They started following me, but with genAI headshots and everything.

My Traderius Joseph’s didn’t have this in stock tonight. Boo. It was very good, and I shared some with my cleaning crew and neighbors. 😞 Highly recommend if you can find it. It’s seasonal, so stock up. Will make a good mocktail or cocktail too.

For posterity: the last few paragraphs (I refuse to link, but a search of her brand name on here will bring up someone posting a link of her Patreon; tired of her clout-chasing).

If you ever see this artist, she’s AI. Wasn’t paying attention at first due to work, but then heard some tinny, overprocessed notes, looked her up, confirmed and blocked. Her name is Joy Rhodes.

When the AI imagery labeler shows who you are, before your defense of AI flyers does.

Hmm. This account doesn’t follow me, but replied to me (only seen in my mentions) even though my thread permissions don’t let them (a sign of bot behavior; bots ignore the rule/code). I do know they’re real, because I’ve seen them around, so this is definitely a hacked account.

Couldn’t find anything of the sort, but she was/is into bitcoin/crypto.

Once I saw this reply, I was out. Very reminiscent of the transracial adoptee conversation.

Also, a bot replied to this conversation (can find these in the Mentions feed, not the one built into the app). Useless twaddle. This is what people are using hardware and data centers for. 😒

You probably blocked them, or they blocked you.

Interesting! This is what I get:

Block of the day/night/whatever. @/dangayman.bsky.social: blaming the Black owner (and the Knicks?!) for the loss of her dog to the police. Y’all are quite misanthropic people, all in the name of loving dogs. Be better, please. In the meantime, don’t come near me.

Some of y’all really set up scripts to reply with the most milquetoast genAI text, specifically regarding topics of human rights like how Black people are treated in this country. It really needs to be studied. You could’ve just liked and moved on. Aiding pollution and inequity for what?

Never thought of it that way. I usually think they show up because *I* miss them. Lately, Logan’s face has been popping up in my head. Which makes sense (he used to wake up and watch me work): I had a lot of work this month and I felt he was looking (out) for me. Maybe he misses me too. 🥹

They don’t live too long, and her life was cut short by an unexpected illness. 🥺 Devastated me. But she was the most gorgeous hedgehog (they all were, but her coloring was amazing—melanin does cool things!) I’ve had in my life and the closest (had to be near me often). Our memories will live on.

Thank you. Profile pic based off my second hedgehog, who was awfully cute. You would’ve loved her.

Kosé Cosmeport UV Suncut if you have a Japanese store near you. Or Trader Joe’s body sunscreen. I use both and can vouch (UV Suncut’s water resistance lasts for longer so I swim with it on).

Of course. Stfu. This is what the Internet is, now. Unwanted interactions.

She was referring to something else, but I’m glad @/christianaama pointed this out re: 🇳🇬 culture. If you seek another form of self-actualization, fellow woman, be prepared to fight for it. I’d say the same is true for many other West African cultures.

Picked up the TJ’s Skinceuticals Vitamin C dupe earlier. At this price point ($9.99), it doesn’t hurt to try. I’ll update with my thoughts by summer’s end, or whenever I look in the mirror and go “wow!” at the result. #blackgurlchat #skincare

show me a picture that captures your essence [Hedgie was asleep, not dead. He was out like a light, tho.]

It just leapt out in the comments. Under a discussion about Iran. Under this antisemitic comment, no less. I’m just saddened (not surprised) at the bigotry.

One day you’re just minding your business and come across antisemitic screeds like this. Wtf? It’s baked-in beliefs like this that have me sitting outside the red doors these days.

If bots can just bypass thread-replying rules altogether, what’s the point? This is a hidden bot reply to my recent post (I can see them thanks to the Mentions feed run by @/flicknow.xyz). About to block them to smithereens. Please hold.

Proof of the unban double-tap. They really said “oops, sorry, oops” in the time it took for me to read my email, try to log in and see my account was…deactivated?!

Just threw me in the slammer for what? NOTHING. I will never forget this mess. NEVER. 😡😡😡

Nothing. It was a non-Black account using that AddtoBlackSky hashtag. I just quoted them. Then realized I didn’t want them to see me at all. I think their username was cullavagga or something like tha.

Something something when you suspend/ban me, this is who you’re suspending/banning. [A pic of my second hedgehog. Wasn‘t she adorable?]

Anyway, since I’m here in suspension land… I remember looking up stuff about baseball on this social media network months ago, and coming across this tripe out of the blue. Who thinks of other people’s bodies like this? If you believe this, stay away from me, please.

In the event it goes bye-bye.