where should we stop during Art-A-Whirl on Saturday??

forecast finally has zero days below 40. I'm putting away shovel and boots, so y'all know who to blame when we get the surprise ice storm

new TV has 3 HDMI ports but we're already rotating 5-6 devices. I could get an HDMI switch but those seem strictly worse than just getting a new receiver...the tradeoff being if I got a new receiver, the soundbar is out, I'd need new speakers. so I guess we just keep plugging/unplugging for now

things that would be gender-affirming to me in ways I don't know how to explain to cis people: - red eyes - ahoge - fangs - split tongue

sorely tempted to get cosmetic dentistry for Gender Affirming Fangs but when I brought it up at a second consecutive dentist appt she gave me an exasperated look and said "you already HAVE fangs!" insisting that going any larger would cause Problems

please, god, I’ve never wanted anything more than this

gf and I opened Tomodachi Life to find our Miis (the ones we made of ourselves) had a baby and she got so emotional she cried

anyone got a referral link for Bookshop.org? no time to shop in person this Indie Bookstore Day but I've been meaning to make an account and order something since they let you choose local stores to share profits

moving in with gf means merging our game collections, so we often find we've got two copies of the same game! sometimes...more than two

gf handed me this beautiful breakfast sandwich while I'm stuck at my desk in meetings all morning

drew lucina in the outfit my local dispensary's cashier always wears

so I guess Isles Bun has always done pizza? never seen it on offer before but this stuff is GOOD

new tomodachi is the best shit ever even if it was fucked up when sol badguy clocked my wife

I was handcuffed/charged with jaywalking (didn’t) holding a large camera taking a photo of street outside this McDonald’s. While detained, MPD ignored multiple burglary calls. I had to take it all the way to trial where they tried to shake me down for a plea before dismissing 1 min before trial.

metro transit cops are already asking people in bus shelters if they're waiting for buses and if not, arresting. we had reports of it happening in a loring park chat on sunday night perhaps the policing that less privileged areas of the city already face is simply finally making its way to uptown!

an awful lot of IT training documentation could be described as just "common sense with extra steps" and that's irritating when it's internal because we're all like, who doesn't already know this? but then I remember our end users and understand

Without a shred of irony you are told by “career advisors” that being good at a job is a hindrance to your advancement, meanwhile you are fed a constant stream that running scams are the literal only route to financial security. It’s a testament to how cowed we are that it’s not all on fire

two months later I've done none of these, but I actually have THREE dead desktop PCs to work with now so it really feels like I should be able to make something out of all that...it's just the troubleshooting that's killing me

we have free laundry here but the dryer is ancient and just keeps spinning when you open it so getting your clothes out is like a minigame of reaching in to grab at them

why does this level look like a weapon Sol Badguy would wield for a construction worker alt costume

sentenced to 1 hour on the toilet for my food crimes #shitposting

accidentally ate an entire bag of Baba's Pita Puffs with an entire tub of Baba's Garlicky Hummus, which I see now are meant to be 5 and 10 servings, respectively

satisfying my Wisconsin instincts tonight (drinking a beer and eating a ball of cheese like an apple)

i think sometimes cis people truly have a hard time understanding that jk rowling is a living person actively using her wealth to fund the international assault on trans lives. she’s not some Complicated Author we can have a spirited debate about separating from the art with!!!!!

I was in the same room as the Tamodachi demo for 20 minutes and the character creator theme is already on loop in my head

weaponize me

doors closing

I just noticed that I Saw the TV Glow is free on Youtube right now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYxQ... If you haven't gotten around to seeing it, you now have no excuse!

using proper rhythm (proper rhythm (proper rhythm))

thought this was widely known but apparently not: if you use scheduling tools like Doodle/When2Meet/etc. at your corporate job and struggle to get people to actually respond, Microsoft added a "Scheduling Poll" button to Outlook that does the same thing without needing to open a site or make a login

getting a surprise check back because insurance overcharged you feels like drawing the Monopoly "BANK ERROR IN YOUR FAVOR" card in real life. like I'll take it, but I didn't know it was a thing that could actually happen so the money doesn't feel real

had no idea the 0.5% lidocaine gel I picked up was on the extremely weak end of the scale and now I feel silly for trying to tough it out at electrolysis appointments. what do you mean I could've had something 10x that strength this whole time if the selection at Walgreens didn't suck

lotta people speculating Project Helix will be another Steam Deck, but Microsoft effectively already has that with the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally handhelds. if it gets any hardware I'm guessing more of an explicit Switch copy. think a thin Surface-style tablet that becomes way more powerful when docked.

*points at @helix.midwestspeedfest.com* this is an xbox

writing some job description/role responsibilities stuff at work and finding subtle ways to phrase my automation projects such that I can make the acronym TAS

Because of the National driver register, since their licenses are suspended, trans folks cannot move to another state and get a new license until they remove the suspension on their existing Kansas license. They can't even escape this by moving to another state.

getting more into game modding when storage prices are skyrocketing has me digging through old devices for microSD cards. found a 64GB lying around, checked my order history, and *the same size card sells for 20-50% more today than it did when I bought it in 2016*

got teased for accidentally dressing like Madeline from Celeste today

growing tech todo list: - Linux on my laptop - frankenstein's desktop PC build w/parts of mine and gf's (both mysteriously broken) - dev mode on Xbox Series X - re-hack launch Switch - cfw PSP - cfw 3DS for real this time it has been like 2 years what is wrong (all on hold until after moving house)

Mayor Frey refused to support a unanimous call from the city council to ask Gov. Walz for an eviction moratorium to support our most vulnerable neighbors and now everyone's having to crowdfund rent.

haus of decline already nailed this

If you don’t read old stuff you’ll never discover that people in the olden days had the same thoughts and feelings and dreams and anxieties you do, sometimes articulated differently, sometimes exactly the same way. You are never truly alone in anything and old writings are a neon sign telling you so

two years ago my laptop order got delayed by MONTHS, had to buy a cheap refurb to use while I waited. it felt wasteful to have 2 recent laptops. last year I had phone issues, got an upgrade on sale. it felt silly having 2 recent phones. this year? the RAM shortage is making it all look justified

coworkers have been complaining they are dealing with way more tickets from a specific queue at work so I looked into helping them out and realized the dashboard stats show 80% of tickets were handled by 2 of the people who got laid off this month. so. no wonder! HOW did management not realize that

if you haven't yet, go into settings to your labelers and then off the "rude" setting. its on and set to "hide posts" by default. just turn it the fuck off its a label that a human moderator slaps on someone simply for not liking them and that's not a joke! they do not do it to crypto ppl ever

For no particular reason, thinking about how the Minneapolis Aquatennial was concocted by business men in 1940 to water down the memory of a 1934 Union victory that happened in spite of violent and deadly opposition

my job is adopting MN's new paid leave/sick time policy in a really convoluted way. there is a well-written example for how you can abuse it to accrue a *negative* PTO balance and take time off *in advance* for 2026 only, but nobody can explain when PTO expires or how much carries over. baffling