HarlequinR.bsky.social
@harlequinr.bsky.social
He/Him, Pan, 39.
Edinburgh, now Whitburn.
Enya, NSP, ERA, Queen, Runrig, others.
WHFB, graphic novels, podcasts, eclectic books.
My new venture! Custom badges, patches, wristbands, and more.
@drsourcing.bsky.social
https://drsourcing.etsy.com
Edinburgh, now Whitburn.
Enya, NSP, ERA, Queen, Runrig, others.
WHFB, graphic novels, podcasts, eclectic books.
My new venture! Custom badges, patches, wristbands, and more.
@drsourcing.bsky.social
https://drsourcing.etsy.com
Pinned
Small maker from Scotland - open for orders.
@drsourcing.bsky.social
#LGBTQ+ #Scotland #customdesign #sourcing
@drsourcing.bsky.social
#LGBTQ+ #Scotland #customdesign #sourcing
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
So we just accept this then? This is a legitimate use of technology going forward? This vile individual's account is just prompt after prompt asking Al to alter real-life images of women. The law needs to catch up with technology now - because we can't trust these tech companies to police themselves
January 1, 2026 at 10:50 AM
So we just accept this then? This is a legitimate use of technology going forward? This vile individual's account is just prompt after prompt asking Al to alter real-life images of women. The law needs to catch up with technology now - because we can't trust these tech companies to police themselves
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
This vile shit is basically all the tech bros ever wanted it for, and fuck every single dickhead who's enabling it's use.
So we just accept this then? This is a legitimate use of technology going forward? This vile individual's account is just prompt after prompt asking Al to alter real-life images of women. The law needs to catch up with technology now - because we can't trust these tech companies to police themselves
January 1, 2026 at 12:50 PM
This vile shit is basically all the tech bros ever wanted it for, and fuck every single dickhead who's enabling it's use.
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
Today we’re launching Jayce’s Fighting Ships of Wolf 359
A project that began as an idea and became something much bigger: a community-run act of creativity.
The book is now public. It’s yours.
tranquility.press/jayces-fight...
A project that began as an idea and became something much bigger: a community-run act of creativity.
The book is now public. It’s yours.
tranquility.press/jayces-fight...
January 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Today we’re launching Jayce’s Fighting Ships of Wolf 359
A project that began as an idea and became something much bigger: a community-run act of creativity.
The book is now public. It’s yours.
tranquility.press/jayces-fight...
A project that began as an idea and became something much bigger: a community-run act of creativity.
The book is now public. It’s yours.
tranquility.press/jayces-fight...
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
New: Cop City RICO Cases Dismissed Years After 61 Activists Charged as Criminal Conspiracy
Racketeering charges against dozens indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday marking a legal victory for the movement
unicornriot.ninja/2025/cop-cit...
Racketeering charges against dozens indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday marking a legal victory for the movement
unicornriot.ninja/2025/cop-cit...
Cop City RICO Cases Dismissed Years After 61 Activists Charged as Criminal Conspiracy - UNICORN RIOT
Atlanta – Racketeering charges against 61 people indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday, marking a significant victory for those facing prosecution in the y...
unicornriot.ninja
December 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
New: Cop City RICO Cases Dismissed Years After 61 Activists Charged as Criminal Conspiracy
Racketeering charges against dozens indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday marking a legal victory for the movement
unicornriot.ninja/2025/cop-cit...
Racketeering charges against dozens indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday marking a legal victory for the movement
unicornriot.ninja/2025/cop-cit...
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
“Maybe not everything has to be digital or digitized,
maybe the internet shouldn’t be inserted into absolutely everything,
maybe we shouldn’t be constantly connected in the way we’re now expected to be,
and generative AI certainly does not need to be forced into every facet of society.”
❤️
maybe the internet shouldn’t be inserted into absolutely everything,
maybe we shouldn’t be constantly connected in the way we’re now expected to be,
and generative AI certainly does not need to be forced into every facet of society.”
❤️
If this year was about getting off US tech, 2026 is the year to reassess the digital revolution — what works, what doesn’t; what to keep, and what to reject.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
We need to reassess our relationship to digital tech
Getting off US tech led me to a wider questioning of digital convenience
disconnect.blog
January 1, 2026 at 6:25 AM
“Maybe not everything has to be digital or digitized,
maybe the internet shouldn’t be inserted into absolutely everything,
maybe we shouldn’t be constantly connected in the way we’re now expected to be,
and generative AI certainly does not need to be forced into every facet of society.”
