arestelle
@arestelle.bsky.social
Lover of language, knowledge nut, shutter snapper, musicophile, stargazer, bookworm. Misfit programmer by day. | she/her
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No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
my peeve of the day is apparently the dual use of "refuted" to mean either "proved wrong" or "denied [without evidence]"
it's worse than cleave meaning both stick together and split apart
it's worse than cleave meaning both stick together and split apart
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 AM
my peeve of the day is apparently the dual use of "refuted" to mean either "proved wrong" or "denied [without evidence]"
it's worse than cleave meaning both stick together and split apart
it's worse than cleave meaning both stick together and split apart
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So they steal from me then sell those stolen goods to a company who repackages those stolen goods and resells them again. Fuck all the way off. This isn't like ye olden days of pirating off Napster. This is entitlement and greed from AI companies and readers.
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They also sell everything to companies building LLMs, there's a link offering their "datasets" (books, papers, etc) for tens of thousands of dollars USD. They also auto-scrape everything scanned and uploaded to Internet Archive's Open Library. So. Yeah. 🙃
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
So they steal from me then sell those stolen goods to a company who repackages those stolen goods and resells them again. Fuck all the way off. This isn't like ye olden days of pirating off Napster. This is entitlement and greed from AI companies and readers.
bsky.app/profile/skyl...
bsky.app/profile/skyl...
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Hey! I have reopened my Inprnt so US & international folks can now buy my art from there~ www.inprnt.com/gallery/anai...
November 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hey! I have reopened my Inprnt so US & international folks can now buy my art from there~ www.inprnt.com/gallery/anai...
I am a sucker for a Fujian black, and they really had me at 'plum'. white2tea.com/collections/...
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I am a sucker for a Fujian black, and they really had me at 'plum'. white2tea.com/collections/...
I don't post my photography online anymore bc (gestures at the ubiquitous theft engines). I miss sharing creative things.
There's my quoteblog (dyk? it's at arestelle.net/quotes), but that's not the same.
I've been thinking about adding game screenshots; I like them, and it might scratch the itch.
There's my quoteblog (dyk? it's at arestelle.net/quotes), but that's not the same.
I've been thinking about adding game screenshots; I like them, and it might scratch the itch.
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I don't post my photography online anymore bc (gestures at the ubiquitous theft engines). I miss sharing creative things.
There's my quoteblog (dyk? it's at arestelle.net/quotes), but that's not the same.
I've been thinking about adding game screenshots; I like them, and it might scratch the itch.
There's my quoteblog (dyk? it's at arestelle.net/quotes), but that's not the same.
I've been thinking about adding game screenshots; I like them, and it might scratch the itch.
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Today is my birthday, which you know I always use as an excuse to spoil you! November 14th, everything online is 14% off, no code needed! Just skedaddle on over to the site and get shopping!
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Today is my birthday, which you know I always use as an excuse to spoil you! November 14th, everything online is 14% off, no code needed! Just skedaddle on over to the site and get shopping!
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First five Moon Phase Bebe Fountain Pens are finished and heading out to collectors tomorrow - shipping labeled and everything.
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
First five Moon Phase Bebe Fountain Pens are finished and heading out to collectors tomorrow - shipping labeled and everything.
"In response to a radical outpouring of love, loss, life, grief -- expressed together, embodied, on the streets -- we were presented with, forced to use in so many cases, a technology that severs us from creative expression, dignity, and truth."
“AI is a backlash. AI is anti-worker.
I always feel the need to remind people that neither robots nor AI are coming for our jobs. But management probably is.”
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I always feel the need to remind people that neither robots nor AI are coming for our jobs. But management probably is.”
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AI Grief Observed
These remarks were delivered this evening at the Creatively Critical Tech Speaker Series at Illinois State University.
"There is no good way to say this."
These are the opening words of Yiyun Li’s l...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
"In response to a radical outpouring of love, loss, life, grief -- expressed together, embodied, on the streets -- we were presented with, forced to use in so many cases, a technology that severs us from creative expression, dignity, and truth."
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turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
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Happy Skyrim Day!
May your knees never take an arrow, you always walk on warm sands, and you finally get to the cloud district.
