For anyone who needs it, Big Bobcat and Little Bobcat doing a bit of fieldwork.

Give folks their flowers No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier "They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Get your MMR and encourage everyone else to do so.

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Drums, drums in the deep

No shade to the author below, but I find this movie to be so much worse than its source. The book was about smart collective action and mutual aid, first to heal from violence and trauma, and then to form a more just and free society through hard work. The movie was about a magic amulet.

of course there's an audience for it 🤦‍♀️

This would be a best case scenario, versus MPs waiting to take away the ones who won't swear an oath of personal loyalty.

That far too many of us have to. It's a terrible use of human time and attention, never mind energy, capital, and carbon budget.

Ruin a book with a car: Neuromazda

Wait a minute. Why aren't we celebrating the hundredth anniversary of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin's dissertation.

Mood, proteins.

Good news for Seattle fiber artists!

As a regional transplant, I subscribed to Crosscut before KCTS (now Cascade PBS). I'm so disappointed in this decision by a station whose director is paid over a half a million dollars annually.

Folks. We have 12 years to fix Y2K Only More So. It was relatively easy to explain "two digit years" so laypeople could understand why to spend all that time and money to fix the problem. How do we explain the 19th of January 2038, signed 32-bit overflow, and embedded controllers?

if by "overthrow" you mean "peaceful and ongoing transition to a more just, equitable, democratic, and free set of structures"

When the rapture happens on schedule, but it's just a single Glaswegian

Dark and rainy season dark and rainy season let's gooooo

Remember, kids, unplug any fridge that's advertising to you!

me to my students: LLMs are like your worst ex. They will LIE to you with the most serene, most confident face one of my students, quietly: I hate that guy so much

we write the book even if we do not not know the person who needs to read it, because the person who it will save may not be born in our lifetimes

replicant: colony insect that has seen things you people wouldn't believe; attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion, C-beams glittering in the dark near Tannhauser gate. All these moments will be lost, in time, like tears in rain.

Does anyone in the Seattle area know of space for fostering two foundling kittens? From a co-worker.

Dessert mode ACTIVATE: Best pie: cherry Best ice cream: balsamic strawberry Best donut: old-fashioned glazed chocolate Best bar: maple Best cake: coffee at breakfast, otherwise chocolate Best other: port

*vaccination intensifies*

Seattle-area folks: Katterman's, my favorite indie pharmacy, has both flu and Covid adult vaccines and is taking walk-ins at Sand Point. kattermans.com #getvaxxed

If not snack, why snack shaped?

I admire Finland for making these largely available through the local libraries! The two that I visited had fantastic musical instrument collections available to borrow and play, makerspaces, and video game play studios in addition to the solid book collections and communal study areas.

New Pangur Bán panel available now! It’s difficult to photograph both the light white cat and the deep dark books, so here are a few detail shots www.aknitomy.com/shop/p/pangu...

If you are in NY/NJ and would like to adopt Hornet please get in touch. I am only fostering her. She is a huge sweetie and already good at being held, lap time, and silly baby stuff. She knows how to use her box also. She would be a great cat for a cat wanter.

The Gorn Identity

This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".

Mountain's out.

The snails fight back with cutlery. I have personally pulled a Pretty Woman and launched an escargot from the spring-loaded contraption they serve it with, bouncing it off the inside of the restaurant window. ... yes, it left a trail of garlic butter.

And Hawaii! governor.wa.gov/news/2025/ha...

A moment of joy: the first authorized translation of Bohemian Rhapsody, in Zulu. youtu.be/gbljPQbxtTQ Via NPR: www.npr.org/2025/08/30/n...

Today at Muppet Labs we bring to you this sandwich sharpener. have you ever thought “this sandwich makes a fine ranged weapon but I really need something close quarters?” Well, Muppet Labs has your solution! *Scooter looks appalled, Gonzo and Pepe are muttering, while Rizzo is filing a sandwich*

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The last time Seattle Opera staged the Ring Cycle around a decade ago, local transit ran the rather impressive announcement "The monorail will continue to operate after GOTTERDAMMERUNG."

As @kairyssdal.bsky.social said, but with a veneer of my own: What the fuck are we even doing?

Once wiped out statewide in New Jersey, bobcats were reintroduced in the 1980s and now number in the hundreds. Conservationists are stitching together “Bobcat Alley,” a greenway connecting protected parcels of land in America’s most densely populated state. buff.ly/Y4PDgG1 #ShareGoodNewsToo

Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title Tom Clancy's The Joy of Cooking

SHE DID IT AGAIN. Sour-bitter spray seemed to be working with daily application, and then I went out of town. This cat loves to chew on and shred cardboard boxes. What else can I give her to safely chew on to deter her from the corner of a delicious LCD monitor?

Data centers will 3x their electricity use by 2028. But one insight blew my mind: California's grid is 5-7x dirtier at night than midday Same Kubernetes job, vastly different emissions Building a Carbon-Aware Scheduler: https://ku.bz/zk2xM1lfW

Slightly diminish a band The Attorneys General of the United States of America

Via @adapalmer.bsky.social

Slightly diminish a band The Mall Security

Excellent YouTube comment: “There are two UK TV films of this era unmatched for their horror: the nuclear apocalypse ‘Threads’ and this advert for British Pork” youtu.be/r0wDjWOnHcY