Arkylie
@arkylie.bsky.social
Writer with a lifelong love of learning, backlog of sporadically updated projects, and eclectic taste in music.
Longer Posts:
https://www.pillowfort.social/Arkylie
Consider buying me a Ko-fi!
https://ko-fi.com/arkylie
Longer Posts:
https://www.pillowfort.social/Arkylie
Consider buying me a Ko-fi!
https://ko-fi.com/arkylie
Reposted by Arkylie
✨ Contributor Spotlight ✨
Introducing our next Writer on the roster, please welcome @thousandwordjun.bsky.social!
From the Inland Northwest, Jun brings a lifelong love of Zelda into stories that explore ZeLink as something eternal: shaped by hardship, guided by destiny, and reborn in every age.
Introducing our next Writer on the roster, please welcome @thousandwordjun.bsky.social!
From the Inland Northwest, Jun brings a lifelong love of Zelda into stories that explore ZeLink as something eternal: shaped by hardship, guided by destiny, and reborn in every age.
January 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM
✨ Contributor Spotlight ✨
Introducing our next Writer on the roster, please welcome @thousandwordjun.bsky.social!
From the Inland Northwest, Jun brings a lifelong love of Zelda into stories that explore ZeLink as something eternal: shaped by hardship, guided by destiny, and reborn in every age.
Introducing our next Writer on the roster, please welcome @thousandwordjun.bsky.social!
From the Inland Northwest, Jun brings a lifelong love of Zelda into stories that explore ZeLink as something eternal: shaped by hardship, guided by destiny, and reborn in every age.
Reposted by Arkylie
"Bad" art often comes with large breakthroughs (and bad as a concept is something is a whole other topic). If you try to only make art people will like you are probably flattening what you could make. If you never apply to anything for fear of rejection you automatically will never be considered
December 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"Bad" art often comes with large breakthroughs (and bad as a concept is something is a whole other topic). If you try to only make art people will like you are probably flattening what you could make. If you never apply to anything for fear of rejection you automatically will never be considered
Current Annoyance:
#HazbinHotel Ship Names have assigned a meaning to "Static" and it means VOX
Why the hell does Digital TV get "static"?
Why does "static" not refer to The Radio Demon?
I was all set to use "AppleStatic" as Lucifer/Alastor with a specific underlying vibe BUT APPARENTLY I CAN'T 😠
#HazbinHotel Ship Names have assigned a meaning to "Static" and it means VOX
Why the hell does Digital TV get "static"?
Why does "static" not refer to The Radio Demon?
I was all set to use "AppleStatic" as Lucifer/Alastor with a specific underlying vibe BUT APPARENTLY I CAN'T 😠
December 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Current Annoyance:
#HazbinHotel Ship Names have assigned a meaning to "Static" and it means VOX
Why the hell does Digital TV get "static"?
Why does "static" not refer to The Radio Demon?
I was all set to use "AppleStatic" as Lucifer/Alastor with a specific underlying vibe BUT APPARENTLY I CAN'T 😠
#HazbinHotel Ship Names have assigned a meaning to "Static" and it means VOX
Why the hell does Digital TV get "static"?
Why does "static" not refer to The Radio Demon?
I was all set to use "AppleStatic" as Lucifer/Alastor with a specific underlying vibe BUT APPARENTLY I CAN'T 😠
Reposted by Arkylie
twitter added an 'edit image' option to EVERY POST...
Anyone can change your artwork.
If there is no way for me to clear my gallery from twitter I might have to delete the account...
Anyone can change your artwork.
If there is no way for me to clear my gallery from twitter I might have to delete the account...
December 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
twitter added an 'edit image' option to EVERY POST...
Anyone can change your artwork.
If there is no way for me to clear my gallery from twitter I might have to delete the account...
Anyone can change your artwork.
If there is no way for me to clear my gallery from twitter I might have to delete the account...
About to start the #MassBlackout.
Hoping to shop at some local, minority-run stores this week. No big corporate stores.
Posted my thoughts on Trump vs. #FreeSpeech
www.pillowfort.social/posts/6914526
"If we don't have Free Speech, then we just don't have a free country." -- Trump, 2024
Hoping to shop at some local, minority-run stores this week. No big corporate stores.
Posted my thoughts on Trump vs. #FreeSpeech
www.pillowfort.social/posts/6914526
"If we don't have Free Speech, then we just don't have a free country." -- Trump, 2024
Arkylie: No Free Speech? No Free Country, says Donald Trump
"If we don't have Free Speech, then we just don't have a free country. It's as simple as that. If this most fundamental right is allowed to perish, then the rest of our rights and l...
www.pillowfort.social
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
About to start the #MassBlackout.
