Tof Eklund
@tofeklund.bsky.social
Zhuangzi was right. AuDHD trans enby metamorph 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈. One of those g-d academics. Mop to my kids, "my god, what is that thing!?!" to the haters, Tof to you. Games, comics, queer sh*t. Stop the genocide in Gaza 🇵🇸. Liberate Ukriane 🇺🇦. And abolish ICE, damnnit!
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I was prepared for the end of the world ("as we know it") to come in an annihilating flash of light, as an inexorable grinding doom or as "intolerable boredom, punctuated by moments of agonising fear." I never imagined that it could arrive as a clown car full of utter inanity and bullshit. 🤡🤡🤡
I'm only in favour of a social media ban if it's an ALL AGES ban.
February 9, 2026 at 8:06 AM
I'm only in favour of a social media ban if it's an ALL AGES ban.
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I can now confirm my switch from photoshop to @krita.org and it's been great! Not without its challenges but I'm real happy having (finally) made the switch :)
(plus, their newest version, in beta, has a better Text tool!)
(plus, their newest version, in beta, has a better Text tool!)
So far, @waterfox.net is a nice alternative to Firefox!
to summarize this year's online changes:
google chrome-> firefox -> waterfox
google search -> duckduckgo
windows 10 -> Linux Mint
photoshop -> krita (in progress)
gmail -> tuta mail
spotify -> deezer (might switch to Tidal)
to summarize this year's online changes:
google chrome-> firefox -> waterfox
google search -> duckduckgo
windows 10 -> Linux Mint
photoshop -> krita (in progress)
gmail -> tuta mail
spotify -> deezer (might switch to Tidal)
February 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I can now confirm my switch from photoshop to @krita.org and it's been great! Not without its challenges but I'm real happy having (finally) made the switch :)
(plus, their newest version, in beta, has a better Text tool!)
(plus, their newest version, in beta, has a better Text tool!)
Reactor's on a roll, here's another great piece, this one on illusion, Faustian bargains, and AI.
Deliberately relating it to the ST:TNG "four lights" piece, it's become clear that LLMs are gaslighting machines: trusting their output creates a self-delusional loop.
reactormag.com/the-most-fau...
Deliberately relating it to the ST:TNG "four lights" piece, it's become clear that LLMs are gaslighting machines: trusting their output creates a self-delusional loop.
reactormag.com/the-most-fau...
The Most Faustian of Technologies - Reactor
AI can never get the extremities right, either.
reactormag.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Reactor's on a roll, here's another great piece, this one on illusion, Faustian bargains, and AI.
Deliberately relating it to the ST:TNG "four lights" piece, it's become clear that LLMs are gaslighting machines: trusting their output creates a self-delusional loop.
reactormag.com/the-most-fau...
Deliberately relating it to the ST:TNG "four lights" piece, it's become clear that LLMs are gaslighting machines: trusting their output creates a self-delusional loop.
reactormag.com/the-most-fau...
A powerful reading of a classic ST:TNG episode. Survivors of abuse and gaslighting may find this validating, even healing. Also helpful for anyone who finds their sense of what is real unsettled these days.
We all need to have our reality validated by others.
reactormag.com/star-treks-u...
We all need to have our reality validated by others.
reactormag.com/star-treks-u...
There Are Four Lights: Star Trek’s Unwitting Allegory for Domestic Abuse - Reactor
The parallels are unmistakable, once you consider Picard's final confession.
reactormag.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:51 AM
A powerful reading of a classic ST:TNG episode. Survivors of abuse and gaslighting may find this validating, even healing. Also helpful for anyone who finds their sense of what is real unsettled these days.
We all need to have our reality validated by others.
reactormag.com/star-treks-u...
We all need to have our reality validated by others.
reactormag.com/star-treks-u...
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This thread is an excellent example of how we can learn from one another. And also how we can have our differences and have deep mutual respect. Ngā mihi nui to everyone who lives *this* way. #Kikorangi
The “Nicola Willis only has a BA in English lit“ crowd are feeding the same misogyny as “Nicky No Boats”. Cullen had an MA, Bill English an Honours degree in English lit, Robertson a BA and Joyce a BSc in zoology. These dudes educational background is same or even less suited but barely mentioned.
February 5, 2026 at 3:51 AM
This thread is an excellent example of how we can learn from one another. And also how we can have our differences and have deep mutual respect. Ngā mihi nui to everyone who lives *this* way. #Kikorangi
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This app did the thing yet again where it updated itself and turned “Require alt text before posting” off, so if you have that set, go into Settings > Accessibility and turn it back on (and if you don’t have it set, I recommend doing that)
February 4, 2026 at 10:40 PM
This app did the thing yet again where it updated itself and turned “Require alt text before posting” off, so if you have that set, go into Settings > Accessibility and turn it back on (and if you don’t have it set, I recommend doing that)
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The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
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I'm seeing so many clueless settlers now think that Billie Eilish invented the phrase "No one is illegal on stolen land" when Indigenous people have been saying that for decades in defense of our migrant relatives.
