purpurina ✨🪡
@purpurinastitch.bsky.social
She/they. I do cross stitch & hand embroidery. I also write stories and essays. I like cephalopods, movies, and when people are kind. Producer/writer on @observableradio.com. RRR is my favorite movie.
Be warned: I block folks who post AI/have AI avatars
Be warned: I block folks who post AI/have AI avatars
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A quick “hello to new followers” intro post:
I’m purpurina, I do stitchy things and I write sometimes. This past year a lot of my creative energy has gone into horror/sci-fi audiodrama @observableradio.com (check us out!!)
Here are some of my horror stitches:
I’m purpurina, I do stitchy things and I write sometimes. This past year a lot of my creative energy has gone into horror/sci-fi audiodrama @observableradio.com (check us out!!)
Here are some of my horror stitches:
I have been getting SO much mileage from this gif lately
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I have been getting SO much mileage from this gif lately
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Looking for more 2025 horror/sci-fi/thriller films made by POC. I’m hoping I missed some that I can lay my eyes on this weekend.
They have to have come out this year (festivals do not count this time).
They have to have come out this year (festivals do not count this time).
December 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Looking for more 2025 horror/sci-fi/thriller films made by POC. I’m hoping I missed some that I can lay my eyes on this weekend.
They have to have come out this year (festivals do not count this time).
They have to have come out this year (festivals do not count this time).
The first question that pops into my mind is whether the “same generative technology” utilizes the same amount of energy and whether it too will be swiftly poisoning the earth, starting primarily in places like Black neighborhoods the way the current stuff is run
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DiffProtect “rewrites a person’s face in a photograph using the same generative technology behind modern image creation tools.
The resulting photo still looks like the person to any human viewer, but to state-of-the-art facial recognition systems, the image becomes something else entirely.”
DiffProtect “rewrites a person’s face in a photograph using the same generative technology behind modern image creation tools.
The resulting photo still looks like the person to any human viewer, but to state-of-the-art facial recognition systems, the image becomes something else entirely.”
A new kind of digital camouflage emerges from DARPA AI research | Biometric Update
The technique, called DiffProtect, quietly rewrites a person’s face in a photograph using the same generative technology behind modern image creation tools.
www.biometricupdate.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The first question that pops into my mind is whether the “same generative technology” utilizes the same amount of energy and whether it too will be swiftly poisoning the earth, starting primarily in places like Black neighborhoods the way the current stuff is run
Is it just me or is the new camera icon a bit… unsettling
December 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Is it just me or is the new camera icon a bit… unsettling
We really don’t need to use the earth poisoning machine to clown on the Disney ai stuff
December 12, 2025 at 4:53 AM
We really don’t need to use the earth poisoning machine to clown on the Disney ai stuff
I can tell my mental health is improving because I’m starting to write “:)” at the end of some of my “one positive thing today” journal entries again
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I can tell my mental health is improving because I’m starting to write “:)” at the end of some of my “one positive thing today” journal entries again
FYI: when you change the conversation background on messages in the new iOS, it will change it for the other person. So glad I looked up how it works bc I almost did something WEIRD
December 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
FYI: when you change the conversation background on messages in the new iOS, it will change it for the other person. So glad I looked up how it works bc I almost did something WEIRD
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New iOS glass UI sucks. What if you made software according to human needs and not annual profit margins, just a thought
December 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
New iOS glass UI sucks. What if you made software according to human needs and not annual profit margins, just a thought
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It needs to be treated as importantly as "no animals were harmed during the making of this film"
Because yeah, for a time? Animals got harmed and people accepted it as a part of the process. And it was wrong.
So is this, and it needs to stop.
Because yeah, for a time? Animals got harmed and people accepted it as a part of the process. And it was wrong.
So is this, and it needs to stop.
December 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It needs to be treated as importantly as "no animals were harmed during the making of this film"
Because yeah, for a time? Animals got harmed and people accepted it as a part of the process. And it was wrong.
So is this, and it needs to stop.
Because yeah, for a time? Animals got harmed and people accepted it as a part of the process. And it was wrong.
So is this, and it needs to stop.
