Bill

Early Gen X guy living in beautiful Port Townsend, WA. I have four cats with seven eyes and three tails between them. I’m a Drupal developer for state government. I co-authored a 1994 book about the Internet. I like music by people my age. Atheist, vegetarian, pro-UBI, anti-borders.

Elvis Costello, “Accidents Will Happen In My Pants”

Pardon mon Français but holy fucking shit.

Once again: every state should vote this way.

Washington state ballot deposited in box; voting accomplished. Every state should vote this way.

Wow, BioWare is gone. Dragon Age Origins redefined what I expected out of storytelling in games. Such a pity to see EA run a legendary studio into the ground.

Watching Carrie, and the writing so far (in episode 1) is excellent, nicely updated for modern times, the performances are excellent, and the music soundtrack is massively overbearing.

I would like to see the end of the term "vaccine skeptic," to be replaced by "reality denier." These so-called skeptics are actually the most gullible rubes on the planet when it comes to conspiracy nonsense and tech-bro slop; the only thing that makes them skeptical is peer-reviewed evidence.

A reminder that Seymour is a GODDAMN PLANT.

My physical therapist insisted that treating myself after going to the gym is an essential part of forming the habit. Happily, Banana Leaf Thai Bistro is one block away from the gym.

The fact that the wall-mount HomeView is *more* expensive — once the mount is factored in — than the model that sits on a big speaker base, is kind of disappointing.

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No Man’s Sky comes to iPad and iPhone — I had assumed this project was quietly dropped, but apparently not! Looks amazing. www.facebook.com/share/v/1Tmc...

What the fuck is confusing about it? He made it up and then will claim Ukraine violated the imaginary deal. Anyone with a working brain cell knew this as soon as he said it.

OK, if the 2CV makes it to the US, and the range is good, that’s what I’d trade in the Bolt for. (Assuming, of course, that it has CarPlay.)

Amazon’s data about me is somewhat confused by the fact that I often order things for my mother. E.g., it’s right that I have a cat and a garage, but it’s wrong that I eat gluten-free and like quinoa.

I’m thinking about the contrast between how the government attempted to regulate open-source encryption in the 90s — classifying it as munitions — vs what it’s doing now (nothing) with AI. Kinda wild.

I don’t know if an ad campaign has ever made me less interested in a movie than Digger’s. You spend 95% of a trailer showing clips from other movies, and that tells me you don’t have anything interesting to say about the movie you’re actually advertising.

If I’d known Lanterns had Garrett Dillahunt in it, I’d have renewed my HBO subscription sooner.

@cascadiajournal.bsky.social

Banana Leaf accidentally made me sweet & sour stir fry instead of what I asked for, and you know what? Leave that shit here with me, that’s a good mistake.

I mean, they’re good laws. But Asimov had imaginary technology into which the laws could be embedded at the hardware level. It ain’t that simple in the real world. apple.news/A7uC5QwnFSHq...

'oh so you want china to beat us' bro what the hell do i care leave me to the humble life i am trying to build for myself

I knew it. We’re jellyfish with delusions of grandeur in overly-complicated meat suits. apple.news/ACGjxu2VwThq...

“A familiar future, yet stupid” seems like a phrase I may be using for the rest of my life.

I don’t know that I can ever be tempted back to WoW — mainly because I’m so much more comfortable gaming on the couch than at a desk — but if it was to happen, WoW Forever is probably the right temptation. @magdalenadk.bsky.social

Was anybody else here kicked out of their elementary school gifted program for, say, playing with matches? In my defense, I was making rockets out of the matches, and they worked, and also they left a large supply of matches where I could find them.

It’s like John Ternus stole Bruce Campbell’s chin but not his charisma

So they’re bringing back the “Duo” name. Hope it goes over better than last time!

Bumble profile says she’s looking for someone unvaccinated and then quotes Star Trek. 🤔

It’s really neat when the tiny venue in your small rural community announces a show with an artist you’ve never heard of, and it turns out she’s extremely enjoyable. Looks like I’m going back to the Quilcene Lantern later this month! music.apple.com/us/album/mat...

There’s a scene in #CoyoteVsAcme in which the animators manage to display a depth & immensity of emotion on Wile E’s face — a non-speaking character — that seems impossible and yet is absolutely perfect in context. I really urge you to see the movie in a theatre. Not just to give Vaslov the finger.

Coyote vs. Acme was a much better movie than it needed to be. It surprised me.

Bears just trying to better themselves and people get all worked up

Bumble is really reaching here.

Entirely plausible.

Favorite bible verse (wrong answers only): youtu.be/CGeT5cutXgU?...

The “prehistoric starfish-centipede monster” thing in “Nautilus” raises serious questions. These creatures have never encountered anything with a throat or even a set of lungs before. How do they have a strangling instinct?

Was the killing of Brian Thompson a crime? That’s the question that is being asked—demanded, even—in the halls of power and corridors of justice and on the platforms of influence. Answer: It was. The question never asked is, what type of crime was his life? www.the-reframe.com/peaceful-sol...

Congratulations to @nomansbsky.bsky.social and everyone at @hellogamesofficial.bsky.social on ten years of No Man’s Sky! #nms10

Mary Steenburgen is still hot as the sun, like an unbroken line of hotness from 1979’s Time After Time to this year’s The Dink, it’s uncanny.

Gonna hit that first night, I think.

“The job market is filled with ignorant, bloodthirsty, Jesus-drunk Tik-Tokking spalpeens who can’t find the staplers or the copy paper once they get hired.” apple.news/ACEHy5fZ9T2q...