February 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I'm seeing so many clueless settlers now think that Billie Eilish invented the phrase "No one is illegal on stolen land" when Indigenous people have been saying that for decades in defense of our migrant relatives.
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Reminder of the Norwegian laundresses who ruined Nazi uniforms during occupation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LfJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LfJ...
February 2, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Reminder of the Norwegian laundresses who ruined Nazi uniforms during occupation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LfJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LfJ...
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i’m fascinated by this new strategy wjere multiple ai company CEOs have been going on tears tours this year so far complaining about how anti ai sentiment has hurt their businesses
Jensen Huang of Nvidia, $NVDA, has said relentless negativity around AI is hurting society and has done a lot of damage, per Techspot.
January 21, 2026 at 4:07 PM
i’m fascinated by this new strategy wjere multiple ai company CEOs have been going on tears tours this year so far complaining about how anti ai sentiment has hurt their businesses
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the news cycle right now is unbearable. between the abduction & imprisonment of these children and the new wave of revelations about the child fucking elite, i just do not understand. how can you look at a child and feel any of those things. it seems incompatible with what i know about being human.
Liam, 5, has been freed, but four other students from his school district remain detained in Texas. Two boys from his elementary school were taken Thurs
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
ICE detains two more students from Liam Ramos’s school, officials say
The brothers’ mother was taken by ICE and Minnesota educators were forced to bring the children to her
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:29 AM
the news cycle right now is unbearable. between the abduction & imprisonment of these children and the new wave of revelations about the child fucking elite, i just do not understand. how can you look at a child and feel any of those things. it seems incompatible with what i know about being human.
Yes!!! Now we need to keep up the pressure for all the other people - kids and adults - in ICE's clutches. This is a win, a real win, but it's just a start.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...
5-year-old Liam Ramos and father return to Minnesota from Texas detention facility | CBC News
A five-year-old boy and his father detained by immigration officers in Minnesota and held in Texas have been released following a judge's order. They have returned to Minnesota, according to the offic...
www.cbc.ca
February 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Yes!!! Now we need to keep up the pressure for all the other people - kids and adults - in ICE's clutches. This is a win, a real win, but it's just a start.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...
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Wall-to-wall discourse around sexual violence is pretty unbearable, and I say that as someone who reports on discourse about sexual violence. For anyone who needs to hear this, it is okay to take a break. It is okay to stop scrolling or to not be able to come up with something to say right now.
February 1, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Wall-to-wall discourse around sexual violence is pretty unbearable, and I say that as someone who reports on discourse about sexual violence. For anyone who needs to hear this, it is okay to take a break. It is okay to stop scrolling or to not be able to come up with something to say right now.
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In 2017, six actresses told the LA Times that a prominent Hollywood director was sexually violent toward them.
They were talking about Brett Ratner, who stood next to Melania Trump to celebrate the premiere of Melania, his eponymous documentary about the First Lady.
They were talking about Brett Ratner, who stood next to Melania Trump to celebrate the premiere of Melania, his eponymous documentary about the First Lady.
What women said "Melania" director Brett Ratner did to them
The First Lady’s documentary premiere marks the return of a director accused of sexual violence by six actresses in 2017.
www.motherjones.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:00 PM
In 2017, six actresses told the LA Times that a prominent Hollywood director was sexually violent toward them.
They were talking about Brett Ratner, who stood next to Melania Trump to celebrate the premiere of Melania, his eponymous documentary about the First Lady.
They were talking about Brett Ratner, who stood next to Melania Trump to celebrate the premiere of Melania, his eponymous documentary about the First Lady.
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“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
Y'know how Apple et al keep badgering you to do biometric security like FaceID? DON'T. And if you did l, turn it off NOW.
Courts should treat biometric locks as equivalent to password protection, EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @TheIntercept.com. “Your constitutional right against self-incrimination should not be dependent on technical convenience or lack thereof.”
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now
The search warrant to raid a Washington Post reporter’s home shows how authorities can open your phone without your consent.
theintercept.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Y'know how Apple et al keep badgering you to do biometric security like FaceID? DON'T. And if you did l, turn it off NOW.
