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arestelle

@arestelle.bsky.social
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Lover of language, knowledge nut, shutter snapper, musicophile, stargazer, bookworm. Misfit programmer by day. | she/her

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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I almost put Secret of the Stars on here, but let's be honest, I was already fully invested in RPGs by the time I played and liked that game. (I STILL like that game, ftr, whatever scorn critics may heap upon it. It's got combo moves and classic villains like the aptly named BadBad!)
My 9 Games: The 9 games that shaped who I am

Dragon Warrior, ExciteBike, Chrono Trigger, WaveRace64, Zelda: A Link to the Past, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Sleuth, and Sim City 2000
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If you see this I implore you to quote skeet with an unusual image from your posting device without explanation. Still definitely use alt text, though.
A stealth archer in Skyrim, decked out in dragonbone armor, crouches facing the camera outside the ice cave of that one academic who got phished by Hermaeus Mora. The archer's eyes are glowing like a draugr. It's probably fine.
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
$50 to Unidos MN
Screenshot of a donation receipt for $50 plus fees to Unidos MN
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Is Skyrim old enough to be classic? hoo boy 💀 Chrono Trigger Final Fantasy VI Terranigma and, well, I suppose Skyrim 😅
Screenshot from Terranigma. The main character is on the map view of the underworld, about to enter a tower.Screenshot from Chrono Trigger: Crono is talking to a Kilwala who says "Mountains're nice."Screenshot from Final Fantasy 6: Kefka standing in the desert yelling "Son of a submariner! They'll pay for this..."Screenshot from Skyrim: the PC is armed with a bow and mostly-Stalhrim armor, sneaking atop a webbed surface in Aprocrypha and looking out over a violently green and orange sky with a tentacle-like tower of books in the distance.
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Timeline screenshot of apparently unrelated posts.

skeet 1: "for real though I have to monitor myself so fucking closely for signs of impending sense of humor loss

"it creeps up on you and if you don't get on it INSTANTLY you go all grim with the big words

"sweating here but I will not go gently into that good night, man"

skeet 2: "You'll survive, but you'll be funnier in a way that worries people"
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
It is small but it’s very pretty hanging out on my gallery wall just above my bookshelves ❤️ (idr but this is probably the “8 x 12” size bc the part inside the mat is about 3.5” high)
A small matted print of the art from OP’s posts on a wall above some books.
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
I got a beautiful new gaiwan and teacup by @miriam.codes! And it pours nicely 💖
A gaiwan & saucer and a teacup, brown with a red rim and speckled blue in overlapping grooves around the outside, sitting on a bamboo tea tray with a crow tea pet between them.
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I've contacted "support" via my phone's browser, but they're not even reading the messages. They sent a completely unrelated help article pasted into their reply. The entire website does not load on Linux desktop in either FF or Vivaldi, whether my VPN's on or off. Cannot access account or content.
Screenshot reads: "The site can't be reached
dropout.tv unexpectedly closed the connection.

