Annie who lives here
@stellarine.bsky.social
writer in chicago / co-host of @eati.games / fiction in thecoloredlens.bsky.social / more at https://linktr.ee/stellarine / views expressed here are my own and not that of my employers
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I actually really love finding out so getting to fuck around beforehand is just a bonus
UNDER THE SILVER LAKE, me and like ten other people at a matinee at the Arclight Hollywood, may she rest in peace. And I haven't stopped thinking about it since
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
February 12, 2026 at 12:19 AM
UNDER THE SILVER LAKE, me and like ten other people at a matinee at the Arclight Hollywood, may she rest in peace. And I haven't stopped thinking about it since
As a constituent I will always vote for the candidate with the strongest eyebrows. That's all that really matters. The NYT should interview me about this
February 10, 2026 at 2:00 AM
As a constituent I will always vote for the candidate with the strongest eyebrows. That's all that really matters. The NYT should interview me about this
Friend of mine at this party just introduced me to another friend saying "you two are the only people I know who were ever really into Homestuck" and then we regarded each other warily
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Friend of mine at this party just introduced me to another friend saying "you two are the only people I know who were ever really into Homestuck" and then we regarded each other warily
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The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
The Super Bowl is good because its food tradition is entirely snack-based
February 9, 2026 at 12:04 AM
The Super Bowl is good because its food tradition is entirely snack-based
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I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
February 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
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for the terminally online this is *far* from a revalation and also, i *really* hope that it will push more people to jump to another platform. there are places that will help you migrate your newsletter and don't profit off hate speech.
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
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
for the terminally online this is *far* from a revalation and also, i *really* hope that it will push more people to jump to another platform. there are places that will help you migrate your newsletter and don't profit off hate speech.
SWITCH 2 ACQUIRED. She feels kind of impersonal without pretty Joycons or a dock cover (I've ordered one) but I'm so pleased to have so many generations of the family together. Wii U gamepad and original Switch for scale
February 7, 2026 at 3:06 AM
SWITCH 2 ACQUIRED. She feels kind of impersonal without pretty Joycons or a dock cover (I've ordered one) but I'm so pleased to have so many generations of the family together. Wii U gamepad and original Switch for scale
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Turns out my story "The Buried House" from last year's winter issue of @thecoloredlens.bsky.social is now available online! Read here for free:
The Buried House – The Colored Lens
thecoloredlens.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Turns out my story "The Buried House" from last year's winter issue of @thecoloredlens.bsky.social is now available online! Read here for free:
Starting very soon!!
it's the moment you've been waiting for (or more likely were unaware we were even considering): @stellarine.bsky.social and I start our co-op playthrough of Elden Ring TONIGHT at 8/7c www.twitch.tv/parallelplayers/
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
February 5, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Starting very soon!!
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it's the moment you've been waiting for (or more likely were unaware we were even considering): @stellarine.bsky.social and I start our co-op playthrough of Elden Ring TONIGHT at 8/7c www.twitch.tv/parallelplayers/
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
February 4, 2026 at 11:58 PM
it's the moment you've been waiting for (or more likely were unaware we were even considering): @stellarine.bsky.social and I start our co-op playthrough of Elden Ring TONIGHT at 8/7c www.twitch.tv/parallelplayers/
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My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
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The first time I read this piece, I immediately went back to reread it, highlighted like every other sentence, and then sent Annie 600 text messages about how good it is
Turns out my story "The Buried House" from last year's winter issue of @thecoloredlens.bsky.social is now available online! Read here for free:
The Buried House – The Colored Lens
thecoloredlens.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
The first time I read this piece, I immediately went back to reread it, highlighted like every other sentence, and then sent Annie 600 text messages about how good it is
Turns out my story "The Buried House" from last year's winter issue of @thecoloredlens.bsky.social is now available online! Read here for free:
The Buried House – The Colored Lens
thecoloredlens.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Turns out my story "The Buried House" from last year's winter issue of @thecoloredlens.bsky.social is now available online! Read here for free:
Benedict is such an unforgivable motherfucker, it took a "not like other girls" he was horny for to make him realize it sucks to be a girl when he was raised by a single mother and had like ten sisters who've been trying to tell him this for 30 yrs
January 31, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Benedict is such an unforgivable motherfucker, it took a "not like other girls" he was horny for to make him realize it sucks to be a girl when he was raised by a single mother and had like ten sisters who've been trying to tell him this for 30 yrs
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How did David Brooks get *every remaining job today*?
Regardless please enjoy this glorious story that first exploded that he's a TERRIBLE JOURNALIST.
www.phillymag.com/news/2004/04...
Regardless please enjoy this glorious story that first exploded that he's a TERRIBLE JOURNALIST.
www.phillymag.com/news/2004/04...
David Brooks: Boo-Boos in Paradise
The classic 2004 examination of David Brooks’s “Bobos in Paradise” by Philadelphia magazine’s Sasha Issenberg.
www.phillymag.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:05 PM
How did David Brooks get *every remaining job today*?
Regardless please enjoy this glorious story that first exploded that he's a TERRIBLE JOURNALIST.
www.phillymag.com/news/2004/04...
Regardless please enjoy this glorious story that first exploded that he's a TERRIBLE JOURNALIST.
www.phillymag.com/news/2004/04...
Huge news for @ifbookspod.bsky.social enjoyers. Can't wait for their take on the final boss of take-havers
New: David Brooks is leaving the NYT for the Atlantic, where he will be a staff writer and host a video podcast
January 29, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Huge news for @ifbookspod.bsky.social enjoyers. Can't wait for their take on the final boss of take-havers
Starting imminently! We've picked a game and earlier today I messaged Robin that it reminds me of this Nancy comic
January 29, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Starting imminently! We've picked a game and earlier today I messaged Robin that it reminds me of this Nancy comic
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tonight's stream with @stellarine.bsky.social starts at 8:30 ET! don't know what we're playing yet but I bet it'll be fun www.twitch.tv/parallelplay...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
January 29, 2026 at 12:48 AM
tonight's stream with @stellarine.bsky.social starts at 8:30 ET! don't know what we're playing yet but I bet it'll be fun www.twitch.tv/parallelplay...
Asking my psychiatrist if there's an SSRI strong enough to stop me from wanting to burst into tears every time I hear this song
The Place I'll Return To Someday (Final Fantasy IX Piano Collections)
YouTube video by Jeremy Ng
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Asking my psychiatrist if there's an SSRI strong enough to stop me from wanting to burst into tears every time I hear this song
Hucklerobby fanartists go so hard I wish your ship made ANY sense. Still enjoying the art though
January 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Hucklerobby fanartists go so hard I wish your ship made ANY sense. Still enjoying the art though
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This hit so fucking hard today.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This hit so fucking hard today.
I'm reading an experimental fiction book that I'm not liking very much but I AM learning a lot of new words which is a plus. Ask me what "daedal" and "matutinal" mean. I can tell you now
January 26, 2026 at 7:44 PM
I'm reading an experimental fiction book that I'm not liking very much but I AM learning a lot of new words which is a plus. Ask me what "daedal" and "matutinal" mean. I can tell you now
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"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
Coming out of my cage and I've been doing JUST fine, put me back in the cage, I liked being in the cage
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Coming out of my cage and I've been doing JUST fine, put me back in the cage, I liked being in the cage