We must believe in a world to create that world

Like, no, you don't get to send a blank page, then max out my CPU puzzle-piecing together the results of 150 separate AJAX calls browser side. If I type an address into my browser and the HTML structure of the resulting page isn't deliverable in a single HTTP request, you have fucked up. Start over.

Deranged #Endfield headcanon: the Endminstrator is Priestess. I know this probably isn’t right but WHAT IF?!

They look nice together, I think.

A very adorable commission of the fantasy characters my partner and I play. This was a Christmas present to commemorate all the adventures we’ve been on with the hope of many more! Art done by @amaipetisu.bsky.social

Hong shao rou with braised daikon and black mushroom, plus a side of bok choy. I injured myself so many times trying to make this being as tired as I am but goddamn if it isn’t one of the most delicious things in the world.

Yes, hello, is that God? Yeah, hi. I have a complaint. You gave me this brain that’s designed for finding berries and avoiding lions and now people are ‘just circling back’ to see if we can ‘move the needle’ on ‘key initiatives’? NONE of those things are berries.

FRIKKIN YEP

As part of needing regular medical care and also having had three different forms of insurance in the last two years, I have discovered that most medical institutions *can get your insurance info for you*. So now anyone asking me to enter my own info makes me scintillatingly angry 😂

I love when he’s upside down.

Chilaquiles really don’t make good leftovers :<

My lil black void does this, except she shoves her *entire head* into the cup. I haven’t managed to catch a photo of her doing this, but it is really quite impressive.

I *love* tiny city service vehicles. The itty bitty plaza sweepers in Barcelona are some of my favorites of all time.

“Not-invented-here” syndrome is so exhausting (tech companies thinking something is new and revolutionary because their own company hadn’t done it yet, even if it’s common in other contexts)

I sent my partner a link to SCP-9042 and now she’s yelling because I didn’t mention the toxic yuri in my summary 😂

To me, nice is a performance, an adherence to norms, making the pleasant bleep bloops to signify in-group, the smile on your face. Kind is something deeper, a genuine care for another, an attempt to alleviate suffering. It is very possible to be nice without being kind, and vice versa.

My speepy baby

Space marine: Endfield

Attempt 2 at patatas bravas went way better than the first. Adjusted the cooking times, added more smoked paprika and another Fresno chili to the sauce, and omitted the cilantro lol. I think I was a little too light on the oil though because I had a lot of potatoes sticking to the pan.

I hate having to get my hemoglobin stolen 2-3x/yr :< (time for scheduled blood tests bc of medication I’m on)

Missing Barcelona after my recent trip there, so I attempted to recreate patatas bravas. The cilantro isn’t the most authentic, but other than that I think I did ok!

Pretty pleased with my ability to recall color!

Something that I as a patent professional truly deeply need people to understand is the difference between corporate “innovation” and patentable. A lot of it stems from a fundamental misunderstanding of the US patent office’s stated mission: get inventions into public domain.

I’ve finally been introduced to What We Do in the Shadows. I love it. It’s humorous and fantastical but also in an oddly grounded way? I’m not sure exactly what it is but all the scenarios, while comedic, also feel completely believable. Probably because they deal with very human emotions.

The stealth transphobic rhetoric simultaneously argues; 1. That younger people must wait to know they are sure 2. That older people have waited too long to transition and be socially accepted. The end game is the elimination of trans people.

This entire thread.

Back when I was tiny, my parents got me a subscription to Zillions, which was like Consumer Reports for kids. They did a whole year-long series on ads and how ad props are made for photos. It was literally lifechanging and I think inoculated me against many ad tricks. We should bring it back.

A therapist once told me I have an “overdeveloped sense of justice” and lemme tell ya, not a great era to have maxed out that character stat

I’m still digesting everything that happened but Aretuza LARP by @efimeralevents.bsky.social was one of the most magical experiences of my life.

Do people think data center = jobs? lol lmfao modern data centers can be run by skeleton-thin staff (look up “dark data center” design principles) and they’re getting leaner every day.

how about after the game launches they lay off the CEO

This always completely boggled my mind, even before the dawn of ML/AI. Like…. Transferring to a new rep, who can also access my account details, asking me to repeat every detail yet again…. Shouldn’t the details already be written down?????? It’s somehow even more insulting when AI is involved.

Daemon was written *twenty years ago*. It should be mandatory reading for anyone who wants to even think about agentic systems. www.goodreads.com/book/show/66...

I had a lot of rice porridge growing up. Adult me still loves it, especially now that I can buy/make all kinds of fun add ons for it. Depicted here: pickled red onion, pickled tofu, pickled cucumber, stir fried pork, wok tossed carrot and green onion, and Korean stir fried fish cake.

I was irresponsible and went on a smol adventure this afternoon to a tiny little beach near a smol strip mall. There were kids running around laughing having fun and goddamn I needed to see other people experiencing joy, despite <gestures at everything>. The emotional equivalent of touching grass.

It’s true that 99.9% of the medical system is like this, which only makes me all the more grateful for doctors like my dad who literally coordinated a heist to “acquire” his patient’s medical records from another hospital that was withholding the records out of fear of liability.

Cartoon for @airmail.news

<throws a little tantrum complete with angy kicky feet>

My partner is making dinner, so it’s 2x cats on station time. (“On station” is a ritual we developed to keep the cats from jumping on to the prep counter)

#Endfield is like if you took Genshin, Factorio, original Arknights, stock trading, and a couple other things, and smashed them all together. Overall I’m really enjoying it but good lord the UI is so very complex.

I try to keep my social media positive, largely for my own mental health, but god*damn* recent events got me in a state right now. Anyways, these are my cats and I love them.

I didn't plant this, but after all the tan bark and weed blocked and blackberry brambles were pulled up, this little perennial continues to show up.

I love my partner so I’m making her favorite dish in my repertoire: Moroccan chicken tagine with preserved lemons

Played my first games of Combat Patrol for WH40k yesterday but tragically forgot to take pictures. I had a ton of fun. Way more than my first go at the hobby 20 years ago. The game still feels heavily balanced towards melee though, especially in the tight quarters and ample cover of Combat Patrol.

I was lucky enough to get my character, RFS-K124 “Ray” for Valhalla LARP drawn by @amaipetisu.bsky.social! Look at this adorable little ray of fucking sunshine (that’s not what RFS in her name stands for, but don’t tell the anyone!)

Tonight’s paint session was experimental color blocking. I’m not done with it and obviously it’s extremely WIP but I like the direction. It’s very animu.

Green onions are so rewarding to grow at home. They take next to no effort and each plant is currently growing about a quarter inch a day. Multiply by ~25 plants and it really adds up!

It’s prime time

<crylaughs in LARP runner>

trying to wake up this morning