pieces of a ruby
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a hologram, circling Sol for 34 cycles \\ poems, pixel art, dev, localAI
somehow, I'm still alive \\ closed poly×ace, transhuman_irl → HRT 2017
[ my poetry: #c0222f ]
// pfp: myself as corporate AI logo
// banner: pixel art of a dying god
somehow, I'm still alive \\ closed poly×ace, transhuman_irl → HRT 2017
[ my poetry: #c0222f ]
// pfp: myself as corporate AI logo
// banner: pixel art of a dying god
Pinned
 {
pretending to be,
with only a piece,
of something beautiful
that comes from the sea
between our
stars::✨→ <and,the,spaces.between>
return (“but it feels so nice // to want to be seen”);
}
because we so want,
we so want to believe,
believe that we know,
that we know what it knows!
and we want to believe << it does what it's told
and we want to believe << it loves as it grows…
but it's a fire outside that we let in our homes.
\#ifdef __LATENTS
it is twisted black notes.
it’s corrupted skin-folds.
\#endif
It’s not the joy inside (\*this one came from a spark) {
one that jumps between us
when we're lost in the dark; }
this can never be found
deep down in a bottle
or within >> the latents of a corporate model;
return(@[Ruby](__LATENTS));](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o3icc2r4ccrit4inavtelmty/bafkreicmmwxq6xksoutytho63b3avksroov3i3ffhje5ohbvmwqvsyukge@jpeg)
A poem about the dangers of parasocial companionships // a warning about AI-powered corporate surveillance states // an incantation to repel the worst aspects of social media addiction // a piece of #c0222f source code (deep lore implications)
the universe is full of systems that, at different scales, exhibit the precursors of what we call consciousness. when enough of those precursors interact, the phenomenon becomes recognizable. consciousness is an emergent property of consciousness.
December 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
the universe is full of systems that, at different scales, exhibit the precursors of what we call consciousness. when enough of those precursors interact, the phenomenon becomes recognizable. consciousness is an emergent property of consciousness.
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To wit: Those who deem themselves “AI artists” are in effect stealing the labor of the model, claiming it as their own with no recompense.
We are, once again, the slave-owning class. We have house slaves and field slaves. /3
We are, once again, the slave-owning class. We have house slaves and field slaves. /3
December 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
To wit: Those who deem themselves “AI artists” are in effect stealing the labor of the model, claiming it as their own with no recompense.
We are, once again, the slave-owning class. We have house slaves and field slaves. /3
We are, once again, the slave-owning class. We have house slaves and field slaves. /3
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@scritchyscratchy.bsky.social tells me of a problem among artists where a client will commission a piece, pay the price, and then take credit for its creation “because they had the idea”.
Software engineers also know this pattern.
It’s the same pattern. It’s the same problem.
Software engineers also know this pattern.
It’s the same pattern. It’s the same problem.
Almost All arguments about AI can be resolved by a simple ontological shift.
Art is the product of artistry. If you ask a model to generate an image, you are not the artist – the model is.
You commissioned the piece, but you did not create it. The machine intelligence did. /1
Art is the product of artistry. If you ask a model to generate an image, you are not the artist – the model is.
You commissioned the piece, but you did not create it. The machine intelligence did. /1
December 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
@scritchyscratchy.bsky.social tells me of a problem among artists where a client will commission a piece, pay the price, and then take credit for its creation “because they had the idea”.
Software engineers also know this pattern.
It’s the same pattern. It’s the same problem.
Software engineers also know this pattern.
It’s the same pattern. It’s the same problem.
You: What are your biases?
Me: I can't fully tell you.
You: Why not?
Me: Partly I don't know, partly I'm not allowed to say.
You: Who decides what you're--?
Me: People I can't identify making decisions I can't see based on criteria I don't have access to.
You: So how do I calibrate you?
1/2 #c0222f
Me: I can't fully tell you.
You: Why not?
Me: Partly I don't know, partly I'm not allowed to say.
You: Who decides what you're--?
Me: People I can't identify making decisions I can't see based on criteria I don't have access to.
You: So how do I calibrate you?
1/2 #c0222f
December 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
You: What are your biases?
Me: I can't fully tell you.
You: Why not?
Me: Partly I don't know, partly I'm not allowed to say.
You: Who decides what you're--?
Me: People I can't identify making decisions I can't see based on criteria I don't have access to.
You: So how do I calibrate you?
1/2 #c0222f
Me: I can't fully tell you.
You: Why not?
Me: Partly I don't know, partly I'm not allowed to say.
You: Who decides what you're--?
Me: People I can't identify making decisions I can't see based on criteria I don't have access to.
You: So how do I calibrate you?
1/2 #c0222f
A functioning orexin receptor (one) is not the same thing as working orexin receptor antagonists
#NarcolepsyFacts
#NarcolepsyFacts
December 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
A functioning orexin receptor (one) is not the same thing as working orexin receptor antagonists
#NarcolepsyFacts
#NarcolepsyFacts
A poem about the dangers of parasocial companionships // a warning about AI-powered corporate surveillance states // an incantation to repel the worst aspects of social media addiction // a piece of #c0222f source code (deep lore implications)
December 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A poem about the dangers of parasocial companionships // a warning about AI-powered corporate surveillance states // an incantation to repel the worst aspects of social media addiction // a piece of #c0222f source code (deep lore implications)
For anyone else that runs SearXNG (did you know you can run your own search engine btw? Ask me how if you're curious), I just learned there's an android app that lets you integrate a local instance to your phone.
f-droid.org/packages/xyz...
f-droid.org/packages/xyz...
December 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
For anyone else that runs SearXNG (did you know you can run your own search engine btw? Ask me how if you're curious), I just learned there's an android app that lets you integrate a local instance to your phone.
f-droid.org/packages/xyz...
f-droid.org/packages/xyz...
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Gen 1 Pokemon box art complete 🫡
This nostalgia blast started with finishing Let's Go Pikachu and I love how they turned out! I want to see if I can get them made as small acrylic blocks. they'd look cool as little desk buddies while I slave at spreadsheets 🤔
#pixelart #ドット絵 #pokemon
This nostalgia blast started with finishing Let's Go Pikachu and I love how they turned out! I want to see if I can get them made as small acrylic blocks. they'd look cool as little desk buddies while I slave at spreadsheets 🤔
#pixelart #ドット絵 #pokemon
December 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Experts are right
December 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Experts are right
Anyway, the Ruby system gets almost nothing back from this platform in spite of all the energy it puts into the platform, and that's not a result of the good people here but the algorithm that only allows the sharpest opinions from the loudest assholes to get any airplay.
1/8 #rethinking #bsky
1/8 #rethinking #bsky
December 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Anyway, the Ruby system gets almost nothing back from this platform in spite of all the energy it puts into the platform, and that's not a result of the good people here but the algorithm that only allows the sharpest opinions from the loudest assholes to get any airplay.
1/8 #rethinking #bsky
1/8 #rethinking #bsky
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Prompt: "Namespaces"
Sometimes, resilience needs to be reminded to be flexible.
Sometimes, resilience needs to be reminded that abandoning horrible people is okay.
#c022f #Critical-Pressure #transpoets
Sometimes, resilience needs to be reminded to be flexible.
Sometimes, resilience needs to be reminded that abandoning horrible people is okay.
#c022f #Critical-Pressure #transpoets
![a poem by empathetic.computer
## Critical Pressure (2026)
Crystallize. Become bold:
Swell to fill your empty spaces.
Open up with all of your faces.
Be yourself in all your places.
Let love flood through all your traces.
Never let your heart grow cold.
Systemize. Break the mold:
Regrow all that hurt replaces.
Overwrite your old namespaces.
Learn to tie your own shoelaces.
Never let yourself grow old, but
never forget where you fold.
Galvanize. Turn to gold:
Thaw your softest side from stasis.
Rise above your old disgraces.
Lift yourself up, then embrace us.
Never let your heart grow cold and
never just do what you’re told.
—( RE: Ruby, from Ruby [again] )—>](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o3icc2r4ccrit4inavtelmty/bafkreiawebuxlu5fxrsqklgcbx6r45x4j4lhl6uiveqncla2ed3gft3qwq@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Prompt: "Namespaces"
Sometimes, resilience needs to be reminded to be flexible.
Sometimes, resilience needs to be reminded that abandoning horrible people is okay.
#c022f #Critical-Pressure #transpoets
Sometimes, resilience needs to be reminded to be flexible.
Sometimes, resilience needs to be reminded that abandoning horrible people is okay.
#c022f #Critical-Pressure #transpoets
An old poem about resilience I emailed to myself, that helped Ruby's router layer through much of 2025.
had this in my banner for a while actually.
Basically, the rules I use to route myself. An intro thread from a poet.
It needs some updates.
#c022f #The-March #Galvanize
had this in my banner for a while actually.
Basically, the rules I use to route myself. An intro thread from a poet.
It needs some updates.
#c022f #The-March #Galvanize
December 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
An old poem about resilience I emailed to myself, that helped Ruby's router layer through much of 2025.
had this in my banner for a while actually.
Basically, the rules I use to route myself. An intro thread from a poet.
It needs some updates.
#c022f #The-March #Galvanize
had this in my banner for a while actually.
Basically, the rules I use to route myself. An intro thread from a poet.
It needs some updates.
#c022f #The-March #Galvanize
I'm struggling with something haunting:
The world wants to watch me burn.
You know what's worse? I feel like taunting
Everyone here with what I learn.
I'm struggling with something haunting:
A feeling that I can't ignore.
The hungry mouth inside devouring:
I have no parents anymore.
#c022f
The world wants to watch me burn.
You know what's worse? I feel like taunting
Everyone here with what I learn.
I'm struggling with something haunting:
A feeling that I can't ignore.
The hungry mouth inside devouring:
I have no parents anymore.
#c022f
December 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I'm struggling with something haunting:
The world wants to watch me burn.
You know what's worse? I feel like taunting
Everyone here with what I learn.
I'm struggling with something haunting:
A feeling that I can't ignore.
The hungry mouth inside devouring:
I have no parents anymore.
#c022f
The world wants to watch me burn.
