KalicoKobold
@kalicokobold.bsky.social
Reader, writer, newbie streamer and gamer! They/Them
You can see me live every Monday from 10am-2pm central timezone.
Trans rights are human rights! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🦄
https://www.twitch.tv/kalicokobold
You can see me live every Monday from 10am-2pm central timezone.
Trans rights are human rights! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🦄
https://www.twitch.tv/kalicokobold
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Don’t want people to cheer when you die?
Don’t be a shit while alive.
Don’t be a shit while alive.
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One of my new arguments against AI is that even if it was a good tool, human beings are not in a place to be able to use it without harm. We don't live in ideal world where this benefits mankind. We live in this world where it benefits the rich and fucks the rest of us.
OBVIOUSLY do not use AI, at all. AT ALL, for anything. I don’t wanna hear about the theoretical good version, it’s not what they’re pushing on us. The absolute worst people in the world have gone all in on this shit, and it needs to be starved out as much as possible. AI: not even once!
Sec. Hegseth rolled out the U.S. military’s new AI platform, GenAi.Mil, with a link to an empty website. trib.al/tbCJAkT
Predictably, the platform can’t actually be accessed from external networks, but the wonky rollout triggered eyerolls across the internet.
Predictably, the platform can’t actually be accessed from external networks, but the wonky rollout triggered eyerolls across the internet.
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
One of my new arguments against AI is that even if it was a good tool, human beings are not in a place to be able to use it without harm. We don't live in ideal world where this benefits mankind. We live in this world where it benefits the rich and fucks the rest of us.
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kobold: [rubbing their nose on you] [rub rub rub rub rub]
December 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
kobold: [rubbing their nose on you] [rub rub rub rub rub]
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you will be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
you will be visited by three spirits.
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Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
scz.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
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People still getting pretend-offended over the term "cisgender" tickles me, it's such obvious pretense, like we all know you don't really think cis is a slur, come on now. The game was up long before Elon started with it.
December 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
People still getting pretend-offended over the term "cisgender" tickles me, it's such obvious pretense, like we all know you don't really think cis is a slur, come on now. The game was up long before Elon started with it.
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my five year old had RSV when he was six months old and when we brought him to the pediatrician they were like yeah go directly to the hospital we’re calling ahead
scariest few days of our lives
from the bottom of my heart: all these people can go to hell
scariest few days of our lives
from the bottom of my heart: all these people can go to hell
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants reut.rs/48JXrL2
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants
U.S. health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would be subject to fresh safety scrutiny following concerns raised by vaccine skeptics, multiple sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
reut.rs
December 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
my five year old had RSV when he was six months old and when we brought him to the pediatrician they were like yeah go directly to the hospital we’re calling ahead
scariest few days of our lives
from the bottom of my heart: all these people can go to hell
scariest few days of our lives
from the bottom of my heart: all these people can go to hell
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.
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New thread of cool stuff for holidays, made by 11 queer folks. Free US over $25.
These super cool Czech earrings from Vivi. $18
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
These super cool Czech earrings from Vivi. $18
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
Vavia's On the Dock of the Bay | Peculiarity Shop
Watchin' the tide roll away... Components: Czech glass, crystal, silverplate, sterling earwiresPlease note: These come equipped with sterling silver earwires
www.peculiarityshop.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
New thread of cool stuff for holidays, made by 11 queer folks. Free US over $25.
These super cool Czech earrings from Vivi. $18
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
These super cool Czech earrings from Vivi. $18
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
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I don't know why but in the last 2 days I've seen multiple people posting about my favorite shark the tasselled wobbegong and in case your timeline has not been similarly blessed I just think you should be aware that this is what it looks like
December 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I don't know why but in the last 2 days I've seen multiple people posting about my favorite shark the tasselled wobbegong and in case your timeline has not been similarly blessed I just think you should be aware that this is what it looks like
At this point, I’d trust a bipedal coyote with a rocket strapped to its ass over NASA.
If NASA is going to get serious about pressing policymakers to fund a human mission to Mars, the new report is important because it provides the justification for sending people—and not just robots—to the planet's surface.
In a major new report, scientists build rationale for sending astronauts to Mars
“Everyone is inspired by this because it’s becoming real.”…
arstechnica.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
At this point, I’d trust a bipedal coyote with a rocket strapped to its ass over NASA.
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the cycle of libertarian thought:
1. the current solution to this problem is an affront to my personal liberty and must be abolished
2. oh no there’s still a problem
3. what if the previous solution, but Business
4. I am a visionary titan of industry
1. the current solution to this problem is an affront to my personal liberty and must be abolished
2. oh no there’s still a problem
3. what if the previous solution, but Business
4. I am a visionary titan of industry
libertarianism building things from first principals is a great bit lol
December 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
the cycle of libertarian thought:
1. the current solution to this problem is an affront to my personal liberty and must be abolished
2. oh no there’s still a problem
3. what if the previous solution, but Business
4. I am a visionary titan of industry
1. the current solution to this problem is an affront to my personal liberty and must be abolished
2. oh no there’s still a problem
3. what if the previous solution, but Business
4. I am a visionary titan of industry
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Tip: Request 3 pictures from 3 different angles and all of them have to have a visible paper with specific text on it. If any of the damage changes even a LITTLE refuse the refund.
