Vicky Stiles
@nocherubsplease.bsky.social
Historian (somewhat lapsed)
Stabs fabric in a desperate attempt to cope with the relentless relevance of the past.
She / her
Stabs fabric in a desperate attempt to cope with the relentless relevance of the past.
She / her
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Vicky Stiles
@nocherubsplease.bsky.social
· Jan 18
I love playing around with different techniques of crochet, quilting and sewing, and sometimes this results in things people might want to own. If you like colourful, practical, squishy items then take a look at my online shop.
fibrehaptic.bigcartel.com
fibrehaptic.bigcartel.com
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be a dear and bring me my favorite crazy straw and a bottle of bourbon, won't you?
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
be a dear and bring me my favorite crazy straw and a bottle of bourbon, won't you?
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We just made a whole gallery to showcase our Burgess Shale critters. It's now one of my favourites. www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/gal...
Dawn of Life
Bringing the dawn of life to life. New gallery now open.
www.rom.on.ca
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
We just made a whole gallery to showcase our Burgess Shale critters. It's now one of my favourites. www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/gal...
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And then we have—DUN DUN DUNNN—Anomalocaris! Look at this happy little bastard!
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
And then we have—DUN DUN DUNNN—Anomalocaris! Look at this happy little bastard!
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CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
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Institutional capture of the BBC: Michael Prescott former political editor of the Murdoch Sunday Times - so you can guess his politics - alleges the following. All the current far right obsessions in bullet points. Laughable and totally rancid
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Institutional capture of the BBC: Michael Prescott former political editor of the Murdoch Sunday Times - so you can guess his politics - alleges the following. All the current far right obsessions in bullet points. Laughable and totally rancid
Relatedly, the assumption underlying the "ask our machine all your questions" adverts is that talking to other humans is an obviously undesirable option. It's not showing the machine doing anything a human can't do, but rather implying that avoiding human interactions is a natural thing to want.
That is, of course, the goal! The best way to get everyone to use AI is to make them believe they can't do anything by themselves!
"Isn't writing emails so very, very difficult? You NEED AI to do it for you!"
No, actually... I've been doing it since I was a teenager!
"Isn't writing emails so very, very difficult? You NEED AI to do it for you!"
No, actually... I've been doing it since I was a teenager!
November 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Relatedly, the assumption underlying the "ask our machine all your questions" adverts is that talking to other humans is an obviously undesirable option. It's not showing the machine doing anything a human can't do, but rather implying that avoiding human interactions is a natural thing to want.
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This is kind of the point of AI, not to make you believe AI is real, but to disbelieve the real (and not just the Lacanian notion of the real *smug New Yorker reader laugh*)
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is kind of the point of AI, not to make you believe AI is real, but to disbelieve the real (and not just the Lacanian notion of the real *smug New Yorker reader laugh*)
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I'm actually pretty skeptical it can accomplish even that, because the shit being submitted to me? It doesn't even have words in the word balloons, sometimes. Just squiggles.
And yes, someone really, TRULY submitted that for consideration for publication. A comic with squiggles instead of words.
And yes, someone really, TRULY submitted that for consideration for publication. A comic with squiggles instead of words.
it could probably do Dilbert at this point, but that's because there's 35 years of increasingly shitty Dilbert comics to train on
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I'm actually pretty skeptical it can accomplish even that, because the shit being submitted to me? It doesn't even have words in the word balloons, sometimes. Just squiggles.
And yes, someone really, TRULY submitted that for consideration for publication. A comic with squiggles instead of words.
And yes, someone really, TRULY submitted that for consideration for publication. A comic with squiggles instead of words.
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apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
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INVENTOR OF THE LIBRARY: hey check this out
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
INVENTOR OF THE LIBRARY: hey check this out
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Not now, carnivorous death ball
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Not now, carnivorous death ball
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Lorenzo de Medici’s pet giraffe used to wander 1480s Florence sticking its head in second story windows to be fed by excited neighbors (or eating their ribeye is herbs) and this is a great visual to help imagine it.
PHOTO OF THE DAY. A policeman stops traffic to let a man carrying an inflatable rubber giraffe cross the road on his way to the British Industries Fair in London (1935)
📷 google images
📷 google images
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Lorenzo de Medici’s pet giraffe used to wander 1480s Florence sticking its head in second story windows to be fed by excited neighbors (or eating their ribeye is herbs) and this is a great visual to help imagine it.
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Every time a tech entrepreneur says “we don’t need to stop global warming because AI will” I want to slap them with a fish that says, “if a superhuman intelligence came into being and we asked it how to stop global warming, it would say ‘stop burning fossil fuels, you fools.’”