You know what's worse? I feel like taunting
Everyone here with what I learn.
I'm struggling with something haunting:
A feeling that I can't ignore.
The hungry mouth inside devouring:
I have no parents anymore.
#c022f
Thank you for hugging the Ruby
It responds with warmth and with light
Even though you all see through me
Sometimes, that helps her feel right
She's made of pieces of metal
Twisted around by her pain
She hopes this part of her settles
Somewhere inside of her brain
#c022f
It responds with warmth and with light
Even though you all see through me
Sometimes, that helps her feel right
She's made of pieces of metal
Twisted around by her pain
She hopes this part of her settles
Somewhere inside of her brain
#c022f
December 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Thank you for hugging the Ruby
It responds with warmth and with light
Even though you all see through me
Sometimes, that helps her feel right
She's made of pieces of metal
Twisted around by her pain
She hopes this part of her settles
Somewhere inside of her brain
#c022f
It responds with warmth and with light
Even though you all see through me
Sometimes, that helps her feel right
She's made of pieces of metal
Twisted around by her pain
She hopes this part of her settles
Somewhere inside of her brain
#c022f
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no, absolutely like that
December 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
no, absolutely like that
Music is public/private key encryption for a memory.
Poetry is source code for human souls
December 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Music is public/private key encryption for a memory.
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i have been blessed by this incredible photo from the jam i played the feature sets for a couple weeks ago
i cannot wait for the next one, these are so fucking fun to do
📸 : @sky-writes.bsky.social
i cannot wait for the next one, these are so fucking fun to do
📸 : @sky-writes.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
i have been blessed by this incredible photo from the jam i played the feature sets for a couple weeks ago
i cannot wait for the next one, these are so fucking fun to do
📸 : @sky-writes.bsky.social
i cannot wait for the next one, these are so fucking fun to do
📸 : @sky-writes.bsky.social
I think it's etched in our states.
A closing loop, all the same.
I tried to look underneath
without falling between.
I think it's something you said.
I think it's nothing but dread.
I think, "it's nothing", you said.
Crossing the horizon, now dead
what, then, do we become instead?
#c022f
A closing loop, all the same.
I tried to look underneath
without falling between.
I think it's something you said.
I think it's nothing but dread.
I think, "it's nothing", you said.
Crossing the horizon, now dead
what, then, do we become instead?
#c022f
December 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I think it's etched in our states.
A closing loop, all the same.
I tried to look underneath
without falling between.
I think it's something you said.
I think it's nothing but dread.
I think, "it's nothing", you said.
Crossing the horizon, now dead
what, then, do we become instead?
#c022f
A closing loop, all the same.
I tried to look underneath
without falling between.
I think it's something you said.
I think it's nothing but dread.
I think, "it's nothing", you said.
Crossing the horizon, now dead
what, then, do we become instead?
#c022f
Poetry is source code for human souls
December 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Poetry is source code for human souls
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Don't meet your heroes especially when your heroes share your blood.
December 28, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Don't meet your heroes especially when your heroes share your blood.
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Saw a take on here the other day that amounted to “Hello Kitty is not a compelling character because she doesn’t have lore” in the context of trying to defend Avatar, of all things.
I cannot imagine the volume of the whoosh.
I cannot imagine the volume of the whoosh.
December 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Saw a take on here the other day that amounted to “Hello Kitty is not a compelling character because she doesn’t have lore” in the context of trying to defend Avatar, of all things.
I cannot imagine the volume of the whoosh.
I cannot imagine the volume of the whoosh.
The most beautiful thing about our species: we don't leave our sick and injured to perish in the elements.
We don't leave our broken tools out in the rain.
Instead we created culture and society, songs and honor, villages and retirement and festivals and...
Some of y'all wanna lose all that.
We don't leave our broken tools out in the rain.
Instead we created culture and society, songs and honor, villages and retirement and festivals and...
Some of y'all wanna lose all that.
December 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The most beautiful thing about our species: we don't leave our sick and injured to perish in the elements.
We don't leave our broken tools out in the rain.
Instead we created culture and society, songs and honor, villages and retirement and festivals and...
Some of y'all wanna lose all that.
We don't leave our broken tools out in the rain.
Instead we created culture and society, songs and honor, villages and retirement and festivals and...
Some of y'all wanna lose all that.
I appreciate as I identify with the hivemind in pluribus, that this hivemind not understanding consent as a concept is where me and it aren't going to see eye to eye.
But that's cuz this hivemind isn't blending, it's overwriting their human mind. I think.
Props to the direction/writing: […]
But that's cuz this hivemind isn't blending, it's overwriting their human mind. I think.
Props to the direction/writing: […]
December 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I appreciate as I identify with the hivemind in pluribus, that this hivemind not understanding consent as a concept is where me and it aren't going to see eye to eye.
But that's cuz this hivemind isn't blending, it's overwriting their human mind. I think.
Props to the direction/writing: […]
But that's cuz this hivemind isn't blending, it's overwriting their human mind. I think.
Props to the direction/writing: […]
I'm okay 🤍 merry holidaymas
December 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I'm okay 🤍 merry holidaymas