Hello, Enshittification
@just-add-wolves.bsky.social
Intermittent writer, collector of shiny objects, and digital wanderer.
Random interests from the top of my head: linguistics, fountain pens, subtitled anime from the 90s-early 2000s, YA/NA lit, watching memes mutate in real time, portal fantasy, etc.
Random interests from the top of my head: linguistics, fountain pens, subtitled anime from the 90s-early 2000s, YA/NA lit, watching memes mutate in real time, portal fantasy, etc.
Pinned
If I see a new follower notification and the account happens to be following multiple thousands of people, unless I literally know the user from elsewhere I'm going to assume the account is run by malicious actors and immediately block.
Fail the vibe check and you disappear from my sight.
Fail the vibe check and you disappear from my sight.
Neat linguistics thread.
First post on bluesky! Announcing a new preprint with @eiling.bsky.social :
We “broke” the bouba-kiki effect.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
We “broke” the bouba-kiki effect.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
December 29, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Neat linguistics thread.
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I do not want AI in my house.
I do not want AI to generate a blouse.
I do not want it in my games
I do not want it to win fame.
I do not want it, to be fair,
Because I do not want it anywhere
I do not want AI to generate a blouse.
I do not want it in my games
I do not want it to win fame.
I do not want it, to be fair,
Because I do not want it anywhere
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.
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.
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.
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 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I do not want AI in my house.
I do not want AI to generate a blouse.
I do not want it in my games
I do not want it to win fame.
I do not want it, to be fair,
Because I do not want it anywhere
I do not want AI to generate a blouse.
I do not want it in my games
I do not want it to win fame.
I do not want it, to be fair,
Because I do not want it anywhere
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I’m pretty sure this is how the T-1000 died in Terminator 2.
Mesmerised by this Iranian nougat maker www.instagram.com/shahkargaz.o...
December 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I’m pretty sure this is how the T-1000 died in Terminator 2.
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ce post est tellement @mitildide.bsky.social coded
December 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
ce post est tellement @mitildide.bsky.social coded
Big words apparently from the director who thinks there's only one way to be a strong, independent woman, and that's Sarah Connor in T2.
Sure, she's been my idol for ~35 years but criminy, dude. Pull your head out of your ass: your work isn't above criticism and Avatar is pro-colonialist bullshit.
Sure, she's been my idol for ~35 years but criminy, dude. Pull your head out of your ass: your work isn't above criticism and Avatar is pro-colonialist bullshit.
"because on paper they're the exact kind of movies the lefty-progressive user base here claims to want: explicitly anti-colonial, anti-fascist, anti-military, pro-socialist stories about fighting back against oppression"
Is this actually true of the Avatar films?
Is this actually true of the Avatar films?
December 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Big words apparently from the director who thinks there's only one way to be a strong, independent woman, and that's Sarah Connor in T2.
Sure, she's been my idol for ~35 years but criminy, dude. Pull your head out of your ass: your work isn't above criticism and Avatar is pro-colonialist bullshit.
Sure, she's been my idol for ~35 years but criminy, dude. Pull your head out of your ass: your work isn't above criticism and Avatar is pro-colonialist bullshit.
