strixus
@strixus.bsky.social
Gaming, Philosophy, Tentacles, Medical Devices, Biologics, Textile Historian, Podcaster, Angry Inner City Girl. Opinions my own. strixus@mastodon.social and tumblr.com/strixus
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“NONE OF YOU IS FREE FROM SIN!”
January 2, 2026 at 11:47 PM
“NONE OF YOU IS FREE FROM SIN!”
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Denver’s homicides fell nearly 50% to an 11-year low in 2025, plunging to levels rarely seen over the last three decades as crime overall largely declined across the city
Denver homicides fall nearly 50% to 11-year low as overall crime plunges
Thirty-seven people were killed in Denver in 2025, the third-lowest number on record for any year since 1990, according to the Denver Police Department.
www.denverpost.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Denver’s homicides fell nearly 50% to an 11-year low in 2025, plunging to levels rarely seen over the last three decades as crime overall largely declined across the city
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New Year Zullie.
January 2, 2026 at 12:28 PM
New Year Zullie.
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It's not there!
So we keep up the hunt. Plenty more to test. Anything red or white in that spreadsheet needs to be tested, so we carry on.
We'll see if Savage gets cleared before finding the fish.
So we keep up the hunt. Plenty more to test. Anything red or white in that spreadsheet needs to be tested, so we carry on.
We'll see if Savage gets cleared before finding the fish.
Day 17 of the #FFXIV Patch 7.4 Fishing discovery!
We're still looking for Purse of Riches, but a fully untested weather/time slot comes up in just a few hours with Clear -> Rain from 16-0.
This is the last of the 40%-5% transitions, so all eyes are on Tuliyollal.
We're still looking for Purse of Riches, but a fully untested weather/time slot comes up in just a few hours with Clear -> Rain from 16-0.
This is the last of the 40%-5% transitions, so all eyes are on Tuliyollal.
January 2, 2026 at 4:55 PM
It's not there!
So we keep up the hunt. Plenty more to test. Anything red or white in that spreadsheet needs to be tested, so we carry on.
We'll see if Savage gets cleared before finding the fish.
So we keep up the hunt. Plenty more to test. Anything red or white in that spreadsheet needs to be tested, so we carry on.
We'll see if Savage gets cleared before finding the fish.
Good night my friends.
I love you so very much.
Thank you for being here with me, as we start yet another year.
Here's to every day, and every day after.
I love you so very much.
Thank you for being here with me, as we start yet another year.
Here's to every day, and every day after.
January 2, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Good night my friends.
I love you so very much.
Thank you for being here with me, as we start yet another year.
Here's to every day, and every day after.
I love you so very much.
Thank you for being here with me, as we start yet another year.
Here's to every day, and every day after.
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If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
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if you haven't read jezebel's 2018 coverage of the listserv where 400+ "left-of-center" transphobic "journalists" methodically orchestrated the current moment, it's a good companion to the TNN interview: www.jezebel.com/private-mess...
January 2, 2026 at 12:21 AM
if you haven't read jezebel's 2018 coverage of the listserv where 400+ "left-of-center" transphobic "journalists" methodically orchestrated the current moment, it's a good companion to the TNN interview: www.jezebel.com/private-mess...
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Someone could legally write one where Nancy and the Hardy Boys investigate the murder of Betty Boop on Mickey Mouse’s steamboat and find out Blondie hired Winnie the Pooh to do it because Betty found out she was having an affair with Popeye.
So make new best selling teen series’s of 16 year old Nancy Drew.
January 2, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Someone could legally write one where Nancy and the Hardy Boys investigate the murder of Betty Boop on Mickey Mouse’s steamboat and find out Blondie hired Winnie the Pooh to do it because Betty found out she was having an affair with Popeye.
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Speaking of open-source, I had a chance to cover good things people are doing online to fight against AI ruining the internet: www.404media.co/the-open-sou...
The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers
Anubis, which block AI scrapers from scraping websites to death, has been downloaded almost 200,000 times.
www.404media.co
January 1, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Speaking of open-source, I had a chance to cover good things people are doing online to fight against AI ruining the internet: www.404media.co/the-open-sou...
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I did not quite reach 1,000 subscribers by the end of 2025 like I hoped. Still, every fin that swam along this year mattered, and the current is still moving forward. I am heading into 2026 with steady eyes on the horizon.
Here’s the very first video where it all started.
youtu.be/A-Qvas_aCoY
Here’s the very first video where it all started.
youtu.be/A-Qvas_aCoY
Retro Marketing Magic: Finnley Dives into 1960s Pacific Northwest Bell Long Distance Ads
YouTube video by Finnley's Audio Adventures
youtu.be
January 2, 2026 at 12:24 AM
I did not quite reach 1,000 subscribers by the end of 2025 like I hoped. Still, every fin that swam along this year mattered, and the current is still moving forward. I am heading into 2026 with steady eyes on the horizon.
