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archaeopteryx4216.bsky.social
Alexandria (She/Her)
@archaeopteryx4216.bsky.social
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Programs computers for a living, plays TTRPGs and draws for fun. Also dabbles in bookbinding, calligraphy, and scale modeling.
30s ~ She/Her ~ Bi ~ Trans ~ Minnesota ~ AuDHD
PFP by @zigmenthotep.bsky.social
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jbau.bsky.social
This whole section really.
Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job. AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:
September 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
archaeopteryx4216.bsky.social
I made my second model! This is a Hasegawa 1/72 scale F6F Hellcat, painted with mostly Tamiya paints. I'm quite proud of that dark blue color I mixed up!
#ScaleModeling #ModelAircraft #Aircraft #WWII #Tamiya #Hasegawa
A photograph a 1/72 scale model of an f6f Hellcat fighter painted dark blue, held by the wingtip in front of the workspace in which it was assembled and painted. The aircraft is named "Minsi III" and features a number of kill markings for Japanese aircraft.
September 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
archaeopteryx4216.bsky.social
I painted this Japanese 'Oscar' fighter! I see many mistakes in it, but it's a learning experience. My next one will be better 😁
#ScaleModeling #Aviation #ModelAirplane #Crafting #Hasegawa #Tamiya
A one seventy second scale model of a Ki-43-II 'Oscar' Japanese fighter plane from world war two, painted silver with large dark green spots. It's sitting on a cutting mat, with paints and a cup of water visible behind it.
September 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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arashinabudis.bsky.social
Some lovely art from the wonderful @archaeopteryx4216.bsky.social! I loved meeting you and this art!

#furryart #arttrade #FurryMigration
Arashi Nabudis posing!
September 6, 2025 at 5:31 AM
archaeopteryx4216.bsky.social
My thanks to @arashinabudis.bsky.social for the lovely art!
#FurryMigration #art #ArtTrade
A pencil sketch of an anthropomorphic archaeopteryx character from the chest up, exclaiming "scree!"
September 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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esqueer.net
They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.
Alt text: A tweet from Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) dated August 27, 2025. The tweet calls for Health and Human Services to violate HIPAA laws and forward information about every transgender and transgender-questioning person to law enforcement for immediate detainment, claiming they are killing children in schools. It describes this as a matter of national security, says transgender people should be locked away and studied, calls for medical professionals who enable transitions to be expelled from the profession, and demands that the federal government treat transgender people as if they were terrorist organizations. The tweet shows it was last edited at 1:11 PM and has 5,049 views.
August 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
archaeopteryx4216.bsky.social
I'm back on bluesky after a long break.

Here's a beetle I drew over a year ago. It's still the best marker-work I've ever done:
#Art #Entomology #Markers #TraditionalArt
A realistic pen sketch of a side-on view of a yellow and black rhinoceros beetle colored in with alcohol markers.
August 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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astronomy.bsky.social
“A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.” ~ Carl Sagan
Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
April 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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thatsgoodweb.bsky.social
Kow Yokoyama, cover art for Guide to D&D, 1987
Kow Yokoyama, cover art for Guide to D&D, 1987
April 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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prairiedyke.bsky.social
Hey y'all. My wife and I are in a tight spot. I feel bad having to do this, but it is what it is.

If y'all are able to help out it would be greatly appreciated, as would sharing.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-keep-...
Donate to Help Keep Two Trans Woman Afloat, organized by Jamie Braun
Hello! We are two trans women struggling to find work, and are at serious risk of not bei… Jamie Braun needs your support for Help Keep Two Trans Woman Afloat
www.gofundme.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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rezekjoe.bsky.social
I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel
rezekjoe.bsky.social Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · Apr 15
Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create
From NYT article about the increasing use of AI in the classroom: “Writing is one of the most challenging tasks for students, which is why it is so tempting for some to ask A.I. to do it for them. In turn, A.I. can be useful for teachers who would like to assign more writing, but are limited in their time to grade it.”
April 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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nancycomics.bsky.social
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
April 15,1947
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER OH, DEAR -- I BETTER GET STARTED ON MY HOMEWORK RADIO PROGRAM- - - SCIENTISTS ARE NOW WORKING ON A NEW SUPER-ATOM BOMB--- 2000 TIMES MORE DESTRUCTIVE- - - ( NANCY THINKS ABOUT THE ATOM BOMB, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF EARTH) SOMEHOW THAT HOMEWORK DOESN'T SEEM VERY IMPORTANT
April 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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zenithval.com
Bad AAPL
April 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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quakefultales.bsky.social
Every day a little part of me remembers and is angry about what happened to Isabel Fall for daring to write something so deeply human in the attack helicopter story
April 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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nyazsche.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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ani-obsessive.bsky.social
Dianne Jackson mastered the art of turning illustrations into animation. She did it in her film The Snowman, in the Peter Rabbit series and more.

Millions know Jackson's work, but few know about her. Our new issue tells the story of this great artist: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-unsung...
March 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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foone.bsky.social
Happy Transgender Day of Visibility, everyone!
A CRT on top of a 90s PC (with floppy disk) showing the Trans Pride Flag
March 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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splendid.land
just found out about a new kind of movie called a "ghibli" which is a kind of japanese cartoon about grass. i hope we can get computers to make as many of these as possible
March 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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ennygima.bsky.social
Shoutout to this standee I saw at mall of america 10 years ago
A standee of a cartoon seahorse woth a Blue scarf and eyelashes. The sign reads "Breed We've bred over 7500 creatures in the last 12 months"
February 23, 2024 at 6:34 PM
archaeopteryx4216.bsky.social
I've been trying to find every example of this aesthetic I can. If you're aware of anything not covered here, please let me know about it!
cari.institute/aesthetics/i...
CARI | Aesthetic | Industrial Gothic
cari.institute
March 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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ani-obsessive.bsky.social
From: The Little Mermaid (1968), dir. Ivan Aksenchuk, Soyuzmultfilm
March 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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cosmicrami.com
'Mars Attack - How Elon Musk's Plans for Mars Threaten Earth'

This is a really great read, and presented in the scroll storytelling format (I love this style).

By Dr Kelly Weinersmith & @zachweinersmith.bsky.social (who wrote the excellent 'A City on Mars' book)

thebulletin.org/2025/03/mars...
Cartoon showing a human standing on a red planet (Mars) and looking back at Earth (not to scale). The caption reads: ""If the world's most power nation, helped along by history's most powerful rocket company, were to scrap international space law, it would have consequences that may echo for centuries"
March 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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riseupcomus.bsky.social
RPGs are a form of art that is welcoming to people of every skill level. "But my map is bad!" "But my dungeon is kinda boring." WRONG. We're not talking about putting out albums, we're talking about singing around a campfire with a friend who has a guitar. Fun is the focus, not production quality.
March 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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shanhoran.bsky.social
worrier cats
March 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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gewt.bsky.social
me in a nutshell
March 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM