Ankaret Wells
@ankaret.bsky.social
Writer, cross stitcher, science witch, enamel pin gremlin, wife of @pmh1wheel, owned by two ridiculous cats @holmiesathome. Trans ally. Disability activism. She/her.
The Dwellers on the Threshold
January 14, 2026 at 6:29 AM
The Dwellers on the Threshold
One of these is a ridiculous ball of yellow fluff and the other is a cat toy.
January 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM
One of these is a ridiculous ball of yellow fluff and the other is a cat toy.
Reposted by Ankaret Wells
Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
Weighted blanket review: very warm, emits soothing noises, but got into an energetic fight with itself in the middle of the night and ran off in two different directions. Still five stars.
January 5, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Weighted blanket review: very warm, emits soothing noises, but got into an energetic fight with itself in the middle of the night and ran off in two different directions. Still five stars.
The absolute state of this.
Honestly, I am more and more convinced that a lot of human behaviour comes down to:
- children have *no* idea what's going on most of the time and find enjoyment and relief in discovering rules
- sometimes these are wrong, like 'all furry animals are dogs...
Honestly, I am more and more convinced that a lot of human behaviour comes down to:
- children have *no* idea what's going on most of the time and find enjoyment and relief in discovering rules
- sometimes these are wrong, like 'all furry animals are dogs...
‘Gender critical’ transphobes are now just openly advertising the fact they want to be the genital inspector Karen! 😆
They’re so immersed in their own transphobic hate bubble, they don’t even realise how bad this makes them look!
They’re so immersed in their own transphobic hate bubble, they don’t even realise how bad this makes them look!
January 1, 2026 at 2:54 PM
The absolute state of this.
Honestly, I am more and more convinced that a lot of human behaviour comes down to:
- children have *no* idea what's going on most of the time and find enjoyment and relief in discovering rules
- sometimes these are wrong, like 'all furry animals are dogs...
Honestly, I am more and more convinced that a lot of human behaviour comes down to:
- children have *no* idea what's going on most of the time and find enjoyment and relief in discovering rules
- sometimes these are wrong, like 'all furry animals are dogs...
"You like men too much to be a feminist." - @scio1ist.bsky.social way back when we were clueless 18 year olds
Forget insults, what’s the most unhinged *compliment* you’ve ever received?
December 31, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"You like men too much to be a feminist." - @scio1ist.bsky.social way back when we were clueless 18 year olds
Friends often post pictures or lists of birds they have encountered, and mine would be:
- the two crows that hang out outside
- unless they're rooks?
- definitely too small to be ravens
- small brown thing that Mycroft definitely thinks he could catch if he was not an indoor cat
- carrier bag
- the two crows that hang out outside
- unless they're rooks?
- definitely too small to be ravens
- small brown thing that Mycroft definitely thinks he could catch if he was not an indoor cat
- carrier bag
December 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Friends often post pictures or lists of birds they have encountered, and mine would be:
- the two crows that hang out outside
- unless they're rooks?
- definitely too small to be ravens
- small brown thing that Mycroft definitely thinks he could catch if he was not an indoor cat
- carrier bag
- the two crows that hang out outside
- unless they're rooks?
- definitely too small to be ravens
- small brown thing that Mycroft definitely thinks he could catch if he was not an indoor cat
- carrier bag
I have trouble telling AI art from human art mocking AI but either way:
We, the nerds who admire sports fans' stats-based prowess but are too socially incompetent to tell them so, should spread this far and wide.
If they can't bring down the generative AI everywhere cult, no one can.
GO YERKS!
We, the nerds who admire sports fans' stats-based prowess but are too socially incompetent to tell them so, should spread this far and wide.
If they can't bring down the generative AI everywhere cult, no one can.
GO YERKS!
For anyone worried AI will replace all of us.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
December 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I have trouble telling AI art from human art mocking AI but either way:
We, the nerds who admire sports fans' stats-based prowess but are too socially incompetent to tell them so, should spread this far and wide.
