Rex
@rexlhansen.bsky.social
He/Him, Writer, Maker, Baker, Cook.
Autodidact polymath extreme left atheist.
Co-host of beerwithbuffy.bsky.social
Autodidact polymath extreme left atheist.
Co-host of beerwithbuffy.bsky.social
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
How to play the new highly anticipated DLC for one of my favorite games:
Step 1: Purchase DLC
Step 2: Download DLC
Step 3: Download fails, Restart Steam
Step 4: Download DLC wait for install
Step 5: Game Crashes on Start
Step 6: Verify install files, all ok
Step 7: Google Issue
Step 8: Update Driver
Step 1: Purchase DLC
Step 2: Download DLC
Step 3: Download fails, Restart Steam
Step 4: Download DLC wait for install
Step 5: Game Crashes on Start
Step 6: Verify install files, all ok
Step 7: Google Issue
Step 8: Update Driver
November 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
How to play the new highly anticipated DLC for one of my favorite games:
Step 1: Purchase DLC
Step 2: Download DLC
Step 3: Download fails, Restart Steam
Step 4: Download DLC wait for install
Step 5: Game Crashes on Start
Step 6: Verify install files, all ok
Step 7: Google Issue
Step 8: Update Driver
Step 1: Purchase DLC
Step 2: Download DLC
Step 3: Download fails, Restart Steam
Step 4: Download DLC wait for install
Step 5: Game Crashes on Start
Step 6: Verify install files, all ok
Step 7: Google Issue
Step 8: Update Driver
I mean... 1 million people just up and leaving would probably fix the price of rent in New York...
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus: poll
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus: poll
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are prepared to bolt from the Big Apple if socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins Tuesday's mayoral race — potentially setting the stage for the largest population flight in US history, a new poll warns.
nypost.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I mean... 1 million people just up and leaving would probably fix the price of rent in New York...
My social circle consists of a bunch of queer neurodivergent leftists, so this political climate is the most likely topic.
So I'm pretty sure politics is why I find it so difficult to keep being social, given that I'm generally just trying to not drown in this fire hose of a news cycle.
So I'm pretty sure politics is why I find it so difficult to keep being social, given that I'm generally just trying to not drown in this fire hose of a news cycle.
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My social circle consists of a bunch of queer neurodivergent leftists, so this political climate is the most likely topic.
So I'm pretty sure politics is why I find it so difficult to keep being social, given that I'm generally just trying to not drown in this fire hose of a news cycle.
So I'm pretty sure politics is why I find it so difficult to keep being social, given that I'm generally just trying to not drown in this fire hose of a news cycle.
Based on some reddit discourse:
People like Joss Whedon aren't working anymore due to their own actions, but not in the way you think.
Allegations aside, Joss isn't working is because HE made HIMSELF unprofitable.
It'd be nice if it were about justice, but it's always only about the money.
People like Joss Whedon aren't working anymore due to their own actions, but not in the way you think.
Allegations aside, Joss isn't working is because HE made HIMSELF unprofitable.
It'd be nice if it were about justice, but it's always only about the money.
October 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Based on some reddit discourse:
People like Joss Whedon aren't working anymore due to their own actions, but not in the way you think.
Allegations aside, Joss isn't working is because HE made HIMSELF unprofitable.
It'd be nice if it were about justice, but it's always only about the money.
People like Joss Whedon aren't working anymore due to their own actions, but not in the way you think.
Allegations aside, Joss isn't working is because HE made HIMSELF unprofitable.
It'd be nice if it were about justice, but it's always only about the money.
Recently increased my words per session goal to 1k words an hour.
The hope being that forcing a higher word count would require me to have no choice but to completely ignore the desire to edit while I write.
#Writers #Fantasy
#WritingCommunity
The hope being that forcing a higher word count would require me to have no choice but to completely ignore the desire to edit while I write.
#Writers #Fantasy
#WritingCommunity
October 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Recently increased my words per session goal to 1k words an hour.
The hope being that forcing a higher word count would require me to have no choice but to completely ignore the desire to edit while I write.
#Writers #Fantasy
#WritingCommunity
The hope being that forcing a higher word count would require me to have no choice but to completely ignore the desire to edit while I write.
#Writers #Fantasy
#WritingCommunity
I made something using old bay seasoning* about 5 hours ago, and I've washed my hands 4 times since... And my hands still smell like old bay.
(*Technically it's not old bay, but I made a copy cat blend.)
(*Technically it's not old bay, but I made a copy cat blend.)
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I made something using old bay seasoning* about 5 hours ago, and I've washed my hands 4 times since... And my hands still smell like old bay.
(*Technically it's not old bay, but I made a copy cat blend.)
(*Technically it's not old bay, but I made a copy cat blend.)
First year anniversary with my wonderful spouse.
In many ways it's been a long and difficult year... But being married has been the easiest part of it all.
The present and future is terrifying, but I couldn't have chosen a better person to face it all down with.
In many ways it's been a long and difficult year... But being married has been the easiest part of it all.
The present and future is terrifying, but I couldn't have chosen a better person to face it all down with.
