eviŁrooster
@evilrooster.bsky.social
Dual US/UK techie living in the Netherlands. Tech writer and contagious documentarian by day, bookbinder by night.
My opinions are my own, and do not reflect those of anyone who employs, hangs out with, or is in any other way stuck with me.
(She/her)
My opinions are my own, and do not reflect those of anyone who employs, hangs out with, or is in any other way stuck with me.
(She/her)
What Andrew was, and was not, arrested for is an interesting application of the Al Capone Theory (qz.com/1043588/the-...).
As depressingly usual, it's easier to arrest a powerful man for pretty much any kind of crime than a sex crime.
As depressingly usual, it's easier to arrest a powerful man for pretty much any kind of crime than a sex crime.
February 19, 2026 at 11:51 AM
What Andrew was, and was not, arrested for is an interesting application of the Al Capone Theory (qz.com/1043588/the-...).
As depressingly usual, it's easier to arrest a powerful man for pretty much any kind of crime than a sex crime.
As depressingly usual, it's easier to arrest a powerful man for pretty much any kind of crime than a sex crime.
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Yes, but if the Council of Nicaea *had* been overseen by an English unitary authority with a directly-elected mayor, I reckon we’d have more consistent dates for Easter. The movable feast thing plays havoc with the bin collection timetables.
February 19, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Yes, but if the Council of Nicaea *had* been overseen by an English unitary authority with a directly-elected mayor, I reckon we’d have more consistent dates for Easter. The movable feast thing plays havoc with the bin collection timetables.
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Kingfisher of the Day:
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Near Threatened
📷 Vincent Wang
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Near Threatened
📷 Vincent Wang
February 19, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Kingfisher of the Day:
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Near Threatened
📷 Vincent Wang
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Near Threatened
📷 Vincent Wang
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Of all the things we are doing in MN, this one is just beyond. Imagine being released from hell alone in the cold. And a total stranger has waited all night with a blanket just to be ready to hug you and carry you home. Every job we do is crucial, but this one is what restores humanity and dignity.
As the pedophile führer's ICE Nazis are ordered to release people they've kidnapped, they do it in the dead of night to make sure it's as cruel and brutal as possible. Fortunately, compassionate Patriots are there to meet them and make sure they're ok and driven to their homes.
February 19, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Of all the things we are doing in MN, this one is just beyond. Imagine being released from hell alone in the cold. And a total stranger has waited all night with a blanket just to be ready to hug you and carry you home. Every job we do is crucial, but this one is what restores humanity and dignity.
When I was 14? Ish? I was reading Aristophanes (in translation) and laughing my ass off at 2500 year old writing.
When I was 21 @keepof4worlds.bsky.social introduced me to Jane Austen by reading Mr Collins’ proposal, complete with a falsetto Lizzy, 278 years after it was published.
When I was 21 @keepof4worlds.bsky.social introduced me to Jane Austen by reading Mr Collins’ proposal, complete with a falsetto Lizzy, 278 years after it was published.
Meanwhile, on threads, which actually is like what people on twitter think bluesky is like, a "teacher, author, poet" speaks...
February 18, 2026 at 9:32 PM
When I was 14? Ish? I was reading Aristophanes (in translation) and laughing my ass off at 2500 year old writing.
When I was 21 @keepof4worlds.bsky.social introduced me to Jane Austen by reading Mr Collins’ proposal, complete with a falsetto Lizzy, 278 years after it was published.
When I was 21 @keepof4worlds.bsky.social introduced me to Jane Austen by reading Mr Collins’ proposal, complete with a falsetto Lizzy, 278 years after it was published.
Expertise.
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Expertise.
My driver’s ed teacher is the reason I still look over my shoulder when changing lanes.
He was a creep, and if you didn’t look over your shoulder, he’d put his moist hand over yours on the steering wheel and say, “you did remember to look, didn’t you?”
He was a creep, and if you didn’t look over your shoulder, he’d put his moist hand over yours on the steering wheel and say, “you did remember to look, didn’t you?”
okay one of my best friends just told me her driver's ed teacher was named
wait for it
Mr. Streetman
... and now, because the horrors are horroring, I wish to hear from Bluesky about all your great and bad and terrible and fun driver's ed stories
wait for it
Mr. Streetman
... and now, because the horrors are horroring, I wish to hear from Bluesky about all your great and bad and terrible and fun driver's ed stories
February 18, 2026 at 7:48 AM
My driver’s ed teacher is the reason I still look over my shoulder when changing lanes.
He was a creep, and if you didn’t look over your shoulder, he’d put his moist hand over yours on the steering wheel and say, “you did remember to look, didn’t you?”
He was a creep, and if you didn’t look over your shoulder, he’d put his moist hand over yours on the steering wheel and say, “you did remember to look, didn’t you?”
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Glitter chickens, @chenowolf.bsky.social .
I'm a Norwich resident and I am 100% on the Glitter Chickens' side (Okay but we're not calling them that. Tried it, didn't like it).
