Keaalu (Abi Scott)
@keaalu.bsky.social
Self-taught author and draw-er, enjoyer of all things sentient+nonbiological, particularly zeroids and TFs. (Also NHS pharmacist, but don't expect anything work-related here.) Sticky: https://keaalu.dreamwidth.org/463975.html
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
Unexpected followup! (Thank you Flash Fiction Friday on tumblr)
101 realises something about the helpful little cat he met in Egypt...
101 realises something about the helpful little cat he met in Egypt...
Her Favour - Chapter 2 - Keaalu - Terrahawks [Archive of Our Own]
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December 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Unexpected followup! (Thank you Flash Fiction Friday on tumblr)
101 realises something about the helpful little cat he met in Egypt...
101 realises something about the helpful little cat he met in Egypt...
The Way to a Zeroid's Little Round Heart... is with a hat, apparently? (Not that Hiro needed any help.)
According to canon, 101 was first brought online some time in November 2018. That makes him very very old- I MEAN seven!
Happy Birthday to my favourite little round fusspot.
#terrahawks
According to canon, 101 was first brought online some time in November 2018. That makes him very very old- I MEAN seven!
Happy Birthday to my favourite little round fusspot.
#terrahawks
Unintended Consequences - Chapter 11 - Keaalu - Terrahawks [Archive of Our Own]
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November 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The Way to a Zeroid's Little Round Heart... is with a hat, apparently? (Not that Hiro needed any help.)
According to canon, 101 was first brought online some time in November 2018. That makes him very very old- I MEAN seven!
Happy Birthday to my favourite little round fusspot.
#terrahawks
According to canon, 101 was first brought online some time in November 2018. That makes him very very old- I MEAN seven!
Happy Birthday to my favourite little round fusspot.
#terrahawks
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I cannot stop laughing. This is so indicative of what's wrong with these AI people and how they view art
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I cannot stop laughing. This is so indicative of what's wrong with these AI people and how they view art
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
I used to think it was depressing having no-one read my writing, but at least the occasional comments were from real people.
It's a million times worse to see the occasional trickle of hits and know they're all just bots, feeding your work into the slop machine.
It's a million times worse to see the occasional trickle of hits and know they're all just bots, feeding your work into the slop machine.
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I used to think it was depressing having no-one read my writing, but at least the occasional comments were from real people.
It's a million times worse to see the occasional trickle of hits and know they're all just bots, feeding your work into the slop machine.
It's a million times worse to see the occasional trickle of hits and know they're all just bots, feeding your work into the slop machine.
"Big Mouth, Big Heart"
Certain zeroids have a big mouth, asking questions Hiro isn't quite sure he wants to face, yet? But they are usually forgiven for it, too.
(Hiro was given such a fascinating backstory! But then it seems to have never been used in ANY official media...)
#terrahawks
Certain zeroids have a big mouth, asking questions Hiro isn't quite sure he wants to face, yet? But they are usually forgiven for it, too.
(Hiro was given such a fascinating backstory! But then it seems to have never been used in ANY official media...)
#terrahawks
Unintended Consequences - Chapter 10 - Keaalu - Terrahawks [Archive of Our Own]
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November 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"Big Mouth, Big Heart"
Certain zeroids have a big mouth, asking questions Hiro isn't quite sure he wants to face, yet? But they are usually forgiven for it, too.
(Hiro was given such a fascinating backstory! But then it seems to have never been used in ANY official media...)
#terrahawks
Certain zeroids have a big mouth, asking questions Hiro isn't quite sure he wants to face, yet? But they are usually forgiven for it, too.
(Hiro was given such a fascinating backstory! But then it seems to have never been used in ANY official media...)
#terrahawks
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One of those 'I started so I'm going to finish it' ones. Very happy with how it came out!
November 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
One of those 'I started so I'm going to finish it' ones. Very happy with how it came out!
I wanted to put something very like this up at work, but was not allowed. 😔
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I wanted to put something very like this up at work, but was not allowed. 😔
Just a silly Halloween-y short featuring an out-of-place worried little round boy trying his best to scare the Martians away from Egypt, and save his humans, too - helped out by a mysterious little temple cat.
