Jake von Slatt

mas.to Hello! mas.to is a fast, up-to-date and fun Mastodon server.

I'll put in a recommendation for the mas.to instance as well!

A sailboat on a mooring, the mast has been unstepped and stowed for trailering.

End of the season came all too soon!

So, in my experience, that's basically just Mastodon.

A reminder that Spooky Season actually runs through November 17th, because damn right my birthday is part of Spooky Season.

🚨 HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

For the next month, we're doing an experiment: live-streaming as a core campaign strategy.

Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday, I'll be streaming with guests, games, and (of course) my cat, Heater. And if this works, we'll keep doing it.

Join us tomorrow, 7 PM CT.

Star Trek SNW showrunner today said in an interview that S3 was plagued with writing problems, the writers' strike, writers leaving and joining and leaving again, lots of turnover, and WHOOO BOY can you tell. Assures us S4 will be much better because they had "much more time to work on it"

I was just thinking the same thing!

Hah! That's cool! I wonder if they had this 11 years ago? That's the age of my "new" lappy.

Toyota RV cab and deck sans camper

Toyota RV cab and deck sans camper

A tent at #burningman was challenging this year! So only hours after getting home I bought this little cutie on eBay and intend to make the perfect #TTITD camper!

Mycelia
by Daniel Popper

#burningman #burningmanart #burningman2025 #blackrockcity #mushrooms

See you in the dust!

It will further separate the wheat from chaff. Trust the process \m/

A sign that reads "Playa Glass"

A sign that reads"Playa Glass"

Going to #Burningman? Come visit Playa Glass at 7:45 & C. We'll be showing folks how to melt the playa dust into glass jewels from 12-2PM Mon-Thurs! Look for this sign! #TTITD

Diana standing on the stage with her Hugo, dressed in a brocade maroon jacket and black pants.

The Hugo winners on stage

Close up of Diana in the Hugo winners photo, staring at the camera

Ashley doing the Will Smith proud pose raising her arms to gesture at Diana holding the award.

I'm still stunned and processing over salmon and eggs at SEA-TAC. Grateful and honored by my Hugo win for Best Editor, Long-Form last night. Also, tired. Very tired 😆 love to all the winners & finalists.

People can watch my speech at the livestream starting at 1:06. 🥳✨💕🎉 #HugoAwards #AuntieEditor

A gallery of the first 11 Doctors Who each with one of the original instagram filters applied

From the archives:

TIL: Actblue is the platform that democrats use to fundraise. Actblue doesn't share your email. It's the campaigns, especially the loosing ones, that sell their email lists. Don't blame Actblue for the actions of skeazy candidates.

If you’re worried about the young people today and their mental health crisis, it’s comforting to spend 5 minutes on Nextdoor. The old people are SO much crazier!

if we want the rewards of watching fruits basket in public while having dinner alone, we must submit to the mortifying ordeal of a voter saying hi and then see that we are watching fruits basket in public while having dinner alone

Life-saving idea! Pass it on!

Thanks! Everyone on my medical team is optimistic that this will be curative and as a bonus it will eliminate the BPH symptoms I've been suffering with for years and that otherwise aren't curable, so almost worth it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The song of the summer is a bummer | CNN The most popular songs of the summer are either downers like “Ordinary” or holdovers from 2024, like “Die with a Smile.” Why is the music of 2025 so mellow?

Tell me you haven't listened to "Golden" without telling me you haven't listened to "Golden"

share.google/HkO0uHnQBWx7...

Daughter showed us KPop Demon Hunters and I FUCKING LOVED IT!

I chipped in $100 yesterday, this is exactly the kind of action we need. If you don't agree, chip in anyway 'cause campaigns like this are fun! You like fun, right?

Jerome Powell: ". . . and in conclusion, if you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."

As we were concluding our campaign, we rolled to see who would be the next Dungeon Master. I “won“. I was nervous since the last DM was so good. But I must say this is close to the most fun I’ve ever had! It’s also the most work I’ve put into anything since being a SysAdmin in a SCIF.

A pair of green backlit signs that read “PLAYA GLASS”

Signs are done and I’m quite pleased, they show up nicely both in day and at night. Come see us at Burning Man we’ll be at 7:45 and C!

Thank you!

A backlit sign cut from a 2’x3’ metal shelf that reads “PLAYA GLASS”

At night the sign will be backlight with a green LED flood light.

Resurrected my homemade plasma cutter to make signs for my Burning Man camp, I think I finally have this thing dialed in!