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itsjustander.bsky.social
Ander C. Lark
@itsjustander.bsky.social
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Author of LGBTQ+ fiction. Childish but legally an adult. Kind of a jerk. Probably haunted. I argue with my brain a lot. 🏳️‍🌈 Transmasc ace. They/he.

https://itsjustander.com/
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mahoukarp.com
New year same shark 🎉
#art #sharks
Comic of a shark and their new year goals 🎤"Hello Mako!" 🎤"What is your goal this year?" 🦈"I want to eat" 🎤"Healthier?" 🦈"No" *proceeds to eat slice of pizza*
December 31, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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andreguindi.bsky.social
how many billions of gallons of water evaporated just this week for this?
A single panel comic of Barret Wallace from FF7 disgustedly gesturing to a screenshot from Twitter, showing a photo of Elon edited to reveal his clown makeup using Xs new Edit Image AI theft plugin. Barret’s text box reads “We’re killin’ the planet for THIS shit?”.
December 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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merriam-webster.com
We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps:

- It’s ‘voilà,’ not ‘wallah!’
- It’s ‘a lot,’ not ‘alot.’
- It’s ‘further ado,’ not ‘farther adieu.’
- It’s ‘flesh out,’ not ‘flush out.’
- It’s ‘sneak peek,’ not ‘sneak peak.’

No worries if not!!!
December 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I do understand: you want permission. There's a machine in the corner wrapped in human skin that makes things out of shit and blood to look like whatever you want (as long as you don't look too closely). You gave one to your teacher and they didn't notice. Your boss told you to use it after they laid off half the team and it was fine. You fed one to your kids and they liked it. You want to know you can use it sometimes without me thinking less of you. You don't need me to believe it's useful, you just want me to be polite about it. But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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merriam-webster.com
The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little."

‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”

So a napkin is a little tablecloth.

10/10, no notes.
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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discontinuedfoods.bsky.social
Gerber Singles (1974-1974): Assuming that single people were as helpless to feed themselves as babies, Gerber put out a line of single-serve heat and eat meals and desserts for adults in their signature glass jars, such as beef burgundy, sweet n sour pork, and turkey mornay
October 31, 2023 at 11:29 AM
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whisperwoodatelier.bsky.social
7) Get a tactile hobby to do with your hands while you read a book and walk outside.
December 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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maddiebiscuits.bsky.social
“bsky is boring!”

