Thea van Diepen 🌳📚
@theavandiepen.bsky.social
Author of fantasy and sci fi, lover of languages, "yes we could definitely put more trees in this book"
They/them 🏳️🌈
https://theavandiepen.com/links
They/them 🏳️🌈
https://theavandiepen.com/links
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Next Friday, I’ll be interviewing @piperstrangeart.bsky.social live on YouTube!
To find out what time it’s starting in your timezone, head on over here: www.youtube.com/live/3ruUlLY...
To find out what time it’s starting in your timezone, head on over here: www.youtube.com/live/3ruUlLY...
The livestream is done, but you can still catch the recording via the same link!
Thanks to everyone who came live- it was a lot of fun! And for folks watching the recording, I hope you enjoy 😊
Thanks to everyone who came live- it was a lot of fun! And for folks watching the recording, I hope you enjoy 😊
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CONTROL (2019)
Genuinely concerned about what's happening to the space-time continuum in this toilet.
October 4, 2026 at 3:40 PM
CONTROL (2019)
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“Oh, you need your precious Chatbot to help you be creative? These freaks made a giant, tactile troll by hand that has taken up residence as my new sleep paralysis demon, born of their own sick minds.” The best review I’ve ever received. 😭🤌🏼
THE TRAVELER & THE TROLL is nine minutes of dark fantasy puppet goodness starring Erika Ishii.
THE TRAVELER & THE TROLL: Check Out This Awesome Short With a Giant Puppet
THE TRAVELER & THE TROLL is nine minutes of dark fantasy puppet goodness starring Erika Ishii.
dlvr.it
October 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
“Oh, you need your precious Chatbot to help you be creative? These freaks made a giant, tactile troll by hand that has taken up residence as my new sleep paralysis demon, born of their own sick minds.” The best review I’ve ever received. 😭🤌🏼
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if I worked at the secret government agency tasked with suppressing unknowable extradimensional horrors I wouldn't complain so much after finding out my fate is sealed because the unknowable extradimensional horrors have escaped. I would already be emotionally prepared for that
October 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
if I worked at the secret government agency tasked with suppressing unknowable extradimensional horrors I wouldn't complain so much after finding out my fate is sealed because the unknowable extradimensional horrors have escaped. I would already be emotionally prepared for that
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"we can't make video games without AI" only makes sense if you think video games were invented about three years ago.
anyway, here's doom played on an old calculator powered by potatoes
anyway, here's doom played on an old calculator powered by potatoes
October 3, 2026 at 6:47 AM
"we can't make video games without AI" only makes sense if you think video games were invented about three years ago.
anyway, here's doom played on an old calculator powered by potatoes
anyway, here's doom played on an old calculator powered by potatoes
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the three genders
September 3, 2024 at 1:41 PM
the three genders
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Twenty years ago when we’d winter on Maui the local rag had a police blotter section that usually included vehicle incidents. That’s where I became familiar with the construction “car went huli” which has actually gotta be the best form of things doing things ever.
*huli: roll over or flip
*huli: roll over or flip
September 28, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Twenty years ago when we’d winter on Maui the local rag had a police blotter section that usually included vehicle incidents. That’s where I became familiar with the construction “car went huli” which has actually gotta be the best form of things doing things ever.
*huli: roll over or flip
*huli: roll over or flip
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one of my most sacred & cringe book release rituals is to buy something that matches the cover and honestly i crushed it this time
September 28, 2026 at 5:08 PM
one of my most sacred & cringe book release rituals is to buy something that matches the cover and honestly i crushed it this time
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no one should use this thing but I just cannot stress enough that you have to stay away from it if you’re a practicing attorney
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to:
appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
appleinsider.com
September 29, 2026 at 12:58 AM
no one should use this thing but I just cannot stress enough that you have to stay away from it if you’re a practicing attorney
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fun fact: one of the things that made me decide "no, I will get an actual diagnosis", rather than just assuming, was the subtitle of a thread about ADHD on the SomethingAwful forums because it hit so hard it hurt
it was along the lines of "if you were lazy, you would be having fun"
it was along the lines of "if you were lazy, you would be having fun"
for fucking REAL. the depth of trauma for those undiagnosed with ADHD is real. not just the way we feel like we're constantly failing (because everyone is telling us we are) but not understanding WHY because we have no context to understand other people aren't struggling with the things we are.
Been avoiding this but it’s Super Important to have access to knowledge & experience w neurodivergence ASAP. A big source of lifetime torture among people with ADHD roots from inability to contextualize & put into words what we are experiencing both within & from how the outside world responds to us
September 27, 2026 at 10:07 PM
fun fact: one of the things that made me decide "no, I will get an actual diagnosis", rather than just assuming, was the subtitle of a thread about ADHD on the SomethingAwful forums because it hit so hard it hurt
it was along the lines of "if you were lazy, you would be having fun"
it was along the lines of "if you were lazy, you would be having fun"
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I don't mean what I'm about to say in a sappy way, but a fairly hard-nosed one: natural ecosystems are often remarkably good at recovering from serious local natural disasters *if they are given the chance.*
We now have rigorous pooled data showing that even without active restoration efforts, cleared rainforest can rebound to 75% of their former species composition and 90% of species diversity within just thirty years. #goodnews
Rainforest biodiversity rebounds within a single generation | The Optimist Daily
A major Ecuador study finds cleared rainforests can recover 90 percent of their species diversity in just 30 years, as long as humans leave the land alone.
www.optimistdaily.com
September 26, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I don't mean what I'm about to say in a sappy way, but a fairly hard-nosed one: natural ecosystems are often remarkably good at recovering from serious local natural disasters *if they are given the chance.*
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Wage theft is the biggest form of theft. And because employers force their employees onto poverty assistance, it's also a theft of your tax money.