Hoping to shop at some local, minority-run stores this week. No big corporate stores.
Posted my thoughts on Trump vs. #FreeSpeech
www.pillowfort.social/posts/6914526
"If we don't have Free Speech, then we just don't have a free country." -- Trump, 2024
Hoping to shop at some local, minority-run stores this week. No big corporate stores.
Posted my thoughts on Trump vs. #FreeSpeech
www.pillowfort.social/posts/6914526
"If we don't have Free Speech, then we just don't have a free country." -- Trump, 2024
"When you turn this setting on, you agree to" doesn't exactly hold water when you ALTER THE AGREEMENT WITHOUT CONSENT, #Google.
"You agreed to X some time ago, and we decided to inject AI into the mix and presume you're cool with that, but we're gonna phrase it like YOU turned it on." #AIRage
"You agreed to X some time ago, and we decided to inject AI into the mix and presume you're cool with that, but we're gonna phrase it like YOU turned it on." #AIRage
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
In bygone eras, this comic referred to Google's search results being good on the first page but practically worthless beyond that.
We've reached the era where the first page of results is getting more and more suspect.
Won't be long before we can't put even a little trust in the algorithm.
We've reached the era where the first page of results is getting more and more suspect.
Won't be long before we can't put even a little trust in the algorithm.
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
In bygone eras, this comic referred to Google's search results being good on the first page but practically worthless beyond that.
We've reached the era where the first page of results is getting more and more suspect.
Won't be long before we can't put even a little trust in the algorithm.
We've reached the era where the first page of results is getting more and more suspect.
Won't be long before we can't put even a little trust in the algorithm.
Currently moving my writing notes to @joplinapp.bsky.social
So far so good
except
Why is it just as easy to go
"This isn't an error"
as
"Fix this error"
but NOT just as easy to UNFIX a mistake?
Dictionary was fixing "..." to proper ellipsis until I misclicked and now it thinks three dots is fine.
So far so good
except
Why is it just as easy to go
"This isn't an error"
as
"Fix this error"
but NOT just as easy to UNFIX a mistake?
Dictionary was fixing "..." to proper ellipsis until I misclicked and now it thinks three dots is fine.
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Currently moving my writing notes to @joplinapp.bsky.social
So far so good
except
Why is it just as easy to go
"This isn't an error"
as
"Fix this error"
but NOT just as easy to UNFIX a mistake?
Dictionary was fixing "..." to proper ellipsis until I misclicked and now it thinks three dots is fine.
So far so good
except
Why is it just as easy to go
"This isn't an error"
as
"Fix this error"
but NOT just as easy to UNFIX a mistake?
Dictionary was fixing "..." to proper ellipsis until I misclicked and now it thinks three dots is fine.
Reading through EGS NP and wondering if you've played Evoland 2 yet. 'Cuz the point where the gameplay is about to switch is totally giving me Evoland 2 vibes - it's a game where each section parodies a different game (incl. stealth section).
www.egscomics.com/egsnp/parabl...
@danshive.bsky.social
www.egscomics.com/egsnp/parabl...
@danshive.bsky.social
El Goonish Shive - EGS:NP - Parable-125
El Goonish Shive is a comic about a group of teenagers who face both real life and bizarre, supernatural situations.
www.egscomics.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Reading through EGS NP and wondering if you've played Evoland 2 yet. 'Cuz the point where the gameplay is about to switch is totally giving me Evoland 2 vibes - it's a game where each section parodies a different game (incl. stealth section).
www.egscomics.com/egsnp/parabl...
@danshive.bsky.social
www.egscomics.com/egsnp/parabl...
@danshive.bsky.social
Reposted by Arkylie
Remember it is important to not only take care of yourself but your plushies too!
October 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Remember it is important to not only take care of yourself but your plushies too!
Reposted by Arkylie
If you've ever asked "What the hell is a weight?" (in the context of machine learning, how the hell would i know why else you would ask that question), I have a blog post for you!
www.distributedthoughts.org/you-cant-unb...
BONUS: i explain why "true privacy" in models is BASICALLY impossible.
www.distributedthoughts.org/you-cant-unb...
BONUS: i explain why "true privacy" in models is BASICALLY impossible.
