RE: https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/115670720807693676 AMERICAN-RULES HANDEGG THE TIME HAS FINALLY COME

It has come to my attention that Calibre has started adding AI shit into its functionality. GOD FUCKING DAMMIT CAN I MAYBE HAVE JUST ONE PROGRAM THAT DOESN"T TRY TO DO AI BULLSHIT? Just one? Maybe? Anyway, if you want to have an AI-free calibre, you'll need to not upgrade past version 8.10. 😡

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@uesp/115668602186319880 I'M WAITING ON THAT SKYRIM SERIES, TODD.

I retired from teaching 18 months ago, in part because it was becoming clear to me that the "AI" industry was undermining education in profound ways. This essay makes a convincing case that LLMs are a plague on learning -- and, not incidentally, higher education […]

LOL, Benoit Blanc is now well known enough that he's been spoofed in a new Wake Up Dead Man/Sesame Street crossover short. This is kind of adorable. ❤ (And now I want pie!) https://reactormag.com/beignet-blanc-sesame-street-knives-out-short/

"You have a fever. And the only cure is MORE ASPHYX. Or cowbell. One or the other of those." #Monsterdon

"You are found guilty of opening the gate for Ulfric Stormcloak! You are a traitor to the people of Solitude!" #Monsterdon

Police siren right out of the gate WHEE whoo WHEE whoo "Did somebody report a crappy movie here, citizen?" #Monsterdon

Getting my obligatory "heh heh heh ASS" comment out of the way, just because yes, we're all going to be twelve years old tonight while watching The Asphyx for #Monsterdon oh my yes.

Just bestirred myself to send annoyed feedback to #duolingo on the grounds that this whole chirpy "You fixed Duo!" forced icon change is _really annoying_. As a rule I don't like their cutesy icon changes, and very specifically set the app to use the Super icon instead to avoid that whole […]

Hotel staff: "Room service just delivered the customer on the fifth floor a bottle of black hair dye, some scissors, a new coat, a new suitcase, and a book on How to Forge Your Driver's License. This couldn't be the SLIGHTEST bit suspicious!" #Monsterdon

I feel like Evil Paul Frees' tape recordings ought to be intercut with shots of a rust-red Muppet eating everything. #Monsterdon

"But in a form so strange as to be beyond anything YOU can imagine—” I dunno, I can IMAGINE quite a bit! #Monsterdon

"The purpose of the film you are about to see—” Is pain. Abject, outright _pain_. #Monsterdon

Wow, this many playthroughs in on #skyrim and I'm _still_ learning things about this game I didn't know before. <3 Tonight I'm running my current character in the Tuxborn modpack, where I'm usng Remiel, Xelzaz, and Auri as my followers. I just found Serana in Dawnguard, and was intrigued to see […]

Since this seems to come up a lot, especially now with Windows being replaced by Copilot and Tim Apple being a frequent guest at the White House, I thought I'd write up my quick and objective guide to choosing Linux distros: I just want something stable and easy to install that's still being […]

reposting this classic

RE: https://aus.social/@jimbob/115584984952824578 COSIGNED.

A lot of people misunderstand what it means to be poor. https://blog.ctms.me/posts/2025-11-14-being-poor-or-being-broke/

Goddammit, movie, never split the party And ESPECIALLY NEVER SPLIT THE PARTY when there is a GIANT FRICKING ALLIGATOR ON THE LOOSE in the sewers JUST SAYING #Monsterdon

🎶 There's an alligator on the street Large and mad with appetite to drop He wants to eat and eat and eat and eat Oh hey look now he's chomped a cop 🎶 #Monsterdon

The herpetologist is the girl from the opening credits! WHO COULD POSSIBLY HAVE PREDICTED #Monsterdon

WAIT WAIT WAIT The Daily Bugle? This news got to the Bugle? Are they going to send in Spider-Man? #Monsterdon

