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Tes

@love2thetest.bsky.social

"let me use Pinterest to archive all images I want to save since I don't have to pay for storage" an unfathomably imbecilic decision I made when I was 17

Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social · 1d

Pinterest CEO says in layoff email: "We’re doubling down on an AI-forward approach – prioritizing AI-focused roles, teams, and ways of working"

So it's time for me to move to another platform to save images

Linkedin Post from a Pinterest designer reading: "Yesterday I was impacted by the Pinterest layoffs. I was Pinterest's only icon designer and product illustrator.

In his email to the company, the CEO said "we’re doubling down on an AI-forward approach – prioritizing AI-focused roles, teams, and ways of working". I WAS working on AI projects including the Pinterest Assistant that soft-launched in October. If you haven't heard about that feature launch, you can find it on Pinterest's own newsroom or with a Google search.

I was vocal internally about how our users don't want AI slop or features on the platform, how we as employees are feeling uncomfortable and discouraged about AI, and what I wanted from leadership. Last year, I told my manager I was worried about AI-based layoffs. I was told not to worry. At an onsite, we were told that "in the future", we would all be "managers of AIs". That I would be expected to manage some sort of AI employees, rather than craft and design my own work.

Human-made art and design matter. I am never going to stop creating, even if the "home of inspiration" decides that creators are secondary to profits.

If you want to support me, you can follow me on threads or instagram @bonniekatewolf where I post my hand-knit sweaters and oil paintings. If you want to hire a human illustrator, designer, or iconographer, my email and DMs are open for freelance, contract, or FTE roles."

February 2, 2026 at 9:32 AM

Tes

@love2thetest.bsky.social

Vegan: hey how's it going guys
Bisexual person: good
Person who has a printer: I have a printer

January 31, 2026 at 7:53 PM

Tes

@love2thetest.bsky.social

My spotify subsciption has run out and i am on my own. i have listened to dean martin - live at lake tahoe 1962.mp3 600 times

January 30, 2026 at 12:01 AM

Tes

@love2thetest.bsky.social

Saw a clip of northernlion's friend saying he orders doordash 2 times a day and nl defended it so I got the ick so bad I unsubscribed and unfollowed nl on every conceivable platform

January 29, 2026 at 1:09 PM

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Alariko

@alariko.bsky.social

Up the basin

A narrow dirt road winds between weathered seaside houses and green fields, leading towards the encroaching ocean. The houses, with faded white walls and colorful window frames, face a vast horizon where the sea meets the sky. Power lines stretch along the road into the water, their poles leaning slightly with age. A parked van and car keep company to a lone figure walking down the road. In the distance, a striking flat-topped tower rises from the water, framed by billowing clouds that dominate the immense turquoise sky.

January 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM

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Alariko

@alariko.bsky.social

Weathered, half demolished buildings stand on an empty street, their walls marked by peeling paint and graffiti. A path cuts through rubble and overgrown grass, leading to a small hill crowned by cypress trees and a solitary building in the distance. The sky is muted and heavy with clouds.

January 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM

Tes

@love2thetest.bsky.social

i laugh every time i think of that person on twitter who had the reynolds pamphlet from Hamilton in their top 5 on spotify wrapped

January 21, 2026 at 6:48 PM

Tes

@love2thetest.bsky.social

the ony way this platform can be ethically sustainable is if i get moar attention 👉👈so true and real

Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek.bsky.social · 14d

A tale of three apps. Identical post sent at the same time:

Twitter: 136,000 likes, 20,000 shares

Threads: 46,000 likes, 4,000 ahares

Bluesky: 149 likes, 45 shares

To be clear, I have 60k followers on Twitter, 15k on Bluesky, but only 7k on Threads.

I love Bluesky, but this isn't sustainable.

January 20, 2026 at 8:12 PM

Tes

@love2thetest.bsky.social

i am too stupid to understand the joke. does he mean greenland becomes a US state -> everyone in greenland would simply Vote for more progressive policies ????? -> everyone in the us gets progressive policies ???

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 15d

i feel like Americans don't get the level of eye-rolling this is getting from Europe

Bernie talking about how seizing Greenland should entail US has denmark level of welfare

January 19, 2026 at 2:49 PM

Tes

@love2thetest.bsky.social

WALK WITH ME
TAKE MY HAND
SPEND THE NIGHT WITH A STUPID MAN
I AM YOURS
IF YOU CAN
FALL IN LOVE WITH A STUPID MAN

January 18, 2026 at 7:01 PM

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Hannah Lock

@hannahlock.bsky.social

Will Psyduck pass his driving test??

January 16, 2026 at 4:14 PM

Tes

@love2thetest.bsky.social

bluesky ceo seeing the 160th "bluesky is boring and that's the point" post

furby smoking and looking dejected at a party

January 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Tes

@love2thetest.bsky.social

this is so true but it's also like. everyone in the world is a dopamine addict so we're not gonna make it

MADDIEBISCUITS 🎆 comms open! @maddiebiscuits.bsky.social · Dec 25

“bsky is boring!”

1) good
2) social media should not be a cornerstone of your everyday entertainment
3) I find new artists to follow every day and look at pretty art endlessly on here when I feel like it
4) get a tactile hobby where you create something with your hands
5) read book
6) walk outside

January 11, 2026 at 2:52 PM

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Gaz

@nyazsche.bsky.social

January 10, 2026 at 2:15 AM

Tes

@love2thetest.bsky.social

just followed the website blocking app i use on bluesky. AND people say nothing happens on here well tsk tsk tsk

January 10, 2026 at 7:44 PM

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vkalsen

@vkal.bsky.social

Hot off the presses with a new video, this time on Metaphor ReFantazio.

This one is kinda a follow-up to my last one about P5. I've kinda come to think of the last three videos as a sort of mini-series, so it's nice to finally get this one out.

Hope you'll give it a watch!

youtu.be/-PTjt78wm6U

The Politics of Utopia in Metaphor ReFantazio

YouTube video by mondobob

youtu.be

January 9, 2026 at 10:25 PM

Tes

@love2thetest.bsky.social

In my head 8tracks still existed and i could get to the playlists i haven't listened to yet well. it shut down in 2019

January 10, 2026 at 6:18 PM

Tes

@love2thetest.bsky.social

Americans commenting on a completely unrelated youtube video: American here, thank you for this video I really need a break these days, since I'm from That place 😑😑 trust me... I didn't vote for him🙄

vkalsen @vkal.bsky.social · 27d

I understand the frustration americans feel with the scrutiny they're receiving, but I simply have no sympathy for the whole "ugu, I'm just a lil guy"-routine people pull when they're criticized for being complicit in american imperialism.

January 9, 2026 at 3:59 PM

Tes

@love2thetest.bsky.social

I've been Trying To quit spotify for so long and haven't gotten around to it, I think I should just nut tf up and cancel the membership and then just figure it out when it runs out

January 8, 2026 at 7:12 PM

Tes

@love2thetest.bsky.social

Got my head shaved yesterday and I'm realizing how crucial my bangs were in terms of protecting me from the cold

January 8, 2026 at 1:25 PM

Tes

@love2thetest.bsky.social

Does anyone want to be in my ecofeminist terror group where we plan to kiII elon musk

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 26d

Grok is producing ~6,700 sexually suggestive or nudified images per hour

• Twitter (X) is now the top deepfaking site in the world

• Women who speak out become targets by users

(via business)