You Can't Unbake a Cake (or Why Data Isolation in the Age of AI is BASICALLY Impossible)
Legislators across the globe want your data removed from AI models. The EU's "right to be forgotten" under GDPR Article 17, California's CCPA, a dozen other privacy frameworks—all built on the assumpt...
www.distributedthoughts.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
If you've ever asked "What the hell is a weight?" (in the context of machine learning, how the hell would i know why else you would ask that question), I have a blog post for you!
www.distributedthoughts.org/you-cant-unb...
BONUS: i explain why "true privacy" in models is BASICALLY impossible.
www.distributedthoughts.org/you-cant-unb...
BONUS: i explain why "true privacy" in models is BASICALLY impossible.
@tailsteak.bsky.social
This submission call reminded me of many facets of Forward, and I thought it might amuse you 😁
(Got it from the Authors Publish compilation; the call is far down the page on the Raconteur site.)
raconteurpress.substack.com/p/open-calls...
authorspublish.com/32-themed-su...
This submission call reminded me of many facets of Forward, and I thought it might amuse you 😁
(Got it from the Authors Publish compilation; the call is far down the page on the Raconteur site.)
raconteurpress.substack.com/p/open-calls...
authorspublish.com/32-themed-su...
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
@tailsteak.bsky.social
This submission call reminded me of many facets of Forward, and I thought it might amuse you 😁
(Got it from the Authors Publish compilation; the call is far down the page on the Raconteur site.)
raconteurpress.substack.com/p/open-calls...
authorspublish.com/32-themed-su...
This submission call reminded me of many facets of Forward, and I thought it might amuse you 😁
(Got it from the Authors Publish compilation; the call is far down the page on the Raconteur site.)
raconteurpress.substack.com/p/open-calls...
authorspublish.com/32-themed-su...
Have been "speedrunning" #KingdomTwoCrowns Rulerversary event. Already beaten it, but this time I'm trying to be Efficient.
I am *failing* at being Efficient, but I'm making faster progress at least. Taking a break to get some sustenance.
Nephew still not back.
www.extra-life.org/participants...
I am *failing* at being Efficient, but I'm making faster progress at least. Taking a break to get some sustenance.
Nephew still not back.
www.extra-life.org/participants...
Extra Life | Change Kids' Health, Change the Future
I'm raising funds with #EXTRALIFE for kids treated at my Children's Miracle Network Hospitals! I need your help to reach my fundraising goal. Please donate today to change kids' health.
www.extra-life.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Have been "speedrunning" #KingdomTwoCrowns Rulerversary event. Already beaten it, but this time I'm trying to be Efficient.
I am *failing* at being Efficient, but I'm making faster progress at least. Taking a break to get some sustenance.
Nephew still not back.
www.extra-life.org/participants...
I am *failing* at being Efficient, but I'm making faster progress at least. Taking a break to get some sustenance.
Nephew still not back.
www.extra-life.org/participants...
It's the @extralife4kids.bsky.social charity fundraiser again!
This is our Tenth Event; we've raised around $800, or $90/year, and we're hoping to add a little to that total this year as well.
I've uploaded some Kitten Videos, and hope to add gaming vids later.
www.pillowfort.social/posts/6823802
This is our Tenth Event; we've raised around $800, or $90/year, and we're hoping to add a little to that total this year as well.
I've uploaded some Kitten Videos, and hope to add gaming vids later.
www.pillowfort.social/posts/6823802
Arkylie: Extra Life charity fundraiser: YEAR TEN
It's the tenth year of our yearly participation in the Extra Life charity fundraiser!We've raised about $800, or $90/year on average, in support of Seattle Children's Hospital.I hope you&#...
www.pillowfort.social
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It's the @extralife4kids.bsky.social charity fundraiser again!
This is our Tenth Event; we've raised around $800, or $90/year, and we're hoping to add a little to that total this year as well.
I've uploaded some Kitten Videos, and hope to add gaming vids later.
www.pillowfort.social/posts/6823802
This is our Tenth Event; we've raised around $800, or $90/year, and we're hoping to add a little to that total this year as well.
I've uploaded some Kitten Videos, and hope to add gaming vids later.
www.pillowfort.social/posts/6823802
Arkylie: Extra Life charity fundraiser: YEAR TEN
It's the tenth year of our yearly participation in the Extra Life charity fundraiser!We've raised about $800, or $90/year on average, in support of Seattle Children's Hospital.I hope you&#...
www.pillowfort.social
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It's the @extralife4kids.bsky.social charity fundraiser again!
