Jaybird
ogjaybird.bsky.social
Jaybird
@ogjaybird.bsky.social
Jaybird at Ordinary Times (formerly Ordinary Gentlemen)

https://ordinary-times.com/author/jaybird/
Back when Ozzy died, I was doing some light research with an LLM and the LLM kept explaining to me that Ozzy was merely sick.

It kinda reminded me of the 80s, frankly.

"No, I saw this headline on a magazine at the grocery store."
"Yeah, well, I haven't seen it."
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Yeah, it has a *LOT* of shortcomings.

But I spent the morning seeing "why wasn't 'Omelas' an option?" takes and I had to hold my breath and count to ten.
October 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
To your point, I just saw this:
October 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This was a really good essay.

I'm going to link to it in a sidebar, if you don't mind.
October 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
WE FOUND IT!!!!
September 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Remember the Hawaiian missile crisis?

Press the one that says "Drill PACOM". *NOT* "PACOM".

And don't immediately reboot the system and go home 2 minutes after.
September 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I can't believe how good it is!

I can't believe that it makes me feel like playing games in the 90s felt!
June 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I wrote a review of Expedition 33! (You should get Expedition 33.)
June 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Seriously, this chowder was out of this world.
May 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM