Playing the new Diablo 2 update and listening to Gorillaz while we start a new forever war in the Middle East, as one does in (checks calendar) 2026. Thankfully this ended so well last time!

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy

Looking at bsky.app/profile/book..., it's similar to goodreads but built on top of atproto, super neat idea!

how we got here

I do sometimes see these at Winco out in Washington state and get them every time

Microsoft has confirmed it will hand over BitLocker encryption recovery keys to the FBI. You definitely should not be accepting Microsoft’s default of storing BitLocker keys in the cloud when signing into Windows with an MS account www.theverge.com/news/867244/...

My hot take for the day: if you can’t complete your transaction and get out in 2ish minutes you do not belong in the drive thru lane in the pharmacy.

Time for a games beaten in 2026 thread, starting strong with a banger for #1: Ball x Pit. Not sure you can really "beat" this game, but did 100% achievements it so I'm counting it. An absolutely wonderful "pick up and have a great time with" video game that I'll keep coming back to.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

2025 was a surprisingly good year for video games for me. Managed to play through 3 great games from @obsidianent.bsky.social this year which were all highlights, and beat a total of 16 games this year. Still playing some great smaller games like Ball x pit, kill it with fire 2 as well!

GASP

Apple home/homekit door lock notifications defaulting to on for everyone in a house of 6 people is an absolutely unhinged choice.

God bless us everyone

I propose a solution to our ongoing RAM shortage:

It's pretty wild that chamberlain sucks so bad as a company that people have invented a machine that presses a button on a garage door opener as a viable smart home integration. 3reality.com/product/smar...

ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

Oooooh, free @scalzi.com short story as part of the October Amazon first reads! www.amazon.com/Days-Months-...

Xbox 360 Dollars Per Year

Feels like a heck of a time for Microsoft to say to consumers "we have heard you loud and clear, you want more expensive subscriptions for the things you already have today!"

Me driving up I5 watching evergreens emerge from the fog

Yeah man we should really fight back by staying on X

i have zero notes

I had to explain to my normal person wife what groypers are today, thanks Trump 😬

One of my first loves, the chili cheese burrito from Taco Bell is back and it’s everything I remember it to be. A small comfort in a deeply stupid world.

GASP

“No more foreign wars,” as the monkey’s paw curls shut.

Super bummed I'm going to be travelling and miss my local stop 😞

What an age to be alive

Reading an article titled "Why didn't Brazilian democracy die?" and a key part of the story is a Supreme Court that actually did its job

A woman who was 20 weeks pregnant fed her toddler son raw milk. He contracted Campylobacter and then passed the infection to her; she progressed to sepsis, and had a miscarriage. She is suing the business that sells the raw milk, saying she didn’t know the risk. Don’t feed your kids raw milk.

I brought my family to Midgar for the Cherry Blossom festival. The first thing I saw when I exited the Sector 1 train station was a gang of ragtags yelling about how Mako is the life blood of this planet. One of them had a gun for an arm. So forgive me if I doubt that crime is down

Nice views flying out of Paine Field this morning! #pnw #mtrainier #tahoma

What the heck, my mother in law got junk mail from Sound of Freedom weirdos and is this just a rip off of the American Tale song lyrics? 😬

channel three or gtfo

Spent the last two days volunteering at Salty Sea Days in Everett. Final band of the night was a Lady Gaga tribute band, which was a blast. Logged 24 miles on the Apple Watch and petted all of the dogs that I could! #saltyseadays #everett

Big shout out to whoever planted this tree, really coming in clutch right now on this toasty July day #everett #saltyseadays

It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins

NEWS (or lack thereof): China’s CAAC is withholding a report on the March 2022 crash of China Eastern 5735, a Boeing 737-800, saying “disclosure may endanger national security and social stability.” Safety experts have long suspected the aircraft was deliberately crashed by one of the flight crew.

First Costco food court with Coke products I’ve seen in the Seattle area. This one is up in Marysville. #costco

GASP

Managed to beat Lucky and Wild today at Ground Kontrol, what a fun experience from an arcade game I’ve never seen before! Like final fight but in a car with guns?

Excited to hear @reckless.bsky.social talk about Brendan Carrs inevitable flop back to supporting fiber internet to support Trumps current feud with Elon. 😬

Yes, you did vote to deport moms.

Bees enjoying a nice sunny day on the raspberry bushes!

There was an old tweet that stuck with me: "If you can easily walk to the coffee shop but your barista has a one hour commute, you don't live in a walkable 15 minute city; you live in a theme park"

Really just a neat day for old Japanese cars in Lake Stevens