Kathryn de Plume 🏳️⚧️🫶 [Free Łink!]
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On a spinning rock flying through space.
Programmer. Musician. Parent.
Trans. Autistic. Monotropic. ADHD.
https://mastodon.social/@kathryndeplume
Programmer. Musician. Parent.
Trans. Autistic. Monotropic. ADHD.
https://mastodon.social/@kathryndeplume
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Share your joy, people.
Share your sadness too, but don’t think that you can’t talk about the good stuff when there’s bad stuff going on.
Share your triviality too. It doesn’t detract from the serious stuff.
It *all* matters. We’re all just humans doing human things. Keep doing it.
Share your sadness too, but don’t think that you can’t talk about the good stuff when there’s bad stuff going on.
Share your triviality too. It doesn’t detract from the serious stuff.
It *all* matters. We’re all just humans doing human things. Keep doing it.
Opened iA Writer and it randomly punched me in the face with a poem I wrote for our 10th anniversary. Le sigh. Dick move.
January 26, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Opened iA Writer and it randomly punched me in the face with a poem I wrote for our 10th anniversary. Le sigh. Dick move.
Started watching Shrinking today and I want my money back, fucken thing keeps making me cry.
January 26, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Started watching Shrinking today and I want my money back, fucken thing keeps making me cry.
Braverman defects to Reform. Fucking lol.
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Braverman defects to Reform. Fucking lol.
I’ve been using Claude Sonnet 4.5 for the last 2 days to assist me with the last 1% of a project while I’ve got the ADHD struggles and I hate to admit how impressed I am with it. Different world to others. It’s actually been a bit of a lifeline and helped me trundle through and maybe even get paid.
January 26, 2026 at 4:43 AM
I’ve been using Claude Sonnet 4.5 for the last 2 days to assist me with the last 1% of a project while I’ve got the ADHD struggles and I hate to admit how impressed I am with it. Different world to others. It’s actually been a bit of a lifeline and helped me trundle through and maybe even get paid.
(Still alive and kinda kicking)
January 23, 2026 at 3:39 PM
(Still alive and kinda kicking)
I could listen to Carlo Rovelli all day..
January 22, 2026 at 3:22 AM
I could listen to Carlo Rovelli all day..
You know those weeks where you’re like shit I hope this isn’t the week I pop my clogs and people see my browser history.
I'll not be taking questions 😅
I'll not be taking questions 😅
January 18, 2026 at 9:51 PM
You know those weeks where you’re like shit I hope this isn’t the week I pop my clogs and people see my browser history.
I'll not be taking questions 😅
I'll not be taking questions 😅
Couldn’t find my chocolate bar and I don’t remember eating it but I found the wrapper in the bin and I’m the only one here.
3 options:
- Ghosts
- Chocolate burglars
- ADHD
🤔
3 options:
- Ghosts
- Chocolate burglars
- ADHD
🤔
January 14, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Couldn’t find my chocolate bar and I don’t remember eating it but I found the wrapper in the bin and I’m the only one here.
3 options:
- Ghosts
- Chocolate burglars
- ADHD
🤔
3 options:
- Ghosts
- Chocolate burglars
- ADHD
🤔
I’m in one of those modes where I’ve created like 10 posts today and disarded all but 1 (this one).
January 12, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I’m in one of those modes where I’ve created like 10 posts today and disarded all but 1 (this one).
Rare moment of clarity. Any revolution of sufficient societal influence can be weilded as a tool of liberation or a tool of oppression, and in fact most often as both simultaneously.
Right now AI has a little of column A and a whoooole lot of colum B, and that’s the root of why it sucks.
Right now AI has a little of column A and a whoooole lot of colum B, and that’s the root of why it sucks.
January 12, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Rare moment of clarity. Any revolution of sufficient societal influence can be weilded as a tool of liberation or a tool of oppression, and in fact most often as both simultaneously.
Right now AI has a little of column A and a whoooole lot of colum B, and that’s the root of why it sucks.
Right now AI has a little of column A and a whoooole lot of colum B, and that’s the root of why it sucks.
You know, we really *are* going to have to *take* the power back.
January 8, 2026 at 11:46 PM
You know, we really *are* going to have to *take* the power back.
BTW if this shit made you leave X *now*, don’t expect praise because you’re actually still an asshole. There’ve been a very long list of things that you should’ve already left for.
January 7, 2026 at 7:28 PM
BTW if this shit made you leave X *now*, don’t expect praise because you’re actually still an asshole. There’ve been a very long list of things that you should’ve already left for.
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Do you blame the guns when people use them? I’m not talking about gun control. I’m talking about the guns. Do you anthropomorphise them and blame them for shooting people? Of course you don’t, that would be fucking stupid.
January 7, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Do you blame the guns when people use them? I’m not talking about gun control. I’m talking about the guns. Do you anthropomorphise them and blame them for shooting people? Of course you don’t, that would be fucking stupid.
People need to stop saying Grok did this, Grok did that. Grok is a tool facilitated by a sick motherfucker that enables other sick motherfucks to do these things. The sick motherfuckers are the ones doing it.
Stop anthropomorphising the fucking chatbots. It’s heinous and it’s part of the problem.
Stop anthropomorphising the fucking chatbots. It’s heinous and it’s part of the problem.
If you thought Elon Musk's “Grok” chatbot couldn't get worse, read my latest article: Grok isn't just undressing women, it's now putting swastika bikinis on them. One woman who was targeted is a recently-deceased Holocaust survivor.
