arysteia
@arysteia.bsky.social
I do what I want.
[ETA: Since we're in the new days of a new place perhaps I should be less laconic. I have been arysteia on a million platforms for at least 22 years now. If you've ever known me anywhere else, yes it's me.]
[ETA: Since we're in the new days of a new place perhaps I should be less laconic. I have been arysteia on a million platforms for at least 22 years now. If you've ever known me anywhere else, yes it's me.]
Do. Not. Want.
October 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Do. Not. Want.
Into the *third* decade with some of you! Love you, babes.
God damn, some of yall been following each other online for a decade?!!
October 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Into the *third* decade with some of you! Love you, babes.
Wrote an A+ essay on Tess of the d'Urbervilles sitting on the netball court at lunchtime watching the game without ever having read the damn book. AI could never.
I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.
October 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Wrote an A+ essay on Tess of the d'Urbervilles sitting on the netball court at lunchtime watching the game without ever having read the damn book. AI could never.
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Yes, hi, hello. Are you having a stressful Sunday? Would you like to be distracted? Well, how about a reminder that RDJ can sing? Here 'tis. ❤️
youtu.be/Jhpvq10Ajok?...
youtu.be/Jhpvq10Ajok?...
Sting & Robert Downey Jr. - Driven to Tears (Live 60th Birthday Concert)
YouTube video by In Concert
youtu.be
September 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Yes, hi, hello. Are you having a stressful Sunday? Would you like to be distracted? Well, how about a reminder that RDJ can sing? Here 'tis. ❤️
youtu.be/Jhpvq10Ajok?...
youtu.be/Jhpvq10Ajok?...
This really is the way.
this is so dumb i love comics lol
August 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This really is the way.
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My favourite doctor and companion.
August 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
My favourite doctor and companion.
Russian Civilisation (somewhat inaccurately named then, and sounds even worse now). It was timed perfectly though, with the USSR having broken up three years earlier. We did a very broad survey of Russian (and broader Soviet) history and politics, art, architecture, literature, and film.
What was your favorite early clas NOT in your eventual major. Mine was Ethnomusicology: an introduction to folk music.
I invariably get, "Ooh anthro that was my favorite class/cool professor" from people I meet. I tend to think soms of it is our outré material, being willing to talk "taboo" subjects in a cross-cultural context.
Ironically MY favorite class was probably Geology 101...
Ironically MY favorite class was probably Geology 101...
July 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Russian Civilisation (somewhat inaccurately named then, and sounds even worse now). It was timed perfectly though, with the USSR having broken up three years earlier. We did a very broad survey of Russian (and broader Soviet) history and politics, art, architecture, literature, and film.
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My 84 year old mother's review of SUPERMAN:
"I mean, I'd jump any Superman's bones, but nobody's Christopher Reeve. I liked it."
"I mean, I'd jump any Superman's bones, but nobody's Christopher Reeve. I liked it."
July 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My 84 year old mother's review of SUPERMAN:
"I mean, I'd jump any Superman's bones, but nobody's Christopher Reeve. I liked it."
"I mean, I'd jump any Superman's bones, but nobody's Christopher Reeve. I liked it."
June 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
June 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
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In one sense, I wasted many years of my life posting on Twitter.
In another sense, every second of it was preparing me for understanding and appreciating the moment we now live in.
In another sense, every second of it was preparing me for understanding and appreciating the moment we now live in.
June 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
In one sense, I wasted many years of my life posting on Twitter.
In another sense, every second of it was preparing me for understanding and appreciating the moment we now live in.
In another sense, every second of it was preparing me for understanding and appreciating the moment we now live in.
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sometimes I regret warping my brain being so online. but not today. oh no, not today.
June 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
sometimes I regret warping my brain being so online. but not today. oh no, not today.
I'd love to know the answer to this too, I've long wondered.
Do any of my Jewish mutuals feel like explaining what the "for" in "May her memory be for a blessing" means? Is it a literal translation from another language?
May 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I'd love to know the answer to this too, I've long wondered.