If they can't bring down the generative AI everywhere cult, no one can.
GO YERKS!
We, the nerds who admire sports fans' stats-based prowess but are too socially incompetent to tell them so, should spread this far and wide.
If they can't bring down the generative AI everywhere cult, no one can.
GO YERKS!
Young Mr Dinmont, of Dinmont's Fine Brass Doorware, gravely overestimated the lady customers' interest in his new patent self-shining knob mechanism. #GirlsOwnCC
Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors, include #GirlsOwnCC
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Young Mr Dinmont, of Dinmont's Fine Brass Doorware, gravely overestimated the lady customers' interest in his new patent self-shining knob mechanism. #GirlsOwnCC
Reposted by Ankaret Wells
And businesses wonder why The Public are 'device-hoarding' their beloved 'non-smart' things and not buying their wonderful new 'upgraded' tech that's going to do things like this....
This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
December 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
And businesses wonder why The Public are 'device-hoarding' their beloved 'non-smart' things and not buying their wonderful new 'upgraded' tech that's going to do things like this....
They should get Alex Horne to remake Round The Horne.
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
They should get Alex Horne to remake Round The Horne.
Reposted by Ankaret Wells
I hope the research has not disproved the idea that they’re bold and resolute
How New Research Is Changing What We Know About The Great Hammerhead
How New Research Is Changing What We Know About The Great Hammerhead
The great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) — one of the ocean’s most iconic predators — is in deeper peril than once thought. Once believed to roam vast ocean basins, new research reveals it may…
www.forbes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I hope the research has not disproved the idea that they’re bold and resolute
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Honestly think the easiest value to society you can add as a bloke is to stand up for women you don't know.
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Honestly think the easiest value to society you can add as a bloke is to stand up for women you don't know.
As M.C Escher was refused permission to exhibit his pictures at the Royal Academy that year, he smuggled in his reality-twisting creations in the form of ladies couture.
#GirlsOwnCC
#GirlsOwnCC
Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors (pretty please) & include #GirlsOwnCC
November 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
As M.C Escher was refused permission to exhibit his pictures at the Royal Academy that year, he smuggled in his reality-twisting creations in the form of ladies couture.
#GirlsOwnCC
#GirlsOwnCC
Reposted by Ankaret Wells
I'll take 'Questions You're Going To Regret Asking' for $5000, Alex
Could someone explain to me what is meant when a British person refers to "the middle class" ? Like, in the US, as I hear it, it basically just means a person who makes a certain amount of money, not too far below and not wildly above the median. Seems like a complex concept when UK writers use it?
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I'll take 'Questions You're Going To Regret Asking' for $5000, Alex
Edwin had reached the last chapter of Mr Kafka' s book, and was dismayed that it gave no advice about what to do if your wife turned into a giant Cornish pasty and bore you a misshapen pastry baby with a detachable head.
#GirlsOwnCC
#GirlsOwnCC
Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors, include #GirlsOwnCC
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Edwin had reached the last chapter of Mr Kafka' s book, and was dismayed that it gave no advice about what to do if your wife turned into a giant Cornish pasty and bore you a misshapen pastry baby with a detachable head.
#GirlsOwnCC
#GirlsOwnCC
Once. I asked it what books I'd written and it got the first two right but then hallucinated a YA called The Cat And The Staircase.
My elderly PC is dying and I am resigning myself to the annoyance of learning a new operating system, because to avoid chatbot creep I'm jumping ship to Linux.
My elderly PC is dying and I am resigning myself to the annoyance of learning a new operating system, because to avoid chatbot creep I'm jumping ship to Linux.
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Once. I asked it what books I'd written and it got the first two right but then hallucinated a YA called The Cat And The Staircase.
My elderly PC is dying and I am resigning myself to the annoyance of learning a new operating system, because to avoid chatbot creep I'm jumping ship to Linux.
