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BOOpurina 🎃✨🪡

@purpurinastitch.bsky.social

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She/they. I do cross stitch & hand embroidery. I also write stories and essays. I like cephalopods, movies, and when people are kind. Producer/writer on @observableradio.com. RRR is my favorite movie. Be warned: I block folks who post AI/have AI avatars

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BOOpurina 🎃✨🪡 @purpurinastitch.bsky.social · Nov 8

A quick “hello to new followers” intro post:

I’m purpurina, I do stitchy things and I write sometimes. This past year a lot of my creative energy has gone into horror/sci-fi audiodrama @observableradio.com (check us out!!)

Here are some of my horror stitches:

Picture of an embroidery depicting the “I am in hell, help me” words written in blood on a wall from Hellraiser II. The dripping blood is represented by strands of floss hanging off of the hoop weighed down with small glass red beads. The stitcher’s handle (@purpurinastitch) is visible on a needleminder on the hoop.

Picture of an embroidered cloud similar to the one depicted on the NOPE movie posters. A tail of flags made out of felt is hanging out of the cloud and off of the embroidery hoop. The stitcher’s handle (@purpurinastitch) is visible on a needleminder on the hoop.

Picture of a cross stitched canvas tote bag depicting Brad Pitt’s character from the end of the movie Seven. The text “What’s In The Bag??” is stitched in large block letters above the character’s head. The stitcher’s handle (@purpurinastitch) is visible on a needleminder on the fabric.

Picture of a completed cross stitch featuring Candyman over the quote/pun “bee my victim,” referencing a line in the first Candyman movie. There is a wreath of bumblebees. Candyman’s coat has turkey work stitching on the trim to emulate fur. The stitcher’s handle (@purpurinastitch) is visible on a needleminder on the fabric

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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 22h

The Visual Effects Society will posthumously induct pioneering special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya to its Hall of Fame in November.

Visual Effects Society Names Godzilla, Ultraman's Eiji Tsuburaya to Hall of Fame

Pioneering special effects director worked on Godzilla, Rodan, Ultraman

www.animenewsnetwork.com

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BOOpurina 🎃✨🪡 @purpurinastitch.bsky.social · 3h

I like that while my mom was talking to me about baseball, I turned on the DS9 channel and what should be playing but the baseball episode

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BOOpurina 🎃✨🪡 @purpurinastitch.bsky.social · 7h

I try to think about the people who don’t have it but definitely should 🌝

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 9h

CAN YOU GUESS THIS ONE?? 👀

(Thanks to @schmidtocean.bsky.social for letting me share their video!)

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🔪Akilla Booper👻 @akelacooper.bsky.social · 9h

We've had Hereditary, Get Out, Sinners and Weapons so it frustrates me that horror films are still seen as "less than" & must be seen as "more than just". Having seen Frankenstein (which I really enjoyed) it's a fucking horror film and there's nothing wrong with that

www.pajiba.com/news/dont-ca...

Don’t Call Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ a Horror Movie

Everyone involved sees it as much more than that.

www.pajiba.com

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David Anaxagoras (he/him) @davidanaxagoras.com · 9h

I am so tired of people equating "edge" with "good" writing, and people implying I can't be a serious writer because of the things I love. Bradbury himself inoculated himself early against such foolishness. Love what you love. Write what you love. Tell everyone else to fuck the fuck off.

“Friends made fun. I tore up the Buck Rogers strips. For a month I walked through my fourth-grade classes, stunned and empty. One day I burst into tears, wondering what devastation had happened to me. The answer was: Buck Rogers. He was gone, and life simply wasn’t worth living. The next thought was: Those are not my friends, the ones who got me to tear the strips apart and so tear my own life down the middle; they are my enemies.
I went back to collecting Buck Rogers. My life has been happy ever since. For that was the beginning of my writing science fiction. Since then, I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”

Ray Bradbury. “Zen in the Art of Writing.”

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Harmony Colangelo @harmonycolangelo.bsky.social · 10h

Not featured is the part where I, correctly, asserted that Ryan Murphy has made a career out of simplifying and selling out his community because he really only cares about selling a product.

BJ Colangelo @bjcolangelo.bsky.social · 11h

Shout out to my wife @harmonycolangelo.bsky.social who is as intelligent as she is hot and refuses to take her foot off the necks of people who profit off of transphobic Gein propaganda.

www.them.us/story/ryan-m...

