Batdogi

Batdogi

@batdogi.bsky.social

Sci-fi nerd, Video gamer, Guildwars 2 player, Music fan, mostly metal, some punk, some pop. Avid reader with a growing To be read pile. Former Small market Radio Announcer, semi-retired Avionics Technician #Embraer #AmericanEagle

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Forgot to post food pics from my neighborhood sports bar on Thursday. Not having any social media on the new phone, except Bluesky & arguably Discord, is breaking my old habits. Here's a chicken sandwich & wings you all didn't really miss. Great food at the new Jokers in Lackawanna & awesome staff.

So many cool sci-fi staples of my childhood turned out this way.

Nixiepixel 🤓@nixiepixel.bsky.social

In 1995 we thought video calls would revolutionize society. Now we just use tape over our webcams so the FBI agent doesn't judge us eating shredded cheese at 3 AM. 🧀

Grabbed dinner from my local brewery/Hawaiian BBQ. Pig and poke platter from Hanai Hawaiian BBQ. Washed down with a 1789 E.S.B. from Buffalo Brewing

Decided on local sushi for lunch. A little place in a nearby plaza named Ichiban sushi. Soft shell crab roll and sea monster roll with a decorative plastic bonsai tree. Good meal as always.

Surprised twice today, once by my testing GPU still working, and once by discovering i've had it for 19 years 😯 I guess that was $300 well spent.

The fact this stuff is still around searching for an actual problem to solve as we approach the third decade of the 21st century disapponts me in our species

Katie Martin@katie0martin.ft.com

I mean, this shit is called like Bonk and Magic Internet Money. As a species we've wasted way too much time, effort, money, regulatory bandwidth, political capital and computing power on this utter nonsense. The opportunity cost is huge.

Wanted a burger so headed over to the fine folks at Lackawanna's Steel city pub. Excellent as always with top notch service. Cose the partly enclosed patio since it's 29°C outside

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This is so cool! The paper nautilus, or argonaut, is one of the strangest little weirdos in the ocean. I knew how odd they were, but the incredible dedication and meticulous observation it took for Jeanne Villepreux-Power to figure them out is new to me!

themarginalian.orgThe Seamstress Who Solved the Ancient Mystery of the Argonaut, Pioneered the Aquarium, and Laid the Groundwork for the Study of Octopus Intelligence“I armed myself with patience and courage, and only after several months managed to dissolve my doubts and see my research crowned with happy confirmation.”

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Swung by Briar Brothers Brewing for a tavern style pizza from Buffalo deep dish. Washed it all down with a Czech prosim. Top notch beer and food. #eatlocal

AI sounds more and more like the "lean management kaizens" where people would be drawn from every department except the one whose efficiency they were allegedly improving

feeb 🔜 BosBAF & MICE!@magicmooshka.bsky.social

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

Very much the same. I'd honestly accept an exchange of a prior year within reason

Kate Lister@k8lister.bsky.social

Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.

Hot day of 32°C. An ice cream stand about 3 minutes walking distance from my home. Time to break out the beer coozie to slow the melting of the soft serve.

Fridays aren't just for fish fries. Grabbed lunch at Ichiban Sushi over by the McKinley Mall. Veggie spring rolls, Eel Avocado roll and a Snow white roll, finished off with mango mochi ice cream #eatlocal #WesternNewYork #Bylocal

Skipped lunch to grab a special at my neighborhood brewery two pulled pork sandwiches and two mac and cheese with two craft beers for a very reasonable price of $30 to celebrate their addition of Wednesday hours.

The old saying was roughly "sci-fi predicts everything possible, so it's going to get things right now and then" I just really wish it wasn't the bad stuff we were warned against that it got right more often than not recently.

John Scalzi@scalzi.com

I LITERALLY FUCKING WROTE THIS

Checked out the new BBQ offering at Buffalo brewing on Myrtle. Outstanding, great selection of sauces. I went with a birch beer hot honey sauce. Great beers to wash it all down as well.

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