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๐Ÿ’ผ Product manager / UX + a11y guy. ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finnish coastal dweller. ๐ŸŒฎ Quesadilla connoisseur.

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When we got another cat - a kitten just a few months old - she at first didn't seem all too perturbed by the vacuum, and I (naively) hoped she'd stay blasรฉ about it.

Unfortunately our older cat quickly taught her to fear it, just like she does.

So then we had two cats flying around in panic ๐Ÿ˜‘

22.02.2026 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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22.02.2026 09:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every. Single. Time.

Maybe I should just stop drinking...

20.02.2026 23:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You forgot the --continvoucly flag, duh.

16.02.2026 21:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Huh, that too, apparently.

16.02.2026 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Unfortunately my brain usually realizes it's been duped after a few hours.

"Waaaait a minute there's no lion there's A MORTGAGE, WE SOLVED NOTHING AT THE GYM!!"

But it's nice while it lasts.

16.02.2026 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have you noticed that the anxiety decreases significantly at the gym, at least temporarily? I figure it's because brains are optimized for a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and associate physical exertion with problem solving.

"Oh, we're running away from the lion! Solving our problems! Awesome!"

16.02.2026 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In this age of increasing threats from both east and west, Europe needs a new imperial war horn program for a credible defense.

14.02.2026 13:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

We need a prefers-reduced-bling setting...

13.02.2026 22:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Big, burly legal arguments, with tears in their eyes... "Sir" they said, "Nobody has understood our true meaning before..." etc.

13.02.2026 22:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Drawing of lucky bastard test subject monkey in restraint chair, with recording electrode on his head, in front of a stimulus screen and a response bar he can tap, and... a juice reward mechanism! ๐Ÿคค

Drawing of lucky bastard test subject monkey in restraint chair, with recording electrode on his head, in front of a stimulus screen and a response bar he can tap, and... a juice reward mechanism! ๐Ÿคค

What about a tasty juice reward?

13.02.2026 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I guess people are just desperate to get out of there ๐Ÿ˜

10.02.2026 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Whew ๐Ÿ˜… ok, that's what I figured - none of those words are in the vocabulary of Trump or anyone in the position to write his posts.

...Actually, this is a fascinating case of words that are neither in the bible OR in T's vocab.

09.02.2026 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ok I have to ask: surely this is not real?

09.02.2026 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's only Le Super Bol if it's held in the Le Superbol region of France - otherwise it's just a sparkling traumatic encephalopathy championship game.

08.02.2026 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Come to think of it, I usually do vibe cooking with a glass of wine (or, my go-to vibe cooking tool, a negroni)...

...So maybe I should do that while vibe *coding* too? Maybe the results would be even better? ๐Ÿค”

What could possibly go wrong? ๐Ÿค—

07.02.2026 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Vibe cooking!

Happens to me all the time.

nondeterministic, nonreproducible, but oh so enjoyable, and sometimes the end result is better than expected ๐Ÿค—

07.02.2026 07:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You can comfort yourself with the knowledge that, if you keep going twice a week or so, you won't be that sore anymore after... <checks notes> ... half a year or so ๐Ÿค—

06.02.2026 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My personal theory is that they were introverts who ended up going further and further north to get away from the crowds.

That would explain a lot, after all...

31.01.2026 22:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oopsie, somebody forgot to deploy the localization files ๐Ÿ˜†

Because of course they don't have systems in place to ensure they're included...

31.01.2026 22:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Omg that headline ๐Ÿ˜†

30.01.2026 22:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

5 pieces of beautiful, clean coal ๐Ÿค—

29.01.2026 22:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

me laying out my manifesto outside the pub at 2am vibes

29.01.2026 01:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜‚

28.01.2026 08:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Being a person who typically writes long and painstakingly formatted text โ€“ with plenty of dashes โ€“ makes me feel like Deckard realizing he's probably a replicant himself.

I'm in the Director's Cut timeline.

26.01.2026 20:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's important to maintain traditions.

26.01.2026 11:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My mental image of that thing has "Ei saa peittรครค" written on it.

26.01.2026 11:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Non-UKian here trying to interpret the message:

"Move London to Antarctica"?

"Bring the Tower bridge (and penguins) to Greenland"?

"Climate change will turn the UK into an arctic hellscape - only penguins can save us"?

I'm confused.

25.01.2026 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Sounds like they're looking for my good old friend firstname.lastname@example.com

23.01.2026 11:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"I believe another war is coming soon" says guy who is most likely to start a new war soon.

22.01.2026 12:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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