Dysmorphia
@dys-morphia.bsky.social
Busybody neighborhood ecologist, poet, philosopher & theurgist. Current top interests: technical writing, space opera, pleinair watercolor, fiber arts, Japanese
She/they
More active at https://sfba.social/@dys_morphia
blog: https://rinsemiddlebliss.com
She/they
More active at https://sfba.social/@dys_morphia
blog: https://rinsemiddlebliss.com
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In my latest blog post, I wrote about dealing with the gloomy season and the limits it places on painting outdoors:
Still lifes will continue until morale improves
rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2025-1...
#blog #watercolor #StillLife
Still lifes will continue until morale improves
rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2025-1...
#blog #watercolor #StillLife
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For so long, they said gays & lesbians were freaks who must be suppressed & converted. They lost that fight.
Now they’re saying the same about trans people.
Like gays & lesbians, trans people have been in all societies forever. They’re part of the natural order. Deal with it.
Now they’re saying the same about trans people.
Like gays & lesbians, trans people have been in all societies forever. They’re part of the natural order. Deal with it.
We’re scientists who study sex and gender. Here’s what Trump gets wrong about trans people
OPINION: Despite what President Trump would have you believe, transgender people are a natural part of the human species, Joan Roughgarden and Jaimie Veale write.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
For so long, they said gays & lesbians were freaks who must be suppressed & converted. They lost that fight.
Now they’re saying the same about trans people.
Like gays & lesbians, trans people have been in all societies forever. They’re part of the natural order. Deal with it.
Now they’re saying the same about trans people.
Like gays & lesbians, trans people have been in all societies forever. They’re part of the natural order. Deal with it.
I'm going to have an opportunity to travel to Bangalore for work in late January again which means I will once again be able to also travel to Tokyo for fun the first week of February.
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I'm going to have an opportunity to travel to Bangalore for work in late January again which means I will once again be able to also travel to Tokyo for fun the first week of February.
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🎶 Don't go chasing waterfalls
They always stay in the same place anyway
You're just gonna be sitting there staring
At a totally stationary water feature 🎵
🎶 Maybe chase something
That can change its location
Every now and then
Instead 🎵
They always stay in the same place anyway
You're just gonna be sitting there staring
At a totally stationary water feature 🎵
🎶 Maybe chase something
That can change its location
Every now and then
Instead 🎵
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
🎶 Don't go chasing waterfalls
They always stay in the same place anyway
You're just gonna be sitting there staring
At a totally stationary water feature 🎵
🎶 Maybe chase something
That can change its location
Every now and then
Instead 🎵
They always stay in the same place anyway
You're just gonna be sitting there staring
At a totally stationary water feature 🎵
🎶 Maybe chase something
That can change its location
Every now and then
Instead 🎵
I’m starting to memorize pigment numbers and the chemical names of the constituents. It’s happening spontaneously as I work with paint and read and think more about how colors mix and behave, and moreso as I talk with working artists and read beyond the very beginner material.
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I’m starting to memorize pigment numbers and the chemical names of the constituents. It’s happening spontaneously as I work with paint and read and think more about how colors mix and behave, and moreso as I talk with working artists and read beyond the very beginner material.
A little bit of fun in the garden painting with a limited palette: cad red, cad yellow, titanium white, dioxazine purple, hooker’s green, yellow ochre. Truly limited palettes are things like 3 colors, but I usually have 14 & thought it would be interesting to challenge myself a little. #watercolor
November 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A little bit of fun in the garden painting with a limited palette: cad red, cad yellow, titanium white, dioxazine purple, hooker’s green, yellow ochre. Truly limited palettes are things like 3 colors, but I usually have 14 & thought it would be interesting to challenge myself a little. #watercolor
“The bar for what counts as documentation gets lower every time we pretend these outputs are good enough.”
Yep. There’s the key: the pressure to use AI to generate docs depends on pretending that the outputs are good enough.
Yep. There’s the key: the pressure to use AI to generate docs depends on pretending that the outputs are good enough.
