England were terrible against Scotland last week. Somehow they are even worse against Ireland. They can't even complete fundamentals and Ford is once more lacking.

That moment when you've spent hours changing code and then find a better way to implement what you want to do.

Comcast with a nothing sentence that doesn't even make sense, 6 hours into an outage: "Your Xfinity service interruption should be resolved as soon as possible"

Paraphrasing why my flight isn't boarding yet "shitters broke"

I think I shall rent my car from American Megatrends

Such a delight to have The Gargle back and in the first episode of season 2, Alison Spittle who I have missed so much pew,pew,pew

I guess there's an AWS issue because Alaska Airlines can't board people.

I have mostly decoupled my ebook purchases from Amazon (despite the many steps it takes to get books on to my kindle). Now I'm stuck where some authors, whose work I get often, that only publish via Amazon. Either I stop reading them or continue with a kindle and cumbersome process.

sorry i missed the virtual meeting on discord, liz. i got hit with the id verification that happens when the app detects youre young

Did Star Trek: Starfleet Academy just eliminate the Star Trek comic books as cannon?

I learned the other day that mouthwash has "no theraputic properties" and that it can cause tartar build up and staining. My hygenist told me to stop using it. I looked at the dentist, somewhat aghast. She backed her up. Big mouthwash is lying to us.

I don't understand how Usman Tariq's delivery is legal. #t20worldcup

Imagine how bad a game of Football would be if you only had white players.

Also - from October, Discord announced a data breach of 70,000 user by one of their third-party services that handled age verification - discord.com/press-releas...

I will find out the Superbowl winner by the volume of fireworks and gunfire. It's not great.

My January 2026 reading was 9 books (3050 pages) with an average rating of 4.31. Related - why is nobody filming the Bloodsworn trilogy by John Gwynne as an epic TV fantasy? #booksky

Well this is awesome news.

Incels: I need to pass on my genes! The genes:

Microsoft and their shitty acronym reuse is completely orthogonal to any ability to get things done in a simple and cohesive manner.

I spent the weekend moving from Windows to Ubuntu on my personal laptop. I'm partially done - lots of software I've yet to get functioning. Why does the Ubuntu GUI still look it did in 2000? It is ugly and not particularly functional. I'm considering Mint but that would be another few days spent.

Downloading Ubuntu. What has become of this world.

I wasn't aware of the possibility of a reboot of "Blake's 7" There are so many interesting things they could do with it. reactormag.com/how-to-reboo...

Shoe repair? Laptop repair? Fish tank cleaning? Personal trainer? Lots of dry cleaning? Courier service? Appliance delivery? Plumber to fix a faucet and then bring that plumber back to unclog a drain? This is quite the list.

I guess we won't be seeing Aaron Jones line up for the @mlcseattleorcas.bsky.social this year.

NHL - hockey is for everyone USA Hockey - hockey is not for trans people

I am so tired of the MS OS abusive behavior with things like Edge, that I'm actually going to put a linux distro on one of my machines and try it out as a daily driver.

My wife is away on a snorkeling adventure in Hawaii. When asked where she is, I tell them she's "swimming with the fishes." It gets a reaction.

Fireworks and gunshots - I guess the Seahawks won.

Bounced to the Seahawks game during a break in the Torrent game. Why is Chris Griffin from Family Guy commentating?

Lamponi Thai on the Sammamish plateau in Washington State. Small family business who fled the Kmher Rouge in Cambodia. The food had more flavor than anything I'd encountered (before or since). They did something with their pad Thai to make it attend out. I've not been able to figure out what.

Time to retire my water bottle. After two years and over 430 gallons, it's time to put it out to pasture and get a new one. That means new stickers!

Tell me you've never watched Star Trek without telling me you've never watched Star Trek

Washington State residents: they’re trying to pull online age verification bullshittery here too. This bill would require people to upload their ID/credit card to view online adult content. You can complain to your reps here: app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2112

This is terrifying to your average Republican

Today, THROUGH GATES OF GARNET AND GOLD, the eleventh (!!) book in the Wayward Children series, has been released into the world.

Comrade I'm a nearly 50 year old SFF fan, I don't think you can expect me to pick just one thing

Those machines that measure how hard you hit them? I belted one. It was either broken or locked. Broke 3-fingers, fractured wrist, fractured scaphoid. 6 months in plaster. Another 6 in occupational therapy to be able to use the hand again.

we heard you loud & clear! starting on Jan. 8, our Pride merchandise will be available online at http://seattlehockeyteamstore.com 🛍️

A lot of books reads in December courtesy of shorter Georges Simenon reads. His Maigret series is a bit of a mixed bag and certainly something of it's time (attitudes towards women, psychology, etc) which can make it a rough read at times #booksky

Is there a difference between "prediction markets" and "insider trading"? Asking for a friend in the Senate.

18 hours in and I'm ready for this year to be over.

I'm digitizing all the blu-ray and DVD house media because I need the space for more books. #firstworldproblems

With MTV shutting its music channels in Europe, here's a minor anecdote from back in the day. The year was, heck, I don't remember, the early 90s? I was working in a Tandy's (think a UK version of Radioshack) and satellite TV was picking up steam (this was before cable or even Channel 5). 1/5

Sitting at a divey Mexican place having lunch with my wife and Sarah Jessica Parker came in with an entourage being rather loud and obnoxious. Better than that, I once held a door open for Matt Fraction.

I've been considering learning Python. I have no idea why.

Be warned - there's a decent chance your order will get cancelled after a few weeks of waiting for it to ship. There is a non zero chance it'll show up eventually. PWHL massively underrated the desire folks have for Torrent gear.

I'm ripping my "Gatchaman" blu-ray to my NAS. It cracks me up that this is 1080p content for a 1970s cartoon in 4x3 ratio that's 480p at best.

If it isn't completely obvious... TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN. TRANS MEN ARE MEN. TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. Do not tell me that my friends and adopted family do not have the right to exist. I will fight you.

I just finished "Absolute Superman: Last Dust of Krypton" TPB and it was not what I expected at all. It's an excellent alternative take on Superman's history and what that means in a world where a single corporation controls everyone's way of life.