Steph🪡🐈‍⬛

@skein-of-terror

28, they/them, married, uber-agnostic, leftist. I work in tech, then sometimes I go home and do art. If you post AI slop I will block you.

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Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Jul 16

You know the air quality is bad in Michigan when even the cannabis dispensaries are scaling back their operations.

Screenshot of an email that reads: "We Love Smoke, But Not This Kind

Due to poor air quality from the wildfire smoke, curbside pickup and delivery are paused today at select Michigan stores.

We’re making this call to help keep our team safe and limit the amount of time they need to spend outside breathing this in."

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Jul 8

Funny how you post an SA-defending statement over on the SA-defending hellsite but conveniently decide not to post it here. Disappointing coming from the journalist who helped break the Kavanaugh allegations. Or does consent only matter when it comes to Republican politicians?

Screenshot of a Twitter/X post as follows:

Ryan Grim
@ryangrim

NEW: Politico knew at the time if publication precisely what Jenny Racicot texted to Graham Platner but deliberately omitted it from their article. Racicot, according to the lead Politico reporter on the story, told Platner she "needed her glute massaged." He told her he was coming right over; she told him not to do so, but he came over quickly.

Whether this detail is important to you or not, it is a shocking breach of journalistic ethics by Politico and CNN not to include it in their coverage. Story at Drop Site to follow.

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Jun 30

Without downloading new pics describe your gender

Six-spotted tiger beetle on some woodchips and leaf litter. It is a shiny iridescent green-blue with, ironically, eight white spots on its abdomen.

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Jun 30

Ed Zitron's tech takes are usually correct, but listening to his podcast spikes my cortisol too much, and I've gotta keep my body cortisol-free to keep looksmaxxing bambamramfan.github.io/ai-compass/

Your AI Compass

You are...
The Skeptic
Patron saint: Ed Zitron
It's oversold, it's losing staggering amounts of money, and the harms are arriving faster than the value. You've done the math on the unit economics and it doesn't close. You are loud about this, prolific about this, and you suspect history will vindicate you.

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· May 13

Proud AI-hater ❤️

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· May 7

I have never preordered so fast

Photo of the cover of the book "Phantom Limb" by Brian Evenson. The text below reads:

MASTER OF LITERARY HORROR BRIAN EVENSON RETURNS WITH A LONG-AWAITED FOLLOW-UP TO HIS 2016 NOVEL, LAST DAYS.

Frigid and precise, Phantom Limb interrogates our notions of wholeness, fate, and the lengths we are willing to go to connect with a higher power.

On sale October 13, 2026

CLICK HERE TO PREORDER PHANTOM LIMB

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· May 2

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Apr 17

Adding the sacred texts. #myimmortal #fanfiction #tomodachilife

Side by side comparison of a leatherbound copy of the infamous Harry Potter fanfiction "My Immortal" next to a Nintendo Switch playing Tomodachi Life.

Close-up of the Nintendo Switch, showing a virtual copy of the "My Immortal" book as a custom creation.

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Mar 21

This wild synchronicity in my notifications while I was driving 😭

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Jan 18

Just finished a cross stitch piece this morning! Pattern from the Witchy Stitcher, from a Pride Charity Bundle I bought a couple years ago. #crossstitch #fiberart #goth #pastelgoth #spooky #witchy #art

Cross stitch design on black Aida fabric. It has a pastel purple gradient coffin background, with the words "Queer Goth" in pink Gothic lettering. The design also features a rainbow, bats, upside-down crosses, and the alchemical symbol for sulfur.

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Dec 12

Top of a metal garbage bin in a bathroom stall. Written in Sharpie are the words "Free Palestine Free Congo Free Sudan."

Inside of a red bathroom stall scrawled over in Sharpie with "Dump your conservative boyfriend!"

Drawing on a paper sign in a bathroom stall of a weird cringing cat cartoon saying "OK." Next to it are the words "Bianca + Matt."

The poster taking a selfie in a bathroom stall. They have brownish hair, glasses, dark makeup, and are wearing a black shirt, black jeans, and a floral jacket.

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Dec 6

Cross stitch ornaments that I made for my family for Christmas this year! They're based on Polish folk embroidery patterns. Designs modified for size from lamusdworski.wordpress.com/2016/10/02/e... #embroidery #crossstitch #art #fiberart #christmas #crafts

Three miniature embroidery hoops with a different design in each one: red flowers with green leaves and stems, a geometric gold and red design, and a green wreath with red and purple flowers

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Nov 22

One of my jumping spiders finally came out of molting and is so. Shiny. Now.

Close-up of a black and white regal jumping spider with shimmery blue-green chelicerae

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Nov 1

For Halloween my husband @nathanandersonart.bsky.social and I went as Ben Ravencroft and Velma from Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost

The poster, Steph (right), and their husband, Nathan (left), posing for a picture in their Halloween costumes. Nathan is wearing glasses, a black shirt, a brown blazer, tan dress pants, and brown shoes. He has dark hair pulled back in a ponytail, and he has a goatee. Steph is wearing glasses, an orange sweater, a red skirt, orange socks, and black loafers. They have light brown hair in a bob.

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Oct 18

I tried some simple #linocut printing for the first time ever and I think they turned out pretty okay! #Halloween #fall #autumn

A series of four linocut prints from the same carving, two each on two different sheets of paper, depicting a cat in silhouette sitting on a pumpkin. The top paper is a deep reddish orange, while the bottom is more tangerine. The prints are in black ink.

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Oct 10

Updated Pocket Camp card for the season! Feel free to drop yours below #acpc #pocketcamp #animalcrossing #campercard #campercards

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Sep 30

Me and the guy I had a massive crush on in tenth grade

Steph next to the Edgar Allan Poe statue in Boston, Massachusetts. Steph has brown hair and glasses and is wearing all black. The statue is made of weathered green copper. It depicts Edgar Allan Poe walking with suitcases in one hand, his coat blowing behind him. He is flanked by a large raven.

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Sep 28

Some details from graves at the Old Burial Hill cemetery in Marblehead, MA

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Sep 6

As much of a maelstrom as our constantly ever-changing world is nowadays, I have but one anchor, one rock I can return to that has remained since my childhood: the Bass Pro Shop shooting arcade

An indoor shooting arcade game with the facade of a dilapidated wooden building and small targets on various objects, like taxidermy, barrels, and more

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Sep 6

For me, nothing good probably.

A list of favorite movies from Letterboxd featuring American Psycho (2000), Suspiria (2018), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), and House (1977)

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Sep 1

Good shit.

Screenshot of a Lettetboxd review of the movie Friendship (2024.) It's rated four and a half stars.

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Aug 24

You mean the DNC is admitting in their email this morning that they could have been doing more this whole time and chose not to? This is not the message that's going to win over voters. Do fucking better lmfao.

Screenshot from a fundraising email from the Democratic Party. It reads:

"Donald Trump is so terrified about Republicans losing power next year that he’s trying to rig the game at halftime with gerrymandered maps in places like Texas.

For months, we promised that if Republicans wanted a showdown, they would get a showdown.

Well, last week, Gavin Newsom and California Democrats sent a booming message to the entire country: We are done fighting with one arm tied behind our back."

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Aug 23

Pictures from the true crime and politics sections at John K. King Books North in Ferndale, MI today

A graphic affixed to a full wooden bookshelf that reads "Your neighbor kills puppies"

Headline stapled to a bookshelf that reads, "Jan. 6 Rioter Who Sprayed Wasp Killer Pleads Guilty"

Headline stapled to a bookshelf that reads, "Inside the MAGAverse"

Picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger on a bookshelf. He is in a bathtub full of bubbles, smiling and holding up a cigar. The caption below him reads, "Biggest Hunk, Taken: Arnold Schwarzenegger."

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Aug 23

Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion (I was an absolute wuss as a child)

The cover art for the computer game "Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion," featuring an illustration of a blue-shaded Victorian mansion

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Aug 18

Working on a pattern from Witchy Stitcher from a Pride bundle I bought maybe... two years ago now?

A work-in-progress cross stitch piece with black evenweave fabric and colorful pastel stitches

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Aug 9

For #Caturday: not my cat, but a friendly fella I met at my BIL's apartment complex this week

A fluffy cat with white, brown, and black markings, and a big fluffy dark tail. It is lying on its side and looking over at someone off-camera.

That same cat with one of its back legs over its head. Its face is blurry and seems to be mid-lick with its pink tongue sticking out.

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Aug 6

These vibes are all about to make me act up at work

A screenshot of the site ghoststudy.com in 2004 taken from the Wayback Machine. It has a black background with white, green, and purple text.

A purple menu in the left sidebar has links to different pages, like Galleries, Archives, Stories, Community, and more. Below that is a picture of a scared-looking girl with her hair in the air, overlaid with text saying, "How to submit Your chilling photos." And below that are advertisements for ghost hunting gear.

In the left sidebar are a variety of pictures linking to other pages and external sites. A collection of links under that go to different ghost-related topics, like "Queen Mary Ship," "Bourbon Street," and "Theater cams."

The middle of the page has links and descriptions of pages with galleries, message boards, and paranormal news.

An image of the school supplies section of a Target, taken back when Target had neon lights on the walls. In this section can be seen notebooks, glue, art supplies, pencil pouches, scissors, and more.

A grainy sepia-toned image of a UFO, looking kind of like a diamond stretched horizontally.

A wooden dining room table and chairs decorated for Halloween. The tablecloth has patches of purple, yellow, green, and black squares with images of jack o lanterns and pumpkins in them. There are four glass jars of candy on the table. In the center of the table is a candlestick with three candles and a skull. On either side are statues, one of a black cat and a jack o lantern, and the other of a ghost, owl, tree, and jack o lantern.

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Jul 18

Big things are in the works, and by big things I mean Phantom of the Paradise blinkies for my Neocities site

A blinkie with two pictures of Beef from the movie Phantom of the Paradise. The text in the center reads "BEEF."

A blinkie with a picture of the masked Winslow/Phantom from the movie Phantom of the Paradise against a red base. The text reads, "PHOENIX!!!"

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Jul 11

This is the funniest fucking thing I've read in a while

"While there may be uncontroversial explanations for the metadata artifacts, such as stitching together multiple days of footage during compilation, or the routine export of surveillance footage to an mp4 format, the FBI did not respond to specific questions about the file’s processing, instead referring WIRED to the DOJ. The DOJ in turn referred inquiries back to the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons. The BOP did not respond to a request for comment."

Steph🪡🐈‍⬛@skein-of-terror· Jul 11

Men, what's stopping you from dressing like Dustin Hoffman in Straight Time?