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Stephanie Ricker

@quoththegirl.bsky.social
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Voracious reader, sporadic writer, pitiless editor, avid tree-climber.

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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
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oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore
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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Whenever AI CEOs say anything this is all I can think about
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Image of Sundar Pichai and the Gmail logo
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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"All the months are crude experiments out of which the perfect September is made." - Virginia Woolf 🎨 Abby Jacobs
Illustration depicting an autumn scene with trees with orange and red foliage, a cottage and a woman feeding chickens and ducks.
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Naomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Vast and Trunkless Leg of Stone, Standing in the Desert from classic poem Ozymandias.
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Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Evergreen thread.
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Lisa Kadonaga @tapirtrouble.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Soft Rains Day. "Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California. Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." RIP Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012
There Will Come Soft Rains
By: Ray Bradbury

In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o 'clock! as if it were afraid that nobody would. The morning house lay empty. The clock ticked on, repeating and repeating its sounds into the emptiness. Seven-nine, breakfast time, seven-nine!
In the kitchen the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunny side up, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees, and two
cool glasses of milk.
"Today is August 4, 2026," said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, "in the city of Allendale, California." It repeated the date three times for memory's sake.
"Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills."

Source:
https://www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_There%20Will%20Come%20Soft%20Rains%20by%20Ray%20Bradbury.pdf
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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
When I say "sorry I already have plans", this is what I mean 🎨 Deborah Hocking
Illustration of a hedgehog reading inside a tree trunk in the woods.
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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Deer in the Forest by German painter Eugen Krüger (1832-1876)
Oil painting depicting a deer in a dark forest on a full moon night.
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Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Simultaneously laughing and horrified.
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⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️ @fiadh.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
i am begging venues & bands to rediscover clipart
your ai flyer looks like shit
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weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
little demon, france, 15th century
a medieval drawing of a goggle-eyed demon falling off the edge of a manuscript margin
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
It’s so hot out I just opened my car door to air it out and some hobbit threw a ring in there
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Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Boarded the plane in the Faroe Islands at 50° f, landed in Raleigh and it was 100° f. 🥵 I'm sure there was a good reason I came home...
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Jim Unwin @jimunwin.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Neolithic hedgehog sculpture
A very round, stylised hedgehog sculpture
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Cam Rogers @camrogers.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Pretending I'm here until further notice.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
“.. We spotted nine Polymarket accounts .. who made collectively $2.4 million betting almost exclusively on U.S. Military operations. .. “.. Now, here is the crazy part. 98% win rates.” @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/media/news/6...
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Ryan Consell @stealingfromwizards.com · 14/05/2026
I met someone who was shocked at how rabidly I despised GenAI. For others curious why writers appear to have an irrationally strong reaction to the chatbots, a rough breakdown of why so many of us are going full luddite: 🧵
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Today is #NationalPenguinDay so we're remembering that time we made a Penguin out of Penguin Books. It's a Penguin Penguin. 🐧
A penguin made of Penguin books
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
“The myth of technological and political and social inevitability is a powerful tranquilizer of the conscience,” wrote Joseph Weizenbaum. Here’s to the growing coalitions refusing the myth of AI technologies’ inevitability in schools!
newyorker.com
What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?
“I find myself speaking with my kids about A.I. in the same terms that we might discuss a creepy neighbor who lives down the block,” Jessica Winter writes. Read her report on the push for A.I. in educ...
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 22/04/2026
I thought this felt relatable
Doctor to patient: "Try to reduce your stress level, and if you somehow succeed please let me know how in God's name you did it."
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Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Absolutely fascinating look at the differences between publishing in Iceland vs publishing in the US. No tyranny of the preorder?!
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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
was once New Amsterdam.
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
happy anniversary of when almost nothing happened
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.
A guy asking ChatGPT to review a series of fart sound effects and getting a serious kiss ass response that calls it atmospheric
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Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Does she? With those eyes, I assume she'll assist me straight to hell. (To be fair, I did actually get the help I needed for once, so maybe hell isn't so bad.)
A deranged AI woman with red eyes smiles maniacally at you, showing just half her face. The text to the right says, "Ask Aurora, your 24/7 account manager. Aurora understands, assists, and resolves your needs at anytime."
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Chris L. @humbari.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Good Morning Moon! Watching Artemis II circle the moon right now. Seems like the best time ever for the appropriate @mariancall.bsky.social music
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Good Morning Moon - Marian Call
YouTube video by Alaska Robotics
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Dr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The Jetsons lied to us
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Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
#NoKingsRaleigh Beautiful day for a protest yesterday.
No Kings protest in Raleigh, woman with long hair wearing a crown with a red circle/line through itWoman with really long hair wearing a crown with a red circle/line through it and holding a sign that says "No US War(s)" at Raleigh No Kings protest.
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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 29/03/2026
A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...
LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as the Statue of Liberty outside a federal building during a ‘Kings Day’ protest. (Connor Sheets/Los Angeles Times)
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 23/03/2026
The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 16/03/2026
This is Poto. Please do not disturb her, she is busy is yearning. 12/10 (IG: bbo.ddo.poo)
a small brown pup with curly fur is lying on her side next to a window. she’s wearing a brown leather collar, and her paws are indistinguishable from within the little curly masses of her legs. her face is smushed up against the glass, making her otherwise rounded form completely flat on one side. she’s gazing down toward street level with a longing in her eyes.
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Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Apply as you see fit today.
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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Another view from the drone of the wonderful Vestrahorn mountain at Stokksnes. #Iceland #DronePhotography #DJIMavic3Pro
Road through an area of black sand dunes with dead grasses on them, surrounded by frozen lagoons. The road leads to the foot of a mountain range to the right, with some snow at the top. There is cloud above the mountain and some blue sky to the right.
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Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Percheron draft horse. I've never met one that wasn't unfailingly chill and polite, and they're massive. The issue might be fitting through the door, though.
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Dave Bagpuss Forsey ☕️ @bagpuss.org · 14/03/2026
Oh god this made me laugh so hard. Watch til the end.
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Paul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Mood over Kirk Fell
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Dane Owens @owendanes.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 11/03/2026
A video game where each run is Gordon Lightfoot going back in time trying to save the Edmund Fitzgerald from the evil gales of November
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Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Unintentionally poetic text from my elderly neighbor, after the weather abruptly warmed up: "I feel like I'm going to live and finally there is a robin in the front yard."
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Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Ah yes, the Edook Fublishing. That's what I've been missing.
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Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I'm just so irked that 1) I wasted half an hour trying to do something that should have taken 2 minutes and 2) we're anthropomorphizing crappy technology as if that will somehow make us more forgiving of its crappiness. "Oh, that's Ashley for you! What a card."
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Stephanie Ricker @quoththegirl.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
After getting stuck in an endless loop with an AI assistant on the phone who couldn't help me ("I can do anything a human representative can do." "You obviously can't!!"), I finally got hold of a human who belly-laughed when I said it (the AI) refused to transfer me. "Oh, her name is Ashley."
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 23/02/2026
Quietly, the Trump administration is now ending even the life-saving aid that they had promised would be preserved Reporting from @hana-kiros.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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The Trump Administration Is Ending Aid That It Says Saves Lives
The State Department will let lifesaving projects expire because “there is no strong nexus between the humanitarian response and U.S. national interests,” according to an internal email.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/02/2026
"why are you against progress" I yell confidently as my sloppily-implemented algorithms prematurely murder your grandma
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UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
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