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025 no matter how small
💪🏽 Wrote over 75,000 words on various projects
💪🏾 Held to my posting a chapter of fic periodically schedule
💪🏿 Read more new to me books than in the last handful of years
💪🏻 Saw friends in person multiple times
💪🏼 Befriended a cat
💪🏽 Wrote over 75,000 words on various projects
💪🏾 Held to my posting a chapter of fic periodically schedule
💪🏿 Read more new to me books than in the last handful of years
💪🏻 Saw friends in person multiple times
💪🏼 Befriended a cat
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025 no matter how small
⭐ produced a zine or two
⭐ volunteered at the local drag festival
⭐ produced a bunch of comics and podcasts internationally
⭐ was interviewed for a research project on queering superheroes
⭐ adopted a dog
⭐ wrote and made art
⭐ produced a zine or two
⭐ volunteered at the local drag festival
⭐ produced a bunch of comics and podcasts internationally
⭐ was interviewed for a research project on queering superheroes
⭐ adopted a dog
⭐ wrote and made art
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025 no matter how small
⚓ set up a new website
⚓ published like 8 new books
⚓ appeared in several new anthologies
⚓ got dominated for a bunch of indie ink awards
⚓ incorporated like 10 new regular ingredients into our cooking rotation
⚓ set up a new website
⚓ published like 8 new books
⚓ appeared in several new anthologies
⚓ got dominated for a bunch of indie ink awards
⚓ incorporated like 10 new regular ingredients into our cooking rotation
December 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025 no matter how small
💪🏽 Wrote over 75,000 words on various projects
💪🏾 Held to my posting a chapter of fic periodically schedule
💪🏿 Read more new to me books than in the last handful of years
💪🏻 Saw friends in person multiple times
💪🏼 Befriended a cat
💪🏽 Wrote over 75,000 words on various projects
💪🏾 Held to my posting a chapter of fic periodically schedule
💪🏿 Read more new to me books than in the last handful of years
💪🏻 Saw friends in person multiple times
💪🏼 Befriended a cat
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obsessed with this teleprinter keyboard that has a “Who Are You” key
December 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
obsessed with this teleprinter keyboard that has a “Who Are You” key
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🏺Facebook archaeology groups might not be completely dead after all
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🏺Facebook archaeology groups might not be completely dead after all
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You come across a Cybertruck in the desert flipped on it's back, What do you do?
December 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
You come across a Cybertruck in the desert flipped on it's back, What do you do?
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GOAT IS DOWN, I REPEAT, THE GOAT IS DOWN
December 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
GOAT IS DOWN, I REPEAT, THE GOAT IS DOWN
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I'm currently working on a novel and at the end of an average day, I'm wiped out. The sheer amount of analysis, synthesis, making of connections, layering of prose, deepening of characterization, supplemental research... all the mental work is intense and exhilarating. Which is just to say, fuck AI.
December 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I'm currently working on a novel and at the end of an average day, I'm wiped out. The sheer amount of analysis, synthesis, making of connections, layering of prose, deepening of characterization, supplemental research... all the mental work is intense and exhilarating. Which is just to say, fuck AI.
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Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
Read about Commonsense Guardrails for Using Advanced Technology in Schools aiinstruction.org/sites/defaul...
aiinstruction.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
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Kept sort of half-seeing a background sign in a show before finally getting to an episode where I could pause and look it up properly, only to realize that I recognize it…
From a conlang in a fantasy series.
And this is another reason why I get grumpy about uninformed real world borrowings.
From a conlang in a fantasy series.
And this is another reason why I get grumpy about uninformed real world borrowings.
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Kept sort of half-seeing a background sign in a show before finally getting to an episode where I could pause and look it up properly, only to realize that I recognize it…
From a conlang in a fantasy series.
And this is another reason why I get grumpy about uninformed real world borrowings.
From a conlang in a fantasy series.
And this is another reason why I get grumpy about uninformed real world borrowings.
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This is just a note to say
that I have eaten the falcon
in a widening gyre
and that you were probably saving for anarchy
Forgive me
it was delicious
so rough
and full of passionate intensity
that I have eaten the falcon
in a widening gyre
and that you were probably saving for anarchy
Forgive me
it was delicious
so rough
and full of passionate intensity
December 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is just a note to say
that I have eaten the falcon
in a widening gyre
and that you were probably saving for anarchy
Forgive me
it was delicious
so rough
and full of passionate intensity
that I have eaten the falcon
in a widening gyre
and that you were probably saving for anarchy
Forgive me
it was delicious
so rough
and full of passionate intensity
Tried to run my cheap laptop with Linux Mint and now the damn thing won't display anything on the screen. (Yes, I'm going to try hooking it up to a monitor shortly to see if I can tell the BIOS to boot into Windows normally instead. If that doesn't work, it's at least under a repair warranty.) 😫
December 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Tried to run my cheap laptop with Linux Mint and now the damn thing won't display anything on the screen. (Yes, I'm going to try hooking it up to a monitor shortly to see if I can tell the BIOS to boot into Windows normally instead. If that doesn't work, it's at least under a repair warranty.) 😫
