Ves
@vesdba.me
I constantly read, frequently do database stuff, sometimes write, and occasionally take pictures of space.
Pinned
Ves
@vesdba.me
· Mar 4
How to read Kobo books on a Kindle:
1. Buy book on Kobo
2. Download book
3. Open explorer to download location
4. Drag book to Adobe Digital Editions library
5. Close book (leave library open)
6. Right click on book, show in file explorer
7. Open book with calibre
8. Convert epub to epub
1/2
1. Buy book on Kobo
2. Download book
3. Open explorer to download location
4. Drag book to Adobe Digital Editions library
5. Close book (leave library open)
6. Right click on book, show in file explorer
7. Open book with calibre
8. Convert epub to epub
1/2
The fuck?
To the two well-respected local SF/F community leaders who each told a teenage child of a friend of mine, "I can't wait for you to turn 18, I'll be waiting for you," I know your names you fucking shitty-ass pedo bastards, and I *remember*.
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The fuck?
Reposted by Ves
Good morning! Have you checked out the queer shenanigans of the #NeoG yet? Hyper-competent space opera for the 21st century. (aka this is not your father's military science fiction)
#Booksky 🌈📚💙
#Booksky 🌈📚💙
Space opera standalones for everybody! A little bit of hope, a little bit of sports, a whole lot of competence, and even more queer shenanigans.
They said write your own if you don't see yourself in what you read. So I did. Come join the #NeoG, hopeful spacepunk for difficult times.
kbwagers.com
They said write your own if you don't see yourself in what you read. So I did. Come join the #NeoG, hopeful spacepunk for difficult times.
kbwagers.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Me: don't do thing without validating connectivity so that we don't cause a bunch of alerts to fire
<Eng does thing anyway>
<alerts fire>
Eng: /shocked pikachu face
<Eng does thing anyway>
<alerts fire>
Eng: /shocked pikachu face
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Me: don't do thing without validating connectivity so that we don't cause a bunch of alerts to fire
<Eng does thing anyway>
<alerts fire>
Eng: /shocked pikachu face
<Eng does thing anyway>
<alerts fire>
Eng: /shocked pikachu face
I need Thomas Lennon to explain this story as he did with the SS Mont-Blanc and the Halifax Explosion
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I need Thomas Lennon to explain this story as he did with the SS Mont-Blanc and the Halifax Explosion
October was a bit of a mixed bag reading wise. Some stuff knocked it out of the park, and another that did not even slightly land for me. Storygraph details in the images.
#booksky
#booksky
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
October was a bit of a mixed bag reading wise. Some stuff knocked it out of the park, and another that did not even slightly land for me. Storygraph details in the images.
#booksky
#booksky
Reposted by Ves
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
Reposted by Ves
Friends in the UK, you need this book in your life! It’s so good, so weird, and so unsettling. I love it.
It‘s been out in North America for a while, and is shortly coming to the UK/Commonwealth market.
US: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
UK:
geni.us/asunder
US: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
UK:
geni.us/asunder
Asunder
"There is no doubt in my mind that Kerstin Hall is one of the great imaginative minds writing fantasy today."—Isabel Cañas, USA Today Bestselling author o...
us.macmillan.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Friends in the UK, you need this book in your life! It’s so good, so weird, and so unsettling. I love it.
Cantwell and Murray are going to get primaried in WA for this.
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Cantwell and Murray are going to get primaried in WA for this.
Reposted by Ves
If you aren't sure who your representatives are, and you want to reach out to urge them to end Schumer's time as minority leader, you can find them at www.congress.gov/members/find...
Just plug in your address and you'll get your Senators and House Representative.
Just plug in your address and you'll get your Senators and House Representative.
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
If you aren't sure who your representatives are, and you want to reach out to urge them to end Schumer's time as minority leader, you can find them at www.congress.gov/members/find...
Just plug in your address and you'll get your Senators and House Representative.
Just plug in your address and you'll get your Senators and House Representative.
Anyone else have problems with SSMS 21.6.17 hanging when trying to use the database drop down? It happens to me frequently with on-prem #sqlserver and MIs.
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Anyone else have problems with SSMS 21.6.17 hanging when trying to use the database drop down? It happens to me frequently with on-prem #sqlserver and MIs.
