Why is everyone acting like bluesky is done because one of the moderators(?) is having a meltdown? I'm not online enough for this discourse.

All tiddlers accounted for. Phew! Rest of the garden, though? That took a bit of a beating.

Awful storm throughout the night. Barely slept due to worrying about the fishies. The last time something this wild rolled through, it took out a fish. I’m really hoping that’s not the case again. Either way, I’m anxious to get out once the sun comes up and start tidying.

Is there a reason I can't find anywhere selling Deadendia in ebook form?

Checking the new OG Fortnite pass and... gasp! Sad he's wearing a vest, depriving us of abs. But I'm always up for taking a werewolf. You heard me.

When you want to hear someone discuss a movie, but all the videos on youtube are just scene for scene recaps posing as "reviews"

Watched Meegan 2 1: That was fun nonsense 2: Was curious if it was going to have a stance on current events, but it ended up a bit more sci-fi "future humanity must coexist with artificial life" 3: Leigh Whannell off remaking universal monster movies while Blumhouse makes yassified Upgrade

Bought some extravagantly expensive headphones. We shall see how long it takes me to feel guilty for having spent money and then sell them. 😅

Thought I'd try and get into jump rope as a means to stay active while not moving too far. After faffing about with a cheap rope I got from a sports outlet, it might just be easier to bounce on the spot.

Was thinking about getting a commission. But then saw a fancy 4K version of Hackers for sale and… well…

Slowed down shakey footage. But that looks like a goldie babu to me. There’s a few more hanging about, but they’re hard to film.

Oh what? Was looking in the pond and saw what I can only reasonably guess are baby goldfish. So, depending on how Winter goes, may or may not have more fish come Spring? That's wild.

I wonder if I could find this on youtube? When Gears of War came out, there was a fancy tin edition that had a bonus disk. On the disk there was a charming Christmas video where the Devs kids go about the studio. At one point, a little girl shows up hold a dog and say "Everyone loves the puppy"

I would like to try learning how to play Syndicate and Syndicate Wars. Surely there's more strategy than just walking your agents around in a group and shooting everything like it's Cannon Fodder?

Watching the 2003 remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and it's pulling out deep memories of seeing trailers for it everywhere. Good times. 👍

New toy for for myself. Marantz CD5001 Instead of having three CD players that each did one thing well, why not one player that does it all? No support for hi-res / surround sound CD formats, but it does read the TOC quickly, have working optical and, my favourite, CD Text 😩✨ 💿

Felt like a bit of an ass when watching Superman. Spoilers: When the super powered lackey was revealed to be a clone of Superman lex made from a sample of Supes hair, I was all like “Atomic Man!” Turns out Ultraman is some dude from the comics I’d never heard of. 🤔

finally tiktok gets good

I was pretty far into being an adult when I realised it was not called "Glengary Glenrothes" I did wonder why a story set in Chicago was so interested in Fife, though.

All my hi-fi gear works exactly as I need it to. But... What if... ... I went on to ebay and bought some more?

The harder they try to make him out to be a saint, the less nuanced my opinion on his passing becomes.

Borrowed a PS4 to wean myself off Fortnite while moving over to Linux. The performance of the game is honestly fine for such an old system. I had visions of the Switch version which barely functions. No, patching is the issue. Even with an SSD, a patch takes longer to be applied than to download.

Solved the Steam in Linux Mint issue. So, best solution for the issue of Steam not loading properly / stuck as an flickering empty window on the desktop: Download and install the official .deb from the website Run steam by opening terminal and typing steam Then take the following step:

Was this close to calling Mint my distro of choice. Only it's acting real weird about Steam? Possibly to do with me using a 9070 XT? Anyone who knows about Linux want to take a guess why steam only loads properly if ran through terminal? Saw people saying to add i386, but no terminal command works

womp womp

TikTok is weird. Furry VRChat poster from SK makes heartfelt apology for an unintentionally transphobic skit. Good bean. Apologies accepted. the weird thing is other furry TikTok accounts popping up to cry about “triggered” “woke” “over-sensitive“ folks, and these being the most liked comments.

