From right to left: Fermi, Truffle, and Rat Butt. #petRats #rats

Three days left to get the Windows-free Defenestrated Edition of "Networking for System Administrators!" Get the skills you need while protecting your Unix purity! Once the Kickstarter is over, it's gone forever. mwl.io/ks

I'd be annoyed at insomnia, but I'm too tired. That's how insomnia protects itself from my fury.

The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon

Today's Rat Meme Monday is in honor of Artemis II.

MOON MOON MOON (order mulch delivery) MOOOOON

the past isn't dead. It isn't even the past.

Somebody says "Go on this right-wing podcast, generate 100K sales," I'd say hell no. Go on Fox News to promote your book, it'll reach in the millions. Oh fuck no. An interview with a slimy influencer? Watch me lock the door. Not everything is worth stepping in shit. Better to keep a clean floor.

From right to left: Fermi, Truffle, and Rat Butt. #petRats #rats

I realize it's subjective until we know otherwise. But I don't think Mango Man is posting. It doesn't sound like him. Language has a rhythm, as does the speech of people we know. We can't always pinpoint it in one sentence, but in a few paragraphs, or several minutes of listening? Our gut knows.

The N4SA2e Defenestrated Edition broke another stretch goal! Four days remain, then this book disappears forever. mwl.io/ks

On April Fools' Day pranks, and my list of past pranks. mwl.io/archives/24621

7 years ago today, The Invisible Man vs The Invisible Stan happened at Joey Janela's Spring Break 3, with Bryce Remsburg as the ref. BIGGEST PROOF THAT WRESTLING IS REAL. Credit: x.com/thedrainmake... #GCW #AEW

John King Books, downtown Detroit. It is all things book to all book people.

Got an email from Adobe saying that they were nearly doubling the cost of my creative cloud subscriptions and adding a bunch of Gen AI dogshit I didn't ask for! If you don't want to get charged you have to log in and downgrade to a "standard" plan that's just the fuckin apps.

Dang it, the last stretch goal fell. Exceeded my best guess. Thinking the next one should be "Ed Mastery" at $6k? An April Fools' book as a bonus for this April Fools' book? mwl.io/ks

AMAZING

cancel your adobe subs asap and use non adobe products if you haven't already

On Thursday, federal agents arrested an Antifascist protest leader for interrupting a local church service. On Friday, he was convicted & executed with no due process. On Sunday, he rose.

We need more defenestration in tech. Michael is the hero we need.

Post a Star Trek gif for First Contact Day

In the name of Dog, I am so sick of shilling my books.

Only five days to get the Defenestrated Edition of "Networking for System Administrators." Once it's gone, it's gone forever. Defenestrated Edition? I threw out the Windows. mwl.io/ks

Only five days to get the Defenestrated Edition of "Networking for System Administrators." Once it's gone, it's gone forever. Defenestrated Edition? I threw out the Windows. mwl.io/ks

all right, who stole the body? Rude.

I'm not claiming to be a hero, but with every Cadbury MiniEgg I eat, that's a dog not getting chocolate poisoning. I've saved so many dogs.

It's impolite to call Musk a genocidal white nationalist because "civility" in American discourse functions not as a neutral procedural norm but as an asymmetric weapon to shield the powerful from accurate moral characterization while policing the tone of those who object.

late stage capitalism is fine, it's the authors trying to survive who are the problem

I've seen this LinkedIn "BrowserGate" site posted a few places online. LinkedIn is "searching your computer"! It's a "mass breach of personal data"! It sounds illegal, and maybe it is, but you should know what this is really about, and who's behind it. 🧵

Here are some regal rats to help you celebrate World Rat Day tomorrow. Feel free to print them out and have fun with them. We all know rats rule, not just tomorrow, but every day. #theillustratedrat #WorldRatDay

Done by request. #theillustratedrat

Don't come at me with any "With not both?" bullshit. The money from Harry Potter is being used to ruin people's lives.

Pope Leo when he hears JD Vance is writing a book about the Catholic faith

going to start practicing unsympathetic magic

A rainy Saturday, so I'm reading @zzclaybourne.bsky.social's #KhumaloTales. Yes, I got an early draft. First thought? "Yay, Bog!" Bog is my man. I'm just starting and this book already feels like a warm blanket and a cup of coca. www.kickstarter.com/projects/obs...

For the Saturday crowd: my April Fools' book is out. Once the Kickstarter ends, the N4SA2e Defenestrated Edition disappears FOREVER. Have a laugh, and grab it if you like. mwl.io/ks

I look at folks like Skyla and think "gee, maybe I should do releases on a schedule instead of dropping new books like a startled raccoon?" Then I look in the mirror, remember I *am* a startled raccoon, and carry on. (Good books, btw. You should get some. On schedule.)

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

I have put the snowblower away, so tomorrow's utterly unexpected blizzard will be my fault. Sorry, I like to get these things over with.

I should do some writing, but it's the nicest day of the year and it's supposed to get dismal quickly. Gonna go outside and hoe the early weeds before I lay mulch next week.

Truffle and Quercy want me to warn you that the thumb-beast is running a fresh scam that CERTAIN PEOPLE mistake for art, and that sysadmins should not read or support mwl.io/ks

THIS. The vast majority of the insights I depend on as a writer (and digital artist) have arrived as a byproduct, usually serendipitously, of the “grunt work.” There is NO Quick Easy Trick into the mastery of craft. Anyone claiming otherwise is lying, and likely also trying to sell you something.

Thomas gets taken to a black ops site

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: Office365 in spaceship nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* Office365 in spaceship

feeding other people: a delightful act of community. not an inconvenience whatsoever, and they deserve only the best. feeding myself: a tedious chore with no positive benefits whatsoever. why even bother, ungrateful wretch.

The Defenestrated Edition has broken another stretch goal! Backers get a free copy of "Dear Abyss" immediately upon backing. Plus, I have to film me defenestrating the books and make the TWP documentation public. Give your favorite Windows-hating #sysadmin the gift of knowledge. mwl.io/ks

::side-eyes the "improvements" in every OS and app I currently use::

Another $140 and I have to make my documentation wiki world-readable. Which means that you can make me do more work, without tainting your open source purity. mwl.io/ks

A useful article any time someone wants to argue about stupidity: theconversation.com/no-youre-not...