Look at this gem of the past I just watched from CBC, 1995! This was in my YouTube Recommended algorithm today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0EXga2hEIs It features a young @pluralistic extolling the virtues of the Internet. Among other things, he warned people about not getting sucked into […]

I just ordered a new music CD. (Technically two CDs.) The album is Syndicate by The Midnight. It came out as a digital download in October 2025 but apparently the 2-CD physical album doesn't release until February 2026. So I just preordered an album. Preordering an album seems like a weird thing […]

Mostly posting here so I will have a place to link it to a friend...

I have another scheduled #p1e #ustalav game tomorrow, Saturday (14 Nov). Last session the party fought ghouls in a small crypt. They crispied one ghoul with burning hands as it fled down a narrow escape tunnel hidden under a sarcophagus. The cleric PC said they would explore that escape tunnel […]

The #p1e #ustalav game scheduled a week ago was delayed until yesterday (Saturday 08 Nov). Combat continued from the previous session (04 Oct) and took all session. (We ran 18 minutes over allotted time to finish it.) Party fought ghouls. The rogue was paralyzed twice and down to 0 hp. The […]

I just want to remind you all of this gem: https://wondermark.com/c/1062/ (Wondermark #1062; The Terrible Sea Lion by David Malki)

I'm sure I did this the hard way. I have a one-page ODF (.ods) that I want printed as two pages on front and back of a sheet of paper, and I want to occasionally print 10 copies. Rather than pasting a second page in Calc, I've printed to #pdf, and used pdfunite to make it a two page PDF. I […]

I've been waiting for a package today. (Yes, on Sunday from #usps.) At ~9:00 AM and again at ~7:30 PM I checked shipping status at USPS and it said the package was out for delivery. I checked it just now and it said: "Your item is being held at the CHARLESTON, WV 25301 post office at 4:37 pm […]

I need to make a stat block for an RP encounter for my next #p1e #ustalav session on Saturday (01 November). I expect them to have the RP encounter in the graveyard after they finish their cross-session combat with #ghouls. It's an RP encounter that is likely to lead to more combat, depending […]

I just ordered new prescription eyeglasses. I hope the prescription is good. I hope the frames fit OK. I hope they get here soon. #eyeglasses #glasses #eyewear #spectacles

“They’re literally putting 🇺🇸 in reverse”

There’s assholes out here trying to tell you that today’s demonstrations were useless virtue signaling. Asserting your values and showing up for each other is never an empty gesture. No circular firing squads. No trolling. No woker than thou sermons. We build together. We live in truth. We […]

I saw Warner Bros Discovery are enshittifying HBOMax further in the name of the almighty dollar. We had the no-commercials tier, now a joke because they added adverts when you pause shows in the HBOMax app on Roku. We planned to cancel this month anyway, because they offered a 50% discount […]

My computer monitor died yesterday. I've ordered a new one but it won't arrive for a few days. In the meantime, I've got my PC hooked up to another screen in the house. #pc #computer #monitor #hardware #hardwareFailure

I'm currently playing Elite Dangerous and somehow, I don't know how, the game is now running on my third workspace instead of my first workspace. I was switching out of the game to look up stuff in Firefox on my second workspace while I did a very long flight. I don't know how I moved the game […]

I watched this Harvard Business Review video recently. I really enjoyed it. It's about the benefits of boredom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orQKfIXMiA8 #youtube #boredom #harvardbusinessreview

I've been playing a lot of Elite Dangerous this week since I got Elite Dangerous: Odyssey DLC on sale for under $2.00 on the Steam Autumn sale. I should have posted about the sale sooner as the Steam Autumn Sale is over now, but I was busy playing. I bought Elite Dangerous a few years ago when […]

I am an extrovert. If I weren't restricted by social norms, I would be like that dog on a walk that wants to greet everybody. As a human person, I do attempt restraint. I do not engage with many people in Real Life because preparing to interact with people--making myself presentable in […]

My Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W120 camera is dead. I bought it in late 2008 and I carried it every day I left the house until this year. The proprietary battery has been dying for awhile now, not holding a charge, but now it tells me to turn it off and on again every time I try to turn it on. I've […]

After ripping a new #cd the other day to #flac, I decided to rip some of my older #cds as .flac, particularly some I've had since the '90s and early 2000s. These albums have seen a lot of use, so I I need to listen closely to be sure there aren't errors due to scratches. Sometimes I hear odd […]

My sister called this morning. She said her #windows computer has notified her that support for #windows10 is ending soon and her current PC is not eligible for Windows 11. She asked me what I was using. "I'm using Linux Mint." "Oh yeah." (I may have mentioned this to her on frequent […]

2 1/2 hours away for the West Coast broadcast of Jimmy's return! (Or you can just watch it here) ▶️ Jimmy Kimmel is Back! https://youtube.com/watch?v=c1tjh_ZO_tY&si=jyLPPLvL7vYWTBBV #jimmykimmellive #comedy #humor #disney #abc

I got a CD. It came out in 2022, but new to me. It is Heroes by The Midnight. I rip CDs to audio files to listen to them on PC, and I listen immediately after ripping them to make sure the files are actually good rips. I ripped to .flac, .ogg (q=9), and .mp3 (320 kbps), so I'm listening three […]

Whenever you look at the state of the world and feel the urge to post something on the lines of: "Humanity DESERVES extinction!"... ...then please remember that there are plenty of people out there who are NOT assholes and who are NOT responsible for the assorted messes plaguing this world […]

