Ruby Quail

@quail.bsky.social

pretty artist designer, and technologist with red hair, I make gay art and write code for @acmilabs.bsky.social,🏳️‍⚧️ girl, (she/her) https://rubyquail.design (also @rubyquaildesign elsewhere)

issuing threats, insults & pitching tantrums bc people dislike the tool you like is just one of the most embarrassing things i can imagine more embarrassing than shitting your pants in public, bc sharts come to us all in time this is more like… a defecation of the soul. self-worth-arrhea

Today’s the day that the EHRC code of practice comes into effect, containing Labour’s Bathroom Ban. It is designed to scare service providers into enforcing a ban on trans people using toilets and changing rooms the Labour government knows it cannot enforce itself. #BogOff

You may have seen the news about KMart's smart glasses selling out. Smart glasses are being marketed as a lifestyle accessory but they're actually covert recording devices that anyone can buy off the shelf; we should be treating them that way.

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Presenting a new illustration by Kuroimori to celebrate FFXIV's launch on the Nintendo Switch™ 2! ✨ A very warm welcome to all the new Warriors of Light starting their journey in Eorzea 🌱❤️

An illustration of G'raha Tia from Final Fantasy 14 Online sitting in front of old tomes while holding a handheld gaming device and smiling at the viewer. A moogle looks over his shoulder from behind at the device. Art by Kuroimori.

The slop is bad but my specific ai use case (usually programming, but also occasionally a thousand other things) is fine crowd are very interesting because I think they are now finding out how viscerally a lot of young people hate the tech. I don’t understand how they haven’t realised till now.

It's weird, when you look back on the coverage of Jackie Robinson integrating Major League Baseball, there weren't a lot of these sympathetic pieces about the fans practicing their rights of freedom of speech by screaming the N-word at him. Progress!

The Athletic@theathletic.com · 4d ago

Speaking for the first time since ralliers began assembling in support of her stance against transgender participation in women’s sports, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said this was an opportunity for the WNBA to uphold its values of diversity and inclusion. nyti.ms/4fHr4Qn

I’ll admit the response to Hank green saying “hey this tool I’ve used for research with documented bad psychological effects from it’s over use is giving me it’s bad psychological effects” being “how dare he be shamed for using the technology I like” is… very revealing.

there's plenty of restaurants in this town, but the owner of the sandwich shop downtown hates me, says he's gonna kill me, and has a sign up on the wall saying that 5 cents out of every sandwich order will go towards buying bullets to shoot me with.

🌈 2010. 🎶 Erasure's Always plays as you mash Z, chasing that high score 🏆 and your best sparkly unicorn life 🦄 ROBOT UNICORN ATTACK still runs thanks to preservation & emulation via Ruffle. Flash is gone 👋, but your favorite games don't have to be. 🌐 Play it now! archive.org/details/robo...

WannaCry is the new “good time”, I see what both artists are bringing, but the song absolutely plays to one artist’s strengths (Nina’s) which sort of makes it a lil awkward sounding