Try:
- Checking the connection
- Checking the proxy and the firewall

ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED"
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
My tea from @phoenixpearltea.bsky.social hath arrived! Immediately dug in and tried Imperator, which I was curious but unsure about because smoky teas are hit or miss for me, but I really like it!
Seven bags of tea sit on a wood and blue resin table; the teas are Pixieblush (mixed berry sweet matcha), Fury of Charybdis (ginger mint blue herbal), Montana Gold (cinnamon orange herbal), The Imperator (cinnamon orange vanilla lapsang souchong), House Black (Scottish breakfast), Vampyric Touch (chocolate orange shou puerh), and Quench the Flames (unsmoked Jin Mu Dan lapsang souchong black tea).
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
I mostly know them from LJS but gods I love them Mine's Hoosier fries. I don't even know if they're a thing outside of the regional grocery store we got them at but 🤤
A plate of potato wedges coated with seasoned batter and fried.
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Somehow my tea orders always manage to arrive together - behold! Many tea! featuring excellent blends from @fridaytea.com (and look at the pretty new packaging!) and lovely black teas & a big ol' spooky grab bag of shou minis from @white2tea.bsky.social 🍵
Several bags of tea from Friday Afternoon Tea and white2tea arrayed on a desk. Teas include Fujian Black, Butterjam Red, Jasmine Dragon Ball White, Second Breakfast, Friday's Birthday Cake, Fiery Dancer, Jasmine Chun Hao green, and Caramel Apple. A small stamp of Jiji from Kiki's Delivery Service peeks out from behind the tea bag on the right.
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
The "why are you leaving?" dropdown on the #Amazon account closure page is missing "You are evil."
A screenshot from Amazon's account closure page, which says "Please select the main reason for closing your Amazon account (Optional)" in bold text with a dropdown below it that reads:
- "I'm not using this account anymore"
- "I have another account"
- "I want to create a new account"
- "Account security concerns/Unauthorized activity"
- "Privacy concerns"
- "I have open issues with Amazon"
- "I don't want to provide a reason"
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 15/10/2024
i wonder how weird i am if i say.. ^_^
Album cover of Bargainville by Moxy Früvous
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 22/07/2024
lol tumblr won't let me see that post without logging in but I found it on a general search. not technically the meme but I like this one xD
Tumblr post by user bigbagofgabriel: "I LITERALLY WORK FOR A FUCKING NEWS STATION AND STILL FOUND OUT THROUGH A DESTIEL MEME. WHAT THE FUCK MAN #supernatural #destiel #biden #op"
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
TIL qobuz is a music streaming service + download store based in France, and they are hostile to customers protecting their privacy, so they do not want my money.
Screenshot from the qobuz website signup page, which reads "Whoops... Proxies and VPNs not allowed" with buttons to "Go back to Homepage" or "Try again"
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 07/02/2024
Friday's Scottish breakfast tea:
A gif of Sam Reich at the Game Changer host's podium, saying "I've been here the whole time."
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 09/01/2024
oops I kept fiddling with it, removing more duplicate text and shifting things a little and then. then i went into my Fonts folder. 😅
A screenshot of MusicBee's Now Playing tab with the Chimera Theater Mode panel updated to remove a redundant set of player controls, shift the visualizers to be centered horizontally and slightly enlarge them, slightly shrink and shift the album art, and change the font of song info that sits below the album art to use an Uncial font for the song and an old style serif for the album & artist. The current song is Yellow Taxi by Matt Costa, and the upcoming songs are the rest of the album Songs We Sing, which has light-colored album art in varying shades of green, which are repeated in the blurred background, so it feels soft and springlike.
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 07/01/2024
I haven't had a good music player since I quit using itunes years ago (I have VLC but its library navigation is basically nonexistent). So I finally poked around and found MusicBee, which has been around for a long time and is customizable and beautiful with the right skins. 💖
Screenshot of MusicBee's Now Playing tab; it's set up with a muted gray/slate blue skin (Arsenic) overall and a clean & informative Theater Mode skin (Chimera) in the main section, which shows a list and album art of upcoming songs, with a background of blurred colors from the art for the current song's album, controls at the bottom, and a histogram and sound visualizer for the current song.
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 29/12/2023
admirable! I'm feeling this dude..
Slightly blurred photo of a possum with its mouth open wide, with text overlay that reads "Screaming is also a part of self care"
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
y'all @abigailmarkov.bsky.social's work is gorgeous.
Close-up of a resin bottle stopper hand cast and turned by Abigail Markov in the Interstellar colorway, a rich deep purple swirled with color shifting pigments that sparkle and range from burgundy to teal.
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
I'm gradually switching my accounts from gmail to proton mail, which among other things blocks tracker pixels in emails. One event notification from Meetup had *ten* of those in one email. Just...why?
Screenshot from Proton Mail's web app, which reads "We protected you from 10 trackers"
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 07/10/2023
Oh yeah! My Very Necessary stickers from @hellocloudy.bsky.social arrived yesterday, and they even included a bonus void! (the one on the right) my laptop feels much more complete with these on it ^_^
Three die-cut stickers spread out on top of a thank-you note from the artist and a blue envelope showing a postal processing code from France. From left to right, the stickers show a black cat with bright yellow eyes, curled around a sword stuck in a mound of earth, surrounded by a few plants and stars, in blue and purple colors like it's night; a black cat trotting among holographic white plants at night under a crescent moon; and a black cat by itself, curled up a little bit. All three cats have wide eyes.
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
Somehow whenever I order A Completely Normal And Not At All Exorbitant amount of tea at once, the orders all wind up getting delivered at the same time. It's like they know. (teas from @fridaytea.bsky.social and Phoenix Pearl Tea)
Several bags and a sampler of loose leaf teas from Friday Afternoon Tea and Phoenix Pearl tea, arrayed in a half circle on a wood and resin tabletop.
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arestelle @arestelle.bsky.social · 17/09/2023
Birmingham Pen Company has inks specifically meant for mixing your own colors (or theirs, with recipes), and in celebration of lining up a new job I...only bought five (and the diluent, which was on sale and will let me play with improving the too-dark samples I already had). This merits applause.
Five bottles of BPC ink (Teaberry Ice Cream, Sterling Silver, Electron, Gunpowder, and Salt Water Taffy) and a larger bottle of dilution solution.
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