Nomnomnom de Plume
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User testimonials: "a great bear"; "a very wise stack of rocks". Social Justice NPC, amateur poet/jeweller/philanthropist, and badge dealer. Toitū te Tiriti.
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TL;DR: Braided rivers are awesome and you should get one.
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“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
Okay. Good morning everybody! It's an hour and a half later and I am ready to face the day with hope, determination, and a healthy dose of spite.
Here is a picture of a cat (not my cat, but my picture):
Here is a picture of a cat (not my cat, but my picture):
January 31, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Okay. Good morning everybody! It's an hour and a half later and I am ready to face the day with hope, determination, and a healthy dose of spite.
Here is a picture of a cat (not my cat, but my picture):
Here is a picture of a cat (not my cat, but my picture):
Me writing about first aid again:
"Things you may want to prepare for:
Bleeds
Burns
Existential Despair..."
"Things you may want to prepare for:
Bleeds
Burns
Existential Despair..."
January 31, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Me writing about first aid again:
"Things you may want to prepare for:
Bleeds
Burns
Existential Despair..."
"Things you may want to prepare for:
Bleeds
Burns
Existential Despair..."
Weirdly, scrolling my feed for thirty minutes has not helped me feel better after waking from nightmares. Almost like it's full of atrocities or something.
Time for plan B: mashups and hot chocolate.
Time for plan B: mashups and hot chocolate.
January 31, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Weirdly, scrolling my feed for thirty minutes has not helped me feel better after waking from nightmares. Almost like it's full of atrocities or something.
Time for plan B: mashups and hot chocolate.
Time for plan B: mashups and hot chocolate.
The little "What's up?" at the top of my Bsky page is making me want to throw things. YOU KNOW WELL AND TRUE WHAT'S UP AND NONE OF IT IS GOOD.
January 31, 2026 at 6:33 AM
The little "What's up?" at the top of my Bsky page is making me want to throw things. YOU KNOW WELL AND TRUE WHAT'S UP AND NONE OF IT IS GOOD.
I got as far as "What should you put in your first aid kit? Well, It Depends."
And then I stared at my screen.
And then I stared at my screen.
I want to post random uplifting stuff but it is hard to feel very uplifting at the moment. Maybe I will try writing that piece about first aid gear.
January 31, 2026 at 6:06 AM
I got as far as "What should you put in your first aid kit? Well, It Depends."
And then I stared at my screen.
And then I stared at my screen.
Dr Strangelove, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Shitpost
Revenge of the Shitposts
The Usual Shitposts
January 31, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Dr Strangelove, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Shitpost
Balancing rage with determined hope, or trying to.
Deep breaths.
Deep breaths.
January 31, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Balancing rage with determined hope, or trying to.
Deep breaths.
Deep breaths.
Making a shopping list for the sake of updating my first aid kit(s) and I am trying not to get out of hand but *grabby hands*
January 30, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Making a shopping list for the sake of updating my first aid kit(s) and I am trying not to get out of hand but *grabby hands*
Hot damn that's a pretty kitty
Everyone loves Mrs. Beautiful, the kitten who can do nothing wrong
January 28, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Hot damn that's a pretty kitty
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Want to see something no one's ever seen before? (barring 160~ people who watched it live a few minutes ago)
January 28, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Want to see something no one's ever seen before? (barring 160~ people who watched it live a few minutes ago)
This puppy (figurative) so useful that SOMEBODY at my workplace has snagged my everyday one and I need to get a replacement.
www.pbtech.co.nz/product/CABP...
www.pbtech.co.nz/product/CABP...
Buy the Promate PENTAPOWER.BLK 60W PD - 480Mbps USB-C Multi-Connector Cable -... ( PENTAPOWER-BLK ) online
pbtech.co.nz "Promate PENTAPOWER.BLK 60W PD - 480Mbps USB-C Multi-Connector Cable - 1.2m - Black USB-C to USB-C / Micro-USB / Lightning - Data & Charge
www.pbtech.co.nz
January 28, 2026 at 12:13 AM
This puppy (figurative) so useful that SOMEBODY at my workplace has snagged my everyday one and I need to get a replacement.
www.pbtech.co.nz/product/CABP...
www.pbtech.co.nz/product/CABP...
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"...even when they recognize a claim as literally false, they may judge it as morally acceptable to spread because they believe it is true “in spirit.”" - Unfortunately this is familiar because I've seen people who support progressive causes doing it too.
Do the lie mongers really believe the twisted hated-filled BS they explicitly endorse?
Increasingly, facts & evidence & testimony, etc, don’t matter, so long as the “gist” supports the regressive evil agenda.
EG www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Increasingly, facts & evidence & testimony, etc, don’t matter, so long as the “gist” supports the regressive evil agenda.
EG www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“It's Not Literally True, But You Get the Gist:” How nuanced understandings of truth encourage people to condone and spread misinformation
People have a more-nuanced view of misinformation than the binary distinction between “fake news” and “real news” implies. We distinguish between the …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"...even when they recognize a claim as literally false, they may judge it as morally acceptable to spread because they believe it is true “in spirit.”" - Unfortunately this is familiar because I've seen people who support progressive causes doing it too.
I have things I should do but I don't wanna do them.
January 26, 2026 at 6:25 AM
I have things I should do but I don't wanna do them.
I am taste-testing the gingerloaf and my dad would say there's not enough ginger in it but that just means it'll be palatable to mere mortals (the aim of this batch).
January 26, 2026 at 4:42 AM
I am taste-testing the gingerloaf and my dad would say there's not enough ginger in it but that just means it'll be palatable to mere mortals (the aim of this batch).
Today is going to be an extremely good day to be offline.
January 24, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Today is going to be an extremely good day to be offline.
This is really cool
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
January 24, 2026 at 12:42 AM
This is really cool
My market is cancelled tomorrow due to weather forecast and I've just realised that means I have a whole day off to do whatever I want!
January 23, 2026 at 7:14 AM
My market is cancelled tomorrow due to weather forecast and I've just realised that means I have a whole day off to do whatever I want!
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If anyone sees this, then please provide pet photos.
January 23, 2026 at 6:38 AM
If anyone sees this, then please provide pet photos.
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1775
January 23, 2026 at 5:04 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1775
I thought I grabbed a Turkish Delight out of the box but it was a Cherry Ripe D:
January 22, 2026 at 2:01 AM
I thought I grabbed a Turkish Delight out of the box but it was a Cherry Ripe D:
There's plums at work and I'm in danger of eating All The Plums
(not sorry)
(not sorry)
January 21, 2026 at 9:11 PM
There's plums at work and I'm in danger of eating All The Plums
(not sorry)
(not sorry)
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“I'm glad you have enough love in your life that that response comes naturally. If anything, you should be proud of that :)”
January 20, 2026 at 3:58 PM
“I'm glad you have enough love in your life that that response comes naturally. If anything, you should be proud of that :)”
The news is still really newsing, huh.
Well, today I peer pressured a bunch of traffic into merging correctly, so that's something.
Well, today I peer pressured a bunch of traffic into merging correctly, so that's something.
January 21, 2026 at 3:40 AM
The news is still really newsing, huh.
Well, today I peer pressured a bunch of traffic into merging correctly, so that's something.
Well, today I peer pressured a bunch of traffic into merging correctly, so that's something.