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I guess it kind of falls under "Disambiguation"? But it includes all of "I'm old and/or out of touch, please let me know what meme you're referencing/what news story this is about/what celebrity that is."

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Pretty much anyone in CA can get the covid vaccine without a note. (One of the good things Newsom did before he got right-wing curious.)

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I'm also feeling a little chilly now, but i'm not sure if that's a vaccine side-effect or because i had to get up super early for an east-coast meeting, the temperature outside has dropped at least 20 degrees over the last few days, and we haven't adjusted our thermostat to account for it yet.

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I went ahead and did the vaccine hat trick yesterday afternoon. The shingles arm started getting sore within an hour or two while the covid/flu arm felt fine last night, but this morning the covid/flu arm feels a little more sore than the shingles arm.

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My family always said "Ick-be-in-be" for "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" instead of saying the full name or spelling out the ICBINB acronym. Which seems like the obviously easier option, but no one else i've ever talked to does that. (Re: Family dialects)

donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Walgreens says i can get up to 4 vaccinations at a time. Is it a bad idea to get flu, covid, and my second shingles vaccines all at the same time? (You know what they say, "that's why god gave us three arms"... wait, hold on a second...)

donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

And post-launch its ads barely ever try to represent itself as a consistent part of Asimov's Foundation universe (either book or tv show.) My "favorite" was the time it presented itself as being set on some kind of space station orbiting a near future Earth with modern nations still in existence.

An ad for "Foundation: Galactic Frontier", featuring a woman walking down a hanger bay that appears to lead into space but is full of what look like modern day fighter jets and there's a South Korean flag painted on the wall.

A second scene from the same "Foundation: Galactic Frontier" ad, doubling down on the Earth setting, with a world map prominently on one of the displays, with a closeup of what appears to be either a tactical map of both South and North Korea (or possibly even map of a reunified nation?) on the big display in the center, with more South Korean banners on the wall.

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Ads misrepresenting mobile games is pretty old hat at this point, but i feel like you could have an entire side-gig trying to identify the real world game whose actual gameplay is most like whatever "Foundation: Galactic Frontier" is pretending to be in each of its many ads.

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Less than ten years? I'm 51 this year and i believe i'll be going in for my 8th one pretty soon =P

donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I would have guessed "Goatman, goatman, does whatever a goat can", but clearly not if it's creepypasta related.

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T. Williams @xstylus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Show up in person if possible. Cheeto is still trying to muck with the postal service to screw up mail-in voting. Once you're in line, STAY in line, no matter what.

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I've had times with AI (usage mandated by work, not by choice) where it arrives at a faulty conclusion. And i tell it it's probably wrong, and after every piece of evidence provided against the conclusion it comes up with an even more convoluted case for how no actually, it might still be correct.

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"We don't have accountability and punishment. Only the little people have accountability and punishment." - The people responsible for holding other people to account and meting out punishment, probably.

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

9 of the games that have had the biggest impact on me. (Except it feels weird that FF7 isn't on the list? But not sure which other FF i'd want to replace with it.) my9games.net/en

A 3x3 grid of games generated from the "My 9 Games" link
Final Fantasy, Civilization, Star Control 2
Final Fantasy "3" (6), Final Fantasy 5, Master of Orion
Chrono Trigger, Red Alert 2, Final Fantasy 14

Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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This would have been such an easy yes. I don’t want to hear one fucking thing about this guy as a presidential candidate.

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New achievement! Doing something stupid and/or dumb but not being able to decide which it was in time before accidentally thinking to myself "well that was stumb."

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I didn't fall for it as hard as some people, but there was definitely a point where he seemed like a decent person doing good and cool things. But now... "So fuck your tunnels, fuck your cars, fuck your rockets, fuck your cars again You promised you'd be Tesla, but you're just another Edison"

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

That's certainly a plausible explanation. But alternatively, maybe his brain has regressed to that of a 12 year old boy who just thinks everything is cooler if you put guns on it?

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

JoCo is a convention on a boat, so if you want something like it without the boat it would just be a convention. Given the diversity of media covered and the number of performers on JoCo, DragonCon might be the closest match on land?

donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's a great way to get introduced to cruising (the 2017 JoCo was Avalyn's first cruise experience) but it's also a very expensive way. JoCo (like most/all themed cruises) is much more expensive than a "normal" cruise. (You get what you pay for of course, and what you're getting is a lot.)

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христиан 🍉 @zegmaarcj.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026

HOPPA 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

Statement van Beoga music:

We have made the decision to depart as Ed Sheeran's band on the remaining US Loop tour, following the silencing of Macklemore by zionist lobbies.
We are a traditional Irish band who never saw ourselves playing in stadiums of that size and that opportunity is not lost on us. We have been friends with Ed for over 10 years now and will continue to be. We believe in dialogue as a means of progressing the plight of the Palestinian people.

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As musicians, playing to those crowds every night is the stuff of dreams but to play in venues that silence anyone advocating for a Free Palestine is simply not an option for us.
It's important that everyone knows that the real enemy is the zionist lobby. They have worked tirelessly to silence artists who want to speak freely about a genocide happening before our eyes, for fear of retribution.
Research how much Robert Kraft has done to fight the BDS movement. That will give you a sense of what we've all been up against.
We were there for Macklemore's performance and speech. We fully supported his message, so did most of the audience in Met Life Stadium which terrifies the lobbies. Go back and read the transcript if you're in doubt.