1) good
2) social media should not be a cornerstone of your everyday entertainment
3) I find new artists to follow every day and look at pretty art endlessly on here when I feel like it
4) get a tactile hobby where you create something with your hands
5) read book
6) walk outside
December 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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annadent.bsky.social
Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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merriam-webster.com
Merriam Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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thephooka.bsky.social
Did I miss #meetthewebcomic? White Noise is my long-running webcomic about queer monsters trying to thrive in a series of unstable worlds. www.white-noise-comic.com
Hawk normally dwarfed Numair, but he seemed even more massive and looming now, despite being bent nearly double. His arms hung, the unchanged one trembling as blood ran down it from the cut on his shoulder. The sky had gone nearly black, and against it the impressions of many heads looked more solid, all glaring sightlessly down at Numair. His face was contorted with a terrible fury, such that Numair actually took a step back through the thick, electric yellow grass. He said, through clenched teeth, "Say something." Numair seemed to find his voice all of the sudden, and what came out was, "...All right, it's true. I am the Cynn of Aetheri." Lightning struck so close and so loudly behind him then that he felt all of his hair stand on end, but he could still hear Hawk over the noise: "I can't FUCKING believe this." Hawk turned, and so did all the heads, snapping silently about his face. He was silent for an awful moment, and then muttered, "I'm so goddamn stupid." He pushed forward through the tall grass past Numair, who cried after him, "Eh?! No--Hawk...!" Hawk ignored him. He had a strange ghostly tail now as well, which left a trail through the grass. Numair made to follow, though the thick grass was nearly up to his chest now. "Hawk, please," he called desperately. "I am sorry. I-I didn't think you would be so angry." Hawk jerked to a halt, every feather standing on end. He turned back towards Numair, no less furious. "What...?" "I did not realize how much the spell meant to your family," Yoshi said. "Oh, it doesn't," Teige replied offhandedly, picking up a bit of string that had been lying on the table. "The spell is dead simple, you've seen. It's the family tradition that's so damn important." "Er, that's what I meant," Yoshi said uncertainly, watching as Teige looped the string around his fingers and passed it between them back and forth, forming different patterns as he went. "Your grandmother wouldn't be upset that you're teaching a total outsider this?" "My grandmother doesn't speak to me anymore." Teige's tone was matter-of-fact, though he was looking at the string around his fingers rather than at Yoshi. "Me, or my mum. She disagreed enough with Ma divorcing my dad, but my being transgender was the last straw, as t'were. She expected Ma to disown me, but Ma didn't. So out we went." Yoshi frowned a little. "...Disown...for being transgender?" she said, as though she didn't see the connection between the two. Teige had taken one loop of the string in his teeth and pulled it up gently, forming a sort of narrow triangle with a twist in the middle. "Happens often enough," he said, keeping the string in his teeth. "Earth's a deadly place to be trans." Yoshi looked around at her. "It's not?" "Did I not say?" Shinobu crouched down to lower the stack of books into an open chest that sat near the kitchen entry. That done, she straightened up, and made a little somewhat-celebratory gesture. "I'm going on sabbatical! After 67 years, the University is letting me put aside my bestiary project for a while." "Oh!" Yoshi looked shocked. "Erm...congratulations! B-but I thought the bestiary was your life's work?? And you haven't even interviewed Hawk yet!" "Oh, Vlad tells me that Hawk isn't ready to talk about 'all that stuff' yet," Shinobu said dismissively, managing to make air quotes with her paws. "And if he really is half reifa, it isn't as though he'll die before I can interview him, eh?" She stepped past a folding screen that separated off part of the room, which seemed to comprise of a slightly lower area full of oversized and haphazardly scattered cushions and blankets, and a back wall which was full of packed bookshelves. For a moment she stood among the cushions and surveyed the bookshelf, her back to Yoshi. "It's just as well," she reflected after a while. "I've been feeling a bit restless. Working on the same thing for 67 years without rest...even sheer passion cannot fuel one forever, I think. Perhaps some time away will stoke the flame before it goes out." She began plucking books down from the shelves. Yoshi had followed to the edge of the cushion-filled area and now stood, pulling at her shirt collar a bit. "Ah, I'm sure it will," she agreed. "So! Er...you're going on vacation, then?" Shinobu turned around with another stack of books and a grin. "Oh, no," she said brightly. "I'm beginning an entirely new project!" "Ah." The crowd under the lanterns was boisterous and happy; people humanoid and otherwise clustered around little tables, eating and drinking, while servers with trays wound between them. Hawk and Teige sat at one table, eating something like large hand-held dumplings and a basket of julienned fries, and drinking deeply from large mugs. "A sleepover, eh?" Teige inquired. "Just the two of them?" "Sure, why not?" Hawk said, with his mouth full. "Sure, why not," Teige echoed. "Maybe I expected you to be a bit over-protective." "Nah, I trust Liya," Hawk replied, and took another bite of whatever was in the basket. "An' Yoshi seems like a good kid." Teige pointed at him. "She is a good kid. I'd vouch for her on the stand." "Right, so if they want to spend the night together, that's fine," Hawk said, and shrugged. He paused a moment as Teige took a generous bite out of his dumpling, and then said, a little more doubtfully, "...Right?" "Sure, sure. What's to worry about, I suppose." Teige placed his half-eaten dumpling down on the plate and took up his mug. He added ruefully, "Aah, you know what it is? It's the way I was raised. There ent any trust there."
December 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
itsjustander.bsky.social
Copacabana popped up on my mom's playlist just after lunch and it's now 14 hours later and it's still playing in my head please send help
December 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
itsjustander.bsky.social
I just last night realized that in The Lorax, the Onceler could have planted that fucking seed at any point and had a whole ass redemption arc, but instead he foisted it onto the next generation and told the kid to fix everything and if that isn't 100% accurate to real life I have no idea what is
December 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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designyyssola.bsky.social
Merry actual Christmas!
December 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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kaihartsia.bsky.social
I told myself to relax and do something else, but here I’m again.

Krampus is feeling left out, let Krampus in your home.
December 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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britannica.com
December 21 is the winter solstice, which means that in the Northern Hemisphere:

- The path of the Sun is farthest south in the sky
- The Sun travels the shortest path, giving the day the least daylight and the longest night
- Things can only get lighter from here
Diagram breaking down the "Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn." More info here: https://www.britannica.com/science/winter-solstice
December 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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gearlis.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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olthwaiteeric.bsky.social
Things are Terrible, but this isn't.

Be weird.
A social media post recounts a story about helping an older lady with limited English, reflecting on how having pink hair signaled trustworthiness and individuality.
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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raphlife.bsky.social
Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.

GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.

But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
Boromir from THE LORD OF THE RINGS, holding The One Ring. He thought he could use it for good, but everything done with the ring turns to evil. He was one of the mightiest warriors of middle earth, and he could not resist its powers. Others even mightier fell to the ring. Do you think you are stronger than them? The One Ring is generative AI.
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
Just FYI in case anyone's interested, when you put a bunch of emojis after your screen name it makes it unnecessarily challenging for people who use screen readers to read your posts and follow you. The screen reader will read out every single emoji description every time you pop up in their feed.
December 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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3dfrost.bsky.social
I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
December 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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phineas.bsky.social
Guess I'll post this again
A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: Using Generative AI? You’re prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control
December 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
itsjustander.bsky.social
I am pleased to say that, after 33 hours, our power has been restored. Thank goodness, because it's snowing again.
December 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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jokeb0i.bsky.social
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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munespice.bsky.social
I’m tired
Illustration of old man chowder saying “im tired” Illustration of old man chowder saying “thats all” as he starts to fall and frogling looks at him Illustration of old man chowder saying “time to sleep” as hes on the ground and a frogling covers him with blanket Illustration of old man chowder saying “zzz” as hes on the ground and a frogling has successfully covered him with blanket
December 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM