Scratch
@scratchedagain.bsky.social
Nerd. Mostly here for authors and cats. And politics.
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every leftist i know is very excited about technology but unfortunately they want tech that improves society and makes people's lives easier and that's harder for wealthy prdophiles to build a trillion dollar industry bubble around
February 18, 2026 at 4:14 PM
every leftist i know is very excited about technology but unfortunately they want tech that improves society and makes people's lives easier and that's harder for wealthy prdophiles to build a trillion dollar industry bubble around
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The new stickers are in. Last year, scientists discovered a whiplash squid hiding amidst polymetallic nodules on the abyssal plain.
Now you can get your own stealthy nodule squid by subscribing to my Patreon at the big sticker tier.
patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler
Now you can get your own stealthy nodule squid by subscribing to my Patreon at the big sticker tier.
patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler
February 17, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The new stickers are in. Last year, scientists discovered a whiplash squid hiding amidst polymetallic nodules on the abyssal plain.
Now you can get your own stealthy nodule squid by subscribing to my Patreon at the big sticker tier.
patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler
Now you can get your own stealthy nodule squid by subscribing to my Patreon at the big sticker tier.
patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler
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Humans, they can be fantastic when they can create things.
Just saw that Xing Zhilei, the Chinese DIY influencer, posted an update on his self-built cat town which went viral last year.
youtu.be/i1savUPr-yU
youtu.be/i1savUPr-yU
February 16, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Humans, they can be fantastic when they can create things.
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We report upon finding the sun in the rain: it makes no rainbow behind our back, but we forgive it easily for that. Later, when it is gone, we miss it, and even later, when it comes back, we are grateful. All throughout, it keeps on raining all the kinds of rain we know.
February 14, 2026 at 11:05 PM
We report upon finding the sun in the rain: it makes no rainbow behind our back, but we forgive it easily for that. Later, when it is gone, we miss it, and even later, when it comes back, we are grateful. All throughout, it keeps on raining all the kinds of rain we know.
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It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️
Troop 6000
www.girlscoutsnyc.org
February 14, 2026 at 10:45 PM
It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️
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Fiber art bark from around the world.
Original bark quilt, which I later fractured and made into second quilt. The second quilt - about forest habitat destruction.
Part of my Wayfinding Project (wild-seeds.com/wayfinding/)
#blueskyartshow #wood #artquilt #quiltsky #bark #collagequilt #fiberart
Original bark quilt, which I later fractured and made into second quilt. The second quilt - about forest habitat destruction.
Part of my Wayfinding Project (wild-seeds.com/wayfinding/)
#blueskyartshow #wood #artquilt #quiltsky #bark #collagequilt #fiberart
February 14, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Fiber art bark from around the world.
Original bark quilt, which I later fractured and made into second quilt. The second quilt - about forest habitat destruction.
Part of my Wayfinding Project (wild-seeds.com/wayfinding/)
#blueskyartshow #wood #artquilt #quiltsky #bark #collagequilt #fiberart
Original bark quilt, which I later fractured and made into second quilt. The second quilt - about forest habitat destruction.
Part of my Wayfinding Project (wild-seeds.com/wayfinding/)
#blueskyartshow #wood #artquilt #quiltsky #bark #collagequilt #fiberart
What an absolute legend, hell yeah kid!
February 13, 2026 at 10:51 PM
What an absolute legend, hell yeah kid!
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Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking around a microscopic volvox algae colony. 🫧🐻🧪
February 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking around a microscopic volvox algae colony. 🫧🐻🧪
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Finding an illustrator for a children's book is murder. Anime. Purely digital glurge. Anime. Game art. They have their place, a huge place to be sure, but who is posting a watercolor - an actual watercolor, these days? I've got 12 epic images of bovine piracy that I need rendered.
February 13, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Finding an illustrator for a children's book is murder. Anime. Purely digital glurge. Anime. Game art. They have their place, a huge place to be sure, but who is posting a watercolor - an actual watercolor, these days? I've got 12 epic images of bovine piracy that I need rendered.
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I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
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If you rub Pedro on the bottom it will bring you good luck, which is quite handy for a day such as this.
#monster #pedro #fridaythe13th #cute #watercolour
#monster #pedro #fridaythe13th #cute #watercolour
February 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
If you rub Pedro on the bottom it will bring you good luck, which is quite handy for a day such as this.
#monster #pedro #fridaythe13th #cute #watercolour
#monster #pedro #fridaythe13th #cute #watercolour
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One of my favorite book series has a courtesan as the main character who basically works for something like this as a reform to their system. So naturally this is a thing I highly support and the rest of us should as well.
