For Halloween I have a public #VRChat avatar to share! With my Greater Dane base I made a #ScoobyDoo! You can fav the public avatar here: vrchat.com/home/avatar/...

Hasbro sent an anti-consumer arbitration terms change for D&D Beyond, requiring a emailed letter to opt out..  They didn't specify any format so I'll hand-write it and send it as JPG. I also alerted them to a typo in the terms.

My reading of the new ToS of a popular furry site: * You agree not to violate any foreign laws * Chinese law bans outright access to it * Therefore any access is violation of the terms This could then also be against US law that bans encouraging censorship. Who the heck wrote that license?!

Lazy Sunday

YouTube has started recommending me luxury yatch reviews. I can't think of something more outside of my scope of interest. Weird.

Yard infestation

Wasn't expecting a conversation about Liverpool in a Lidl in Virginia

Thanks to @matrices.bsky.social recommending Aaron and Claire and a local Asian market, I get to make Yaki Udon tomorrow!

Which country is this again?

I was picked up from school for violin lesson in the UK. My mum said the US had reaped what it had sowed in the 80s middle east and a load innocent people died, and that it was horrible and tragic. Then said she was worried the US would do something very, very stupid... I was mostly confused.

Apparently a mortgage company can simultaneously demand payment AND insist I don't exist

Commission for @jaql.tech of their adventuring party. Commissions STILL open btw! let me know if you have any interest!

At 6:30am at a bagel café in the Southern US, I'm reminded this country is wonderful when religion and hatred are put aside.

I am made deeply uncomfortable by a local LLM ending a response with 'Please let me know if that helped!' when it was ephemeral and no longer exists. (I am summarizing huge amounts of text I wrote myself, not generating anything.)

@jaql.tech making cornish pasties! A whole lot of them.

I lived in the DC metro for 2 years. The biggest criminals are the fucking SUV drivers

Slightly diminish a band: They Might Not Be Giants

Ugh. To not have to give data to crappy cloud companies for multi room audio, I had to: - order 3 raspberry pi zeros and DAC for snapcast - order 3 OLD soundbars for have a damn 3.5mm aux input and no damn app - install Music Assistant on my Home Assistant server - configure for an hour

Furthest I've been: Other side of the world (Australia, when living in England). Direction doesn't matter.

Literally just overheard: 'Less Belgian waffle and more French crepe. Wide and flat, not small and wrinkly.'

Me and @jaql.tech's first thrifting finds!

No cheating, post your lock screen! I'm really minimal. Base GrapheneOS.

As a immigrant form Britain, I heartily suggest using, 'scronkle the conkle,' instead of, 'boop the snoot.'

A photo on your phone that has your energy but is not a selfie

metr.org/blog/2025-07... Tl;Dr study shows senior FOSS programmers using #AI thought they were 20% faster but were 19% slower.

Oh, like this?

Managing house purchase and lease termination and packing and work project and 3 hour DMV commute and *facedesk* *zzzzzzz*

I don't only listen to classical music. I'm not a Bond villain. youtu.be/6ViP0MihCA4?...

Big Walk reminds me why I don't care for "AAA"

Made a promo video for the Greater Dane and its features! You can take a look at: wuffwick.gumroad.com/l/GreaterDane 15% off until this monday! Use code Somna!

Oh crap, bought a house

Offering on a house, scary in this market!

Hopeful and optimistic, Wuffwick and Jaql are looking forward to adventure! Overlooking a gas giant surrounded by the interstellar clouds of space. This piece I am SO proud of!! It is watercolor and gouache on 100% cotton paper. #art For @jaql.tech and @wuffwick.bsky.social

Happy pride. In 2000 in working class Oxford, England, there was a gay boy at our school. He was forced to beg each morning to avoid a second beating, the first was compulsory. Because of Section 28, the school refused to intervene. I'm thankful and blessed that no-one I know accepts that now.

Getting driven home on empty highways is surreal. It feels weirdly post-apocalyptic, just road noise and the odd alert as the computer changes lane or turns. Doesn't help that I'm listening to Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky at the same time while monitoring the driving for suicidal maneuvers.

Delaware nature reserve

Nuff said

Just released the Greater Dane into the world! Did not see any avatars of this amazing dog breed so wanted to put one out into the world! And now through June 8th I am offering 15% off as an introductory offer! Use Code Somna. I have a booth there too! wuffwick.gumroad.com/l/GreaterDane

On my train ride today a fellow sat next to me who was so large they crammed me in my own seat. That never happened in the EU, not once, ever. I'm also not even sure what the solution is, if any, for my intense discomfort at the situation...

Lost access to BlueSky for two weeks. Am back now, in time to witness VRChat apparently show typical Silicon Valley lawbreaking...

@vrchat.com Could you explain the anti-steering in avatar marketplace in light of: 1. Epic's permanent injunction against Apple for the same? 2. EU law? Also, could you explain compliance with natlawreview.com/article/eu-n... It sure looks like illegal behavior in the EU and, potentially, US.

Today has to be the most dreary day in a decade. Everything is so very gray.

Accidentally ordered chocolate milk instead of milk. Found out I REALLY like chocolate milk

Wow!

Ordered specs from Warby Parker. Literally $500 cheaper than the optometrist AFTER INSURANCE

Is #vrchat being harshly accurate or just not checking their language options properly?

A Louisiana judge just ruled that the first amendment doesn't apply to permanent residents if the speech affects foreign affairs in any way. I'm not entirely sure what the point of being in the US is now. What's the point of living the US without the constitution? Certainly not quality of life.

I subscribed monthly to #DoorDash. They responded by placing an unskippable full screen ad to upgrade my subscription to annual every time I used it. So I cancelled. I will pick things up over that sort of crap.

#zoo (Plumpton Park)