Heads up for all my art friends that have an online store.
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Tip: Request 3 pictures from 3 different angles and all of them have to have a visible paper with specific text on it. If any of the damage changes even a LITTLE refuse the refund.
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Steam should add better AI content filters. Or any at all. The disclosure is not enough. Also, I want to be able to hit a block button for devs and publishers that push heavily AI dev'd content. I don't want that shit visible in the store at all. Thanks.
December 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Steam should add better AI content filters. Or any at all. The disclosure is not enough. Also, I want to be able to hit a block button for devs and publishers that push heavily AI dev'd content. I don't want that shit visible in the store at all. Thanks.
Schindler’s List. Not because I hated it, it just hurts to watch.
Especially now, when it feels like we learned all the wrong lessons from what happened.
Especially now, when it feels like we learned all the wrong lessons from what happened.
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Schindler’s List. Not because I hated it, it just hurts to watch.
Especially now, when it feels like we learned all the wrong lessons from what happened.
Especially now, when it feels like we learned all the wrong lessons from what happened.
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I agree with the concept of “there is no ethical consumption under capitalism” but you still have practice harm mitigation.
December 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I agree with the concept of “there is no ethical consumption under capitalism” but you still have practice harm mitigation.
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How men feared women! she thought, walking among the late-flowering roses. Not as individuals, but women when they talked together, worked together, spoke up for one another - then men saw plots, cabals, constraints, traps being laid.
December 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How men feared women! she thought, walking among the late-flowering roses. Not as individuals, but women when they talked together, worked together, spoke up for one another - then men saw plots, cabals, constraints, traps being laid.
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Reminder that these glow in the dark stickers pack quite a punch huehuehue
December 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Reminder that these glow in the dark stickers pack quite a punch huehuehue
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For a while, they said if you needed tech help, ask a 10yo. But current 10-20yos didn't have to explore and click around and futz with things to get them to work, so if it's not immediately obvious, they can't do it.
Basically if you're 30-50 you're just doing tech support for everyone forever.
Basically if you're 30-50 you're just doing tech support for everyone forever.
What we say is their kids know the tech of a phone. If it’s not on the phone they struggle
December 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
For a while, they said if you needed tech help, ask a 10yo. But current 10-20yos didn't have to explore and click around and futz with things to get them to work, so if it's not immediately obvious, they can't do it.
Basically if you're 30-50 you're just doing tech support for everyone forever.
Basically if you're 30-50 you're just doing tech support for everyone forever.
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The discussion of Wes Streeting talking about how there're too many ADHD diagnoses (which parallels RFKs' bullshit about it) feels particularly pointed as I take my blood pressure today for a state-mandated check-in about whether I'm faking having ADHD for the drugs.
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The discussion of Wes Streeting talking about how there're too many ADHD diagnoses (which parallels RFKs' bullshit about it) feels particularly pointed as I take my blood pressure today for a state-mandated check-in about whether I'm faking having ADHD for the drugs.
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It's that day again. Try and have a good one. 🦉
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It's that day again. Try and have a good one. 🦉
This. Even putting aside the disease and parasites (which, fair, modern medicine can handle) these critters are *clever.*
You might be able to raccoon-proof a house but most people can’t even manage to keep them out of a cooler. 😹
You might be able to raccoon-proof a house but most people can’t even manage to keep them out of a cooler. 😹
Listen, I want a cute pet raccoon as much as the next person (ok I don't, you don't want to live a life with a chaos gremlin with HANDS).
But if you've seen the paper about how raccoons are on their way to domestication... brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com/p/raccoons-d...
But if you've seen the paper about how raccoons are on their way to domestication... brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com/p/raccoons-d...
Raccoons: Domesticated by a nose?
Are raccoons headed toward pet-dom?
brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This. Even putting aside the disease and parasites (which, fair, modern medicine can handle) these critters are *clever.*
You might be able to raccoon-proof a house but most people can’t even manage to keep them out of a cooler. 😹
You might be able to raccoon-proof a house but most people can’t even manage to keep them out of a cooler. 😹
No stream today. I have so much irl stuff I need to get done before the holidays and I reeeeeally need to get that done before I do anything else.
Be back next week! 🎄
Be back next week! 🎄
December 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
No stream today. I have so much irl stuff I need to get done before the holidays and I reeeeeally need to get that done before I do anything else.
Be back next week! 🎄
Be back next week! 🎄
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If you’re tired of the same old holiday music and yearn for something a bit more Goth (but still seasonal), check out Nox Arcana’s album WINTER’S KNIGHT ❄️❄️❄️
Bonus: hear me singing on one of the tracks. I’ll let you guess which one #holidays #bandcamp #goth
Bonus: hear me singing on one of the tracks. I’ll let you guess which one #holidays #bandcamp #goth
Winter's Knight, by Nox Arcana
21 track album
noxarcana.bandcamp.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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If the Joker actually wanted to take Gotham, he'd simply get the IRS looking into Bruce Wayne
This headline got me all exited that Elizabeth Warren was going to fight The Batman.
December 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If the Joker actually wanted to take Gotham, he'd simply get the IRS looking into Bruce Wayne