Stevenage would like a word
Nobody has ever intentionally moved to Milton Keynes. It's the place you move to when you still need to be close to London but can't afford anywhere else.
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Stevenage would like a word
Reposted by Ves
I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
what did ruth mean when she said her steakhouse was "chris"
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
On this #N7 day, here's a short tale on how I entered the #MassEffect universe.
The year was 2013 and it was my first year volunteering at Emerald City Comicon. As a naive greenshirt, I was happy to do whatever was needed. In the morning meeting, they asked for some people to work the tower.
The year was 2013 and it was my first year volunteering at Emerald City Comicon. As a naive greenshirt, I was happy to do whatever was needed. In the morning meeting, they asked for some people to work the tower.
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
On this #N7 day, here's a short tale on how I entered the #MassEffect universe.
The year was 2013 and it was my first year volunteering at Emerald City Comicon. As a naive greenshirt, I was happy to do whatever was needed. In the morning meeting, they asked for some people to work the tower.
The year was 2013 and it was my first year volunteering at Emerald City Comicon. As a naive greenshirt, I was happy to do whatever was needed. In the morning meeting, they asked for some people to work the tower.
24 shots on goal. That's $120 to the local food bank. My employer matches charitable donations, bring the total to $240.
November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
24 shots on goal. That's $120 to the local food bank. My employer matches charitable donations, bring the total to $240.
I will donate $5 to my local food bank for every @seattlekraken.com shot on goal against Chicago tonight.
Won't be much if they play like they did the other night against the Rangers
@circlingseasports.bsky.social
Won't be much if they play like they did the other night against the Rangers
@circlingseasports.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I will donate $5 to my local food bank for every @seattlekraken.com shot on goal against Chicago tonight.
Won't be much if they play like they did the other night against the Rangers
@circlingseasports.bsky.social
Won't be much if they play like they did the other night against the Rangers
@circlingseasports.bsky.social
My two most recent tattoos on the leg canvas are from Jeromy (a self-confessed Star Wars fan) at "Monsters in Ink" www.monstersinink.com/main-schedul... and Jay (who loves geometrics) at "Burial Tattoo" www.instagram.com/tattertot98/
Both studios are in Everett, WA.
Both studios are in Everett, WA.
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My two most recent tattoos on the leg canvas are from Jeromy (a self-confessed Star Wars fan) at "Monsters in Ink" www.monstersinink.com/main-schedul... and Jay (who loves geometrics) at "Burial Tattoo" www.instagram.com/tattertot98/
Both studios are in Everett, WA.
Both studios are in Everett, WA.
I would consider this a huge upset. Australia have been dominant (they haven't lost a World Cup 50 over game in 8 years). India barely scraped into the semis with a .500 record.
October 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I would consider this a huge upset. Australia have been dominant (they haven't lost a World Cup 50 over game in 8 years). India barely scraped into the semis with a .500 record.
Ooh, look who shows up the @scalzi.com blog today with their new book @jeshonard.bsky.social & @marieparks.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Ooh, look who shows up the @scalzi.com blog today with their new book @jeshonard.bsky.social & @marieparks.bsky.social
It's not DNS.
It can't be DNS.
It's DNS.
It can't be DNS.
It's DNS.
Microsoft are learning from Amazon and duplicating a large outage for Azure as was for AWS.
October 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It's not DNS.
It can't be DNS.
It's DNS.
It can't be DNS.
It's DNS.
Microsoft are learning from Amazon and duplicating a large outage for Azure as was for AWS.
October 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Microsoft are learning from Amazon and duplicating a large outage for Azure as was for AWS.
Apple stuck their thumb on the scale for Miami in MLS.
I wonder what their plan is to do the same for F1 and for what team.
I wonder what their plan is to do the same for F1 and for what team.
October 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Apple stuck their thumb on the scale for Miami in MLS.
I wonder what their plan is to do the same for F1 and for what team.
I wonder what their plan is to do the same for F1 and for what team.
Reposted by Ves
Adverts should be representative of traditional British families.
a cartoon of a boy and a cat with the words charley says below them
ALT: a cartoon of a boy and a cat with the words charley says below them
media.tenor.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Adverts should be representative of traditional British families.