Elfie
@elfgrove.bsky.social
Elfie, cat mom to Sylvie, my "gilded tuxedo" calico cat.
🧵 cosplayer, plush maker, ex-Southerner transplanted to SoCali.
✨ https://linktr.ee/elfgrove
🧵 cosplayer, plush maker, ex-Southerner transplanted to SoCali.
✨ https://linktr.ee/elfgrove
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Pretty sure the screaming goat pillow images are AI generated. I believe some of those stitches and colors would not make sense or work that way.
November 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Pretty sure the screaming goat pillow images are AI generated. I believe some of those stitches and colors would not make sense or work that way.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Realizing the "we poisoned you all with lead for decades" generation was immediately followed by "we fucked up teaching you how to read, now you're bad at it and hate it" generation to be followed by "Mandatory AI will fry your cognition" generation. Well, shit.
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Realizing the "we poisoned you all with lead for decades" generation was immediately followed by "we fucked up teaching you how to read, now you're bad at it and hate it" generation to be followed by "Mandatory AI will fry your cognition" generation. Well, shit.
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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Jesus Christ, this is dire.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Jesus Christ, this is dire.
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This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
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Needless to say it was a lot of food at the time! 😂
We ended with ~136 bags out of this, enough to feed 3 whole classrooms:
We ended with ~136 bags out of this, enough to feed 3 whole classrooms:
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Needless to say it was a lot of food at the time! 😂
We ended with ~136 bags out of this, enough to feed 3 whole classrooms:
We ended with ~136 bags out of this, enough to feed 3 whole classrooms:
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Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
OOF. Man, Hooked on Phonics style reading education worked for me. Good program.
I look up shit I don't know and understand what I read. I don't make up what I think it fucking means.
I look up shit I don't know and understand what I read. I don't make up what I think it fucking means.
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
OOF. Man, Hooked on Phonics style reading education worked for me. Good program.
I look up shit I don't know and understand what I read. I don't make up what I think it fucking means.
I look up shit I don't know and understand what I read. I don't make up what I think it fucking means.
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ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
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my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said
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And now it all makes sense...
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
And now it all makes sense...
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There are arguably 4 out of 18 things on this list that the government isn't trying to actively destroy, and one of the four is "We created Shrek."
People Are Revealing The Things The US Actually Does Right, And My Cynical Self Needed This Reminder
"I come from a country where disability is looked upon as a crime or fault. The USA does an amazing job of making things accessible."
www.buzzfeed.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
There are arguably 4 out of 18 things on this list that the government isn't trying to actively destroy, and one of the four is "We created Shrek."
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So can we start calling this thing "the shitty chatbot that kills you?"
Because calling Panera's product "the lemonade that kills you" got them to act super fast.
Because calling Panera's product "the lemonade that kills you" got them to act super fast.
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
So can we start calling this thing "the shitty chatbot that kills you?"
Because calling Panera's product "the lemonade that kills you" got them to act super fast.
Because calling Panera's product "the lemonade that kills you" got them to act super fast.
Accidental random talent reveal over the weekend at a mountain cabin getaway with friends.
The karaoke machine had been pulled out and while I am happy to sing along from my seat, when you ask me to pick a song? Brain go blank.
A friend did 'You Were Meant for Me', and I sing along from my seat.
The karaoke machine had been pulled out and while I am happy to sing along from my seat, when you ask me to pick a song? Brain go blank.
A friend did 'You Were Meant for Me', and I sing along from my seat.
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Accidental random talent reveal over the weekend at a mountain cabin getaway with friends.
The karaoke machine had been pulled out and while I am happy to sing along from my seat, when you ask me to pick a song? Brain go blank.
A friend did 'You Were Meant for Me', and I sing along from my seat.
The karaoke machine had been pulled out and while I am happy to sing along from my seat, when you ask me to pick a song? Brain go blank.
A friend did 'You Were Meant for Me', and I sing along from my seat.
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Did a drawing of @realgdt.bsky.social's Frankenstein
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Did a drawing of @realgdt.bsky.social's Frankenstein
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Should note - I've been griping about tariffs lately because of this, precisely. The POD price was about $22 for a book of that size four months ago. We've seen a ~60% increase.
I'm comfortable charging $25 for a late copy. I'm not comfortable charging over $30.
I'm comfortable charging $25 for a late copy. I'm not comfortable charging over $30.
OK, so... one thing to note: Print on Demand may not be feasible for AH Magazine #1. 😅 I'm setting up a sample order before going to full production and, ah... yeah.
Economies of Scale have our costs at about $8.50 a book atm, so that's $9-ish to cover costs.
Economies of Scale have our costs at about $8.50 a book atm, so that's $9-ish to cover costs.
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Should note - I've been griping about tariffs lately because of this, precisely. The POD price was about $22 for a book of that size four months ago. We've seen a ~60% increase.
I'm comfortable charging $25 for a late copy. I'm not comfortable charging over $30.
I'm comfortable charging $25 for a late copy. I'm not comfortable charging over $30.
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cerberus collection photoshoot today!! ❤️🖤
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
cerberus collection photoshoot today!! ❤️🖤
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... They really just said "let's allow the creeper to remain mostly unchanged in the year 2025," didn't they?
Keeripes.
Keeripes.
[Review] A violation is a violation is a violation, and we're supposed to be chuckling at teenage girls being terrorized by an old man.
Ranma ½ ‒ Episode 18
www.animenewsnetwork.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
... They really just said "let's allow the creeper to remain mostly unchanged in the year 2025," didn't they?
Keeripes.
Keeripes.
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Gave all their power and momentum away for absolutely nothing. This might not be their promised vote but it shows how it will go when it happens.
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Gave all their power and momentum away for absolutely nothing. This might not be their promised vote but it shows how it will go when it happens.
It really is just fucking sock fabric. I hope someone on Etsy with a serger and access to colorful tube socks is already making knock offs.
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It really is just fucking sock fabric. I hope someone on Etsy with a serger and access to colorful tube socks is already making knock offs.
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…These people have quite actively tried to ensure that if they go down we're going with them.
So I'm saying i want them stopped, but i want the equivalent of a controlled descent, the pilots and crew arrested on the scene, and a prolonged & public FAA investigation about how the fuck this happened.
So I'm saying i want them stopped, but i want the equivalent of a controlled descent, the pilots and crew arrested on the scene, and a prolonged & public FAA investigation about how the fuck this happened.
Look, i know a lot of us live for the schadenfreude of the crash & burn but i don't think some of you realize just in how many ways we are all in the fucking plane.
Some of the biggest buyers-into of this "AI" hype cycle have: your medical data, your identity data, control over the carceral system…
Some of the biggest buyers-into of this "AI" hype cycle have: your medical data, your identity data, control over the carceral system…
July 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
…These people have quite actively tried to ensure that if they go down we're going with them.
So I'm saying i want them stopped, but i want the equivalent of a controlled descent, the pilots and crew arrested on the scene, and a prolonged & public FAA investigation about how the fuck this happened.
So I'm saying i want them stopped, but i want the equivalent of a controlled descent, the pilots and crew arrested on the scene, and a prolonged & public FAA investigation about how the fuck this happened.
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There's an entire unified house caucus who's against the senate dems "deal"
To place a blanket blame on all dems is kinda irresponsible. Meanwhile dems in the senate have done done this twice to the house dems.
To place a blanket blame on all dems is kinda irresponsible. Meanwhile dems in the senate have done done this twice to the house dems.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
There's an entire unified house caucus who's against the senate dems "deal"
To place a blanket blame on all dems is kinda irresponsible. Meanwhile dems in the senate have done done this twice to the house dems.
To place a blanket blame on all dems is kinda irresponsible. Meanwhile dems in the senate have done done this twice to the house dems.
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i get that platform holders continue to try as hard as they possibly can to manufacture consent for an all-digital future and the Switch 2 in particular is trying very hard on this front but still, I insist on making them work for it. The games that don't work without a download are a minority.
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
i get that platform holders continue to try as hard as they possibly can to manufacture consent for an all-digital future and the Switch 2 in particular is trying very hard on this front but still, I insist on making them work for it. The games that don't work without a download are a minority.
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I think "most physical games require a download to even work nowadays" is one of my strongest pet peeves in that it will get me to pick fights with strangers if seen in the wild lol
there is considerable data about this exact thing and it is just plain false. Stop handing that one to publishers.
there is considerable data about this exact thing and it is just plain false. Stop handing that one to publishers.
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I think "most physical games require a download to even work nowadays" is one of my strongest pet peeves in that it will get me to pick fights with strangers if seen in the wild lol
there is considerable data about this exact thing and it is just plain false. Stop handing that one to publishers.
there is considerable data about this exact thing and it is just plain false. Stop handing that one to publishers.
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Have I sailed as close as you are legally allowed to do to have a nose at the SS Montgomery?
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Have I sailed as close as you are legally allowed to do to have a nose at the SS Montgomery?
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is: