Mike Wasson
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Pittsburgher in London. Tired. Software developer looking for work. he/him
Huh, I feel like he always looks like a child who, perhaps due to an evil wizard, has found himself in the body of a grown man. e.g. this picture from his Wikipedia page:
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Huh, I feel like he always looks like a child who, perhaps due to an evil wizard, has found himself in the body of a grown man. e.g. this picture from his Wikipedia page:
It would; I think the polite thing is to just not focus on it.
If there's no church established anywhere in the UK outside of England, what the Archbishop says here in the coronation is a bit odd. Maybe vestigial, but they've had time to update it. www.royal.uk/sites/defaul...
If there's no church established anywhere in the UK outside of England, what the Archbishop says here in the coronation is a bit odd. Maybe vestigial, but they've had time to update it. www.royal.uk/sites/defaul...
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It would; I think the polite thing is to just not focus on it.
If there's no church established anywhere in the UK outside of England, what the Archbishop says here in the coronation is a bit odd. Maybe vestigial, but they've had time to update it. www.royal.uk/sites/defaul...
If there's no church established anywhere in the UK outside of England, what the Archbishop says here in the coronation is a bit odd. Maybe vestigial, but they've had time to update it. www.royal.uk/sites/defaul...
Went to look up this skit, and it's just misinformation on misinformation these days
November 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Went to look up this skit, and it's just misinformation on misinformation these days
For all our sakes, screenshots only
November 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
For all our sakes, screenshots only
If the Midwest is what's after the Erie Canal, Buffalo is Midwestern.
October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If the Midwest is what's after the Erie Canal, Buffalo is Midwestern.
There probably aren't many people on Wikipedia whose names are glossed in both the Greek and Chinese writing systems.
October 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
There probably aren't many people on Wikipedia whose names are glossed in both the Greek and Chinese writing systems.
graphics design by the person who usually handles war crimes
October 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
graphics design by the person who usually handles war crimes
doing some mild genealogical research and the algorithmic suggestions on this site make some pretty strong assumptions:
October 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
doing some mild genealogical research and the algorithmic suggestions on this site make some pretty strong assumptions:
Guessing they don’t sell this in Ireland
October 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Guessing they don’t sell this in Ireland
Jeremy, I know you didn't want to hear this, but
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Jeremy, I know you didn't want to hear this, but
“It’s 朝 in America” -Ronald Reagan, 1984
October 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
“It’s 朝 in America” -Ronald Reagan, 1984
I’ve always liked this (I’ve posted it before but it’s fun to guess if you don’t already know)
October 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I’ve always liked this (I’ve posted it before but it’s fun to guess if you don’t already know)
“I don’t see the problem I just really like Leer Jets”
October 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“I don’t see the problem I just really like Leer Jets”
I've been writing an NES emulator, and I've gotten to the point where to increase its fidelity I need to get the video output pipeline to be cycle accurate. Spending this morning trying to grok this diagram. What's befuddling me is how the fine x affects things.
October 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I've been writing an NES emulator, and I've gotten to the point where to increase its fidelity I need to get the video output pipeline to be cycle accurate. Spending this morning trying to grok this diagram. What's befuddling me is how the fine x affects things.
So it is a bug, but it might be front-end only: it definitely quotes distances in your preferred units.
September 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
So it is a bug, but it might be front-end only: it definitely quotes distances in your preferred units.
Also there’s a really cool visual artifact in the first image—wonder how this happened, looks almost like water damage
August 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Also there’s a really cool visual artifact in the first image—wonder how this happened, looks almost like water damage
Even better: it's named for two cities, entirely not in the first one and mostly not in the second.
August 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Even better: it's named for two cities, entirely not in the first one and mostly not in the second.
Very sad day for Catholicism
August 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Very sad day for Catholicism
Some sort of helicopter air show, or VIP event, up in buckinghamshire?
July 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Some sort of helicopter air show, or VIP event, up in buckinghamshire?
Why are a bunch of helicopters flying a loop(?) over west/north London
July 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Why are a bunch of helicopters flying a loop(?) over west/north London
When your American friends on Facebook are being classy.
Happy Fourth, everyone. A day to relax, but also to reflect on what being an American means.
Happy Fourth, everyone. A day to relax, but also to reflect on what being an American means.
July 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
When your American friends on Facebook are being classy.
Happy Fourth, everyone. A day to relax, but also to reflect on what being an American means.
Happy Fourth, everyone. A day to relax, but also to reflect on what being an American means.
