Looking at the latest AI "pet" assistants and the way Google is pushing their AI model into their Office, I am more firmly convinced than ever that Microsoft Bob was one of the most prophetic IT products ever. Literally, with enshitification, everything is becoming Bob.

A friend figured out that I took a cut in salary and changed positions so they could get a job with my company. I was honestly hoping they'd never figure it out, yet somehow they did. I somehow feel really bad they found out, and I can't explain the emotion.

So, dealing with iHeartMedia is always sucktastic. I'm in no way surprised that they're leading the slop parade. When I was a media buyer, they once overcharged us two months dramatically then when called on it, stopped invoicing us entirely for over a year. slashdot.org/story/26/05/...

We are doing our best to beat the lead up to the Battle of Tsushima lately.

Microsoft Bob. OpenAI invented Microsoft Bob. www.engadget.com/2162796/open...

Hey @queerarmorer.bsky.social I'd like to point out a massive error in your most recent Taurus G2c short. You are completely ignoring the near exclusive "rattle snake" feature of the Taurus. That's a feature to warn off predators like a rattler, not a bug. www.youtube.com/shorts/NIf52...

Diminish a book: The Influence of Seapwer On Stuff A While Back.

I really feel sorry for meteorologists who work in or around warzones. You never know when the quick test of barometric pressures and wind patters you get from your little balloon will start a brand new front in a war.

It used to be that you had to have some legal chops to work for the DOJ. Now, it looks like it's staffed by 1st semester 1Ls whose only accomplishments are attending a couple Federalist Society mixers their first week.

at the gas station this morning paying over $60 to fill up my honda I chatted with some of the other customers. the refrain was constant: build the damn ballroom

American Military: We'll devote tens of billions of dollars to figuring a way to shoot down drones, and cost is no problem Ukraine: Hold my пиво.

Wow, so much to unpack here. The American Legion has a pretty well done ad that absolutely makes fun of Space Force. It's pretty brutal. Of course, they also miss the whole Starship Troopers was a warning about fascism part of the ad. www.facebook.com/share/v/17fc...

I always wonder why the TD Waterhouse commercial where Martin Short does blackface isn't talked about more. Like, the commercial aired only one time before it was so offensive they yanked it and fired their marketing exec. So bad, we were ordered to send back the VHS tapes of the commercial to HQ.

This is Pratchett levels of great satire, honestly.

Grogu Shrugged.

Ok, I can't believe it's been 20 years since this first came out. I'm actually kinda looking forward to this. www.launchoracle.com/knights-of-g...

Did a really well done marketing campaign for an event. Used a statue that's famous at the event center and we got "blowback" because multiple people thought the rabbit was dressed immodestly. Really.

Shitty Legacy WP Theme Vendor: Here's an update Shitty Legacy WP Theme: <blank screen> Me: Hey, I've checked DNS and logs and you're theme shit the bed. The only way to fix it was a rollback. SLWPTV: Oh, the problem is your hosting SLWPTV: update, repeat downtime SLWPTV: Nah, it's hosting ME:

I'm really starting to think that Patel has a humiliation kink. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

I ate a Taki, wasn't paying attention, and wiped my eye.

Holy crap, this is pretty spot on. Really sums up so much of the creative process.

In my day, it took giving horribly incorrect write privileges to a clueless 1st year intern to get mistakes like this. Now, we can make them using <checks notes> a toolset that some people are fully relying on them to make their products.

The big mistake LIV Golf made was making that personal challenge to Happy Gilmore, even if he was retired and hasn't played in years. Bad move.

I worked for HostGator and would totally buy everything said here because I saw it first hand. Their support reps agressively didn't give a shit so they'd just do whatever you told them no matter what the notes were on an account.

Something occurred to me. Who was the first guy to get circumcised? Like, how did that happen? Also, how did other people go "oh, snap, that looks like a really great idea. Let's all do that." I have a lot of questions.

C Suite: You should be using AI for as much as possible C Suite: Hey, I did a thing A: Knows it sucks but they won't listen B: Knows too, but feeds project into AI and AI thinks it sucks B: Reports said AI report C Suite: You can't trust AI, why did you do that?

Weirdly, the cause of today's heart attack wasn't DNS. I'd have sworn it was. Instead, it's a legacy POS WordPress "theme" called ShowIt that is 10+ years past its prime.

Neil has been a class act fighting for aboriginal rights for decades and I'm so fucking glad to hear this

Absolutely true. I've said this before but one of the only regrets in life I have is not discovering Discworld until I was in my 40s.

Jesus Christ, this POS is no doubt going to be studied in law schools for a very long time to come on how not to file a motion. I assume Trump actually wrote it or most of it but damn, a DOJ lawyer had to submit it. If a lawyer wrote this, close their law school because even a 1l can do better.

You have to love when corporate sends out an email saying "nobody gets any of this stuff except <my name> so we're going to bring in some consultants to help", you have to laugh. I'm just glad they're not making me do the rollout.

Yemini police camouflage. Still better then UCP.

Hey Google, show me hubris...with audio.

My new gunpowder fantasy novel THE HIGHLANDS BURN is now officially available for digital pre order! www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSG5CNXX

So, getting to do a team building exercise today about personality types. It's all based on William Mouton Marston's work. Yes, THAT William Mouton Marston. I politely emailed the trainer and asked if they had any academic sources for the training and they clearly have no idea who he was.

A dinner that (in theory) celebrated the 1st Amendment suddenly involved the 2nd.

I am being attacked personally by The Onion. Elon Musk please help.

You know you've been getting a ton of rain when the scorpions all start heading inside your house. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJKe...

Adder Shrugged: Blackadder gets a group of the world's laziest and least productive yet spoiled people and they rent an Air BNB in Colorado.

Tl;dr: Doctor got VERY stoned. boingboing.net/2026/04/22/i...

FFS, please stop. You shit all over a really great book with the first shitty movie, so the last thing we need is a sequel. I really wish someone would actually make a version of the movie that reflects the book. The Battle of Detroit alone would be awesome. www.thewrap.com/creative-con...

You know, I've said this for years and people doubted me. I always thought people let the racism, sexism, homophobia, drug use, and fascism gloss over his high order math theorems. thehardtimes.net/music/kid-ro...

People are so unfair to Blue Origin. I mean, they got the satellite into orbit. That it's in the wrong orbit and is decaying really can't be helped. They can't help that the satellite designers didn't plan ahead.

My wife made the song Were you born an asshole my ringtone. I called her after school and she was in a parent teacher meeting.

Why do I read this but hear @lionsledbydonkeys.bsky.social saying "but wait...there's more" before it gets even uglier?

Ok, I'm legit looking forward to this movie. Very much a guilty pleasure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYFe...

From the people who brought you "Minnesota Nice" now bring you "Minnesota Angry". boingboing.net/2026/04/20/m...

Snapchat? You mean the platform for drug dealers and child predators? I didn't know they also did eyewear.

I really enjoyed The Tomorrow War even if I really don't like Chris Pratt. I'm actually glad they're doing a sequel.