Vernon Miles
@corbie.bsky.social
Writer/Producer for FOX 5, formerly ALX/ARLnow. Archmage of the College of Winterhold. He/Him.
The machine spirits were angry tonight but quelled with proper benedictions. Hail the Omnissiah.
(I *think* I fixed a crashing problem by fixing a heat sink that had fallen off a jury-rigged SSD)
(I *think* I fixed a crashing problem by fixing a heat sink that had fallen off a jury-rigged SSD)
Every time I take my computer apart to fiddle with it I imagine myself as a tech-priest of the Adeptus Mechanicus
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The machine spirits were angry tonight but quelled with proper benedictions. Hail the Omnissiah.
(I *think* I fixed a crashing problem by fixing a heat sink that had fallen off a jury-rigged SSD)
(I *think* I fixed a crashing problem by fixing a heat sink that had fallen off a jury-rigged SSD)
You should have seen the massive grin plastered across my face during this scene. Love Nightcrawler (third favorite X-Men character)
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November 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
You should have seen the massive grin plastered across my face during this scene. Love Nightcrawler (third favorite X-Men character)
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Finished last night. Absolutely loved it. Best X-Men adaptation by a mile and maybe Marvel’s best animated show (no offense Spectacular Spider-Man)
There’s a place in X-Men where there’s a famously devastating cataclysm and when one of the characters starts an episode with a cheery “let’s go to [place]” I spent the rest of the episode like this
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Finished last night. Absolutely loved it. Best X-Men adaptation by a mile and maybe Marvel’s best animated show (no offense Spectacular Spider-Man)
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
There’s a place in X-Men where there’s a famously devastating cataclysm and when one of the characters starts an episode with a cheery “let’s go to [place]” I spent the rest of the episode like this
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
There’s a place in X-Men where there’s a famously devastating cataclysm and when one of the characters starts an episode with a cheery “let’s go to [place]” I spent the rest of the episode like this
Do not make me let you down | Magneto speech | X-Men 97 Episode 2
YouTube video by MRWD
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November 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Hugo getting along with the neighbor
November 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hugo getting along with the neighbor
It's funny, what prepared me for TV news more than any other journalism experience was my Destiny Raiding/Overwatch friend group
November 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It's funny, what prepared me for TV news more than any other journalism experience was my Destiny Raiding/Overwatch friend group
Working on a news program at my desk and “I Want To Live” from the Baldur’s Gate 3 soundtrack comes up on Spotify
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Working on a news program at my desk and “I Want To Live” from the Baldur’s Gate 3 soundtrack comes up on Spotify
“Did you build the furniture for the baby?”
“Yeah! … oh THAT baby-“
“Yeah! … oh THAT baby-“
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“Did you build the furniture for the baby?”
“Yeah! … oh THAT baby-“
“Yeah! … oh THAT baby-“
Finished watching the original X-Men animated show from the 90s last night and the last episode got me kind of emotional.
A human tries to assassinate Xavier and he’s badly injured. It sparks a mutant revolt around the world with them calling for Magneto to lead them.
He steps up and the X-Men-
A human tries to assassinate Xavier and he’s badly injured. It sparks a mutant revolt around the world with them calling for Magneto to lead them.
He steps up and the X-Men-
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Finished watching the original X-Men animated show from the 90s last night and the last episode got me kind of emotional.
A human tries to assassinate Xavier and he’s badly injured. It sparks a mutant revolt around the world with them calling for Magneto to lead them.
He steps up and the X-Men-
A human tries to assassinate Xavier and he’s badly injured. It sparks a mutant revolt around the world with them calling for Magneto to lead them.
He steps up and the X-Men-
My new work computers use Edge as the default browser and all the 'news' scrapes other sites into MSN. Silly question but does anyone know: how can they do that? Is this like a partnership with these sites, because it seems like this would massive impact site viewership
November 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My new work computers use Edge as the default browser and all the 'news' scrapes other sites into MSN. Silly question but does anyone know: how can they do that? Is this like a partnership with these sites, because it seems like this would massive impact site viewership
Juno MacGuff: I think I’m in love with you.
Paulie Bleeker: You mean as friends?
Juno MacGuff: No... I mean for real. ‘Cause you’re, like, the coolest person I’ve ever met, and you don’t even have to try, you know...
Paulie Bleeker: I try really hard, actually
Paulie Bleeker: You mean as friends?
Juno MacGuff: No... I mean for real. ‘Cause you’re, like, the coolest person I’ve ever met, and you don’t even have to try, you know...
Paulie Bleeker: I try really hard, actually
November 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Juno MacGuff: I think I’m in love with you.
Paulie Bleeker: You mean as friends?
Juno MacGuff: No... I mean for real. ‘Cause you’re, like, the coolest person I’ve ever met, and you don’t even have to try, you know...
Paulie Bleeker: I try really hard, actually
Paulie Bleeker: You mean as friends?
Juno MacGuff: No... I mean for real. ‘Cause you’re, like, the coolest person I’ve ever met, and you don’t even have to try, you know...
