Pen @pabco.uk · 31mit has been ZERO minutes since I read a bsky post that implied someone was a closeted homosexual in order to demean them 040
Pen @pabco.uk · 3hI try to avois criticising words spoken with good intention, however: I really, really dislike "reach out if you need support" or words to that effect. It's like saying "swim to the shore if you ever find yourself drowning". YOU have to reach out to the one who is suffering. Throw them a life ring. 3121
Pen @pabco.uk · 4hsorry I haven't seen you in a while if it's any consolation I've barely seen anyone in a while 160
Pen @pabco.uk · 5hI think the coolest part of my day job is that we are paid to solve practical problems, which involves a lot of drinking coffee while sitting back and saying "hmmm" 170
Pen @pabco.uk · 7hholy shit, the Mac OS default is now for Apple Intelligence to spy on EVERY app that I use? the only way to disable it is to go through each app's settings one at a time, there is no master switch we have to destroy everything we're cooked 281
Pen @pabco.uk · 7hchat is it bad if young people mostly use the Q&A to express their fear of Outside? chat? 040
Pen @pabco.uk · 7hanyone got a neck that needs stepping on? significant foot hardware upgrade boutta drop and will need testing 3100
Pen @pabco.uk · 8hthe show we're hosting this week ends with a Q&A; one of the questions from this afternoon was "what music do you like?" one of the presenters answered "Drake and Kanye" and I have NEVER seen a room turn on someone so quickly and so vocally 1110
Pen @pabco.uk · 9his that... could it be? am I... horny??? I had almost forgotten what it feels like 060
Pen @pabco.uk · 9h"I've looked at your staffing requirements and calculated that you need 957 hours rota'd per week" "So, we need... uhh... ten people to make that work?" *agonising silence* 380
Pen @pabco.uk · 22hI'm getting back into Blender, revising my workflow etc, thought I'd start with something simple that I'd like to get better at... behold, fake CRT-effect thingy 1252
Pen @pabco.uk · 22hI'm doing a fun experiment to see how many frames I can render in Blender before the battery dies 020
Pen @pabco.uk · 22hI'm not dying unless it's something spectacular like getting struck by lightning or being crushed between them thighs there 070
Pen @pabco.uk · 22hNo there isn't. Depression is shitty and blinds you to the fundamental aspects of yourself that give you passion. Feeling empty becomes so easy. I have so much capacity remaining, despite it all. I'm not dead yet. 0131
Reposted by PenPen @pabco.uk · 14/01/2026maybe I'm just incapable of reciprocation never able to love as much as I am loved it really fucking hurts and it REALLY fucking sucks 161
Reposted by PenPen @pabco.uk · 14/01/2026ok but what if I'm not so much aromantic as I am profoundly traumatised by love and broken trust? 🙃😰😬🤔🤨😭 1111
Pen @pabco.uk · 22hI'm really enjoying my New and Improved hostile work environment btw, let the shitshow continue tomorrow :) 040
Reposted by PenPen @pabco.uk · 13/06/2026a lot of my experiences of "sisterhood" with cis women have actually just been sorrowful eye contact exchanged while their husbands exhibit extreme overconfidence 0112
Reposted by PenPen @pabco.uk · 19/06/2026you're allowed to think you're pretty in fact, you have to even if you don't see it right now, you can cling to the idea as you grow and some day it will become Real 59715
Pen @pabco.uk · 23hI'm doing the thing where the burnout dwindles a little it feels good but it makes me nervous 010
Reposted by PenPiper Paige @pipermintz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The cool thing about having several hobbies that you suck at when you're 20 is that by the time you're nearly 30 they are several hobbies that you are only slightly bad at 0745
Pen @pabco.uk · 29/09/2026compliment of the day: "I've never come to you with a problem and not had a solution inside of 15 minutes" - nice colleague 160
Pen @pabco.uk · 29/09/2026I'm really, really enjoying seeing Wumpus getting eviscerated and annihilated every which way ngl I always hated that little fucker 0101
Reposted by PenPen @pabco.uk · 22/02/2026sorry I didn't reply sooner I went to write a message and then my mind blinked into the void for 1-17 hours 2232
Pen @pabco.uk · 29/09/2026wow now that I've got a computer it is so easy to see the myriad ways in which not having a computer has been making me insane 160
Pen @pabco.uk · 29/09/2026somehow I've ended up with seven people to wish a happy birthday every 29th September 190
Pen @pabco.uk · 28/09/2026through arduous research I have established that it's really, really easy to become a billionaire if you abandon every single moral principle you have 160
Pen @pabco.uk · 28/09/2026the best thing about this game is that there is an option to turn off politics having to lobby for gender equality was a little too on the nose for me 070
Pen @pabco.uk · 28/09/2026I downloaded Coffee Inc 2 thinking "oh cute a lil coffee shop simulator" and have instead been met with a renewed hatred of capitalism 130