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Jillbles

@jillbles.bsky.social

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Fuck everything. I occasionally stream on Twitch. GenX She/Her, cis I'm me everywhere because I'm not very original. Sometimes I make things. Mostly I buy supplies to make things, & then don't make the things. Header image is a resin cabochon I made.

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Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · Apr 14

Hey, did you know there's an alternative to ChatGPT that makes sense economically and doesn't destroy the environment?
It's called English majors and they will happily fix all of your documents for the low price of health insurance and a living wage.

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Felonious Monk 📚 @thefeloniousmonk.com · 2h

The part that really scares me
The thought that threatens to
overwhelm me with despair
Is that we truly are the minority
That those of us who believe
in freedom
in democracy
in equality
in basic human kindness
and loving your neighbor as yourself
That we're truly alone out here
in an ocean of hate

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Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 2h

I still need to buy a few more things for it, & build the table it's to live on. But that's the plan.
That said, it's been a very expensive week, so the more stuff is going to wait a bit.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 22h

You can’t talk seriously about gun violence in Chicago without talking about where the guns come from. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim.

We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim

You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

projects.propublica.org

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Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 3h

It's really good (when equipped with the proper accessories) at bracelets, but I don't much LIKE bracelets, so we'll see.
I'm not going to leap to buy the bracelet accessory kit, which comes in at *checks notes* $532.00.

Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 3h

Mostly just earrings? Some pendants? If I get REALLY ambitious, a small dish? 😆

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Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 3h

Also I have a pallet now.
The fuck am I supposed to do with a pallet?

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Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 3h

It has arrived.

Picture of a Potter USA hydraulic press, still in packaging and resting on a cart in my garage.

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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 6h

doesn't help that a lot prominent techbros who have a lot of power over what information is widely shared think "AI Slop" is a slur.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

It's clear most Trump supporters have no idea the videos are fake.

Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World

Trump supporters are doubling down on AI sadism.

gizmodo.com

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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7h

"Posting is stimming" is in my bio for a reason.

Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 7h

If you post for reasons other than that you have no healthy way of shouting all your intrusive thoughts otherwise, then microblogging isn't for you.

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Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 7h

Well I didn't before this week, but I do now?

Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 7h

I just got a new phone. The old one had literally hundreds of tabs open.

Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 8h

I want to feed you on the inside

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 8h

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 8h

If you see this, QTP with a horror movie that shares the same first letter as your name 👻

Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 9h

The door to the Cabaret De L'enfer appears in Moulin Rouge, and I was obsessed with the film, thus fascinated by it. I want to say it was one of the first images I pinned in Pinterest. 😆

Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 9h

Wow, that was supposed to be, "I think this one has always been my favorite," but apparently I short circuited there for a moment.

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Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 9h

I think this one of my favorite.
daily.jstor.org/the-cabarets...

The Cabarets of Heaven and Hell - JSTOR Daily

In 1890s Paris, cabarets in bohemian Montmartre gave visitors a chance to tour the afterlife.

daily.jstor.org

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Jeff Mac @jeffmacishere.bsky.social · 9h

listen, I know A.I. isn't very good at anything, but we have to start using it or it won't take our jobs and then crash the economy

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Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 9h

The plant hanger was meant to hold the wind chimes, and she wouldn't hang that either, I suspect because we had aluminum siding...?
Closest I've got to a rational answer. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 9h

Les francais ont beaucoup d'enfers.

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Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 9h

Doooo eeeeet
Buy the shinies

Weltschmerz, The Musical 🧿 @weltschmerz.bsky.social · 9h

I am having a flash sale. One day only, and 50% percent off everything in the shop. This ...never happens? Fun time to explore the place if you were curious.

nomadicmoonarts.etsy.com

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Weltschmerz, The Musical 🧿 @weltschmerz.bsky.social · 9h

I am having a flash sale. One day only, and 50% percent off everything in the shop. This ...never happens? Fun time to explore the place if you were curious.

nomadicmoonarts.etsy.com

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Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 9h

😆 Entirely a fair interpretation!
But no, a hydraulic press, in this case.

Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 9h

I'd completely forgotten that. It was a messy as hell soldering job, but I did do it. Huh.
Oh, and an iron plant hanger; I made that, too.
Fuck, I loved that class. I loved wood shop, too, but not nearly as much.
I'd forgotten most of this. I'd never connected it to my interest in jewelry.

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