1. Take notes (analysis and so on) for a project.
2. Type up ~250 separate items.
3. Double-check nothing got skipped.
4. Color-code them as a pre-sorting method.
5. Sort them into their respective documents for easy reference later.
6. Die of exhaustion???
…I'm still working on 3 and 4. 🙃
2. Type up ~250 separate items.
3. Double-check nothing got skipped.
4. Color-code them as a pre-sorting method.
5. Sort them into their respective documents for easy reference later.
6. Die of exhaustion???
…I'm still working on 3 and 4. 🙃
December 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
1. Take notes (analysis and so on) for a project.
2. Type up ~250 separate items.
3. Double-check nothing got skipped.
4. Color-code them as a pre-sorting method.
5. Sort them into their respective documents for easy reference later.
6. Die of exhaustion???
…I'm still working on 3 and 4. 🙃
2. Type up ~250 separate items.
3. Double-check nothing got skipped.
4. Color-code them as a pre-sorting method.
5. Sort them into their respective documents for easy reference later.
6. Die of exhaustion???
…I'm still working on 3 and 4. 🙃
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I'm just gonna post a piece of my art from my files every day til the New Year because WHY NOT.
Here's a colored pencil piece I did in 2021.
Here's a colored pencil piece I did in 2021.
December 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I'm just gonna post a piece of my art from my files every day til the New Year because WHY NOT.
Here's a colored pencil piece I did in 2021.
Here's a colored pencil piece I did in 2021.
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People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind
Actual academics:
Actual academics:
I have a weird question for the #bird people on here. Do you think someone could tell that a book was pooped on specifically by a sparrowhawk (or perhaps hawks generally) just from the feces? I'm looking at a 16th c. case where witnesses claim books were pooped on specifically by sparrowhawks!
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind
Actual academics:
Actual academics:
Nice thing about having friends in time zones an hour or two ahead of me is sending extremely late night missives that they might see and respond to before I go to sleep.
Really helpful when I'm having deep/oddball thoughts that need a touch of quick feedback.
Really helpful when I'm having deep/oddball thoughts that need a touch of quick feedback.
December 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Nice thing about having friends in time zones an hour or two ahead of me is sending extremely late night missives that they might see and respond to before I go to sleep.
Really helpful when I'm having deep/oddball thoughts that need a touch of quick feedback.
Really helpful when I'm having deep/oddball thoughts that need a touch of quick feedback.
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I don't want it, Sam Alt Man
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
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 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I don't want it, Sam Alt Man
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In #JapaneseFolklore kama itachi is a #yokai that in English translates as sickle weasel. They look like weasels with spiky fur and long razor sharp claws and appear riding on dust whirlwinds, sometimes barking like dogs. They move so fast that they become basically...
#FolkloreThursday
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#FolkloreThursday
1/3
December 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In #JapaneseFolklore kama itachi is a #yokai that in English translates as sickle weasel. They look like weasels with spiky fur and long razor sharp claws and appear riding on dust whirlwinds, sometimes barking like dogs. They move so fast that they become basically...
#FolkloreThursday
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#FolkloreThursday
1/3
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Let’s talk about fonts, baby
Let’s talk about calibri
Let’s talk about all the serifs,
All the faces’
Readability
Let’s talk about fonts
Let’s talk about calibri
Let’s talk about all the serifs,
All the faces’
Readability
Let’s talk about fonts
December 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Let’s talk about fonts, baby
Let’s talk about calibri
Let’s talk about all the serifs,
All the faces’
Readability
Let’s talk about fonts
Let’s talk about calibri
Let’s talk about all the serifs,
All the faces’
Readability
Let’s talk about fonts
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'My year end reading statistics' (originally for @theguardian.com books).
p.s There's still time to pick up new book Physics for Cats at good bookshops and online www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
p.s There's still time to pick up new book Physics for Cats at good bookshops and online www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
December 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
'My year end reading statistics' (originally for @theguardian.com books).
p.s There's still time to pick up new book Physics for Cats at good bookshops and online www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
p.s There's still time to pick up new book Physics for Cats at good bookshops and online www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2