October 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
First year anniversary with my wonderful spouse.
In many ways it's been a long and difficult year... But being married has been the easiest part of it all.
The present and future is terrifying, but I couldn't have chosen a better person to face it all down with.
In many ways it's been a long and difficult year... But being married has been the easiest part of it all.
The present and future is terrifying, but I couldn't have chosen a better person to face it all down with.
Minor bunny health scare.
Luckily, last time, the Vet sent us home with enough meds to deal with this issue 4 times over.
So, he's fine now, but how do I explain to a rabbit that just because we CAN deal with it, doesn't mean we WANT to deal with it... So he really should stop freaking us out.
Luckily, last time, the Vet sent us home with enough meds to deal with this issue 4 times over.
So, he's fine now, but how do I explain to a rabbit that just because we CAN deal with it, doesn't mean we WANT to deal with it... So he really should stop freaking us out.
October 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Minor bunny health scare.
Luckily, last time, the Vet sent us home with enough meds to deal with this issue 4 times over.
So, he's fine now, but how do I explain to a rabbit that just because we CAN deal with it, doesn't mean we WANT to deal with it... So he really should stop freaking us out.
Luckily, last time, the Vet sent us home with enough meds to deal with this issue 4 times over.
So, he's fine now, but how do I explain to a rabbit that just because we CAN deal with it, doesn't mean we WANT to deal with it... So he really should stop freaking us out.
Apparently I'm old now...
Only 1 of 5 of the coffee shop employees this morning even look old enough to drive.
One of them, if seen without contact, I'd have probably guessed is 13.
Only 1 of 5 of the coffee shop employees this morning even look old enough to drive.
One of them, if seen without contact, I'd have probably guessed is 13.
October 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Apparently I'm old now...
Only 1 of 5 of the coffee shop employees this morning even look old enough to drive.
One of them, if seen without contact, I'd have probably guessed is 13.
Only 1 of 5 of the coffee shop employees this morning even look old enough to drive.
One of them, if seen without contact, I'd have probably guessed is 13.
At first the Scene/Sequel formula seems simplistic and stupid.
As you think more about it, you'll realize it's just how our dumb ape brains naturally format story.
And let me tell you, once you get it down, the story just pours out of you with ease.
#Writers #Fantasy #WritingCommunity
As you think more about it, you'll realize it's just how our dumb ape brains naturally format story.
And let me tell you, once you get it down, the story just pours out of you with ease.
#Writers #Fantasy #WritingCommunity
October 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
At first the Scene/Sequel formula seems simplistic and stupid.
As you think more about it, you'll realize it's just how our dumb ape brains naturally format story.
And let me tell you, once you get it down, the story just pours out of you with ease.
#Writers #Fantasy #WritingCommunity
As you think more about it, you'll realize it's just how our dumb ape brains naturally format story.
And let me tell you, once you get it down, the story just pours out of you with ease.
#Writers #Fantasy #WritingCommunity
With 17 days remaining before our first year anniversary, we finally were able to get my spouse's name change completed.
It's been a veeery long year.
It's been a veeery long year.
October 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
With 17 days remaining before our first year anniversary, we finally were able to get my spouse's name change completed.
It's been a veeery long year.
It's been a veeery long year.
The true slippery slope was the GOP all along.
Or, I guess, lately it's a cliff and for some fucking reason we let them drive the bus.
Or, I guess, lately it's a cliff and for some fucking reason we let them drive the bus.
September 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The true slippery slope was the GOP all along.
Or, I guess, lately it's a cliff and for some fucking reason we let them drive the bus.
Or, I guess, lately it's a cliff and for some fucking reason we let them drive the bus.
Current draft: 20,000 words.
With where I'm at in my outline, my final word count will likely be between 200k and 225k
I'm really really trying to keep in mind that I'll be cutting it down through editing, and it isn't too long.
#Writers #Fantasy #WritingCommunity
With where I'm at in my outline, my final word count will likely be between 200k and 225k
I'm really really trying to keep in mind that I'll be cutting it down through editing, and it isn't too long.
#Writers #Fantasy #WritingCommunity
September 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Current draft: 20,000 words.
With where I'm at in my outline, my final word count will likely be between 200k and 225k
I'm really really trying to keep in mind that I'll be cutting it down through editing, and it isn't too long.
#Writers #Fantasy #WritingCommunity
With where I'm at in my outline, my final word count will likely be between 200k and 225k
I'm really really trying to keep in mind that I'll be cutting it down through editing, and it isn't too long.
#Writers #Fantasy #WritingCommunity
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If we cannot all be on the same page that the sitting president threatening to invade a US city is fascist dictator shit then truly I do not know what to do.
September 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If we cannot all be on the same page that the sitting president threatening to invade a US city is fascist dictator shit then truly I do not know what to do.
I. Miss. Third. Places.
Only places to go in the evening are bars... :(
Only places to go in the evening are bars... :(
September 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I. Miss. Third. Places.
Only places to go in the evening are bars... :(
Only places to go in the evening are bars... :(
As a cis white dude, I don't know shit about racism. What I think I know, isn't knowing enough.