This is our Tenth Event; we've raised around $800, or $90/year, and we're hoping to add a little to that total this year as well.
I've uploaded some Kitten Videos, and hope to add gaming vids later.
www.pillowfort.social/posts/6823802
This is our Tenth Event; we've raised around $800, or $90/year, and we're hoping to add a little to that total this year as well.
I've uploaded some Kitten Videos, and hope to add gaming vids later.
www.pillowfort.social/posts/6823802
@tailsteak.bsky.social
Ran across a review of Leftover Soup that ranted in minute detail about all the problems with your writing
...roughly half of which was like a list of my favorite qualities of your writing, such as stopping to consider odd questions most people wouldn't calmly, openly discuss.
Ran across a review of Leftover Soup that ranted in minute detail about all the problems with your writing
...roughly half of which was like a list of my favorite qualities of your writing, such as stopping to consider odd questions most people wouldn't calmly, openly discuss.
October 26, 2025 at 6:48 AM
@tailsteak.bsky.social
Ran across a review of Leftover Soup that ranted in minute detail about all the problems with your writing
...roughly half of which was like a list of my favorite qualities of your writing, such as stopping to consider odd questions most people wouldn't calmly, openly discuss.
Ran across a review of Leftover Soup that ranted in minute detail about all the problems with your writing
...roughly half of which was like a list of my favorite qualities of your writing, such as stopping to consider odd questions most people wouldn't calmly, openly discuss.
@tailsteak.bsky.social My secular definition of "soul" is "that which makes me Me, when you take all other things away."
It's the way that I could lose all memory of my Self, yet still remain me; and how someone else could be given my memories and self-identity, yet *not* be me.
It's the way that I could lose all memory of my Self, yet still remain me; and how someone else could be given my memories and self-identity, yet *not* be me.
October 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
@tailsteak.bsky.social My secular definition of "soul" is "that which makes me Me, when you take all other things away."
It's the way that I could lose all memory of my Self, yet still remain me; and how someone else could be given my memories and self-identity, yet *not* be me.
It's the way that I could lose all memory of my Self, yet still remain me; and how someone else could be given my memories and self-identity, yet *not* be me.
#Creepyfest 2025
Week One:
Updated my #PersonOfInterest / #SCPFoundation fusion fic, popping it up above the 40k mark (fourth place among my fics, and one of those was a #NaNoWriMo winner)
Also hit #FullCompletion on #Whumptober2025 for 1700 words of #PercivalDeRolo whump -- 28 prompts, 3 alts
Week One:
Updated my #PersonOfInterest / #SCPFoundation fusion fic, popping it up above the 40k mark (fourth place among my fics, and one of those was a #NaNoWriMo winner)
Also hit #FullCompletion on #Whumptober2025 for 1700 words of #PercivalDeRolo whump -- 28 prompts, 3 alts
October 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
#Creepyfest 2025
Week One:
Updated my #PersonOfInterest / #SCPFoundation fusion fic, popping it up above the 40k mark (fourth place among my fics, and one of those was a #NaNoWriMo winner)
Also hit #FullCompletion on #Whumptober2025 for 1700 words of #PercivalDeRolo whump -- 28 prompts, 3 alts
Week One:
Updated my #PersonOfInterest / #SCPFoundation fusion fic, popping it up above the 40k mark (fourth place among my fics, and one of those was a #NaNoWriMo winner)
Also hit #FullCompletion on #Whumptober2025 for 1700 words of #PercivalDeRolo whump -- 28 prompts, 3 alts
So apparently it's dead simple to make Google search stop giving you AI summaries (priming you for inaccurate information plus wasting water at the same time), and I just did that on both PC and mobile.
tenbluelinks.org
tenbluelinks.org
How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default
tenbluelinks.org
October 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
So apparently it's dead simple to make Google search stop giving you AI summaries (priming you for inaccurate information plus wasting water at the same time), and I just did that on both PC and mobile.
tenbluelinks.org
tenbluelinks.org
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as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious"
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
October 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious"
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
@tailsteak.bsky.social
In lieu of a birthday fanfic this year, I shall point you at "would you believe we've already made some sort of hivemind out of swarms of crabs?"
www.technologyreview.com/2012/04/12/1...
In lieu of a birthday fanfic this year, I shall point you at "would you believe we've already made some sort of hivemind out of swarms of crabs?"
www.technologyreview.com/2012/04/12/1...