❤️
maybe the internet shouldn’t be inserted into absolutely everything,
maybe we shouldn’t be constantly connected in the way we’re now expected to be,
and generative AI certainly does not need to be forced into every facet of society.”
❤️
There's those certain types of *enthusiast* for Warhammer fluff and classical mythology that would find themselves having to re-evaluate so much of their lives if they ever realised they're arguing about stories. I'm convinced they don't understand the nature of what they're arguing about. #nedlings
December 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
There's those certain types of *enthusiast* for Warhammer fluff and classical mythology that would find themselves having to re-evaluate so much of their lives if they ever realised they're arguing about stories. I'm convinced they don't understand the nature of what they're arguing about. #nedlings
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
Ah I see the centrist blokes are feeling grumpy that the uppity union women aren’t satisfied with *checks notes* personal tax allowance freezes disproportionately hitting the lowest paid and *checks again* some of the worst employment rights, TU rights, sick pay & unemployment benefit in Europe.
December 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Ah I see the centrist blokes are feeling grumpy that the uppity union women aren’t satisfied with *checks notes* personal tax allowance freezes disproportionately hitting the lowest paid and *checks again* some of the worst employment rights, TU rights, sick pay & unemployment benefit in Europe.
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
yanno I can't really fault people who complain about engagement/low reach because if you're not a social person, it is kind of difficult to build a following from the ground up if you're not the second coming of Michelangelo.
December 31, 2025 at 12:19 AM
yanno I can't really fault people who complain about engagement/low reach because if you're not a social person, it is kind of difficult to build a following from the ground up if you're not the second coming of Michelangelo.
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
NPR reported today that the overwhelming majority of the aid Israel is allowing into Gaza is *commercial.*
In other words, Israel is banning free food and shelter aid and only allowing in goods that Palestinians have to buy.
With money they don't have.
In other words, Israel is banning free food and shelter aid and only allowing in goods that Palestinians have to buy.
With money they don't have.
December 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
NPR reported today that the overwhelming majority of the aid Israel is allowing into Gaza is *commercial.*
In other words, Israel is banning free food and shelter aid and only allowing in goods that Palestinians have to buy.
With money they don't have.
In other words, Israel is banning free food and shelter aid and only allowing in goods that Palestinians have to buy.
With money they don't have.
Reading the Rivers of London series is something of an exercise in not being able to ignore the politics being espoused. Waited quite a while for someone to challenge the main character's views before realising it wasn't going to happen. #booksky
December 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Reading the Rivers of London series is something of an exercise in not being able to ignore the politics being espoused. Waited quite a while for someone to challenge the main character's views before realising it wasn't going to happen. #booksky
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
GIVE THEM FUCKING HOUSING
December 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
GIVE THEM FUCKING HOUSING
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
This is a category error IMO. They don’t see it as the paper’s job to investigate whether Pepsi actually is The Choice Of A New Generation, or if Coke really is It. Their job is to present you with the proposition, so the public can decide.
December 30, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This is a category error IMO. They don’t see it as the paper’s job to investigate whether Pepsi actually is The Choice Of A New Generation, or if Coke really is It. Their job is to present you with the proposition, so the public can decide.
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
A genocidal state is holding leverage over police to make illegal arrests of protesters, the government has been ignoring hunger strikers starving for over 55 days for freedom, medicine is being restricted for minorities, but *activists* are totalitarian???
Get a grip.
Get a grip.
December 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A genocidal state is holding leverage over police to make illegal arrests of protesters, the government has been ignoring hunger strikers starving for over 55 days for freedom, medicine is being restricted for minorities, but *activists* are totalitarian???
Get a grip.
Get a grip.
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
Lexi Alexander, a Palestinian activist, has been suspended from Bluesky, again
This is not the first case where Pro-Palestinian voices are suspended from the platform with no reason at all!
I have emailed @support.bsky.team 👇
Stop the censorship! ‼️
This is not the first case where Pro-Palestinian voices are suspended from the platform with no reason at all!
I have emailed @support.bsky.team 👇
Stop the censorship! ‼️
December 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Lexi Alexander, a Palestinian activist, has been suspended from Bluesky, again
This is not the first case where Pro-Palestinian voices are suspended from the platform with no reason at all!
I have emailed @support.bsky.team 👇
Stop the censorship! ‼️
This is not the first case where Pro-Palestinian voices are suspended from the platform with no reason at all!
