Gary Denney (He/Him)

I used to work in the IT department of a hospital. One of my colleagues got a call. Apparently they were having issues with their research data. They'd been keeping several years worth on a single 3.5" floppy, with no backups. It failed, as they do. No magnets involved, but still.

I'd choose Valabar from @stevenbrust.bsky.social's Dragaera. Whatever he was making that night would be just perfect. :)

And loved. 🫶

Sympathy my friend. Adulting truly can suck, but I'm happy you're still alive. :)

Your hair is amazing. My son dyes his hair on a semi regular basis, but he has sadly inherited my seemingly immune to dye hair. It doesn't help that his neurospicyness makes it difficult to have a professional do it.

If you have not read this you should. You really, really should.

Looking forward to hearing how it goes!

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

That is so cool. :)

Sympathy on the veins. I used to work as a phlebotomist for a blood centre. In my experience most people who think they have hard to find veins just need a better phleb to do the draw. ;)

Which of course is their goal. Not that I think you don't know that, but I figured it was worth explicitly stating.

Huh apparently there is going to be a VR version of Civ 7. Exclusively working with the Meta VR set. I honestly cannot think of any aspect of Civ that would be improved by having it in VR.

#TruFact

Because they've been paid to. Or because they support the felon. Or both.

Fascists gonna fascist.

Well, we're down to only 108,000 homes and businesses without power. Which is a vast improvement over the 768,000 that lost power in the storm.

*Update* Down to 460,000 without power and 120,000 without water. So things are moving in the right direction on both fronts.

The number without power here in Ireland is now down to 528,000. Sadly the number without water continues to rise, up to 217,000 as too many water treatment plants are still without power to keep up with demand. We're fine here in Kildare but out west not so much.

And A Lion in Winter. :)

What is it?
Black blood of the earth.
You mean oil?
I mean Black Blood of the Earth!

SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.

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Which reminds me, I should get our bins in the garage...

The silver lining is that while it is supposed to be a powerful storm it is going to be short lived. The red wind warning where we are (Kildare) is from 6a until 11a on Friday. During that time we're expecting wind gusts well over 130kph, and sustained winds in the 70-80kph range.

Schools across the island are closed tomorrow. As are basically all public transportation and pretty much everything else, at least during the red wind warning times, and probably a couple of hours afterwards.

Storm Éowyn bearing down on Ireland. The predictions are that it will be the worst storm to hit Ireland in recent memory. Which includes Storm Ophelia, which in 2017 was the worst storm in 50 years.

You do not have to talk to ICE if they don’t have a warrant.

No es necesario que hables con la migra (ICE) si no tienen una orden judicial.

The Resistance is strong!
#Resist

Because he is an idiot.

I tell my (trans) son that I love him every day. At least once a day. I have for his entire life.