Helen Hey (she/her)
@inkyfingertips.bsky.social
Canadian editor and indexer with a focus on TTRPGs and websites.
Interests include video games, native ecosystems, fantasy novels, food culture, anime, and folklore. Anti-LLM/AI.
https://trellisediting.com/
Interests include video games, native ecosystems, fantasy novels, food culture, anime, and folklore. Anti-LLM/AI.
https://trellisediting.com/
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In honor of Thanksgiving, I want to spend some time thanking members of the editing community who are important to me.
This list is not inclusive, and I know I'll have left folks out or listed the same person twice. This list is in no particular order. Everyone mentioned is on Bluesky.
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This list is not inclusive, and I know I'll have left folks out or listed the same person twice. This list is in no particular order. Everyone mentioned is on Bluesky.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In honor of Thanksgiving, I want to spend some time thanking members of the editing community who are important to me.
This list is not inclusive, and I know I'll have left folks out or listed the same person twice. This list is in no particular order. Everyone mentioned is on Bluesky.
1/9
This list is not inclusive, and I know I'll have left folks out or listed the same person twice. This list is in no particular order. Everyone mentioned is on Bluesky.
1/9
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Tomorrow! Our very special celebration sale begins! 25% off everything in the Mythworks store!!
See ya at myth.works!
See ya at myth.works!
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Tomorrow! Our very special celebration sale begins! 25% off everything in the Mythworks store!!
See ya at myth.works!
See ya at myth.works!
My friend Sarah Legault is holding the line on weird short films. My favourite is a stop-motion music video done entirely with taxidermy rats (Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats, by Billy Talent).
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My friend Sarah Legault is holding the line on weird short films. My favourite is a stop-motion music video done entirely with taxidermy rats (Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats, by Billy Talent).
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people always stereotype Canadians as being polite, and its not true at all. We are passive-agressive weirdos who live in isolated weird places and the sooner we make peace with that the better
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
people always stereotype Canadians as being polite, and its not true at all. We are passive-agressive weirdos who live in isolated weird places and the sooner we make peace with that the better
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Strongly recommend ordering merch from MERL. Its high quality and it will make you highly desirable to your preferred genders and also command the loyalty of farm animals
It's a beautiful day. We just dropped new merch for the first time in a year.
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
🧵
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
🧵
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Strongly recommend ordering merch from MERL. Its high quality and it will make you highly desirable to your preferred genders and also command the loyalty of farm animals
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Canadian Thanksgiving was last month, but I will honor my southern neighbors and give profuse thanks if you help Hope Springs Eternal reach 400 followers! So close! #daggerheart
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Canadian Thanksgiving was last month, but I will honor my southern neighbors and give profuse thanks if you help Hope Springs Eternal reach 400 followers! So close! #daggerheart
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This is happening in cross-stitch too. There are a lot of people making "patterns" that are just AI pictures or real art that has been run through a pixel filter that doesn't look good, doesn't match up with DMC threads, and doesn't make any sense.
I hate that we have to scrutinize everything🫠
I hate that we have to scrutinize everything🫠
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here's why that's happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
The AI Invasion of Knitting and Crochet
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here’s why that’s happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is happening in cross-stitch too. There are a lot of people making "patterns" that are just AI pictures or real art that has been run through a pixel filter that doesn't look good, doesn't match up with DMC threads, and doesn't make any sense.
I hate that we have to scrutinize everything🫠
I hate that we have to scrutinize everything🫠
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“You will be visited by 3 spirits"
The three spirits
The three spirits
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
“You will be visited by 3 spirits"
The three spirits
The three spirits
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Delphinium geyeri, our Geyer's Larkspur, blooming at the Neva Road shale bluff #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 25 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 25 🌿
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Delphinium geyeri, our Geyer's Larkspur, blooming at the Neva Road shale bluff #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 25 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 25 🌿
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A good article if you’re interested in learning about leaving the leaves. It’s possible to compromise and still have a fairly tidy yard while helping nature, you can simply move the leaves to designated areas and wait til late spring to trim dead plants!
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A good article if you’re interested in learning about leaving the leaves. It’s possible to compromise and still have a fairly tidy yard while helping nature, you can simply move the leaves to designated areas and wait til late spring to trim dead plants!
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Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
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With this year's re-issue of Katharine Briggs's Dictionary of Fairies, Matthias Egeler's book on Elves and Fairies and my new history of Fairies coming in spring, it feels as though we are living through a moment of reawakening for fairy studies
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
With this year's re-issue of Katharine Briggs's Dictionary of Fairies, Matthias Egeler's book on Elves and Fairies and my new history of Fairies coming in spring, it feels as though we are living through a moment of reawakening for fairy studies
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Earlier this month, children planted native trees and shrubs along a newly opened fish passage at the Okanagan Lake Dam. The vegetation will help keep the water cool for migrating salmon as they bypass the dam. First published by our friends at @indiginews.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/syilx-childr...
syilx children plant shrubs to help salmon | The Narwhal
Elementary students plant native trees and shrubs to help salmon migrate through a new fish passageway at the Okanagan Lake Dam
thenarwhal.ca
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Earlier this month, children planted native trees and shrubs along a newly opened fish passage at the Okanagan Lake Dam. The vegetation will help keep the water cool for migrating salmon as they bypass the dam. First published by our friends at @indiginews.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/syilx-childr...
