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Like the loch. Formerly https://cohost.org/etc . I don't know how much I'll actually be using this. They/them.
Slowly constructing a site at https://zawn.dev/ where longer posts will hopefully end up.
Slowly constructing a site at https://zawn.dev/ where longer posts will hopefully end up.
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I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
January 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
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we're at the point where the difference between piracy and Spotify is that you get to keep the music when you pirate, and also if you send an artist a $10 bill over Paypal or something you've probably given them more money than Spotify's stream revenue will ever pay them out
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 3:52 PM
we're at the point where the difference between piracy and Spotify is that you get to keep the music when you pirate, and also if you send an artist a $10 bill over Paypal or something you've probably given them more money than Spotify's stream revenue will ever pay them out
That’s, uh, definitely a brand name, alright.
January 15, 2026 at 7:19 PM
That’s, uh, definitely a brand name, alright.
misread this as “soylent green 3” and my brain stalled and refused to come back with anything other than “green smoke is people”
Component 4: "Solvent Green 3" (29.4%) - green dye. Full IUPAC name 1,4-Bis(4-methylanilino)anthracene-9,10-dione. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiniza...
Quinizarine Green SS - Wikipedia
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January 15, 2026 at 4:48 PM
misread this as “soylent green 3” and my brain stalled and refused to come back with anything other than “green smoke is people”
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in 2016 i made an edit of a dilbert comic and scott adams got so mad he blocked me and then blogged about it
January 13, 2026 at 5:13 PM
in 2016 i made an edit of a dilbert comic and scott adams got so mad he blocked me and then blogged about it
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the turn of the millennium was a simpler time online when a website could publish a bunch of sexually explicit and profane dilbert parody comics and get sued into taking them down but nothing ever truly died online back then
were they funny? no
did they survive scott adams? yes
were they funny? no
did they survive scott adams? yes
The Dilbert Hole : The Rotten Dot Com Staff : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The Dilbert Hole are 17 comics made by the Rotten Dot Com staff on the 6th of April 1999. On the 15th of the same month, Rotten.com received a cease and...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
the turn of the millennium was a simpler time online when a website could publish a bunch of sexually explicit and profane dilbert parody comics and get sued into taking them down but nothing ever truly died online back then
were they funny? no
did they survive scott adams? yes
were they funny? no
did they survive scott adams? yes
lol.
Hoskinson: "You've collapsed crypto from a public perception, to crypto equals Trump equals bad .... Crypto equals corruption. It's a wealth transfer mechanism for Trump and his friends."
www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/...
www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/...
January 14, 2026 at 8:01 AM
lol.
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One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
Dell have a range of ethernet switches that use hdmi cabling for interconnects, can do 10gbps, apparently. No idea why they don’t just use sfp+ like everyone else.
January 12, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Dell have a range of ethernet switches that use hdmi cabling for interconnects, can do 10gbps, apparently. No idea why they don’t just use sfp+ like everyone else.
At least farage is unlikely to get in to power before 2029, because he absolutely would.
January 11, 2026 at 11:16 AM
At least farage is unlikely to get in to power before 2029, because he absolutely would.
I seem to have developed both tinnitus and an overdraft. New year working out great.
January 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I seem to have developed both tinnitus and an overdraft. New year working out great.
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Ah, yes. That famous chapter in LOTR - "The Scraping of the Barrel"
Sir Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood will reunite as Gandalf and Frodo in ‘THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM’
Production will begin in May.
(via: Gollumgram)
Production will begin in May.
(via: Gollumgram)
January 6, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Ah, yes. That famous chapter in LOTR - "The Scraping of the Barrel"
No direct sunlight on here yet, but the room underneath is heated.
January 5, 2026 at 12:12 PM
No direct sunlight on here yet, but the room underneath is heated.
Snow! A tiny bit! But also weird physics. I wonder what is causing these lines on the roof of the conservatory? They’re all approximately the same width and point roughly downslope, though that gets a bit more confused on the triangular panes.
January 5, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Snow! A tiny bit! But also weird physics. I wonder what is causing these lines on the roof of the conservatory? They’re all approximately the same width and point roughly downslope, though that gets a bit more confused on the triangular panes.
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The new Black Mirror episode was pretty weird
January 4, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The new Black Mirror episode was pretty weird
My first thought on seeing this was “bovril energy gels!”, and now I really wish I could unthink it.
Advert, Cyclists’ Touring Club Gazette, May 1882: “Cyclists ride 100 miles ... without fatigue by the use of
BARRY'S BEEF & COCA LOZENGES,
Which are composed of the Finest Extract of English Beef, combined with the Concentrated Preparation of [cocaine].”
BARRY'S BEEF & COCA LOZENGES,
Which are composed of the Finest Extract of English Beef, combined with the Concentrated Preparation of [cocaine].”
January 4, 2026 at 8:26 PM
My first thought on seeing this was “bovril energy gels!”, and now I really wish I could unthink it.
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Jan 1: this is the year of new Me
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
January 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Jan 1: this is the year of new Me
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
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I said chatgpt doesn't have a soul and got put on this list
December 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I said chatgpt doesn't have a soul and got put on this list
Alpine cloud inversion, with parapenter.
December 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Alpine cloud inversion, with parapenter.
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“Buy our home security package named after someone who was utterly destroyed by a back door break-in he didn’t see coming because he was focused solely on the front door.”
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“Buy our home security package named after someone who was utterly destroyed by a back door break-in he didn’t see coming because he was focused solely on the front door.”
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New Year's resolution: Gonna mix it up, try something new, stunt on the skyline a little
less dipshit, more cumclown
less dipshit, more cumclown
December 28, 2025 at 6:03 AM
New Year's resolution: Gonna mix it up, try something new, stunt on the skyline a little
less dipshit, more cumclown
less dipshit, more cumclown
I’ve always liked the look of the mooltipass, but there’s never been a period when it has been in stock and I’ve been able to afford it, so I can’t say if it is actually any good
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Making sure you're not a bot!
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December 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I’ve always liked the look of the mooltipass, but there’s never been a period when it has been in stock and I’ve been able to afford it, so I can’t say if it is actually any good
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This was sold to me as a croissant, but is very clearly a carré.
December 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This was sold to me as a croissant, but is very clearly a carré.
There was no context at all. Maybe there was supposed to be, but I can’t imagine any that would make it look good.
December 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
There was no context at all. Maybe there was supposed to be, but I can’t imagine any that would make it look good.