Jessica Dennis 👩🏻💻
@jessicadennis.bsky.social
I’m here to read books and pet cats, and I’m all outta — actually, no, I have plenty of both. Excellent.
I also make software and opine about everything. I only get paid for one of those, though (the first one — my employer has no stake in my opinions).
I also make software and opine about everything. I only get paid for one of those, though (the first one — my employer has no stake in my opinions).
I don't know if these Christmas lights are actually better, but their website is stylish as hell tru-tone.com/
It does fail a WCAG accessibility scan pretty miserably, though, which is unfortunate (and most of the reported issues should be easy to fix)
It does fail a WCAG accessibility scan pretty miserably, though, which is unfortunate (and most of the reported issues should be easy to fix)
The Best Vintage-Style LED Christmas Lights | Tru-Tone™ Light Bulbs
Superior LED Christmas lights with the same bright, warm glow as vintage incandescent! Nostalgic, retro charm in C7 & C9 & S14 bulb sizes and a variety of classic colors and styles.
tru-tone.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I don't know if these Christmas lights are actually better, but their website is stylish as hell tru-tone.com/
It does fail a WCAG accessibility scan pretty miserably, though, which is unfortunate (and most of the reported issues should be easy to fix)
It does fail a WCAG accessibility scan pretty miserably, though, which is unfortunate (and most of the reported issues should be easy to fix)
@profanity.accountant how’m I doing?
November 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
@profanity.accountant how’m I doing?
Delightful!
I made a tiny game for PicoSteveMo with @dicey.bsky.social !
➡️ It's called King Stephen
➡️ You play as King Stephen (King of England 1135-1154)
➡️ It's a Reigns-like decision-making game
➡️ I did the writing + portraits
➡️ Made for a Stephen King game jam
➡️ It's very silly
dicey.itch.io/king-stephen
➡️ It's called King Stephen
➡️ You play as King Stephen (King of England 1135-1154)
➡️ It's a Reigns-like decision-making game
➡️ I did the writing + portraits
➡️ Made for a Stephen King game jam
➡️ It's very silly
dicey.itch.io/king-stephen
King Stephen by dicey
Thou shalt play as his majesty.
dicey.itch.io
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Delightful!
They’re on sale again, coincidentally sidedeal.com/deals/3-pack...
November 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
They’re on sale again, coincidentally sidedeal.com/deals/3-pack...
The silliest thing I bought in 2025 was a 3-pack of little puffer jackets for beverages (seen here modeled by a 12 ounce bottle of Gatorade
I love them so much
I love them so much
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The silliest thing I bought in 2025 was a 3-pack of little puffer jackets for beverages (seen here modeled by a 12 ounce bottle of Gatorade
I love them so much
I love them so much
In self promotion news, Cotton Bureau is doing free shipping on everything with code THANKYOU25 so you can buy my dumb stuff (or someone else's better stuff, whatever) cottonbureau.com/people/jessi...
Jessica Dennis | Cotton Bureau
cottonbureau.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
In self promotion news, Cotton Bureau is doing free shipping on everything with code THANKYOU25 so you can buy my dumb stuff (or someone else's better stuff, whatever) cottonbureau.com/people/jessi...
I follow a lot of writers, and, unsurprisingly, writers are some of the absolute best people to follow. With the ideas, and the expressing them well. Good stuff.
Plus, the writers I like recommend (or even just repost) the writers they like, and usually it turns out that I also like those writers
Plus, the writers I like recommend (or even just repost) the writers they like, and usually it turns out that I also like those writers
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I follow a lot of writers, and, unsurprisingly, writers are some of the absolute best people to follow. With the ideas, and the expressing them well. Good stuff.
Plus, the writers I like recommend (or even just repost) the writers they like, and usually it turns out that I also like those writers
Plus, the writers I like recommend (or even just repost) the writers they like, and usually it turns out that I also like those writers
Trust me, to the extent it’s possible to use AI/ML technology to accelerate scientific discovery, scientists have already been doing it (and would have continued doing it where applicable)
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Trust me, to the extent it’s possible to use AI/ML technology to accelerate scientific discovery, scientists have already been doing it (and would have continued doing it where applicable)
Using LLMs to do science (or anything else)
a woman in a white dress is standing in front of a group of people and says tell me lies tell me sweet little lies
Alt: A gif of Fleetwood Mac performing Little Lies. The lyric “Tell me lies / Tell me sweet little lies” is superimposed over the image.
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Using LLMs to do science (or anything else)
Ugggghhhh noooooo like for starters *no* existing AI tech is actually doing human-like reasoning — they are doing statistics — and second of all, AI as a field of endeavor isn’t even remotely new
compelled to break my "don't amplify nonsense" rule to say
WRONG
WRONG
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Ugggghhhh noooooo like for starters *no* existing AI tech is actually doing human-like reasoning — they are doing statistics — and second of all, AI as a field of endeavor isn’t even remotely new
I don’t know if anyone really knows how actual human brains do actual human reasoning, but all any computer is ever doing is math (computers are very good at math; it’s why we invented them).
You can make decent predictive models for some domains, but to date, you can’t make a thinking machine.
You can make decent predictive models for some domains, but to date, you can’t make a thinking machine.
