Kaye Elling
@k000.bsky.social
Short, round, tattooed, middle-aged academic with a game dev past. TTRPGs, art, sketching, movies, minis, dogs, tattoos, metal, lefty politics, snark and memes. Goth adjacent but #NotaGoth. Fully anti-AI. Probably neurospicy. She/her.
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Kaye Elling
@k000.bsky.social
· Mar 20
Behold: The Dryangle V0.1!*
A philosophical model for the most efficient and effective way of drying laundry outside on a washing line or airer, depending on weather conditions.
*V0.1 because there are probably more accurate ways to explain the considerations.
A philosophical model for the most efficient and effective way of drying laundry outside on a washing line or airer, depending on weather conditions.
*V0.1 because there are probably more accurate ways to explain the considerations.
Another journal complete and a new one started. One day, future generations will read them and be horrified at how petty I could be while the world burns.
Can't tell from the outside, though.
Can't tell from the outside, though.
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Another journal complete and a new one started. One day, future generations will read them and be horrified at how petty I could be while the world burns.
Can't tell from the outside, though.
Can't tell from the outside, though.
There is something in the ether today that has a very bad vibe. Had to beep up an obvious smack head trying to murder himself and me on his bike on the way home. I don't often give folks the finger, but he had it coming. Glad to be home now, despite having another couple of hours of work to do.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
There is something in the ether today that has a very bad vibe. Had to beep up an obvious smack head trying to murder himself and me on his bike on the way home. I don't often give folks the finger, but he had it coming. Glad to be home now, despite having another couple of hours of work to do.
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Please send a quick email and share if you can. We need to keep private finance out of the NHS.
🕐We've got 16 days to keep private finance out of our NHS, ahead of the Autumn budget.
🔮Our case is crystal clear: private finance will always be a rip-off for our NHS.
✍️Take 2 mins now to write to your MP - give them all the facts about NHS private finance by reading our briefing.
🔮Our case is crystal clear: private finance will always be a rip-off for our NHS.
✍️Take 2 mins now to write to your MP - give them all the facts about NHS private finance by reading our briefing.
Email your MP - give them the facts about new NHS private finance
Email your MP - give them the facts about new NHS private finance
weownit.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Please send a quick email and share if you can. We need to keep private finance out of the NHS.
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'Logan's Rock, St Levan,' (c1916) perfectly demonstrates the height of Laura Knight’s development in Cornwall, this work is part of a series of paintings she composed between 1915 and 1919 all sharing an elevated viewpoint, dramatic diagonal composition and vibrant colour.
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
'Logan's Rock, St Levan,' (c1916) perfectly demonstrates the height of Laura Knight’s development in Cornwall, this work is part of a series of paintings she composed between 1915 and 1919 all sharing an elevated viewpoint, dramatic diagonal composition and vibrant colour.
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1692
November 1, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1692
I've said it before and will say it again: The problem with Tech Bros isn't the tech, it's the bro.
A tech billionaire mocked Pope Leo XIV’s call for ethical AI.
The post was deleted — but not before exposing Silicon Valley’s deeper discomfort: a pope they can’t buy or bully.
It also revealed something older: the Valley’s original sin — the desire to be God.
The post was deleted — but not before exposing Silicon Valley’s deeper discomfort: a pope they can’t buy or bully.
It also revealed something older: the Valley’s original sin — the desire to be God.
Tech Billionaire Mocks Pope Leo’s AI Warning — and Reveals Silicon Valley’s Original Sin
A billionaire tech guru openly mocked Leo's call for moral AI — and quickly backtracked after backlash. It’s a telling collision of Silicon Valley hubris with a pope they cannot buy, bully, or ignore.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I've said it before and will say it again: The problem with Tech Bros isn't the tech, it's the bro.
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Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
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AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
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🎶 #OnThisDay in 1985: Jan Hammer’s Miami Vice Theme hit #1!
The neon pulse of the 80s. 🌴🎹
#MiamiVice #80sMusic #JanHammer #Retroblast
The neon pulse of the 80s. 🌴🎹
#MiamiVice #80sMusic #JanHammer #Retroblast
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
🎶 #OnThisDay in 1985: Jan Hammer’s Miami Vice Theme hit #1!
The neon pulse of the 80s. 🌴🎹
#MiamiVice #80sMusic #JanHammer #Retroblast
The neon pulse of the 80s. 🌴🎹
#MiamiVice #80sMusic #JanHammer #Retroblast
Mushrooms: So tasty! Especially when fried to within in inch of incineration and then forced to bake alongside a creamy, cheese sauce.
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Mushrooms: So tasty! Especially when fried to within in inch of incineration and then forced to bake alongside a creamy, cheese sauce.
Myself - despite the fat and ailing body, and all my neurospiciness, depression, and anxiety. Deep down, I know I'm a good person. Not as desirable as I want to be, but liked and loved, and OK to be around. Young me would have baulked at that level of self acceptance.
What do you like now that 16 year old you would hate you for?
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Myself - despite the fat and ailing body, and all my neurospiciness, depression, and anxiety. Deep down, I know I'm a good person. Not as desirable as I want to be, but liked and loved, and OK to be around. Young me would have baulked at that level of self acceptance.
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
I can hear this image.
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I can hear this image.
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AI peas peas with AI www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Give peas a chance – even AI peas: the Stephen Collins cartoon
AI can transform all areas of our lives – even boiling a bag of frozen veg
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
AI peas peas with AI www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
3
CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
4
BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
5
HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
7
HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
12
HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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Everyone at the BBC complying in advance to Agent Orange because of "impartiality" when Nigel Fucking Farridge* is on every 2 bloody minutes is peak 2025.
* For that is his name
* For that is his name
One thing not being said - indeed, I think everyone misses this - but the requirement for the BBC to show impartiality and balance relates to the politics of *this* country, there’s no requirement to show some mythical balance globally, only to report the truth without fear or favour.
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Everyone at the BBC complying in advance to Agent Orange because of "impartiality" when Nigel Fucking Farridge* is on every 2 bloody minutes is peak 2025.
* For that is his name
* For that is his name
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This art by John Berkey is fantastic. That's a sci-fi TTRPG campaign setting right there.
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This art by John Berkey is fantastic. That's a sci-fi TTRPG campaign setting right there.
I have made entirely too much broccoli and mushroom pasta bake.
November 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I have made entirely too much broccoli and mushroom pasta bake.
Any account that follows 33K people is sus, right?
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Any account that follows 33K people is sus, right?
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Putting the office back together after the disruption of the living room redecorating. Jim suggested I add Judge Death's feet to my "blasphemous altar".
Voila!
Voila!
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Putting the office back together after the disruption of the living room redecorating. Jim suggested I add Judge Death's feet to my "blasphemous altar".
Voila!
Voila!
You’ve just died. The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
(In fairness, trying to wrangle all this did in fact nearly kill me).
(In fairness, trying to wrangle all this did in fact nearly kill me).
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
You’ve just died. The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
(In fairness, trying to wrangle all this did in fact nearly kill me).
(In fairness, trying to wrangle all this did in fact nearly kill me).