Russet Pomme
@russetpomme.bsky.social
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when I was 6 my stepdad gave me a Commodore 64k. I could tell my mom was very nervous I was going to damage such an expensive gift. He showed me how to load the OS via BASIC and then said “don’t be afraid to play with it, you can’t break the computer by typing code.”
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
when I was 6 my stepdad gave me a Commodore 64k. I could tell my mom was very nervous I was going to damage such an expensive gift. He showed me how to load the OS via BASIC and then said “don’t be afraid to play with it, you can’t break the computer by typing code.”
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i was sharing this with someone (as proof that there is more to me than WordPress drama lol) and i figured i would share it here it too, cuz i think this is such a pretty song and sometimes we just need to hear a pretty song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I5P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I5P...
Alicia Murphy - Home [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Alicia murphy
www.youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
i was sharing this with someone (as proof that there is more to me than WordPress drama lol) and i figured i would share it here it too, cuz i think this is such a pretty song and sometimes we just need to hear a pretty song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I5P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I5P...
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
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One of the things most quietly grieved amongst practitioners is the half-century of history and work in learning systems and technologies which have historically been categorized as “AI”, and they’ve all been run over by LLMs, and by the hype cycles the industry has *built* around LLMs. A huge loss.
There are quite a few ethical and justice oriented AI people who talk about having lifelong love for a vision of AI that is being trashed by the current thing, and I wonder if any of those positive visions have been articulated somewhere? What is it ppl think AI is supposed to be instead of this?
November 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
One of the things most quietly grieved amongst practitioners is the half-century of history and work in learning systems and technologies which have historically been categorized as “AI”, and they’ve all been run over by LLMs, and by the hype cycles the industry has *built* around LLMs. A huge loss.
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I will keep saying this until I am blue in the face; we have been in a disinfo/propaganda war with Russia since 2014, & it's one of the few things their military is genuinely excellent at, & we're fucking LOSING
Farage, Trump, Brexit, Transphobia, the rise of the far right - they're pushing it all
Farage, Trump, Brexit, Transphobia, the rise of the far right - they're pushing it all
Note that if it's happening in the Fediverse it is ABSOLUTELY DEFINITELY happening here on Bsky.
Since 15 Sept IFTAS has tracked a network of over 300 Mastodon accounts engaged in a high-volume propaganda campaign, promoting pro-Russian narratives:
https://about.iftas.org/2025/10/05/coordinated-pro-russian-propaganda-network-targeting-activitypub-and-atproto-services/
https://about.iftas.org/2025/10/05/coordinated-pro-russian-propaganda-network-targeting-activitypub-and-atproto-services/
November 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I will keep saying this until I am blue in the face; we have been in a disinfo/propaganda war with Russia since 2014, & it's one of the few things their military is genuinely excellent at, & we're fucking LOSING
Farage, Trump, Brexit, Transphobia, the rise of the far right - they're pushing it all
Farage, Trump, Brexit, Transphobia, the rise of the far right - they're pushing it all
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Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
Donate - Authors Against Book Bans
Thank you for donating to Authors Against Book Bans. Your donation directly supports the freedom to read by powering our work with our partner organizations, bringing the author muscle to the fight to...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
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So it's probably not the most savvy book promotion maneuver ever to point out that the author's note @clhellisen.bsky.social mentions as a selling point below is available to read for free here:
raemariz.com/the-unidenti...
raemariz.com/the-unidenti...
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
So it's probably not the most savvy book promotion maneuver ever to point out that the author's note @clhellisen.bsky.social mentions as a selling point below is available to read for free here:
raemariz.com/the-unidenti...
raemariz.com/the-unidenti...
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🚀 NEW MAGAZINE ⌨️
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
DOCTYPE magazine 🚀⌨️
’80s BASIC type-in mags are back, but this time for HTML!
vole.wtf
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚀 NEW MAGAZINE ⌨️
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
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My daughter just turned 15, the same age as the MC in my debut YA SF that came out 15 years ago. (Yes, I had a debut novel and firstborn in the same month.)
I’m re-releasing a new edition of that novel now. 15 years later. The ebook’s out November 15. (Print coming soon.)
books2read.com/b/bpJdnq
I’m re-releasing a new edition of that novel now. 15 years later. The ebook’s out November 15. (Print coming soon.)
books2read.com/b/bpJdnq
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My daughter just turned 15, the same age as the MC in my debut YA SF that came out 15 years ago. (Yes, I had a debut novel and firstborn in the same month.)
I’m re-releasing a new edition of that novel now. 15 years later. The ebook’s out November 15. (Print coming soon.)
books2read.com/b/bpJdnq
I’m re-releasing a new edition of that novel now. 15 years later. The ebook’s out November 15. (Print coming soon.)
books2read.com/b/bpJdnq
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I didn’t think we’d be able to see the northern lights with the naked eye in the center of the city but I love to be amazed.
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I didn’t think we’d be able to see the northern lights with the naked eye in the center of the city but I love to be amazed.
I didn’t think we’d be able to see the northern lights with the naked eye in the center of the city but I love to be amazed.
