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Solly @directxman12.dev · 26/09/2026

OH: some real "it's on tubi" energy right here

orange site post: "PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock"

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 18/09/2026

the king of the birbs surveys his domain (praça do comércia)

a seagull perches majestically atop the plumes of the helmet of a bronze statue of a man on a horse, who looks like he's on his way to commit a brutal imperialism. the seagull cares not for the human monarchs of yore; this is his domain now.

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 18/09/2026

the train and i are in agreement with how i feel about portugal's transit

a matrix display showing train information, displaying `??/??/?? ??:??`

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 14/09/2026

lisbon so far: hot, nice trains, city is v pretty, and also i got to see a very old aqueduct, which was rad

an stone aqueduct, supported by massive arches. it looks sturdy and imposing, enough so that it survived an earthquake in the 1700s

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 11/09/2026

average transfem household

a stack of 3 thinkpads (x1 carbon gen 14, x1 carbon gen 9, p14s gen 6)

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 05/09/2026

given this, seems like yes

3 post chain by nat, with only the first post bearing a thread count marker (`1/2`)

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 04/09/2026

as per usual, i am not really from anywhere in particular -- my "most like" and "least like" differ by 5-6%

mydialect heat map of the usa. ca is strongest, gradually fading but still strong in the northwest and the southwest right up to the border w/ texas.

new england is also relatively strong, eminating out along the east coast, starting to fade as we hit south carolina and ohio, but strengthing again for South Florida.

there are two cold centers, eminating out from mississippi and south dakota

the actual results:

most like sf, la, and nyc (56%), least like new orleans (50%), Nashville (50%), and atlanta (50%)

"given away" by firefly, not using supper, drinking fountain, and pill bug

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 02/09/2026

this is an incredible slightly of hand (negative affect):

Hosting your own Bluesky "Personal Data Server (PDS)" and relay is technically possible, but generally far more difficult and resource-intensive than spinning up an instance of Mastodon, let alone any of the lighter-weight ActivityPub servers like Akkoma or Starling

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 30/08/2026

once again, fiiiiiish (akari, soma, sf)

chef tomo mori holding a severed bluefin tuna head

solly, in front of said whole tuna. it's small for a bluefin tuna, which is still l0rge

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 30/08/2026

once again, fiiiiiish. (at akari in soma in sf)

solly, by a small but still l0rge bluefin tuna

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 28/08/2026

that fucking rocked holy shit i am so glad i got to see mamamoo in concert, they were so good

solly, nails painted moobong green holding one of said moobong, at the 4ward concert for mamamoo, a kpop girl group with a queer-as-fuck fanbase

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 23/08/2026

gods above and below this list is gross also look: spending unholy amounts of time getting ur desktop looking cool is a traditional pastime of the computer toucher. it's about saying "look, i made this myself, and it looks sick". if u want a preassembled distro fedora is right there. ...

Tobi Lütke, CEO of Shopify

Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe

Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies

Jack Dorsey, Block Head and Chairman of Block

Matthew Prince, CEO of Cloudflare

Brendan Iribe, Cofounder of Sesame and Oculus

Jason Fried, CEO of 37signals

Yours truly [dhh]

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 04/08/2026

like...lmao, we're approaching old-school browser wars level of toolbar here

the same screenshot, with url bar at bottom now. it's nearly a full keyboard tall.

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 04/08/2026

idk which google pm thought this was a good idea but holy shit that's so much screen real estate lost :-/

the new "gemini" bar taking up a full url bar and then a smidge worth of space at the bottom of my screen on chrome for android

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 30/07/2026

i have like zero idea what I did to get on this list (i love my transguy and transmasc-enby friends 🫶), but im still giggling at the juxtaposition of certain words in this description. see if u can spot them.

list entitled "Transmisandrists"

with the description
"Karens* who don't understand the nuances of masculinity and use their privilege to lash out against marginalized genders. Uses slurs targeted at transmascs and nb folks. Baeddel. Devaluing the exepriences of any trans peeps other than transfems *gender neutral, but mostly endo cis white abled women"

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 28/07/2026

@sanity.io wtf is wrong with ur sales ppl that they think this is an ok thing to say in a cold email?

screenshot of an email from "daniel mims":

From: Daniel Mims <daniel.mims@sanity.io>
To: Solly Ross <elided>
Date: Jul 21, 2026, 10:08
Standard Encryption (TLS)

Hey Solly, you are harder to catch than my ex-wife's boyfriend lol... Is there room on your calendar to sync this week?

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 11/07/2026

was reading some drama on here and realized i could be making compote instead, so decided to do that

compote being prepped. cherries in various states on a cutting board w/ a pairing knife, pitted cherries in a stainless steel pot, pits and stems in a glass bowl. new ball jars waiting behind.

rye bread and a ball jar for drinking water peeking out from the edges

cherries on the stove, w/ vanilla, sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest

cherries in ball jars, cooling off from having been boiled to seal

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 10/07/2026

why does everyone always "but what about cultural relativism" queer rights? do ppl just... not actually believe in anything? look there are times when uve gotta examine cultural bias but u _have_ to actually believe in _something_, especially when it comes to human rights.

