Estee
@esteeland.bsky.social
Artist. Engineer. Owns the world's smallest violin.
"I have come here to promote art and chew bubble-
gum, and I'm all out of bubblegum."
"I have come here to promote art and chew bubble-
gum, and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Pinned
those people on those boats weren't a threat before they where bombed by the most powerful navy in the world and they weren't a threat after.
that was cold blooded murder, and there must be justice for it.
if there isn't, murder will be coming to your doorstep soon enough.
that was cold blooded murder, and there must be justice for it.
if there isn't, murder will be coming to your doorstep soon enough.
November 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
those people on those boats weren't a threat before they where bombed by the most powerful navy in the world and they weren't a threat after.
that was cold blooded murder, and there must be justice for it.
if there isn't, murder will be coming to your doorstep soon enough.
that was cold blooded murder, and there must be justice for it.
if there isn't, murder will be coming to your doorstep soon enough.
how much celery in a beef stew is too much?
i'm going to find out.
i'm going to find out.
November 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
how much celery in a beef stew is too much?
i'm going to find out.
i'm going to find out.
So, I found a fun use-case for the most recent ChatGPT.
Finding good translation tools for learning can be quite difficult, as almost every translator out there will transform the grammar, which can make comparisons difficult.
with a basic prompt, i can get it to do something much better.
Finding good translation tools for learning can be quite difficult, as almost every translator out there will transform the grammar, which can make comparisons difficult.
with a basic prompt, i can get it to do something much better.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
So, I found a fun use-case for the most recent ChatGPT.
Finding good translation tools for learning can be quite difficult, as almost every translator out there will transform the grammar, which can make comparisons difficult.
with a basic prompt, i can get it to do something much better.
Finding good translation tools for learning can be quite difficult, as almost every translator out there will transform the grammar, which can make comparisons difficult.
with a basic prompt, i can get it to do something much better.
My pie take is that the one true pie holiday is March 14th
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
My pie take is that the one true pie holiday is March 14th
So uh, remember when a bunch of elon's adopted failsons ran amok in our nations databases and lit a couple libraries worth of research on metaphorical fire?
seems like they got up to some other stuff as well...
#iwanabhoryn
seems like they got up to some other stuff as well...
#iwanabhoryn
November 26, 2025 at 5:20 AM
So uh, remember when a bunch of elon's adopted failsons ran amok in our nations databases and lit a couple libraries worth of research on metaphorical fire?
seems like they got up to some other stuff as well...
#iwanabhoryn
seems like they got up to some other stuff as well...
#iwanabhoryn
i really do miss a younger me that could quickly get out of bed without careful consideration of the consequences.
in related news, my back feels better.
in related news, my back feels better.
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
i really do miss a younger me that could quickly get out of bed without careful consideration of the consequences.
in related news, my back feels better.
in related news, my back feels better.
yeah, you're right.
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
yeah, you're right.
Reposted by Estee
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
break apart google and make the search function a tax funded service.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
break apart google and make the search function a tax funded service.
east to west jet-lag is fun because one gets to pretend that they're a super productive early morning person without putting in any work.
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
east to west jet-lag is fun because one gets to pretend that they're a super productive early morning person without putting in any work.
Bunch of folks checkin' off an ultra-rare "lifer" today...
The Kalmar Nyckel is national news today because a rare yellow headed caracara has been hanging out around the foundation:
Rare Raptor Sighting Sparks Excitement Across Delaware Birding Community
A yellow-headed caracara has made its way to Wilmington, marking the first time in recorded history that the species has been seen on Delaware soil.
www.forbes.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Bunch of folks checkin' off an ultra-rare "lifer" today...
I met Deb many years ago at the hight of the "maker movement" frenzy.
Her essays on the infrastructure, systems, people and maintenance that make "making" even possible in the first place have stuck with me since then.
Her essays on the infrastructure, systems, people and maintenance that make "making" even possible in the first place have stuck with me since then.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I met Deb many years ago at the hight of the "maker movement" frenzy.
Her essays on the infrastructure, systems, people and maintenance that make "making" even possible in the first place have stuck with me since then.
