Nikki Tuberty
@nikkiriddle.bsky.social
Hey, I'm Nikki. I work in higher ed and write dark smutty romance novels. I'm secretly three cats in a trench coat.
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While it's useful to avoid settling or resting on your laurels, don't forget where you came from or completely belittle every single one of your past efforts.
Everyone has to start somewhere.
Rough drafts will make you cringe.
Flops will happen.
It's all part of the process of being an artist.
Everyone has to start somewhere.
Rough drafts will make you cringe.
Flops will happen.
It's all part of the process of being an artist.
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
While it's useful to avoid settling or resting on your laurels, don't forget where you came from or completely belittle every single one of your past efforts.
Everyone has to start somewhere.
Rough drafts will make you cringe.
Flops will happen.
It's all part of the process of being an artist.
Everyone has to start somewhere.
Rough drafts will make you cringe.
Flops will happen.
It's all part of the process of being an artist.
I have succumbed to the dark side. Remember me fondly?
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I have succumbed to the dark side. Remember me fondly?
I hate when someone is bragging about some great life hack they've discovered and it's just AI 🙄
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I hate when someone is bragging about some great life hack they've discovered and it's just AI 🙄
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If you’re in a creative field and you don’t lift up the work of your peers, you can’t expect people to care about your stuff
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If you’re in a creative field and you don’t lift up the work of your peers, you can’t expect people to care about your stuff
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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Now would be good! 🙏🏻
September 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Now would be good! 🙏🏻
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Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
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Conference organizers: If you want people who work outside of academia (or financially secure company), to give a talk at your conference bc you value their expertise, it's unreasonable to make them pay for registration. Artists/Nonprofit folks do not have the funding to pay you to share expertise.
September 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Conference organizers: If you want people who work outside of academia (or financially secure company), to give a talk at your conference bc you value their expertise, it's unreasonable to make them pay for registration. Artists/Nonprofit folks do not have the funding to pay you to share expertise.
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This will go unstated during all the coverage of Tyler Robinson, but once again we have a case where the shooter was apprehended not because of the competence of the FBI or law enforcement, but because someone turned him in. The expensive and intrusive mass surveillance tools didn’t do a thing here.
September 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This will go unstated during all the coverage of Tyler Robinson, but once again we have a case where the shooter was apprehended not because of the competence of the FBI or law enforcement, but because someone turned him in. The expensive and intrusive mass surveillance tools didn’t do a thing here.
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Someone should write a scholarly treatise on the festivals of our people (the overly online)
I have so many but the festivities that tumblr puts on every year for my birthday makes me so happy
September 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Someone should write a scholarly treatise on the festivals of our people (the overly online)
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That’s exactly what this feels like!
September 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
That’s exactly what this feels like!
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It frankly boggles my mind that we have invented a computer that cannot do math.
Good news about the cutting-edge AI tools from the $3-trillion-dollar company.
September 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It frankly boggles my mind that we have invented a computer that cannot do math.
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The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
August 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Live your life such that everyone doesn’t spend ten solid years planning the rager they’re going to throw when you die.
August 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Live your life such that everyone doesn’t spend ten solid years planning the rager they’re going to throw when you die.
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Theocracy is no friend of mine.
The fanatic, maniacal, anti-intellectual nature of Theism brings out the most obnoxious behavior in those who refuse to live by reason.
The fanatic, maniacal, anti-intellectual nature of Theism brings out the most obnoxious behavior in those who refuse to live by reason.
August 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Theocracy is no friend of mine.
The fanatic, maniacal, anti-intellectual nature of Theism brings out the most obnoxious behavior in those who refuse to live by reason.
The fanatic, maniacal, anti-intellectual nature of Theism brings out the most obnoxious behavior in those who refuse to live by reason.
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As I am going into the settings to block them they're replying back "Oh so you're interested? Let me tell you about this amazing work from home job-!!"
I know this won't happen anytime soon but the amount of spam we have to deal with every day is a public health crisis and should be treated such
I know this won't happen anytime soon but the amount of spam we have to deal with every day is a public health crisis and should be treated such
September 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
As I am going into the settings to block them they're replying back "Oh so you're interested? Let me tell you about this amazing work from home job-!!"
I know this won't happen anytime soon but the amount of spam we have to deal with every day is a public health crisis and should be treated such
I know this won't happen anytime soon but the amount of spam we have to deal with every day is a public health crisis and should be treated such
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the horrors persist and so do my deadlines
August 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
the horrors persist and so do my deadlines
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Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
August 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
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I’d like to wish @hankgreen.bsky.social a happy “nice”
August 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I’d like to wish @hankgreen.bsky.social a happy “nice”
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just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!
August 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!
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you don’t need to interject to tell somebody that their post doesn’t specifically name *your* use-case
you are an adult
you can AND WILL extrapolate from the context instead of being stupid
you are an adult
you can AND WILL extrapolate from the context instead of being stupid
August 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
you don’t need to interject to tell somebody that their post doesn’t specifically name *your* use-case
you are an adult
you can AND WILL extrapolate from the context instead of being stupid
you are an adult
you can AND WILL extrapolate from the context instead of being stupid
I'm "awake" but had such a good dream last night that my day is already ruined
August 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I'm "awake" but had such a good dream last night that my day is already ruined
Driving with my dad and he was flipping around to different radio stations. We heard "Bubbly" by Colbie Caillat. He listened to it for a moment, then looked at me and said, "This sounds like a Nicole song. Is this Taylor Swift?" Very close! And you know what, if that's my legacy, I'm okay with that!
August 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Driving with my dad and he was flipping around to different radio stations. We heard "Bubbly" by Colbie Caillat. He listened to it for a moment, then looked at me and said, "This sounds like a Nicole song. Is this Taylor Swift?" Very close! And you know what, if that's my legacy, I'm okay with that!