Crimson
@crimsonruari.bsky.social
International Bread Policy pundit. Amateur smith, folk musician, baker, photographer, dancer, writer. Burned Out Con Organizer. Tech Generalist. Frequent Coywolf. Occasionally just "Jacob." He/Him
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It appears they are filming Game of Thrones in Chicago. This morning's sunrise hitting the skyline.
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It appears they are filming Game of Thrones in Chicago. This morning's sunrise hitting the skyline.
It’s a fun joke, but also I got to shoot a yew longbow this autumn and I just fell in love with it and need to figure out when I can get my own. Maybe…maybe next year’s event?
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
It’s a fun joke, but also I got to shoot a yew longbow this autumn and I just fell in love with it and need to figure out when I can get my own. Maybe…maybe next year’s event?
Nerdy co-parking always amuses me. I don’t know whose this is but they have the same basic model from one of the same few years. I think they have the Limited trim though, and I only got the middle level SEL. Still.
December 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Nerdy co-parking always amuses me. I don’t know whose this is but they have the same basic model from one of the same few years. I think they have the Limited trim though, and I only got the middle level SEL. Still.
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Chicago Snowfall
December 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Chicago Snowfall
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christmas has gotten so far from its religious roots, wish we could celebrate our holidays like medieval christians (cross-dressing, being told by the bishop to stop cross-dressing, resolutely refusing to stop cross-dressing, threatening the bishop in defense of cross-dressing)
December 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
christmas has gotten so far from its religious roots, wish we could celebrate our holidays like medieval christians (cross-dressing, being told by the bishop to stop cross-dressing, resolutely refusing to stop cross-dressing, threatening the bishop in defense of cross-dressing)
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It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
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Now this #FursuitFriday is very special as I FINALLY GOT TO SEE REAL AMERICAN TRAINS IN PERSON AND I GOT TO SEE BNSF GEVO LOCOMOTIVES! 😍😍😍😍😍🧡🤍🚂🥹
▶️ @senkolke.bsky.social
▶️ @senkolke.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Now this #FursuitFriday is very special as I FINALLY GOT TO SEE REAL AMERICAN TRAINS IN PERSON AND I GOT TO SEE BNSF GEVO LOCOMOTIVES! 😍😍😍😍😍🧡🤍🚂🥹
▶️ @senkolke.bsky.social
▶️ @senkolke.bsky.social
Definitely some pieces in the art show and a few items out on the dealer floor that I would have been very interested in if I wasn’t heavily constraining purchases in favor of funding another training trip to Japan in summer. I got a few very small things but, that’ll be it this year.
December 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Definitely some pieces in the art show and a few items out on the dealer floor that I would have been very interested in if I wasn’t heavily constraining purchases in favor of funding another training trip to Japan in summer. I got a few very small things but, that’ll be it this year.
I gotta say too that Pirate Artisans make great stuff and are very passionate about their work and lovely folks to chat with. It is a highlight of wandering a dealers room to get to stop and chat with them and see what cool things they have. I have a couple rings & a wolf skull pendant that I love.
Shocked that she is still available for purchase! Easily my most beautiful work, and the whole reason I am the artist that I am! It's impossible to show how pretty she is in photos and video. She's only $300, and she can be yours!
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I gotta say too that Pirate Artisans make great stuff and are very passionate about their work and lovely folks to chat with. It is a highlight of wandering a dealers room to get to stop and chat with them and see what cool things they have. I have a couple rings & a wolf skull pendant that I love.
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Shocked that she is still available for purchase! Easily my most beautiful work, and the whole reason I am the artist that I am! It's impossible to show how pretty she is in photos and video. She's only $300, and she can be yours!
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Shocked that she is still available for purchase! Easily my most beautiful work, and the whole reason I am the artist that I am! It's impossible to show how pretty she is in photos and video. She's only $300, and she can be yours!
