my partner reports that the 3D-printed flat whistles are remarkably loud. just a fun fact for any of you out there looking to put a whistle in your pocket

they haven't invented a non-shambolic army yet

[politics joke here/]

i would consider this but i already have a women firefighters of new zealand calendar because, uh, i support women in male fields

@vampirecoffee.bsky.social

The lack of paint dot net hasn’t forced me back to Windows, but i miss it sooooooo much.

“All right,” said Susan. “I’m not stupid. You’re saying humans need . . . fantasies to make life bearable.” REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE. “Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—” YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES. “So we can believe the big ones?” YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING. “They’re not the same at all!” YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME . . . SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED. “Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what’s the point—” MY POINT EXACTLY.

happy hogswatch

Heroic Dog Saves Family Of 5 From Herb-Roasted Chicken

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@mechtroid.bsky.social the part of ISAT where i'm sleepwalking through the house mashing "just attack" on every enemy and ignoring whatever my party members do because they don't matter ... that's game design!!!!!

this morning, my partner said "oh crap! i forgot to run the dishwasher", added more dishes to the dishwasher, and then promptly forgot to run it again

if the government wins this claim then that would effectively shut down the entire supplements industry that the right-wing depends on lol

watching andor after playing expedition 33 and idly wondering if andy serkis has some clause that says he gets paid extra to shout really loud or what

imo their compression garments are not very good binders - the ones i've worn from tkingdom are WAY better at achieving a flat-chested look. on the other hand the tomboyx compression garments don't squish down my ribs as much

it's bluetooth so it will only work within 150-200 ft of your phone but that means the battery lasts multiple years. (and most of the time when cats get outside they stay within 50 feet of one's house)

in my experience cats who are very good at hiding will re-emerge at breakfast time <.<

also it may be time to get him one of these www.life360.com/en-au/tile-t... (i have one on scathach's collar because she is too good at hiding)

my phone's weather app gives me updates every time a weather watch or warning in my county is issued or updated. in practice this means a beautiful woman named Flood Watch is blowing up my phone

ok all discussion about ai aside i like the idea that me googling shit for 4 hours without producing anything is somehow a flaw of the process that can be removed. the fault dear brutus is in ourselves

walked into josh's office this morning and he was holding a copy of AD&D. i thought "what could he possibly be doing with this?" but didn't ask. i see now he was posting.

Hearing reports that Wake Up Dead Man has strobing lights 90 minutes in. Stay safe out there folks

i still can't believe that they'll never catch us if cars are frogs.

i only use iphones because i know too much about how the android sausage is made. i've had this phone for a few years but i just upgraded the os

iOS lock screen where the “OK” text to enter your passcode is almost the exact same color as the background

iOS 26 contains a fun hidden image mini game right in the lock screen! where the OK button to enter your passcode becomes nearly invisible

(not that Clair Obscur is a bad-looking game by any means, but it's not "we have rendered every individual hair on the protagonist's beard in 4K", you know)

Clair Obscur cost less than $10M to make. FFXVI cost ~$55M to make. Huge W for Shorter Games That Cost Less To Make And Look Worse

the only context in which i can think of "have" substituting for "make" is stuff like "i'm going to have a sandwich". which *is* a different meaning from "i'm going to make a sandwich" (perhaps you already have a sandwich prepared somewhere)

The sand in hell (they say) is magic sand.

i had multiple college friends - and later multiple Internet friends - fall down the rationalism rabbit hole and honestly i kind of wish they had got real into new-age esoteric bullshit instead

The Fantastical Folding Fortress of Jaffee the Mad! From the introduction: Jaffee Jafaharz, otherwise known as Jaffee the Magnificent, has attempted to imprison Awhout-rout-yuth, the Infernal Price of Mandess, but it backfired!

although there will always be a place for THE FANTASTICAL FOLDING FORTRESS OF JAFFEE THE MAD in my heart rpggeek.com/rpgitem/3838...

cole ...