🎶 So what's the big deal, doesn't everyone Have an alligator somewhere, somehow And maybe this one's always been in our sewers But we never noticed until now 🎶 - this press conference, probably #Monsterdon

<side-eyes movie hard> Okay, ALL of these dog-abusing assholes need to be gatorchomped. #Monsterdon

🎶 There's an alligator in the ditch He's living underneath the grate And now this son of a bitch Meets his tasty, chompy fate 🎶 #Monsterdon

Well, this whole "backstory over the opening credits" thing suggests at least some level of filmmaking competency here. But I ain't holding out for much. ;) #Monsterdon

What they said. https://stopcitingai.com

Review of the mod The Tools of Kagrenac, as played by me in the Tuxborn load order. Contains spoilers for the mod, as well as one spoiler relevant to running it in the Tuxborn load order in particular. Spoiler-free picoreview: found several aspects of it frustrating and the narrative a bit weak […]

They laughed at me for still buying DVDs but now it's Saturday morning and I'm watching Bugs Bunny cartoons for as long as I want with no commercials WHO'S LAUGHING NOW

Severance was great because it was essentially a documentary about a lot of ‘knowledge work’ “I love my job. I make a great salary, there’s a clear path to promotion, and a never-ending supply of cold brew in the office. And even though my job requires me to commit sociopathic acts of evil that […]

I’ve been testing a theory: many people who are high on #ai and #LLMs are just new to automation and don’t realize you can automate processes with simple programming, if/then conditions, and API calls with zero AI involved. So far it’s been working! Whenever I’ve been asked to make an AI flow […]

I really want a single global setting on my phone for “never autoplay anything ever, no matter what the app settings might have been set to, god damn it”

Can we just take a minute and acknowledge that our POTUS is right OUT IN THE OPEN lobbying Congressional members to vote against releasing the Epstein files?! Like... what the fuck else does anyone even need to know?

Holy Shit, #valve did a product launch in 2025 and did not mention AI a single fucking time. So refreshing.

another #leaves #ferns #autumnleaves #autumn #fallcolors #fallcolours

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@chrissanders88/115537259158327187 PREACH IT. Each and every em dash in each and every one of my works of fiction is there because I damn well wanted it there.

And now, in honor of this week's #Monsterdon choice, the song that will be earworming me all throughout that movie: https://sjtucker.bandcamp.com/track/alligator-in-the-house-2

RE: https://mastodon.social/@marcoarment/115531704412950127 JFC for that kind of money, I could take a knitting class and make my own phone sling.

@schumer.senate.gov punish the 8 Democrat traitors, or resign and let a real leader take over. @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov the Democrats in Washington State expect you to fight for us.

Democrats put the country through pain and suffering for 40 days, and they got nothing out of it. They fucking surrender to Trump. Senate Democratic leadership needs to be replaced. Boot @schumer.senate.gov and replace with someone willing to fight. Remove the 8 traitors from all committees.

Tom Servo, Crow, and Joel in three-part harmony: 🎶 SOME YOU WIN SOME YOU LOSE IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU PLAY THE GAME WHEN YOU'RE LIVING ON THE EDGE 🎶 Whoo boy that was _bracing_. Well done surviving that one, crew! #Monsterdon

I totally wanted random sound effects each time these crazy kids opened a coffin to stake the vamp inside. Cat yowling. A wolf howl. A Wilhelm scream. #Monsterdon

I think I kinda wanna smack this movie for making me wibble between "OH GOD OH GOD ANOTHER SONG PUT US OUT OF OUR MISERY" and "I wonder what the soundtrack is up to?" #Monsterdon

"KLAATU! BARADA! NECKTIE!" #Monsterdon

This is an important, eloquent piece by @aphyr - worth a boost I’d say: https://aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you-to-understand-chicago

stairs, obscured #leaf #fallcolours #autumn #tree #fallcolors #Autumn #autumnleaves