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155mm for dictators, 155% tax rate for billionaires, $1.50 hot dogs for the public
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
155mm for dictators, 155% tax rate for billionaires, $1.50 hot dogs for the public
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Love Discord being like "bro you didnt complete any quests this year" yeah man I dont know what those are and I'm working really hard not to have to learn
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Love Discord being like "bro you didnt complete any quests this year" yeah man I dont know what those are and I'm working really hard not to have to learn
Maybe the third year of bringing the tools to do a good coffee in my room and having some stuff for breakfast (often my croissants) and some OJ in the cooler, and man it’s a relief to avoid the coffee lines and not be spending $20-odd bucks a day just to get started… and mine is better.
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Maybe the third year of bringing the tools to do a good coffee in my room and having some stuff for breakfast (often my croissants) and some OJ in the cooler, and man it’s a relief to avoid the coffee lines and not be spending $20-odd bucks a day just to get started… and mine is better.
Once again I managed to get all the mail in art into my car in one go… just no passengers allowed.
December 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Once again I managed to get all the mail in art into my car in one go… just no passengers allowed.
Honestly have reached a point with the community and the department I’m in this year and my own states that I don’t really want to be at the con. Some of that is just me being tired from a day of baking and a busy year and only really seeing the stressors right now. But man. Sometimes it’s too much.
December 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Honestly have reached a point with the community and the department I’m in this year and my own states that I don’t really want to be at the con. Some of that is just me being tired from a day of baking and a busy year and only really seeing the stressors right now. But man. Sometimes it’s too much.
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A lot of people expressing shock that bayonets were being used for crowd control in 1966
A little background
Until the late ‘60s, soldiers were not equipped or trained for riot duty. They used weapons of war for policing
In Detroit alone in ‘67, troops fired 156,000 rounds of ammunition
A little background
Until the late ‘60s, soldiers were not equipped or trained for riot duty. They used weapons of war for policing
In Detroit alone in ‘67, troops fired 156,000 rounds of ammunition
“Hey, why do we do risk analysis for home station unit training?”
Exhibit A:
Exhibit A:
December 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A lot of people expressing shock that bayonets were being used for crowd control in 1966
A little background
Until the late ‘60s, soldiers were not equipped or trained for riot duty. They used weapons of war for policing
In Detroit alone in ‘67, troops fired 156,000 rounds of ammunition
A little background
Until the late ‘60s, soldiers were not equipped or trained for riot duty. They used weapons of war for policing
In Detroit alone in ‘67, troops fired 156,000 rounds of ammunition
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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
Took tomorrow off before the con. Going to pack and make pastry. Three batches of croissants ready for tomorrow.
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Took tomorrow off before the con. Going to pack and make pastry. Three batches of croissants ready for tomorrow.
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The metaphors are getting about as subtle as Marvel easter eggs
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The metaphors are getting about as subtle as Marvel easter eggs
Forgot his tactical kilt
Overkill? OVERKILL?! NONSENSE JULIAN!! It’s Tactical Tuesday and I am READY with my tactical crocs, tactical socks, tactical utility belt, tactical fanny pack, tactical shirt, tactical vest, tactical scarf, tactical goggles, tac—what do you MEAN, I forgot something?!?
December 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Forgot his tactical kilt
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Make America Only Normally Racist And Violent Again
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Make America Only Normally Racist And Violent Again
Megafauna really give me a visceral “oh this is where gods come from” feeling. Even like… just looking at the fossils displays at the Field Museum.
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Megafauna really give me a visceral “oh this is where gods come from” feeling. Even like… just looking at the fossils displays at the Field Museum.
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And is relieving himself on us, constantly. While his spin team tells us it's raining.
trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
And is relieving himself on us, constantly. While his spin team tells us it's raining.
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I'll say it again -- I'm on my firm's AI committee: every canned demo has had brutal, malpractice-level errors, and every live trial has required more time and care to vet the output than to just do it, like working with an unteachably incompetent associate you'd need to sit down for a Hard Talk.
Loving that AI productivity boost!
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
Use of AI ‘tech stacks’ driving demand for lawyers
The more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more professionals are needed to vet the technology’s outputs.
www.afr.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'll say it again -- I'm on my firm's AI committee: every canned demo has had brutal, malpractice-level errors, and every live trial has required more time and care to vet the output than to just do it, like working with an unteachably incompetent associate you'd need to sit down for a Hard Talk.