You know most of them are descended from carrier pigeons? It's an obsolete self-replicating communication system that has gone feral. They are cyberpunk AF.
You know most of them are descended from carrier pigeons? It's an obsolete self-replicating communication system that has gone feral. They are cyberpunk AF.
An awful lot to think about here but the main thing I need to draw your attention to is that one click deep is the Peck Savers fb page, and do you know what they're calling them on there? That's right it's
`°•☆ Glitter Chickens ☆•°`
`°•☆ Glitter Chickens ☆•°`
February 17, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Glitter chickens, @chenowolf.bsky.social .
I always ask the Little House on the Prairie question about images like this: Where does the cloth come from?
More widely: where do all of the surfaces you see come from? The paint? The roofing tiles? The metal for the robots? The windowpanes?
If it fails that, it fails before you look any deeper.
More widely: where do all of the surfaces you see come from? The paint? The roofing tiles? The metal for the robots? The windowpanes?
If it fails that, it fails before you look any deeper.
*The crazed phoniness of this cyber-Ruskinian daydream. My goodness what self-deluding phoniness this is. It's so nuts that I'm not sure that it's even possible to be this nuts without AI help and social media
February 17, 2026 at 9:10 AM
I always ask the Little House on the Prairie question about images like this: Where does the cloth come from?
More widely: where do all of the surfaces you see come from? The paint? The roofing tiles? The metal for the robots? The windowpanes?
If it fails that, it fails before you look any deeper.
More widely: where do all of the surfaces you see come from? The paint? The roofing tiles? The metal for the robots? The windowpanes?
If it fails that, it fails before you look any deeper.
CW: dance including depictions of ICE murdering people.
February 17, 2026 at 8:31 AM
CW: dance including depictions of ICE murdering people.
Was watching a police procedural set in Rotterdam and I have never felt more Dutch than when I saw that the final episode took place on a pancake boat. I was simultaneously enchanted and horrified in exactly the same way as the characters in the show.
February 16, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Was watching a police procedural set in Rotterdam and I have never felt more Dutch than when I saw that the final episode took place on a pancake boat. I was simultaneously enchanted and horrified in exactly the same way as the characters in the show.
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The thread really highlights for me that there are definitely gacha game dopamine hit dynamics going on here.
"I want to see what surprise loot I get from my over-hyped advanced predictive text algorithm and optimize it so I get better predictive text loot next time!"
"I want to see what surprise loot I get from my over-hyped advanced predictive text algorithm and optimize it so I get better predictive text loot next time!"
February 16, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The thread really highlights for me that there are definitely gacha game dopamine hit dynamics going on here.
"I want to see what surprise loot I get from my over-hyped advanced predictive text algorithm and optimize it so I get better predictive text loot next time!"
"I want to see what surprise loot I get from my over-hyped advanced predictive text algorithm and optimize it so I get better predictive text loot next time!"
I always say that the fact that you can buy such a wide variety of things in Amsterdam is a confluence of the Dutch openness about sex and Rule 34.
hahaha ahahaha
*deep breath*
*more laughter*
my sweet summer child, that's *all of them*
if you invent a new thing that has nothing to do with sex the first thing people will try to use it for is an orgasm
if you invent a new sex toy, it will almost certainly be used for massage or cleaning
*deep breath*
*more laughter*
my sweet summer child, that's *all of them*
if you invent a new thing that has nothing to do with sex the first thing people will try to use it for is an orgasm
if you invent a new sex toy, it will almost certainly be used for massage or cleaning
Can you think of examples where people use technologies differently from what the developers intended, whether unintentionally or as an act of resistance?
February 15, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I always say that the fact that you can buy such a wide variety of things in Amsterdam is a confluence of the Dutch openness about sex and Rule 34.
Tattoo! Very vivid because we did the color today.
February 14, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Tattoo! Very vivid because we did the color today.
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The "New Yorkers speaking Dutch" solidarity play would be hilarious.
Imagine if people who live in former Spanish colonies did an English strike for a day: spoke only Spanish.
I mean, Trump is squealing about Spanish from South Florida!
I mean, Trump is squealing about Spanish from South Florida!
February 9, 2026 at 11:53 AM
The "New Yorkers speaking Dutch" solidarity play would be hilarious.
Official doomscroll break.
February 9, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Official doomscroll break.
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Macbeth: SHIT
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Macbeth: SHIT
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
No Kings includes Draft Kings
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Who is your audience?”
“Who is your audience?”
please define your terms and acronyms.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Where are your citations?"
"Where are your citations?"
February 7, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Who is your audience?”
“Who is your audience?”
I actually find it creepy.
And I don’t think googly eyes will mitigate that.
And I don’t think googly eyes will mitigate that.
February 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I actually find it creepy.
And I don’t think googly eyes will mitigate that.
And I don’t think googly eyes will mitigate that.
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Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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Do you know who is not in the Epstein files?
Obama.
Obama.
February 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Do you know who is not in the Epstein files?
Obama.
Obama.