Robynn

@robynn.bsky.social

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Quite fond of yarn, coffee and books. The exact order may vary.

An AI generated image of a snowy landscape with a Greenland flag. A penguin holding an American flag is walking away from the camera, holding hands with what appears to be Donald Trump
Screenshot of promotional text for an AI knitting/crochet app promising to, among other things, teach the user any stitch pattern based on only a photo; explain any pattern step by step (once the pattern is uploaded to Yarnpal); identify mistakes, and generate new patterns.
The very beautiful graphic novel Mamo by Sas Milledge.
These systems use mathematical probabilities to guess the best response, not a strict set of rules defined by human engineers. So they make a certain number of mistakes. "Despite our best efforts, they will always hallucinate," said Amr Awadallah, the chief executive of Vectara, a start-up that builds AI tools for businesses, and a former Google executive. "That will never go away."
A tray of assorted beads, wires, tools etc. There are no instructions. There is no plan.
Freshly picked strawberries in the field where they grew
A shuttered window in the wall of a well weathered hut, with a little ivy trailing from the bottom.
A pair of scissors lie open over a piece of Fair Isle knitting, ready to cut into it. A knitterly nightmare, and a technique goal almost achieved.
Am I supposed to lead or step back? Does "manly" mean just one thing, and should I still chase it? It's hard to figure out what it means to be strong without being "toxic", confident but not arrogant, assertive but not overbearing. Are we meant to shrink so others can rise? Is it always zero-sum? It's confusing.
Large plant trough viewed from above, holding tall yellow daffodils, dark purple leaves of astilbe and in the back, periwinkle groundcover with small blue/purple flowers.
Große Doppeltür aus Holz mit Verzierung aus Messing und Kolomne aus Marmor, etwa in klassische Stil.
A tote bag with stylish illustration advertising The Teapot Trust.
The egg, now bitten into, is revealed to be hollow with a thick layer of chocolate under the outer coating of white sugar.
Two boxes of white eggs. These are however not natural eggs.
A hand-written thank you note signed "Guro & Endre" is held in mid-air, allowing a cartoon sketch of Guro and Endre themselves to be seen beneath it.
Fabric is in the process of being cut out for a sewing project. A cat reclines thereon. Fabric WAS in the process of being cut out...
A multicoloured rectangular shawl is pinned out on floor mats, next to a table covered in sewing pattern bits.
Forsythia in bloom - just so much yellow.
Woman wearing handknit sweater and cowl (um, and leggings) under a boiled wool coat. It is a strong look, even if the woman says so herself.
A normal looking (but plastic) egg box containing six normal looking (but actually sugar) white eggs.
Map of Bundestag election results in only rural districts and small cities. Former East Germany is almost entirely blue (AfD), former West Germany almost entirely black (CDU).
The re-election of Trump has demonstrated resoundingly the weaknesses of Harris’s brand of feminism, even as it has precipitated crises in every aspect of American life that demand a feminist response.
Screencap text: 'My God, you know, it’s a scary time,” Lewis told me, when I asked her what comes next for feminism, “but I suppose one might optimistically say that the lay of the land now becomes a little clearer.'
Three pictures in a row: in the centre is the original still life painting. To the left is a messy, colourful splotchy mess. To the right is an uncompleted copy showing a jug, melon and unfinished eggplant in rich detail; more items are just pencilled in.
Badge showing my Bluesky number of 430,937
"See no evil" monkey emoji
Fire emoji with alien face
shushing emoji but red and frowning!
floods of tears emoji with but a single giant eye
Extremely handsome black cat with closed eyes looking smug in pile of cushions