My elderly PC is dying and I am resigning myself to the annoyance of learning a new operating system, because to avoid chatbot creep I'm jumping ship to Linux.
I'm not even a knitter & I'm giving #gameofwool the side-eye. All the contestants seem lovely and very creative but I feel like they could have set a more reasonable timescale and then just had them finish the projects in the barn if they thought footage of people sitting there knitting was needed.
November 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'm not even a knitter & I'm giving #gameofwool the side-eye. All the contestants seem lovely and very creative but I feel like they could have set a more reasonable timescale and then just had them finish the projects in the barn if they thought footage of people sitting there knitting was needed.
UK friends of a #goth / #tarot persuasion, the Killstar eBay outlet are selling these cards for £7 a box and they're an absolute bargain - heavy card, slightly metallic, silver edged, about the size of a big Thoth. Not sponsored or anything, just wanted to share.
ebay.us/m/b26KJq
ebay.us/m/b26KJq
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
UK friends of a #goth / #tarot persuasion, the Killstar eBay outlet are selling these cards for £7 a box and they're an absolute bargain - heavy card, slightly metallic, silver edged, about the size of a big Thoth. Not sponsored or anything, just wanted to share.
ebay.us/m/b26KJq
ebay.us/m/b26KJq
Reposted by Ankaret Wells
The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.
Reposted by Ankaret Wells
It may be uncharitable of me but this whole "but you are ENTITLED to my opposing opinion" shit brings up real bad memories for some of us. Way to show you've never been harassed irl or e-stalked
Nobody is entitled to my time, attention, brain, body, or anything else
Nobody is entitled to my time, attention, brain, body, or anything else
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It may be uncharitable of me but this whole "but you are ENTITLED to my opposing opinion" shit brings up real bad memories for some of us. Way to show you've never been harassed irl or e-stalked
Nobody is entitled to my time, attention, brain, body, or anything else
Nobody is entitled to my time, attention, brain, body, or anything else
If people who are 'influentialish in AI ethics' want to listen to my point of view they can contact me and offer to pay me.
Which I note that AI companies did not do when they scraped my books or my AO3.
Which I note that AI companies did not do when they scraped my books or my AO3.
People blocking you, whether artisinally or via blocklist, are doing you the courtesy of signaling that you will not vibe well with each other and self-selecting out of the pool of people on Bluesky you will potentially have to deal with.
Blocking hatemongers is one thing but this trend of using mass block lists to avoid hearing from people who might or might not hold points of view you expect to disagree with is unhealthy imo and hurts the platform.
Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
November 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If people who are 'influentialish in AI ethics' want to listen to my point of view they can contact me and offer to pay me.
Which I note that AI companies did not do when they scraped my books or my AO3.
Which I note that AI companies did not do when they scraped my books or my AO3.
Postcat. Please excuse the state of the kitchen, Halloween happened.
Video alt text: Mycroft, a fluffy pale ginger Maine Coon cat, takes a letter out of the letterbox in a kitchen door and walks off with it.
Video alt text: Mycroft, a fluffy pale ginger Maine Coon cat, takes a letter out of the letterbox in a kitchen door and walks off with it.
November 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Postcat. Please excuse the state of the kitchen, Halloween happened.
Video alt text: Mycroft, a fluffy pale ginger Maine Coon cat, takes a letter out of the letterbox in a kitchen door and walks off with it.
Video alt text: Mycroft, a fluffy pale ginger Maine Coon cat, takes a letter out of the letterbox in a kitchen door and walks off with it.
Back from what, as it turned out, was not a Halloween Quiz.
November 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Back from what, as it turned out, was not a Halloween Quiz.
To be honest my aesthetic is always 'bog witch' but I am stepping it up a notch for Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
To be honest my aesthetic is always 'bog witch' but I am stepping it up a notch for Halloween