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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 30/07/2026

New term for the day: cattoo. My cat gave me this one as I was carrying her to give her pills.

Bare shoulder covered in an array of scratches.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 28/07/2026

Dwarf Fortress: Maybe smashing the fishing hut in late winter wasn't the smartest idea for these attacking humans.

Image from Dwarf Fortress. Two human battering rams standing mostly on a field of ice. Date reads 23rd Obsidan. Late Winter.

Image from Dwarf Fortress. One human and a battering ram stand on a platform surrounded by splashes in the water. Another set of splashes in the water is south of them.

Image from dwarf fortress. Seven humans in deep water.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 01/07/2026

The sieging necromancer found the local butcher shop and started raising remains.

draltha hair
Grazer: requires pasture
undead

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 27/06/2026

New fortress starting out with same initial conditions, and the random name it selected for the new group of dwarves...

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 26/06/2026

Sometimes you just need to start with a challenge. Couldn't find any heavy aquifers for even more fun.

You have selected an area with a light aquifer.
Water might need to be pumped out or carried away.
You have selected an evil area.
You may find very unpleasant environs here.
You have selected a savage area.
The wildlife might be very dangerous here.
You have selected an area near a necromancer's tower.
You may be invaded very early by powerful foes.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 08/05/2026

Perfect timing, Facebook. No notes.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 06/05/2026

That didn't preview like it should have. Here's the image of the Cray-1 at the London Science Museum. Photo by Irid Escent.

Photo of Cray-1 Supercomputer on display at the London Science Museum, by Irid Escent.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 04/05/2026

Cat bumps the hotkey to open dev tools while the bsky tab is active:

Browser page error status indicators: 175 errors, 3 warnings, 23 notifications.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 29/04/2026

It fucking *does not*. Stop anthropomorphising software to drive up engagement and spamming me about it, Slack. If I had fucking things to say in that specific workspace, I would fucking say them. You are a fucking chat tool, not a content-driven social networking platform.

"Your Slack workspace misses you, Jason!"

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 29/04/2026

Things that are trying hard to convince me the entire internet was a fucking mistake: Need litter for my cat who has decided she dislikes the litter box. So searching specifically for "unscented" cat litter. This is the top result.

"Naturally Fresh Lavender & Bamboo Scented Clumping Walnut Shell Cat Litter, 14 lbs."

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 07/04/2026

I guess this is how bluesky deals with calling them out on AI bullshit.

Every one of Karyl's posts is now hidden from view as Rude (Account).

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 09/03/2026

Check on your friends in Austin, because

Image from a weather report centered around Ausin Texas with the lable "Crippling Weather Depression Zone"

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 26/02/2026

Here are a few old ones from various expos. We also had a 11x17 poster version of the 5x7 Outpost Delta card here that we handed out.

Image of promo cards. Front and back of promo playing cards from Card Hunter, 5x7 Outpost Delta card in portrait orientation, and double-sided 5x7 Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game front and back in landscape.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 20/02/2026

As a great example of why companies absolutely shouldn't be charging more for their new AI-generated garbage, I bring you the "updated" QuickBooks UI they say was built by AI for viewing your accounting information. Because dates and amounts are apparently not important accounting information.

Date column with a value "02/03..." cut off with excessive whitespace.

"Amou" column with a value "-$27.19" where the header text and 9 in the amount are cut off by the edge of the field with lots of white space on the left edge of the field.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 21/01/2026

Let me go look up local Austin Texas noise ordinances. Um wait... services.austintexas.gov/edims/docume...

Document header with the city seal of Portland, Oregon. City of Portland, Oregon Office of Neighborhood Involvement. Promoting a culture of civic engagement. CONSTRUCTION Noise Regulations.
CHARLIE HALES, MAYOR
Amalia Alarcón de Morris, Bureau Direct
Noise Control Program
1221 NW 4th Ave, Room 110
Portland, Oregon 97204

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 01/01/2026

I'm in the US, so my MGB is a left-side driver. It's a 1973 so it has a chrome vs rubber bumper. And like any MG, it starts when it wants and *only* when it wants. And stays running only when it wants. They are picky vehicles.

Image of a damask red MGB with a chrome bumper

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 13/12/2025

U.S. Navy has revealed their new official flag to be flown on all vessels.

Barbary corsair Jolly Roger (pirate) flag. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolly_Roger

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 03/12/2025

This does not instill confidence in this update.

PlayStation Accessories - InstallShield Wizard dialog with an install package name of "***IS_STRING_NOT_DEFINED***"

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 02/11/2025

Now year 34 of the fort, year 134 of recorded history. The fourth wild dragon, Amayi Flareheats the Ivory" came to visit. He is 420 years old, which means he was alive for nearly 300 years before the beginning of recorded history. Captured and trained but will never really be tame.

Snip of the kills of the dragon Amayi Lirinathasa Ciquara, "Amayi Flareheats the Ivory", a trained dragon. The dragon has 17 notable kills and 48 other kills.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 24/10/2025

Update: 21 years into the breeding program. The dragons still haven't learned to breathe fire, which is probably for the best. 38 adult dragons (10+ years old), 9 hatchlings. They now have a new war-trained giant grizzly bear as a friend.

Screenshot from Dwarf Fortress depicting several rooms with many dragons.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 18/10/2025

Of all the accounts on the lists today, this one that's been around for a while has to be the best representation of the current US government.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 17/10/2025

First image that came into my head on seeing the preview frame.

