Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 10hHi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent 10857511754
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardKatie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 10/10/2026the fundamental thing wrong with this ai-driven "hyper personalization" pipe dream is that your preferences are constantly changing, primarily in response to experiencing things that are different from your current preferences and expectations, through this little-known process called Living. 431805321
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardBut Thou Mustelid @rewhan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Totodile doing his best to explain how Debt Equity becomes more expensive the more debt gets leveraged. 0246
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardHigh Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 09/10/2026by all means, AI evangelists: leave me behind, off with you, godspeed, don’t let the door hit you news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...news.berkeley.eduUsing AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley NewsA UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life. 191465486
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance Owlbard⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️ @fiadh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026🎨 upcycled_vintage_art 4421104
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardKara Buchanan 🏳️⚧️ @magicariot.com · 09/10/2026seriously though every single penny the wealthy want us to spend on making the arena fancier for billionaires should be going to schools and Trimet and such and we are gonna need to drive every loser who thinks differently out of office 18316
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardKara Buchanan 🏳️⚧️ @magicariot.com · 09/10/2026sitting down to watch family television in the united states of america 517148
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities 207125813123
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardCatherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 07/10/2026You know what? I’m feeling generous today. This is Chapter 13 of Space Opera, justifying why in the world sentience would be determined via an interstellar battle of the bands. 215646
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardA Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 06/10/2026I M D E A D 310322
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Outsourcing your hobby or pasttime is the ultimate sad person behavior. That's a level of depression I can't comprehend. You can't find joy in any damn thing at that point. 20974126
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance Owlbarddonoteat @donoteat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026lotta people out here bragging about "training models" but why do that when you can model trains 252837549
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardLeaf~ @leaftilde.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Gonna be honest, gang. The moment you convince people you can make a machine who is conscious and capable of suffering, that is the moment you should be introduced to John Brown's blade for thinking you can sell that person. 14710190
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardKara Buchanan 🏳️⚧️ @magicariot.com · 03/10/2026If you’ve loved my books I highly recommend you read the start of Rowan’s new Jade Evergreen college years spinoff series. It’s really great and a perfect fleshing out of Jade’s life that gets a big thumbs up from her creator 🥰 13317
Zahra Huselid, Freelance Owlbard @zahra-the-bard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Happy Bandcamp Friday – maybe pick up one of my OWLBARD albums and treat yourself to some primo dungeon synth/gamer bloops! Special mention to my BattleTech-inspired EP, CALLSIGN: BATTLEBARD, which has a track a friend described as "the most transfemme-coded thing ever"owlbard.bandcamp.comCallsign: BattleBard, by owlbard7 track album 000
Zahra Huselid, Freelance Owlbard @zahra-the-bard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Damn, girl, are you covered in sharp bony protrusions that serve as an allegory for a fear of intimacy, or are you just happy to see me? 020
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance Owlbardesselfortium 🏳️⚧️ | Not Yet is out! @esselfortium.bsky.social · 02/10/2026it's #BandcampFriday once again, and i released a new album yesterday! Not Yet was composed entirely on an old Mac II from 1987 (pictured in attached video), and it's full of nostalgic tones and rich harmonies (also pictured here) check it out: esselfortium.bandcamp.com/album/not-yet 36334
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardNo Context Squirrel Girl 🏳️⚧️ @squirrelgirlooc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#SquirrelGirl Infinity Comic 001 0156
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardAlisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026New penguin. New cat. The world is fucking amazing, you guys. Stop assuming it's lost. 24413
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardKara Buchanan 🏳️⚧️ @magicariot.com · 29/09/2026I got two job rejections today to start my week off, unfortunately. I appreciate all of your support. If you'd like to help, the best way is to buy my books and spread the word to other folks. If you love magical girls, trans women, and lesbians, you'll probably love them too. magicariot.com/buy 311372