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Luckily, there are professional indexers out there who can do it for you...
I'd rather eat broken glass than index another book... It's well worth the thousand bucks or so. #academicchatter
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Luckily, there are professional indexers out there who can do it for you...
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Ipomopsis spicata, our Spiked Gilia, blooming near Neva Road #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 24 🌿
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 24 🌿
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Ipomopsis spicata, our Spiked Gilia, blooming near Neva Road #nativeplants
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 24 🌿
#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 24 🌿
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it’s not a phase
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
it’s not a phase
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Women Pro GMs, tag yourselves below! 💖
We’re making a new starter pack, so let us know if you want to be added. Also, feel free to include a link to your games.
Let’s celebrate incredible storytellers, and telling women’s stories 🙌
(This is inclusive of all women. Trans women are women).
We’re making a new starter pack, so let us know if you want to be added. Also, feel free to include a link to your games.
Let’s celebrate incredible storytellers, and telling women’s stories 🙌
(This is inclusive of all women. Trans women are women).
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Women Pro GMs, tag yourselves below! 💖
We’re making a new starter pack, so let us know if you want to be added. Also, feel free to include a link to your games.
Let’s celebrate incredible storytellers, and telling women’s stories 🙌
(This is inclusive of all women. Trans women are women).
We’re making a new starter pack, so let us know if you want to be added. Also, feel free to include a link to your games.
Let’s celebrate incredible storytellers, and telling women’s stories 🙌
(This is inclusive of all women. Trans women are women).
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Would love recommendations for TTRPGs, modules, hacks etc. that explore femininity, misogyny, and gender roles through the lens of horror.
Think ‘Bluebeard’s Bride’ as a great example of the kind of thing I’m after.
Also open to recs from other media (books, films, etc.)
I’m researching 🤓
Think ‘Bluebeard’s Bride’ as a great example of the kind of thing I’m after.
Also open to recs from other media (books, films, etc.)
I’m researching 🤓
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Would love recommendations for TTRPGs, modules, hacks etc. that explore femininity, misogyny, and gender roles through the lens of horror.
Think ‘Bluebeard’s Bride’ as a great example of the kind of thing I’m after.
Also open to recs from other media (books, films, etc.)
I’m researching 🤓
Think ‘Bluebeard’s Bride’ as a great example of the kind of thing I’m after.
Also open to recs from other media (books, films, etc.)
I’m researching 🤓
It's been really cool to see all the #CBR+PNK games and purchases at #PaxUnplugged. Even though I wasn't there, it's a great feeling to know my edits contributed to such a good TTRPG.
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It's been really cool to see all the #CBR+PNK games and purchases at #PaxUnplugged. Even though I wasn't there, it's a great feeling to know my edits contributed to such a good TTRPG.
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Quick linocut practice for the fun of it
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Quick linocut practice for the fun of it
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Funded by Canada and philanthropic partners, the SINAA agreement will protect almost 800,000 square kilometres of land and water in the ecologically critical Qikiqtani region while building a strong, Inuit-led conservation economy. thenarwhal.ca/qikiqtani-in...
$270-million SINAA agreement funds Nunavut conservation | The Narwhal
The SINAA agreement aims to protect nearly 800,000 square kilometres and build a conservation economy in the Qikiqtani region
thenarwhal.ca
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Funded by Canada and philanthropic partners, the SINAA agreement will protect almost 800,000 square kilometres of land and water in the ecologically critical Qikiqtani region while building a strong, Inuit-led conservation economy. thenarwhal.ca/qikiqtani-in...
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"60% of OpenAI model's responses contain plagiarism" — report is bit old, but about ChatGPT 3.5, nonetheless. "45.7% of all outputs contained identical text, 27.4% contained minor changes, and 46.5% had paraphrased text." 1/2
www.axios.com/2024/02/22/c...
www.axios.com/2024/02/22/c...
New report: 60% of OpenAI model's responses contain plagiarism
Plagiarism detector maker Copyleaks studied GPT 3.5, OpenAI's previous-generation model.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"60% of OpenAI model's responses contain plagiarism" — report is bit old, but about ChatGPT 3.5, nonetheless. "45.7% of all outputs contained identical text, 27.4% contained minor changes, and 46.5% had paraphrased text." 1/2
www.axios.com/2024/02/22/c...
www.axios.com/2024/02/22/c...