May your knees never take an arrow, you always walk on warm sands, and you finally get to the cloud district.
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Happy Skyrim Day!
May your knees never take an arrow, you always walk on warm sands, and you finally get to the cloud district.
May your knees never take an arrow, you always walk on warm sands, and you finally get to the cloud district.
The nanny is hiding a weird selection of mostly totally unobjectionable replies whenever I look at a thread with comments 🤨 (I already turned off the "rude" filter that they turned on by default so it isn't that one)
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The nanny is hiding a weird selection of mostly totally unobjectionable replies whenever I look at a thread with comments 🤨 (I already turned off the "rude" filter that they turned on by default so it isn't that one)
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This looks awfully intentional.
None can be primaried in the next cycle, Shaheen & Durbin retiring.
Hassan, Masto, Fetterman up for reelection in 2028.
Rosen, Kaine, King up for reelection in 2030.
Hassan, Masto, Fetterman up for reelection in 2028.
Rosen, Kaine, King up for reelection in 2030.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This looks awfully intentional.
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Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
"Once you know you are a typical member of a class of individuals, you must act as if your own individual actions were to be multiplied manyfold, because they inevitably will be. ...if _you_ fail to do what you wish the rest would do, you will be very disappointed by the rest as well."
~ Hofstadter
~ Hofstadter
Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
November 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"Once you know you are a typical member of a class of individuals, you must act as if your own individual actions were to be multiplied manyfold, because they inevitably will be. ...if _you_ fail to do what you wish the rest would do, you will be very disappointed by the rest as well."
~ Hofstadter
~ Hofstadter
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virtue signalling is good actually
Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
virtue signalling is good actually
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they automated 4chan
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
they automated 4chan
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OMG I forgot to shout out that it's November, which means Friday's Birthday Cake is heckin back!
For those of you who are new to us this year, this blend is a November-only tea designed to taste like the cake my mom has made for me every year since I was a kid.
☕ www.fridaytea.com/products/fri...
For those of you who are new to us this year, this blend is a November-only tea designed to taste like the cake my mom has made for me every year since I was a kid.
☕ www.fridaytea.com/products/fri...
Friday's Birthday Cake
I'm so happy to share my birthday cake with you in two forms: as a tasty tasty tea, and as a recipe so you can bake this treat at home yourself! This tea will be available every November! Now you can ...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
OMG I forgot to shout out that it's November, which means Friday's Birthday Cake is heckin back!
For those of you who are new to us this year, this blend is a November-only tea designed to taste like the cake my mom has made for me every year since I was a kid.
☕ www.fridaytea.com/products/fri...
For those of you who are new to us this year, this blend is a November-only tea designed to taste like the cake my mom has made for me every year since I was a kid.
☕ www.fridaytea.com/products/fri...
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For those who don’t know, Lina Khan gave tech bros hell AND her ass to kiss when she was FTC chair. She was busting monopolies left and right. Gave Amazon and Meta the finger too.
This is an EXCELLENT addition to his team.
This is an EXCELLENT addition to his team.
Khan's appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.
Lina Khan to co-chair NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team | TechCrunch
Khan's appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.
techcrunch.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
For those who don’t know, Lina Khan gave tech bros hell AND her ass to kiss when she was FTC chair. She was busting monopolies left and right. Gave Amazon and Meta the finger too.
This is an EXCELLENT addition to his team.
This is an EXCELLENT addition to his team.
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Damn right.
Love my state.
Love my state.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Damn right.
Love my state.
Love my state.
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Ask any of your favorite Black women writers from a decade ago why their bylines stopped appearing, and you’ll likely hear the same response: There is no place for us in media. In TV. In publishing or academia. For the majority of us, there’s no place but gone.
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Ask any of your favorite Black women writers from a decade ago why their bylines stopped appearing, and you’ll likely hear the same response: There is no place for us in media. In TV. In publishing or academia. For the majority of us, there’s no place but gone.
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Very bad news. Teen Vogue was doing work other journalists were not.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Very bad news. Teen Vogue was doing work other journalists were not.
Rude of it to be November
November 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Rude of it to be November
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A new design enters the chat. It's how I'm living, these days.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
A new design enters the chat. It's how I'm living, these days.
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