#terrahawks #gerryanderson #fanfic
#terrahawks #gerryanderson #fanfic
Her Favour - Keaalu - Terrahawks [Archive of Our Own]
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October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Just a silly Halloween-y short featuring an out-of-place worried little round boy trying his best to scare the Martians away from Egypt, and save his humans, too - helped out by a mysterious little temple cat.
#terrahawks #gerryanderson #fanfic
#terrahawks #gerryanderson #fanfic
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
Will always be amazed by how some people STILL seek out fan pages for 40-year-old TV shows, just to say how much they DIDN'T enjoy it. What’s even the point? Pissing on it in front of the people who love it isn’t going to un-exist the thing. Just go enjoy the stuff you DO like. (You'll live longer!)
October 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Will always be amazed by how some people STILL seek out fan pages for 40-year-old TV shows, just to say how much they DIDN'T enjoy it. What’s even the point? Pissing on it in front of the people who love it isn’t going to un-exist the thing. Just go enjoy the stuff you DO like. (You'll live longer!)
Vacation Mode: ON
Sergeant Major Zero tries to get a certain annoying little secretary to actually take a holiday...
#terrahawks
Sergeant Major Zero tries to get a certain annoying little secretary to actually take a holiday...
#terrahawks
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October 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Vacation Mode: ON
Sergeant Major Zero tries to get a certain annoying little secretary to actually take a holiday...
#terrahawks
Sergeant Major Zero tries to get a certain annoying little secretary to actually take a holiday...
#terrahawks
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It's Terrahawks Day! We're calling a 10-50 on the ultimate bundle deal and we have a theory you're going to like it– read the graphic novel, listen to the iconic soundtrack, get the behind the scenes story, AND watch the whole series in HD! STROLL ON to the link in the bio! 🚀
October 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
It's Terrahawks Day! We're calling a 10-50 on the ultimate bundle deal and we have a theory you're going to like it– read the graphic novel, listen to the iconic soundtrack, get the behind the scenes story, AND watch the whole series in HD! STROLL ON to the link in the bio! 🚀
Noodling around with a Halloween-esque story involving my best boys, plus Ancient Egyptian cat goddesses.
It does mean I get to play innuendo bingo!
"Of course Owun would be the one to need to be rescued by a pussy."
🤔
He is not impressed.
It does mean I get to play innuendo bingo!
"Of course Owun would be the one to need to be rescued by a pussy."
🤔
He is not impressed.
September 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Noodling around with a Halloween-esque story involving my best boys, plus Ancient Egyptian cat goddesses.
It does mean I get to play innuendo bingo!
"Of course Owun would be the one to need to be rescued by a pussy."
🤔
He is not impressed.
It does mean I get to play innuendo bingo!
"Of course Owun would be the one to need to be rescued by a pussy."
🤔
He is not impressed.
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Google Search is vandalising the internet.
👀 Our new investigation reveals how some of our fact checks are being shown in misleading ways:
👀 Our new investigation reveals how some of our fact checks are being shown in misleading ways:
Google Search is vandalising the internet. Here’s how. – Full Fact
Google Search is misrepresenting our fact checks, showing incorrect information to millions.
fullfact.org
September 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Google Search is vandalising the internet.
👀 Our new investigation reveals how some of our fact checks are being shown in misleading ways:
👀 Our new investigation reveals how some of our fact checks are being shown in misleading ways:
Having been kidnapped by the martians, poor 101 is in a little bit of a pickle.
Of course, Zero thinks he's just fainted, the poor lamb. At least, at first...
#terrahawks
Of course, Zero thinks he's just fainted, the poor lamb. At least, at first...
#terrahawks
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September 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Having been kidnapped by the martians, poor 101 is in a little bit of a pickle.
Of course, Zero thinks he's just fainted, the poor lamb. At least, at first...
#terrahawks
Of course, Zero thinks he's just fainted, the poor lamb. At least, at first...
#terrahawks
Adobe apparently now thinks I'm so incompetent at humaning, I need its "AI assistant" to help me read a nine page long bus timetable, because nine pages is a "long document".
*massages temples*
*massages temples*
September 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Adobe apparently now thinks I'm so incompetent at humaning, I need its "AI assistant" to help me read a nine page long bus timetable, because nine pages is a "long document".
*massages temples*
*massages temples*
Thanks for being a total waste of time as usual, Yodel.
I spotted the van outside my building, and sit there for five minutes, before the driver walked away, threw a parcel onto their passenger seat, and drove away again.
