Kira
@spaceforestart.bsky.social
they/them, fae/faer | artist, trekkie, nonbinary, lesbian, chaotic good, fey trickster. eastern european. norse heathen. anarchist.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
I've been looking through my digital collection of psychedelic 60s posters in order to get into the grove with creating this style of typography, since I'm really out of practice (it's for new stickers) and it's making me really nostalgic but in a nice way
November 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I've been looking through my digital collection of psychedelic 60s posters in order to get into the grove with creating this style of typography, since I'm really out of practice (it's for new stickers) and it's making me really nostalgic but in a nice way
I've run out of flour?
I mean, there's a ton of flour in this house, but not the basic wheat flour, which I've used all up right now. I'm about to find out how yeasted rolls do with oats and semolina.
my grocery store is playing holiday music already, can they have 5kg flour bags for pln9,99 again?
I mean, there's a ton of flour in this house, but not the basic wheat flour, which I've used all up right now. I'm about to find out how yeasted rolls do with oats and semolina.
my grocery store is playing holiday music already, can they have 5kg flour bags for pln9,99 again?
November 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I've run out of flour?
I mean, there's a ton of flour in this house, but not the basic wheat flour, which I've used all up right now. I'm about to find out how yeasted rolls do with oats and semolina.
my grocery store is playing holiday music already, can they have 5kg flour bags for pln9,99 again?
I mean, there's a ton of flour in this house, but not the basic wheat flour, which I've used all up right now. I'm about to find out how yeasted rolls do with oats and semolina.
my grocery store is playing holiday music already, can they have 5kg flour bags for pln9,99 again?
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This is why folks call it a tool of fascism. It generates fear and distrust, which benefits fascist liars.
one insidious thing about gen AI is it's not just causing us to mistrust dodgy images, it's also making us mistrust images that look perfectly normal. this is gaslighting in a very literal sense bc the technology is undermining the trust we have in our own ability to perceive reality!
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This is why folks call it a tool of fascism. It generates fear and distrust, which benefits fascist liars.
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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“This is how Muslims are wound into the existential stuff of Anglophone SFF—by serving as the ultimate field of permitted violence.”
In this week’s @strangehorizons.bsky.social, one of my favourite pieces I’ve edited this year — on orientalism from Star Trek to Game of Thrones.
Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence,” by Tanvir Ahmed —
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence,” by Tanvir Ahmed —
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Photon Torpedoes Break the Space Muqarnas: SFF Audiovisuals and Anti-Muslim Violence
Dragon fire on white bodies is sad. Dragon fire on not-Muslim bodies is cheered on the screen. We ache when the scimitar prows of not-Muslim ships cleave through a white human captain’s ship. But b…
strangehorizons.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
“This is how Muslims are wound into the existential stuff of Anglophone SFF—by serving as the ultimate field of permitted violence.”
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A reminder that every time Ru appeals to legal arguments (Ru constitution includes Ukr regions; Ru can't legally sign w Ukr because martial law has postponed elections), we should laugh. Ru law is utterly devoid of legality; it's a pure instrument of the state for post hoc justifying its actions.
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A reminder that every time Ru appeals to legal arguments (Ru constitution includes Ukr regions; Ru can't legally sign w Ukr because martial law has postponed elections), we should laugh. Ru law is utterly devoid of legality; it's a pure instrument of the state for post hoc justifying its actions.
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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IMO the weird exception some supposed leftists seem to make for condemning-the-theft-of-labor-except-art-lol-steal-that-shit is just a weird intersection with puritan "if you enjoy yourself, it's not a real job" brainworms.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
IMO the weird exception some supposed leftists seem to make for condemning-the-theft-of-labor-except-art-lol-steal-that-shit is just a weird intersection with puritan "if you enjoy yourself, it's not a real job" brainworms.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
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Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
hey, I clean regularly! how else I would have space for all these books, plants, pottery, and weird and probably cursed things I found on the walks, not to mention all the art supplies
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
hey, I clean regularly! how else I would have space for all these books, plants, pottery, and weird and probably cursed things I found on the walks, not to mention all the art supplies
I picked up a crayon as soon as I mastered motor control good enough to scribble on walls and just never put it down. my parents provided paper, more crayons, and sealed the deal with art albums and museum visits. there wasn't much thoughts involved in the process.