I had a doctor visit today and in an unexpected turn of events, I recommended that my doctor check out the Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous CRPG (video game). #doctor #crpg #pathfinderwotr #pathfinder #videogames

In #p1e #ustalav last night (06 Sept), we mostly completed leveling to 4. Then they took 6 days downtime. The unchained rogue wanted to retrain finesse training for weapon selection, which took five days (+200 gp). The bloodrager retrained hp twice (3 days & 120 gp each) to gain +2 hp--her hit […]

Ugh. I took a nap (~7 hour is a nap, right?) and woke up with my throat as dry as Jack Sparrow in Death Valley. My mouth wasn't and isn't dry, just my throat... it's so dry it hurts. I drank a little water and I plan to drink some more. I think I need a humidifier for Autumn. This summer has […]

PC just crashed. I rebooted and fsck to fix filesystem errors (as was necessary). Once booted, Firefox had all my bookmarks but it had lost my settings. Firefox could not connect to anywhere I tried. Other Internet-enabled things were working. Email client worked, tracepath worked. So the […]

One time years ago (maybe 20?) I was part of a class action suit. I got a check for $10.00. I walked from my house to the bank to deposit the check. I lost the settlement check (in its envelope) on the way to the bank. On the way home from the bank, I found the settlement check crumpled and […]

I just heard about this today. You'd think if Google wanted most email users to change passwords, they'd send an email or something. https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/08/25/google-warns-most-gmail-users-must-change-passwords/

Funny #mastodon search interaction. I was looking for something about MIT (the US University). But there’s a lot of German speakers who use the word “mit” a lot. (It means “with”) No problem, right? I can search for “language: English”. And that’s when I find all the bilingual posters who post […]

I just watched Thunderbolts. I really liked it. I thought I would; I've been waiting for it to get to Disney+. #thunderbolts #movie #movies #film #mcu #disney #marvel

I saw yesterday that my Bluetooth wasn't working. I don't use it much so it may have been disabled for weeks. I found no indication of a Bluetooth device in the OS. That's weird since it's on the same m.2 board with my WIFI adapter, which still works. I used #timeshift to roll back my […]

I watched this Harvard Business Review video recently. I really enjoyed it. It's about the benefits of boredom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orQKfIXMiA8 #youtube #boredom #harvardbusinessreview

A Medicare scammer called today. (They call most week days, including holidays.) She said "This is Emily with Medicare Providers, how are you today?" I said, "Ugh, I WAS fine." She hung-up on me with no further ado. #scam #scamcall #medicare

Do you ever think "Well, this is an interesting one" while doing a CAPTCHA? I did one today that was pictures of fish, ducks, and dogs, and it told me to select the images of "animals that walk on four legs." I noted that in none of the pictures were the legs (of the ones that had legs) visible […]

On my own profile page now I see "Trending Now" instead of "Featured Hashtags." How do I view my own featured hashtags? How does anyone view them? I'm not looking for "Followed hashtags" but the ones I've set as featured in my profile. I routinely use them to review my own related posts […]

I've never read David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. It surprised me in my #dream last night that the villain had lied about his history to everyone, telling them the story of David Copperfield. They hadn't read the book either. The villain had people convinced he was a #werewolf but he was […]

The first thing I do when an app starts to cram AI down my throat is to either switch off the AI or delete the app. Also, there is no reason why my browser should have a chat bot. Staring at you #firefox.

Someone in an online group I follow just posted this in a thread: "I asked AI, and it said" -- words followed. This person was demonstrating total trust in a system that is totally untrustworthy. The hype is working, and the result is going to be terrible.

When I view my own profile now, I'm no longer seeing my top hashtags on my profile. Instead I'm seeing "Trending Now." Is there some other place to see my own top hashtags? I use them to find older posts on topics I post about a lot.

I'm very tempted to buy more #miniatures, but I really need to get a better and/or additional way to transport my existing metal minis as I'm already having trouble transporting them to my game nights. Rather than buying more miniatures, I should look into buying a miniature transport solution […]

In #p1e #ustalav game tonight (19 July), the party entered a long waddle-and-daub hut in the snowy mountains where fire #skeletons imprisoned humanoids assigned to be turned into undead. The party fought a fire skull (in one hit), a CR 1 mythic fire #skeleton, and a CR 3 fire skeleton champion […]

In #p1e #ustalav game tonight (12 July), the party saved their boss... They found him unconscious on the road, pitched over in some snow. They met a ghoulish unkindness (CR 2 #ghoul raven swarm) picking the bones of a dead mobat (former #skaveling). The cleric was temporarily blinded in combat […]

I logged on my PC today and, after the log-in for #linuxmint (lightdm, I think?), I got a black screen with a working mouse pointer. I could hear programs opening but Cinnamon failed. I rebooted via tty2. I tried AwesomeWM (also installed). It worked. I tried Cinnamon Software Renderer. It […]

I learned today that in a recent #shareholder vote for Warner Bros Discovery ($WBD), 60% voted against the executive compensation package for CEO David Zaslav. Yay! I have two shares (worth ~$20.00 combined). I voted against him, but my vote is only two shares. If they had a vote to vote him […]

Hot Take: I hate when tutorials are called "a master class." Your 20 minute YouTube video is not a "master class." Your 6-week training course is, in fact, also not a "master class." Calling everything a "master class" is devaluing what it means to have mastery of some study, whether that […]

I just found out that @AfterMidnight is ending after two seasons. It was renewed for season three but Taylor Tomlinson, the host, chose to return to stand-up full-time instead. Final episode is set to air June 12th. Since it comes on at 12:35am, that means this evening. I didn't watch it live […]