Kari Dru
@karidru.bsky.social
Blind painter, tea drinker, and weird hermit. They/He
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Shawn's birthday is tomorrow so if you haven't read Dweller yet, it's a great time to grab it! 50% off in eBook everywhere. If buying audio direct from me, it's on sale too.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Shawn's birthday is tomorrow so if you haven't read Dweller yet, it's a great time to grab it! 50% off in eBook everywhere. If buying audio direct from me, it's on sale too.
Payhip sale page: payhip.com/skyladawncam...
Kobo www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Elsewhere books2read.com/dwelleronthe...
Payhip sale page: payhip.com/skyladawncam...
Kobo www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Elsewhere books2read.com/dwelleronthe...
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Folks. The latest InDesign update has AI-generated alt text when you place an image and so far it has labeled four technical drawings of load-bearing steel plates as nudes. I guess I can’t argue with the computer’s perspective
February 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Folks. The latest InDesign update has AI-generated alt text when you place an image and so far it has labeled four technical drawings of load-bearing steel plates as nudes. I guess I can’t argue with the computer’s perspective
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"Revokes scientific finding"
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 PM
"Revokes scientific finding"
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ICE invasion made an epic use case for anarchists and abolition.
Just a big hug to all the anarchists in the Twin Cities who get dismissed all the time but knew exactly what to do when shit went down here.
February 12, 2026 at 7:59 PM
ICE invasion made an epic use case for anarchists and abolition.
OK yeah. I'm always afraid to say this because people will think I'm giving the US a pass but I'm not. It's just that Europe had chattel slavery of several ethnic minorities as well as laws similar to Jim Crow era over and over and over.
When people aren't legally people, it always looks that way.
When people aren't legally people, it always looks that way.
It’s one of those online games of telephone where everything gets flattened and turned into a caricature of itself. “Some Nazis admired some aspects of Jim Crow” gets turned into “actually European antisemitism is due to the US”
I have no idea where “the nazis learned everything they knew about bigotry from Americans” came from but it is a particularly delusional form of American exceptionalism
February 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM
OK yeah. I'm always afraid to say this because people will think I'm giving the US a pass but I'm not. It's just that Europe had chattel slavery of several ethnic minorities as well as laws similar to Jim Crow era over and over and over.
When people aren't legally people, it always looks that way.
When people aren't legally people, it always looks that way.
I haven't made french toast for a while but I have last week's extra challah and you know that's what that's for. And I was looking at two chunks of eggy bread going "is that going to be enough? Maybe I should make more..." that is Loki talking do not do it. I stuck to 2 pieces and am STUFFED.
February 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I haven't made french toast for a while but I have last week's extra challah and you know that's what that's for. And I was looking at two chunks of eggy bread going "is that going to be enough? Maybe I should make more..." that is Loki talking do not do it. I stuck to 2 pieces and am STUFFED.
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good context to have - they’ve raised over $1.1 million so far
I truly sympathize with the desperation that sometimes leads families to pursue treatments that can’t be covered by insurance, but it’s also true that the world is full of alt-medicine quacks who will take every dime promising a cure
I truly sympathize with the desperation that sometimes leads families to pursue treatments that can’t be covered by insurance, but it’s also true that the world is full of alt-medicine quacks who will take every dime promising a cure
Thread. I really liked James Van Der Beek, but he supported RFK jr in the ‘24 election. His wife is a MAHA type health influencer. They moved to TX to a 36 acre ranch in 2020, and he’s worked steadily as an actor. He has two projects out this year. SAG insurance is very good.
February 12, 2026 at 8:11 AM
good context to have - they’ve raised over $1.1 million so far
I truly sympathize with the desperation that sometimes leads families to pursue treatments that can’t be covered by insurance, but it’s also true that the world is full of alt-medicine quacks who will take every dime promising a cure
I truly sympathize with the desperation that sometimes leads families to pursue treatments that can’t be covered by insurance, but it’s also true that the world is full of alt-medicine quacks who will take every dime promising a cure
Lrs: ok the number of replies not synching up with the number I actually see has been driving me absolutely goofy for like a year.
I unmuted EVERYONE just in case I was being rude!
If you talk to me I am extremely likely to talk back.
I unmuted EVERYONE just in case I was being rude!
If you talk to me I am extremely likely to talk back.
February 12, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Lrs: ok the number of replies not synching up with the number I actually see has been driving me absolutely goofy for like a year.
I unmuted EVERYONE just in case I was being rude!
If you talk to me I am extremely likely to talk back.
I unmuted EVERYONE just in case I was being rude!
If you talk to me I am extremely likely to talk back.
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hey folks! have you been seeing posts of yours that have a higher reply count than the actual number of replies you can see?
you're not blocking people, bluesky is hiding them from you
people you interact with but don't follow think you're ignoring them! that's
the bluesky experience(tm)
you're not blocking people, bluesky is hiding them from you
people you interact with but don't follow think you're ignoring them! that's
the bluesky experience(tm)
this explains what i've been seeing
this has a reply i cannot see at all, not muted but entirely invisible to me
hey @tiptransformed.bsky.social bluesky completely hides your reply to me under this post
this has a reply i cannot see at all, not muted but entirely invisible to me
hey @tiptransformed.bsky.social bluesky completely hides your reply to me under this post
girl are you the pentagon because i want to put a new hole in you
February 12, 2026 at 12:40 AM
hey folks! have you been seeing posts of yours that have a higher reply count than the actual number of replies you can see?
you're not blocking people, bluesky is hiding them from you
people you interact with but don't follow think you're ignoring them! that's
the bluesky experience(tm)
you're not blocking people, bluesky is hiding them from you
people you interact with but don't follow think you're ignoring them! that's
the bluesky experience(tm)
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Khaless wept, if this isn't a fucking word.
"...that place you're softly stepping your way towards is full of the bodies of our dead friends, put there by folks just asking questions about our humanity."
"...that place you're softly stepping your way towards is full of the bodies of our dead friends, put there by folks just asking questions about our humanity."
We are hostile to anyone being less than supportive because we understand where this two step you're doing into transphobia leads.
And that place you're softly stepping your way towards is full of the bodies of our dead friends, put there by folks just asking questions about our humanity.
And that place you're softly stepping your way towards is full of the bodies of our dead friends, put there by folks just asking questions about our humanity.
February 12, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Khaless wept, if this isn't a fucking word.
"...that place you're softly stepping your way towards is full of the bodies of our dead friends, put there by folks just asking questions about our humanity."
"...that place you're softly stepping your way towards is full of the bodies of our dead friends, put there by folks just asking questions about our humanity."
My tbr needs more gay.
February 12, 2026 at 4:22 AM
My tbr needs more gay.
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If the hype were correct, it would still be a product made by awful people doing awful things.
Are people boycotting Target because the Target hype isn't correct?
I'm so tired.
Are people boycotting Target because the Target hype isn't correct?
I'm so tired.
February 12, 2026 at 3:51 AM
If the hype were correct, it would still be a product made by awful people doing awful things.
Are people boycotting Target because the Target hype isn't correct?
I'm so tired.
Are people boycotting Target because the Target hype isn't correct?
I'm so tired.
Seems we're all showing off our @peculiarityshop.bsky.social splurges.
I never think rings are big enough so when Hillary was like no seriously this one is hugenormous, I knew it was mine. (Sorry bout my skin, this winter is kicking my ass.)
I never think rings are big enough so when Hillary was like no seriously this one is hugenormous, I knew it was mine. (Sorry bout my skin, this winter is kicking my ass.)
February 12, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Seems we're all showing off our @peculiarityshop.bsky.social splurges.
I never think rings are big enough so when Hillary was like no seriously this one is hugenormous, I knew it was mine. (Sorry bout my skin, this winter is kicking my ass.)
I never think rings are big enough so when Hillary was like no seriously this one is hugenormous, I knew it was mine. (Sorry bout my skin, this winter is kicking my ass.)
"What if the AI hype is correct?"
IDC. I don't want it, I won't use it, and you can't make me be happy about it. My grandparents lived their lives without computers, vcrs, or any music device newer than an 8 track. Not cuz they thought these were bad but because THEY, PERSONALLY, didn't want it.
IDC. I don't want it, I won't use it, and you can't make me be happy about it. My grandparents lived their lives without computers, vcrs, or any music device newer than an 8 track. Not cuz they thought these were bad but because THEY, PERSONALLY, didn't want it.
February 12, 2026 at 2:59 AM
"What if the AI hype is correct?"
IDC. I don't want it, I won't use it, and you can't make me be happy about it. My grandparents lived their lives without computers, vcrs, or any music device newer than an 8 track. Not cuz they thought these were bad but because THEY, PERSONALLY, didn't want it.
IDC. I don't want it, I won't use it, and you can't make me be happy about it. My grandparents lived their lives without computers, vcrs, or any music device newer than an 8 track. Not cuz they thought these were bad but because THEY, PERSONALLY, didn't want it.
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I have absolutely nothing eligible for nomination this year BUT LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE AMAZING STORIES I READ.
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
February 11, 2026 at 10:08 PM
I have absolutely nothing eligible for nomination this year BUT LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE AMAZING STORIES I READ.
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Also, this is the calm discussion. It only gets more agitated from here.
"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
February 12, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Also, this is the calm discussion. It only gets more agitated from here.
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While we're slowed and distracted having their calm discussion they're working like demons behind the curtain to legalize/build the torment nexus and WE KNOW IT
February 12, 2026 at 1:56 AM
While we're slowed and distracted having their calm discussion they're working like demons behind the curtain to legalize/build the torment nexus and WE KNOW IT
"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
Cuz the data centers are being built carelessly and at speed, polluting poor neighborhoods, cuz it's drinking my fucking aquifer, and cuz all my art and writing have been plagisrized while the worst assholes crow about my impending obsolescense...
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Henry Cuellar should never hold elected office again. Anyway in the meantime, make your Senators scared of you.
Honestly even Republicans can be moved if they get enough calls. So make sure to do so. Especially make Democrats terrified of their voters if they don't vote no with a bullet on this one
Honestly even Republicans can be moved if they get enough calls. So make sure to do so. Especially make Democrats terrified of their voters if they don't vote no with a bullet on this one
NEW: House passes SAVE America Act
218-213; Rs + 1 Dem (Cuellar) vote yes.
Revised Trump-backed bill requires showing proof of citizenship "in person" to register and slaps photo ID rules to vote.
Now it goes to the Senate. No path to 60. THUNE promises a vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
218-213; Rs + 1 Dem (Cuellar) vote yes.
Revised Trump-backed bill requires showing proof of citizenship "in person" to register and slaps photo ID rules to vote.
Now it goes to the Senate. No path to 60. THUNE promises a vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes SAVE America Act, sending Trump-backed election bill to the Senate
The legislation would overhaul federal election laws in all 50 states by imposing new voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements. But it faces a daunting path in the Senate.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Henry Cuellar should never hold elected office again. Anyway in the meantime, make your Senators scared of you.
Honestly even Republicans can be moved if they get enough calls. So make sure to do so. Especially make Democrats terrified of their voters if they don't vote no with a bullet on this one
Honestly even Republicans can be moved if they get enough calls. So make sure to do so. Especially make Democrats terrified of their voters if they don't vote no with a bullet on this one
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Babe, wake up, new sarcastic but entirely worthwhile internet abbreviation just dropped
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Babe, wake up, new sarcastic but entirely worthwhile internet abbreviation just dropped
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I was at a club in Fukuoka, Japan about 20 years ago.
American military guy scooped up an unconscious Japanese girl who looked to be barely 20 and took her out of the place.
I got ahead of ‘em, stopped a cab, grabbed the girl from him, tossed her (and ¥10k) in and told the cabbie to get her home.
American military guy scooped up an unconscious Japanese girl who looked to be barely 20 and took her out of the place.
I got ahead of ‘em, stopped a cab, grabbed the girl from him, tossed her (and ¥10k) in and told the cabbie to get her home.
Here is my question to you about being metal.
What is the most METAL thing you ever did that did not involve you playing an instrument?
What is the most METAL thing you ever did that did not involve you playing an instrument?
May 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I was at a club in Fukuoka, Japan about 20 years ago.
American military guy scooped up an unconscious Japanese girl who looked to be barely 20 and took her out of the place.
I got ahead of ‘em, stopped a cab, grabbed the girl from him, tossed her (and ¥10k) in and told the cabbie to get her home.
American military guy scooped up an unconscious Japanese girl who looked to be barely 20 and took her out of the place.
I got ahead of ‘em, stopped a cab, grabbed the girl from him, tossed her (and ¥10k) in and told the cabbie to get her home.
"Let's actually go to aldi, midweek, midmonth, midday so it won't be crowded and Kari won't die of the flu."
Lol pray for me.
"It'll be CHEAPER!"
Turns out aldi is only cheaper when you've been there recently and aren't like "omg i haven't had this in ages!" About EVERYTHING.
Lol pray for me.
"It'll be CHEAPER!"
Turns out aldi is only cheaper when you've been there recently and aren't like "omg i haven't had this in ages!" About EVERYTHING.
February 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
"Let's actually go to aldi, midweek, midmonth, midday so it won't be crowded and Kari won't die of the flu."
Lol pray for me.
"It'll be CHEAPER!"
Turns out aldi is only cheaper when you've been there recently and aren't like "omg i haven't had this in ages!" About EVERYTHING.
Lol pray for me.
"It'll be CHEAPER!"
Turns out aldi is only cheaper when you've been there recently and aren't like "omg i haven't had this in ages!" About EVERYTHING.
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“I don’t think the robots are taking over. I think the men who play with toys have taken over. And if we don’t take the toys out of their hands, we’re fools.” — Ray Bradbury
February 10, 2026 at 1:46 AM
“I don’t think the robots are taking over. I think the men who play with toys have taken over. And if we don’t take the toys out of their hands, we’re fools.” — Ray Bradbury
All of the above being similar for me might explain why I don't just regard this tech as ominous and a bad idea, but I'm also taking it PERSONALLY.
What I hear from llm boosters is "now that we have humanities robots it's finally over for you bitches but as a consolation, you can pretend to code."
What I hear from llm boosters is "now that we have humanities robots it's finally over for you bitches but as a consolation, you can pretend to code."
This would get too long but yes, my life experiences in this arena are also exactly why I have very complex feelings about LLMs.
February 11, 2026 at 6:16 PM
All of the above being similar for me might explain why I don't just regard this tech as ominous and a bad idea, but I'm also taking it PERSONALLY.
What I hear from llm boosters is "now that we have humanities robots it's finally over for you bitches but as a consolation, you can pretend to code."
What I hear from llm boosters is "now that we have humanities robots it's finally over for you bitches but as a consolation, you can pretend to code."
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I did a partial payment today but I still need to take care of the rest of my back rent to keep my housing. It needs to be taken care of ASAP. You can also buy books in my digital shop to help!
January rent is past due and I also need some help to keep the lights on and pay me health insurance. Any amount helps and so do shares 💖
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February 11, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I did a partial payment today but I still need to take care of the rest of my back rent to keep my housing. It needs to be taken care of ASAP. You can also buy books in my digital shop to help!