The Erinaceous One
@erinaceousphd.bsky.social
Grumpy Black crone who likes to think and explore (and seek mindfulness, within reason). In pfp: a hedgehog with a kente kufi on its head, and red laser eyes. Not chill. “Coward American” — an opp.
Currently rearing an aging, unsociable 🦔 rescue.
Currently rearing an aging, unsociable 🦔 rescue.
Pinned
Quick intro:
- mid-30s, Fenty 450, Niger Deltan descent 👋🏿
- known elsewhere for locked account where I vented about bad grad school XP
- older now; venting isn’t good for my blood pressure
- non-professional account: expect cooking, plants, mourning pets, deconstruction of fundie upbringing (1/)
- mid-30s, Fenty 450, Niger Deltan descent 👋🏿
- known elsewhere for locked account where I vented about bad grad school XP
- older now; venting isn’t good for my blood pressure
- non-professional account: expect cooking, plants, mourning pets, deconstruction of fundie upbringing (1/)
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OMG WE WUZ KANGZ
Olympic highlight in this house.
February 18, 2026 at 8:40 PM
OMG WE WUZ KANGZ
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This is the main reason I got off twitter.
People would take my tweets and circulate them everywhere and when I would comment asking for them to be removed or for them to pay me, I was wrong.
People would take my tweets and circulate them everywhere and when I would comment asking for them to be removed or for them to pay me, I was wrong.
Cuz a lot of ppl do get on here, screenshotting our posts to put them on IG or Reddit, tryna get clout off our backs or eem making coins off our thoughts. Its icky.
February 18, 2026 at 4:54 PM
This is the main reason I got off twitter.
People would take my tweets and circulate them everywhere and when I would comment asking for them to be removed or for them to pay me, I was wrong.
People would take my tweets and circulate them everywhere and when I would comment asking for them to be removed or for them to pay me, I was wrong.
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Anywaysssss meet Walter 💟
February 18, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Anywaysssss meet Walter 💟
It arrived! The price was atrocious, but I can rest now. 🙂↕️
February 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM
It arrived! The price was atrocious, but I can rest now. 🙂↕️
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I got a tip that all over the world, people are using a dead-simple hack to manipulate AI behavior. It turns out changing what AI tells other people can be as easy as writing a blog post *on your own website*
I didn’t believe it, so I decided to test it myself www.bbc.com/future/artic...
I didn’t believe it, so I decided to test it myself www.bbc.com/future/artic...
I hacked ChatGPT and Google's AI – and it only took 20 minutes
I found a way to make AI tell you lies – and I'm not the only one.
www.bbc.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I got a tip that all over the world, people are using a dead-simple hack to manipulate AI behavior. It turns out changing what AI tells other people can be as easy as writing a blog post *on your own website*
I didn’t believe it, so I decided to test it myself www.bbc.com/future/artic...
I didn’t believe it, so I decided to test it myself www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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It looks like just another example of AI companies rushing out their tools without taking basic safety precautions
February 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
It looks like just another example of AI companies rushing out their tools without taking basic safety precautions
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Apologies to Pacific time, but East Coast time the only time that matters.
February 18, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Apologies to Pacific time, but East Coast time the only time that matters.
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I’ve probably been blocked by folks annoyed that I liked 6/8 posts in a thread, but dammit I *read* what you wrote and I *agreed*. I want you to know, that’s all. If I only like the first post, you’ll think I didn’t read em all.
If I like the beginning post of your thread but nothing else, does my like count for the whole thread? What if the best post is in the middle of the thread? Should I just like the 1st & that specific one? But then, does that communicate that I didn’t like the rest of it?
Overthinkers have it rough!
Overthinkers have it rough!
February 18, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I’ve probably been blocked by folks annoyed that I liked 6/8 posts in a thread, but dammit I *read* what you wrote and I *agreed*. I want you to know, that’s all. If I only like the first post, you’ll think I didn’t read em all.
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> Blacksky ... shows what it actually takes. Their approach was to construct community identity first, starting with a custom feed that created a sense of shared space, then progressively building their own PDS hosting, their own moderation system, and their own relay, their own appview.
new from me - Where Does Community Live?
A deep dive into how protocols shape what communities can be build on the open social web
connectedplaces.online/where-does-c...
A deep dive into how protocols shape what communities can be build on the open social web
connectedplaces.online/where-does-c...
Where Does Community Live?
ActivityPub and ATProto both promise to rebuild social life online, but they answer the question of where community actually forms in fundamentally different ways. Protocol design is institutional des...
connectedplaces.online
February 18, 2026 at 7:49 PM
> Blacksky ... shows what it actually takes. Their approach was to construct community identity first, starting with a custom feed that created a sense of shared space, then progressively building their own PDS hosting, their own moderation system, and their own relay, their own appview.
Caught up with a close cousin and talked about hedgie and other things.
Hedgie is warm. Back to work. 💪🏿
Hedgie is warm. Back to work. 💪🏿
February 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Caught up with a close cousin and talked about hedgie and other things.