Ryan Murphy’s ‘Monster’ Tried To Avoid the Transgender Killer Trope. It Didn’t

Ed Gein wasn't transgender, but that hasn't stopped Hollywood from indulging in the transphobic narrative that inspired Psycho and Silence of The Lambs.

www.them.us

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BOOpurina 🎃✨🪡 @purpurinastitch.bsky.social · 10h

FWIW I frequently “butt” dial when I’m walking around with my phone in my hand, unwittingly pressing all the buttons lol

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BJ Colangelo @bjcolangelo.bsky.social · 11h

Ryan Murphy’s ‘Monster’ Tried To Avoid the Transgender Killer Trope. It Didn’t

Ed Gein wasn't transgender, but that hasn't stopped Hollywood from indulging in the transphobic narrative that inspired Psycho and Silence of The Lambs.

www.them.us

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Little Tunny 🐌🤝🧂 @littletunny.bsky.social · 13h

The only kind of climate change I can approve of 😌

Two big red cats circle a terrified hog encased in ice. The cat's tails are flames and melt the ice partially, exposing some pig butt and giving it a singe. "Uh-oh Step-Pig, I'm Stuck...!" ok I made the joke for you so you don't have to. Hot ham smoke emits from the pig and spells "BECOME AN" and melted ice on the bottom spells "ICE-FREE ZONE"

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 12h

Wanna do something to make a small part of the shit salad we're being tossed in a little better?

Help me pack up native seeds into nice little envelopes that we'll distribute in Philly this winter/spring!

November 19th, at @indyhall.org!
RSVP here: luma.com/hvqyrx9v

Poster by @theavocadojam.com!

a skull has a butterfly on their forehead and is holding a little chunk of dirt with a seedling popping out of it, with the philly skyline in the distance. The top right has the title Native Plant prep Party! with the tagline "Help pack native seed packets for free distribution!" hosted by Skype a Scientist, Nov 19th 6:30pm Indy Hall Clubhouse

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BOOpurina 🎃✨🪡 @purpurinastitch.bsky.social · 11h

The coolest thing about this discord is how Sarah also welcomes lurkers who are bad at discord like me 😂

Sarahnormal Activity: The Marked Ones @sarahstubbssays.bsky.social · 1d

The #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days Challenge may be in its last third but don’t forget that the Discord server is open all year! #HorrorMoviesForTheHolidays and #MurderMysteryMAYhem will also be returning! Come hang!

#HorrorSky #FilmSky

discord.gg/AxwhAGn5MS

a woman says " would you like to join us " with her eyes closed

ALT: a woman says " would you like to join us " with her eyes closed

media.tenor.com

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah everything SUCKS but humans are still silly wonderful beautiful creatures who collaborate with slugs to make videos like this. So. All is not lost.

Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

oh hell yeah youtu.be/nGZOFyLrCwk?...

Slug Eating Spaghetti Time Lapse (With Stopwatch Timer)

YouTube video by Nature's Fantastic

youtu.be

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BOOpurina 🎃✨🪡 @purpurinastitch.bsky.social · 15h

I know “fruit of the poisonous tree” is a legal term but I’m gonna start using it when people start doing “they only used a LITTLE AI” apologia

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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🌿Gin 🌿 @ginwilliamsart.bsky.social · 2d

Artists do NOT accept payment. Always send an invoice.

DO
NOT
ACCEPT
PAYMENTS

Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 7d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 1d

ye see this shits not inevitable never give up in advance

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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BOOpurina 🎃✨🪡 @purpurinastitch.bsky.social · 1d

I learned about it from Volcano when I was like 10 😞

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 1d

Chatbots and AI slop are going to ruin countless brains. Yours doesn't have to be one of them. Study history. Read poetry. Get acquainted with Bach, Shakespeare, George Eliot. In a time when people are rapidly getting dumber, we need communities devoted to the life of the mind.

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 1d

Shout this from the fucking rooftops, people!! #fuckAI

A meme that says 'petition to add this button to literally every app right now: Exclude AI
meme by @FLScience

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BOOpurina 🎃✨🪡 @purpurinastitch.bsky.social · 1d

Oh hell yeah

Damn now I wish a had a sewing machine that could do complex embroidery computer designs…

Next best thing is coming up with a design and hand stitching it onto printable stabilizer tho!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 1d

I love shitting on social media as much as the next guy, but Skype a Scientist was built directly from social media connections.

We've matched over 60,000 classrooms with scientists from it...

That's pretty great.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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BOOpurina 🎃✨🪡 @purpurinastitch.bsky.social · 1d

I’m in the HIM club too!! I had a great time

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BOOpurina 🎃✨🪡 @purpurinastitch.bsky.social · 1d

“Good” stress is still stress! Sending good vibes, hope you get a chance to find moments to rest!

BOOpurina 🎃✨🪡 @purpurinastitch.bsky.social · 1d

I literally am telling everyone I know IRL about this shit, especially when folks tell me they use ChatGPT.

Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 2d

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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