Oh nice, apparently Rawtherapee can open and convert .x3f files natively. Maybe I'll take the DP1 out for a spin today, I need to go to the library (always a very good place to photograph) to return some books anyway.

New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration. readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...

How are people even surviving these days, asking for a friend (the friend is my currently unemployed ass).

Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:

Some advice for #ShittyCameraChallenge contestants from Mothra vs Godzilla

I have had like the worst day of all time, but my camera from the Shitty Camera Challenge Fundraiser has apparently arrived. Time to see what eldritch abomination waits in the mail room!

I absolutely need this cat to be a villain in whatever is going on with Hardboiled Hildibrand.

Stealworkers

FFXIV: Look, a hard-boiled detective on a motorcycle! My brain, immediately: MATE DARE KA GA--

Picking a Framework over a Macbook is looking like an increasingly foolish decision. Upgradeable RAM and storage means nothing when the third party manufacturers stop selling parts to consumers.

Terrible (great) realization: my Sigma DP1 qualifies as a shitty camera (point and shoot under 15mpx). Also is a slow, temperamental shooting experience that feels in line with the spirit of a shitty camera. This means there is a shitty digital camera that can do true monochrome.

Nothing like that tingle in my upper lip that means random edema is coming to signal that today is going to be fucking great.

Forgot it was December 1 and didn't swap out the non-shitty camera in my work bag for one of my disappointing Ukrainian sons. This is my reminder to myself to do that.

current mood: just dropped a glass bottle of oil on the tile floor of my entryway 🫠

Current gaming status: still playing Guild Wars 2 mostly to the exclusion of anything else. Currently in HoT, which is a WILD ride when you're playing a sylvari.

What's your sign?

Today's mystery: why is opening a child safety cap a five minute ordeal, but that same medicine bottle will open in my bag and spill everywhere?

ahhh, random facial swelling that has me popping antihistamines like tic tacs, one of my favorite states of being.

It is very funny that Ken Starr shows up in these and Bill Clinton doesn’t

We took on a powerful incumbent who was expected to coast to reelection. We faced more corporate PAC money than has ever been spent attacking a candidate in a Seattle election. We built a people-powered movement rooted in hope for our city’s future. And we won. This is YOUR city!

Wow. While we wait for the few remaining ballots to be counted, we feel like we have won this race. The recent drop put us nearly 1,400 votes ahead, just under the .5 percent threshold for a mandatory recount.

lol, my laptop's newest trick is that it will randomly go to sleep while it is plugged in and I am actively using it, but not sleep while unplugged and left alone all day (and drain the entire battery).

it's sometimes tempting to be proud of the Democrats, but we must never let our guard down

I still hate KDE, but turns out that GNOME has gotten so much worse over the years that KDE is more usable by comparison. Y...ay?

“0% woke shit” a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time

Now the ballot tracker is saying my ballot hasn't been sent to me, wtf.

The sandwich thrower trial is simultaneously a serious assault on democracy and straight out of an Ace Attorney game, oh my god.

Got my ballot reprinted to drop off today. The only difficult decision was County Executive, for the very rare reason that both candidates (Zahilay and Balducci) are good and either way we win.

Microsoft has inconvenienced me so greatly at work that I may actually have the motivation to nuke the desktop's Windows installation tonight.

Xenogears, which is definitely one of the most embarrassing possible answers.

You know, until like six months ago even I agreed that my 15 year long refusal to use any form of autocorrect or predictive text was bonkers dumbassery. But seeing that even Grammarly has an assistant... nah, I was right.

pretty sure the delivery driver either got lazy and dumped my food somewhere random or stole my dinner, whee (delivery photo was of a random door that is definitely not in my hotel, and no food in the photo)

I wound up having to travel for work this week, but I have pizza and I found back to back Addams Family/Addams Family values on TV. So that's cool.

Orzo. It's like some ancient Youtube idiot decided to make A Big Rice, and the big rice was bad.

Stop scrolling and post two characters that bring you happiness (yes, this is two characters!)

Whew, I can finally stop nodding politely when my co-workers talk about baseball.

white house has joined bluesky click here to block all official us government accounts instantly bsky.app/profile/did:...

Pretty sure I'm the only person in the city traveling away from the Mariners game right now, ha.

related to that repost, I wish there were an alternative to Soulseek that didn't require port forwarding, worked with a VPN, and DMs that can't be disabled (and are infested with people telling you to kill yourself or trying to sell access to their pirated content).

Got permission to WFH this afternoon to avoid the Mariners game, WHEW.

Holy shit, I finally got my rheumatology referral. Now to see how long it takes to get an appointment.

"Caesar-Papist fusion" is the coolest thing anyone has ever called JD Vance.

This is my dance about how much transphobes suck.

Pretty sure Eleanor Roosevelt is dead

The entire populace of Seattle seems to be in a good mood right now, which I'm assuming we can attribute to the Mariners and/or the blessings of the Etsy Witch.

My work computer, which has Microsoft E5 and Enterprise Teams (so it's all billed through my employer's account and I can't upgrade any services) is now showing me a peristent banner in Teams to "unlock Premium." Fuck off, Microsoft.