Milcom Miasma

The state of modern supply chain management here in America.
(Hint: There isn't any)

I needed to replace the scraper bar on my snow blower. I went to the place where I bought the snowblower. "Order it directly from the Manufacturer" they said. I went to the Manufacturer's website. "Order from […]

continually astonished that every package delivery service on earth seems unaware that the #1 reason people are visiting their website is to use the track-and-trace and not to read their mission statement

I'm a sucker for the way H.G. Wells wrote his stories. If you are too and don't mind somebody reading to you, here's one of his very good short stories.

Settle in, it's snowing outside (here anyway), where else you gotta be?

The Door in the Wall by H.G. Wells

https://youtu.be/Huam5sSRjwc […]

Black Friday -

1. A national barometer for measuring just how close to dystopia we're getting.

2. Also, combat training for those unable to commit to more formal curricula.

I hope we thoroughly disappoint the retail industry today.

#LifeInAmerica
#OldPeopleOfMastodon
#BuyNothingToday

"Between the carbs, triptophan and alcohol, I should probably just eat in my pajamas."
--Me

#ThanksgivingQuotes
#HashTagGames

Turkey Lite.

Mrs Miasma is in the kitchen doing light prep work for what will be our first attempt at a downsized Thanksgiving meal tomorrow.

With only three older adults in the house, the leftovers were ridiculous. I don't like turkey that much to begin with (and don't get me started on the […]

Lost wager.

I'm trying to decide if there's anything more disappointing than reading a 338 page science-fiction book that delivers "so that happened" as it's ending. No insight, no lesson... no anything.

A giant cup of tepid "meh".

#Books
#sciencefiction

Reason #463 Why I hate the Windows operating system:

1. Set up migration process to run overnight.
2. Disconnect wireless network interface from router to prevent Windows patch/reboot behavior from interrupting/killing overnight process .
3. OS reboots sometime during the night (killing the […]

Night Terrors.

Last night, after having trouble falling asleep, I ended up having a dream where I needed to go out and the only sneakers available were Trump sneakers (The blue ones, not the gold ones - apparently, I was on a dream-budget).

Sporting my new icky kicks, my friends all felt […]

Now with 30% fewer calories.

I'm on conversational terms with one of the managers at our local grocery store. We talked a little while our groceries were being rung up.

They told me that with all the SNAP stops and holds going on, their sales numbers in the last couple of weeks are down 30% […]

Service with a grudge.

The Verizon-affiliated store here in my small town no longer carries any accessories for the Apple iPhone 12.

A phone I bought in December of 2020.

My response: "Lady I got stuff in my freezer that's older than that."

And they wonder why we hate them. *

* Note to self […]

Why is it that everyone is said to be 'going' crazy? I've yet to hear anyone say they've arrived at crazy and are setting up a base-camp.

I guess optimistic societies focus on the journey, not the destination.

#Words
#OldPeopleOfMastodon

To all of those who think welcoming Marjorie Taylor Greene as an ally might be worth the embrace, while it is true at the moment that she's tossing grenades at mutual foes, remember that anyone who will frag their own, will frag anybody. #Politics

The maker of the Roomba is running out of cash and options. After its failed Amazon deal, iRobot could face bankruptcy. iRobot, the maker of the iconic self-cleaning Roomba vacuum, is warning of bankruptcy. After an Amazon deal fell through, it hasn't found a new buyer.

Get what we deserve.

Roomba needs cash and ChatGPT needs a physical presence in consumer's homes that can't be turned off or ignored..

Anybody sensing the synergy of this opportunity?

Souce:https://www.businessinsider.com/roomba-irobot-bankruptcy-warning-rise-fall-2025-11?op=1

#Roomba
#Chatgpt

A friend came up with a nice metaphor for a message you would have replied to but somehow missed: "It disappeared over the event horizon of my inbox."

Given how well the whole AI progression is going, I can't wait for the truly bizarre shit a first generation holodeck is going to be spitting out.

Probably worth it to just go ahead and get the lawyer on retainer now.

#StarTrek
#AI

@dlakelan

I can't decide which quote I want more on a Lebowski shirt. I'm torn between "I don't roll on Shabbos" or "It don't matter to Jesus."

Thoughs? I'm thinking maybe both at this point. 🤔

@mmiasma

All you're missing is a Big Lebowski reference, perhaps "I'm a brother Shamus!"

@dlakelan

Most kind of you to say. It is Warren, whose music I love more with each passing year.

Three t-shirts displayed on the back of a couch. Shirt on the left is a three panel drawing of the last seconds of life for the character Roy Batty in 'Bladerunner.' It shows his head dipping lower in each panel and a dove that he was clutching as he died is flying away at the top of the panels. The second shirt is a cartoon drawing of the late singer/songwriter Warren Zevon with his phrase "Enjoy every sandwich" printed underneath the drawing. The final shirt has a light block of color on a grey shirt and the print in the middle of the lighter block reads "So it goes" -Tralfamadorian Proverb; alluding to the aliens often said comment in Kurt Vonnegut's science fiction/comedy book "Slaughterhouse 5".

My trifecta of t-shirts arrived this morning.

If you happen to see me out in the wild, I hope you'll acknowledge my superior taste in formal wear.

Great movie, great music, great book <- Like I said, three for three.

#Tshirts
#OldPeopleOfMastodon

@mizblueprint

Geez, I didn't know about that but I can't say I'm surprised.

I'm surprised Dodger "Community Relations" employees don't get rocks thrown at them.

The ugly, violent clearing of Chavez Ravine before it was home to the Dodgers Never forget. Before Dodger Stadium was a legendary baseball venue, the area was home to generations of families, most of them Mexican American.

@mmiasma
And after the destruction of Chavez Ravine. https://laist.com/news/la-history/dodger-stadium-chavez-ravine-battle

Ugly Side-job

So ever since I learned of this, I have to say the Latino community's continued support of the LA Dodgers is a bit of a puzzler to me.

What would inspire people being targeted based on their race, to give money to the guy profiting from them being terrorized?

If it were up to me […]

I'd still chose the bear...

@VeroniqueB99

Yeah, me too. Also, I feel like there might be some deeper issues at play here with that guy. (Pun intended)

Followed her career ever since I first heard her sing "Ruby's Shoes."

I think this is her most recent and as usual, all her observations resonate with me.

"I'm scared too,
that the world seems so unfair,
and the TV keeps reminding us we BLEW it!!!"

Lori McKenna - Tied To You (feat. Medium […]

Ladies and gentle the 'alpha male' leadership this country deserves (well a third of it, anyway.)

Mark L. Epstein (Jeffery Epstein's younger brother) wrote:
"Ask him [Steve Bannon] if Putin has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba."

Boiling these people couldn't sanitize them enough at this point […]

Gather ye rosebuds and slide-decks while ye may.

My friend told me that he watched a guy get wheeled out of the office on a stretched today.

That made me think about the time we had a guy die in a conference room where I worked. Just burst a pipe and down he went.😔

I guess if you want to know […]

Ora et vade online.

- As someone with no faith, it seems like this is an attempt to help people with how they're feeling/dealing with life?

* Okay, I know there's a joke in there somewhere about online communion requiring a user to accept a digital wafer instead of a cookie but... 🥁

People […]

@bruce

I loved the punk scene (in Denver, anyway).