Toby
@quietvertigo.bsky.social
37~. Likes: Games, art, music, animals. | Equality. Choice. Love. he/they. Canadian.
Bigots, bots, scrapers, and engagement farmers get blocked.
Bigots, bots, scrapers, and engagement farmers get blocked.
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If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
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Finished up this delightful book nook build that spouse got me for Xmas. It was soothing blend of Lego building and puzzle making that I found extremely satisfying, promoting extreme focus and deep work that magically settled anxiety. Now I understand the "old people working on puzzles" stereotype.
January 1, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Finished up this delightful book nook build that spouse got me for Xmas. It was soothing blend of Lego building and puzzle making that I found extremely satisfying, promoting extreme focus and deep work that magically settled anxiety. Now I understand the "old people working on puzzles" stereotype.
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Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
OMG - f*ck AI for ruining the em-dash for writers. I use them all the time. Of course, what a shock that AI uses them since they were trained off my voice and other authors' voices.
I'm a writer who has specifically been directed *not* to use em-dashes because "they mean it was written by AI." I can detect AI writing, but it is not simply a matter of the punctuation used.
December 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
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Heed the message.
- Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.
It's just prescient, and eerie, how this fits what's happening right now.
#movie #messagefromthepast
- Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.
It's just prescient, and eerie, how this fits what's happening right now.
#movie #messagefromthepast
December 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Heed the message.
- Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.
It's just prescient, and eerie, how this fits what's happening right now.
#movie #messagefromthepast
- Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.
It's just prescient, and eerie, how this fits what's happening right now.
#movie #messagefromthepast
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Lily Dancer — Stefan Lorant, 1937
December 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Lily Dancer — Stefan Lorant, 1937
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This is just me, but I find it’s wildly inappropriate that an organization host a New Year’s Eve dinner for people who are food insecure and invite the media to the dinner to interview and take photos of those guests.
December 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This is just me, but I find it’s wildly inappropriate that an organization host a New Year’s Eve dinner for people who are food insecure and invite the media to the dinner to interview and take photos of those guests.
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Corruption develops from the bottom up rather than from the top down. For individuals in positions of power to act corruptly, they must first feel confident that those beneath them will neither challenge nor restrain their behavior. 1/ #3E
December 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Corruption develops from the bottom up rather than from the top down. For individuals in positions of power to act corruptly, they must first feel confident that those beneath them will neither challenge nor restrain their behavior. 1/ #3E
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December 31, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Showed my kids Alien (1979) tonight. My 7 year old daughter’s reaction to the chestburster scene:
“Aww, it’s cute!”
“Aww, it’s cute!”
December 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Showed my kids Alien (1979) tonight. My 7 year old daughter’s reaction to the chestburster scene:
“Aww, it’s cute!”
“Aww, it’s cute!”
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30 minutes in to Klaus and really enjoying it. How did I not hear about this film til now, yet it came out back in 2019!
December 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
30 minutes in to Klaus and really enjoying it. How did I not hear about this film til now, yet it came out back in 2019!
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Visiting my mom for the holidays and Miss Eliot took a stunning photo by the Frederick canal
December 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Visiting my mom for the holidays and Miss Eliot took a stunning photo by the Frederick canal
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I’m so tired ya’ll
December 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I’m so tired ya’ll
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1 RT = 1 love for my art 😭🙏🖤
December 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
1 RT = 1 love for my art 😭🙏🖤
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The annual return of the Bat-menorah tonight. Happy Hanukkah 🕎.
December 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The annual return of the Bat-menorah tonight. Happy Hanukkah 🕎.
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December 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Brave Marcel standing up to the neighborhood birds.
December 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Brave Marcel standing up to the neighborhood birds.
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We are experiencing a more severe than usual flu season and COVID rates are starting to rise. If you want to reduce your chances of getting sick, one of the most effective things you can do is wear a high quality mask. 🤫
December 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
We are experiencing a more severe than usual flu season and COVID rates are starting to rise. If you want to reduce your chances of getting sick, one of the most effective things you can do is wear a high quality mask. 🤫
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YouTube restricted an old video about loot boxes being restricted by gambling laws under the “sale of regulated goods policy.”
Yes YouTube, my vids famously “depict or promote” gambling. Those years of anti-loot box videos were secretly pro-loot box the entire time, you ridiculous dumbfuck site 😂.
Yes YouTube, my vids famously “depict or promote” gambling. Those years of anti-loot box videos were secretly pro-loot box the entire time, you ridiculous dumbfuck site 😂.
December 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
YouTube restricted an old video about loot boxes being restricted by gambling laws under the “sale of regulated goods policy.”
Yes YouTube, my vids famously “depict or promote” gambling. Those years of anti-loot box videos were secretly pro-loot box the entire time, you ridiculous dumbfuck site 😂.
Yes YouTube, my vids famously “depict or promote” gambling. Those years of anti-loot box videos were secretly pro-loot box the entire time, you ridiculous dumbfuck site 😂.
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Look out. #Supergirl lands in theaters June 26.
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Look out. #Supergirl lands in theaters June 26.
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