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cat(girl) shaped object, hardware omelas kid

"A cat is valued for companionship and its ability to kill vermin."

✧ i have friends, and my purpose is […]

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February 16, 2026 at 12:28 AM
"A referendum was called"

BY WHOM. WHO CALLED IT

THIS IS IN MY ACTUAL MEMORY. I WATCHED IT LIVE
February 16, 2026 at 12:22 AM
hm.
February 16, 2026 at 12:06 AM
"most" paramilitary groups in NI are inactive
February 16, 2026 at 12:04 AM
February 15, 2026 at 11:55 PM
February 15, 2026 at 11:53 PM
became how

became independent how, motherfucker
February 15, 2026 at 11:44 PM
does anyone say 'the Blitz spirit'
February 15, 2026 at 11:44 PM
@SnoopJ it does mention those
February 15, 2026 at 11:39 PM
lmfao
February 15, 2026 at 11:38 PM
hm.
February 15, 2026 at 11:25 PM
[paraphrasing some of the conversations i've had]

@glyph @xgranade this latch
February 15, 2026 at 11:01 PM
today in "cursed aliexpress items"
February 15, 2026 at 10:28 PM
studying for uk residency

this paragraph is all it says about the american war of independence
February 15, 2026 at 9:54 PM
inside vendor's mind
February 13, 2026 at 5:27 AM
if you squint you can make out the bitmap
February 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
no, yes, not unless i look it up because the WiFi card switches it many times a second, i think QPSK is just 4-QAM, `iw dev wlp59s0 link` and look it up in the MCS table, yes, in _which_ JVM? in HotSpot you could spend a decade studying it and still […]

[Original post on social.treehouse.systems]
February 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
every once in a while i go on aliexpress to ponder:

> what the fuck is a "hydrogen inhaler"
>
> you know what, nevermind, i'm glad crackpots are subsidizing electrolytic cell production
February 9, 2026 at 9:09 AM
can someone explain how a zombie process in linux can consume 100% CPU
February 7, 2026 at 5:12 AM
one of the cardinal sins engineers commit is "forgetting that real people will have to manufacture the stuff they designed, with actual fingers and eyes and abilities". i am not immune to it (and a low-cost pcb fab encourages committing this sin by […]

[Original post on social.treehouse.systems]
February 7, 2026 at 4:05 AM
incredibly niche content
February 7, 2026 at 3:57 AM
this is a gender thing

> Current rating is typically a measured function of the female socket/connector. The amount of current a solid, male, brass pin can tolerate is a direct relation of the heat displaced based on current and the ability of neighboring components to handle displaced heat.
February 7, 2026 at 1:24 AM
mr. aliexpress... you're not supposed to say it out loud
February 5, 2026 at 4:55 PM
[re: linux amd64 only]

@xgranade terminal output:
February 3, 2026 at 3:47 PM
[re: linux amd64 only]

@xgranade works flawlessly

i'm very impressed
February 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM