Ruby Quail
@quail.bsky.social
pretty artist designer, and technologist with red hair, I make gay art and write code for @acmilabs.bsky.social,🏳️⚧️ girl, (she/her) https://rubyquail.design (also @rubyquaildesign elsewhere)
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Ruby Quail
@quail.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Hello all I'm Ruby, I'm a designer, technologist, and artist. I currently design, write code, and prototype for ACMI, and I have mostly generative digital art practice. I enjoy weird gender™️ and sci-fi stories as well as puzzle games. Felathea Aeortis In Sofia (FFXIV)
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Too many people underestimate how evil Google is and how impactful its evil is. Yeah, the company that struck down its "don't be evil" maxim a while ago, because I guess it felt too constraining.
At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Google is stifling anti-ICE speech in the workplace as 1,200 employees call on the company to cut ties
The search giant has made it harder and riskier to protest its policies. Workers are still fighting back. Plus: A community takes down a data center, QuitGPT, and the 5 worst Super Bowl AI ads.
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February 12, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Too many people underestimate how evil Google is and how impactful its evil is. Yeah, the company that struck down its "don't be evil" maxim a while ago, because I guess it felt too constraining.
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NUDE ELON MUSK: The invisible clothes I'm wearing are a product of xAthleisure, which will roll out self-dressing outfits within two years at the latest
THE CREDULOUS PRESS: Fully Clothed Tesla Innovator Does It Again
THE CREDULOUS PRESS: Fully Clothed Tesla Innovator Does It Again
February 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
NUDE ELON MUSK: The invisible clothes I'm wearing are a product of xAthleisure, which will roll out self-dressing outfits within two years at the latest
THE CREDULOUS PRESS: Fully Clothed Tesla Innovator Does It Again
THE CREDULOUS PRESS: Fully Clothed Tesla Innovator Does It Again
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This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
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Final Fantasy 14’s Wuk Lamat won the patreon poll so here she is~
I haven’t gotten to Dawntrail myself yet but all the art I’ve seen of this lady has been amazing. Love me a big buff kitty! I bet she gives great hugs…
#ffxiv
I haven’t gotten to Dawntrail myself yet but all the art I’ve seen of this lady has been amazing. Love me a big buff kitty! I bet she gives great hugs…
#ffxiv
February 10, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Final Fantasy 14’s Wuk Lamat won the patreon poll so here she is~
I haven’t gotten to Dawntrail myself yet but all the art I’ve seen of this lady has been amazing. Love me a big buff kitty! I bet she gives great hugs…
#ffxiv
I haven’t gotten to Dawntrail myself yet but all the art I’ve seen of this lady has been amazing. Love me a big buff kitty! I bet she gives great hugs…
#ffxiv
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you say 'new on my substack' and I say www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
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February 8, 2026 at 2:07 AM
you say 'new on my substack' and I say www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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Australian Census on University Staff Wellbeing results are out. Every uni recorded scores indicating high/very high psych risk.
And in news surprising no one, "only senior execs and deans rated their workplaces as medium or low risk while all other staff groups reported high-risk conditions."
And in news surprising no one, "only senior execs and deans rated their workplaces as medium or low risk while all other staff groups reported high-risk conditions."
February 12, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Australian Census on University Staff Wellbeing results are out. Every uni recorded scores indicating high/very high psych risk.
And in news surprising no one, "only senior execs and deans rated their workplaces as medium or low risk while all other staff groups reported high-risk conditions."
And in news surprising no one, "only senior execs and deans rated their workplaces as medium or low risk while all other staff groups reported high-risk conditions."
I’m just so transfixed by the fact people can just have a lifestyle where they can just like… become pregnant, like the idea that that can just be normal fills me with so many feelings, I get that of course for plenty of people it’s a curse, especially in the world we live in now, but, just, wow.
February 12, 2026 at 9:55 AM
I’m just so transfixed by the fact people can just have a lifestyle where they can just like… become pregnant, like the idea that that can just be normal fills me with so many feelings, I get that of course for plenty of people it’s a curse, especially in the world we live in now, but, just, wow.
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
Stealing artifacts back from Western hegemonic institutions mention in #FACT2026 Relooted welcome to the conversation
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February 11, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Stealing artifacts back from Western hegemonic institutions mention in #FACT2026 Relooted welcome to the conversation
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Do you believe in life after The Intersection of Art and Technology?
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough, no
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough, no
February 11, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Do you believe in life after The Intersection of Art and Technology?
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough, no
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough, no
Ruby has me thinking about Nicky Case's wonderful essay How to Become A Centaur #FACT2026 jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/issue3-c...
