Arinn Dembo
@erinys.bsky.social
Lead Writer, Narrative Designer, Textile Artist, Anti-Fascist. Games: Homeworld, Sword of the Stars, Fort Zombie, many others. Television: World Trigger, Metalions. Stories/poetry: F&SF, Weird Tales, many anthologies. Fibre Arts: Slan Baby.
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Arinn Dembo
@erinys.bsky.social
· Oct 25
Hi! Rumor has it that lots of new people are coming to this app, so—hello to friends old and new!
Ten things I do and love (and post about):
🎮 #gamedev
👾 #pixelart
🎭 #voiceacting
💻 #writing
🏺 #archaeology
🚀 #sciencefiction
🦄 #fantasy
💀 #horror
🏳️🌈 #pride
🧶 #crafting (especially dyeing yarn).
Ten things I do and love (and post about):
🎮 #gamedev
👾 #pixelart
🎭 #voiceacting
💻 #writing
🏺 #archaeology
🚀 #sciencefiction
🦄 #fantasy
💀 #horror
🏳️🌈 #pride
🧶 #crafting (especially dyeing yarn).
Read the whole thread. It’s an eye opener.
There's this woman doing an absolutely wild social experiment on TikTok. She calls random US churches with the sound of a baby crying in the background, explain the baby hasn't eaten in over 12 hours, and asks for 1 bottle of baby formula. She has a public spreadsheet of how each one responded. 1/3
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Read the whole thread. It’s an eye opener.
Honestly, this is the most perfect replication of a deeply drunk walk that I’ve ever seen from a robot.
Right down to that raised hand—I can literally hear him slurring “I’m all right!” just before he face-plants.
Right down to that raised hand—I can literally hear him slurring “I’m all right!” just before he face-plants.
Russia unveiled its new humanoid robot, AIdol, in Moscow and it immediately collapsed👏🏼
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Honestly, this is the most perfect replication of a deeply drunk walk that I’ve ever seen from a robot.
Right down to that raised hand—I can literally hear him slurring “I’m all right!” just before he face-plants.
Right down to that raised hand—I can literally hear him slurring “I’m all right!” just before he face-plants.
My very first color-work knitting project! I free-handed a pair of leg warmers using a skein of adorable yarn called “Truffula Trees”. I bought it from a fellow indie dyer as treat for myself.
I’ve combined the Truffula pinks with a skein of my BC Jade, which really makes them pop like crazy. 😍
🧶
I’ve combined the Truffula pinks with a skein of my BC Jade, which really makes them pop like crazy. 😍
🧶
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
My very first color-work knitting project! I free-handed a pair of leg warmers using a skein of adorable yarn called “Truffula Trees”. I bought it from a fellow indie dyer as treat for myself.
I’ve combined the Truffula pinks with a skein of my BC Jade, which really makes them pop like crazy. 😍
🧶
I’ve combined the Truffula pinks with a skein of my BC Jade, which really makes them pop like crazy. 😍
🧶
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So this morning I get an urgent email for a same day cardiology appointment at my local treatment centre.
I was surprised (and alarmed) but fine. I moved things around and went there a few minutes ago.
Only there was no real appointment. The receptionist said I wasn't supposed to receive any 1/
I was surprised (and alarmed) but fine. I moved things around and went there a few minutes ago.
Only there was no real appointment. The receptionist said I wasn't supposed to receive any 1/
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
So this morning I get an urgent email for a same day cardiology appointment at my local treatment centre.
I was surprised (and alarmed) but fine. I moved things around and went there a few minutes ago.
Only there was no real appointment. The receptionist said I wasn't supposed to receive any 1/
I was surprised (and alarmed) but fine. I moved things around and went there a few minutes ago.
Only there was no real appointment. The receptionist said I wasn't supposed to receive any 1/
In case you actually thought fascists gave a fuck about ANYONE…
“When we enlisted in the military, we were proud to serve our country. We never imagined that, after our service, we would have to fight for our own healthcare.” @tennesseelookout.com
Clarksville veterans say care, not cuts to the Veterans Administration, are needed • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee veterans face worsening chronic illnesses as a result of long waits for care and denial of claims from the Veterans Administration.
tennesseelookout.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
In case you actually thought fascists gave a fuck about ANYONE…
I am having terrible crippling pain in my back and hip this month, and I still went to the pool to exercise, washed my hair, shopped at THREE DIFFERENT PLACES, and came home to make an absolutely gigantic pot of chili for people in three households.