> There was a part of me that felt like I was obligated to mention the blatant anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments on display, but another part of me worried that to do so would be culturally insensitive. China, the country where Infold and developer Papergames are based, has very different beliefs and laws-ones I am entirely unfamiliar with and, perhaps more importantly, am not subiugated to.

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 07/07/2026

this picture does not do it justice, but this is just shy of 23:00 (the color in the second shot is closer to how it looks to my eyes, but it does not capture the weird lack of depth):

solly's house, main floor, looking up at large windows. outside is a flat tanish-grey that looks like old video games that didn't want to render anything beyond a window

the same shot, with no internal light from the house.

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 06/07/2026

oh, this is easy, u just generalize to

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 26/06/2026

jetblue business-class-thing

solly, in a heptio tee, wearing a respirator, in a mint seat-pod

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 19/06/2026

verdict: seasoning is good, breading needs a bit more salt, oil was too hot so it burned slightly. buldak white gravy slaps. corn chowder came out excellently. soda needs acid. will try to fry the other piece tomorrow. I'm a bit rusty on frying 😓

a bowl of corn chowder next to a somewhat burnt piece of chicken-fried chicken with white gravy on it.

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 08/06/2026

me: hey i wonder if we're ever gonna get another season of grimgar: of fantasy and ash the universe:

reddit comment:
> Aside from all the reasons mentioned already, another major one is that the single artist responsible for the beautiful watercolor backgrounds that gave this show such a unique visual identity, Hidetoshi Kaneko, closed his art studio in 2017 and then died in 2019.

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 06/06/2026

happy pride 🏳️‍⚧️

Like a puzzle piece left alone
Do you feel like there's no place for you?
The child in the mirror
You hate them more than anyone else
The tears you've swallowed
Have formed an ocean in your heart

In a dark, long night, alone in your room
You would curl up and fall asleep
By your bedside, on the damp pillow
A letter I leave for you

A shining future is just one step ahead
I'll be waiting for you there
Don't hold it in, it's okay to cry, you're doing well
Love, older you

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 23/05/2026

this is from my "purple/pink outfit" era:

the aforementioned hunter, wearing dsc gear and liar's handshake, looking very purply-pink

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 23/05/2026

time to post a headshot of my hunter that a friend did for me

solly's awoken hunter, her hair a vibrant shade of purple, and skin a slightly duskier but slightly glowing shade of bluish-purple as well. she's got a fuchsia and deep purple cloak draped over her shoulders and is looking back over her shoulder somewhat seductively

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 15/05/2026

omg this bento is like... exactly the weather today

a colorful bento full of veggies, pickles, sashimi, and fish floss on a bed of rice, with a slice of rollcake and a strawberry just behind it

you look at it and see the end of spring

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 14/05/2026

i found an old playlist of mine and the attached note is sending me: (past me was absolutely correct tho)

kpop playlist w/ a note that says:

> this is most of my fave kpop. there's prob a few things missing. also, you should include the entire discography of mamamoo in your head. because they are all bangers. all the solo stuff too.

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 11/05/2026

today's dinner: creamy chipotle chicken soup/stew over papardelle:

an orangy soup with papardelle peaking out of the broth, piled high with chicken, potatoes and carrots

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 24/04/2026

apparently past me came to the same conclusion :-P

roon, showing expérgo, with "My Gosh" and "Love Me Like This" marked as favorite songs

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 21/04/2026

flirting with girls like

> "You look beautiful when you bleed, Alia. I want to taint you with the blood pouring from my heart one day."

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 12/04/2026

ah, yeah, here's something akin to the diagram that I was shown

subq injection sites: tummy (cept belly button), upper arms, mid-to-outer upper thigh, butt

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 10/04/2026

friend sent me this and my first thoughts were "ouch" and then "it'd be fun to do this as part of a blood/needleplay scene" if y'all are wondering how my brain works. cw: blood, foot-on-lego but moreso

someone "socketing" a 595 integrated circuit into their foot... directly

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 08/04/2026

wait holy shit, what? this rules! congrats to cocona for coming out, shits not easy as an idol (it's not easy anyway, but esp as an idol) 💙

"cocona from xg recently came out as trans-masculine nonbinary"

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 05/04/2026

- [x] dinner cooked - [x] prince of egypt watched - [x] lovely time with friends had 💙

post-dinner table. for some reason, the maxwell house haggadah is there, even tho that's the only one we didnt use it. a bad-dragon of a leek, a partial makita drill bit set, several bottles of soda & wine, a partially filled seder plated, and most confusingly half a starbucks bottled vanilla frappuccino adorn the table.

non of it makes much sense, but trust that it was fun.

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 05/04/2026

behold, a passover gift (a passover leek) from @facilitatrix.bsky.social

a perfectly normal stuff leek... stuffed with carbon fiber, metal weights, and kenesio tape.

for... reasons

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Solly @directxman12.dev · 04/04/2026

not pictured: accidentally trying to flense my finger (turns out my knife is sharp :-P). remember kids: pay attention to ur finger placement, and slow is smooth and smooth is fast.

then: chicken, butchered. not my best work (I'm usually quite bad at the breasts), but ok for not having done this in a year and a half

finally: stock ingredients, in pot, beginning to boil

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