Here’s the very first video where it all started.
youtu.be/A-Qvas_aCoY
Here’s the very first video where it all started.
youtu.be/A-Qvas_aCoY
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Yes. Subjectively speaking the Invite Era is a storied past time of myth and legend, a pansexual paradise that could not last forever and did not, but whose essence yet lingers, the background radiation of everything Bluesky is today, yes, yes, there is still ALF hog in everyone and everything here
I was about to say “Isn’t Bluesky only a few years old?” but then realized that’s only in OBJECTIVE time, not subjective, for which it’s been a goddamn eternity.
January 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Yes. Subjectively speaking the Invite Era is a storied past time of myth and legend, a pansexual paradise that could not last forever and did not, but whose essence yet lingers, the background radiation of everything Bluesky is today, yes, yes, there is still ALF hog in everyone and everything here
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A message for you all to carry through the year
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 AM
A message for you all to carry through the year
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Psst.
Hey, come closer.
No, closer.
I have a New Year’s secret for you.
It’s this:
If you care about people you don’t even know, and try to live your life that way, you are absolutely beautiful no matter what you look like.
Hey, come closer.
No, closer.
I have a New Year’s secret for you.
It’s this:
If you care about people you don’t even know, and try to live your life that way, you are absolutely beautiful no matter what you look like.
January 1, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Psst.
Hey, come closer.
No, closer.
I have a New Year’s secret for you.
It’s this:
If you care about people you don’t even know, and try to live your life that way, you are absolutely beautiful no matter what you look like.
Hey, come closer.
No, closer.
I have a New Year’s secret for you.
It’s this:
If you care about people you don’t even know, and try to live your life that way, you are absolutely beautiful no matter what you look like.
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When clocks strike midnight on the first day each year, a quiet creative revolution starts as hundreds of works move from private control into the public domain, unlocking stories, songs, and images for anyone to reuse.
The world celebrates this big moment with an official Public Domain Day. (1/2)
The world celebrates this big moment with an official Public Domain Day. (1/2)
January 1, 2026 at 1:31 PM
When clocks strike midnight on the first day each year, a quiet creative revolution starts as hundreds of works move from private control into the public domain, unlocking stories, songs, and images for anyone to reuse.
The world celebrates this big moment with an official Public Domain Day. (1/2)
The world celebrates this big moment with an official Public Domain Day. (1/2)
Good early night my friends.
I love each of you so very much.
We made it through this year, and we will make it through next year, and every year after.
You are what helps get me through. I hope I can be the same for you.
I love each of you so very much.
We made it through this year, and we will make it through next year, and every year after.
You are what helps get me through. I hope I can be the same for you.
January 1, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Good early night my friends.
I love each of you so very much.
We made it through this year, and we will make it through next year, and every year after.
You are what helps get me through. I hope I can be the same for you.
I love each of you so very much.
We made it through this year, and we will make it through next year, and every year after.
You are what helps get me through. I hope I can be the same for you.
I still remember this, and how sad I was.
But I also understood it, and respect the hell out of it.
But I also understood it, and respect the hell out of it.
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
January 1, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I still remember this, and how sad I was.
But I also understood it, and respect the hell out of it.
But I also understood it, and respect the hell out of it.
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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Okay, we’re getting close to the new year here, so one last time this year:
Close your eyes for a quick moment and think about someone who brought you joy this year.
Now tell them.
Repost this and tell them if you want so more people do it, but you don’t have to.
Tell them!
Close your eyes for a quick moment and think about someone who brought you joy this year.
Now tell them.
Repost this and tell them if you want so more people do it, but you don’t have to.
Tell them!
January 1, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Okay, we’re getting close to the new year here, so one last time this year:
Close your eyes for a quick moment and think about someone who brought you joy this year.
Now tell them.
Repost this and tell them if you want so more people do it, but you don’t have to.
Tell them!
Close your eyes for a quick moment and think about someone who brought you joy this year.
Now tell them.
Repost this and tell them if you want so more people do it, but you don’t have to.
Tell them!
As per my usual holiday reminders - Not everyone enjoys or likes fireworks. Please do not set them off in residential areas.
Please.
Please.
January 1, 2026 at 2:54 AM
As per my usual holiday reminders - Not everyone enjoys or likes fireworks. Please do not set them off in residential areas.
Please.
Please.
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Yes. Reading, regardless of what you're reading, is good for your brain and builds empathy. The latter is *particularly* true for romance novels, btw, because they tend to focus on emotional intelligence. Quality is also entirely subjective. Check the genre snobbery at the door, please.
December 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Yes. Reading, regardless of what you're reading, is good for your brain and builds empathy. The latter is *particularly* true for romance novels, btw, because they tend to focus on emotional intelligence. Quality is also entirely subjective. Check the genre snobbery at the door, please.
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23 seconds of blissed out baby cat
December 31, 2025 at 2:55 AM
23 seconds of blissed out baby cat