Scene from The Blues Brothers with Illinois Nazis lined up and protestors shouting at them.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 06/10/2025

This is the most disgusting cookie preference setting I've seen. Does "Active" mean "cookies that track you are active" like every other site on the internet? Or does "Active" mean those cookies are disabled and that is opting out?

Cookie setting for "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information/ Opt-Out of Targeted Advertising" with a slider set to "Active"

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 27/09/2025

No recent piece of media has captured that concept at all.

Image from the Superman (2025) of one of Lex Luthor's angry typing monkey troll posters.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 20/09/2025

The dwarven dragon breeding program is in full swing now.

Partial screenshot from Dwarf Fortress depicting a room with four adult dragons, one dragon hatchling, and a number of dogs. The adjacent room contains nest boxes, 5 adult dragons, 5 dragon hatchlings, and a turkey. A large pool of magma is below the rooms, separated from them by rough rock walls.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 29/07/2025

I loved my nice flexible hosting service until I went to their main page today to find this.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 27/07/2025

Full disclosure: currently working on *both* tiers of product, and both cases absolutely suck and the end result is success or death.

Screenshot from Atari "720 Degrees: Skate or Die" with bees chasing the skater.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 23/07/2025

You're a fucking file sharing service. I don't want your fucking AI calendar. Not today and not fucking ever.

Pop-over advertising "Meet Reclaim, our new AI calendar. Use this free app to defend more focus time in your day." with options "Create your free account" or "Not today"

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 18/07/2025

Words no longer have meanings.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 14/07/2025

I will never understand the cat definition of comfortable place to sleep.

Sleeping black cat, curled up on top of a white Xbox One game controller.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 06/07/2025

This needs the "not now, not ever" button. I do not ever want or need AI in my accounting software, fuckers.

Screenshot reading "Your workload, unloaded. Bug updates have arrived. Transform how you run your business with Intuit AI agents and much more, new In QuickBooks. AI agent availability varies by plan." with buttons "Maybe later" and "Explore what's new"

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 02/07/2025

Gee, thanks for providing me access to services I pay you for, Microsoft. Elsewhere on the page, I'm signed in to my account. How do big companies constantly get away with being so awful?

Home > Visual Studio > Report a problem
Please sign in to continue with a "Sign In" button and an error message reading "Error signing in: ''"

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 02/07/2025

There was a time when this might have been interesting, when people at game conferences discussed the *good* kind of AI. This is not one of those.

Email subject: AI Roundtable - Gamescom Cologne 2025

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 28/06/2025

One of the gamer cats wants to be copilot right now.

Black and white cat, curled up with head resting on the base of a X-55 flight stick.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 26/06/2025

Bands in my collection don't want a lot of things, especially the Ramones who really Don't Wanna.

I Don't Wanna: The Dead Milkmen
I Don't Wanna Be Learned/I Don't Wanna Be Tamed: The Ramones
I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement: The Ramones
I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You: The Ramones
I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You (Live): The Ramones
I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself): James Brown
I Don't Want To Be Your Shadow: The Psychedlic Furs
I Don't Want To Lose You: The Smithereens
I Don't Want Your Love: Waterlillies

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 11/06/2025

Some days I want to move somewhere that has no technology that the idiots in Silicon Valley can destroy.

Text in image: "The future has arrived. Get a first look at your new AI-powered banking page."

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 19/05/2025

In a discussion of awful captchas today, I had to pull a few from my archives.

Captcha reading "Please solve this puzzle so we know you are a real person." with only a "Verify" button.

Captcha "Select all squares with bicycles. If there are none, click skip" with a picture containing a motorcycle.

Captcha with alternating red and black letters "r n d O b b" and instructions below "Enter only the black words above:"

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 18/05/2025

Sometimes I love living on a green belt. This guy flew by and landed in my backyard just as I was walking past the window. It turned to stare when I bumped the wall fumbling with my phone, which worked out well for the picture.

An owl, perched on a branch with body facing away from the camera and head turned backwards staring directly at the camera.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 21/04/2025

13 years ago I tamed her from feral. At the time, the vet said she had maybe 4 years to live due to FIV.

Long-haired black and white cat on its side on a bed with front toes curled.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 18/04/2025

You know, I'm pretty okay with this failing to install.

Plugin Installation
Plugin "JetBrains AI Assistant" was not installed: Failed to load the plugin descriptor from the downloaded archive. The archive is probably not an IntelliJ plugin.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 14/04/2025

Sometimes I love the marketing requirements platforms provide for games and what is acceptable vs what isn't. Harry: acceptable artwork. Karrin: not acceptable.

Card art for the Harry Dresden deck from the Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game. Harry is standing in his signature trenchcoat firing his blasting rod with his right hand while holding a staff with glowing runes in his left hand. The building is on fire behind him.

Card back for the Karrin Murphy deck in the Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game. Karrin is stepping through a doorway, wearing a kevlar vest with her pistol drawn and shining a flashlight. The wall by the door is inscribed with glowing runes.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 28/03/2025

The Liberty Bell after Trump is done restoring it:

Picture of the "restored" Ecce Homo by Elias Garcia Martinez in the Sanctuary of Mercy church in Borja, Spain.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 04/03/2025

How video game artists name files.

Preview of an asset in Unity. The filename ends in "_Sphere". The image in the preview is a cube.

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Jason Maltzen @jason.maltzen.org · 20/02/2025

Ah yes, that's useful. Thanks, Microsoft.

Generic Windows dialog box with the title "Visual Studio Code" and content "Error" and an OK button.

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