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the mana on them uncles and aunties
January 31, 2026 at 4:37 AM
the mana on them uncles and aunties
All y'all, @mayorhere.bsky.social wants you to go climb a rock. 😁
"Cairn compellingly explores themes of personal limitation and transcendence through its challenging mechanics...by focusing on perhaps the most internal form of freedom—the liberation that comes from overcoming personal limitations." @mayorhere.bsky.social
www.gamerswithglasses.com/impressions/...
www.gamerswithglasses.com/impressions/...
Liberation through Limitation in Cairn — Gamers with Glasses
If you've ever wondered what would happen if a climbing game actually tried to simulate climbing instead of just letting you hold a button and magically ascend any surface, Cairn has a genuinely tac...
www.gamerswithglasses.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:06 AM
All y'all, @mayorhere.bsky.social wants you to go climb a rock. 😁
For those of you who (like me) slept on all of the great indie games that came out in 2025, help is on the way! thank you @skycherry.bsky.social
So, obviously 2025 saw the release of so many incredible indie games that we'd never be able to keep track of them all...but we did keep track of a few! Here are some of our favorites from last year, hand-picked by @skycherry.bsky.social.
www.gamerswithglasses.com/gwg-recommen...
www.gamerswithglasses.com/gwg-recommen...
Noteworthy Indies of 2025 — Gamers with Glasses
Giant studios may be engaging in mass layoffs, nasty union busting tactics, and unwanted-but-somehow-perfunctory generative AI shenanigans, but indie games remain as strong as ever. Sophie Atkinson, o...
www.gamerswithglasses.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:09 PM
For those of you who (like me) slept on all of the great indie games that came out in 2025, help is on the way! thank you @skycherry.bsky.social
Read this whole thread, please. Be angry, be sad (brokenhearted!), and resist. Solidarity.
my son is five, same age as Liam Ramos. you don't need to have a child the same age to be fucking horrified by the violence we are doing (and HAVE BEEN doing) upon immigrant children in this nation. but that he keeps asking for his spidey backpack is the kind of detail that rips my heart in two.
January 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Read this whole thread, please. Be angry, be sad (brokenhearted!), and resist. Solidarity.
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If you aren't familiar with what DARVO is, get familiar with it. "Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender." The govt is relying on DARVO as a tactic on a national scale, and it is also increasingly a conservative tactic to attack outspoken critics of their ideas, theories, & renderings of history.
DARVO - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
If you aren't familiar with what DARVO is, get familiar with it. "Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender." The govt is relying on DARVO as a tactic on a national scale, and it is also increasingly a conservative tactic to attack outspoken critics of their ideas, theories, & renderings of history.
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Trans people will never die. You could kill every one of us today, but more will be born tomorrow, and we will outlast this regime the way we've outlasted them all. When the monsters are dead, we will still be here.
January 27, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Trans people will never die. You could kill every one of us today, but more will be born tomorrow, and we will outlast this regime the way we've outlasted them all. When the monsters are dead, we will still be here.
DreamHaven indie bookstore in Minneapolis is back online:
For those who have been waiting, DreamHaven's website is back up and you can order books and comics from them.
dreamhavenbooks.com
dreamhavenbooks.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:55 PM
DreamHaven indie bookstore in Minneapolis is back online:
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Social studies teachers: With the 250th anniversary of the U.S., are you looking for resources that include critical questions and sources showing diverse experiences during that period? Check out this from @zinnedproject.bsky.social.
#sschat #edusky
www.zinnedproject.org/news/teachin...
#sschat #edusky
www.zinnedproject.org/news/teachin...
Teaching the American Revolution
Resources for teaching a people's history of the American Revolution.
www.zinnedproject.org
January 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Social studies teachers: With the 250th anniversary of the U.S., are you looking for resources that include critical questions and sources showing diverse experiences during that period? Check out this from @zinnedproject.bsky.social.
#sschat #edusky
www.zinnedproject.org/news/teachin...
#sschat #edusky
www.zinnedproject.org/news/teachin...
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a reporter asked “is mutual aid a form of resistance?”
and i felt my body pulled into of a room of movement elders who have made this seem like a question i don’t have to think about to respond
of course
of course
mutual aid is an expression of love
love is an act of resistance
and i felt my body pulled into of a room of movement elders who have made this seem like a question i don’t have to think about to respond
of course
of course
mutual aid is an expression of love
love is an act of resistance
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
a reporter asked “is mutual aid a form of resistance?”
and i felt my body pulled into of a room of movement elders who have made this seem like a question i don’t have to think about to respond
of course
of course
mutual aid is an expression of love
love is an act of resistance
and i felt my body pulled into of a room of movement elders who have made this seem like a question i don’t have to think about to respond
of course
of course
mutual aid is an expression of love
love is an act of resistance