Kat Kayelem 🏳️⚧️
@kayelem23.bsky.social
voider of warranties • fixer of things • collector of stuff • audio, video, radio, TV, photography, music gear, T&M, retro/modern computer h/w; anything interesting
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Kat Kayelem 🏳️⚧️
@kayelem23.bsky.social
· Aug 31
Hi, I'm Kat.
I take stuff apart. Sometimes, I put it back together...
I also collect obsolete television standards.
Currently not owned by a cat, so here's a 2005 pic of Frankie (RIP ~1985 - 2006) being a trip hazard.
#Introduction #ProofOfCat
I take stuff apart. Sometimes, I put it back together...
I also collect obsolete television standards.
Currently not owned by a cat, so here's a 2005 pic of Frankie (RIP ~1985 - 2006) being a trip hazard.
#Introduction #ProofOfCat
Talk of station wagons has me thinking about one specific object of lust I bookmarked ages ago.
1977 LTD Country Squire.
I need this in my life. Same year, spec, colour, interior, etc. Exactly this. That interior. Wood on everything. They don't make 'em like they used to...
1977 LTD Country Squire.
I need this in my life. Same year, spec, colour, interior, etc. Exactly this. That interior. Wood on everything. They don't make 'em like they used to...
1977 Ford LTD Country Squire: Suburban luxury from the Wagonmaster - Hagerty Media
Jonny V. was a serious station wagon man, particularly when it came to Country Squires. So every time I see one, I can't help but think of him.
www.hagerty.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Talk of station wagons has me thinking about one specific object of lust I bookmarked ages ago.
1977 LTD Country Squire.
I need this in my life. Same year, spec, colour, interior, etc. Exactly this. That interior. Wood on everything. They don't make 'em like they used to...
1977 LTD Country Squire.
I need this in my life. Same year, spec, colour, interior, etc. Exactly this. That interior. Wood on everything. They don't make 'em like they used to...
I knew there was something I'd forgotten to do. Got my order in just now :-)
I am, indeed, a computer nerd. And I am 'typed listings from magazines into my ZX81' years old.
Probably why I forget things...
I am, indeed, a computer nerd. And I am 'typed listings from magazines into my ZX81' years old.
Probably why I forget things...
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It’s the perfect gift for every computer nerd you know
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It’s the perfect gift for every computer nerd you know
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’80s BASIC type-in mags are back, but this time for HTML!
vole.wtf
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I knew there was something I'd forgotten to do. Got my order in just now :-)
I am, indeed, a computer nerd. And I am 'typed listings from magazines into my ZX81' years old.
Probably why I forget things...
I am, indeed, a computer nerd. And I am 'typed listings from magazines into my ZX81' years old.
Probably why I forget things...
People of Earth, your attention please.
Message begins:
Warburtons crumpets are superior to Sainsbury's crumpets.
Message ends.
Message begins:
Warburtons crumpets are superior to Sainsbury's crumpets.
Message ends.
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
People of Earth, your attention please.
Message begins:
Warburtons crumpets are superior to Sainsbury's crumpets.
Message ends.
Message begins:
Warburtons crumpets are superior to Sainsbury's crumpets.
Message ends.
Reposted by Kat Kayelem 🏳️⚧️
Fungal Misadventure (a story in the form of a Bluesky thread)
"Have you ever wondered?" he asked, as they picked mushrooms in the forest near her house. "How many people died from fungal misadventure during prehistory before we found out which of these were safe to eat?"
"Have you ever wondered?" he asked, as they picked mushrooms in the forest near her house. "How many people died from fungal misadventure during prehistory before we found out which of these were safe to eat?"
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Fungal Misadventure (a story in the form of a Bluesky thread)
"Have you ever wondered?" he asked, as they picked mushrooms in the forest near her house. "How many people died from fungal misadventure during prehistory before we found out which of these were safe to eat?"
"Have you ever wondered?" he asked, as they picked mushrooms in the forest near her house. "How many people died from fungal misadventure during prehistory before we found out which of these were safe to eat?"
Reposted by Kat Kayelem 🏳️⚧️
Watching flights of interesting aircraft types, as one does. Anyone have any idea why this An-26 from Keflavik took a rather circuitous route to Liverpool..?