I have emailed @support.bsky.team 👇
Stop the censorship! ‼️
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
We don't need regulation, we need a blanket ban on all uses of GenAI - personal, commercial, education, law enforcement, and national intelligence. Every AI computing center should be seized and destroyed.
This is the moderate position at this point. The damage must be stopped immediately.
This is the moderate position at this point. The damage must be stopped immediately.
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
We don't need regulation, we need a blanket ban on all uses of GenAI - personal, commercial, education, law enforcement, and national intelligence. Every AI computing center should be seized and destroyed.
This is the moderate position at this point. The damage must be stopped immediately.
This is the moderate position at this point. The damage must be stopped immediately.
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
December 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
1. There is no conspiracy. This is all publicly available information that has been up for months.
2. "Trans mob"? "Militant group"? "Gender Warriors"? We are FLATTERED
3. This you @dailymail.co.uk?
2. "Trans mob"? "Militant group"? "Gender Warriors"? We are FLATTERED
3. This you @dailymail.co.uk?
December 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
1. There is no conspiracy. This is all publicly available information that has been up for months.
2. "Trans mob"? "Militant group"? "Gender Warriors"? We are FLATTERED
3. This you @dailymail.co.uk?
2. "Trans mob"? "Militant group"? "Gender Warriors"? We are FLATTERED
3. This you @dailymail.co.uk?
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
On the milling of bluestick in the valley of Two-Sky River.
Part of the Birrin project.
#art #illustration #scifi
Part of the Birrin project.
#art #illustration #scifi
December 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
On the milling of bluestick in the valley of Two-Sky River.
Part of the Birrin project.
#art #illustration #scifi
Part of the Birrin project.
#art #illustration #scifi
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
No accountability for any of this of course, for mutilating our societies into such a twisted shape that we’re now watching fascists lay out their plans for mass deportation of non-white people. But it never hurts to remind yourself who the guilty men were and are, and what they did to all of us.
December 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
No accountability for any of this of course, for mutilating our societies into such a twisted shape that we’re now watching fascists lay out their plans for mass deportation of non-white people. But it never hurts to remind yourself who the guilty men were and are, and what they did to all of us.
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
Treating Ms Rachel as some kind of monster is a truly amazing own goal: it makes it crystal clear to everyone who sees it that there is no form of objection that is acceptable, and the only permissible reactions to the genocide are acceptance, cheerleading or indifference.
December 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Treating Ms Rachel as some kind of monster is a truly amazing own goal: it makes it crystal clear to everyone who sees it that there is no form of objection that is acceptable, and the only permissible reactions to the genocide are acceptance, cheerleading or indifference.
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
The Weekly Roll Ch. 197. "Yet Another One Bites The Dust"
December 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The Weekly Roll Ch. 197. "Yet Another One Bites The Dust"
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
Might not be my best painting of the year, but definitely the tying I'm happiest to have painted for the tabletop
December 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Might not be my best painting of the year, but definitely the tying I'm happiest to have painted for the tabletop
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
ICE agent recognized out Christmas shopping—throws tantrum when citizens profile him.
"We're trying to prevent you from kidnapping our neighbors," they say.
"I'm not doing anything but walking, leave me alone!" he yells.
"Not right now you're not—but the past 5 days you have."
Philadelphia, PA
"We're trying to prevent you from kidnapping our neighbors," they say.
"I'm not doing anything but walking, leave me alone!" he yells.
"Not right now you're not—but the past 5 days you have."
Philadelphia, PA
December 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
ICE agent recognized out Christmas shopping—throws tantrum when citizens profile him.
"We're trying to prevent you from kidnapping our neighbors," they say.
"I'm not doing anything but walking, leave me alone!" he yells.
"Not right now you're not—but the past 5 days you have."
Philadelphia, PA
"We're trying to prevent you from kidnapping our neighbors," they say.
"I'm not doing anything but walking, leave me alone!" he yells.
"Not right now you're not—but the past 5 days you have."
Philadelphia, PA
Reposted by HarlequinR.bsky.social
I’m back after a 3 day suspension for sharing a link to publicly available police reports exposing Blood Tribe nazis. They also removed the post. Bluesky evidently prioritizes the protection of literal, active nazis over community safety. Unfortunately for BT, they’re already in the sunlight now :)
December 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I’m back after a 3 day suspension for sharing a link to publicly available police reports exposing Blood Tribe nazis. They also removed the post. Bluesky evidently prioritizes the protection of literal, active nazis over community safety. Unfortunately for BT, they’re already in the sunlight now :)