Elfie
@elfgrove.bsky.social
Elfie, cat mom to Sylvie, my "gilded tuxedo" calico cat.
🧵 cosplayer, plush maker, ex-Southerner transplanted to SoCali.
✨ https://linktr.ee/elfgrove
🧵 cosplayer, plush maker, ex-Southerner transplanted to SoCali.
✨ https://linktr.ee/elfgrove
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Oh. That one isekai anime was not nearly the bland and self-indulgent revenge-for-not-being-popular anime the title made it sound like. I'm playing catch up, but it's actually playing with doing something interesting with the world building. The love interest feels comparatively really contrived.
December 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Oh. That one isekai anime was not nearly the bland and self-indulgent revenge-for-not-being-popular anime the title made it sound like. I'm playing catch up, but it's actually playing with doing something interesting with the world building. The love interest feels comparatively really contrived.
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I'm really super excited for people to discover why 'regulations' exist over the next decade.
December 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I'm really super excited for people to discover why 'regulations' exist over the next decade.
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
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If we tell them it's a flood zone or likely to burn down in wildfires, it hurts sales
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Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales
Site deletes feature after real estate agents and some homeowners say scores appear arbitrary and hurt sales
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
If we tell them it's a flood zone or likely to burn down in wildfires, it hurts sales
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THERE IS NO DOOR TO OUTSIDE ON THE AI FLOOR PLAN. Only enter/exit via the garage.
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
THERE IS NO DOOR TO OUTSIDE ON THE AI FLOOR PLAN. Only enter/exit via the garage.
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The response of every professional to AI attempts to do our jobs.
December 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The response of every professional to AI attempts to do our jobs.
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Remember if it was capable of “revolutionizing” art, film or music - it would’ve produced something of cultural value already.
Instead all its made is endless piles of derivative slop because that’s all its capable of.
Instead all its made is endless piles of derivative slop because that’s all its capable of.
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
December 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Remember if it was capable of “revolutionizing” art, film or music - it would’ve produced something of cultural value already.
Instead all its made is endless piles of derivative slop because that’s all its capable of.
Instead all its made is endless piles of derivative slop because that’s all its capable of.
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“everyone is twelve” theory has reached Senator Kelly
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
“everyone is twelve” theory has reached Senator Kelly
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Did you know?
In the Victorian era, many rural Britons believed that animals could speak at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve.
This old superstition held that cattle, horses, and even barnyard fowl would gain the power of human speech for a single sacred moment.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, many rural Britons believed that animals could speak at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve.
This old superstition held that cattle, horses, and even barnyard fowl would gain the power of human speech for a single sacred moment.
#Victorian #history
December 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, many rural Britons believed that animals could speak at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve.
This old superstition held that cattle, horses, and even barnyard fowl would gain the power of human speech for a single sacred moment.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, many rural Britons believed that animals could speak at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve.
This old superstition held that cattle, horses, and even barnyard fowl would gain the power of human speech for a single sacred moment.
#Victorian #history
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Apologies to gen z for being next up for articles about not making enough money to spend on stuff other than the essentials when society ain't giving you the chance to make enough money.
If you want people to spend more, pay them more.
December 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Apologies to gen z for being next up for articles about not making enough money to spend on stuff other than the essentials when society ain't giving you the chance to make enough money.
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lol remember when they were pretending you could make GTA6 "In 6 months with a team of 10" and AI would handcraft you five Oscar-worthy films daily with single-sentence prompts
Now it's "This jiggly AI slut never says no"
Now it's "This jiggly AI slut never says no"
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
December 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
lol remember when they were pretending you could make GTA6 "In 6 months with a team of 10" and AI would handcraft you five Oscar-worthy films daily with single-sentence prompts
Now it's "This jiggly AI slut never says no"
Now it's "This jiggly AI slut never says no"
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Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind
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If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
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Soldiers are not cops.
Trying to turn soldiers into cops always goes badly.
Every single time.
Trying to turn soldiers into cops always goes badly.
Every single time.
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Soldiers are not cops.
Trying to turn soldiers into cops always goes badly.
Every single time.
Trying to turn soldiers into cops always goes badly.
Every single time.
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We are in peak French heist season.
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
“It’s very surprising because they stole 450 kilos of snail meat.”
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
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November 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We are in peak French heist season.
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
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happy none pizza left beef day!! it's been 18 years and is now old enough to vote
October 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
happy none pizza left beef day!! it's been 18 years and is now old enough to vote
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As a kid in the early 50s my dad got a bad case of athlete's foot. His parents ignored it. His skin cracked. First infection set in, then sepsis. He was saved by the relatively new wonder drug penicillin.
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
For a yr, I've been working on a series for The New Atlantis about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Our ancestors built them up over decades to fend off hunger, thirst, darkness and disease. But too few of us know about them—and they're all at risk. The conclusion is now available online:
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
As a kid in the early 50s my dad got a bad case of athlete's foot. His parents ignored it. His skin cracked. First infection set in, then sepsis. He was saved by the relatively new wonder drug penicillin.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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3/3 Join us!
The hearing is at the heart of Silicone Valley for a reason. It's meant to damper support and make for an uneven playing field.
Let's show them we're ready to meet them wherever, whenever in support for creatives rights and livelihoods!
bit.ly/44lRMsX
The hearing is at the heart of Silicone Valley for a reason. It's meant to damper support and make for an uneven playing field.
Let's show them we're ready to meet them wherever, whenever in support for creatives rights and livelihoods!
bit.ly/44lRMsX
RSVP: 12/8/25 (10am) Hearing at Stanford - Paul Brest Hall
This hearing to demand transparency for AI models and to protect copyright (as written in the text of AB-412) is being held in the heart of Silicon Valley. We need EVERYONE there! We want the sea of...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
3/3 Join us!
The hearing is at the heart of Silicone Valley for a reason. It's meant to damper support and make for an uneven playing field.
Let's show them we're ready to meet them wherever, whenever in support for creatives rights and livelihoods!
bit.ly/44lRMsX
The hearing is at the heart of Silicone Valley for a reason. It's meant to damper support and make for an uneven playing field.
Let's show them we're ready to meet them wherever, whenever in support for creatives rights and livelihoods!
bit.ly/44lRMsX
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2/3 AB-412 has a simple ask for tech, if you use copyrighted materials in your dataset, you must let copyright holders know! That’s it!
Simple, efficient and extremely easy for tech companies to do.
People deserve to know whats in those datasets. Our hard work is not their trade secrets!
So-
Simple, efficient and extremely easy for tech companies to do.
People deserve to know whats in those datasets. Our hard work is not their trade secrets!
So-
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
2/3 AB-412 has a simple ask for tech, if you use copyrighted materials in your dataset, you must let copyright holders know! That’s it!
Simple, efficient and extremely easy for tech companies to do.
People deserve to know whats in those datasets. Our hard work is not their trade secrets!
So-
Simple, efficient and extremely easy for tech companies to do.
People deserve to know whats in those datasets. Our hard work is not their trade secrets!
So-
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1/3 Massive efforts are being done to ensure states do not regulate GenAI.
Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech!
On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill.
We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives!
Rsvp link in thread!
Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech!
On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill.
We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives!
Rsvp link in thread!
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
1/3 Massive efforts are being done to ensure states do not regulate GenAI.
Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech!
On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill.
We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives!
Rsvp link in thread!
Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech!
On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill.
We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives!
Rsvp link in thread!