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lots of good contenders in the replies & quotes but i’m sorry the only true answer for ABSOLUTE WORST wedding karaoke song is 20 Fingers - Lick It

I happened across this link from 25 years ago and was surprised by some of the names I'd forgotten, but also how many of them made a light go on in my head straight away. www.keenspot.com/keencon2001....

Throwback to when I put Trainspotting quotes on the Obi Wan Kenobi show

we fucked up bigtime when the internet slipped from the utopian promise of being able to connect with ANYone into the hellscape of being connected to EVERYone

I'm just glad Lil Bub isn't around anymore to see what they've done to her Internet.

Sharing, with deep appreciation to @randomgeek.bsky.social, who unearthed this Jerry Van Amerongen classic that’s been apparently haunting us both for years and years.

Lol, theres a burnt down Carl’s Jr here in Tucson, look what they did to the sign.

Adventure (1980, Atari 2600) That led to D&D and many other RPGs, programming, art, world building, etc etc (I was already hyperliterate Tolkien kid so it was inevitable, but finding a secret door in Adventure was the triggering event)

PSA: my vector graphics library for Godot and Unity is currently free on itch. I’m in desperate need of feedbacks please do try it out! #gamedev #indiedev #godot #unity3D

yoooo i tamed a crow

Friends! Can I ask you a favour? My 🐦 + 📊 course starts next week. I'm super excited but registration is worryingly low. Can you share this with your weirdo nature + art + code friends? jerthorp.me/learning

Great piece by @xriskology.bsky.social on how the effective altruism cult has helped destroy actual philanthropy - with dangerous and deadly results for many people in need:

ooh, I like this take - all the elements are present, so call it what it is: not liminal (which was never quite right, tbh), but gothic for a new generation of people who don’t remember why we built that shit in the first place, or what it was supposed to be *for*

#OneThingIveLearned: Before I invest time / energy in an app, I've learned to always check under the hood first. Who is behind the app? Do they have a biz plan or sustainability plan? User docs? etc.

Here is our draft definition of 'artificial intelligence' from 1981. It was written by a lovely human.

NEW ON genehack.blog: Weeknote #100 (20260823-20260829) https://genehack.blog/2026/08/weeknote-100-20260823-20260829/

catching up on US politics "Lake America?" what do I do with the HOMES mnemonic HAMES? no that doesn't work SHAME aw hell

youtu.be/M1_CLW-NNwc?... what do you MEAN this video is 17 years old

I have not been able to read my full timeline in a while but I see today is an excellent day to remind people that "social media addiction" is a made up thing and accepting that framing and using that term is actively harmful www.nature.com/articles/s41...

They want me to wear a tear-away lanyard at work for safety but I try to wear tear-away pants and they get all mad.

There’s a gas station near where I work where one of the employees calls everyone “boss” and his name tag reads “Old Man Dan.” He is awesome. That is all.

Magickal girl

Might as well post it here! A magical girl animation I've been slowly chipping at over the weekends for ages.

current activity: making banana bread current status: surfaces are clean; I am covered in flour

Today’s #Yardbug nearly gave me a heart attack when she unexpectedly landed beside me on the deck - but she’s just a moth. An enormous, terrifying, harmless moth.

"We may think companies are immoral, but that’s because we assume they are coldly dedicated to their bottom line, not making billion dollar decisions based on something someone sent them on Facebook."

Discworld QOTD, from Jingo

“Millennial grey” is an alien with stocking cap, eco-friendly flying saucer, and an impressive vinyl collection. I am accepting no other interpretations.

short version: the best version of Robin Hood ever put on screen is effectively a gay shakesperean proto-furry. oo-de-lally!

Wrong turn (1/3)

Happy anniversary of that time the post office asked me to provide evidence that my package was not delivered.

Please hold. We are currently experiencing weather.

Crazy ass storms rolling through Tucson. 81mph gust registered at the base. Haven't seen rain and wind like this since the 2021 season. Hello El Nino.

On July 4th Americans celebrate the birth of Blonde Jesus with meat, trauma, dangerous explosions, and semiautomatic firearms, just like their messiah did to the poor and the dirty foreigners and especially the elite globali—hang on let me check my notes again

Add Due Dates to Cards with @ [New] Type @ to add due dates to cards. Reminders will be sent on the day of. Bring it all together by combining checkboxes, tags, @-user mentions, and due dates, to do full project management.

Efficiency, optimization, productivity: celebrated as universal goods. These ideas are especially influential in economics, engineering, and computer science. But what if they reshape our systems and lives in ways we rarely notice? 🧵

Sludgineers is an oddly satisfying active incremental game about cleaning up pollution #Sludgineers #IndieGame #Demo #Unity