How To Become A Centaur
Essay Competition Winner | The old story of AI is about human brains working against silicon brains. The new story of IA will be about human brains working with silicon brains. As it turns out most ...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Ruby has me thinking about Nicky Case's wonderful essay How to Become A Centaur #FACT2026 jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/issue3-c...
Borges mention!!!!
What’s next? Cheating death? Borges reminds us that the body is an unmappable site. I plead with you! Live a little. Light the cinematic cigarette. Take a visual dérive. Imagine a wearable that reminds you later of the moment where you stopped somewhere in awe. Care, not control. Presence. #FACT2026
February 11, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Borges mention!!!!
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Basically every GPU maker has close ties to the far right so that means graphics are fascist.
February 11, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Basically every GPU maker has close ties to the far right so that means graphics are fascist.
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Anything you can do in Obsidian you can do from the command line.
Obsidian CLI is now available in 1.12 (early access).
Obsidian CLI is now available in 1.12 (early access).
February 10, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Anything you can do in Obsidian you can do from the command line.
Obsidian CLI is now available in 1.12 (early access).
Obsidian CLI is now available in 1.12 (early access).
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Also… some things aren’t great. The US has moved from We’d Never Have Concentration Camps to We’ve Got The Finest Concentration Camps in the World. Having a front-row seat hasn’t been great. We keep going through the darkness with our founder’s techno-optimism. Let’s preserve things. #FACT2026
February 10, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Also… some things aren’t great. The US has moved from We’d Never Have Concentration Camps to We’ve Got The Finest Concentration Camps in the World. Having a front-row seat hasn’t been great. We keep going through the darkness with our founder’s techno-optimism. Let’s preserve things. #FACT2026
It's good to see Facism and the rise of authoritarianism and TESCREAL being talked about at #FACT2026, you can't talk about technology and culture without talking about how it's actively making the world and digital culture worse in very visible ways.
February 10, 2026 at 11:14 PM
It's good to see Facism and the rise of authoritarianism and TESCREAL being talked about at #FACT2026, you can't talk about technology and culture without talking about how it's actively making the world and digital culture worse in very visible ways.
Here at #FACT26 and the intersection of Art and Technology (and culture I guess, or capitalism, as soon as AI is mentioned, which will be often I imagine)
Come say hi if you're around, I'm quite nice
Come say hi if you're around, I'm quite nice
February 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Here at #FACT26 and the intersection of Art and Technology (and culture I guess, or capitalism, as soon as AI is mentioned, which will be often I imagine)
Come say hi if you're around, I'm quite nice
Come say hi if you're around, I'm quite nice
It’s stupid that I have to deal with all the normal girl insecurities and envy about wanting to be a cool girl and pretty, on top of dysphoria, and a continuing bullshit debate on whether my existence makes me a sex pest let alone if I deserve to exist at all. Who would want to be a gross tr*nny
February 10, 2026 at 12:03 PM
It’s stupid that I have to deal with all the normal girl insecurities and envy about wanting to be a cool girl and pretty, on top of dysphoria, and a continuing bullshit debate on whether my existence makes me a sex pest let alone if I deserve to exist at all. Who would want to be a gross tr*nny
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‘Man calls neo-nazi a racist’ is quite possibly the loosest excuse to platform a nazi and pass it off as news that I have ever seen.
February 10, 2026 at 6:35 AM
‘Man calls neo-nazi a racist’ is quite possibly the loosest excuse to platform a nazi and pass it off as news that I have ever seen.
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I learned about this cool exhibit at ACMI in Melbourne today, and immediately had to write about it.
It simulates working at a help line for a videogame company in 1993, complete with fictitious games, and a physical 300-page binder of various documents.
unsung.aresluna.org/this-sounds-...
It simulates working at a help line for a videogame company in 1993, complete with fictitious games, and a physical 300-page binder of various documents.
unsung.aresluna.org/this-sounds-...
“This sounds completely impractical and we love it.” – Unsung
A blog about software craft and quality
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February 10, 2026 at 3:35 AM
I learned about this cool exhibit at ACMI in Melbourne today, and immediately had to write about it.
It simulates working at a help line for a videogame company in 1993, complete with fictitious games, and a physical 300-page binder of various documents.
unsung.aresluna.org/this-sounds-...
It simulates working at a help line for a videogame company in 1993, complete with fictitious games, and a physical 300-page binder of various documents.
unsung.aresluna.org/this-sounds-...
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"The first few months, I couldn’t sleep,” she says. “I would close my eyes and still see the screen loading.” Images followed her into her dreams: of fatal accidents, of losing family members, of sexual violence she could not stop or escape.
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‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:51 AM
"The first few months, I couldn’t sleep,” she says. “I would close my eyes and still see the screen loading.” Images followed her into her dreams: of fatal accidents, of losing family members, of sexual violence she could not stop or escape.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...