Hedgie is warm. Back to work. 💪🏿
Hedgie is warm. Back to work. 💪🏿
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🎉🎉🎉 Happy Toni Day 🎉🎉🎉
It's always a great day to watch her documentary
It's always a great day to watch her documentary
February 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM
🎉🎉🎉 Happy Toni Day 🎉🎉🎉
It's always a great day to watch her documentary
It's always a great day to watch her documentary
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A disappointing start to the 2027 budget negotiation process, but thankfully we’ve got @nycplan.org ready to push back. Get activated and call your city councilmember plz and thank you
February 18, 2026 at 4:56 PM
A disappointing start to the 2027 budget negotiation process, but thankfully we’ve got @nycplan.org ready to push back. Get activated and call your city councilmember plz and thank you
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Nobody:
A baby that just came off of formula:
A baby that just came off of formula:
So I tried sweet potato today and yall, I am NOT feeling it 😭
February 18, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Nobody:
A baby that just came off of formula:
A baby that just came off of formula:
Awww man. Saw the hedgie sleeping hard next to his bowls. I was taking a break to make coffee. Took a bit to rouse him. He does get up to lie down outside his sleeping area sometimes, but this was different.
I don’t want to let him go, but if he’s ready, what can I do? 😞😞😞
🥺🥺🥺
I don’t want to let him go, but if he’s ready, what can I do? 😞😞😞
🥺🥺🥺
February 18, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Awww man. Saw the hedgie sleeping hard next to his bowls. I was taking a break to make coffee. Took a bit to rouse him. He does get up to lie down outside his sleeping area sometimes, but this was different.
I don’t want to let him go, but if he’s ready, what can I do? 😞😞😞
🥺🥺🥺
I don’t want to let him go, but if he’s ready, what can I do? 😞😞😞
🥺🥺🥺
Last repost (don’t want to derail convo): Many of my mutuals have met me over the years, thank goodness. Many have seen my face on the other app. 😮💨
I swap daily work voice notes/podcasts with @phdcoolmom.bsky.social (we’re grad school pals and close friends).
I swap daily work voice notes/podcasts with @phdcoolmom.bsky.social (we’re grad school pals and close friends).
February 18, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Last repost (don’t want to derail convo): Many of my mutuals have met me over the years, thank goodness. Many have seen my face on the other app. 😮💨
I swap daily work voice notes/podcasts with @phdcoolmom.bsky.social (we’re grad school pals and close friends).
I swap daily work voice notes/podcasts with @phdcoolmom.bsky.social (we’re grad school pals and close friends).
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Also if nobody in multiple years of social activity can vouch for meeting/seeing you in-person or via a FT call or NOTHING visual AND you never post any pictures of yourself or your location ... STRANGE TO ME.
February 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Also if nobody in multiple years of social activity can vouch for meeting/seeing you in-person or via a FT call or NOTHING visual AND you never post any pictures of yourself or your location ... STRANGE TO ME.
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I guess those big ass flower arrangements she loves sending got lost with the courier?
February 18, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I guess those big ass flower arrangements she loves sending got lost with the courier?
Me, reading the screenshot: 🤔
Them in my line of sight: 👆🏿👉🏿👇🏿👈🏿☝🏿🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️
Them in my line of sight: 👆🏿👉🏿👇🏿👈🏿☝🏿🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️
Pointing and shit.
Just, "☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾!!!"
Bitch, I see the footage, why would I need a screen companion to view the material???
Just, "☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾!!!"
Bitch, I see the footage, why would I need a screen companion to view the material???
the ig version of using other people’s content with your head floating around in the frame making dumb faces is equally goofy. hate it!!!
February 18, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Me, reading the screenshot: 🤔
Them in my line of sight: 👆🏿👉🏿👇🏿👈🏿☝🏿🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️
Them in my line of sight: 👆🏿👉🏿👇🏿👈🏿☝🏿🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️
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This is the format I loathe MOST!
Why you here?? Just in the way, SHOO!!
Why you here?? Just in the way, SHOO!!
the ig version of using other people’s content with your head floating around in the frame making dumb faces is equally goofy. hate it!!!
February 18, 2026 at 4:33 PM
This is the format I loathe MOST!
Why you here?? Just in the way, SHOO!!
Why you here?? Just in the way, SHOO!!
And they’re always pointing and nodding like puppets on preschool TV. Except they’re adding nothing to the conversation because we can read.
Or taking up time (and space) reading off the whole thing. There’s one funny guy that does this, but it’s still annoying.
Or taking up time (and space) reading off the whole thing. There’s one funny guy that does this, but it’s still annoying.
the ig version of using other people’s content with your head floating around in the frame making dumb faces is equally goofy. hate it!!!
February 18, 2026 at 4:54 PM
And they’re always pointing and nodding like puppets on preschool TV. Except they’re adding nothing to the conversation because we can read.
Or taking up time (and space) reading off the whole thing. There’s one funny guy that does this, but it’s still annoying.
Or taking up time (and space) reading off the whole thing. There’s one funny guy that does this, but it’s still annoying.