Her essays on the infrastructure, systems, people and maintenance that make "making" even possible in the first place have stuck with me since then.
waiting in the Munich airport for our return flight. had such a good time at #godotfest, as well as touring Bavaria.
can't wait to take all these new ideas and turn them into something :)
can't wait to take all these new ideas and turn them into something :)
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
waiting in the Munich airport for our return flight. had such a good time at #godotfest, as well as touring Bavaria.
can't wait to take all these new ideas and turn them into something :)
can't wait to take all these new ideas and turn them into something :)
Reposted by Estee
Astonishingly beautiful mantis portraits by M_religiosa on X 😍
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Astonishingly beautiful mantis portraits by M_religiosa on X 😍
This is a good story.
In Tesco’s this afternoon: an elderly Polish man at the self-checkout, trying to buy a pint of milk and a white radish. There is no picture for the radish on the machine. The assistant doesn’t know what it is. She asks a colleague: “It’s a white radish.” There is no entry for it on the machine.
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This is a good story.
"Look, you can't have a Bard with +20 Charisma. That's not a thing."
So I’m very committed to critiquing elected officials, and cringe at cults of personality and all that leftist jazz— but is Zohran, like, a sorcerer?
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"Look, you can't have a Bard with +20 Charisma. That's not a thing."
poetry. *chefs-kiss*
House votes on dumbass resolution condemning socialism, meanwhile the DSA's Lisan al-Gaib rolls the truculent child brain president like a pair of socks
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
poetry. *chefs-kiss*
*pop*
...it's gonna happen soon.
...it's gonna happen soon.
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
*pop*
...it's gonna happen soon.
...it's gonna happen soon.
it was a good day for schloss strolling.
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
it was a good day for schloss strolling.
Holy hell is it *ever* time for "Economic Crimes Against Humanity" to become something we start convicting people of.
We can start by convicting Brian Thompson posthumously. That f**ker sent so many people to an early grave.
Then we can go after the rest.
We can start by convicting Brian Thompson posthumously. That f**ker sent so many people to an early grave.
Then we can go after the rest.
The crime of genocide didn't exist until after WW2. It was something we decided was real, needed to be identified and punished. Even if we've been spectacularly bad at putting it in practise, we conceptualised it.
I think it's about time for a CEO crime of murder-by-Economy.
I think it's about time for a CEO crime of murder-by-Economy.
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Holy hell is it *ever* time for "Economic Crimes Against Humanity" to become something we start convicting people of.
We can start by convicting Brian Thompson posthumously. That f**ker sent so many people to an early grave.
Then we can go after the rest.
We can start by convicting Brian Thompson posthumously. That f**ker sent so many people to an early grave.
Then we can go after the rest.
i hate to be a downer, but the recent and sudden flip flop on the release of the files is almost certainly due to enough time having passed to scrub them clean of the parts most damaging to the party.
the institutions that hold them are all now fully GOP controlled and beyond corrupt.
the institutions that hold them are all now fully GOP controlled and beyond corrupt.
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
i hate to be a downer, but the recent and sudden flip flop on the release of the files is almost certainly due to enough time having passed to scrub them clean of the parts most damaging to the party.
the institutions that hold them are all now fully GOP controlled and beyond corrupt.
the institutions that hold them are all now fully GOP controlled and beyond corrupt.
my partner is meeting up with me in Munich and I relieved to no longer be a wandering around looking at birds by myself like some kind of weirdo.
plus, it's good to have backup covering your six when watching these Arschlöcher...
plus, it's good to have backup covering your six when watching these Arschlöcher...
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
my partner is meeting up with me in Munich and I relieved to no longer be a wandering around looking at birds by myself like some kind of weirdo.
plus, it's good to have backup covering your six when watching these Arschlöcher...
plus, it's good to have backup covering your six when watching these Arschlöcher...
Far too many engineers out there reading the literary works of the late Philip K. Dick, not as cautionary tales, but as business plans.
November 15, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Far too many engineers out there reading the literary works of the late Philip K. Dick, not as cautionary tales, but as business plans.
"i'm mean, i guess i'm a fan of his work. why do you ask?"
me:
me:
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"i'm mean, i guess i'm a fan of his work. why do you ask?"
me:
me: