Ari
@kobaltjew.bsky.social
Queer, Jewish, witchy-adjacent, and obsessed with my little dog. Obviously not speaking for or on behalf of my employer.
Fiber artist that is into WIPs and chains.
Fiber artist that is into WIPs and chains.
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Ari
@kobaltjew.bsky.social
· Oct 29
If you are going to come at me on skeet-threads I start for an internet slap-fight, please do me the courtesy of making sure we actually disagree. Maybe scroll my profile a bit.
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The answer to this, by the way, is that it isn't about what Israel or Russia are doing at all.
It's about antisemitism, and the lack (thankfully) of any comparable anti-Russian bigotry.
Israel is an excuse for antisemitic violence. Not its cause
It's about antisemitism, and the lack (thankfully) of any comparable anti-Russian bigotry.
Israel is an excuse for antisemitic violence. Not its cause
I need some of the people insisting that attacks on Jews worldwide are the fault of Israel to explain the absence of attacks on Russians worldwide.
December 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The answer to this, by the way, is that it isn't about what Israel or Russia are doing at all.
It's about antisemitism, and the lack (thankfully) of any comparable anti-Russian bigotry.
Israel is an excuse for antisemitic violence. Not its cause
It's about antisemitism, and the lack (thankfully) of any comparable anti-Russian bigotry.
Israel is an excuse for antisemitic violence. Not its cause
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Everyone complains about GenZ, but GenAI is way more annoying
December 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Everyone complains about GenZ, but GenAI is way more annoying
That feeling when you find the crochet hook you’ve already replaced.
December 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
That feeling when you find the crochet hook you’ve already replaced.
I use Google to research companies at work (along with licensed online tools).
The amount of garbage AI Overview produces is astounding.
The amount of garbage AI Overview produces is astounding.
Please stop using Google’s AI overview to fact-check.
I see more and more screenshots of this being shared on social media. It’s slop.
You are spreading misinformation.
I see more and more screenshots of this being shared on social media. It’s slop.
You are spreading misinformation.
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I use Google to research companies at work (along with licensed online tools).
The amount of garbage AI Overview produces is astounding.
The amount of garbage AI Overview produces is astounding.
Reposted by Ari
Please stop using Google’s AI overview to fact-check.
I see more and more screenshots of this being shared on social media. It’s slop.
You are spreading misinformation.
I see more and more screenshots of this being shared on social media. It’s slop.
You are spreading misinformation.
December 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Please stop using Google’s AI overview to fact-check.
I see more and more screenshots of this being shared on social media. It’s slop.
You are spreading misinformation.
I see more and more screenshots of this being shared on social media. It’s slop.
You are spreading misinformation.
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People who rant about “globalists” are using bigoted language that was invented as a antisemitic trope.
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
People who rant about “globalists” are using bigoted language that was invented as a antisemitic trope.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
Believe it or not, the world does not revolve around you, Donald.
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Believe it or not, the world does not revolve around you, Donald.
I want Congress to ask Mr. Grasheen next time they have the opportunity if Antifa is in the chamber with them right now.
December 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I want Congress to ask Mr. Grasheen next time they have the opportunity if Antifa is in the chamber with them right now.
Picklethulu is her dad!
December 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Picklethulu is her dad!
Be the cursed creature you want to see in the world.
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Be the cursed creature you want to see in the world.
Ever have those days where you feel like moving to the woods, laying down, letting the mushrooms over take you and becoming an eldritch forest monster that feasts on the bones of those people unlucky enough to cross your path?
December 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Ever have those days where you feel like moving to the woods, laying down, letting the mushrooms over take you and becoming an eldritch forest monster that feasts on the bones of those people unlucky enough to cross your path?
Any time bad/weird news comes out of the Louvre, now, I’m just going to start assuming the muppets had something to do with it.
Jewel theft? Muppets.
A water leak damaging books? Pipes sabotaged by muppets.
The big glass pyramid shattering into millions of shards? Broken by muppets.
Jewel theft? Muppets.
A water leak damaging books? Pipes sabotaged by muppets.
The big glass pyramid shattering into millions of shards? Broken by muppets.
December 9, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Any time bad/weird news comes out of the Louvre, now, I’m just going to start assuming the muppets had something to do with it.
Jewel theft? Muppets.
A water leak damaging books? Pipes sabotaged by muppets.
The big glass pyramid shattering into millions of shards? Broken by muppets.
Jewel theft? Muppets.
A water leak damaging books? Pipes sabotaged by muppets.
The big glass pyramid shattering into millions of shards? Broken by muppets.
I think Trafalger Law is my favorite One Piece character. He takes himself way too seriously, like Zoro, and has a neat devil fruit power.
Luffy is a great foil for him.
I also kinda love when the worst generation captains bicker with each other.
Luffy is a great foil for him.
I also kinda love when the worst generation captains bicker with each other.
December 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I think Trafalger Law is my favorite One Piece character. He takes himself way too seriously, like Zoro, and has a neat devil fruit power.
Luffy is a great foil for him.
I also kinda love when the worst generation captains bicker with each other.
Luffy is a great foil for him.
I also kinda love when the worst generation captains bicker with each other.
I wish Trump would just deport himself.
That’s the second best thing he could do for the country.
That’s the second best thing he could do for the country.
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I wish Trump would just deport himself.
That’s the second best thing he could do for the country.
That’s the second best thing he could do for the country.
It’s not high fashion unless your models look absolutely bored in every published photo.
December 4, 2025 at 4:37 AM
It’s not high fashion unless your models look absolutely bored in every published photo.
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Having the sum of human creative output called “ai training data” is frying me
Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Having the sum of human creative output called “ai training data” is frying me
What if we just collectively stopped giving a shit abt what Quentin Tarantino says about anything? Glass houses, dude.
December 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
What if we just collectively stopped giving a shit abt what Quentin Tarantino says about anything? Glass houses, dude.
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Dentist: have you been flossing?
[flashback to me picking steak out of my teeth with a potato chip the night before]
Me: religiously
[flashback to me picking steak out of my teeth with a potato chip the night before]
Me: religiously
January 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Dentist: have you been flossing?
[flashback to me picking steak out of my teeth with a potato chip the night before]
Me: religiously
[flashback to me picking steak out of my teeth with a potato chip the night before]
Me: religiously
If you are going to get into BSA/AML work, please understand that it is going to require investigation skills on your part.
Google is handy for this, as is Wikipedia, LexisNexis, Kharon and other resources.
I’m tired of cleaning up messes made by others bc they couldn’t be bothered to Google.
Google is handy for this, as is Wikipedia, LexisNexis, Kharon and other resources.
I’m tired of cleaning up messes made by others bc they couldn’t be bothered to Google.
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If you are going to get into BSA/AML work, please understand that it is going to require investigation skills on your part.
Google is handy for this, as is Wikipedia, LexisNexis, Kharon and other resources.
I’m tired of cleaning up messes made by others bc they couldn’t be bothered to Google.
Google is handy for this, as is Wikipedia, LexisNexis, Kharon and other resources.
I’m tired of cleaning up messes made by others bc they couldn’t be bothered to Google.
They were busy being the boys of summer, but it’s no longer summer.
Everybody wants to celebrate the boys being back in town, nobody wants to examine the circumstances that forced the boys to leave in the first place.
December 3, 2025 at 5:06 AM
They were busy being the boys of summer, but it’s no longer summer.