2026, year of the train gear. Check out the sick jacket I got from the Oregon Rail Heritage Center last week

how long do you think I could call sick out of work before they got suspicious

what a guy

I am clearly responding really well to having one day of PTO left

I think I just need a wealthy heiress to fall in love with me and it would fix my life

I thought my bus driver was hauling ass just for the love of the game, but turns out he was just trying to get to this stop early so he could use the restroom. Been there, brother.

Portland Developer: "Hey you know how we're known for being a really wet town? What if we made all the sidewalks out of the slipperiest brick possible"

really starting to get (externally) concerned with the frequency in which I am telling people to read Blood in the Machine

and while there is absolutely joy to be had in just making a thing, no matter how pointless, just because you enjoy the process, the AI-bro approach to it more or less shortcuts that aspect of it too. you just get the end result, without the joy.

I feel like a lot of it is making for the sake of making - in many ways the logical conclusion of Maker culture that I have never been entirely comfortable with. like the end goal is to Build A Thing. not to Build A Useful Thing, or to Learn Something While Building A Thing. the making is the point

everyone loved the tech industry's free music and friendship machines of 20-30 years ago. it's unclear what could be causing people to feel the opposite about the industry's new racism and insanity machine

why is it so hard to just... schedule a follow-up drs appointment. Why has enshittification come for my health (I actually really like my Dr in spite of this)

Portland I love you

thats right

Richard Corriea is a piece of shit

this is at least the 10th time in a few years they've tried to come for Sunset Dunes court (lost), board of supervisors (lost), ballot (lost), board of appeals (lost), board of appeals (lost), coastal commission (lost), ballot (lost), coastal commission (lost), board of supervisors (lost), ballot

way too many people in politics in this city need lives, or families, or primary hobbies that don't involve destroying things

Wedgehead you're diabolical for this

went to Portland just to get the foamer jacket

one again hit with the suspicious minor mouth itching as I consume honey

they put a special nutrient in the Amtrak Mac and cheese that I need to consume at least once a quarter or I perish

Actually the Luddite movement wasn't a blanket rejection of all technological advancements but fought specifically against automation that harmed workers for the sake of convenience. So when you think about it, it aligns almost perfectly with the modern day fight against AI, and maybe we should rec-

roughly 25% of getting proper train enjoyment is through telling people that you're on the train

we are so back (on Amtrak)

it would be a lot cooler if the opinions expressed within my posts _did_ reflect that of my employer

top 10 saddest anime moments

the only thing keeping me going right now is neighborhood gossip about what's going to take over the Pete's space

My valentine. Don't be jealous.

I've had like a bruised rib for the past week-ish and I just sneezed and will now be in the fetal position on the floor for the next hour

they should install a taco bell halfway through the transbay tube

Oh right. Pinball tournament for my birthday, today, 02/13, 6-6:30pm start. If you know me send me a message for an official invite.

> plan a week of riding Amtrak and taking a very much needed break from everything > splurge on a roomette because you deserve it > get a tickle in the back of your throat a few days before departure oh god oh fuck

close

I need to shim it so it's not crooked, but radio in Wedge

accidently color matched my nails to my Vyvanse capsules

waking up with a stabbing sensation between two ribs that didn't go away all day is a good thing right

Oh cool, you're on threads? That's what I'm hanging on by

oh my fuck my neighbor is leafblowing at 10:40pm how is this legal

Planning the important part of the wedge (sound system) Should I put the speakers on the flats of the door hinges so that they blast outward when you pop the doors?

This might be one of the funniest Cal Academy of Sciences reviews I’ve seen

every product you order now looks beautiful in photos, but when it comes, it's made of a new, ultrabrittle plastic that fills your home with mysterious nanoparticles, and when you peel off the sticker that says Oak & Hen or something, there's a logo underneath that says SCOOB HOME

everybody loves THE 75 TONNE HIGH CAPACITY RAIL CRANE

January 2026 is beginning to rival March 2020 for the longest month ever.

I bring a kind of non-euclidean energy to the PCB design that coworkers hate

need the guy that reverse engineered Coke to do it to Dr Pepper

someone had to make it happen

someone had to make it happen

foamer