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Want a calendar you can write easily on, none a that shiny paper need-a-sharpie nonsense?
Wanna see pretty animal art by @megstampede.bsky.social along the way?
& support our biodiversity efforts?
Get a love notes from nature calendar SquidFacts.Net
You can even turn them into prints after!
Wanna see pretty animal art by @megstampede.bsky.social along the way?
& support our biodiversity efforts?
Get a love notes from nature calendar SquidFacts.Net
You can even turn them into prints after!
December 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Want a calendar you can write easily on, none a that shiny paper need-a-sharpie nonsense?
Wanna see pretty animal art by @megstampede.bsky.social along the way?
& support our biodiversity efforts?
Get a love notes from nature calendar SquidFacts.Net
You can even turn them into prints after!
Wanna see pretty animal art by @megstampede.bsky.social along the way?
& support our biodiversity efforts?
Get a love notes from nature calendar SquidFacts.Net
You can even turn them into prints after!
So what is the actual point of changing up all this aesthetic shit whenever there’s an OS update? Like why make so much shit ugly and different with no easy way to go back? Why not make it opt in to aesthetic changes?
December 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
So what is the actual point of changing up all this aesthetic shit whenever there’s an OS update? Like why make so much shit ugly and different with no easy way to go back? Why not make it opt in to aesthetic changes?
Folks who used Spotify for podcasts and then switched: what did you switch to?
December 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Folks who used Spotify for podcasts and then switched: what did you switch to?
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I never stopped masking and in all these years I've had a total of one person ask me about it. Take your health and the health of vulnerable people seriously. The annoyance of a mask on your face for a few hours is way better than the down time and recovery from a respiratory infection.
Reminder: you should absolutely start wearing the best mask you can find in public spaces, even if you stopped before. We have no public health at the top level & repeat infections have ravaged immune systems.
If someone gives you a hassle, say "even if it's just a cold, I DON'T WANT THAT EITHER!"
If someone gives you a hassle, say "even if it's just a cold, I DON'T WANT THAT EITHER!"
December 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I never stopped masking and in all these years I've had a total of one person ask me about it. Take your health and the health of vulnerable people seriously. The annoyance of a mask on your face for a few hours is way better than the down time and recovery from a respiratory infection.
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groverhaus of leaves
December 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
groverhaus of leaves
Whenever I see the “patron” tag on letterboxd, my brain pronounces it like the tequila
December 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Whenever I see the “patron” tag on letterboxd, my brain pronounces it like the tequila
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I just think that Zach Woods fucks. I like him a whole lot.
it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society
December 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I just think that Zach Woods fucks. I like him a whole lot.
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some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
Oh, here's a big surprise. The transphobes don't believe in ADHD either.
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
Someone in LA should do an RRR screening next February 14 bc that’s when the Naatu Naatu scene takes place pls pls pls
Who do I need to talk to about programming this shit
Who do I need to talk to about programming this shit
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Someone in LA should do an RRR screening next February 14 bc that’s when the Naatu Naatu scene takes place pls pls pls
Who do I need to talk to about programming this shit
Who do I need to talk to about programming this shit
On today’s episode of clumsy thumbs: almost sent a work email ending with ;) instead of :)
December 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
On today’s episode of clumsy thumbs: almost sent a work email ending with ;) instead of :)
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HEY! This is absolutely true and we cover the best ways to stream great movies on Free Space:
howtowatchfree.tv for more Library Gems
howtowatchfree.tv for more Library Gems
December 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
HEY! This is absolutely true and we cover the best ways to stream great movies on Free Space:
howtowatchfree.tv for more Library Gems
howtowatchfree.tv for more Library Gems
As it turns out, when you stop pouring your time and energy into a black hole, it makes it so you have the space to notice when people actually see you and enthusiastically want you around 💜
December 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As it turns out, when you stop pouring your time and energy into a black hole, it makes it so you have the space to notice when people actually see you and enthusiastically want you around 💜
You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
You will be visited by three spirits
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Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
LOS GATOS, CA—In an attempt to fend off growing competition from Paramount and Netflix, Plex CEO Keith Valory announced Monday that the streaming platform had submitted a $35 bid for Warner Bros. Disc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.