The robber barons love it when you blame the people they decided to rob.
www.epi.org/publication/...
The robber barons love it when you blame the people they decided to rob.
www.epi.org/publication/...
September 27, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Wage theft is the biggest form of theft. And because employers force their employees onto poverty assistance, it's also a theft of your tax money.
The robber barons love it when you blame the people they decided to rob.
www.epi.org/publication/...
The robber barons love it when you blame the people they decided to rob.
www.epi.org/publication/...
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Fake. USDA. Seals.
Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports.
We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no?
www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...
Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports.
We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no?
www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...
Interactive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labels
Pork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for.
www.scrippsnews.com
September 25, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Fake. USDA. Seals.
Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports.
We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no?
www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...
Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports.
We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no?
www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...
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the best part about this is that you can then read all the code that makes up muse, and it's like five shell scripts and an extremely lengthy prompt telling it how to make absofuckinglutely sure that it knows how and what you want to shop for.
Incredible scenes from Meta. Apparently you can prompt inject their Muse agent into giving you a root shell on the box it's running on by roleplaying that you are actually the Muse agent itself.
jonny (nonvenomous) (@[email protected])
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Not only confirming this, its extremely easy. Almost no prompt injection resistance lmao
neuromatch.social
September 25, 2026 at 8:17 PM
the best part about this is that you can then read all the code that makes up muse, and it's like five shell scripts and an extremely lengthy prompt telling it how to make absofuckinglutely sure that it knows how and what you want to shop for.
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Help 50501 & @voffund.bsky.social honor Dolly Parton’s legacy on 9-to-5 Day! We all miss Dolly, so pour yourself a cup of ambition, channel that energy, & follow her lead by helping support child literacy, free libraries, & mutual aid drives.
#DollyParton #DollyDay #NineToFive #ImaginationLibrary
#DollyParton #DollyDay #NineToFive #ImaginationLibrary
September 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Help 50501 & @voffund.bsky.social honor Dolly Parton’s legacy on 9-to-5 Day! We all miss Dolly, so pour yourself a cup of ambition, channel that energy, & follow her lead by helping support child literacy, free libraries, & mutual aid drives.
#DollyParton #DollyDay #NineToFive #ImaginationLibrary
#DollyParton #DollyDay #NineToFive #ImaginationLibrary
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Okay - this one didn’t make me cackle but did make me stop and say “oh shit”
September 24, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Okay - this one didn’t make me cackle but did make me stop and say “oh shit”
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sometime i feel the word disability tax doesnt fully describe the egregious dehumanization disabled folks constantly have to deal with. its the never-ending administrative violence on top of other forms of violence, that makes you physically and mentally unwell.
September 23, 2026 at 9:04 PM
sometime i feel the word disability tax doesnt fully describe the egregious dehumanization disabled folks constantly have to deal with. its the never-ending administrative violence on top of other forms of violence, that makes you physically and mentally unwell.
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Your feed now contains one Red Deer and several complimentary ferns. Enjoy.
September 24, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Your feed now contains one Red Deer and several complimentary ferns. Enjoy.
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my cousin's neighbor's horses got out last night and decided to go for a swim
she texted me this and i think you should see it
she texted me this and i think you should see it
July 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
my cousin's neighbor's horses got out last night and decided to go for a swim
she texted me this and i think you should see it
she texted me this and i think you should see it
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I'm seeing more friends get the fall vaccines (hooray!) and also please take a look at this suggested histamine protocol!
The updated COVID/histamine link thread because people keep tagging me in to explain it and I keep intending to update the post from 2023 (synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html) and just not having the capacity because of my own health shit so here is a thread I can pin
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synecdochic.dreamwidth.org
September 23, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I'm seeing more friends get the fall vaccines (hooray!) and also please take a look at this suggested histamine protocol!
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Happy mushroom season!
September 22, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Happy mushroom season!
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The bread is perfect, the bread is warm, well-risen; the bread, golden, is baked to perfection, the delicacies are a pleasure in my hands. (OGC)
September 22, 2026 at 10:15 PM
The bread is perfect, the bread is warm, well-risen; the bread, golden, is baked to perfection, the delicacies are a pleasure in my hands. (OGC)
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some creatures you might find in the woods.
September 22, 2026 at 3:37 PM
some creatures you might find in the woods.
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Surveillance tech named Rock, developed by a company with the name Alcatraz
Satire is dead
Satire is dead
for anyone wondering, this Ai surveillance hardware is being installed at the University of Kentucky, not in the UK.
the company’s name is a fucking nightmare.
the company’s name is a fucking nightmare.
September 22, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Surveillance tech named Rock, developed by a company with the name Alcatraz
Satire is dead
Satire is dead
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I got this amazing video of one of my ghost shrimp, you can actually see it's heart and stomach (orange sac in the head) undulating like a lava lamp 🦐
September 22, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I got this amazing video of one of my ghost shrimp, you can actually see it's heart and stomach (orange sac in the head) undulating like a lava lamp 🦐