In @fallout.bethesdastudios.com apparently 5+5 = 8. 9991/10000 XP for challenge. Caught two fish at 5 each, and only at 9999.

I have never seen a cat so evenly split between attention driven and food driven. At least it makes it somewhat convenient to keep her from the kitten food, just keep scritching her.

Looks like the Emperor of Glass milestone in #NoMansSky is buggy. Couldn't advance it at all, quitting the game didn't help. Leaving the system and going back finally did. On to Phase 3.

The @fallout.bethesdastudios.com infestation challenges suck molerat balls. Those are going to be an instant reroll for me from now on.

Dreamed of Henry Cavill as the next Dr. Who. He tried to convince potential companions that the TARDIS was a time machine by showing them lots of pristine, in package 1st edition D&D miniatures. When he was done, he'd open them and manually worry them to make them look the correct age.

The difference between animal shelters here is stark. We contacted one about a senior bonded pair a little over two months ago. They ghosted us after a few attempts. They are still on their adoption page. The other we applied for a mother and a kitten. They bent over backwards to give us them all.

Switching between C# and Kotlin every 10 minutes or so does not really help my sanity.

You might want to look at the Black Jacket bundles @valvesoftware.com. Discount looks wonky

Whose bright idea was it to make brown kitty litter?

Momma cat was being affectionate this morning, rubbing back and forth against my legs, then did the headbutt collapse thing on my foot. One of the kittens was "Oh, all right. I'll be nice to the Foot Monster" and settled on my foot. Then she looked up and saw it was attached to someone and ran.

Really @fallout.bethesdastudios.com? I re-roll "Complete a Daily Operation" and the oh so helpful "Complete a Daily Operation while in a costume" comes up. ARRRGGGHHHH

Kitty's first slack message

Happy 25th anniversary @jenbooks.bsky.social Back at the beginning of the month when we were only semi-seriously looking for a new cat I joked that we might be getting some on our anniversary. Well, today's the day and apparently the 25th is Siamese, we're picking them up later.

Of course. I'm getting close(ish) to the end of FFXVI and Infinite Wealth is going on sale. Apparently I'm never going to clear my backlog of big RPGs

You missed an edge case @xbox.com. The "connect a controller" dialog apparently accepts B as a cancel even though there isn't a UI button. The dialog closes and reopens because you haven't connected a controller, even though you used the controller to cancel.

Trying to punch through ignore on two contact numbers at 8 AM for something that isn't time sensitive is a REALLY REALLY good way to get me to stop doing business with you.

No Man's Sky expedition finished. I like the new mechanics, but I don't really appreciate being forced to stay on one planet using only the Colossus for transport.

Crafting and scrapping the pipe guns for the @fallout.bethesdastudios.com weekly challenge is giving me flashbacks to Skyrim

They nerfed @xbox.com reward points again. I was going by inertia before, but I'm done now, this was just the final straw. Whatever points I happen to get is what I happen to get. No more using bing for game searches, no more mobile app.

Just finished the new Saint's Row game. I've played all of the others except for the first and Agents of Mayhem. It was a perfectly fine SR game, I don't understand why it got all the hate. Not perfect by any means, but enjoyable enough.

Well I'll be. The original notepad is still in Windows, accessible if you uninstall the crappy new one.

Bing is really at the top of its game when it uses AI to create those daily quizzes.

Slightly diminish a band: Maybe

Have you bullshitted this week? Have you tried to bullshit this week? www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/b...

@gamedle.wtf FYI, the web page is not even in the first page of results on Bing on a search for either "gamedle" or "gamedle.wtf"

Tried MS Solitaire for the first time since my Game Pass expired. Holy shit, the ads are annoying. I have no clue how @jenbooks.bsky.social puts up with it.

Australia, killing you for 55 million years. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Age yourself with gaming

The rerunning of the expeditions is after my game pass expires. Convenient, no FOMO on either side. www.nomanssky.com/2025/11/holi...

Definitely like the new control scheme in @powerwashsimulator.co.uk 2, but man, my reflexes from the original are going to take some time to beat into submission.

Has anyone run the numbers with less rounding? Somehow I wouldn't be surprised if the real number is 88,000 square feet.

BALL x PIT is extremely weird. It's like Space Invaders, Breakout and Vampire Survivors had a baby. 👍Would recommend.

WTF @gamepass.xbox.com?

HP Lovecraft might have eaten Cheez-Its

I was going to keep Gamepass Essential to be able to play a particular game with my wife. Turns out we can get it on PC for less than two months of Essential. After 17 years of Gold and GamePass, buh-bye @gamepass.xbox.com. I'm the type of whale they liked, but enough is enough.

Wow, @xbox.com has managed to do something I didn't even think was possible. Make me think "Maybe it's time I actually worked on my backlog"

"Soften apples over medium low for 10 minutes" now ranks up there with "caramelize onions, 15 minutes" for me.

Make a band singular: Blues Only Child

Currently in one of those "what the hell do I want to play?" moods. Bouncing between: P4G DA:O Octopath Traveler II Shadow of Mordor AC: Mirage Midnight Suns Pentiment Thronebreaker Nothing has stuck yet, and dunno if anything will or if this list will just expand.

Playing my XBox Games on a huge screen, and being able to play Assassin's Creed and Batman in VR? Count me in. #XboxPlayAnywhereSweepstakes

Getting back into Alan Wake. I wonder if I can get my planned @remedygames.com universe playthrough going again.

Is there a tab group setting that says "links from this tab group do not open in the tab group"? @firefox.com Sometimes I want stuff I open in the group (research groups) other times I don't (daily news feeds)

The fishing RNG in @fallout.bethesdastudios.com hates my guts.

WTF? Just how strong is that yeast? "Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap or a clean towel and let the dough rest at room temperature for 3–4 hours (or even overnight for deeper flavor) until doubled in size and bubbly." Forty minutes and it's more than doubled.

My parents had an antique store maybe 30-40 miles from a few popular with celebrity areas. Lucie Arnaz was in a few times and my parents never recognized her. I think she started setting them up to see how far she could push it. "Wait a minute, was that Paul Newman last weekend?"

Doom the Dark Ages tutorial is misleading. "Rapidly Click Right Stick 3 times" for combo melee. I just could not do it. Failed over and over again, not able to get past that tutorial mission. Once I figured out their rapid and my rapid were two vastly different things, piece of cake. Needed slower.

Stop with the AI already @firefox.com Anybody know if this is skipping Librewolf www.engadget.com/ai/the-war-o...

There's a feature from Blue Prince I'd love to see in @expedition33.bsky.social I'm not sure what the BP developer calls it, but a smart sprint button. Hold sprint button is sprint, press sprint button is toggle sprint. I change in the menu all the time, so this would help.

Can you please tell Mike Johnson to go do a word search for "Christian" in the Treaty of Tripoli @doggett.house.gov