FenHarellan
@fenharellan.bsky.social
Working in cybersecurity. Bethesda Verified Creator. 🇺🇸 immigrant to 🇵🇹. Antifascist, antiracist, anticapitalist. ADHD and unmedicated.
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FenHarellan
@fenharellan.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Intro post? ehhh why not 😆
I go by Fen, she/they enby. Keyword soup for me:
👾Streaming
🌙The Elder Scrolls (mostly Morrowind)
🚀Starfield
🛠️Starfield modding
👻Cosplay
🐈Cats
🧪Science
🐲Dragon Age
🃏Magic: the Gathering (MtG)
📖Books (mostly fantasy, some sci-fi)
🌪️Meteorology (esp tornadoes)
🌋Vulcanology
I go by Fen, she/they enby. Keyword soup for me:
👾Streaming
🌙The Elder Scrolls (mostly Morrowind)
🚀Starfield
🛠️Starfield modding
👻Cosplay
🐈Cats
🧪Science
🐲Dragon Age
🃏Magic: the Gathering (MtG)
📖Books (mostly fantasy, some sci-fi)
🌪️Meteorology (esp tornadoes)
🌋Vulcanology
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⚪️CHRP-R Personal Rover | Starfield Creations
Our most new Creation for @starfield.bethesdastudios.com is a retro-futuristic monowheel designed for solo exploration.
Get more info:
beth.games/3YcbIuN
Watch the trailer:
youtu.be/QgJr6ig54qg?...
#starfield #starfieldcreations
Our most new Creation for @starfield.bethesdastudios.com is a retro-futuristic monowheel designed for solo exploration.
Get more info:
beth.games/3YcbIuN
Watch the trailer:
youtu.be/QgJr6ig54qg?...
#starfield #starfieldcreations
Starfield CHRP-R Personal Rover Creation Trailer
YouTube video by Namori Creations
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
⚪️CHRP-R Personal Rover | Starfield Creations
Our most new Creation for @starfield.bethesdastudios.com is a retro-futuristic monowheel designed for solo exploration.
Get more info:
beth.games/3YcbIuN
Watch the trailer:
youtu.be/QgJr6ig54qg?...
#starfield #starfieldcreations
Our most new Creation for @starfield.bethesdastudios.com is a retro-futuristic monowheel designed for solo exploration.
Get more info:
beth.games/3YcbIuN
Watch the trailer:
youtu.be/QgJr6ig54qg?...
#starfield #starfieldcreations
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If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.
December 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.
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Commodified fantasy takes no risks: it invents nothing, but imitates and trivializes. It proceeds by depriving the old stories of their intellectual and ethical complexity, turning their truth-telling to sentimental platitude.
December 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Commodified fantasy takes no risks: it invents nothing, but imitates and trivializes. It proceeds by depriving the old stories of their intellectual and ethical complexity, turning their truth-telling to sentimental platitude.
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This government's labor reform "is a brutal attack on the rights of workers... a huge transformation in the relations between Capital and Labor. It has a profound ideological stamp from those who see workers as commodities."
I come from a country where workers are commodities. Do not allow it here!
I come from a country where workers are commodities. Do not allow it here!
Greve Geral pela defesa dos direitos de quem trabalha
A Greve Geral é contra a contrarreforma do governo que é no seu conjunto um ataque brutal aos direitos de quem trabalha, mas vai muito além disso, é uma enorme transformação nas relações ente Capital ...
newsletter.esquerda.net
December 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This government's labor reform "is a brutal attack on the rights of workers... a huge transformation in the relations between Capital and Labor. It has a profound ideological stamp from those who see workers as commodities."
I come from a country where workers are commodities. Do not allow it here!
I come from a country where workers are commodities. Do not allow it here!
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I think @getwired.com puts it well here.
We've gotta get better, collectively, at saying 'Hang on, slow down a bit'. MIT Sloan were apparently completely shocked I challenged the 90% AI malware report (now and still deleted) but.. they shouldn't be, it should be business as usual to check things.
We've gotta get better, collectively, at saying 'Hang on, slow down a bit'. MIT Sloan were apparently completely shocked I challenged the 90% AI malware report (now and still deleted) but.. they shouldn't be, it should be business as usual to check things.
December 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I think @getwired.com puts it well here.
We've gotta get better, collectively, at saying 'Hang on, slow down a bit'. MIT Sloan were apparently completely shocked I challenged the 90% AI malware report (now and still deleted) but.. they shouldn't be, it should be business as usual to check things.
We've gotta get better, collectively, at saying 'Hang on, slow down a bit'. MIT Sloan were apparently completely shocked I challenged the 90% AI malware report (now and still deleted) but.. they shouldn't be, it should be business as usual to check things.
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BREAKING NEWS: Here is a baby otter.
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
BREAKING NEWS: Here is a baby otter.
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The Portugal wiki at @transworldexpress.bsky.social just got a major update last week. Information on living in Portugal & the latest visa & residence permit process info is available, for FREE. Our Signal chat has Americans like me who live in Portugal ready to help answer your questions.
