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On AI Labelling, Digital Craft, and Platform Withdrawal

Art of FACELESS | artoffaceless.com | February 2026 We have withdrawn our image portfolios from Threads and Instagram, some from Tumblr, Mastodon, and Bluesky too (that were linked to Pinterest specifically). This is not a temporary measure. It is a considered response to a systemic failure in how social platforms are currently classifying creative work — and a refusal to have 14 years of documented creative practice misrepresented by automated systems that cannot distinguish between generated

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Feb 27, 2026 — 3 min read

Why is Awen Null in Athens?

Alt.Cardiff2026

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Feb 27, 2026 — 4 min read

There Is No Exit

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Feb 26, 2026 — 9 min read

You Can't Have It Both Ways

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Feb 19, 2026 — 3 min read

On AI Labelling, Digital Craft, and Platform Withdrawal

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Feb 27, 2026 — 3 min read

Why is Awen Null in Athens?

March 1st. St David's Day. Cardiff goes to Athens. While the rest of Wales is pinning Daffodils to their lapels and singing in the rain, we're doing something significantly weirder. The Hollow Circuit Book One — Official 2nd Edition — drops on Kindle. March 1st, 2026. From Athens. Specifically from somewhere in The Plaka. Maybe. Alt.Cardiff2026: ZINE GLITCH The new poster-format folding zine is here — bilingual, baby — English and Greek, because Alt.Cardiff2026 isn't staying in Alt.Cardiff

Alt.Cardiff2026

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Feb 27, 2026 — 4 min read

There Is No Exit

There is no ethical consumption under monopoly capitalism. There is no clean tech under surveillance capitalism. There is no exit available to everyone — because exit requires resources, health, technical capacity, and time that are not equally distributed.

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Feb 26, 2026 — 9 min read

WHERE IS AWEN NULL?

The first 6 episodes are free on Tumblr. After that? The series moves into the AltCardiff2026 GlitchZine Newsletter — subscribers only.

Alt.Cardiff2026

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Feb 23, 2026 — 4 min read

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You Can't Have It Both Ways

AI companies are currently selling consequences — your business will run better, your research will go faster, your decisions will be sharper — while refusing accountability for the output those consequences depend on.

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Feb 19, 2026 — 3 min read

THE HOLLOW CIRCUIT™ CANON RELAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT

The Hollow Circuit™ represents the convergence of 14 years of Cardiff street photography, philosophical investigation, and practical AI research into a cohesive transmedia universe now protected by international trademark law.

The Hollow Circuit

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Feb 18, 2026 — 4 min read

I Remember When They Said Digital Would Kill the Eye

@ichbinLloyd is an AOF account on X that dates back to 2010 (the heady days of Twitter). It’s still going, and it’s dedicated primarily to black and white photography.

Photography

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Feb 17, 2026 — 5 min read

On Smug Bastards, AI Panic, and the Cult of Free Everything

AI isn’t the threat. The economic system is. We live in a world where 90–99% of jobs are invented — administrative padding, managerial theatre, compliance rituals, productivity pantomimes. Jobs exist to justify the economy, not to serve human meaning.

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Feb 16, 2026 — 5 min read

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On AI Labelling, Digital Craft, and Platform Withdrawal

Why is Awen Null in Athens?

There Is No Exit

You Can't Have It Both Ways

On AI Labelling, Digital Craft, and Platform Withdrawal

Why is Awen Null in Athens?

There Is No Exit

WHERE IS AWEN NULL?

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