I thought it was weird that the ZZZ patch dropped so late in the week, but dropping on a public holiday evening when I am already free was very polite

lizard status: elderly. he really is noticeably less active this year, a thing that I have noted three years running at this point

The word don't is censored. Don't, or Don T. If you're looking for just some fun proof they're doing control+f censoring

"Brat Summer"? No, this is Brat Sumer. You're in Mesugakipotamia.

Please, my magic bean, it is very sick

Its funny how I can only really have one throughput based hobby active in my brain at a time. If I'm 3D printing, I don't paint or build gunpla. I have time to do more than one theoretically, 3D printing is mostly hands off, but I don't have the mental bandwidth.

imagine how quickly public healthcare would improve if rich people didn't have the option to go private rather than experience the system

I assume the politicians banging on about ‘equal opportunity’ recently are all for 100% inheritance tax

LINE GOES UP!

MSD have been delaying their December benefits data release due to data processing issues but they shared headline numbers yesterday. If the data is correct, this is a huuuge increase. We now have nearly 1 in 7 adults on a working age benefit. Link in ALT. (🧵 1/n)

insane graphic. a third of americans think those ice murders were justified a third ONE. IN. THREE. y'all have got a lot of clean up to do

AI Chatbot That Only Responds ‘Huh’ Valued At $200 Billion https://theonion.com/ai-chatbot-that-only-responds-huh-valued-at-200-billion/

I'm glad its a long weekend, since I'm feeling pretty worn down this week for some reason. That said, its going to be a fairly busy weekend so I don't know if it will be all that restful.

it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world

"Defending the government's approach to health targets, Luxon said "should not ask about their family tree but ask about their need"" oh man luxon IS stupid. you can't just. say you don't care about whakapapa at waitangi come on.

one of the cool (read: extremely uncool) thing about living in town is hearing someone have a mental breakdown at the top of their lungs on a roughly weekly basis

Politics isn’t sport, it’s war, but that only makes blaming the other side look more ridiculous

congraulations Balatro, you are my next 12 for 12 game

hello can someone please roll me a d4 and take a picture? thank you

I know, deep in my soul, that Hasbro have asked Disney if they can make a Star Wars magic the gathering set and that Disney have told them in no uncertain terms to fuck off

@chariot.bsky.social I just described you Tom deck to a friend by saying 'Have you ever heard the tragedy of The War In Heaven. Unsurprising. Its not a story the rohirrim would tell you.'

at the risk of making it sound like I have a drinking problem, when I am having a bad day strong beer really is the first step in the process of salvaging it

seeing other security people talk about how to mitigate things like the notepad++ supply chain attack is very funny. lot of shit that absolutely will never happen outside a network holding state secrets

I've been so fucking tired these last few days despite sleeping fairly well. what gives

There is a Pratchett quote - from "Nightwatch", I think - about what happens when the public realise that a police officer is just a guy in a fancy uniform who bleeds and dies like anybody else. Public trust is what stops us from remembering that.

reviewing access to privileged access workstations, call that PAW Patrol

Of all the things in the history of the world that definitely did not happen - this is the pinnacle.

A woman gave a cop a thumbs down (wow, so rude 🙄) so he followed her home, assaulted her, tore her clothing, and tried to force his way into her home. It seems he used his authority as a cop as a bad faith pretence for why he was retaliating to her gesture But NZ Police says they think it was okay

I swear to god, I left this cat alone for two fucking minutes with a jar of red beets. Two. Minutes. #CatsofBluesky

The groundhog has seen its shadow - HBO Max will be renamed again in six weeks

my feet and ankles are mad about how sedentary I've been today so I guess I need to take a walk before I try to go to bed

“The jokes were cringe and Gorr was wasted wehhh” ok but have you considered this:

Train, now in one piece

this idiot just filled the resin tank to its max line...while the machine was off and the vat wasn't level, resulting in massive overfill. luckily I realised, and I think the machine does a level check when I print starts, but that is the closest I have come to turbofucking my new printer for sure

taught my 14yo about Edison and Tesla on the weekend, so he has a good grounding in what capitalists are all about (stealing, destroying people for being kinder or smarter than them, killing dogs and elephants with electricity)

a fundamental rule of new zealand's economy is it's all rentiers all the way down, and people doing this shit are interested entirely in protecting the rents they extract

There is something to be said for a system of govt where you can push your leader into a volcano if you had a bad harvest season or they turn out to be a pedophile or whatever

My 4 y/o son: Jesus is very strong Me: Uh yeah. Sure, bud. Son: And green. Me: uh Son: He wears purple shorts Me: now hold on

Fauna and fauna

Woke up, and all the horrors are stale? What a good start to the week.

This play through is the first time I have used Chocobo World and wow it just keeps giving me nuttily rare items

it is funny that farming ice hockey players is worth doing - for some unknowable reason, they have fuck all HP and give you 3AP each

Moods

Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same. And now, it's here. Or should I say, I am.

Also trying to parse all the emails that read like they were written by a concussed golden retriever I think I finally get why these guys are so enthusiastic about getting chatbots to write for them

lmao

Boost was a revolutionary feature in FF8. here now is how to make summons less boring