THIS IS NOT MISSING ME.
This is making AN INTENTIONAL CHOICE TO NOT GAF.
I spotted the van outside my building, and sit there for five minutes, before the driver walked away, threw a parcel onto their passenger seat, and drove away again.
THIS IS NOT MISSING ME.
This is making AN INTENTIONAL CHOICE TO NOT GAF.
August 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Thanks for being a total waste of time as usual, Yodel.
I spotted the van outside my building, and sit there for five minutes, before the driver walked away, threw a parcel onto their passenger seat, and drove away again.
THIS IS NOT MISSING ME.
This is making AN INTENTIONAL CHOICE TO NOT GAF.
I spotted the van outside my building, and sit there for five minutes, before the driver walked away, threw a parcel onto their passenger seat, and drove away again.
THIS IS NOT MISSING ME.
This is making AN INTENTIONAL CHOICE TO NOT GAF.
I have a new chapter!
The boys are out on the moon, looking for Martians, getting into trouble.
None in more trouble than the secretary, though, because of course 101 gets all the fun* jobs in these.
* - worst
#terrahawks
The boys are out on the moon, looking for Martians, getting into trouble.
None in more trouble than the secretary, though, because of course 101 gets all the fun* jobs in these.
* - worst
#terrahawks
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August 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I have a new chapter!
The boys are out on the moon, looking for Martians, getting into trouble.
None in more trouble than the secretary, though, because of course 101 gets all the fun* jobs in these.
* - worst
#terrahawks
The boys are out on the moon, looking for Martians, getting into trouble.
None in more trouble than the secretary, though, because of course 101 gets all the fun* jobs in these.
* - worst
#terrahawks
"Black-headed gulls are the worst" says the idiot talking about something that is clearly NOT a black-headed gull (the clue is in the name?), while holding out custard creams to tempt it in for a photo-op in a story bitching about how aggressive they are about stealing food. 🤦♀️
Gulls labelled 'air rats' in seaside cull campaign
John Greenshields, who goes by his campaign name Cliff Head, visited Felixstowe from London and has hit out at black-headed gulls (seagulls).
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August 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"Black-headed gulls are the worst" says the idiot talking about something that is clearly NOT a black-headed gull (the clue is in the name?), while holding out custard creams to tempt it in for a photo-op in a story bitching about how aggressive they are about stealing food. 🤦♀️
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That's how you can tell human authors from AI.
AI will put in some em dashes, then apologise and take them out when told off.
Human authors will climb the filing cabinet, hissing, and defend their right to em dashes with a loaded stapler.
AI will put in some em dashes, then apologise and take them out when told off.
Human authors will climb the filing cabinet, hissing, and defend their right to em dashes with a loaded stapler.
Em dashes, like anything, should be used in moderation. Check first with your editor if em dashes are right for you. 😉
#WriteSky #WritingTips
#WriteSky #WritingTips
August 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
That's how you can tell human authors from AI.
AI will put in some em dashes, then apologise and take them out when told off.
Human authors will climb the filing cabinet, hissing, and defend their right to em dashes with a loaded stapler.
AI will put in some em dashes, then apologise and take them out when told off.
Human authors will climb the filing cabinet, hissing, and defend their right to em dashes with a loaded stapler.
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Every UK petition is like this
July 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Every UK petition is like this
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"Starchaser"
This took a lot of passes to figure out where it was going. I had an idea but not a clear vision, and so it had to be discovered bit by bit as I painted. I changed my mind a few times and there was a lot of "what if I tried this", but I'm very happy with it :)
#watercolor #dragons #art
This took a lot of passes to figure out where it was going. I had an idea but not a clear vision, and so it had to be discovered bit by bit as I painted. I changed my mind a few times and there was a lot of "what if I tried this", but I'm very happy with it :)
#watercolor #dragons #art
July 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Starchaser"
This took a lot of passes to figure out where it was going. I had an idea but not a clear vision, and so it had to be discovered bit by bit as I painted. I changed my mind a few times and there was a lot of "what if I tried this", but I'm very happy with it :)
#watercolor #dragons #art
This took a lot of passes to figure out where it was going. I had an idea but not a clear vision, and so it had to be discovered bit by bit as I painted. I changed my mind a few times and there was a lot of "what if I tried this", but I'm very happy with it :)
#watercolor #dragons #art