Pain killers and hero cookies all around, pls…
Pain killers and hero cookies all around, pls…
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I am having terrible crippling pain in my back and hip this month, and I still went to the pool to exercise, washed my hair, shopped at THREE DIFFERENT PLACES, and came home to make an absolutely gigantic pot of chili for people in three households.
Pain killers and hero cookies all around, pls…
Pain killers and hero cookies all around, pls…
Dat NOSE. So merp-able!
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Dat NOSE. So merp-able!
Jeezum Crow, wtf is wrong with people?
Under-the-weather TikTokers are slicing raw potatoes and placing them in their — and their children’s — socks before bed. The theory is that the potato draws out toxins.
However, experts warn against relying on folk remedies over medical care.
However, experts warn against relying on folk remedies over medical care.
No, putting a potato in your sock will not cure a cold
TikTokers are placing slices of raw potatoes in their — and their children’s socks — overnight to cure illnesses.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Jeezum Crow, wtf is wrong with people?
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Woodworking is a GOODREADS CHOICE NOMINEE for Best Debut Novel! If you wanted to toss it a vote, I would love that! And if you wanted to vote for something else, that's great too, as there are so many good books, but maybe just forget to vote before the deadline??
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
Goodreads Choice Awards: Vote in the Opening Round of 2025!
Check out the nominees in 15 categories now!
www.goodreads.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Woodworking is a GOODREADS CHOICE NOMINEE for Best Debut Novel! If you wanted to toss it a vote, I would love that! And if you wanted to vote for something else, that's great too, as there are so many good books, but maybe just forget to vote before the deadline??
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
“Things Chat GPT cannot give us” for 5000, Alex.
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis recited Carl Sandburg's 1914 poem "Chicago" while ruling on immigration agents' use of force. Literary scholars say they were “astounded” and “amazed.”
Carl Sandburg’s ‘Chicago’ poem finds fresh relevance in a city occupied by ICE
chicago.suntimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“Things Chat GPT cannot give us” for 5000, Alex.
Wow. Really interesting work.
In Mother’s Little Helper, a horror cooking game about intergenerational family trauma, 2D representations of dad start with ink! Cause it’s such a grown up medium. Things that represent the player ( a child) will start with crayon. #indiegame #gamedev #horrorgame #cookinggame #handmade
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Wow. Really interesting work.
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Bookstores, not Amazon. Proud of my US colleagues.
To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Bookstores, not Amazon. Proud of my US colleagues.
Dudes. I could literally write an entire novel about one Bond in an endless sequence of Bonds finally remembering that whoa, I died, I died so many times, oh shit what the hell is happening what have they done to me
this kind of feels like freaking out over a problem that 95% of the audience is not going to have an issue with
Report: Amazon Is Struggling to Think How to Bring James Bond Back From the Dead
Daniel Craig's permanent exit in 'No Time to Die' is apparently causing issues for the next 'Bond' film.
gizmodo.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Dudes. I could literally write an entire novel about one Bond in an endless sequence of Bonds finally remembering that whoa, I died, I died so many times, oh shit what the hell is happening what have they done to me
What he said.
AI-Generated Everything is like wax fruit. It may look real to a casual glance, but you take a bite and—gah. No flavor. No texture. No nourishment.
No terroir.
AI-Generated Everything is like wax fruit. It may look real to a casual glance, but you take a bite and—gah. No flavor. No texture. No nourishment.
No terroir.
The tides of genAI imagery flooding the nonexistent halls of our internet will likely not have a lifespan of 10 years, let alone hundreds. They're a ghost accretion of late capitalism, an anti-history that obscures humanity & time, the opposite of art, whatever its subjective quality.
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
What he said.
AI-Generated Everything is like wax fruit. It may look real to a casual glance, but you take a bite and—gah. No flavor. No texture. No nourishment.
No terroir.
AI-Generated Everything is like wax fruit. It may look real to a casual glance, but you take a bite and—gah. No flavor. No texture. No nourishment.
No terroir.