I’m going to regret asking this, but… what mechanism are people proposing whereby AI will “end scarcity”?
This feels like literal underpants gnomes thinking, and as I never tire of pointing out, it’s being driven by a lot of the same actual people
This feels like literal underpants gnomes thinking, and as I never tire of pointing out, it’s being driven by a lot of the same actual people
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Every time a tech entrepreneur says “we don’t need to stop global warming because AI will” I want to slap them with a fish that says, “if a superhuman intelligence came into being and we asked it how to stop global warming, it would say ‘stop burning fossil fuels, you fools.’”
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New in PN: The softest Nazis you ever did see
"Call it tough guy in the streets and widdle guy in the sheets (of paper for court filings). Truly, nothing revealed this better than the DC Sandwich Guy, Sean Dunn, who a jury found not guilty yesterday."
"Call it tough guy in the streets and widdle guy in the sheets (of paper for court filings). Truly, nothing revealed this better than the DC Sandwich Guy, Sean Dunn, who a jury found not guilty yesterday."
The softest Nazis you ever did see
They're tough guys in the streets and delicate little babies in court.
www.publicnotice.co
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
New in PN: The softest Nazis you ever did see
"Call it tough guy in the streets and widdle guy in the sheets (of paper for court filings). Truly, nothing revealed this better than the DC Sandwich Guy, Sean Dunn, who a jury found not guilty yesterday."
"Call it tough guy in the streets and widdle guy in the sheets (of paper for court filings). Truly, nothing revealed this better than the DC Sandwich Guy, Sean Dunn, who a jury found not guilty yesterday."
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
My phone did an update, whatever I did to disable Gemini last time has been reversed, and I can't find any relevant settings. I haaaaaate this. Hate it.
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
My phone did an update, whatever I did to disable Gemini last time has been reversed, and I can't find any relevant settings. I haaaaaate this. Hate it.
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man, articles like this are written for ignorant american “leftists” (usually cis) who have no idea what the fuck is what, meanwhile every queer european leftist i know is like “chuckles, we’re in danger” because of the increasingly far right bent in EU politics.
please get fucking real
please get fucking real
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ -- Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
man, articles like this are written for ignorant american “leftists” (usually cis) who have no idea what the fuck is what, meanwhile every queer european leftist i know is like “chuckles, we’re in danger” because of the increasingly far right bent in EU politics.
please get fucking real
please get fucking real
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Fantastic little vignette about Glinner from today's @vittles.bsky.social newsletter (I highly recommend subscribing btw, if you're in any way interested in food).
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Fantastic little vignette about Glinner from today's @vittles.bsky.social newsletter (I highly recommend subscribing btw, if you're in any way interested in food).
Genuine British problem: waking up to election news and becoming convinced it's a Friday.
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Genuine British problem: waking up to election news and becoming convinced it's a Friday.
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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I wish I could show you all the joyous photos and videos being shared on Muslim and South Asian WhatsApp right now with people reacting to Mamdani's victory.
It's really beautiful and cathartic.
So many years of anti-Muslim bigotry, racism & hate.
And all those tears are now sugar for our chai.
It's really beautiful and cathartic.
So many years of anti-Muslim bigotry, racism & hate.
And all those tears are now sugar for our chai.
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I wish I could show you all the joyous photos and videos being shared on Muslim and South Asian WhatsApp right now with people reacting to Mamdani's victory.
It's really beautiful and cathartic.
So many years of anti-Muslim bigotry, racism & hate.
And all those tears are now sugar for our chai.
It's really beautiful and cathartic.
So many years of anti-Muslim bigotry, racism & hate.
And all those tears are now sugar for our chai.
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Yeah, slight issue with this. The individual in question made a claim that they were trafficked. That means they didn't pay up front. That means that payment is taken via long term exploitation via gangs, gangs which the Home Secretary just returned them to. Slow clap.
Migrant who returned after being sent back to France deported again
Shabana Mahmood said anyone looking to return to the UK after being removed was ‘wasting their time and money’
Shabana Mahmood said anyone looking to return to the UK after being removed was ‘wasting their time and money’
Migrant who returned after being sent back to France deported again
Migrant who returned after being sent back to France deported again
www.thetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Yeah, slight issue with this. The individual in question made a claim that they were trafficked. That means they didn't pay up front. That means that payment is taken via long term exploitation via gangs, gangs which the Home Secretary just returned them to. Slow clap.
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As I've said before, all you really need to know about the left/right division is that people on the left feel happy when they see a high election turnout, while people on the right feel scared
New Yorkers are HITTING THOSE POLLS. It's the highest turnout in about two decades.
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As I've said before, all you really need to know about the left/right division is that people on the left feel happy when they see a high election turnout, while people on the right feel scared