Avoiding built-up areas, weather, Wigan..?
Avoiding built-up areas, weather, Wigan..?
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Watching flights of interesting aircraft types, as one does. Anyone have any idea why this An-26 from Keflavik took a rather circuitous route to Liverpool..?
Avoiding built-up areas, weather, Wigan..?
Avoiding built-up areas, weather, Wigan..?
Watching flights of interesting aircraft types, as one does. Anyone have any idea why this An-26 from Keflavik took a rather circuitous route to Liverpool..?
Avoiding built-up areas, weather, Wigan..?
Avoiding built-up areas, weather, Wigan..?
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Watching flights of interesting aircraft types, as one does. Anyone have any idea why this An-26 from Keflavik took a rather circuitous route to Liverpool..?
Avoiding built-up areas, weather, Wigan..?
Avoiding built-up areas, weather, Wigan..?
Two words I have, not once, in over half a century existing on this planet, ever seen used together like this:
"Adversarial poetry".
What a time to be alive...
"Adversarial poetry".
What a time to be alive...
Okay, this is deeply intriguing: adversarial poetry prompts have a significantly higher rate of jailbreak success on nearly every model the researchers tried. Guardian article: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI’s safety features can be circumvented with poetry, research finds
Poems containing prompts for harmful content prove effective at duping large language models
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Two words I have, not once, in over half a century existing on this planet, ever seen used together like this:
"Adversarial poetry".
What a time to be alive...
"Adversarial poetry".
What a time to be alive...
May I apologise to @midnightdorifto.bsky.social for the notification explosion. Found account earlier, can't stop scrolling and liking :-)
I'll leave a tab open and come back later.
Now fighting the urge to plot a route between now and owning something older, Japanese, probably with a six...
I'll leave a tab open and come back later.
Now fighting the urge to plot a route between now and owning something older, Japanese, probably with a six...
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
May I apologise to @midnightdorifto.bsky.social for the notification explosion. Found account earlier, can't stop scrolling and liking :-)
I'll leave a tab open and come back later.
Now fighting the urge to plot a route between now and owning something older, Japanese, probably with a six...
I'll leave a tab open and come back later.
Now fighting the urge to plot a route between now and owning something older, Japanese, probably with a six...
Reposted by Kat Kayelem 🏳️⚧️
If, when this all inevitably implodes, there is talk of bailouts, we need to break some shit. They want us to let them erase our humanity and kill the planet. Time to take a lesson from the French.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
If, when this all inevitably implodes, there is talk of bailouts, we need to break some shit. They want us to let them erase our humanity and kill the planet. Time to take a lesson from the French.
Scrolling through my TL, it is full of les réactions de Maillard and I'm bloody starving now..!
Gonna have to find something to make brown for lunch.
Gonna have to find something to make brown for lunch.
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Scrolling through my TL, it is full of les réactions de Maillard and I'm bloody starving now..!
Gonna have to find something to make brown for lunch.
Gonna have to find something to make brown for lunch.
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It's arrived..! It's in pretty good, near new condition, in the original box, with a bunch of accessories. Not bad.
There's no signs of life whatsoever so I'll try charging it fully before doing anything. And it is charging, or pretending to. Energy is going somewhere..!
There's no signs of life whatsoever so I'll try charging it fully before doing anything. And it is charging, or pretending to. Energy is going somewhere..!
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
It's arrived..! It's in pretty good, near new condition, in the original box, with a bunch of accessories. Not bad.
There's no signs of life whatsoever so I'll try charging it fully before doing anything. And it is charging, or pretending to. Energy is going somewhere..!
There's no signs of life whatsoever so I'll try charging it fully before doing anything. And it is charging, or pretending to. Energy is going somewhere..!
Meh. Bulb in the Big Light in the living room went 'tink' then slightly dimmer and a bit flickery. 6500K 30W LED, installed 4th January 2022; it's done pretty well.
New one ordered. Of course I'll be taking the old one apart; no need to ask...
New one ordered. Of course I'll be taking the old one apart; no need to ask...
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Meh. Bulb in the Big Light in the living room went 'tink' then slightly dimmer and a bit flickery. 6500K 30W LED, installed 4th January 2022; it's done pretty well.