Silly thing that put me off a game: Starting Expedition 33 and seeing the in engine cutscenes run like absolute dog water Completely fell out of the mood as I was now more concerned with trying to figure out what was wrong with it Directed to a mod to fix the cutscenes, but the moment has passed

“Hi everybody” 🐟

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I'm freak'n Miku, Miku OOO WEE OOO I'm ontop of the world, bc of u I like powder donuts, and mtn dew. I'm freaking Miku, Miku, Ooo wEe OoO.

Haha. Just making the best of it. Keeping on going. But, whew! They're making it difficult. 😅

The state of things here. Say the wrong thing while opposing the genocide in Palestine? Straight to jail. A pathetic old comedy writer gets a slap on the wrist for hate speech? The ruling class jumps into action to try and change laws so targeted abuse against trans folks is permissible.

Good summery of why the folks who pretend Prometheus and Covenant don't exist end up stuck trying to chase an aesthetic over attempting any new narrative ideas.

As the vibes on the street become more and more fascistic, I don't know why the supposedly centre-left workers party in power isn't saying "F' it. We'll improve your lives, like it or not." Maybe folks won't be as mad all the time if their needs were met? This is why I'm not a politician, I guess.

No idea where this trended started <.< "I'm Old!" 40 as of May.

Watched The Bad Guys 2 today. Haha. As a furry, I’m not allowed to have an opinion. Someone of my advanced years should not incriminate themselves by gushing over how cool and hot cartoon animals are. 🤔

Why are you like this? 😭 Any fish experts want to weigh in? I’ve stead about “bottom sitting” when a fish is feeling unwell, but this is swimming to a specific spot in the shallow end and staring at the wall. Odds of survival aren’t great, are they? 😭

Sad Fish, what are you doing? Like, if I approach, they’ll swim off quickly. Some times they even hang out with the group and you can see all 10 together. But Sad Fish spends mod of the day like this. Just floating near the surface in the shallow areas. How worried should I be?

Finally got around to seeing 28 Years Later and reading the essay by Priscilla Page. Wish I could see movies like she does. I feel like such an oaf in comparison. That is why good writers and critics exist. Not to give an objective product review, but to help one to think differently about art.

There's two fish in the pond that like to hide and sit alone. It's cute. It's also got me checking the pond with the constant expectation to find them done-for. 😩 I'm this close to setting up an aquarium in the house so the quiet fish can chill out in peace.

Listening to a Creed: Greatest Hits and, whew, they're struggling to fill a best-of album Wanted to hear the handful of tracks they had on rock radio, but instead we're digging deep into a poor-mans Christian rock alternative to Pearl Jam Where's the juice? Higher is track six? I'm already bored😴

It finally hit me. Alien Earth feels like it's an Alien TV show written/directed by Brick-era Rian Johnson. There's a fair amount of gritty adult whimsy going on.

had crumpets for breakfast and now i've got acid reflux vibes. it's a tough job, but somebody has got to do it.

The good things we need to happen rarely occur. But I'm hoping with all my might.

Saw Battle for Polytopia being given away on Epic. It's a neat little Civ-lite time waster. But then I had a bitter chuckle at the time Elon Musk claimed it was the next Chess. A game for true genius intellects. Then there were stories that it was the hot app for tech CEOs. Embarrassing people.

Superman 2025 was real friggin' neat! Really excited to see where this whole project goes next. Speaking of which, need to catch up on Creature Commandos and Peacemaker S2.

Battlefield 2049 for three bucks? Why not?

In a movie: *slaps USB drive into computer* "I've just downloaded a terrabyte of secret goverment info!" In real life: *copying one 40 GB movie file to a USB drive* "Time remaining: 1 hour Time remaining: 2 hours 50 remaining Time remaining: About 8 hours"

Got much better underwater video of the tiddlers doing their thing. Close up view of The Goldie Gang, Chocolate Brownie and Splodge. (Was going to call her Speckle, but my mother started calling her Splodge, so I guess it stuck.)

reposted this today because the inverse is also true: if you abandon trans people right now, you are abandoning civil rights period. if you can't stand up for trans people when it matters, no one should, or will, ever trust you when the bullseye moves to the next target.