Paulie Bleeker: I try really hard, actually
Finished The Devil’s Chessboard this morning. Incredible. The first two thirds are a devastating profile at Allen Dulles and the early days of the CIA. The last third is a haunting look at the intrigue connecting the CIA to the Kennedy assassinations. Amazing read.
November 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Finished The Devil’s Chessboard this morning. Incredible. The first two thirds are a devastating profile at Allen Dulles and the early days of the CIA. The last third is a haunting look at the intrigue connecting the CIA to the Kennedy assassinations. Amazing read.
Had to work tonight so pulled out the Snake Plissken costume (ten years after I first got it). Had a big smile on my face when one of the crew leaned over and said “Take me with you, Snake”
November 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Had to work tonight so pulled out the Snake Plissken costume (ten years after I first got it). Had a big smile on my face when one of the crew leaned over and said “Take me with you, Snake”
I had a great childhood and I worry a lot about not being able to provide the same quality of life for my son, but I’m surrounded by moving boxes and watching a 90s cartoon so I don’t think all that much has changed
October 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I had a great childhood and I worry a lot about not being able to provide the same quality of life for my son, but I’m surrounded by moving boxes and watching a 90s cartoon so I don’t think all that much has changed
The last third of this book is about the JFK assassination and, while I’m generally extremely skeptical (comes with the job) it’s had me like this
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The last third of this book is about the JFK assassination and, while I’m generally extremely skeptical (comes with the job) it’s had me like this
Everybody in the office turns into a 12 year old boy (myself included) during a flyover. Just pointing up with a big, silly “OOOOOOHHHH! LOOOK!!”
October 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Everybody in the office turns into a 12 year old boy (myself included) during a flyover. Just pointing up with a big, silly “OOOOOOHHHH! LOOOK!!”
It's funny, the job this newsroom is reminding me most of is working at the comic shop. Most days it's insanely tense and busy from the moment I walk in until I'm finishing stuff up minutes after my shift 'ended'. Then Saturdays I'm begging for work because there's nothing to do.
a man in a police uniform sits in an office chair with his head down
ALT: a man in a police uniform sits in an office chair with his head down
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October 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
It's funny, the job this newsroom is reminding me most of is working at the comic shop. Most days it's insanely tense and busy from the moment I walk in until I'm finishing stuff up minutes after my shift 'ended'. Then Saturdays I'm begging for work because there's nothing to do.
Probably reading some fiction after the CIA book is done (maybe A Feast for Crows), but which biography should I pick up after that?
- Autobio of Malcolm X
- American Prometheus
- Grant (by Chernow)
- The Path to Power
- Autobio of Malcolm X
- American Prometheus
- Grant (by Chernow)
- The Path to Power
October 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Probably reading some fiction after the CIA book is done (maybe A Feast for Crows), but which biography should I pick up after that?
- Autobio of Malcolm X
- American Prometheus
- Grant (by Chernow)
- The Path to Power
- Autobio of Malcolm X
- American Prometheus
- Grant (by Chernow)
- The Path to Power
Very lore accurate that I have to keep restarting my Skaven campaigns in Total War because I’m using like 200 mods and refuse to stop using any of them when they update and brick the game
October 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Very lore accurate that I have to keep restarting my Skaven campaigns in Total War because I’m using like 200 mods and refuse to stop using any of them when they update and brick the game
It is 2001 and Microsoft is releasing Halo: Combat Evolved
It is 2014 and Microsoft is releasing Halo: Combat Evolved
It is 2026 and Microsoft...
It is 2014 and Microsoft is releasing Halo: Combat Evolved
It is 2026 and Microsoft...
October 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
It is 2001 and Microsoft is releasing Halo: Combat Evolved
It is 2014 and Microsoft is releasing Halo: Combat Evolved
It is 2026 and Microsoft...
It is 2014 and Microsoft is releasing Halo: Combat Evolved
It is 2026 and Microsoft...
In the last year I played both the Gear of War and Halo (Master Chief Collection) remasters. I was impressed with how well Halo 1 holds up and truly astonished at how much Gears of War 1 blows.
gears of war 1 getting remade and now halo 1 getting remade feels weird like game devs want me to relive the specific time period of my life when i was a proudly unbearable recipient of the Only Girl trophy
October 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
In the last year I played both the Gear of War and Halo (Master Chief Collection) remasters. I was impressed with how well Halo 1 holds up and truly astonished at how much Gears of War 1 blows.
Everybody’s been incredibly nice at the new job except today when a producer sitting next to me had to frantically scramble to turn his phone off speaker when the reporter on the call started to talk shit about me over a *very* minor misunderstanding the day before.
October 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Everybody’s been incredibly nice at the new job except today when a producer sitting next to me had to frantically scramble to turn his phone off speaker when the reporter on the call started to talk shit about me over a *very* minor misunderstanding the day before.
It's kind of funny that Bethesda had an entire press rollout for "Fallout Day" with a live-stream and everything just to announce they didn't have shit. Like, brother, YOU called the press conference! You didn't have to do this!
October 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It's kind of funny that Bethesda had an entire press rollout for "Fallout Day" with a live-stream and everything just to announce they didn't have shit. Like, brother, YOU called the press conference! You didn't have to do this!