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Tatsuya Nakadai (1932-2025), grand parmi les grands. RIP
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Tatsuya Nakadai (1932-2025), grand parmi les grands. RIP
This guy. Truly. An icon.
I will have to re-watch his movies.
I will have to re-watch his movies.
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai - one of the all time greats of world cinema variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ‘Ran,’ ‘Harakiri’ and ‘The Human Condition’ Trilogy, Dies at 92
Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan's most celebrated actors who was a frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi, died. He was 92.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This guy. Truly. An icon.
I will have to re-watch his movies.
I will have to re-watch his movies.
Joyce is choosing violence and it is beautiful and terrible to behold
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Joyce is choosing violence and it is beautiful and terrible to behold
I just finished playing the Iron Rig expansion of Dredge and whew. What a beautiful finish. The team has really outdone themselves this time.
Also—the new “oil” mechanic, the way you can clean up toxic spills with your boat?
Yikes. That hit me a LOT harder than I expected, emotionally.
#gamedev
Also—the new “oil” mechanic, the way you can clean up toxic spills with your boat?
Yikes. That hit me a LOT harder than I expected, emotionally.
#gamedev
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I just finished playing the Iron Rig expansion of Dredge and whew. What a beautiful finish. The team has really outdone themselves this time.
Also—the new “oil” mechanic, the way you can clean up toxic spills with your boat?
Yikes. That hit me a LOT harder than I expected, emotionally.
#gamedev
Also—the new “oil” mechanic, the way you can clean up toxic spills with your boat?
Yikes. That hit me a LOT harder than I expected, emotionally.
#gamedev
A generation from now, if/when the Zoomers and Gen Alpha are cleaning up this mess rather than surviving the fall of our civilization, there are going to be some changes to laws, regulations and building codes that will re-structure the world as we know it.
Here are my best guesses:
1/thread
Here are my best guesses:
1/thread
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
A generation from now, if/when the Zoomers and Gen Alpha are cleaning up this mess rather than surviving the fall of our civilization, there are going to be some changes to laws, regulations and building codes that will re-structure the world as we know it.
Here are my best guesses:
1/thread
Here are my best guesses:
1/thread
We have beaten diseases and public health challenges before. But we won’t do it this time by “being kind” to people who make up their own facts—or listen to the charlatans who do.
But you refused to ensure vaccination compliance in our school communities.
You transformed public health into "do your own research" and "be kind" even when it was clear that the anti-vaxxers from the 2000's were leveraging internet-based misinformation tools to run laps around you.
You transformed public health into "do your own research" and "be kind" even when it was clear that the anti-vaxxers from the 2000's were leveraging internet-based misinformation tools to run laps around you.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
We have beaten diseases and public health challenges before. But we won’t do it this time by “being kind” to people who make up their own facts—or listen to the charlatans who do.
Yeah, if I see one more “eat more beans” post I am going to start shanking people. People have this idea that the things they used to eat during their “poor student” says twenty years ago are still cheap.
Wages have stagnated. Prices for food have not.
Wages have stagnated. Prices for food have not.
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Yeah, if I see one more “eat more beans” post I am going to start shanking people. People have this idea that the things they used to eat during their “poor student” says twenty years ago are still cheap.
Wages have stagnated. Prices for food have not.
Wages have stagnated. Prices for food have not.
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This is a lie. All 31 Moms for Liberty candidates in contested races lost their 2025 elections. The only "wins" were in uncontested races. Apparently, being hypocritical, book-banning scolds isn't so popular.
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is a lie. All 31 Moms for Liberty candidates in contested races lost their 2025 elections. The only "wins" were in uncontested races. Apparently, being hypocritical, book-banning scolds isn't so popular.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Andrew Mountbatten Windsor losing all of his titles over just the possibility of the Epstein files coming out tells me all I need to know about just how bad the contents are, and why the Republicans are so desperate to never let it out.
The thing that’s so fucked up about the Epstein files is that if they’re bad bad for Trump, it’s gonna come out, and every Republican who knew what they were doing protecting him is gonna get flayed for it. And if they weren’t bad for him at all, they’d be out already.
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor losing all of his titles over just the possibility of the Epstein files coming out tells me all I need to know about just how bad the contents are, and why the Republicans are so desperate to never let it out.