Kaitlin Ruiz
@kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
I have a zest for despair
kaitlinruizplease (at) gmail
kaitlinruizplease (at) gmail
I might offer some handmade ornaments to folks who donate to the National Immigrant Justice Center--if that sounds good to you, stay tuned! :)
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November 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I might offer some handmade ornaments to folks who donate to the National Immigrant Justice Center--if that sounds good to you, stay tuned! :)
if you give it a whirl, please do share! I'd love to see what you make!
here's how I made these guys (and you can too!), starting with supplies. you'll need:
• reasonably sturdy paper (think cardstock)
• non-woven fabric, like felt
• sashiko or embroidery thread (multiple colors)
• an embroidery needle
• stuffing (I use textile scraps)
• twine or cord (for hanging)
• reasonably sturdy paper (think cardstock)
• non-woven fabric, like felt
• sashiko or embroidery thread (multiple colors)
• an embroidery needle
• stuffing (I use textile scraps)
• twine or cord (for hanging)
making some Christmas ornaments for sharing :)
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
if you give it a whirl, please do share! I'd love to see what you make!
here's how I made these guys (and you can too!), starting with supplies. you'll need:
• reasonably sturdy paper (think cardstock)
• non-woven fabric, like felt
• sashiko or embroidery thread (multiple colors)
• an embroidery needle
• stuffing (I use textile scraps)
• twine or cord (for hanging)
• reasonably sturdy paper (think cardstock)
• non-woven fabric, like felt
• sashiko or embroidery thread (multiple colors)
• an embroidery needle
• stuffing (I use textile scraps)
• twine or cord (for hanging)
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
here's how I made these guys (and you can too!), starting with supplies. you'll need:
• reasonably sturdy paper (think cardstock)
• non-woven fabric, like felt
• sashiko or embroidery thread (multiple colors)
• an embroidery needle
• stuffing (I use textile scraps)
• twine or cord (for hanging)
• reasonably sturdy paper (think cardstock)
• non-woven fabric, like felt
• sashiko or embroidery thread (multiple colors)
• an embroidery needle
• stuffing (I use textile scraps)
• twine or cord (for hanging)
in other news: bagworm!
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
in other news: bagworm!
making some Christmas ornaments for sharing :)
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
making some Christmas ornaments for sharing :)
I know exactly which photo you mean lol
Okay I also assumed this for a while! I don't know why. Something about that notorious dust jacket photo where he looks like he's planning on turning a child into soup stock.
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I know exactly which photo you mean lol
guess who had to disenchant Dad's belief in Shel Silverstein, gay icon
you think it's rough letting kids in on the truth about Santa, but none of you have had to explain to my father that Curtis Sliwa is not in fact Puerto Rican
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
guess who had to disenchant Dad's belief in Shel Silverstein, gay icon
phone call with my ninety-two year-old grandmother, whose rapid Spanish allowed only one word to reach my startled ears: "Mamdani"
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 AM
phone call with my ninety-two year-old grandmother, whose rapid Spanish allowed only one word to reach my startled ears: "Mamdani"
thread:
Consider learning an instrument, badly.
Bad habits become engrained, movement is inefficient and slow, and it takes a *lot* of time and effort to unlearn those engrained bad habits.
Bad habits become engrained, movement is inefficient and slow, and it takes a *lot* of time and effort to unlearn those engrained bad habits.
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
thread:
getting real boygenius vibes from the human hand
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
getting real boygenius vibes from the human hand
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Bernard "spiders" sanders
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Bernard "spiders" sanders
an update: I have just received unsolicited (though very nice) spider pics from this anonymous sender
My dear presently offline friend @kaitlinruiz.bsky.social received this urgent political text message
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
an update: I have just received unsolicited (though very nice) spider pics from this anonymous sender
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the small man approached my mom by asking "would you like to meet Mark Twain?" and the introduction was honestly pretty helpful because everyone assumed the other guy was Colonel Sanders
in 2007, I was a kid at the National Spelling Bee, where I met a contingent of anti-standardized-spelling protesters, including a small man with what my uncle described as having "an Eastern European sense to him" and Mark Twain
January 25, 2024 at 7:26 AM
the small man approached my mom by asking "would you like to meet Mark Twain?" and the introduction was honestly pretty helpful because everyone assumed the other guy was Colonel Sanders
dreamt I was in a terrible conflict, one that concluded only when my enemy lobbed this poisoned dart: "Lamb Chop is more of a woman than you'll ever be."
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
dreamt I was in a terrible conflict, one that concluded only when my enemy lobbed this poisoned dart: "Lamb Chop is more of a woman than you'll ever be."
wait did something happen
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
wait did something happen
joyce, the poets have assembled at thy altar
whoa here she comes, watch out boys, she'll roast you good / whoa here she comes, she's a mean tweeter
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
joyce, the poets have assembled at thy altar
the same geese who yowled about how hard their work became once women started using webmd
I’m pretty sure it was last week I saw an article about an MD who was using ChatGPT to answer “low-level” medical questions
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
the same geese who yowled about how hard their work became once women started using webmd
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brother may I have some Öates
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
brother may I have some Öates
!!!!
what about sung in the cadence of hall and oates songs
oh oh here she comes, she’s a man eater
oh oh here she comes, she’s a man eater
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
!!!!
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New Elon Musk/Daryl Hall Venn diagram just dropped.
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
New Elon Musk/Daryl Hall Venn diagram just dropped.
stop wasting water on AI... just go to Schlitterbahn and be healed...
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
stop wasting water on AI... just go to Schlitterbahn and be healed...
on a serious note, this wasn't a thought experiment. these are examples of how AI-generated content is being used. how do I know this? because people brag about things unfit for a confessional!!!
that material safety, dependent on forms and slips, is endangered by in-human testimony. what happens when your primary care provider exports your medical history to ChatGPT? what recourse do victims have when law enforcement lets bots handle incident reports?
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
on a serious note, this wasn't a thought experiment. these are examples of how AI-generated content is being used. how do I know this? because people brag about things unfit for a confessional!!!
you lot cannot imagine what i suffer
STOP making AI-generated animals, my dad cannot discern what is real and now I have to tell him the special shrimp does not exist!!!!!
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
you lot cannot imagine what i suffer
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i am sorry to say that samuel pepys would have been all about ai generated images of lady castlemaine
April 29, 2024 at 5:07 PM
i am sorry to say that samuel pepys would have been all about ai generated images of lady castlemaine
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it's kind of wild that tech guys are like "the ability to make art is a human right! any impediment to ai creations is tyranny!" and the art in question is this:
February 9, 2024 at 12:22 AM
it's kind of wild that tech guys are like "the ability to make art is a human right! any impediment to ai creations is tyranny!" and the art in question is this: