arestelle
@arestelle.bsky.social
Lover of language, knowledge nut, shutter snapper, musicophile, stargazer, bookworm. Misfit programmer by day. | she/her
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Some large noodle bowls that came out over the holidays. #pottery
One has a slight glaze blemish, but otherwise I'm happy with them. Using Rocky Mountain BMX clay.
One has a slight glaze blemish, but otherwise I'm happy with them. Using Rocky Mountain BMX clay.
January 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Some large noodle bowls that came out over the holidays. #pottery
One has a slight glaze blemish, but otherwise I'm happy with them. Using Rocky Mountain BMX clay.
One has a slight glaze blemish, but otherwise I'm happy with them. Using Rocky Mountain BMX clay.
thank fuck
(now will they/have they remove(d) the slop we reported last year?)
(now will they/have they remove(d) the slop we reported last year?)
Bandcamp tells AI music to just fuck off
blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/k...
i expect they had rather a lot of spam and only so many petabytes of disk
blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/k...
i expect they had rather a lot of spam and only so many petabytes of disk
Bandcamp’s Mission and Our Approach to Generative AI
We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.
blog.bandcamp.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:35 AM
thank fuck
(now will they/have they remove(d) the slop we reported last year?)
(now will they/have they remove(d) the slop we reported last year?)
This is why it's bad that libraries' digital collections are made available (exclusively) via a company, at all.
Our official policy provides clarity on our AI usage and the broader impact of AI on the book industry as a whole. Read OverDrive's full policy here: https://bit.ly/4be33jB
January 13, 2026 at 12:50 AM
This is why it's bad that libraries' digital collections are made available (exclusively) via a company, at all.
got a call that was like "hi we're partnering with Xcel to provide energy audits bc they've seen energy usage in the area rise..."
and if it's anything like the nags that Xcel sends, they're fussing about electrical use rising due to ppl switching to heat pumps and ignoring the declining gas usage
and if it's anything like the nags that Xcel sends, they're fussing about electrical use rising due to ppl switching to heat pumps and ignoring the declining gas usage
January 13, 2026 at 12:19 AM
got a call that was like "hi we're partnering with Xcel to provide energy audits bc they've seen energy usage in the area rise..."
and if it's anything like the nags that Xcel sends, they're fussing about electrical use rising due to ppl switching to heat pumps and ignoring the declining gas usage
and if it's anything like the nags that Xcel sends, they're fussing about electrical use rising due to ppl switching to heat pumps and ignoring the declining gas usage
Is Skyrim old enough to be classic? hoo boy 💀
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy VI
Terranigma
and, well, I suppose Skyrim 😅
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy VI
Terranigma
and, well, I suppose Skyrim 😅
January 12, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Is Skyrim old enough to be classic? hoo boy 💀
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy VI
Terranigma
and, well, I suppose Skyrim 😅
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy VI
Terranigma
and, well, I suppose Skyrim 😅
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Just saw a content-theft account reposted by someone here. A tip: if their bio says something like, “if you own the original, DM me,” you can tell they are happy to steal, mislead, and profit off other people’s work (and don’t want to be called out about it in public). Personally, I block on sight.
January 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Just saw a content-theft account reposted by someone here. A tip: if their bio says something like, “if you own the original, DM me,” you can tell they are happy to steal, mislead, and profit off other people’s work (and don’t want to be called out about it in public). Personally, I block on sight.
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I literally do not care what anyone is saying on twitter or fucking truth social. Stop cooking your brains on this shit. Stop forcing it down other people’s throats. It’s so fucking annoying.
January 11, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I literally do not care what anyone is saying on twitter or fucking truth social. Stop cooking your brains on this shit. Stop forcing it down other people’s throats. It’s so fucking annoying.
Something like 15 years ago, there was a while where I downloaded all the free songs of the day from Magnatune, meaning to actually listen to them to decide what to keep or not and what albums I might want to buy. I never got around to it and they've cluttered my library ever since.
January 10, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Something like 15 years ago, there was a while where I downloaded all the free songs of the day from Magnatune, meaning to actually listen to them to decide what to keep or not and what albums I might want to buy. I never got around to it and they've cluttered my library ever since.
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If you use Discord and want to tell them how you feel about them adding AI tools, here's a link to the survey. Share it far & wide. Let them know we don't want it. discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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January 10, 2026 at 6:11 AM
If you use Discord and want to tell them how you feel about them adding AI tools, here's a link to the survey. Share it far & wide. Let them know we don't want it. discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Abolish ICE, disarm CBP.
"Federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, authorities said."
Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say
Authorities say Federal immigration officers have shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon. The FBI’s Portland office says it is investigating an “agent involved shooting” that happened around ...
apnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Abolish ICE, disarm CBP.
It's so far past time for states to officially recognize ICE as a terrorist organization and treat them accordingly.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 AM
It's so far past time for states to officially recognize ICE as a terrorist organization and treat them accordingly.
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If Conway were running in a red district, we could talk. He is literally running to replace a very progressive member of Congress.
January 7, 2026 at 5:29 AM
If Conway were running in a red district, we could talk. He is literally running to replace a very progressive member of Congress.
So basically, just avoid them entirely?
“As the grocery chain faces scrutiny in New York for storing customers’ biometric data, Wegmans won’t say if any stores in Maryland are in the ‘small fraction’ of locations where it has deployed cameras that use facial recognition technology.”
Are Baltimore-area grocers using facial recognition? Some won’t say.
As the grocery chain faces scrutiny in New York for storing customers’ biometric data, Wegmans won’t say if any stores in Maryland are in the “small fraction” of locations t…
www.baltimoresun.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:10 AM
So basically, just avoid them entirely?
I have to somehow delete so many more accounts that use my old gmail address before I can delete my google account
but I really want to
but it is more than a full time job fighting all the assholes that want to break the law by keeping my data & accounts and I burned out on it two years ago
but I really want to
but it is more than a full time job fighting all the assholes that want to break the law by keeping my data & accounts and I burned out on it two years ago
January 6, 2026 at 12:53 AM
I have to somehow delete so many more accounts that use my old gmail address before I can delete my google account
but I really want to
but it is more than a full time job fighting all the assholes that want to break the law by keeping my data & accounts and I burned out on it two years ago
but I really want to
but it is more than a full time job fighting all the assholes that want to break the law by keeping my data & accounts and I burned out on it two years ago
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Another post from a Venezuelan friend:
January 4, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Another post from a Venezuelan friend:
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At least Chotiner is doing his goddamn job
January 3, 2026 at 9:59 PM
At least Chotiner is doing his goddamn job
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Anyway we do not have to support all Democrats and I *specifically* mean Jared Polis when I say that.
January 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Anyway we do not have to support all Democrats and I *specifically* mean Jared Polis when I say that.
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Nobody ever said the death throes of the fossil age would be pretty or peaceful
January 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Nobody ever said the death throes of the fossil age would be pretty or peaceful
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Denver:
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Denver:
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
External
Inbox
Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
5:43 AM (4 hours ago)
to me
Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
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Diversity and antitrust.
We actually have to come out for diversity to save this country … we’ll probably choose its death instead .
Trump megadonor Larry Ellison is reportedly pledging $40 billion to help his son buy CNN’s parent company, in a media power play that one critic warns makes the billionaire tycoon a direct threat to independent journalism and democracy.
December 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Diversity and antitrust.
Anyone unironically saying something is their “North Star” is not to be trusted.
December 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Anyone unironically saying something is their “North Star” is not to be trusted.
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Every act of refusal can help pave the way for others to refuse as well.
"We hope that other educators will join us in helping students and professors to pave an exit ramp off the alienating highway of automated education, and we aspire to achieve this in community, rather than as solitary prompt engineers."
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December 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Every act of refusal can help pave the way for others to refuse as well.
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We do not have to offer and I believe indeed should not offer any benefit of the doubt: Anything sold as "AI" should be presumed ineffective, exploitative, environmentally ruinous, bigotry-amplifying and otherwise until proven otherwise.
/fin
/fin
December 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We do not have to offer and I believe indeed should not offer any benefit of the doubt: Anything sold as "AI" should be presumed ineffective, exploitative, environmentally ruinous, bigotry-amplifying and otherwise until proven otherwise.
/fin
/fin
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same.
and if you're like "but what about [a predictive model that is not an LLM and is actually useful]" then maybe talk about it as a predictive model that does something useful and don't call it "ai"
If it's a different thing use different words to describe it
and if you're like "but what about [a predictive model that is not an LLM and is actually useful]" then maybe talk about it as a predictive model that does something useful and don't call it "ai"
If it's a different thing use different words to describe it
December 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
same.
and if you're like "but what about [a predictive model that is not an LLM and is actually useful]" then maybe talk about it as a predictive model that does something useful and don't call it "ai"
If it's a different thing use different words to describe it
and if you're like "but what about [a predictive model that is not an LLM and is actually useful]" then maybe talk about it as a predictive model that does something useful and don't call it "ai"
If it's a different thing use different words to describe it