AErchivist πŸ’₯🧷

AErchivist πŸ’₯🧷

@aerchivist.bsky.social

he/they VTuber, artist, musician, & video essayist Twitch + YouTube Partner Trans, Punk, Anarchist twitch.tv/aerchivist youtube.com/@aerchivist πŸ“§ - aerchivist@outlook.com Pfp by gracklegoof!!!

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Thank you, Fest 🀘 I needed this. Thank you for reminding me of how beautiful the world is, and of everything I fight for. Keep making music, keep performing, keep loving each other. See you next year! #Fest24

Spoiler for this week's schedule - I'll be helping to close out this year's Trans Heart October Raid Train! Be sure to support everyone else taking part in the meantime! Be there or GET BIT!!!

Trans Lifeline@translifeline.org

The Trans Heart October Raid Train is live now through the 31st!! An incredible collaboration of over 80 creators in relay for 157 straight hours of content in support of our life saving work! Every view helps build momentum-- tune in literally anytime (including right now!) at peer2peer.live!

My anger towards flock cameras and the growing surveillance state is only louder with the knowledge that the FBI used them to track me down last year. If you have any doubt that this technology will be used to harm marginalized artists - it's already happening.

Honestly, the greatest sources of hope I find are consistently among my fellow punks. Random strangers giving out food and clothes and resources for the joy of it, no questions asked. I know mutual aid is a band-aid solution over larger systemic problems, but this is what love looks like to me.

Thanks to Feed The Scene and Free Food Gainesville for the snacks and pleasant conversations. To every neighborhood punk or local group caring for their communities, keep up the hard work. Y'all remind me of how much there is worth fighting for.

Last year, I was doxxed. To the point that someone showed up at my former address with intent to harm me. And when that didn't work, they sent the FBI to harass me. It forever urks me how difficult it is to maintain anonymity as a creator. I hope we find the tools to make it possible someday.

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Midterms are around the corner in the US, and while we are not fixing a broken system through electoral politics, those in power would not be trying so hard to strip your right to vote if it meant nothing. Early voting is open in most states and mail-in ballot applications close soon - go vote!

This week's a weird one - largely because I'll be away FESTing this weekend! I'll miss y'all while I'm gone, but I'm ready for a weekend of high energy shenanigans and catharsis. Thursdays are usually my rest nights, but I'm making a rare exception for a chill DIY Night before I say goodbye πŸ’š

Thank you SO MUCH for the support, we've reached nearly 200 responses in less than 2 days!! I have more than enough data to work with at this point, but I'll be leaving the survey open until I hit the recording stage. Mostly because I think it'd be REALLY funny to see how high the number can get.

AErchivist πŸ’₯🧷@aerchivist.bsky.social

Hi, I'm AErchivist, a queer leftist video essayist! And I need your help. In working on my next video, I've realized I need perspectives from a wider community, so... I made a survey! If you're a 20-something willing to spare me a bit of your time, it would mean the world! forms.gle/AGLvnr9BLsdy...

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Hi, I'm AErchivist, a queer leftist video essayist! And I need your help. In working on my next video, I've realized I need perspectives from a wider community, so... I made a survey! If you're a 20-something willing to spare me a bit of your time, it would mean the world! forms.gle/AGLvnr9BLsdy...

forms.gleTHIS IS FOR A YOUTUBE VIDEOHi, I'm AErchivist, a queer, leftist video essayist! And I need your help. In researching for my next video, I've realized I need more data and perspectives from a wider community. This is by no means...

Midterms are around the corner in the US, and while we are not fixing a broken system through electoral politics, those in power would not be trying so hard to strip your right to vote if it meant nothing. Early voting is open in most states and mail-in ballot applications close soon - go vote!

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More and more studies confirm that anti-cannabis campaigns are lying and obfuscating real research just so they can stop a single plant from being available. All because they have a financial interest in making cannabis inaccessible.

Few heavy, daily users of cannabis meet diagnostic criteria for either moderate or severe cannabis use disorder (CUD*) & many don’t meet any criteria for CUD according to data in Journal of Addiction Medicine. *Bogus construct of the psychiatric industry norml.org/news/2026/10...

WHY ARE WE ALREADY AT 50 RESPONSES WHAT

AErchivist πŸ’₯🧷@aerchivist.bsky.social

Hi, I'm AErchivist, a queer leftist video essayist! And I need your help. In working on my next video, I've realized I need perspectives from a wider community, so... I made a survey! If you're a 20-something willing to spare me a bit of your time, it would mean the world! forms.gle/AGLvnr9BLsdy...

Hi, I'm AErchivist, a queer leftist video essayist! And I need your help. In working on my next video, I've realized I need perspectives from a wider community, so... I made a survey! If you're a 20-something willing to spare me a bit of your time, it would mean the world! forms.gle/AGLvnr9BLsdy...

forms.gleTHIS IS FOR A YOUTUBE VIDEOHi, I'm AErchivist, a queer, leftist video essayist! And I need your help. In researching for my next video, I've realized I need more data and perspectives from a wider community. This is by no means...

"I believe that capital punishment is an unethical power wielded by the state in ways that are frequently racist and exceptionally cruel." "So you support terrorism???" That is a completely different sentence. I have also been real life investigated by the real life FBI as a domestic terror risk.

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There's a universe out there where I became a successful enough punk musician to live out of a van, constantly on tour. It's not this universe, but I'm sure it happened somewhere.

One of the hardest, but most important lessons I've had to learn as a creator is that there will always be people you can't please. They will wilfully misinterpret you. They will not hear a word you say. They will hate you. And they aren't worth your energy.

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The United States Government just announced plans to livestream a public execution, in a blatantly obvious display of state-sponsored violence and cruelty. And if that isn’t authoritarianism in action, I don’t know what is.

The United States Government just announced plans to livestream a public execution, in a blatantly obvious display of state-sponsored violence and cruelty. And if that isn’t authoritarianism in action, I don’t know what is.

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they can't act on their own, they cannot go rogue. they are computer programs that do what they are programmed to do. they're as responsible for their actions as a grenade is for exploding after somebody pulls the pin

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...

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"Hey, I found you on BSky and wanted to reach out about my upcoming indie game" Clearly you did not Read My Posts

AErchivist πŸ’₯🧷@aerchivist.bsky.social

PSA: If you send me a key for your game and I find an AI disclaimer on your Steam page, I will NOT be covering your game. I WILL, however, make fun of you on the internet.

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"Sorry, you said the words 'transgender' and 'human rights' too many times, we've determined your content is not in line with advertiser values!" Ads are an extremely small portion of my revenue, and I'd avoid running them entirely if I could. But this is endlessly frustrating as a creator.

Zach Bussey 🍁@zachbussey.tos.gg

CEO Dan Clancy says Twitch now uses AI to identify streamers that may not match a brand, since it now transcribes all streams for brand safety. It won't show ads on channels or content the AI believes don't match what the advertiser is trying to achieve.

I'm very aware that my tech literacy is scattered at best - I didn't grow up with the Internet. But when I make nearly half my income online, the holes in my knowledge are stark. I have in-depth understanding of social media algorithms, I have modded DS games, but I lack very basic computer skills.

I firmly believe that an average person's tech literacy is equivalent to or worse than mine - that they only understand technology to the extent that they use it in day to day life. And that's part of why AI is so prevalent and threatening.

"Sorry, you said the words 'transgender' and 'human rights' too many times, we've determined your content is not in line with advertiser values!" Ads are an extremely small portion of my revenue, and I'd avoid running them entirely if I could. But this is endlessly frustrating as a creator.

Zach Bussey 🍁@zachbussey.tos.gg

CEO Dan Clancy says Twitch now uses AI to identify streamers that may not match a brand, since it now transcribes all streams for brand safety. It won't show ads on channels or content the AI believes don't match what the advertiser is trying to achieve.

I've spoken before about how advertiser interests color our perceptions of what is acceptable in online content spaces. On most sites, TOS guidelines are written with advertisers in mind. I refuse to make myself less queer or halt my activism for the sake of making myself marketable. But I'm tired.