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I don’t know if anyone really knows how actual human brains do actual human reasoning, but all any computer is ever doing is math (computers are very good at math; it’s why we invented them).
You can make decent predictive models for some domains, but to date, you can’t make a thinking machine.
You can make decent predictive models for some domains, but to date, you can’t make a thinking machine.
The black pepper in the mashed potatoes was supposed to be measured in *teaspoons* not *tablespoons*
I also made this same mistake years later when adding salt to a loaf of sourdough (albeit not for a holiday), which netted a bizarre, flattened loaf that tasted like the sea
I also made this same mistake years later when adding salt to a loaf of sourdough (albeit not for a holiday), which netted a bizarre, flattened loaf that tasted like the sea
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The black pepper in the mashed potatoes was supposed to be measured in *teaspoons* not *tablespoons*
I also made this same mistake years later when adding salt to a loaf of sourdough (albeit not for a holiday), which netted a bizarre, flattened loaf that tasted like the sea
I also made this same mistake years later when adding salt to a loaf of sourdough (albeit not for a holiday), which netted a bizarre, flattened loaf that tasted like the sea
These are very good books and people should buy and then read them!
Solomon's Seal in eBook and audio is in a big Kobo sale this week, and in price matching in my own shop I opted to discount everything available in the series.
Meet Livi Talbot: Ex-debutante. Single mother. Treasure hunter.
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Meet Livi Talbot: Ex-debutante. Single mother. Treasure hunter.
payhip.com/skyladawncam...
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
These are very good books and people should buy and then read them!
Reposted by Jessica Dennis 👩🏻💻
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I’m a pretty successful software engineer. I started out with a BA in English. It makes me sad that it’s either extremely difficult or impossible for people younger than me to do that — having studied stuff other than just programming does not make anyone a worse programmer.
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I’m a pretty successful software engineer. I started out with a BA in English. It makes me sad that it’s either extremely difficult or impossible for people younger than me to do that — having studied stuff other than just programming does not make anyone a worse programmer.
Reposted by Jessica Dennis 👩🏻💻
There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
Reposted by Jessica Dennis 👩🏻💻
Major sources of hate speech are located outside the US. Well yeah, we have this conversation every few months. And every few months people reject the bright shiny evidence that easiest way to ruin America is to feed the hate and bigotry that already exists here.
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Major sources of hate speech are located outside the US. Well yeah, we have this conversation every few months. And every few months people reject the bright shiny evidence that easiest way to ruin America is to feed the hate and bigotry that already exists here.
It uhhh also plays Minuet in G *incredibly loud* when it reaches the specified temperature
I've decided to make tea my entire personality this winter, so I bought a Zojirushi water boiler to keep hot water constantly to hand.
It has a timer function so you can set it up the night before, and when you set the timer, it plays a little lullaby — but *incredibly loud*
It has a timer function so you can set it up the night before, and when you set the timer, it plays a little lullaby — but *incredibly loud*
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 AM
It uhhh also plays Minuet in G *incredibly loud* when it reaches the specified temperature
I've decided to make tea my entire personality this winter, so I bought a Zojirushi water boiler to keep hot water constantly to hand.
It has a timer function so you can set it up the night before, and when you set the timer, it plays a little lullaby — but *incredibly loud*
It has a timer function so you can set it up the night before, and when you set the timer, it plays a little lullaby — but *incredibly loud*
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I've decided to make tea my entire personality this winter, so I bought a Zojirushi water boiler to keep hot water constantly to hand.
It has a timer function so you can set it up the night before, and when you set the timer, it plays a little lullaby — but *incredibly loud*
It has a timer function so you can set it up the night before, and when you set the timer, it plays a little lullaby — but *incredibly loud*
What am *I* doing online at this hour? Putting off going to bed because I have to wake up earlier than usual tomorrow, like a normal well-functioning adult, of course
Also there’s a cat on me
Oh no, she just left, so now I have to do the thing?
Also there’s a cat on me
Oh no, she just left, so now I have to do the thing?
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 AM
What am *I* doing online at this hour? Putting off going to bed because I have to wake up earlier than usual tomorrow, like a normal well-functioning adult, of course
Also there’s a cat on me
Oh no, she just left, so now I have to do the thing?
Also there’s a cat on me
Oh no, she just left, so now I have to do the thing?
Episode three of the second season of The Rehearsal is hilarious, and also I'm now deeply concerned about airline pilots
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Episode three of the second season of The Rehearsal is hilarious, and also I'm now deeply concerned about airline pilots
I'm still not over how unsettling I find this — right *now* they're hunting willing volunteers, but for how long?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...
‘Are they going to eat me alive?’: trail runners become prey in newest form of hunting
Nervous reporter is chased across English countryside by baying bloodhounds, in what could soon be only legal way to hunt with dogs
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I'm still not over how unsettling I find this — right *now* they're hunting willing volunteers, but for how long?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...
The Most Dangerous Game
in another example of "this is too on-the-nose for fiction", rich people be hunting humans now
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The Most Dangerous Game
I just think people should read a book before they make it into a big-budget movie, is all
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I just think people should read a book before they make it into a big-budget movie, is all
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What a WILD thing to say about Wuthering Fucking Heights.
November 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
What a WILD thing to say about Wuthering Fucking Heights.