Claire Ryan
@aetherlev.bsky.social
Fibre Artist, antique glass nerd, occasional writer, amateur comedian, former senior full stack developer, unrepentant Luddite
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Claire Ryan
@aetherlev.bsky.social
· Sep 8
A cat making biscuits on your lap is really cute and cuddly until it’s a 17lb asshole, then you’re suddenly getting an impromptu deep tissue massage and it can be VERY sore
Calling it now, Musk is going to win this by a landslide.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Calling it now, Musk is going to win this by a landslide.
Do you have ANY good ideas left FFS
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Do you have ANY good ideas left FFS
@edzitron.com any chance you’ll be doing an episode on the absolute plague of AI slop in the crochet/crafting world? I don’t know if you’ve ever touched on it or if it’s even relevant to your interests apart from being yet another victim of AI
December 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
@edzitron.com any chance you’ll be doing an episode on the absolute plague of AI slop in the crochet/crafting world? I don’t know if you’ve ever touched on it or if it’s even relevant to your interests apart from being yet another victim of AI
Oh my gods. Rob Reiner was murdered :(
Disbelief.
Disbelief.
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Oh my gods. Rob Reiner was murdered :(
Disbelief.
Disbelief.
I was walking around a giant mall yesterday and TBH the stench of rank consumerism was just so off-putting I had to leave.
It all felt hollow, especially with the Christmas music and decorations
It all felt hollow, especially with the Christmas music and decorations
December 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I was walking around a giant mall yesterday and TBH the stench of rank consumerism was just so off-putting I had to leave.
It all felt hollow, especially with the Christmas music and decorations
It all felt hollow, especially with the Christmas music and decorations
I had this happen when I was watching some crochet videos, like I had already subscribed to the channel and then noticed that they had a few suspiciously popular patterns involving the Blue Lives Matter flag, and I could not nope the entire fuck outta there fast enough
VIDEO: and that's how you cook a whole turkey in a log cabin
ME: what an informative and soothing time
YOUTUBE: more videos from FrontierPatriot88
ME: oh, I did not read that name before--
FRONTIERPATRIOT88 VIDEO: how to homeschool your white children
ME:
ME: yeah my bad
ME: what an informative and soothing time
YOUTUBE: more videos from FrontierPatriot88
ME: oh, I did not read that name before--
FRONTIERPATRIOT88 VIDEO: how to homeschool your white children
ME:
ME: yeah my bad
December 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I had this happen when I was watching some crochet videos, like I had already subscribed to the channel and then noticed that they had a few suspiciously popular patterns involving the Blue Lives Matter flag, and I could not nope the entire fuck outta there fast enough
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A movie is a Christmas movie if and only if it would feel weird to watch it without a Christmas tree in your peripheral vision. Otherwise it's just a sparkling holiday movie.
December 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A movie is a Christmas movie if and only if it would feel weird to watch it without a Christmas tree in your peripheral vision. Otherwise it's just a sparkling holiday movie.
