Aranock, 4 of Ravens
@aranock.bsky.social
Disabled, nonbinary trans woman(she/they/fae), ace, lesbian, artist,
Writes and creates with Tirrrb and Jessie Gender,
Video essays: https://youtube.com/@Aranock
Other links: https://linktr.ee/Aranock
PFP by my friend https://www.tumblr.com/lowdowndandy
Writes and creates with Tirrrb and Jessie Gender,
Video essays: https://youtube.com/@Aranock
Other links: https://linktr.ee/Aranock
PFP by my friend https://www.tumblr.com/lowdowndandy
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Aranock, 4 of Ravens
@aranock.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Aranock
Hi I'm Aranock, she/they pronouns. I am a disabled nonbinary trans woman, digital artist, and video essayist existing in so called Canada. I also write for Jessie Gender, edit for Tirrrb and help behi...
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Hi new followers! I'm Aranock I'm a disabled trans artist who mostly makes video essays on my own channel. I also sometimes write, edit and perform for others' videos, primarily @jessiegender.bsky.social.
My art's mostly known for making people cry, in depth media analysis and queer theory 💜
My art's mostly known for making people cry, in depth media analysis and queer theory 💜
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I’m still over $2,000 short on monthly bills I have to pay, including rent and im trying not to stress tf out but it’s real life shit so I am actually
December 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I’m still over $2,000 short on monthly bills I have to pay, including rent and im trying not to stress tf out but it’s real life shit so I am actually
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Hekki Holidays! 🎁
Thank you for following us here and for another amazing year!
Thank you for following us here and for another amazing year!
December 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Hekki Holidays! 🎁
Thank you for following us here and for another amazing year!
Thank you for following us here and for another amazing year!
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Like people really put up a mutual aid post on the internet because it feels great to be called lazy scammers. No, doo-doo heads, people hate putting those posts up & they do it because that's their option to survive.
December 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Like people really put up a mutual aid post on the internet because it feels great to be called lazy scammers. No, doo-doo heads, people hate putting those posts up & they do it because that's their option to survive.
Your officers love sexually assaulting trans women and harassing bipoc, wishing them a shit end of the year and a shittier new year. Also the TSA fails most of its test, the security theater doesnt protect people, you just harm people in the name of white cis peoples comfort
December 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Your officers love sexually assaulting trans women and harassing bipoc, wishing them a shit end of the year and a shittier new year. Also the TSA fails most of its test, the security theater doesnt protect people, you just harm people in the name of white cis peoples comfort
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This is the most succinct distinction I have ever felt.
I went from talking to the WHITE HOUSE at one point discussing open source decolonial datas tructures and transparency TO COMBAT MISINFORMATION AND INCREASE DIVERSITY
to having to explain why swastikas aren’t ironic
I COULD FIGHT A BEAR
I went from talking to the WHITE HOUSE at one point discussing open source decolonial datas tructures and transparency TO COMBAT MISINFORMATION AND INCREASE DIVERSITY
to having to explain why swastikas aren’t ironic
I COULD FIGHT A BEAR
We had these fucking liars on the ropes early internet (every Domain Name provider wouldn't touch them). Now, thanks to unmoderated social media (esp. Facebook), the scum come crawling out.
December 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is the most succinct distinction I have ever felt.
I went from talking to the WHITE HOUSE at one point discussing open source decolonial datas tructures and transparency TO COMBAT MISINFORMATION AND INCREASE DIVERSITY
to having to explain why swastikas aren’t ironic
I COULD FIGHT A BEAR
I went from talking to the WHITE HOUSE at one point discussing open source decolonial datas tructures and transparency TO COMBAT MISINFORMATION AND INCREASE DIVERSITY
to having to explain why swastikas aren’t ironic
I COULD FIGHT A BEAR
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Feel unbelievably bad for artists. And extremely alarmed for women. And really anyone who has posted photos on that site. Family photos. Photos of children. My god. A lot of incredibly evil shit is going to be made from this.
Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
December 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Feel unbelievably bad for artists. And extremely alarmed for women. And really anyone who has posted photos on that site. Family photos. Photos of children. My god. A lot of incredibly evil shit is going to be made from this.
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It’s not “losing money” any more than air traffic controllers or public highways or street lights or fire departments are “losing money.” It is a government service. It’s not SUPPOSED to make money. It’s supposed to reliably deliver to anywhere in the US, even the unprofitable places.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It’s not “losing money” any more than air traffic controllers or public highways or street lights or fire departments are “losing money.” It is a government service. It’s not SUPPOSED to make money. It’s supposed to reliably deliver to anywhere in the US, even the unprofitable places.
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Nothing is real any more.
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Nothing is real any more.
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liberals are finding new ways to be abnormal about transness and i'm so flummoxed
*defines every non-white trans person out of transness* well gosh I think it's obvious that being trans is something white people do
September 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
liberals are finding new ways to be abnormal about transness and i'm so flummoxed
I dont like drama youtubers or drama content and am not interested in being dragged into the middle of people I dont knows drama cause someone involved harassed me. Just leave me the fuck alone. If anyone harasses the guy "in my name" please know I actively disapprove & want nothing to do with you.
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I dont like drama youtubers or drama content and am not interested in being dragged into the middle of people I dont knows drama cause someone involved harassed me. Just leave me the fuck alone. If anyone harasses the guy "in my name" please know I actively disapprove & want nothing to do with you.
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I'm sorry are they REALLY giving this guy credit because he made a whataboutism argument to defend himself pocketing cash from the Saudis?!
Is this REALLY all it takes to impress motherfuckers?!
Is this REALLY all it takes to impress motherfuckers?!
December 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I'm sorry are they REALLY giving this guy credit because he made a whataboutism argument to defend himself pocketing cash from the Saudis?!
Is this REALLY all it takes to impress motherfuckers?!
Is this REALLY all it takes to impress motherfuckers?!
Its part of the point of the purposeful conflation of many different technologies aa being the same thing and why they keep calling all of these things AI which are not AI. It creates confusion and uncertainty and obfuscates what they are doing. 1/2
love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
December 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Its part of the point of the purposeful conflation of many different technologies aa being the same thing and why they keep calling all of these things AI which are not AI. It creates confusion and uncertainty and obfuscates what they are doing. 1/2
You do not in fact have to hand it to Dave "Im a terf who just got paid by the saudi monarchy to do a show" Chappelle cause he acknowledged its evil to kill journalists covering Israel's genocide of Palestine.
December 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
You do not in fact have to hand it to Dave "Im a terf who just got paid by the saudi monarchy to do a show" Chappelle cause he acknowledged its evil to kill journalists covering Israel's genocide of Palestine.
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avatar is a dogshit racist series and it's embarrassing that people like it so god damn these two parts of the review are absolutely scathing
December 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
avatar is a dogshit racist series and it's embarrassing that people like it so god damn these two parts of the review are absolutely scathing
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Spice is one of the best video essayists out there, and was my gateway into being serious about learning leftist theory. I have it to thank for putting me on the path I am today as an activist and organizer, so do it and yourself a favor by going and watching it's latest video!
⭐ New Video 🪓
Revolution, Fascism, & Magic: The Gathering
Folks, this one's a bit big...
youtu.be/4JghX1MBU68
Revolution, Fascism, & Magic: The Gathering
Folks, this one's a bit big...
youtu.be/4JghX1MBU68
December 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Spice is one of the best video essayists out there, and was my gateway into being serious about learning leftist theory. I have it to thank for putting me on the path I am today as an activist and organizer, so do it and yourself a favor by going and watching it's latest video!
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I've been working on this video for most of the year & it's on some pretty timely & sensitive topics so, if I may be so bold, I would ask that you share the hell out of it ❤️
youtu.be/4JghX1MBU68
youtu.be/4JghX1MBU68
Revolution, Fascism, & Magic: The Gathering
YouTube video by Spice8Rack
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I've been working on this video for most of the year & it's on some pretty timely & sensitive topics so, if I may be so bold, I would ask that you share the hell out of it ❤️
youtu.be/4JghX1MBU68
youtu.be/4JghX1MBU68
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I like how they don't even try to hide how cartoonishly evil they are
Israeli Prison Service officials are examining a proposal by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to build a prison for Palestinian detainees surrounded by crocodiles, modeled on a facility in Florida. Channel 13 reports the plan is under active feasibility review.
December 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I like how they don't even try to hide how cartoonishly evil they are
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What is it, Christmas?
December 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
What is it, Christmas?
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Please keep contacting your representatives and demand they oppose repealing sec230, and oppose internet censorship/surveillance bills
Get friends and family involved, february is when they are going to make a major push
Get friends and family involved, february is when they are going to make a major push
Posted by Sen Graham on Twitter, calling for a week in February “dedicated to advancing legislation that protects children from online threats and tackling the Section 230 crisis once and for all.” 10% of the senate sponsors the S230 repeal bill
December 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Please keep contacting your representatives and demand they oppose repealing sec230, and oppose internet censorship/surveillance bills
Get friends and family involved, february is when they are going to make a major push
Get friends and family involved, february is when they are going to make a major push
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1) literally no climate activist says fossil fuels aren’t useful. If they weren’t useful then there’d be no problem!
2) The annual Abundance conference where Matty Yglesias was a paid speaker is sponsored by the Koch network.
3) The Liberals in Canada are not “the left”. Not this government.
2) The annual Abundance conference where Matty Yglesias was a paid speaker is sponsored by the Koch network.
3) The Liberals in Canada are not “the left”. Not this government.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The mind-set shift needed here is to acknowledge that while climate change is real and harmful, the utility of fossil fuels is not something the oil and gas industry tricked the public into,” Matthew Yglesias writes.
“The mind-set shift needed here is to acknowledge that while climate change is real and harmful, the utility of fossil fuels is not something the oil and gas industry tricked the public into,” Matthew Yglesias writes.
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Do. Why Don’t Democrats?
Liberals should reconcile with America’s oil and gas industry.
nyti.ms
December 19, 2025 at 4:44 AM
1) literally no climate activist says fossil fuels aren’t useful. If they weren’t useful then there’d be no problem!
2) The annual Abundance conference where Matty Yglesias was a paid speaker is sponsored by the Koch network.
3) The Liberals in Canada are not “the left”. Not this government.
2) The annual Abundance conference where Matty Yglesias was a paid speaker is sponsored by the Koch network.
3) The Liberals in Canada are not “the left”. Not this government.
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Fascinating, essential reading.
GenAI reference images “plant an image in the client’s head which becomes difficult to iterate upon,” said Canavan. “So my job turns into arguing with said client about why my ideas are better than whatever series of flashy nothings they generated this morning."
GenAI reference images “plant an image in the client’s head which becomes difficult to iterate upon,” said Canavan. “So my job turns into arguing with said client about why my ideas are better than whatever series of flashy nothings they generated this morning."
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Fascinating, essential reading.
GenAI reference images “plant an image in the client’s head which becomes difficult to iterate upon,” said Canavan. “So my job turns into arguing with said client about why my ideas are better than whatever series of flashy nothings they generated this morning."
GenAI reference images “plant an image in the client’s head which becomes difficult to iterate upon,” said Canavan. “So my job turns into arguing with said client about why my ideas are better than whatever series of flashy nothings they generated this morning."
Shock horror if you actually respect trans people our lives improve. Who knew??? Definitely not all of us trans people since time immemorial.
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Shock horror if you actually respect trans people our lives improve. Who knew??? Definitely not all of us trans people since time immemorial.