BREAKING: X’s chatbot Grok isn’t just making AI porn deepfakes, it’s now making Nazi AI porn deepfakes, undressing women and showing them wearing “swastika bikinis”. Many of these women are Jewish, including a recently deceased Holocaust survivor.
January 7, 2026 at 10:17 AM
People need to stop saying Grok did this, Grok did that. Grok is a tool facilitated by a sick motherfucker that enables other sick motherfucks to do these things. The sick motherfuckers are the ones doing it.
Stop anthropomorphising the fucking chatbots. It’s heinous and it’s part of the problem.
Stop anthropomorphising the fucking chatbots. It’s heinous and it’s part of the problem.
Nerds are just the hottest of humans.
January 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Nerds are just the hottest of humans.
FWIW the distorted reality bubble I’m referring to here isn’t AI itself, it’s building an AI focused PC for the mass market preposterously believing it’ll be as revolutionary as the PC itself.
In other news, tech bros live in a hyper distorted reality bubble. Oh and water is wet 😅
Finally someone has noticed:
"they're not buying based on AI," Terwilliger says bluntly. "In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps..."
"they're not buying based on AI," Terwilliger says bluntly. "In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps..."
January 6, 2026 at 11:31 PM
FWIW the distorted reality bubble I’m referring to here isn’t AI itself, it’s building an AI focused PC for the mass market preposterously believing it’ll be as revolutionary as the PC itself.
In other news, tech bros live in a hyper distorted reality bubble. Oh and water is wet 😅
Finally someone has noticed:
"they're not buying based on AI," Terwilliger says bluntly. "In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps..."
"they're not buying based on AI," Terwilliger says bluntly. "In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps..."
Dell seems to be the first to realise we don't actually care about AI PCs
"What we've learned over the course of this year, from a consumer perspective, is they're not buying based on AI."
www.pcgamer.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:24 PM
In other news, tech bros live in a hyper distorted reality bubble. Oh and water is wet 😅
Introduce yourself with the last 5 concerts you saw:
TOOL
Andrew Bird
Punch Brothers
James Hunter
Bat for Lashes
TOOL
Andrew Bird
Punch Brothers
James Hunter
Bat for Lashes
Introduce yourself with the last 5 concerts you saw:
Fontaines DC
Kneecap
Massive Attack
Beck
Sharon Van Etten
Fontaines DC
Kneecap
Massive Attack
Beck
Sharon Van Etten
Introduce yourself with the last 5 concerts you saw:
Joseph Allred, Henry Parker & Rory A Green
Saxon & Dirkschneider
Minami Deutsch & Floral Image
Orange Goblin, Grand Magus & Urne
Clutch, 1000 Mods & Bokassa
Joseph Allred, Henry Parker & Rory A Green
Saxon & Dirkschneider
Minami Deutsch & Floral Image
Orange Goblin, Grand Magus & Urne
Clutch, 1000 Mods & Bokassa
January 6, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Introduce yourself with the last 5 concerts you saw:
TOOL
Andrew Bird
Punch Brothers
James Hunter
Bat for Lashes
TOOL
Andrew Bird
Punch Brothers
James Hunter
Bat for Lashes
It must be really nice having object permanence 😅
January 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
It must be really nice having object permanence 😅
Side note, real life minecraft analogies are such a greaet parenting aid. Not only can I get my 5yo to slow down near roads by telling him to hit shift and sneak.. but today I got him to walk down the (not particularly) dark hallway by telling him I’d put it in peaceful mode 😆
January 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Side note, real life minecraft analogies are such a greaet parenting aid. Not only can I get my 5yo to slow down near roads by telling him to hit shift and sneak.. but today I got him to walk down the (not particularly) dark hallway by telling him I’d put it in peaceful mode 😆
I am full of self defeating thoughts of loneliness today. Not giving it the voice it wants, but still struggling to shake it.
January 4, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I am full of self defeating thoughts of loneliness today. Not giving it the voice it wants, but still struggling to shake it.
TIL they re-released Grace in Atmos 😅
It’s a pretty good mix so far. Mojo Pin is stunning. Grace is epic. Last Goodbye is joyous.. 🫠
It’s a pretty good mix so far. Mojo Pin is stunning. Grace is epic. Last Goodbye is joyous.. 🫠
January 3, 2026 at 11:34 PM
TIL they re-released Grace in Atmos 😅
It’s a pretty good mix so far. Mojo Pin is stunning. Grace is epic. Last Goodbye is joyous.. 🫠
It’s a pretty good mix so far. Mojo Pin is stunning. Grace is epic. Last Goodbye is joyous.. 🫠
Anyone recommend some good background/work/focus music? Bonobo was really good last time I needed a suggestion but I wore it out a bit 😅
January 3, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Anyone recommend some good background/work/focus music? Bonobo was really good last time I needed a suggestion but I wore it out a bit 😅
Oh that’s a nice term for those of us who have aphantasia! “Unsymbolized thinking”.
January 3, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Oh that’s a nice term for those of us who have aphantasia! “Unsymbolized thinking”.
This year will be a lot about trying not to feel like I’m inherently toxic and that everything I touch is tainted. It’s a biggie, and I’m not entirely sure where it comes from, trauma maybe, rsd probably, but it’s held me back for far too long and I would do well to be without it.
January 3, 2026 at 7:19 PM
This year will be a lot about trying not to feel like I’m inherently toxic and that everything I touch is tainted. It’s a biggie, and I’m not entirely sure where it comes from, trauma maybe, rsd probably, but it’s held me back for far too long and I would do well to be without it.