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tired: God is my copilot
wired: Copilot is my god
wired: Copilot is my god
May 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
tired: God is my copilot
wired: Copilot is my god
wired: Copilot is my god
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RETVRN (to 2003-era LiveJournal, the perfect balance between old-school topic-based forums and modern personality-based social media, but with literacy valued and no algorithmic promotion of hatred)
Word.
Every time one of my not very online friends or acquaintances bags on social media I want to scream “it’s not the concept of social media itself! It’s how it’s deployed and what it’s used for!”
Every time one of my not very online friends or acquaintances bags on social media I want to scream “it’s not the concept of social media itself! It’s how it’s deployed and what it’s used for!”
i wish there were some way to separate the part of social media that has helped me meet some of the most important people in my life from the rest of social media that is destroying our society while making the worst shit-stains on the planet billionaires.
May 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
RETVRN (to 2003-era LiveJournal, the perfect balance between old-school topic-based forums and modern personality-based social media, but with literacy valued and no algorithmic promotion of hatred)
In the foyer at Greta Point, the restaurant my family went to most weekends of the 80s for Sunday Night Carvery. Roast pork and crackling for me, always. While the slowpoke parents finished their coffees, my sister and I would explore, including pushing all the buttons/pulling all the knobs on this.
Old man post: Ever see one of these?
The last time I saw one it had been repurposed to sell little chapbooks.
The last time I saw one it had been repurposed to sell little chapbooks.
May 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
In the foyer at Greta Point, the restaurant my family went to most weekends of the 80s for Sunday Night Carvery. Roast pork and crackling for me, always. While the slowpoke parents finished their coffees, my sister and I would explore, including pushing all the buttons/pulling all the knobs on this.
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🎶 Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of Fuck That Guy?
It is the music of a people
Who would spit in Donald’s eye 🎶
Singing a song of Fuck That Guy?
It is the music of a people
Who would spit in Donald’s eye 🎶
April 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
🎶 Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of Fuck That Guy?
It is the music of a people
Who would spit in Donald’s eye 🎶
Singing a song of Fuck That Guy?
It is the music of a people
Who would spit in Donald’s eye 🎶
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actually it's important to post even more unlocked rpf omegaverse porn on ao3 so all the AI slop the idiot tech bros churn out is incomprehensible to the general public. this too is praxis.
April 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
actually it's important to post even more unlocked rpf omegaverse porn on ao3 so all the AI slop the idiot tech bros churn out is incomprehensible to the general public. this too is praxis.
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The best part of any X-Men film is always this scene
Magneto: [sternly but affectionately] Charles.
Professor X: [affectionately but sternly] Eric.
Magneto: [sternly but affectionately] Charles.
Professor X: [affectionately but sternly] Eric.
April 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The best part of any X-Men film is always this scene
Magneto: [sternly but affectionately] Charles.
Professor X: [affectionately but sternly] Eric.
Magneto: [sternly but affectionately] Charles.
Professor X: [affectionately but sternly] Eric.
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Val Kilmer in Elle Magazine, 2006. We'll miss you so much, king.
April 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Val Kilmer in Elle Magazine, 2006. We'll miss you so much, king.
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
More for World Cheese Day, never say my priorities aren't in order.
A Lithuanian equivalent to “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” is nemokamas sūris tik pelėkautuose. It means “the only free cheese is in a mousetrap”
* read on for more international cheese phrases (this thread may not turn out grate, but hopefully it will be gouda ‘nuff)…
* read on for more international cheese phrases (this thread may not turn out grate, but hopefully it will be gouda ‘nuff)…
March 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
More for World Cheese Day, never say my priorities aren't in order.
For my cheese loving friends. 🧀
A Lithuanian equivalent to “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” is nemokamas sūris tik pelėkautuose. It means “the only free cheese is in a mousetrap”
* read on for more international cheese phrases (this thread may not turn out grate, but hopefully it will be gouda ‘nuff)…
* read on for more international cheese phrases (this thread may not turn out grate, but hopefully it will be gouda ‘nuff)…
March 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
For my cheese loving friends. 🧀