Computer Scientists Build Computer Using Swarms of Crabs
Logic gates that exploit the swarming behaviour of soldier crabs have been built and tested in Japan
www.technologyreview.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
@tailsteak.bsky.social
In lieu of a birthday fanfic this year, I shall point you at "would you believe we've already made some sort of hivemind out of swarms of crabs?"
www.technologyreview.com/2012/04/12/1...
In lieu of a birthday fanfic this year, I shall point you at "would you believe we've already made some sort of hivemind out of swarms of crabs?"
www.technologyreview.com/2012/04/12/1...
New AI Plan:
Get people in crisis to use your chatbot, then redirect their concerns to other strangers, so that people get advice from other people in crisis. Including redirecting such crises to vulnerable children.
Nothing could possibly go wrong!
viridianriver.tumblr.com/post/7228344...
Get people in crisis to use your chatbot, then redirect their concerns to other strangers, so that people get advice from other people in crisis. Including redirecting such crises to vulnerable children.
Nothing could possibly go wrong!
viridianriver.tumblr.com/post/7228344...
KOKOBOT - The Airbnb-Owned Tech Startup - Data Mining Tumblr Users' Mental Health Crises for "Content"
I got this message from a bot, and honestly? If I was a bit younger and not such a jaded bitch with a career in tech, I might have given it an honest try. I spent plenty of time in a tough situation.....
viridianriver.tumblr.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
New AI Plan:
Get people in crisis to use your chatbot, then redirect their concerns to other strangers, so that people get advice from other people in crisis. Including redirecting such crises to vulnerable children.
Nothing could possibly go wrong!
viridianriver.tumblr.com/post/7228344...
Get people in crisis to use your chatbot, then redirect their concerns to other strangers, so that people get advice from other people in crisis. Including redirecting such crises to vulnerable children.
Nothing could possibly go wrong!
viridianriver.tumblr.com/post/7228344...
Reposted by Arkylie
Friend: How are you doing?
Me: Can't complain.
Friend, frowning: Did the wizard curse you so you can't complain? Again?
Me: I-it's fine.
Me: Can't complain.
Friend, frowning: Did the wizard curse you so you can't complain? Again?
Me: I-it's fine.
September 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Friend: How are you doing?
Me: Can't complain.
Friend, frowning: Did the wizard curse you so you can't complain? Again?
Me: I-it's fine.
Me: Can't complain.
Friend, frowning: Did the wizard curse you so you can't complain? Again?
Me: I-it's fine.
@tailsteak.bsky.social
Rereading your commentary on this page:
www.leftoversoup.com/archive.php?...
...and reminded of the example I bring up to differentiate TTRPGs from other games:
We decided not to go through the obvious traps and instead chainsawed our way in through the back wall 😁
Rereading your commentary on this page:
www.leftoversoup.com/archive.php?...
...and reminded of the example I bring up to differentiate TTRPGs from other games:
We decided not to go through the obvious traps and instead chainsawed our way in through the back wall 😁
Leftover Soup
www.leftoversoup.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
@tailsteak.bsky.social
Rereading your commentary on this page:
www.leftoversoup.com/archive.php?...
...and reminded of the example I bring up to differentiate TTRPGs from other games:
We decided not to go through the obvious traps and instead chainsawed our way in through the back wall 😁
Rereading your commentary on this page:
www.leftoversoup.com/archive.php?...
...and reminded of the example I bring up to differentiate TTRPGs from other games:
We decided not to go through the obvious traps and instead chainsawed our way in through the back wall 😁
@tailsteak.bsky.social
Finally got caught up on Forward again (dunno why it slipped out of my reading schedule - I only follow like four webcomics at a time).
The reaction to Lee's declaration gives a strong compare-and-contrast to Freefall's depiction of the start of robot rights. Intriguing.
Finally got caught up on Forward again (dunno why it slipped out of my reading schedule - I only follow like four webcomics at a time).
The reaction to Lee's declaration gives a strong compare-and-contrast to Freefall's depiction of the start of robot rights. Intriguing.
August 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
@tailsteak.bsky.social
Finally got caught up on Forward again (dunno why it slipped out of my reading schedule - I only follow like four webcomics at a time).
The reaction to Lee's declaration gives a strong compare-and-contrast to Freefall's depiction of the start of robot rights. Intriguing.
Finally got caught up on Forward again (dunno why it slipped out of my reading schedule - I only follow like four webcomics at a time).
The reaction to Lee's declaration gives a strong compare-and-contrast to Freefall's depiction of the start of robot rights. Intriguing.