New one ordered. Of course I'll be taking the old one apart; no need to ask...
New one ordered. Of course I'll be taking the old one apart; no need to ask...
A few days ago I had no idea this was an actual thing which exists, then I saw John's post...
So I've just bought one. Of course it's non-functional; I do have a reputation to live up to.
If anyone wants to see what's inside without voiding their warranty, watch this space..!
So I've just bought one. Of course it's non-functional; I do have a reputation to live up to.
If anyone wants to see what's inside without voiding their warranty, watch this space..!
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A few days ago I had no idea this was an actual thing which exists, then I saw John's post...
So I've just bought one. Of course it's non-functional; I do have a reputation to live up to.
If anyone wants to see what's inside without voiding their warranty, watch this space..!
So I've just bought one. Of course it's non-functional; I do have a reputation to live up to.
If anyone wants to see what's inside without voiding their warranty, watch this space..!
"Qualcomm have bought out Arduino, and several weeks later have altered the Terms & Conditions."
This is probably not good. Think I'll use something else for future microcontroller-based projects. That said, I expect there will be forking...
This is probably not good. Think I'll use something else for future microcontroller-based projects. That said, I expect there will be forking...
EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive)
YouTube video by EEVblog
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"Qualcomm have bought out Arduino, and several weeks later have altered the Terms & Conditions."
This is probably not good. Think I'll use something else for future microcontroller-based projects. That said, I expect there will be forking...
This is probably not good. Think I'll use something else for future microcontroller-based projects. That said, I expect there will be forking...
Got something with one of those integrated battery-backed CMOS RAM and real-time clock devices in it, but it has amnesia and doesn't know what the time is?
Here's one solution I used several times on a bunch of Sun and SGI computers ages ago...
Here's one solution I used several times on a bunch of Sun and SGI computers ages ago...
November 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Got something with one of those integrated battery-backed CMOS RAM and real-time clock devices in it, but it has amnesia and doesn't know what the time is?
Here's one solution I used several times on a bunch of Sun and SGI computers ages ago...
Here's one solution I used several times on a bunch of Sun and SGI computers ages ago...
If I can't remember whether I've had one or two mugs of coffee after getting up, I need another one, yeah..?
Yeah.
Yeah.
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
If I can't remember whether I've had one or two mugs of coffee after getting up, I need another one, yeah..?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Anyone following the Louisville UPS Flight 2976 incident investigation may be interested; the NTSB has just released a preliminary report which Juan Browne goes through here:
UPS #2976 NTSB Preliminary Report! 20 Nov 2025
YouTube video by blancolirio
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Anyone following the Louisville UPS Flight 2976 incident investigation may be interested; the NTSB has just released a preliminary report which Juan Browne goes through here:
How did it..? Thursday..? Already..?
I'm not prepared for this. I hadn't finished processing Wednesday. Or Tuesday.
Think I'll go back to bed.
I'm not prepared for this. I hadn't finished processing Wednesday. Or Tuesday.
Think I'll go back to bed.
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
How did it..? Thursday..? Already..?
I'm not prepared for this. I hadn't finished processing Wednesday. Or Tuesday.
Think I'll go back to bed.
I'm not prepared for this. I hadn't finished processing Wednesday. Or Tuesday.
Think I'll go back to bed.
Was pondering "what if I had yacht money?"
What would I *do* with a yacht..?
Could have far more fun with a refurbished old North Atlantic trawler, a couple of sizeable AC generators, a Continental 317C transmitter or two, some other bits...
"Radio Kayelem" does have a certain ring to it...
What would I *do* with a yacht..?
Could have far more fun with a refurbished old North Atlantic trawler, a couple of sizeable AC generators, a Continental 317C transmitter or two, some other bits...
"Radio Kayelem" does have a certain ring to it...
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Was pondering "what if I had yacht money?"
What would I *do* with a yacht..?
Could have far more fun with a refurbished old North Atlantic trawler, a couple of sizeable AC generators, a Continental 317C transmitter or two, some other bits...
"Radio Kayelem" does have a certain ring to it...
What would I *do* with a yacht..?
