Gary McLaughlin
@garymclaughlin.bsky.social
Frustrated novelist, poet, artist, photographer, occasional film dilettante & fartaround. BOFH sysadmin, curmudgeon and programmer in IT recovery.
Favourite ls: ls -LART
Favourite command: rm -rf /backups/home/users
Favourite ls: ls -LART
Favourite command: rm -rf /backups/home/users
I cannot begin to properly describe how much I loathe and despise Network Solutions, the most predatory, ghost-clicking, sleazy pond scum of a company I have ever had to deal with. Their forms are full of little 'gotchas' that are pre-populated under the fold to sign you up for crap you don't want.
December 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I cannot begin to properly describe how much I loathe and despise Network Solutions, the most predatory, ghost-clicking, sleazy pond scum of a company I have ever had to deal with. Their forms are full of little 'gotchas' that are pre-populated under the fold to sign you up for crap you don't want.
Io Saturnalia! (December 17th)
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December 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Io Saturnalia! (December 17th)
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Saw this on Shudder recently—sweet, funny & cute vampire tale from Quebec.
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
(Original title: Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) [2023 Unrated 1h 30m] 👍👍
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
(Original title: Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) [2023 Unrated 1h 30m] 👍👍
December 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Saw this on Shudder recently—sweet, funny & cute vampire tale from Quebec.
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
(Original title: Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) [2023 Unrated 1h 30m] 👍👍
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
(Original title: Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) [2023 Unrated 1h 30m] 👍👍
Don't usually see these kinds of pseudo-mammatus clouds here in the winter. Looks like it might rain—maybe diurnal convective activity? It hit +3C today in Minneapolis (another oddity, but not unusual for the last decade or so).
December 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Don't usually see these kinds of pseudo-mammatus clouds here in the winter. Looks like it might rain—maybe diurnal convective activity? It hit +3C today in Minneapolis (another oddity, but not unusual for the last decade or so).
Watching the snow melt here in Minneapolis this evening, while my old hometown of Winnipeg prepares for a blizzard.
Definitely the wrong place for me. Even the Northlands/Borderlands are too far 'south' these days.
I'd settle for being up in the cabin in Ely tonight, battening down the hatches.
Definitely the wrong place for me. Even the Northlands/Borderlands are too far 'south' these days.
I'd settle for being up in the cabin in Ely tonight, battening down the hatches.
December 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Watching the snow melt here in Minneapolis this evening, while my old hometown of Winnipeg prepares for a blizzard.
Definitely the wrong place for me. Even the Northlands/Borderlands are too far 'south' these days.
I'd settle for being up in the cabin in Ely tonight, battening down the hatches.
Definitely the wrong place for me. Even the Northlands/Borderlands are too far 'south' these days.
I'd settle for being up in the cabin in Ely tonight, battening down the hatches.
Love this stuff. Bleepy–bloopy music like Tokyo Machine etc. Nice background tunes to kickstart the day.
New & Notable: pdqb's iconic "8 1/2 Bit" album gets reworked and remixed by notable chiptune producers who blur the line between music and game music.
8 1/2 BIT REPLAYS, by pdqb, PRZ, Noise&Noise, Galaxian, CEM3340, Dark Vektor, Mesak
10 track album
pdqb.bandcamp.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Love this stuff. Bleepy–bloopy music like Tokyo Machine etc. Nice background tunes to kickstart the day.