emails (workinprogress.kit.com/5acc989b70) so you get first dibs on our special offer. It's a good one! 🤓
- ...a little birdie told me there will be an end of Spring promotion coming up. 🤫 Stay tuned! If you're on our email list, you'll be the first to know (plus subscribers get first dibs + exclusive offers). Sign up for those emails here: workinprogress.kit.com/5acc989b70
- Reposted by Nicola Black🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨 WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people. 4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic. Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
- Just finished answering one of these questions for my next email. 🤓 "How do I get clarity on how to design/upgrade my own biz amidst everything going on?" The goal: answer 1 question per email I send. Whether it be about business or design, I love your questions. Send them here: tally.so/r/3Xb2Yn
- Fired up and inspired to do the damn thing today. 🤓 These past weeks have been A LOT. I feel like I'm hanging on by a string! Time for a focused "cowriting" session with my WIP friends to finish up my newsletter on professional title evolution. You should sign up for it! www.nicolablack.com/contact)
- Reposted by Nicola BlackI'm spending two intense workshop days with immunologists and other researchers this week, focused on science communication and public engagement. What questions would you like me to ask them? What do you wish they would talk about more?
- Here's what's going on at Work In Progress this week: Coworking sessions + @makinaro.com's monthly "Ask an Artist Office Hours." Jumping in this morning to join @karaml.bsky.social for her coworking session. A great way to start the week. 🤓 Curious about WIP? Read more & apply here: www.joinwip.com
- It’s a boule! 🍞
- Reposted by Nicola BlackThis is fantastic work by @milesklee.bsky.social documenting the way ChatGPT can cause users’ mental health to deteriorate quickly into catastrophic delusions. This technology never should have been released to the public and that was obvious from day 1 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
- Reposted by Nicola BlackGreat job everyone
- Reposted by Nicola BlackI think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
- Playtime!
- Decided to make a pan of granola. A scoop of Greek yogurt topped with that berry syrup I made this morning…and Ollie in the background telling me how he’d really like some yogurt. 🐶