Code wikis are documentation theater as a service. passo.uno/ai-wikis-doc...
Code wikis are documentation theater as a service
Code Wiki, a new AI tool by Google similar to DeepWiki, claims to generate a complete set of docs, including diagrams, from code repos. The landing page goes as far as saying “Stop documenting. No mor...
passo.uno
November 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“The bar for what counts as documentation gets lower every time we pretend these outputs are good enough.”
Yep. There’s the key: the pressure to use AI to generate docs depends on pretending that the outputs are good enough.
Yep. There’s the key: the pressure to use AI to generate docs depends on pretending that the outputs are good enough.
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I think most artists hit a point where they’re like, well if I can’t be the best artist, I shall be the most ME artist.
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I think most artists hit a point where they’re like, well if I can’t be the best artist, I shall be the most ME artist.
The Polish art store had some sable brushes for kind of good prices, too, so I bought one small round and one medium round. It was from a German brand, Kolibri, that I couldn’t find much info about in the Polish or English internet, but they seemed legit enough to try at the prices.
Inside me there are two wolves: one wants to create a minimal palette and have some discipline
Another wants full color maximalism and has money to spend.
Money to spend wolf is not yet up to the level of sable brushes, though.
Another wants full color maximalism and has money to spend.
Money to spend wolf is not yet up to the level of sable brushes, though.
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The Polish art store had some sable brushes for kind of good prices, too, so I bought one small round and one medium round. It was from a German brand, Kolibri, that I couldn’t find much info about in the Polish or English internet, but they seemed legit enough to try at the prices.
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📹 We've published videos and photos of Write the Docs Berlin, and this is your last chance to get a conference t-shirt. Thanks to all participants of the conference, in-person and online! Read more in our recap:
Berlin 2025 Recap - Talk Videos, Photos, CoC Report
Hi everyone, Our team is slowly emerging from the post-conference recovery period, and we wanted to send out a quick message to thank everyone for helping to make Write the Docs Berlin 2025 such a ...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
📹 We've published videos and photos of Write the Docs Berlin, and this is your last chance to get a conference t-shirt. Thanks to all participants of the conference, in-person and online! Read more in our recap:
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The pigeon finally got to drive the bus
Man takes city bus for a joy ride, makes several stops along the way, allowing passengers to get on and off at bus stops, no damage to the vehicle.
"He even went as far as to deny someone looking to board with an expired bus pass"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"He even went as far as to deny someone looking to board with an expired bus pass"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Man who took Hamilton bus on joy ride 'did a great job' driving, left no dings, say police | CBC News
He made several stops along the way, allowing passengers to get on and off, police say. He was then arrested.
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The pigeon finally got to drive the bus
My AI strategy? That’s a great question. It’s a nuanced topic that calls for a multipronged approach best outlined in this excellent ebook by thought leaders in the field of intelligence:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184
Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
www.gutenberg.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
My AI strategy? That’s a great question. It’s a nuanced topic that calls for a multipronged approach best outlined in this excellent ebook by thought leaders in the field of intelligence:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184
I am happy and/or sad to report that Cadmium Red looks absolutely amazing. It’s unmatched by any other warm reds & I could’ve saved a lot of money on red watercolors if I’d just gone for it, but I was too scared. I had to first personally experience a lot of frustration with meh reds that mix poorly
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I am happy and/or sad to report that Cadmium Red looks absolutely amazing. It’s unmatched by any other warm reds & I could’ve saved a lot of money on red watercolors if I’d just gone for it, but I was too scared. I had to first personally experience a lot of frustration with meh reds that mix poorly
“Plubris” is causing seriously contentious philosophical disagreements in my household. We’re uncovering some deep seated differences in intuitions about the relative values of peace and happiness and more stuff that it would be a spoiler to mention.
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
“Plubris” is causing seriously contentious philosophical disagreements in my household. We’re uncovering some deep seated differences in intuitions about the relative values of peace and happiness and more stuff that it would be a spoiler to mention.