November 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I picked up a crayon as soon as I mastered motor control good enough to scribble on walls and just never put it down. my parents provided paper, more crayons, and sealed the deal with art albums and museum visits. there wasn't much thoughts involved in the process.
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“Keira's assessment in 2024, …concluded that she did not have "sufficient parental competencies to care for the newborn independently".
Keira says the questions she was asked included: "Who is Mother Teresa?" and "How long does it take for the sun's rays to reach the Earth?
Keira says the questions she was asked included: "Who is Mother Teresa?" and "How long does it take for the sun's rays to reach the Earth?
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests, known as FKUs, on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
“Keira's assessment in 2024, …concluded that she did not have "sufficient parental competencies to care for the newborn independently".
Keira says the questions she was asked included: "Who is Mother Teresa?" and "How long does it take for the sun's rays to reach the Earth?
Keira says the questions she was asked included: "Who is Mother Teresa?" and "How long does it take for the sun's rays to reach the Earth?
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Why are we surprised that the USA, which is currently indiscriminately bombing civilians in the Caribbean, supports the side in the Russo-Ukrainian war that's currently indiscriminately bombing civilians in Europe?
What about their actions says that they care about Europe or international law?
What about their actions says that they care about Europe or international law?
November 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Why are we surprised that the USA, which is currently indiscriminately bombing civilians in the Caribbean, supports the side in the Russo-Ukrainian war that's currently indiscriminately bombing civilians in Europe?
What about their actions says that they care about Europe or international law?
What about their actions says that they care about Europe or international law?
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
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Like, a dozen or so people have all the money and they constantly complain about everyone else not spending more.
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Like, a dozen or so people have all the money and they constantly complain about everyone else not spending more.
I'm equally excited and terrified
Amazon Greenlights A New Stargate Series
www.gateworld.net/news/2025/11...
FIRST ON GATEWORLD: A new #Stargate series is now in pre-production for Prime Video, with veteran writer and producer Martin Gero at the helm. @primevideo.bsky.social
www.gateworld.net/news/2025/11...
FIRST ON GATEWORLD: A new #Stargate series is now in pre-production for Prime Video, with veteran writer and producer Martin Gero at the helm. @primevideo.bsky.social
Amazon Greenlights A New Stargate Series » GateWorld
FIRST ON GATEWORLD: A new Stargate series is now in pre-production for Prime Video, with veteran writer and producer Martin Gero at the helm.
www.gateworld.net
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'm equally excited and terrified
damn, not roman szmal aquarius watercolours after my money with surprise limited edition colour again
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
damn, not roman szmal aquarius watercolours after my money with surprise limited edition colour again
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For context: russia chooses Ukrainian nationals for sabotage in Poland *precisely* to spread xenophobia and mistrust towards Ukraine. Ukrainians living in Poland are facing way too much shit already. Don’t fall for it.
Two Ukrainian citizens working for Russia are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland over the weekend, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
Poland says 2 Ukrainians working for Russia are suspected of being involved in railway blast
Prime Minister Donald Tusk says two Ukrainian citizens working for Russia are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland.
apnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
For context: russia chooses Ukrainian nationals for sabotage in Poland *precisely* to spread xenophobia and mistrust towards Ukraine. Ukrainians living in Poland are facing way too much shit already. Don’t fall for it.
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“To preserve the values of the civilized world, it is necessary to set fire to a library.”
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“To preserve the values of the civilized world, it is necessary to set fire to a library.”
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Funny how we all just “have to” accept AI as progress even if it’s janky and either has demonstrated no improvements to productivity or outright tanks it, but we never had to accept remote work despite every study showing it improves productivity AND workers lives.
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Funny how we all just “have to” accept AI as progress even if it’s janky and either has demonstrated no improvements to productivity or outright tanks it, but we never had to accept remote work despite every study showing it improves productivity AND workers lives.
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm
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This systemic deliberate Russian terror, year after year, generation after generation, country after country. The impact of all this on health and wellbeing… the scale of this, that has never been properly accounted for
Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This systemic deliberate Russian terror, year after year, generation after generation, country after country. The impact of all this on health and wellbeing… the scale of this, that has never been properly accounted for
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this
Altman has been quite clear about his strategy.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
this