We are Irish people who understand colonialism. As founding members of the Irish Artists For Palestine movement, we are committed activists for justice and will continue to be.
This whole episode is once again serving to distract from the real issue, over 1000 Palestinians have been killed since the most recent so-called ceasefire.
Up the workers.
Free Palestine.
BEOGA

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You're right! I guess there _was_ an overarching story! =)

Golden Axe’s Terrible Marketing Hid a Great Show (ft. Mike McMahan)

Golden Axe? They made a TV show out of Golden Axe? The game we had a cabinet of in the dorm lounge almost three decades ago (ouch) which was fun enough to play but had about zero story? That Golden Axe? ...and it's actually decent? www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b1I... @jessiegender.bsky.social

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YouTube video by Jessie Gender After Dark

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"Someone You Can Build a Nest In" by John Wiswell was good (though that might be Reverse Monster Romance?) If you think angels and demons count as monsters and you want something _very_ spicy, there's Elliott Kay's "Good Intentions". (The content warning for which is worth reading on its own.)

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(This was about two weeks after i started dating Avalyn. The way they stepped up to help out with the surgery logistics was definitely a good sign for our future together, though i obviously felt guilty about it.)

donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I got a plate put in for a broken wrist about 13 years ago. They told me that if i wanted i could get another surgery to get the plate out after it healed, but i opted not to, so it's still there. (Seems like it will only be an issue if i ever need to get an MRI?)

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It's... Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious: I am the very model of a modern Major-General (My brain hates me today, apparently.)

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

E.E. Doc Smith's "Lensman" series definitely belongs in the list, or maybe a recursive list of "these are the things that tell you how the previous generation got to where they were." You can see so many influences on more modern stuff in it, but everything in it has aged _so_ much.

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

(This of course leads to the occasional joke at the start of a new episode. "Well those people look _partially_ nude." "Oh those buildings are totally nude", "Look at those nude trees!", etc.)

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Stargate SG-1: Have nudity one time in your very first episode because you thought you were going to be an edgy cable channel show. Then switch to "family friendly" for the rest of your 10 seasons & 214 episodes. Then have have an eternal "Nudity" content warning for the entire run on Netflix.

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Everyone "acts" differently when they're around people. And differently for each person or group of people. And for each different situation you're in. The closest thing we have to "being natural" is being alone in a room by ourselves, and that's not very natural to do for long periods either.

I definitely agree with the "first days" framing, but not the "early weeks" version.

My hazy memories suggest that that feeling was real, but it lasted for maybe a day or two before those of us who weren't interested in performative Patriotism realized that things were taking a turn. (Okay, we knew that things might take a turn before that, but were disappointed to see it happen.)

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(I guess it's something that i don't need to use often enough to get used to, but often enough to get really annoyed by when i re-encounter it, especially since the changes added absolutely no benefit that i can see and just add an extra step to each task.)

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Several years ago Microsoft changed MS Paint to add (IMHO) unnecessary extra steps to "Save As" and "Image Properties" (for resizing), and my decades of muscle memory still has not recovered from the disruption to my workflow when using it.

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I would (initially) accept a UBI as low as $100 a month as long as it was actually distributed to everyone & was enshrined in law & not up to the whims of a single person. Once it exists in any form (and we see the country doesn't immediately collapse =P) we can argue about the right amount later.

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A $5k check (which we'll never actually get) wouldn't be bad thing per se if it was properly budgeted for (which it wouldn't be.) But a one time check is a pretty far cry from actual UBI. (Not that the people complaining about the idea in the article likely care about the difference.)

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The one "big toy" i'm tempted by would be a console of "Dance Maniax 2nd Mix Append J-Paradise". Aside from the cost and difficulty of obtaining and maintaining it, we don't really have space inside to put it, and "cleaning out the garage" has been a pending task for the 3 years since we moved in =P

EyeLeeAh @ileia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

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"I miss AMVs" Good news! They're still around! There are 100-ish cons with AMV contests that get hundreds of entries, checking out their playlists is a good place to start bc you get curated, quality stuff. Last weekend there were 8 cons that had contests, here's a 🧵 with finalists playlists:

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

History seems to suggest that Americans are very resistant to changes to their own state, even in cases where it makes some logical sense. (Eastern WA & OR => Lincoln, or splitting CA into multiple states.) Also, after this proposed change would the other 49 states all be Old America?

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Trump has the ability to constantly prove that i'm even more naive than i thought i was. But i would think that even just suggesting the name of your state should be changed by federal mandate would piss off _everyone_ in that state, regardless of political affiliation.

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donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

As someone who used to work on (among other things) finite state AI in video games in the 00s, the deliberate attempt by LLM supporters to lump all AI models together into the same bucket in order to provide cover for their product is rather depressing. But it seems like fait accompli at this point.

donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I approve of/am envious of most of those life choices =) (Need to check my local store for Reese's Oreos in particular now!)

donaithnen @donaithnen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm hoping my 2005 Prius can eke out just a few more years in the hope that i'll be able to get a lightly used car with solid state batteries. (The date for which keeps getting pushed back of course, but is at least plausible by this point.)