Eva Emiel
@evaemiel.com
Thoughts on art, design, tech and being human. Sometimes I draw and write stories. they/she/he
https://evaemiel.com
https://evaemiel.com
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
Essentialism is bad my friends, one way ticket to even more fascism.
Researchers are now saying that AI can find correlations between facial characteristics and success on the job.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Essentialism is bad my friends, one way ticket to even more fascism.
So we're just seeing the tip of the iceberg with the psychological shit chatgpt is causing. This is going to take decades of people's lives to patch up, if it can be patched at all.
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
So we're just seeing the tip of the iceberg with the psychological shit chatgpt is causing. This is going to take decades of people's lives to patch up, if it can be patched at all.
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A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
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theres posts going around to turn off the "rude poster" moderation in your settings, and I decided to also set everything else to "warn" (bc bsky had them auto set to "hide") and ive encountered some posts with these "warnings" that were so innocuous they made me laugh out loud
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
theres posts going around to turn off the "rude poster" moderation in your settings, and I decided to also set everything else to "warn" (bc bsky had them auto set to "hide") and ive encountered some posts with these "warnings" that were so innocuous they made me laugh out loud
Only just getting started learning to be a therapist but the stuff in Theratpy feels pretty right to me. (if played up for entertainment value)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgoI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgoI...
THERATPY Episode 4: Session III
YouTube video by beetlerat
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Only just getting started learning to be a therapist but the stuff in Theratpy feels pretty right to me. (if played up for entertainment value)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgoI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgoI...
"Our forums are now read only because we have a new community space: join our Discord channel!"
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November 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"Our forums are now read only because we have a new community space: join our Discord channel!"
hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate
hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate
Ah, the 'avocado toast' argument is back in force for a new generation. Lovely.
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
archive.ph/2TI8J
archive.ph/2TI8J
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Ah, the 'avocado toast' argument is back in force for a new generation. Lovely.
I used to think the bad guy in stories having the sole motivation of 'wanting to destroy the world' was just some shoddy writing but I guess reality has proven me wrong about that.
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I used to think the bad guy in stories having the sole motivation of 'wanting to destroy the world' was just some shoddy writing but I guess reality has proven me wrong about that.
I have now learned about the term deathist against my will and must inflict this upon others.
October 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I have now learned about the term deathist against my will and must inflict this upon others.
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I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
@apache.be you rule 🖤
@apache.be you rule 🖤
October 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
@apache.be you rule 🖤
@apache.be you rule 🖤
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Keep seeing people saying “everyone wants a village but no one wants to be a villager” and I feel that’s so wrong. I think everyone to a degree wants to connect with the people around them but they don’t always know how.
I really struggle with social stuff, but I love being useful.
I really struggle with social stuff, but I love being useful.
October 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Keep seeing people saying “everyone wants a village but no one wants to be a villager” and I feel that’s so wrong. I think everyone to a degree wants to connect with the people around them but they don’t always know how.
I really struggle with social stuff, but I love being useful.
I really struggle with social stuff, but I love being useful.
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I'm still thinking about this show two years later.
October 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I'm still thinking about this show two years later.
A whole bunch of software systems that can't be used today because they require an online login. Reliance on an internet connection remains such a volatile point of failure, it's time we start building robust systems with fail safes again.
There's an AWS outage this morning impacting lots of services; it started around 07.30 UK time. People who use services like Alexa as their alarm clocks have just had a helpful reminder that using a device reliant on connectivity to carry out a task that doesn't need connectivity is not a good idea.
October 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A whole bunch of software systems that can't be used today because they require an online login. Reliance on an internet connection remains such a volatile point of failure, it's time we start building robust systems with fail safes again.
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Sleep is a biological necessity, and sleep deprivation has real physical, psychological, and social consequences that need to be taken seriously. The way our society treats it as slothful to sleep according to natural rhythms (including midday naps and variant chronotypes like night owls) is evil.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Sleep is a biological necessity, and sleep deprivation has real physical, psychological, and social consequences that need to be taken seriously. The way our society treats it as slothful to sleep according to natural rhythms (including midday naps and variant chronotypes like night owls) is evil.
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Blockety block block BLOCK!!!
October 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Blockety block block BLOCK!!!
And all of a sudden the future of Linux is bright.
This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...
Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it
Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.
www.theverge.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
And all of a sudden the future of Linux is bright.
So many sentiments in this one that I share. Mostly re: the state of social media, but also: "I have spent a not insignificant number of hours writing some absolutely criminal CSS"
Semi-regular reminder that wherever you’re reading this, it’s likely not where I wrote it. https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/coming-home
Coming home
Into the gap.
aworkinglibrary.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
So many sentiments in this one that I share. Mostly re: the state of social media, but also: "I have spent a not insignificant number of hours writing some absolutely criminal CSS"
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the Prussian police reports on Karl Marx from 1853 prove that leftists have always had immense Disco Elysium dirtbag energy.
April 19, 2024 at 1:01 AM
the Prussian police reports on Karl Marx from 1853 prove that leftists have always had immense Disco Elysium dirtbag energy.
This is wild.
NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
October 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This is wild.
At this point I'm very willing to pay for one of the bluesky alternatives so I can be done with this place. A cooperative, self-sustaining social media platform would be very nice.
Unfortunate update: Link reached out to BlueSky and got email back now on reason.
His appeal is denied. He will remain permanently banned on BlueSky’s side.
Here are the screenshots he just sent me as of 8:22 AM EST(my time)
His appeal is denied. He will remain permanently banned on BlueSky’s side.
Here are the screenshots he just sent me as of 8:22 AM EST(my time)
October 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
At this point I'm very willing to pay for one of the bluesky alternatives so I can be done with this place. A cooperative, self-sustaining social media platform would be very nice.
Sometimes I wonder how much of the AI madness isn't also fueled by this deep desire we seem to have for an enchanted world. A place where magical things happen, where the gods still exist, where our life is inherently meaningful, where we get to be the chosen ones.
October 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Sometimes I wonder how much of the AI madness isn't also fueled by this deep desire we seem to have for an enchanted world. A place where magical things happen, where the gods still exist, where our life is inherently meaningful, where we get to be the chosen ones.
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I still largely don't understand why we needed any of this instead of building up from blogs and the various protocols around that (modulo DNS, but AP/ATproto are not in practice independent of DNS today). The RSS reader I used >20 years ago was better at threads and reposts than BSky or Mastodon.
October 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I still largely don't understand why we needed any of this instead of building up from blogs and the various protocols around that (modulo DNS, but AP/ATproto are not in practice independent of DNS today). The RSS reader I used >20 years ago was better at threads and reposts than BSky or Mastodon.
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The myth of meritocracy inspires the implicit assumption that someone’s degree of success reflects their level of competence and skill.
I think that this is one of the most toxic myths of our time.
I think that this is one of the most toxic myths of our time.
October 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The myth of meritocracy inspires the implicit assumption that someone’s degree of success reflects their level of competence and skill.
I think that this is one of the most toxic myths of our time.
I think that this is one of the most toxic myths of our time.
This is a beautiful, long read but full of brilliance. Though my worldview was shaped in a completely different way than the author's (being of different generations does that I guess) I have similar concerns about the digital world and its alienating properties.
The Reenchanted World, by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Translated by Olivia Lasky, Damion Searls
On finding mystery in the digital age
harpers.org
October 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This is a beautiful, long read but full of brilliance. Though my worldview was shaped in a completely different way than the author's (being of different generations does that I guess) I have similar concerns about the digital world and its alienating properties.