Patrick Karjala
@hi-pat-trick.bsky.social
VR Developer (http://kilohokuvr.com), Programmer, Affiliate Twitch Streamer (http://twitch.tv/hi_pat_trick), Performer, MS CS, sailor-in-training, and occasional ham. He/Him
私は少し日本語を分かって話します
Tw: @hi_pat_trick
私は少し日本語を分かって話します
Tw: @hi_pat_trick
Games I played and finished in 2025 in alphabetical order:
Axiom Verge
Elden Ring
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Observation
Signalis
Solar Ash
The Stillness of the Wind
The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
Also played a lot of the usual suspects. It was a good year in playing different games!
Axiom Verge
Elden Ring
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Observation
Signalis
Solar Ash
The Stillness of the Wind
The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
Also played a lot of the usual suspects. It was a good year in playing different games!
December 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Games I played and finished in 2025 in alphabetical order:
Axiom Verge
Elden Ring
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Observation
Signalis
Solar Ash
The Stillness of the Wind
The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
Also played a lot of the usual suspects. It was a good year in playing different games!
Axiom Verge
Elden Ring
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Observation
Signalis
Solar Ash
The Stillness of the Wind
The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day
Also played a lot of the usual suspects. It was a good year in playing different games!
I love when unintended things happen in games that rally a community around the thing in silly ways, even from an outsider’s perspective.
Here’s to the Lv 1 .
Here’s to the Lv 1 .
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I love when unintended things happen in games that rally a community around the thing in silly ways, even from an outsider’s perspective.
Here’s to the Lv 1 .
Here’s to the Lv 1 .
Reposted by Patrick Karjala
You may have visited Fight for the Future’s www.badinternetbills.com on a previous go-round of KOSA. One or two KOSA attempts ago, their phone call system wasn’t great. Having used it today, I can confirm that it is now AMAZING. It passed me to my two senators, and then to my house rep. Use it!
December 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
You may have visited Fight for the Future’s www.badinternetbills.com on a previous go-round of KOSA. One or two KOSA attempts ago, their phone call system wasn’t great. Having used it today, I can confirm that it is now AMAZING. It passed me to my two senators, and then to my house rep. Use it!
Steam Replay is out, got back into more gaming this year after kiddo was born last year. Been fun to finish some classics and play something new!
December 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Steam Replay is out, got back into more gaming this year after kiddo was born last year. Been fun to finish some classics and play something new!
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December 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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@hirono.senate.gov Not happy to see your vote on this list. What gives?
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV), Dick Durbin (IL), John Fetterman (PA), Ruben Gallego (AZ), Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), Maggie Hassan (NH), Martin Heinrich (NM), John Hickenlooper (CO), Mazie Hirono (HI), Tim Kaine (VA), Mark Kelly (AZ), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Ben Ray Lujan (NM), ->
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
December 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
@hirono.senate.gov Not happy to see your vote on this list. What gives?
Imagine that, something that actually works when given the proper resources and oversight.
It's probably for the best in this environment that it's not getting more national attention, but what Brandon Scott has achieved in Baltimore over the last six years is genuinely amazing newrepublic.com/article/2020...
How Mayor Brandon Scott Curbed Violent Crime in Baltimore
At a time when the Trump administration has been disparaging Black political leaders, Charm City’s young mayor has built a formidable case for himself.
newrepublic.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Imagine that, something that actually works when given the proper resources and oversight.
Reposted by Patrick Karjala
As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
a man reading a book to a young boy
Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy
media.tenor.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Reposted by Patrick Karjala
December 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
And there it is.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
And there it is.
I should probably do test 3d prints before printing 36 of something.
December 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I should probably do test 3d prints before printing 36 of something.
The problem with buying two cookies is that you don't have three cookies.
December 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The problem with buying two cookies is that you don't have three cookies.
Reposted by Patrick Karjala
Against better judgement (the worms in my brain tell me no), I have decided to open up a redbubble page to show off and maybe sell my work.
www.redbubble.com/people/NewVi...
www.redbubble.com/people/NewVi...
December 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Against better judgement (the worms in my brain tell me no), I have decided to open up a redbubble page to show off and maybe sell my work.
www.redbubble.com/people/NewVi...
www.redbubble.com/people/NewVi...
I think Disney is in for a rude awakening if they think that feeding their IP into AI is going to be able to avoid anything bad happening with their IP.
December 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I think Disney is in for a rude awakening if they think that feeding their IP into AI is going to be able to avoid anything bad happening with their IP.
This is your regular reminder to back up your data. Somewhere. Anywhere. If you only have one copy of your data on one device, you don't have backups.
December 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is your regular reminder to back up your data. Somewhere. Anywhere. If you only have one copy of your data on one device, you don't have backups.
Reposted by Patrick Karjala
I am brimming with holiday spirit
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I am brimming with holiday spirit
Wife is making Lebkuchen and taught kiddo how to pronounce it. Picked it up in 3 tries. I'm still in awe.
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Wife is making Lebkuchen and taught kiddo how to pronounce it. Picked it up in 3 tries. I'm still in awe.
Hollow Knight Silksong Sherma Remix
YouTube video by Tee Lopes
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Probably because RAM prices just shot through the roof, retro tech isn't stuffed with AI or ads trying to sell you on crap, and we've hit a spot where slightly older tech is "good enough" for most things.
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Probably because RAM prices just shot through the roof, retro tech isn't stuffed with AI or ads trying to sell you on crap, and we've hit a spot where slightly older tech is "good enough" for most things.
The number of times I have been asked “my screen won’t rotate on my phone it is stuck” and screen lock was turned on.
December 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The number of times I have been asked “my screen won’t rotate on my phone it is stuck” and screen lock was turned on.
Thanks for folks who have looked at, passed on, or otherwise considered this! Things have been slowly but steadily selling. We're managing to de-clutter more around the house which is great.
I'm working on letting go of some older clutter around the house; if you have any interest in some vintage 2nd and 3rd Edition D&D stuff, sunglasses, small computers & parts, board games, and video game stuffs, please check my eBay store: www.ebay.com/usr/dancing-...
Security Measure | eBay
www.ebay.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Thanks for folks who have looked at, passed on, or otherwise considered this! Things have been slowly but steadily selling. We're managing to de-clutter more around the house which is great.
New microSD card and reader are here, and everything is working fine with them. Other card is absolutely certainly dead-dead, so no more troubleshooting there.
Time to get this one loaded into the OrangePi!
Time to get this one loaded into the OrangePi!
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
New microSD card and reader are here, and everything is working fine with them. Other card is absolutely certainly dead-dead, so no more troubleshooting there.
Time to get this one loaded into the OrangePi!
Time to get this one loaded into the OrangePi!
You know what's punk?
Physical media. CDs, DVDs, BluRay, LPs, you name it. Once that physical media is in your hands, it is *yours*. Rip it, burn it, share it, do what you want with it.
Physical media. CDs, DVDs, BluRay, LPs, you name it. Once that physical media is in your hands, it is *yours*. Rip it, burn it, share it, do what you want with it.
Netflix's $83 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery would mean more corporate consolidation.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
You know what's punk?
Physical media. CDs, DVDs, BluRay, LPs, you name it. Once that physical media is in your hands, it is *yours*. Rip it, burn it, share it, do what you want with it.
Physical media. CDs, DVDs, BluRay, LPs, you name it. Once that physical media is in your hands, it is *yours*. Rip it, burn it, share it, do what you want with it.
It's a good start.
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It's a good start.