Elfie
@elfgrove.bsky.social
Elfie, cat mom to Sylvie, my "gilded tuxedo" calico cat.
🧵 cosplayer, plush maker, ex-Southerner transplanted to SoCali.
✨ https://linktr.ee/elfgrove
🧵 cosplayer, plush maker, ex-Southerner transplanted to SoCali.
✨ https://linktr.ee/elfgrove
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lol remember when they were pretending you could make GTA6 "In 6 months with a team of 10" and AI would handcraft you five Oscar-worthy films daily with single-sentence prompts
Now it's "This jiggly AI slut never says no"
Now it's "This jiggly AI slut never says no"
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
December 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
lol remember when they were pretending you could make GTA6 "In 6 months with a team of 10" and AI would handcraft you five Oscar-worthy films daily with single-sentence prompts
Now it's "This jiggly AI slut never says no"
Now it's "This jiggly AI slut never says no"
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Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind
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If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
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Soldiers are not cops.
Trying to turn soldiers into cops always goes badly.
Every single time.
Trying to turn soldiers into cops always goes badly.
Every single time.
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Soldiers are not cops.
Trying to turn soldiers into cops always goes badly.
Every single time.
Trying to turn soldiers into cops always goes badly.
Every single time.
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We are in peak French heist season.
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
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November 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We are in peak French heist season.
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
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happy none pizza left beef day!! it's been 18 years and is now old enough to vote
October 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
happy none pizza left beef day!! it's been 18 years and is now old enough to vote
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As a kid in the early 50s my dad got a bad case of athlete's foot. His parents ignored it. His skin cracked. First infection set in, then sepsis. He was saved by the relatively new wonder drug penicillin.
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
For a yr, I've been working on a series for The New Atlantis about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Our ancestors built them up over decades to fend off hunger, thirst, darkness and disease. But too few of us know about them—and they're all at risk. The conclusion is now available online:
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
As a kid in the early 50s my dad got a bad case of athlete's foot. His parents ignored it. His skin cracked. First infection set in, then sepsis. He was saved by the relatively new wonder drug penicillin.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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3/3 Join us!
The hearing is at the heart of Silicone Valley for a reason. It's meant to damper support and make for an uneven playing field.
Let's show them we're ready to meet them wherever, whenever in support for creatives rights and livelihoods!
bit.ly/44lRMsX
The hearing is at the heart of Silicone Valley for a reason. It's meant to damper support and make for an uneven playing field.
Let's show them we're ready to meet them wherever, whenever in support for creatives rights and livelihoods!
bit.ly/44lRMsX
RSVP: 12/8/25 (10am) Hearing at Stanford - Paul Brest Hall
This hearing to demand transparency for AI models and to protect copyright (as written in the text of AB-412) is being held in the heart of Silicon Valley. We need EVERYONE there! We want the sea of...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
3/3 Join us!
The hearing is at the heart of Silicone Valley for a reason. It's meant to damper support and make for an uneven playing field.
Let's show them we're ready to meet them wherever, whenever in support for creatives rights and livelihoods!
bit.ly/44lRMsX
The hearing is at the heart of Silicone Valley for a reason. It's meant to damper support and make for an uneven playing field.
Let's show them we're ready to meet them wherever, whenever in support for creatives rights and livelihoods!
bit.ly/44lRMsX
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2/3 AB-412 has a simple ask for tech, if you use copyrighted materials in your dataset, you must let copyright holders know! That’s it!
Simple, efficient and extremely easy for tech companies to do.
People deserve to know whats in those datasets. Our hard work is not their trade secrets!
So-
Simple, efficient and extremely easy for tech companies to do.
People deserve to know whats in those datasets. Our hard work is not their trade secrets!
So-
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
2/3 AB-412 has a simple ask for tech, if you use copyrighted materials in your dataset, you must let copyright holders know! That’s it!
Simple, efficient and extremely easy for tech companies to do.
People deserve to know whats in those datasets. Our hard work is not their trade secrets!
So-
Simple, efficient and extremely easy for tech companies to do.
People deserve to know whats in those datasets. Our hard work is not their trade secrets!
So-
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1/3 Massive efforts are being done to ensure states do not regulate GenAI.
Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech!
On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill.
We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives!
Rsvp link in thread!
Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech!
On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill.
We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives!
Rsvp link in thread!
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
1/3 Massive efforts are being done to ensure states do not regulate GenAI.
Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech!
On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill.
We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives!
Rsvp link in thread!
Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech!
On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill.
We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives!
Rsvp link in thread!
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Whoever at Google thought it was a good idea to make the Gmail mobile app search results default to "most relevant" instead of "most recent":
That was a terrible idea and you should feel bad about yourself for having had it.
That was a terrible idea and you should feel bad about yourself for having had it.
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Whoever at Google thought it was a good idea to make the Gmail mobile app search results default to "most relevant" instead of "most recent":
That was a terrible idea and you should feel bad about yourself for having had it.
That was a terrible idea and you should feel bad about yourself for having had it.
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I immediately wondered if @thurrott.bsky.social has seen this…
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I immediately wondered if @thurrott.bsky.social has seen this…
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling says 'a ton' of fans are 'still with me' after trans remarks
J.K. Rowling addressed her controversial comments about transgender women on 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling' podcast, saying many 'Harry Potter' fans were 'grateful that I'd said what I said,' and ...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
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November 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
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planned economy but it's just the president dictating what he wants to see on his television
A person directly familiar with the conversations tells Semafor that Donald Trump has personally pressed Larry Ellison to revive Brett Ratner's "Rush Hour" franchise.
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
Exclusive: How Trump is trying to remake American culture — starting with his favorite buddy-cop franchise
The president is offering some creative input on potential upcoming projects.
www.semafor.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
planned economy but it's just the president dictating what he wants to see on his television
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Bonus
It felt about right (and I wanted to draw their crying faces)
#hazbinhotels2 #luciferhazbinhotel #hazbinhotelcharlie #hazbinhotelfanart
It felt about right (and I wanted to draw their crying faces)
#hazbinhotels2 #luciferhazbinhotel #hazbinhotelcharlie #hazbinhotelfanart
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Bonus
It felt about right (and I wanted to draw their crying faces)
#hazbinhotels2 #luciferhazbinhotel #hazbinhotelcharlie #hazbinhotelfanart
It felt about right (and I wanted to draw their crying faces)
#hazbinhotels2 #luciferhazbinhotel #hazbinhotelcharlie #hazbinhotelfanart
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I'm suspicious of it being called a no-longer "centralized entity." I hate that many members likely still have access to sensitive/confidential stuff, as well as likely getting shuffled to other departments. At least two are glorified government web developers, so those sites'll work worse soon.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I'm suspicious of it being called a no-longer "centralized entity." I hate that many members likely still have access to sensitive/confidential stuff, as well as likely getting shuffled to other departments. At least two are glorified government web developers, so those sites'll work worse soon.
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Senate Republicans passed a provision that would allow Senators involved in the January 6th investigation to SUE the government for $500,000 EACH.
House Dems led and passed a bill to repeal it.
But Senator Lindsey Graham has chosen THIS of all things to take a stand on and blocked it. Typical.
House Dems led and passed a bill to repeal it.
But Senator Lindsey Graham has chosen THIS of all things to take a stand on and blocked it. Typical.
Lindsey Graham blocks House-passed bill to repeal shutdown deal provision allowing $500,000 lawsuits from senators
Sen. Lindsey Graham blocked a Democrat-led effort to approve a House-passed measure to repeal a controversial provision that allows senators to sue for $500,000 if federal investigators search their p...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Senate Republicans passed a provision that would allow Senators involved in the January 6th investigation to SUE the government for $500,000 EACH.
House Dems led and passed a bill to repeal it.
But Senator Lindsey Graham has chosen THIS of all things to take a stand on and blocked it. Typical.
House Dems led and passed a bill to repeal it.
But Senator Lindsey Graham has chosen THIS of all things to take a stand on and blocked it. Typical.