Aradiel
@arad1el.bsky.social
He/him. Milque-est of the toast.
Programmer, knitter, crocheter, & game enjoyer
Programmer, knitter, crocheter, & game enjoyer
I could swear in #GameOfWool that when Holger demonstrated his trunks that there was an instrumental of "Starbucks" by A playing in the background
What a strange intersection of my particular niche interests
What a strange intersection of my particular niche interests
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I could swear in #GameOfWool that when Holger demonstrated his trunks that there was an instrumental of "Starbucks" by A playing in the background
What a strange intersection of my particular niche interests
What a strange intersection of my particular niche interests
Watching the Naked Gun
It's funny, but having characters look at each other to say "what the hell?" kind of goes against what makes the originals so hilarious - the illusion that everyone is taking the absurdity seriously
It's funny, but having characters look at each other to say "what the hell?" kind of goes against what makes the originals so hilarious - the illusion that everyone is taking the absurdity seriously
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Watching the Naked Gun
It's funny, but having characters look at each other to say "what the hell?" kind of goes against what makes the originals so hilarious - the illusion that everyone is taking the absurdity seriously
It's funny, but having characters look at each other to say "what the hell?" kind of goes against what makes the originals so hilarious - the illusion that everyone is taking the absurdity seriously
My brief, no spoilery thoughts about "The Dead Shall Rise" - the #LegacyOfKain prequel graphic novel:
aradiel.co.uk/post/2025-11...
aradiel.co.uk/post/2025-11...
The Dead Shall Rise
A few days ago was the digital release of “The Dead Shall Rise” - the Legacy of Kain graphic novel that was on Kickstarter a while ago. It took me a few days to read and my thoughts have been taken in...
aradiel.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
My brief, no spoilery thoughts about "The Dead Shall Rise" - the #LegacyOfKain prequel graphic novel:
aradiel.co.uk/post/2025-11...
aradiel.co.uk/post/2025-11...
My wrist is currently buggered, so I'm getting my yarn craft fix by watching this new knitting reality show.
It's pretty good. I'm learnding
It's pretty good. I'm learnding
November 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
My wrist is currently buggered, so I'm getting my yarn craft fix by watching this new knitting reality show.
It's pretty good. I'm learnding
It's pretty good. I'm learnding
Brilliant
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Brilliant
Halloween is over, so I've started watching Warrior Nun, for some reason.
I remember seeing the comic covers in the 90s, but I was reading Crimson and couldn't afford both.
Hope it's good.
I remember seeing the comic covers in the 90s, but I was reading Crimson and couldn't afford both.
Hope it's good.
November 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Halloween is over, so I've started watching Warrior Nun, for some reason.
I remember seeing the comic covers in the 90s, but I was reading Crimson and couldn't afford both.
Hope it's good.
I remember seeing the comic covers in the 90s, but I was reading Crimson and couldn't afford both.
Hope it's good.
Pertwee #DoctorWho episodes are a strange tonal balance.
The Master seems vicious, but he killed one of his victims with an inflatable chair, so it's also hilarious
The Master seems vicious, but he killed one of his victims with an inflatable chair, so it's also hilarious
October 30, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Pertwee #DoctorWho episodes are a strange tonal balance.
The Master seems vicious, but he killed one of his victims with an inflatable chair, so it's also hilarious
The Master seems vicious, but he killed one of his victims with an inflatable chair, so it's also hilarious
Oh stop it LinkedIn, you'll make me blush
(If anything this would be an indictment of CEOs)
(If anything this would be an indictment of CEOs)
October 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Oh stop it LinkedIn, you'll make me blush
(If anything this would be an indictment of CEOs)
(If anything this would be an indictment of CEOs)
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Telling is not teaching, and listening is not learning.
Same now as ever.
Same now as ever.
October 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Telling is not teaching, and listening is not learning.
Same now as ever.
Same now as ever.
Go live is tomorrow
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Go live is tomorrow
Can't believe there hasn't been a point in any of the Mission Impossible films where a character hasn't had to clarify that they in fact aren't an accountant
October 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Can't believe there hasn't been a point in any of the Mission Impossible films where a character hasn't had to clarify that they in fact aren't an accountant
My son insisted that I had to make something with his air dry clay, so the only thing that came to mind was #discworld
October 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
My son insisted that I had to make something with his air dry clay, so the only thing that came to mind was #discworld
Weird that I'm starting to have to block the owners of this platform for my own sanity
Mastadon was a bit slow and boring, but that may be the price we have to pay to not deal with idiots all the time
Mastadon was a bit slow and boring, but that may be the price we have to pay to not deal with idiots all the time
October 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Weird that I'm starting to have to block the owners of this platform for my own sanity
Mastadon was a bit slow and boring, but that may be the price we have to pay to not deal with idiots all the time
Mastadon was a bit slow and boring, but that may be the price we have to pay to not deal with idiots all the time
#BluePrince is frustrating.
