arwyn
@arwynsays.bsky.social
i make yarn, things with yarn, and opinionated declamations. read the alt text and wear a mask.
playing with procreate to #MakeBadArt
playing with procreate to #MakeBadArt
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arwyn
@arwynsays.bsky.social
· Aug 11
we are increasingly surrounded by agendas needing to convince us that reality doesn't matter, that our senses & experience & memory & history don't matter. that how we measure & feel & what we love don't matter.
making refutes that. art proves that a lie. make something beautiful. something real.
making refutes that. art proves that a lie. make something beautiful. something real.
using a very broad definition of beautiful here. i don't mean pretty, or pleasing, or not-ugly. i mean beautiful in the way pain, hurt, survival, death, existentialism, doubt, the inherent absurd contradictions of humanity can be beautiful.
but also i mean pretty. that works too.
but also i mean pretty. that works too.
happy solstice, southern hemisphere!
so, my best friend, in australia, pointed out that it is currently summer in the south. where the penguins are. and requested a surfboard specifically.
i said what am i, chatgpt??
(...possibly. apparently. except i have a bedtime and i am up past it. oops.)
#MakeBadArt but #SeasonallyAppropriate
i said what am i, chatgpt??
(...possibly. apparently. except i have a bedtime and i am up past it. oops.)
#MakeBadArt but #SeasonallyAppropriate
December 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
happy solstice, southern hemisphere!
happy solstice, northern hemisphere!
from a tutorial (art by flo, i think), but i riffed on it. i am REALLY proud of that construction paper boarder, which was all mine. #MakeBadArt (i feel like i should have an #ArwynLearnsProcreate tag or something)
December 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
happy solstice, northern hemisphere!
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I agree that the LLM makers are at fault for confusion around the term "AI," and I think it's entirely intentional. I think they want to be able to equivocate around the term, and say things like, "We're curing cancer," when their chatbot is clearly not.
December 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I agree that the LLM makers are at fault for confusion around the term "AI," and I think it's entirely intentional. I think they want to be able to equivocate around the term, and say things like, "We're curing cancer," when their chatbot is clearly not.
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suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
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It is beautiful and fragile, and humans can live lightly enough on short-grass prairie and high alpine to even be mostly as populous as we are, but we can’t as *colonizers*. When we immigrate to a desert or high arid alpine, we have to change, we cannot change the place.
And white folk suck at that.
And white folk suck at that.
December 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It is beautiful and fragile, and humans can live lightly enough on short-grass prairie and high alpine to even be mostly as populous as we are, but we can’t as *colonizers*. When we immigrate to a desert or high arid alpine, we have to change, we cannot change the place.
And white folk suck at that.
And white folk suck at that.
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New Wet Coast Game: 6 Degrees of Toilet Rat
Apparently 1 in my wider friends circle but none in my own life.
However, I’m still recovering from the baby octopus sized tub spider that escaped into my bedroom back in September.
However, I’m still recovering from the baby octopus sized tub spider that escaped into my bedroom back in September.
How many toilet rats is everyone up to. I'm still at 0
December 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
New Wet Coast Game: 6 Degrees of Toilet Rat
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so, my best friend, in australia, pointed out that it is currently summer in the south. where the penguins are. and requested a surfboard specifically.
i said what am i, chatgpt??
(...possibly. apparently. except i have a bedtime and i am up past it. oops.)
#MakeBadArt but #SeasonallyAppropriate
i said what am i, chatgpt??
(...possibly. apparently. except i have a bedtime and i am up past it. oops.)
#MakeBadArt but #SeasonallyAppropriate
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
so, my best friend, in australia, pointed out that it is currently summer in the south. where the penguins are. and requested a surfboard specifically.
i said what am i, chatgpt??
(...possibly. apparently. except i have a bedtime and i am up past it. oops.)
#MakeBadArt but #SeasonallyAppropriate
i said what am i, chatgpt??
(...possibly. apparently. except i have a bedtime and i am up past it. oops.)
#MakeBadArt but #SeasonallyAppropriate
so, my best friend, in australia, pointed out that it is currently summer in the south. where the penguins are. and requested a surfboard specifically.
i said what am i, chatgpt??
(...possibly. apparently. except i have a bedtime and i am up past it. oops.)
#MakeBadArt but #SeasonallyAppropriate
i said what am i, chatgpt??
(...possibly. apparently. except i have a bedtime and i am up past it. oops.)
#MakeBadArt but #SeasonallyAppropriate
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
so, my best friend, in australia, pointed out that it is currently summer in the south. where the penguins are. and requested a surfboard specifically.
i said what am i, chatgpt??
(...possibly. apparently. except i have a bedtime and i am up past it. oops.)
#MakeBadArt but #SeasonallyAppropriate
i said what am i, chatgpt??
(...possibly. apparently. except i have a bedtime and i am up past it. oops.)
#MakeBadArt but #SeasonallyAppropriate
from a tutorial (art by flo, i think), but i riffed on it. i am REALLY proud of that construction paper boarder, which was all mine. #MakeBadArt (i feel like i should have an #ArwynLearnsProcreate tag or something)
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 AM
from a tutorial (art by flo, i think), but i riffed on it. i am REALLY proud of that construction paper boarder, which was all mine. #MakeBadArt (i feel like i should have an #ArwynLearnsProcreate tag or something)
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May we rage when we must and rest when we can.
May we build the peace we so desperately need.
May we turn our hands, in all things, to the justice that peace requires.
The only liberation is a shared liberation. May we have courage sufficient to build it.
Shabbat shalom ❤️
May we build the peace we so desperately need.
May we turn our hands, in all things, to the justice that peace requires.
The only liberation is a shared liberation. May we have courage sufficient to build it.
Shabbat shalom ❤️
December 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
May we rage when we must and rest when we can.
May we build the peace we so desperately need.
May we turn our hands, in all things, to the justice that peace requires.
The only liberation is a shared liberation. May we have courage sufficient to build it.
Shabbat shalom ❤️
May we build the peace we so desperately need.
May we turn our hands, in all things, to the justice that peace requires.
The only liberation is a shared liberation. May we have courage sufficient to build it.
Shabbat shalom ❤️
yeah. yup.
Eugenics Rising.
It is an incredibly dangerous time for disabled Americans.
It is an incredibly dangerous time for disabled Americans.
December 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
yeah. yup.
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The federal fucking government is trying to stop companies from selling products that allow people to make their breasts less prominent.
There is no freedom of expression, no freedom of gender nonconformity, no bodily autonomy for any of us if they win.
There is no freedom of expression, no freedom of gender nonconformity, no bodily autonomy for any of us if they win.
December 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The federal fucking government is trying to stop companies from selling products that allow people to make their breasts less prominent.
There is no freedom of expression, no freedom of gender nonconformity, no bodily autonomy for any of us if they win.
There is no freedom of expression, no freedom of gender nonconformity, no bodily autonomy for any of us if they win.
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"We don't want to be Luddites --" brother, Luddites were opposed to bosses concentrating wealth by using technology to make inferior product with warehouses fulls of starving exploited child labor. You don't have to wear the team jersey but respect the game.
December 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"We don't want to be Luddites --" brother, Luddites were opposed to bosses concentrating wealth by using technology to make inferior product with warehouses fulls of starving exploited child labor. You don't have to wear the team jersey but respect the game.
i need to get wheeled to the door because of my vestibular disorder (hallways, especially ones i can feel moving, are Bad, and i would fall), and then i "get" to sit there, in a plane that keeps bouncing, while everyone else piles aboard, and i try not to throw up. am i gaming? did i do it right??
Ableism aside, what kind of psycho wants to hurry up so they can be on the plane longer?
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
December 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM
i need to get wheeled to the door because of my vestibular disorder (hallways, especially ones i can feel moving, are Bad, and i would fall), and then i "get" to sit there, in a plane that keeps bouncing, while everyone else piles aboard, and i try not to throw up. am i gaming? did i do it right??
