Waterproof Chucks! Is it my birthday? 🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤 (no it's not)

@brchaus.bsky.social The internet tells me it's your birthday. If so, I hope it's a very good one full of excellent things and people. And if it's NOT your birthday, I still hope the same. 😊

Bluesky users, what do you love/hate about starter packs? How do you *wish* they worked? Mastodon is looking for public comment. https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115337663631274105

Just saw someone refer to Jay Graber as "Atomwaffles" and like... wow, maybe that's a little strong. But I still LOL'd because... c'mon. 😂

Asking #ai is like asking your older teenage brother about stuff. Sure, some of it is true, but none of it is based on lived experience. There's no context. You'll probably learn something, but what you learn might get you slapped at the middle school dance.

My mom made a pineapple upside down cake and served it on the last remaining dish from her wedding. It's like the 70s up in here.

I can't feel my face when I sniff glue But I love it, but I love it, oh I can't feel my face when I sniff glue But I love it, but I love it, oh

I take zero pleasure in recommending this well-written, inconvenient truth bomb, which you will almost certainly rage-quit a few paragraphs in. #qt https://azhdarchid.online/@bruno/statuses/01K6HJ7CRKSDN82ES3KQ8C36AA

Or maybe just keep CEOs out of social media. I dunno. #qt https://unstable.systems/@AmyZenunim/115311680917132996

I love #pdx so much... https://social.panic.com/@cabel/115294058982202115

"You can't buy it. You have to earn it." Cleaning out the garage and found this nugget from what, 2011? 2012? Looking at it now, I'm like... settle down, Merritt. Yikes. #RCTID

You were such a nice boy... #postyourpast

Never in the history of humanity have so many been so stupid, and have suffered so few natural consequences for it.

I've got this active fantasy brewing in which the Nat'l Guard is taken out of action by a PNW rainy season, WotW style. "The National Guard—despondent! ... depressed, after all man’s devices had failed, by the humblest thing that God, in his wisdom, has put upon the PNW." […]

Doesn't affect me, but like 🤨 "...Bluesky to verify users’ ages by offering multiple ways for them to do so beyond only uploading a government-issued identity document. According to its website, KWS also lets users verify by facial scans, payment cards, and more." […]

My cat is giving me terrible advice. "You don't have to go to the gym today. You don't even have to work. Just stay right here on this couch with me, your personal vibrating weighted blanket." #catsofmastodon

After climbing a literal mountain yesterday, this is sort of a letdown. 😂

Portland. Your mountain is puny. I am going to spend the next half hour squishing it.

Saw that from a mile off. It's been overdue. Welp. You've got a few minutes to get it back, boys. Get to it. #RCTID

EVERYBODY GETS A YELLOW CARD #RCTID

I missed that Miller goal. Had to go back and watch it. Dang. #RCTID

Last night, I got to tell a classroom full of bright high school students that we'd be largely vibe coding our project because I can't find a front end dev willing to mentor them. They groaned. Two years. I've been hunting for two years. It's depressing.

Got an itch to restart Arcane again. Again. Again. 🫤

Why do I wake up at 0500, even on Saturdays? Projects like this one. Got both boxes torn down, cleaned, fresh thermal paste applied, and reassembled before 0630.

"AI is here. It's revolutionary. We need every employee at every level to integrate AI into daily routines. This is a top priorit-- wait. Ok, I've just been informed that we're burning through something called 'tokens' at an incredible clip, and our finance guys are freaking out."

Taking my sons to the grocer's.

"Please, sir. My wife. She is very sick." #caturday #catsofmastodon

I just told my homelab server "YOU'RE GETTING A LITTLE BROTHER TODAY" unironically and obviously I need some sort of intervention. Excited for a new server though.

⛑️ CPR class tomorrow! Info & sign-up here: 107ist.org/event-6292239 #BAONPDX #RCTID

So wait, it's been in town since yesterday but you're going to wait another five days to deliver it? Sirs.

"Secretary Rollins Announces Reinvigorated Farm to School Grants Supporting American Farmers and Children" to the tune of *up to* $18M. Groovy. $18M. Never mind that Trump's USDA cut the LFSCAP's $660M for the 2025 cycle and cancelled the LFPA's $470M outright. It's a wash, right? 🙄 #gopmath

I feel... perceived. How much you want to bet it lacks flavor and burns way too easily? 😜

...I am uncomfortable with this pokemon's main skill. "Splashy Toss?" Didn't anyone think to check localization to make sure "toss" didn't mean something naughty in certain English-speaking countries?

Yep. It's like that. #summer #catsofmastodon

The staff at the clinic I go to for checkups, etc. all wear masks *except* for my primary doctor for whatever reason. But he does slip one on when he enters the room with me because he knows I prefer it. That's something, I guess. https://mstdn.social/@GayDeceiver/115146156295642746

"...brought to you by Nordic Crispbread. Friend, if you want a cracker that eats like a meal, shingles a home, and stops most small caliber bullets, reach for Nordic Crispbread. That wholesome, stiff, fibrous rye plank will have you saying "Hej! That's troublesome."

Stacey bought a fun little clear plastic sleeve thing that you can slip standard letter-sized papers into for whiteboard pen tomfoolery. She started with a Venn diagram which, of course, the rest of us can't ignore...

Today my 7th grader went to school in a black hoodie emblazoned with "TRUST THE LORD" in bold white text. "...where did you get that?" I asked. "From my girlfriend" she said. "We swapped hoodies. I like this one because it smells like her and also because it bothers the homophobes in English Lit."

"Why are you so excited?" After 45 minutes of tinkering, trial, and error, I finally enabled this USB WiFi adapter for my little home lab linux box, a task that would have been plug-and-play on Windows (though not nearly as much fun).

Craft Warehouse in #vanwa with two whole displays featuring @effinbirds gear. ❤️

I'd love to be one of those "Spooky Season starts September 1st" people, but my brain can't handle the cognitive dissonance of Halloween decorations in the heat. We need consistent 70° and lower.

ATTN: Oregon and Washington... #prettyplease #qt https://med-mastodon.com/@luckytran/115125290891909902

You know what would have been really weird? Winning this match. Gnight. #BAONPDX

If this cat could talk, she would tell you in no uncertain terms that she needs to be INSIDE THE REFRIGERATOR. She's obsessed. #fridgecat #catsofmastodon

The Register covered our stand on AI. We have chosen not to include AI in the browser. Based on your feedback, you do not want it and neither do we. #vivaldi #browser #ai #linux #microsoft #google #apple #android #ios #technology #politics […]

Long post. Sorry. I feel like the "meat" of this article is about minor beef (real or perceived) between @Gargron and @mmasnick.bsky.social, but it does raise some interesting questions about the enforceability of Mississippi's age verification law, especially as it relates to instances hosted […]

How successful you are in corporate America is directly related to how well you can tell someone to get entirely bent whilst maintaining the utmost poise and professionalism.

This station was "down for maintenance" last weekend. I wept. https://hachyderm.io/@rdp/114880015006278082