internet researcher, sound artist/dj, bog enthusiast, inveterate lurker emilysaltz.space in nyc & mtl https://blacksky.community/profile/saltzshaker.bsky.socialhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saltzshaker.bsky.social/post/3mlgz4n6wps2vpoetry [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:2iinwgm5malzhusr2yzoq3pn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgz4n6wps2vhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saltzshaker.bsky.social/post/3mg6rsukdtk22New op-ed with Claire Leibowicz! I'll raise my own hand for on occasion turning to an LLM for emotional sensemaking & it's clear to me that AI can have *some* role in the mental landscape, even if it's just as a stopgap or referral source to other care. At the very least, we gotta talk about it! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Mar 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:2iinwgm5malzhusr2yzoq3pn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6rsukdtk22https://blacksky.community/profile/saltzshaker.bsky.social/post/3mdyxlp3vnk2bThe stigma of using AI for therapy is the new stigma (mid-century coded) of going to human therapy04 Feb 2026 03:45 +0000at://did:plc:2iinwgm5malzhusr2yzoq3pn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdyxlp3vnk2bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saltzshaker.bsky.social/post/3mdhe5crqdc2zpeople ask why we wanted to come back to nyc it‘s tues night after a snowstorm. the pub a block from us is packed: half are waiting for a hillary duff concert at barclays, half are in a book club reading Capitalist Realism it’s that delicious high low baby 👌28 Jan 2026 03:42 +0000at://did:plc:2iinwgm5malzhusr2yzoq3pn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdhe5crqdc2zhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saltzshaker.bsky.social/post/3mbg4cvol622cWill this be the year I finally start a blog Such questions, hopes, hang in the air of Mamdani’s NY02 Jan 2026 04:59 +0000at://did:plc:2iinwgm5malzhusr2yzoq3pn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbg4cvol622chttps://blacksky.community/profile/saltzshaker.bsky.social/post/3mbcmcsv46227i finally creative-directed a new homepage design (implented w claude code) after many years of personal website dysmorphia it has flying cranes & a little Icelandic turf house & due to whimsy is almost unreadable on mobile. in other words it's perfect. peruuuuse emilysaltz.space31 Dec 2025 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:2iinwgm5malzhusr2yzoq3pn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbcmcsv46227https://blacksky.community/profile/saltzshaker.bsky.social/post/3mbclu4jxh22hshould i skeet more this year: y/n? is a lurker doomed to be a lurker, never a participator?? 💡 2026 resolution to externalize my musings???31 Dec 2025 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:2iinwgm5malzhusr2yzoq3pn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbclu4jxh22hhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saltzshaker.bsky.social/post/3lzgfzhrewk2hWholesome skeet 🚨 [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Sep 2025 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:2iinwgm5malzhusr2yzoq3pn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzgfzhrewk2hhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saltzshaker.bsky.social/post/3lr5hbei5y226it finally happened. i switched an em-dash into a semi-colon so my (human!) writing wouldn't look AI-generated09 Jun 2025 03:38 +0000at://did:plc:2iinwgm5malzhusr2yzoq3pn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr5hbei5y226https://blacksky.community/profile/saltzshaker.bsky.social/post/3lqx65sg7r227It’s been a month since the making your bed while in the bed video and I’m here to report that THIS REALLY WORKS DON’T LISTEN THE HATERS https://www.tiktok.com/@cobreezzy/video/749630486000714065406 Jun 2025 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:2iinwgm5malzhusr2yzoq3pn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqx65sg7r227https://blacksky.community/profile/saltzshaker.bsky.social/post/3lpuol26n2k2sDon’t worry, you can still find out if it’s a David or Boris day at the Russian & Turkish Baths!! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, please read. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 May 2025 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:2iinwgm5malzhusr2yzoq3pn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpuol26n2k2shttps://blacksky.community/profile/saltzshaker.bsky.social/post/3lprey5skqs2s@greg.technology, after not recognizing pictures of Shakira (!) or Beyoncé (!!!!): “But I *would* recognize the top Kardashian. What’s her name. The top dog”22 May 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:2iinwgm5malzhusr2yzoq3pn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lprey5skqs2shttps://blacksky.community/profile/saltzshaker.bsky.social/post/3lplz7ai3rc2y“Slop merchant” implies the existence of: [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 May 2025 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:2iinwgm5malzhusr2yzoq3pn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lplz7ai3rc2yhttps://blacksky.community/profile/saltzshaker.bsky.social/post/3loy6hztzy223Joseph Beuys: another unsuspecting bog fan! In Beuys' "Eine Aktion im Moor" or "Bog Action" (1971), he "directly physicalised the rich diversity of the bogscape by enveloping himself in its fabrics." www.sculptureintheparklands.org/peatlands.html12 May 2025 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:2iinwgm5malzhusr2yzoq3pn/app.bsky.feed.post/3loy6hztzy223https://blacksky.community/profile/saltzshaker.bsky.social/post/3lo7sj7kh6c26one of my toxic traits is asking friends for their address to send them little gifts & then thinking about it forever but not actually doing it has anyone overcome this specific brand of pseudo-generosity flakiness?? I feel too old for this??02 May 2025 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:2iinwgm5malzhusr2yzoq3pn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo7sj7kh6c26https://blacksky.community/profile/saltzshaker.bsky.social/post/3lnb7xp643k27THE ABSOLUTE DREAMIEST RESOURCE [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2025 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:2iinwgm5malzhusr2yzoq3pn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnb7xp643k27