Gender is a performance and mine is a long running improv show with audience participation, and you, yes you, can participate in creating today’s gender with no commitment to any particular longterm gender. Tomorrow we’ll create a new one.
Gender is a performance, and you get no refunds on those tickets to my show.
Gender is a performance and mine is four rodeo clowns playing poker in a bull ring.
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Gender is a performance and mine is a long running improv show with audience participation, and you, yes you, can participate in creating today’s gender with no commitment to any particular longterm gender. Tomorrow we’ll create a new one.
Managed to make it out onto the hill and paint a little. I went back and forth between trying to represent the hill as I saw it and just painting a hill inspired by the hill in front of me.
November 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Managed to make it out onto the hill and paint a little. I went back and forth between trying to represent the hill as I saw it and just painting a hill inspired by the hill in front of me.
I found out how much cheaper Roman Szmal Art “Aquarius” watercolors are in Poland (they are manufactured there) & realized I have an opportunity to get a relative to pick up an order and being it to me. They are like half the price or less and they are already inexpensive.
November 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I found out how much cheaper Roman Szmal Art “Aquarius” watercolors are in Poland (they are manufactured there) & realized I have an opportunity to get a relative to pick up an order and being it to me. They are like half the price or less and they are already inexpensive.
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Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
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I grinned so big opening this magazine
November 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I grinned so big opening this magazine
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When I was a kid there was no such thing as an iPhone, if we got bored we would walk down abandoned railroad tracks and eat strange berries; no one cared if we lived or died back then.
November 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
When I was a kid there was no such thing as an iPhone, if we got bored we would walk down abandoned railroad tracks and eat strange berries; no one cared if we lived or died back then.
Congratulations NYC! I’m so happy for you all, and good work!
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Congratulations NYC! I’m so happy for you all, and good work!
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where were you when dick cheney shot that guy in the face
November 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
where were you when dick cheney shot that guy in the face
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Chop onion, apple, cabbage. Sautee. Add apple cider vinegar, caraway seed, and just a little bit of brown sugar, plus salt and pepper. Serve as a side or add egg noodles and Polish sausage (or sausage substitute) for a whole meal.
IT IS TIME FOR BLUESKY RECIPE POSTING
do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.
do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Chop onion, apple, cabbage. Sautee. Add apple cider vinegar, caraway seed, and just a little bit of brown sugar, plus salt and pepper. Serve as a side or add egg noodles and Polish sausage (or sausage substitute) for a whole meal.
In my latest blog post, I wrote about dealing with the gloomy season and the limits it places on painting outdoors:
Still lifes will continue until morale improves
rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2025-1...
#blog #watercolor #StillLife
Still lifes will continue until morale improves
rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2025-1...
#blog #watercolor #StillLife
November 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
In my latest blog post, I wrote about dealing with the gloomy season and the limits it places on painting outdoors:
Still lifes will continue until morale improves
rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2025-1...
#blog #watercolor #StillLife
Still lifes will continue until morale improves
rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2025-1...
#blog #watercolor #StillLife
Me at the 7th inning: "If this goes past the 9th inning, I'm going to lose interest and we can turn it off"
Me, at the end of the 9th: "I lied"
Me, at the end of the 9th: "I lied"
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Me at the 7th inning: "If this goes past the 9th inning, I'm going to lose interest and we can turn it off"
Me, at the end of the 9th: "I lied"
Me, at the end of the 9th: "I lied"
I’m 17% into Lessons in Magic and Disaster by @charliejane.bsky.social and there is no way to say this without sounding like an incredible weirdo but: this is the most accurate portrayal of magic as it actually works in real life I have ever read. At least, the way it works for me.
October 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I’m 17% into Lessons in Magic and Disaster by @charliejane.bsky.social and there is no way to say this without sounding like an incredible weirdo but: this is the most accurate portrayal of magic as it actually works in real life I have ever read. At least, the way it works for me.