Could have far more fun with a refurbished old North Atlantic trawler, a couple of sizeable AC generators, a Continental 317C transmitter or two, some other bits...
"Radio Kayelem" does have a certain ring to it...
My highly random playlist (currently ~62,500 tracks on shuffle) surfaced this just now. Thought I'd share.
The Scary Bitches. Cover version of Ghost Riders In The Sky. It's dead good..! (Well, I like it.)
The Scary Bitches. Cover version of Ghost Riders In The Sky. It's dead good..! (Well, I like it.)
Scary Bitches - Ghost riders in the sky
YouTube video by Zombina Undeadd
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
My highly random playlist (currently ~62,500 tracks on shuffle) surfaced this just now. Thought I'd share.
The Scary Bitches. Cover version of Ghost Riders In The Sky. It's dead good..! (Well, I like it.)
The Scary Bitches. Cover version of Ghost Riders In The Sky. It's dead good..! (Well, I like it.)
The Algorithm (All Hail The Algorithm) decided I ought to watch this CNC fail compilation. The Algorithm was right...
Sensitive machinists should possibly look away...
Sensitive machinists should possibly look away...
CNC fail compilation – lessons in every crash.
YouTube video by 600SA Machine Tools
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The Algorithm (All Hail The Algorithm) decided I ought to watch this CNC fail compilation. The Algorithm was right...
Sensitive machinists should possibly look away...
Sensitive machinists should possibly look away...
Grocery delivery expected between 19:00 and 20:00.
It it now ~17:10.
I'll spend the intervening time incapable of doing anything whatsoever except Wait for Shopping.
It it now ~17:10.
I'll spend the intervening time incapable of doing anything whatsoever except Wait for Shopping.
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Grocery delivery expected between 19:00 and 20:00.
It it now ~17:10.
I'll spend the intervening time incapable of doing anything whatsoever except Wait for Shopping.
It it now ~17:10.
I'll spend the intervening time incapable of doing anything whatsoever except Wait for Shopping.
What happened to Monday? Where did all this dark come from? How did I end up ravenous and eating lunch just before midnight? Why is it Tuesday.!?
Ah. After swapping a GTX 780 for a GTX 1660 Ti OC in my main Linux box, I wondered if I could get something to work now.
Yeah. It works.
Ah. After swapping a GTX 780 for a GTX 1660 Ti OC in my main Linux box, I wondered if I could get something to work now.
Yeah. It works.
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
What happened to Monday? Where did all this dark come from? How did I end up ravenous and eating lunch just before midnight? Why is it Tuesday.!?
Ah. After swapping a GTX 780 for a GTX 1660 Ti OC in my main Linux box, I wondered if I could get something to work now.
Yeah. It works.
Ah. After swapping a GTX 780 for a GTX 1660 Ti OC in my main Linux box, I wondered if I could get something to work now.
Yeah. It works.
Anyone know where my not-X-Acto knife is?
Not on my bench. Not in the tool-case pocket where it lives when not on my bench. Not near my bench, where it could've fallen during a crapalanche. I've checked under/behind things. With a borescope.
It has very thoroughly vanished. I am baffled.
Not on my bench. Not in the tool-case pocket where it lives when not on my bench. Not near my bench, where it could've fallen during a crapalanche. I've checked under/behind things. With a borescope.
It has very thoroughly vanished. I am baffled.
October 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Anyone know where my not-X-Acto knife is?
Not on my bench. Not in the tool-case pocket where it lives when not on my bench. Not near my bench, where it could've fallen during a crapalanche. I've checked under/behind things. With a borescope.
It has very thoroughly vanished. I am baffled.
Not on my bench. Not in the tool-case pocket where it lives when not on my bench. Not near my bench, where it could've fallen during a crapalanche. I've checked under/behind things. With a borescope.
It has very thoroughly vanished. I am baffled.
Leaf-water or bean-water?
Bean-water more wakey. Need more wakey.
Make bean-water. Yes.
Bean-water more wakey. Need more wakey.
Make bean-water. Yes.
October 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Leaf-water or bean-water?
Bean-water more wakey. Need more wakey.
Make bean-water. Yes.
Bean-water more wakey. Need more wakey.
Make bean-water. Yes.