Instead of “handmade with love” tags, I want some that say “handmade with coffee and swearing”
“Handmade with primordial rage”
“Handmade with insomnia”
“Handmade with primordial rage”
“Handmade with insomnia”
December 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Instead of “handmade with love” tags, I want some that say “handmade with coffee and swearing”
“Handmade with primordial rage”
“Handmade with insomnia”
“Handmade with primordial rage”
“Handmade with insomnia”
I absolutely DESPISE the Liquid Glass interface and my first action was to do whatever I could to switch off its bullshit
December 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I absolutely DESPISE the Liquid Glass interface and my first action was to do whatever I could to switch off its bullshit
Just growing out my nails to see if I can get them long enough to claw a man’s face off
December 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Just growing out my nails to see if I can get them long enough to claw a man’s face off
Just hanging out in a pub watching the Bears vs Eagles(?) game and a couple of old guys are trying to teach me the rules and failing. Also laughing at how confused I am
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Just hanging out in a pub watching the Bears vs Eagles(?) game and a couple of old guys are trying to teach me the rules and failing. Also laughing at how confused I am
*gets out the megaphone*
BEAR WITNESS TO ART, ALL YE WHO PASS BY
BEAR WITNESS TO ART, ALL YE WHO PASS BY
These posters for the South Korean stage production of Macbeth are the greatest thing ever? #art
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
*gets out the megaphone*
BEAR WITNESS TO ART, ALL YE WHO PASS BY
BEAR WITNESS TO ART, ALL YE WHO PASS BY
My daughter is fast approaching the world record on number of shoes destroyed
Can’t decide whether I’m unhappy about the cost, or proud she’s taking after me
Can’t decide whether I’m unhappy about the cost, or proud she’s taking after me
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My daughter is fast approaching the world record on number of shoes destroyed
Can’t decide whether I’m unhappy about the cost, or proud she’s taking after me
Can’t decide whether I’m unhappy about the cost, or proud she’s taking after me
Starting the day off right by blasting Taylor Swift
November 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Starting the day off right by blasting Taylor Swift
You can use ground glass to poison someone, it’s just not very effective
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
You can use ground glass to poison someone, it’s just not very effective
Am Irish, can confirm I do not believe in fairies, and also I would absolutely NEVER go near a fairy ring
Hey, you’re in Ireland! Any of the locals do the “obviously we are a modern industrial nation and do not believe in the Other Crowd/no, you do not bulldoze a fairy fort are you INSANE?!” dance?
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Am Irish, can confirm I do not believe in fairies, and also I would absolutely NEVER go near a fairy ring
One thing I’ve noticed a lot on the roads here is that every Cybertruck has an empty bed.
It’s weird. I think I’ve maybe seen one with something in the bed once.
About half the F150 Lightnings I see have a ladder sticking out the back, in contrast.
It’s weird. I think I’ve maybe seen one with something in the bed once.
About half the F150 Lightnings I see have a ladder sticking out the back, in contrast.
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
One thing I’ve noticed a lot on the roads here is that every Cybertruck has an empty bed.
It’s weird. I think I’ve maybe seen one with something in the bed once.
About half the F150 Lightnings I see have a ladder sticking out the back, in contrast.
It’s weird. I think I’ve maybe seen one with something in the bed once.
About half the F150 Lightnings I see have a ladder sticking out the back, in contrast.
This just confirms my theory that any program ever made can be eventually broken sideways by people driven by coffee and spite
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This just confirms my theory that any program ever made can be eventually broken sideways by people driven by coffee and spite
Fun fact: I once started knitting a Love Note sweater and got halfway through it and THEN decided I hated it and ripped it all out
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Fun fact: I once started knitting a Love Note sweater and got halfway through it and THEN decided I hated it and ripped it all out
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If you elect me Supreme Emperor I will make showing a preview for the movie you are about to watch in theatres a criminal offence, punishable by having to watch every major blockbuster for the next year in 320x320 resolution.
November 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
If you elect me Supreme Emperor I will make showing a preview for the movie you are about to watch in theatres a criminal offence, punishable by having to watch every major blockbuster for the next year in 320x320 resolution.
I don’t normally wish migraines on anyone, but I think I’ll make an exception here
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I don’t normally wish migraines on anyone, but I think I’ll make an exception here
If I have to listen to a guy being utterly racist for one more minute, I am going to HOWL like a banshee
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
If I have to listen to a guy being utterly racist for one more minute, I am going to HOWL like a banshee
THIS IS THE FASHION NEWS I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT, NOT WHATEVER THE KARDASHIANS ARE WEARING
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
THIS IS THE FASHION NEWS I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT, NOT WHATEVER THE KARDASHIANS ARE WEARING
Story idea: Bridgerton, but with Klingons
You KNOW the absolutely ridiculous drama would translate well in both directions
You KNOW the absolutely ridiculous drama would translate well in both directions
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Story idea: Bridgerton, but with Klingons
You KNOW the absolutely ridiculous drama would translate well in both directions
You KNOW the absolutely ridiculous drama would translate well in both directions
Reading Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social and it only confirms my suspicion that every techbro involved with AI has their head so far up their own arse they can no longer distinguish between their colon and a map of the London Underground
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Reading Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social and it only confirms my suspicion that every techbro involved with AI has their head so far up their own arse they can no longer distinguish between their colon and a map of the London Underground