I can open the antechamber for to room 46, but can't get *into* the antechamber itself.
RNGesus is not my friend
I can open the antechamber for to room 46, but can't get *into* the antechamber itself.
RNGesus is not my friend
October 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
#BluePrince is frustrating.
I can open the antechamber for to room 46, but can't get *into* the antechamber itself.
RNGesus is not my friend
I can open the antechamber for to room 46, but can't get *into* the antechamber itself.
RNGesus is not my friend
If Metroid Prime 4 is open world my enthusiasm will drop like a stone
September 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If Metroid Prime 4 is open world my enthusiasm will drop like a stone
When you use Alexa to construct shopping lists, but are also both English and have dyspraxia
September 12, 2025 at 6:31 AM
When you use Alexa to construct shopping lists, but are also both English and have dyspraxia
This is giving me tangential flashbacks to House of Leaves.
I've got no extra insight other than I wouldn't want to exist in that world
I've got no extra insight other than I wouldn't want to exist in that world
The AI authorship issue is real. We've caught papers that looked OK but had references to works by the *journal editors* that *do not exist*. Like, don't send us papers citing papers we know we didn't write, right?
September 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This is giving me tangential flashbacks to House of Leaves.
I've got no extra insight other than I wouldn't want to exist in that world
I've got no extra insight other than I wouldn't want to exist in that world
I like the freaky Friday body swap element, because though it's a bit of a trope, it allows the actors to demonstrate range by portraying a different personality in the same show
September 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I like the freaky Friday body swap element, because though it's a bit of a trope, it allows the actors to demonstrate range by portraying a different personality in the same show
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Some of those shirtless dossers
Are the same that paint crosses
Are the same that paint crosses
August 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Some of those shirtless dossers
Are the same that paint crosses
Are the same that paint crosses
Yet another reason to never let my son play
Roblox, a platform with 111M daily users—half under 16—is selling extremist gear: neo-Nazi Active Club shirts, ICE uniforms, even far-right party merch. All purchasable with real money, accessible to kids under 13, highlighting serious failures in moderation and child safety.
Read more:
Read more:
New Investigation Uncovers Monetized Extremist Material On Roblox
Roblox, a platform with 111M daily users—half under 16—is selling extremist gear: neo-Nazi Active Club shirts, ICE uniforms, even far-right party merch. All purchasable with real money, accessible to ...
globalextremism.org
August 22, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Yet another reason to never let my son play
Managed to drag myself away from God of War: Ragnarok for long enough to get some work done on this WIP
I'm also working on backgrounds, but for now they're in the elemental plane of fibre board
#Lego #DungeonsAndDragons #DND
I'm also working on backgrounds, but for now they're in the elemental plane of fibre board
#Lego #DungeonsAndDragons #DND
August 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Managed to drag myself away from God of War: Ragnarok for long enough to get some work done on this WIP
I'm also working on backgrounds, but for now they're in the elemental plane of fibre board
#Lego #DungeonsAndDragons #DND
I'm also working on backgrounds, but for now they're in the elemental plane of fibre board
#Lego #DungeonsAndDragons #DND
Yesterday I went to see the #BookOfMormon at the #theatre
This piece of carpet looked like a facehugger
This piece of carpet looked like a facehugger
August 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Yesterday I went to see the #BookOfMormon at the #theatre
This piece of carpet looked like a facehugger
This piece of carpet looked like a facehugger
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The view from the International Space Station as an aurora meets the sunrise in space.
August 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The view from the International Space Station as an aurora meets the sunrise in space.
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every genAI sales pitch basically comes down to 'you don't have to experience anything at all! life can feel like death!'
and I'd say for some reason it works but it isn't working. they WISH it was working and they're begging billions in subsidies to make fetch happen
and I'd say for some reason it works but it isn't working. they WISH it was working and they're begging billions in subsidies to make fetch happen
June 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
every genAI sales pitch basically comes down to 'you don't have to experience anything at all! life can feel like death!'
and I'd say for some reason it works but it isn't working. they WISH it was working and they're begging billions in subsidies to make fetch happen
and I'd say for some reason it works but it isn't working. they WISH it was working and they're begging billions in subsidies to make fetch happen