The best advice I've seen about writing racism into your fiction is to exaggerate it to the uncomfortable extreme... and your result will likely be less racist than our reality.
The best advice I've seen about writing racism into your fiction is to exaggerate it to the uncomfortable extreme... and your result will likely be less racist than our reality.
September 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
As a cis white dude, I don't know shit about racism. What I think I know, isn't knowing enough.
The best advice I've seen about writing racism into your fiction is to exaggerate it to the uncomfortable extreme... and your result will likely be less racist than our reality.
The best advice I've seen about writing racism into your fiction is to exaggerate it to the uncomfortable extreme... and your result will likely be less racist than our reality.
This is exactly like schools teaching flat earth in schools.
NEVER entertain stupid ideas, no matter how "funny" it is to do so.
Ironically joking about fringe beliefs just gives them fuel.
And at this rate, I won't be surprised when people start seriously pushing flat earth education.
NEVER entertain stupid ideas, no matter how "funny" it is to do so.
Ironically joking about fringe beliefs just gives them fuel.
And at this rate, I won't be surprised when people start seriously pushing flat earth education.
Just 6 years ago anti-vaxxers were a laughable fringe group. Now their victory is so total they're setting government policy. This is like if schools started teaching Flat Earth. A complete failure of education and science comms. Kids will die because we couldn't convince their parents of the truth.
Florida is set to end all state vaccine mandates, the state surgeon general announced today
September 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is exactly like schools teaching flat earth in schools.
NEVER entertain stupid ideas, no matter how "funny" it is to do so.
Ironically joking about fringe beliefs just gives them fuel.
And at this rate, I won't be surprised when people start seriously pushing flat earth education.
NEVER entertain stupid ideas, no matter how "funny" it is to do so.
Ironically joking about fringe beliefs just gives them fuel.
And at this rate, I won't be surprised when people start seriously pushing flat earth education.
Reposted by Rex
Just 6 years ago anti-vaxxers were a laughable fringe group. Now their victory is so total they're setting government policy. This is like if schools started teaching Flat Earth. A complete failure of education and science comms. Kids will die because we couldn't convince their parents of the truth.
Florida is set to end all state vaccine mandates, the state surgeon general announced today
DeSantis and Ladapo to ‘end all vaccine mandates in Florida law’
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced the move in Hillsborough County on Wednesday.
www.miamiherald.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Just 6 years ago anti-vaxxers were a laughable fringe group. Now their victory is so total they're setting government policy. This is like if schools started teaching Flat Earth. A complete failure of education and science comms. Kids will die because we couldn't convince their parents of the truth.
There's only about two months out of the year that this sunbeam is even possible in the apartment... And we live in Michigan, so sunbeams are rare gifts. So, it's a sacred time for #MrEdgarAllanPurr
#Nebelung #Cats
#Nebelung #Cats
September 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There's only about two months out of the year that this sunbeam is even possible in the apartment... And we live in Michigan, so sunbeams are rare gifts. So, it's a sacred time for #MrEdgarAllanPurr
#Nebelung #Cats
#Nebelung #Cats
Just remember we're all still operating on the same software that was designed to bang sticks together and run from things with bigger teeth.
So don't be too hard on yourself, none of us are built for any of this bullshit.
So don't be too hard on yourself, none of us are built for any of this bullshit.
September 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Just remember we're all still operating on the same software that was designed to bang sticks together and run from things with bigger teeth.
So don't be too hard on yourself, none of us are built for any of this bullshit.
So don't be too hard on yourself, none of us are built for any of this bullshit.
Reposted by Rex
this doesn't seem great
“The CDC you knew is over,” Dr. Demetre Daskalakis told me today. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
this doesn't seem great
Got this joke of a survey text from a conservative group.
I don't think they're doing a real survey...
#FuckDonaldTrump #MakeAmericaAntiFaAgain
I don't think they're doing a real survey...
#FuckDonaldTrump #MakeAmericaAntiFaAgain
August 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Got this joke of a survey text from a conservative group.
I don't think they're doing a real survey...
#FuckDonaldTrump #MakeAmericaAntiFaAgain
I don't think they're doing a real survey...
#FuckDonaldTrump #MakeAmericaAntiFaAgain
My best friend 20 years ago had narcolepsy type 1.
0.01% of the US population has it.
Turns out my spouse might have narcolepsy type 1.
So, you know, if I had a nickel.
0.01% of the US population has it.
Turns out my spouse might have narcolepsy type 1.
So, you know, if I had a nickel.
August 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
My best friend 20 years ago had narcolepsy type 1.
0.01% of the US population has it.
Turns out my spouse might have narcolepsy type 1.
So, you know, if I had a nickel.
0.01% of the US population has it.
Turns out my spouse might have narcolepsy type 1.
So, you know, if I had a nickel.
Well, that's terrifying.
[NEW VIDEO] Let me introduce you to a new existential threat youtu.be/TU3HUqUZeYw?...
Mirror Life - Biggest Threat You’ve Never Heard Of
YouTube video by Kyle Hill
youtu.be
August 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Well, that's terrifying.