Sex workers at Nevada brothel fight for the first unionization
Sex workers at a brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are fighting to unionize. If successful, they'd be the only unionized brothel in the United States.
apnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM
One of my favorite book series has a courtesan as the main character who basically works for something like this as a reform to their system. So naturally this is a thing I highly support and the rest of us should as well.
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My architecture column today. "To show off these structures that are being developed in Chicago, I think it’s a really beautiful art," Chicago Architecture Center Chief Marketing Officer Lauren Bakos said. "And it’s sad that it’s kind of a dying one."
Model shop that provided the first draft of many great Chicago buildings closes
Columbian Model & Exhibit Works made architectural models for the Lakeshore East high-rise development, the Jeanne Gang-designed St. Regis at 363 E. Wacker Drive and the Obama Presidential Center in J...
chicago.suntimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:11 PM
My architecture column today. "To show off these structures that are being developed in Chicago, I think it’s a really beautiful art," Chicago Architecture Center Chief Marketing Officer Lauren Bakos said. "And it’s sad that it’s kind of a dying one."
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Hey definitely call your senators about this. Like seriously.
BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote.
The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
February 12, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Hey definitely call your senators about this. Like seriously.
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A secret gift commission that recently made it to the recipient!
February 12, 2026 at 6:08 PM
A secret gift commission that recently made it to the recipient!
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So what if chthonic Tetris?
February 12, 2026 at 12:50 PM
So what if chthonic Tetris?
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There's less than 24 hours left to back this project! I'll have a few left after, but I'm hoping to order way less than usual so I don't have a ton of pins leftover kicking around. 🥲 I always order too many. BUT, back it now so you get the sticker set too!
#BSNM #Pins #RobotArt #Robot
#BSNM #Pins #RobotArt #Robot
Tiny Robots Pin Set
Itty bitty tiny robot heads you can put anywhere. Use them to fill space on your pin board, accent your outfit, and more!
www.backerkit.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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We report: it is late at night, and the wind is just now waking up. We jumped awake to the crash of a dustbin falling to its side, and when we went to see what happened, the street was eerily quiet, as though the gale was feeling guilty about it. It picked right up a bit later.
February 11, 2026 at 11:37 PM
We report: it is late at night, and the wind is just now waking up. We jumped awake to the crash of a dustbin falling to its side, and when we went to see what happened, the street was eerily quiet, as though the gale was feeling guilty about it. It picked right up a bit later.
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More than 21 millions Americans do not have documentation proving their citizenships, and would be disenfranchised by the SAVE Act the GOP just passed through the House. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Millions of Americans Don’t Have Documents Proving Their Citizenship Readily Available
Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process.
www.brennancenter.org
February 11, 2026 at 11:52 PM
More than 21 millions Americans do not have documentation proving their citizenships, and would be disenfranchised by the SAVE Act the GOP just passed through the House. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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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
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'Öffentliche Kunst' #FotoVorschlag
"Melancholie"
Albert György 2014
Genfer See
Inspiriert vom Tod seiner Frau.
"Melancholie"
Albert György 2014
Genfer See
Inspiriert vom Tod seiner Frau.
February 9, 2026 at 7:49 AM
'Öffentliche Kunst' #FotoVorschlag
"Melancholie"
Albert György 2014
Genfer See
Inspiriert vom Tod seiner Frau.
"Melancholie"
Albert György 2014
Genfer See
Inspiriert vom Tod seiner Frau.
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"If you tax billionaires, they'll just leave!"
Well, if they don't pay taxes, there's no net loss, so happy trails, motherfuckers.
Well, if they don't pay taxes, there's no net loss, so happy trails, motherfuckers.
February 10, 2026 at 11:09 PM
"If you tax billionaires, they'll just leave!"
Well, if they don't pay taxes, there's no net loss, so happy trails, motherfuckers.
Well, if they don't pay taxes, there's no net loss, so happy trails, motherfuckers.
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It took me months, about 495 rides, recovering from a shattered right foot and hacking a folding scooter, but I finally own a Nintendo Switch 2 using points obtained from Citi Bike. Afterwards, it left me questioning the very nature of work. For @aftermath.site.
aftermath.site/switch-2-cit...
aftermath.site/switch-2-cit...
February 11, 2026 at 6:46 PM
It took me months, about 495 rides, recovering from a shattered right foot and hacking a folding scooter, but I finally own a Nintendo Switch 2 using points obtained from Citi Bike. Afterwards, it left me questioning the very nature of work. For @aftermath.site.
aftermath.site/switch-2-cit...
aftermath.site/switch-2-cit...