✨Esca_F (they/them)
@subtlesinner.bsky.social
queer / trans / neurodivergent #writer, ttrpg gm, and infosec worker by day. opinions posted here are my own.
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For the record, I believe this Reuters story is inaccurate. There is little evidence that this is true, and a fair amount of evidence that it is not.
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter reut.rs/4abeTdx
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
The Department of Government Efficiency claimed to have slashed tens of billions of dollars in expenditures, but it was impossible for outside financial experts to verify that because the unit did not provide detailed public accounting of its work.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
For the record, I believe this Reuters story is inaccurate. There is little evidence that this is true, and a fair amount of evidence that it is not.
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hey y’all! this is a shot in the dark but i’m currently looking for work, let me know if you need an artist for anything! i’d love to work in games and books, so if there are any studios or publishers out there send me an email!!!
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
hey y’all! this is a shot in the dark but i’m currently looking for work, let me know if you need an artist for anything! i’d love to work in games and books, so if there are any studios or publishers out there send me an email!!!
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Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
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Would a tray of sushi make you temporarily forget your problems?
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Would a tray of sushi make you temporarily forget your problems?
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More of you need to go work a couple weeks in a restaurant or retail.
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
More of you need to go work a couple weeks in a restaurant or retail.
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The entire US economy is propped up by a product so toxic and insidious that everyone has to go on a weekly scavenger hunt just to remove it from products they're already using.
heads up, gmail has a new setting automatically on that allows their a*i to be trained on your emails so make sure to turn off the 'Smart Feature' checkbox in your settings
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The entire US economy is propped up by a product so toxic and insidious that everyone has to go on a weekly scavenger hunt just to remove it from products they're already using.
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In a world of genitally-obsessed bigots and hateful parents, be a DeNiro
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
In a world of genitally-obsessed bigots and hateful parents, be a DeNiro
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““If they’re not gonna run the programs, then what are we paying them for?” she said. “It’s like, you know, you’re paying us for a service and they’re not delivering. So let’s stop paying for it.”
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
New Jersey may stop paying federal taxes under new governor
Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill said on a podcast with Jon Stewart it's a "great idea."
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
““If they’re not gonna run the programs, then what are we paying them for?” she said. “It’s like, you know, you’re paying us for a service and they’re not delivering. So let’s stop paying for it.”
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …
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may your JOY
reach from your toes
to your upset tummy
to your tender heart
to your tired brain
to your soul
reach from your toes
to your upset tummy
to your tender heart
to your tired brain
to your soul
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
may your JOY
reach from your toes
to your upset tummy
to your tender heart
to your tired brain
to your soul
reach from your toes
to your upset tummy
to your tender heart
to your tired brain
to your soul
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This is going to break a lot of workloads.
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is going to break a lot of workloads.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
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They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
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I’ve never met an autistic person whose “behaviour” wasn’t completely logical once you understood their needs, their history, and their nervous system.
We’re not confusing.
People just aren’t listening.
We’re not confusing.
People just aren’t listening.
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I’ve never met an autistic person whose “behaviour” wasn’t completely logical once you understood their needs, their history, and their nervous system.
We’re not confusing.
People just aren’t listening.
We’re not confusing.
People just aren’t listening.
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I wonder if tech creeps are gonna do what the automotive industry did when they invented the crime of jaywalking to shift the blame for safety issues onto the public
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I wonder if tech creeps are gonna do what the automotive industry did when they invented the crime of jaywalking to shift the blame for safety issues onto the public
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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lol whenever I hear that "reference is cheating" I feel safe to ignore that person's opinions about art from them on
I want to add the one that fucked me up: it's fine to use reference, it's not "cheating" or whatever
November 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
lol whenever I hear that "reference is cheating" I feel safe to ignore that person's opinions about art from them on
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Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Vine is being rebooted under the name diVine, with funding from Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey.
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
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lol love being collateral damage
Fucking private equity
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
lol love being collateral damage
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New from my distributor I foolishly read on this, my supposed week off.
@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social does a lot of library business. I'm dreading that January statement.
Gang, if you have ever wanted an Iron Circus title, now would be a wonderful time for you to grab one. 💀
store.ironcircus.com
@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social does a lot of library business. I'm dreading that January statement.
Gang, if you have ever wanted an Iron Circus title, now would be a wonderful time for you to grab one. 💀
store.ironcircus.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
New from my distributor I foolishly read on this, my supposed week off.
@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social does a lot of library business. I'm dreading that January statement.
Gang, if you have ever wanted an Iron Circus title, now would be a wonderful time for you to grab one. 💀
store.ironcircus.com
@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social does a lot of library business. I'm dreading that January statement.
Gang, if you have ever wanted an Iron Circus title, now would be a wonderful time for you to grab one. 💀
store.ironcircus.com
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Enbaddies? Gendercheers? Is this anything?
Just a couple of badass enbies hanging out, nothing to see here 😎
Been a bloody long time coming @erikaishii.bsky.social !
Been a bloody long time coming @erikaishii.bsky.social !
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Enbaddies? Gendercheers? Is this anything?
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Celebrating the release if the Mighty Nein! So proud of everyones hard work & cant wait for everyone to watch 💜
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Celebrating the release if the Mighty Nein! So proud of everyones hard work & cant wait for everyone to watch 💜
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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I feared this in 2016, but now it’s happened:
The CDC is gone. Strike them from your list of reliable purveyors of information.
The CDC is gone. Strike them from your list of reliable purveyors of information.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I feared this in 2016, but now it’s happened:
The CDC is gone. Strike them from your list of reliable purveyors of information.
The CDC is gone. Strike them from your list of reliable purveyors of information.