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I didn’t think we’d be able to see the northern lights with the naked eye in the center of the city but I love to be amazed.
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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a haunted house but it’s just an all hands meeting where people start disappearing
October 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
a haunted house but it’s just an all hands meeting where people start disappearing
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this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
In the past two days I’ve received newsletters from @alixeharrow.bsky.social and @gavingrant.bsky.social that have reinforced how artists doing their thing in impossible times brings immense hope and optimism. “This is hard and we are still here”
October 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
In the past two days I’ve received newsletters from @alixeharrow.bsky.social and @gavingrant.bsky.social that have reinforced how artists doing their thing in impossible times brings immense hope and optimism. “This is hard and we are still here”
The children of my first cousins are my nieces and nephews and call me “aunt”. the children of my close friends are also nieces and nephews and also call me aunt, this isn’t new or unusual.
In a bit of a tense moment, one of the La Mega co-hosts presses Mamdani on why he "lied" about his "aunt" having been scared to ride the subway after 9/11 while wearing a hijab.
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
October 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The children of my first cousins are my nieces and nephews and call me “aunt”. the children of my close friends are also nieces and nephews and also call me aunt, this isn’t new or unusual.
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Planning your week? 🎉
Join the #InternetArchive to celebrate The Web We’ve Built — from the first pages to 1 trillion & counting. 🌐
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October 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Planning your week? 🎉
Join the #InternetArchive to celebrate The Web We’ve Built — from the first pages to 1 trillion & counting. 🌐
📅 Weds, Oct 22
🎟️ In Person ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133...
🖥️ Virtual ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626431011...
#Wayback1T #Livestream
Join the #InternetArchive to celebrate The Web We’ve Built — from the first pages to 1 trillion & counting. 🌐
📅 Weds, Oct 22
🎟️ In Person ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133...
🖥️ Virtual ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626431011...
#Wayback1T #Livestream
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We will NEVER get to 3.5% if people keep waiting for a revolution to get involved. Guess what, this is the revolution. No, it doesn’t look at that fantasy book, SciFi series or graphic novel you read, and it’s not going to.
It’s going to look like this.
1/
It’s going to look like this.
1/
October 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We will NEVER get to 3.5% if people keep waiting for a revolution to get involved. Guess what, this is the revolution. No, it doesn’t look at that fantasy book, SciFi series or graphic novel you read, and it’s not going to.
It’s going to look like this.
1/
It’s going to look like this.
1/
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"This shows that if Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, just imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors."
Because they know international governments won't do anything.
Because they know international governments won't do anything.
October 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"This shows that if Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, just imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors."
Because they know international governments won't do anything.
Because they know international governments won't do anything.
Making a big pot of potato soup, roasting pumpkin seeds and having friends over to watch the best show ever -
October 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Making a big pot of potato soup, roasting pumpkin seeds and having friends over to watch the best show ever -
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If you're cis, trans people are your coalmine canary for a collection of civil liberties.
BODILY AUTONOMY: does your body belong to you, or to your parents/husband/state?
PRIVACY: do you owe everyone you meet a full medical history?
EXPRESSION: to what extent is your clothing a legal matter?
BODILY AUTONOMY: does your body belong to you, or to your parents/husband/state?
PRIVACY: do you owe everyone you meet a full medical history?
EXPRESSION: to what extent is your clothing a legal matter?
September 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM
If you're cis, trans people are your coalmine canary for a collection of civil liberties.
BODILY AUTONOMY: does your body belong to you, or to your parents/husband/state?
PRIVACY: do you owe everyone you meet a full medical history?
EXPRESSION: to what extent is your clothing a legal matter?
BODILY AUTONOMY: does your body belong to you, or to your parents/husband/state?
PRIVACY: do you owe everyone you meet a full medical history?
EXPRESSION: to what extent is your clothing a legal matter?
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So this two-person shop has become a load-bearing element of Chicago's coverage of what's happening with the ICE raids. The least you can do is support em: unraveledpress.com/support-unra...
Took fire to the face. ICE definitely isn’t aiming at ground and firing at people’s heads again.
September 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
So this two-person shop has become a load-bearing element of Chicago's coverage of what's happening with the ICE raids. The least you can do is support em: unraveledpress.com/support-unra...
It’s my turn to bring class breakfast so I’m busting out the world’s best pumpkin bread recipe. Unfuckupable, works gluten free, is good with dairy free chocolate chips added, the secret ingredient is sugar.
smittenkitchen.com/2016/10/pump...
smittenkitchen.com/2016/10/pump...
pumpkin bread
This is a towering, craggy pumpkin bread with a crisp cinnamon sugar lid that is impossible not to pick off in deeply satisfying bark-like flecks.
smittenkitchen.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
It’s my turn to bring class breakfast so I’m busting out the world’s best pumpkin bread recipe. Unfuckupable, works gluten free, is good with dairy free chocolate chips added, the secret ingredient is sugar.
smittenkitchen.com/2016/10/pump...
smittenkitchen.com/2016/10/pump...