Portugal - Trans World Express
transworldexpress.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The Portugal wiki at @transworldexpress.bsky.social just got a major update last week. Information on living in Portugal & the latest visa & residence permit process info is available, for FREE. Our Signal chat has Americans like me who live in Portugal ready to help answer your questions.
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Journalists, tech workers and all of us need to be attuned of how ai slop threatens our industries, and we need to gear up to fight back. We helped put together workersdecide.tech as a way to help workers organize to take back control of our jobs. #newsnotslop
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Journalists, tech workers and all of us need to be attuned of how ai slop threatens our industries, and we need to gear up to fight back. We helped put together workersdecide.tech as a way to help workers organize to take back control of our jobs. #newsnotslop
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What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
November 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
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what people think hacking is like: Mr. Robot
what hacking is actually like: Hmm. That’s weird
what hacking is actually like: Hmm. That’s weird
December 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
what people think hacking is like: Mr. Robot
what hacking is actually like: Hmm. That’s weird
what hacking is actually like: Hmm. That’s weird
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This is a wonderful, even spectacular, thread.
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
December 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
This is a wonderful, even spectacular, thread.
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I am with labor! General Strike December 11.
Estou com os trabalhadores! Greve geral a 11 de dezembro.
🔨 🆙️!
✊🏼 🇵🇹
Estou com os trabalhadores! Greve geral a 11 de dezembro.
🔨 🆙️!
✊🏼 🇵🇹
December 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I am with labor! General Strike December 11.
Estou com os trabalhadores! Greve geral a 11 de dezembro.
🔨 🆙️!
✊🏼 🇵🇹
Estou com os trabalhadores! Greve geral a 11 de dezembro.
🔨 🆙️!
✊🏼 🇵🇹
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“[Eventually] humanities depts will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.”
really important thread ⬇️
really important thread ⬇️
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
“[Eventually] humanities depts will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.”
really important thread ⬇️
really important thread ⬇️
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to
Emilie Autumn
Moonspell
Ego Likeness
Nightwish
Gaelic Storm
Emilie Autumn
Moonspell
Ego Likeness
Nightwish
Gaelic Storm
Solann
SIAMÉS
Nier series symphony orchestra
I am Immune
System of a Down
Dropkick Murphy's
SIAMÉS
Nier series symphony orchestra
I am Immune
System of a Down
Dropkick Murphy's
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to
- L'Arc-en-Ciel
- Against Me!
- Tegan & Sara
- Sleater-Kinney
- Bikini Kill
(Against Me!, Tegan & Sara and Sleater-Kinney were all in the span of less than two weeks)
- L'Arc-en-Ciel
- Against Me!
- Tegan & Sara
- Sleater-Kinney
- Bikini Kill
(Against Me!, Tegan & Sara and Sleater-Kinney were all in the span of less than two weeks)
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to
Emilie Autumn
Moonspell
Ego Likeness
Nightwish
Gaelic Storm
Emilie Autumn
Moonspell
Ego Likeness
Nightwish
Gaelic Storm
RENT (with the guy from 98 Degrees)
Wicked
Electric Pharoah
Les Mis
Mary Poppins
Wicked
Electric Pharoah
Les Mis
Mary Poppins
ok but never mind concerts, introduce yourself with five musicals you've seen
Guys & Dolls
The Lion King
A Chorus Line
Singing in the Rain
The Boy from Oz
(that last was terrible, actually, but we did see Hugh Jackman on the opening night of previews for it on Broadway, so THAT part was cool!)
Guys & Dolls
The Lion King
A Chorus Line
Singing in the Rain
The Boy from Oz
(that last was terrible, actually, but we did see Hugh Jackman on the opening night of previews for it on Broadway, so THAT part was cool!)
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
RENT (with the guy from 98 Degrees)
Wicked
Electric Pharoah
Les Mis
Mary Poppins
Wicked
Electric Pharoah
Les Mis
Mary Poppins
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Stouffer’s Targets People Spending Thanksgiving Alone With New Single-Serve Frozen Family https://theonion.com/stouffer-s-targets-people-spending-thanksgiving-alone-w-1848105159/
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Stouffer’s Targets People Spending Thanksgiving Alone With New Single-Serve Frozen Family https://theonion.com/stouffer-s-targets-people-spending-thanksgiving-alone-w-1848105159/
I was cosplaying Rogue from X-men: Evolution at con and someone told me I looked like the character had stepped out of the screen.
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I was cosplaying Rogue from X-men: Evolution at con and someone told me I looked like the character had stepped out of the screen.
Morrowind!
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Morrowind!
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"Let me get this straight. Your lab has bred a dragon?"
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"Let me get this straight. Your lab has bred a dragon?"
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
Wish me luck, getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow morning. (please don't share horror stories in replies/DMs)
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Wish me luck, getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow morning. (please don't share horror stories in replies/DMs)
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We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
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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 1:57 AM
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