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Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one
Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one
oh it is to laugh. mania meant my grampa switched jobs every two years. it meant my dad bought a $10,000 computer in the 80s bc he was going to program the next big thing. it means my brother keeps *almost* losing his job and his family. i just get high energy self hatred and sh. so up! much fun!
and it does effect how people see us. the number of folks with depression who've said things along the lines of "you're lucky at least you get some ups" or randos who think they've experienced mania because they've been very happy before is. a frustrating amount haha
December 19, 2025 at 4:32 AM
oh it is to laugh. mania meant my grampa switched jobs every two years. it meant my dad bought a $10,000 computer in the 80s bc he was going to program the next big thing. it means my brother keeps *almost* losing his job and his family. i just get high energy self hatred and sh. so up! much fun!
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i wish very badly that we would stop calling bipolar a mood disorder and start calling it an energy disorder, haha. my "ups and downs" don't necessarily correlate with negative and positive moods! ups can be terrible. the thing that's going up or down is my ENERGY, both physically and brain-wise
December 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
i wish very badly that we would stop calling bipolar a mood disorder and start calling it an energy disorder, haha. my "ups and downs" don't necessarily correlate with negative and positive moods! ups can be terrible. the thing that's going up or down is my ENERGY, both physically and brain-wise
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“Smh these people need a plane to take them across the country but then they miraculously stand up and walk to their Uber. Couldn’t walk the whole way, huh?”
December 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“Smh these people need a plane to take them across the country but then they miraculously stand up and walk to their Uber. Couldn’t walk the whole way, huh?”
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motherfuckers
In addition to this administration trying to kill kids, and they're also coming for our binders? OUR BINDERS.
December 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
motherfuckers
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December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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if you want to suppress and kill a population en masse it is really important that they be as legible as possible
December 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
if you want to suppress and kill a population en masse it is really important that they be as legible as possible
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Anyway, Republicans want to wipe us all out. They're starting with the kids.
December 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Anyway, Republicans want to wipe us all out. They're starting with the kids.
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The reason they're so focused on trans teens is that people who transition younger typically blend into society better. To the extent that they're willing to tolerate our existence in society at all, they'd rather we be easily identified by our appearance/voices/etc.
Cis people really have no idea how it feels to watch a regime hold a press conference to admit, on camera, the pogrom against trans people they've been waging for 11 months is not only real, but they're going to double down on genocide and try to wipe out all the children first.
December 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The reason they're so focused on trans teens is that people who transition younger typically blend into society better. To the extent that they're willing to tolerate our existence in society at all, they'd rather we be easily identified by our appearance/voices/etc.
print this out, laminate it, put it up everywhere you might be tempted to get into an argument with fascists. kirby ALL THEIR FRAMES, EVERY TIME. (also highly recommend the rest of the thread for concrete examples)
i made a template you can use to think about what "frame/negation/kirby" looks like for other issues.
For example:
Frame: DOGE is a govt efficiency project to save $
Negation: Actually it made things less efficient and cost $
Kirby: DOGE was a project to break and privatize federal bureaucracy
For example:
Frame: DOGE is a govt efficiency project to save $
Negation: Actually it made things less efficient and cost $
Kirby: DOGE was a project to break and privatize federal bureaucracy
December 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
print this out, laminate it, put it up everywhere you might be tempted to get into an argument with fascists. kirby ALL THEIR FRAMES, EVERY TIME. (also highly recommend the rest of the thread for concrete examples)
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I know we're being a lil funny. But I need you to say this like four or five times where everyone can hear you.... because this is with what we know of them ....
the center of this is them removing kids ability to say no
the center of this is them removing kids ability to say no
personally believe children (and adults!) should be allowed to reject sex
They call gender-affirming care "sex-rejecting procedures."
December 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I know we're being a lil funny. But I need you to say this like four or five times where everyone can hear you.... because this is with what we know of them ....
the center of this is them removing kids ability to say no
the center of this is them removing kids ability to say no