Whenever anyone mentions needing a plumber, I want to say “Stop freakin, call Beacon!” because of an ad from a local plumbing company 20 years ago, in case anyone doubted that advertising worked.

a visual essay on sibling dynamics, featuring: 1: territorial negotiation 2: reluctant coexistence 3: emotional détente 4: grudging acceptance

I’ve lived in seattle for 27 years and this is the most on brand seattle weather I’ve ever seen

Give folks their flowers No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier "They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

I’m right on schedule

15 years ago, I took a pic of my young daughter standing in front of the tarantula tank at a pet store, her hand pressed to the glass, absolutely fascinated. That same kid recently texted me that her scorpion had babies, so now she’s a grandma. So I guess I’m now a great grandma.

TIL that just like beans, you can refry bacon

A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue. The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea. From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...

"please rate your package delivery" i mean ill click the smiley face because i assume it impacts the poor bastard who delivered it but i must impress upon you that forcing both him and i into this situation is an act of utter inhumanity and furthermore that god frowns upon your deeds

patrick mahomes, patrick maways

soooo what’s everyone else up to tonight

Someone was trying to take a portrait of their two fave Chickens, and this happened.

Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.

Software is so awesome. I have been playing a lot of No Man's Sky lately and was inspired by its procedurally generated universe, so now I'm vibe coding an app to generate cool-looking galaxy views with nebulae, planets, stars, etc just for fun. Here are some progress pics of the planet config:

Just ran across a before and after pic from one of my early pandemic DIY projects: extreme bench makeover, Calvin & Hobbes edition. Bench, it's fabulous.

Our boiler broke on Thursday so we went all weekend without being able to use hot water… Fortunately they were able to install the replacement part Monday - a tankless job.

brb need to figure out how to change up my feed so it’s full of people talking about derpy tiger and the flower pot (which was a cinematic masterpiece of a scene)

EVERYONE STOP cheese wheel of cheeses

Hey @migueldeicaza.bsky.social has anyone ever dared to go Mono a Mono with you?

The other day I went to the grocery with my 22yo son, and he got some alcohol but I was paying… and I got carded. Standing next to my 22 year old. “Don’t worry, we do this to everyone”, the cashier says… I really would have preferred that she play the “you don’t possibly look old enough!” card.

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: distracted the drug dog because I had left cheese in my bag. Dog shoved his whole head in my backpack and I said “Uh, I have cheese…?” and the handler sighed deeply and waved me on.

Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago

Since there’s more than one of them now, should we refer to the collective as “Wrecks-it-Ralph” or “Wreck-it-Ralphs”?

One of the things I like about peanut butter is that it is peanut butter

a friend and I went downtown this evening to scream in the streets with thousands of our neighbors. @theonion.com was also at the protest this evening and they were pulling no punches

A foto mais bonita que você verá hoje

Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/

hey, i just met you and you're a whale but here's my story so call me, ishmael

Just thinking about this passage for no reason, from a 300 level course I took in college

Today I announced that I’m retiring from Microsoft after 27 years. (Originally I was planning on doing this after 28 years, but you know how the old saying goes: it’s the end of an off-by-one era.)

I wonder who was in the room where it happened this time

So, @cheriepriest.com shared a video of their beautiful garden and it got me wanting to share some flower shots I've taken. Hope they bring you some joy and solace. #flowers #bloomscroll

I needed a project that did not involve social time or writing, so I made one. It’s not “done” done (that upturned pot will not be staying, and I haven’t finished my decorations yet), but it *works* and the birds are loving it 👍

and as it turned out, Saturday night too

This is a Murderbot & Dungeon Crawler Carl stan account

Alright, fuck it, enough of the shenanigans. We're spending an hour to edit a series of a pelican diving into the ocean that took 3 seconds to shoot. jking please continue with the shenanigans. we deserve it! #birds

I've got my friday night all planned out

More late summer gems from the North Cascades

man remember when our biggest concern was whether we should get the flu shot in the same arm as the covid shot or should we alternate arms i miss those days tbh

I can't believe I made this. I am so proud of myself :-) www.bedlamgame.com

Good morning from the office bed thieves

mike’s hard look in the mirror

[P] In honor of #NationalDogDay, and in the interest of posting something that’s not completely doom-filled, here a video of me getting buried under fourteen golden retriever puppies back in 2021. Genuinely one of the best memories of my life.