I have now completed the Passing of the Age quest. Whoo, that was some platforming.

It’s a snow!

Fun fact: `protocol Enumerable not implemented for nil of type Atom` is the error returned when you try `:value in variable` but `variable` is accidentally `nil`, such as what happens when variables that get set for real don't get set in tests.

I can't stand the fact that this wad is almost surely going to be the Democrat choice in 2028.

I made soup, so I burned my mouth. As is tradition.

You last saved meme is your moral philosophy.

Real excited to dig into the next part of Silksong. I had to look up a hint to get there and it turns out I was a hair’s breadth away anyway.

It's a snow!

Slack notification at work: ":eyes:" Me: e-yes? WTF emoji is _that_?!

Currently eating 2 lbs of raw carrots as lunch.

Holy crap, this is neat! All Calvin and Hobbes strips archives and put in a nice calendar format. positron11.github.io/watterson/

The kid is reading our Calvin and Hobbes books and got to this strip, whereupon he asked me to explain the last panel. Because people (well, this household anyway) don't have thermometers hanging outside their windows anymore. We just have phones.

I am calling for a nationwide #NoCowards Protest to shame the Democrats for caving on the shutdown.

Ok, beat Lace and found the next boss in Silksong, but knowing what I know about HK, there's no way this is the _last_ boss. But instead I went a-wandering and found a whole-assed new zone. So that feels like the more pressing task.

Mamdani was elected and already NYC is transing the trains.

Oh! There was a deer in the neighbor's yard the other day!

You know, setting my streaming station to seed off Orbital is bringing up some tunes that I haven't heard in 20 years but absolutely remember. Did not expect that.

So just a heads up being supportive of trans folks wins you elections.

i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often

Ahh that wonderful time of year where it's 2pm but it feels like 6:30pm. End DST, please, because this "lying to ourselves for over half the year" bullshit is stupid.

The amount of AI generated art in slides at this conference, primarily used by older scientists, is killing me. Scientists please. Don’t use these ai platforms to make your figures or slides. They look bad and I have yet to see them meaningfully improve the message of talks.

That moment in Silksong when you finish a days long fight-die-runback cycle and make it past a plot point only to get absolutely bodied by a boss fight.

If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.

"X shouldn't be political." OK but it is. Now what?

Cool, cool. Just hit my head a little when I fell down. Nothing bad, but I'm going to have a headache today.

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

I have a bl֯åhaj, which I should name Finn. And then I should get another, which I should have Finnegan.

It's only Centrifugal Force if it's from the Centrifuge region of France. Otherwise it's just sparkling inertia.

This is just to say I have bulldozed the East Wing that you were probably hoping to pass down to future generations Well, fuck you it was in the way so inconvenient and so old

"That sounds grounding, and also tasty." Is a good line for your therapist to end your session on.

Watch out for snakes!

Made egg fried rice with some bacon fat and it tastes remarkably un-bacony. I was not expecting that.

So the cold comfort is this: They're not novel, and they're not going to get what they want, either. The wheels will absolutely come off this wagon — probably sooner than later, and probably on fire. But unfortunately, *we're in the wagon*. (5/5)

Oh yeah this is what we did this weekend.

Start the day off right with a nice cold mug of coffee from the fridge. #coldbrewlife

poached apple, chicken, guanciale and brie with apple butter on banh mi bread

I need to remember that hair elastics aren't toys and will break.

Turns out if you go to the mall to shop for clothes, you can also get bubble tea at the same time! Godsdamned amazing! 😄

Lunch: 4 big raw carrots. Just eating them straight. Might be more in the future, but 4 right now.

I just started seeing this guy in my YT shorts and he's fantastic.

"If you see this, post a concert pic you took (if you feel like it)" They Might Be Giants, Orpheum Theatre, 2024-12-14

Brassica xkcd.com/2827

Moe Szyslak is a decent enough bartender. But he is a terrible Bart ender.

All right. Starting up the ol' APPLE RANKINGS machine again this season -- and this time keeping track of them and doing some re-reviewing. We begin with the much-maligned (er, by me) HONEYCRISP. terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...

I am now allowed to command 120W of laser cutting/etching power.

Sam is good. Sam is wise. Sam has your back. ❤️

Ugh, we're at the portion of the year where it's dark in the morning when I wake up and I hate it. DST is the dumbest thing.

Life, uh, finds a way.

Y'all. This was some *soup*.