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance Owlbardmiss fern (scary) 🏳️⚧️🎃 @miss-fern.bsky.social · 28/09/2026i should be able to spin around like an animal crossing villager and instantly be in whatever outfit i pick out 627328
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardPortalrealm @portalrealm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today, 39 years ago, a beautiful ship glided through space. 17216
Zahra Huselid, Freelance Owlbard @zahra-the-bard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Post a music video that always cheers you upyoutu.beGnome - Wenceslas (Official Video)YouTube video by POLDERRECORDS 010
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 27/09/2026You taught me language, and my profit on’t Is, I know how to curse. 443684
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance Owlbardscreamysalami @squeamysalami.bsky.social · 24/09/2026good morning bluesky friends ❤️ 71045385
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardJosh Rosenau @joshrosenau.org · 27/09/2026Read this thread and ask yourself if the people who have appointed themselves as experts on AI “safety” actually understand that word in the way normal humans do. 37418
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance Owlbard🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We live in an increasingly isolationist culture that encourages you to be emotionally stunted. Books and stories should be about experiencing minds different from yours. They should expand your empathy and emotional intelligence. But that doesn't happen if the reaction is constantly this: 433877
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardHaus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 27/09/2026 6850051059
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardKimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026But I need to smile more. 717143696316
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/09/2026S i g h . 7743172
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardThe Booooobarienne @thebarbarienne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026now with alt-text 010151
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardInnerSpiral (the scary version) @innerspiral.lol · 25/09/2026a long day for a hero 251949497
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance Owlbardthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Jackie Jackson died two days ago. His death did not get the fanfare that the big celebrities get but I assure you he was no less than any of them: a titan astride the earth. In this thread, a few of the songs he played bass on. You know these songs. You know their bass parts. youtu.be/DKVB_CtU8XQyoutu.bePressure DropYouTube video by Toots & The Maytals - Topic 211061361
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardKara Buchanan 🏳️⚧️ @magicariot.com · 25/09/2026it is a crucial recurring theme in every depiction of Nova where it comes up: that trans magical girl drummer's got heckin great gams (that make a certain agender cutie short-circuit) 619054
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardAustin Lee Matthews 🐭 @amtrax.bsky.social · 25/09/2026if I can live under the poverty line and still quit a voice over job mid-session because I found out the "writer" used GenAI, you can afford to not buy/play a game that uses GenAI. 51504440
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardEnsign Ro(wan) @rowanchurch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I finally defeated my inner critic and published a novella! 22k words of 80s magical girl action with an urban fantasy twist! 34218
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026When you want to write, "The AI wants to hurt people," remember that you mean to write, "The AI company profits off of hurting people." 1370176
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardDylan Macri, Cadhla182, Commissions Open @dylanmacri.bsky.social · 11/02/2026 2181032911
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardMatt Aytch Taylor @matthtaylor.com · 23/09/2026this is why the probe tries to destroy the planet in Star Trek IV the Voyage Home 1323
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardEnsign Ro(wan) @rowanchurch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Evergreen Mode: Authorized! The Education of Jade Evergreen Book 1: The Elk Hunters is out NOW! 🦌 Elk 🏹 Archery 📚 A University Setting 🥞 Pancakes 🎤 Magical Girl Action 👯♀️ Old friends 🍦 Yogurt Follow Jade to college and find out how Portland became weird! Good luck. magicariot.com/jadeevergree...magicariot.comThe Education of Jade Evergreen - Part One: The Elk Hunters - Magica Riot - The Official SiteNovels about Portland's hard-rocking queer magical girls, Magica Riot. 910543
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance Owlbardrock robster @plounce.bsky.social · 23/09/2026#catcrumb 940461294
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardSteve E. Tricks @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 23/09/2026happy bi visibility day from the nobody believes you hand sofa 222477789
Reposted by Zahra Huselid, Freelance OwlbardMatthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026PSA: If you have an older base level Mac DO NOT update to the new Mac OS. It's packed with AI stuff and it might very well just overload your storage. I've been wrestling with it for two days and am going to have to wind back to the previous OS just so I can use my computer. 15297147