Aspen
@likethetree.bsky.social
She/Her 🏳️⚧️ | Engineer who enjoys playing the tin whistle (poorly), left anarchy, audiobooks, and Oxford commas | This account is rated T for T
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Gender Dysphoria is when you reveal Anor Londo's lies about the nature of society, have frustrations about getting left behind and enter your experimental phase like Gwyndolin, and then decide that hanging out with all the weirdos in the Painted World was more fun anyways.
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Gender Dysphoria is when you reveal Anor Londo's lies about the nature of society, have frustrations about getting left behind and enter your experimental phase like Gwyndolin, and then decide that hanging out with all the weirdos in the Painted World was more fun anyways.
Reason I love this city, number X out of X+1.
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Reason I love this city, number X out of X+1.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
I wasn't expecting this one to pop up on the bus 😅
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I wasn't expecting this one to pop up on the bus 😅
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RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
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STOP having "conversations" with ChatGPT and START talking to your stuffed animals like a normal person
everyone needs to grow the fuck up and start playing pretend with toys
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
STOP having "conversations" with ChatGPT and START talking to your stuffed animals like a normal person
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Cheney croaked, Zohran won, and sandwich guy is free. All time great week imo.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Cheney croaked, Zohran won, and sandwich guy is free. All time great week imo.
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that's the first of the three shofar blasts, right
a lot of Americans about to learn the hard way what taqqiya is
November 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
that's the first of the three shofar blasts, right
The process I'm having to go through in order to take the L.
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The process I'm having to go through in order to take the L.
I decided to go out tonight, and I'm glad I did: there's a guy walking out his ferret.
November 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I decided to go out tonight, and I'm glad I did: there's a guy walking out his ferret.
Just asked ChatGPT what Baudrillard would think about ChatGPT, and reality, unfortunately, did not collapse into a singularity 🥲
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Just asked ChatGPT what Baudrillard would think about ChatGPT, and reality, unfortunately, did not collapse into a singularity 🥲
"Are you AFAB or AMAB?"
"$20 and I'll tell you."
"I just wanted to know because I wanted to know if you could see the color differences in this image."
"... seeing colors has nothing to do with that."
"... oh."
Gonna get clocked by colors, smdh.
"$20 and I'll tell you."
"I just wanted to know because I wanted to know if you could see the color differences in this image."
"... seeing colors has nothing to do with that."
"... oh."
Gonna get clocked by colors, smdh.
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Are you AFAB or AMAB?"
"$20 and I'll tell you."
"I just wanted to know because I wanted to know if you could see the color differences in this image."
"... seeing colors has nothing to do with that."
"... oh."
Gonna get clocked by colors, smdh.
"$20 and I'll tell you."
"I just wanted to know because I wanted to know if you could see the color differences in this image."
"... seeing colors has nothing to do with that."
"... oh."
Gonna get clocked by colors, smdh.
Got a typewriter fixed up and working!
October 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Got a typewriter fixed up and working!
Gram staining is like driving a stick shift: it works out perfectly so long as you don't actively think about what you're doing.
October 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Gram staining is like driving a stick shift: it works out perfectly so long as you don't actively think about what you're doing.
I learned this line as a recommendation from GM Daniel Naroditsky in one of his speedrun videos. Damn...
I've been playing around with Video Chess for the Atari 2600 ever since the news that it defeated ChatGPT.
It's been an interesting time. It seems to absolutely *melt* against newer lines, and it appears to let you play past the end of the game 😂
It's been an interesting time. It seems to absolutely *melt* against newer lines, and it appears to let you play past the end of the game 😂
October 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I learned this line as a recommendation from GM Daniel Naroditsky in one of his speedrun videos. Damn...
Still my favorite train 💯
October 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Still my favorite train 💯
When Windows Update is more encouraging than your therapist.
October 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
When Windows Update is more encouraging than your therapist.
Over a year after my final visit with my previous primary care doctor, I still think about her medical assistant who would stand outside the examination room I was in and would say "AY YO, THEY GO BY ASPEN" to anyone about to enter.
He's a real one.
He's a real one.
October 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Over a year after my final visit with my previous primary care doctor, I still think about her medical assistant who would stand outside the examination room I was in and would say "AY YO, THEY GO BY ASPEN" to anyone about to enter.
He's a real one.
He's a real one.
Vallejo.
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Vallejo.
I was about to send the message,
"Hey BlueSky, I'm in need of life advice:
How did you overcome your self-doubt and choose the riskier path over the safer path?"
and then I remembered, "Wait a fucking minute: I'm trans. I already know the answer."
"Hey BlueSky, I'm in need of life advice:
How did you overcome your self-doubt and choose the riskier path over the safer path?"
and then I remembered, "Wait a fucking minute: I'm trans. I already know the answer."
October 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I was about to send the message,
"Hey BlueSky, I'm in need of life advice:
How did you overcome your self-doubt and choose the riskier path over the safer path?"
and then I remembered, "Wait a fucking minute: I'm trans. I already know the answer."
"Hey BlueSky, I'm in need of life advice:
How did you overcome your self-doubt and choose the riskier path over the safer path?"
and then I remembered, "Wait a fucking minute: I'm trans. I already know the answer."
As it turns out, you can just change settings to display everything in grayscale and it's like a million times easier on your eyes. Or it is for me at least 😭💕
I'm still working through "using accessibility settings isn't a bad thing, and yes, you are, in fact, allowed to use them."
I'm still working through "using accessibility settings isn't a bad thing, and yes, you are, in fact, allowed to use them."
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
As it turns out, you can just change settings to display everything in grayscale and it's like a million times easier on your eyes. Or it is for me at least 😭💕
I'm still working through "using accessibility settings isn't a bad thing, and yes, you are, in fact, allowed to use them."
I'm still working through "using accessibility settings isn't a bad thing, and yes, you are, in fact, allowed to use them."
The local Chinese restaurant is closed on the night that Yom Kippur ends? YEESH. That's quite the oversight...
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The local Chinese restaurant is closed on the night that Yom Kippur ends? YEESH. That's quite the oversight...
*consumes nothing but coffee and pills in the morning*
Hmm... why does my tummy ache? 🤔
Hmm... why does my tummy ache? 🤔
September 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
*consumes nothing but coffee and pills in the morning*
Hmm... why does my tummy ache? 🤔
Hmm... why does my tummy ache? 🤔
I have officially reached the "take the clothes out of the dryer, stick them in the washer, and not realize what you've done until three minutes later" level of distracted.
September 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I have officially reached the "take the clothes out of the dryer, stick them in the washer, and not realize what you've done until three minutes later" level of distracted.