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Aylish
@aylishtime.bsky.social
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Arts reporter @ the Daily Cal.
Berkeley MDes '24, USC Games '23.

Lover of all things weird and wacky. I make stuff.
News contact: [email protected]

https://linktr.ee/aylishtime
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My love letter to Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - talking about love, loss, neurodivergent otherness, & found family 💙🖤❤️🧡

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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 nails the art of nostalgia
Navigating loss, grief and revenge, speed racer Sonic and friends learn that saving the world requires slowing down long enough to trust each other.
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Sharing a different kind of design project today, a table that me and my friend @aylishtime.bsky.social built last spring. 😀

Finished it with an oil coat last week.
May 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
What I read in January, a month of travel & road trips! ❄️🌟

#booksky 📚💙
February 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"The Wedding Witch" by Erin Sterling.

⭐️⭐️⭐️

I love Sterling's other work (Ex Hex is an all-time fave romance) but this one just didn't hit with me. Wanted a little more slowburn development at the start. Felt too focused on the time travel plot than witchiness.

Cute winter vibe read!

#booksky 💙📚
February 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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How much money can #booksky (& the Clarabelle crew) raise for California wildfire relief this weekend? 🔥📚💙📚🪐📚🌶️

GoFundMe links & donation tracker in the comments, plus a way to get your posts boosted 🚀 on my feeds as a 'thank you' for helping Angelinos in need.
January 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Recent reads - 2 books that deal with romance, heartbreak, and trauma in very different ways yet still representative of their eras. Looking forward to reading more Baldwin.

Giovanni's Room ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Happy Place ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#booksky 📚💙
January 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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ATTENTION: I am starting a charity bundle to benefit victims of the Southern California wildfires. Game (and other) makers, please submit your projects so we can do some good. There is a call for submissions of projects through the 18th, please share widely! FAQ below:

itch.io/jam/californ...
January 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My love letter to Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - talking about love, loss, neurodivergent otherness, & found family 💙🖤❤️🧡

www.dailycal.org/arts/film-an...
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 nails the art of nostalgia
Navigating loss, grief and revenge, speed racer Sonic and friends learn that saving the world requires slowing down long enough to trust each other.
www.dailycal.org
January 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My 2024 reading wrap-up :)

#booksky 💙📚
January 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM
3.5 ⭐️ "Illuminae" by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

I wish that I loved this more. The concept and format are amazing but the story is character-driven w/ flat protags. "Snarky teenager" dialogue & writing...not for me.

Interesting worldbuilding. Won't finish the trilogy.

📚💙🪐📚
January 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Fable vs. Storygraph vs. Goodreads?

I made a Storygraph last month & love the data visualization but all of my friends are on Goodreads & it's tough to have the same socialization on Storygraph.

I've heard good things about Fable, especially w/ book clubs - any strong preferences on #booksky?

💙📚
January 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
4.5 ⭐️ "The Three-Body Problem" by Cixin Liu.

Stunningly well-crafted and thoughtful but a little scientifically dense - a challenging read for sure.

Amazing sci-fi with mystery and heart.

I will now be taking an intro to physics course to better understand the sequels lol.

💙📚 #booksky
January 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
4 ⭐️ "The Kiss Curse" by Erin Sterling.

Perfectly good lighthearted romantic witchy fun. Really loving the contemporary spooky & silly witches and looking for more books along these lines! 🧹🪄 💜 🐈‍⬛️

#booksky 💙📚
January 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
4.5⭐️

Toxic yuri...😢

💙📚 #booksky
January 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
4⭐️

Fake relationship with a slowburn romance that feels...really REAL!

I love how Miles is just a nice chill guy and Daphne is a passionate, slightly high-strung librarian. I relate to her strict Whiteboard calendar and inability to socialize (very AuDHD-coded).

Cozy summer vibes

💙📚 #booksky
December 31, 2024 at 7:17 PM
2.5 ⭐️
I wish that this book grabbed me as much as it promised to. Although the premise is a bit dark for my romantic sensibilities, I was hooked through the 1st half but slogged my way through the 2nd.

Wasn't rooting for the relationship & ironically disappointing, rushed ending.

#booksky 💙📚
December 30, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Everything Glittered by Robin Talley

3.5 ⭐️ Highly recommend! A genuinely intriguing murder mystery with a cast of naive, lovable teenage sapphics in the roaring 20s. Such a fun story that takes a lot of care examining historical queerness and misogyny. Fast-paced & thrilling!

💙📚 #booksky
December 29, 2024 at 6:46 AM
My thesis was accepted! I am now a UC Berkeley Master of Design :) Best Christmas gift ever lol
December 25, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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For over a decade, Cinephilia & Beyond has been a haven for filmmakers and film lovers worldwide. Now, our future is at stake. With only a couple of days left, we urgently need your support. Every donation, no matter the size, helps keep C&B alive.

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/donate2024/
December 21, 2024 at 12:28 AM
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If you're looking for a TREAT for unsettlingly cheap (ow my bones!!!!11), look no further than CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED point and click comedy adventure video! game! LATER ALLIGATOR!

$3.59 on US eShop buff.ly/41ObAoF
$2.69 Steam buff.ly/3rONZUJ

Prices so low that you feel despair for me and my choices
December 19, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 fan event was amaaazinggg
December 20, 2024 at 4:52 AM
If you see this, post something toothy
December 20, 2024 at 4:29 AM
Just finished my thesis presentation!! Not sure how I feel but at least that's over with haha - next stop, submitting my paper & our final exhibition this Friday :)
December 18, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Just read the first chapter of "Blood Meridian" for our book club meeting tonight and wow... I've never read anything quite like it. A genuinely challenging read but already so much bizarre depth to the violence of the West. Super interesting & curious to know more about the Judge & Toadvine.
💙📚
December 16, 2024 at 11:51 PM
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Say hello to the Party Pet, a digital companion to help you meet new friends and have deeper conversations!

Created for our final project in our Theory of Tangible User Interface class at UC Berkeley.

Made with Arduino :)
December 15, 2024 at 6:15 PM