Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 8hI keep reading on the Internet how, when people with birds aren't feeling well, their birds get less shrieky, less pecky, and generally show compassion. Well, I feel horrible, and my birds are double-shrieky, double-pecky; still waiting for that legendary avian consideration! 160
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My birds probably think they are people, and I'm a great vulgar beast infesting their home. 040
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Nerdy gamerpost: I am highly suspicious of these plates of yakitori in Yakuza 5. Whenever you breed one of your racing chickens, you're told the previous generation will be "retired," then along with your new bird, you're presented with a plate of yakitori. Oh, poor Fluffmeister. 020
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Artist! Quote with your most cursed artwork 🖤 I don't know if this is fully cursed, or more "blursed." I mean, yeah, it's nightmare fuel, but isn't it cute? It was a panel I drew on "Drawception," a fun game of Internet telephone. 092
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Every time I screw these on nice and tight, Bird INSTANTLY descends and unscrews them. (These are the clips I use to attach the birds' toys to their cage, and they have lots of toys. Lots of clips. No matter how tightly I screw them, Bird unscrews them. Her beak is stronger than my fingers.) 152
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Whenever I put something new in the cage, Bird tries to a) destroy it; b) failing that, do a weird budgie sex thing with it. (She isn't visibly hormonal. She shouldn't be interested in...that. Unless budgies just enjoy sex at all times.) 030
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Other Bird appears fast asleep, head tucked between his wings...but he's whistling up a storm. This is the loudest he's been so far. I think he's settling in. 040
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There's something STICKY. On my FACE. And I can't take a shower right now because I have a MEETING. F-word. 010
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I had a neighbour in my last building who started each day by playing a Nazi song. There are still days, even eight years later, when THOSE are the songs stuck in my head. Today is one such day, so I'm not going to name the song in my head. What I'm actually listening to is "La Sonnambula." 130
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026An update to my main job's project management software has made all my due dates and upcoming tasks invisible. Happy Tuesday to me. 020
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I think Bird might believe her name is Honey. I was talking to Other Bird, calling him honey, and Bird pushed between us and squawked in my face. Later on, the same thing happened again. Could be coincidence, but I'd better give each bird separate pet names. 030
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Last year, I mentioned that if I got my skates on, I could finish (ghost)writing my 250th novel this year. That wasn't quite accurate: I accidentally counted a bunch of novellas in my total. But I WILL finish my 200th novel this month. 140
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Quote with your bird art 🐦 This one is very, very old. I hardly remember drawing it, but I must've done. This was from my phase of always drawing birds with antennae on their heads. #birds 1112
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"Below the Root" for Commodore 64. I LOVED that game. Ran a whole D&D campaign inspired by it. Played it to death despite it being a platformer, which I hate. Some games are so awesome, genre doesn't matter. 160
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026He doesn't seem to mind, but she's got to nibble his tail all day like this? Bird, that is not a snack. 160
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I see people posting scruffy birds today, so I'm posting one too. This is a sparrow I used to see around my old flat, having a disastrous moult. Used to call this bird the "worthless crapbawky," but that's mean. #birds #scruffy 2123
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Found a song Other Bird is very excited about: "Habbaytek" by Azar Habib. I have no idea what this song is about, as I only know it via the Swedish joke version, "Hatten är din." I don't understand the real lyrics. This is the first time Other Bird has become independently excited about music. 120
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026MAHA influencers need to stop threatening our dinner parties with bowel movements, and also need to just stop. Full stop. 030
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'd noticed some bullying by Bird, of Other Bird, where she'd push him off her preferred perch. I solved this by adding two more perches on the same level, but now she's sitting under him, nibbling his tail. He doesn't seem to notice, so I suppose it's okay. 160
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Bird IS leaving her cage more, with the addition of Other Bird: not because he's helping her navigate, but because he gets annoying sometimes, and she goes to sit on top of the cage. He hasn't figured out how to get out yet. Right now, they're both happily destroying their toys. 120
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Both. Impressed I got my teeth fixed: never thought I'd manage that (either the cost or the terror of lying helpless while a complete stranger rootles about my mouth). Disappointed my life is so much about work. It wasn't supposed to be this way. 030
Reposted by Socar MylesKatherine Dinger @pocketmole.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Two different approaches. 😅 031
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Just so EVERYONE knows, I saw so many "AI sex cult" posts yesterday on this site, I had a dream where I was fleeing a Mormon sex cult, beating off priests with a chair as I ran for my life. (Don't know where the Mormons came from, but I blame Bluesky for the sex cult.) 120
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Morning chat with the birds: Bird preened the whole time, and ignored me completely. Other Bird gave me one (1) quiet peep, then fell asleep. 020
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Today's vibe is the ghostly sound of thirty-three recorders in a classroom, heard from the back of the athletic field. Woooooo...ooooooooooo...oooooo. 030
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Two birds. Two food bowls. They MUST eat at all times from the same one. ...shit, man. My life IS only birds, work, music, and food. I wasn't going to post till I had something to say that wasn't related to these subjects, but nothing else ever happens in here. 330
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This one ALSO loves Afroman. Not a peep all day, then "Because I Got High" comes on. Both birds start squawking to bring down the house. (I couldn't get a very good picture. He's still shy. His name is, uh...Other Bird.) 140
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Itchy wee sparrow rubbing her face on the wall. #birds 1274
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It has come to my attention that all I talk about is: * music * food * Bird * work. The song in my head today is "Hit the Road, Jack." Bird doesn't like that one. I have to eat breakfast, then get back to work. 180
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Foods I do NOT like, and should stop buying, no matter how hard I think I'm craving them: * crisps * popcorn * chocolate * doughnuts * non-vegetable sushi * most dessert foods * Cheerios * weird non-orange marmalades. I don't like these items. I don't care how good they look. I won't enjoy them! 140
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The song in my head today is "Ye lai xiang," which is one of those songs where I know the words, but I don't know what all of them mean. There's another, equally frustrating, subset of songs where I probably know what the words mean, but I can't make them out. 120
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Bird...dude...you know it's OPEN, right? (She's listening to the theme song from "Prisoner: Cell Block H." It's funny because she can leave her cage any time she wants.) 130
Reposted by Socar MylesAPTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026‘No longer will our children and families have their rights taken away,’ says Chief Dale Steinhauer. ‘When one group's rights are removed, we are all affected.’aptnnews.caGender affirming care to be set up by First Nation in AlbertaSaddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta says it is setting up gender affirming care on reserve because access to health care is a treaty right. 217079
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The song in my head today is "O terra, addio." I hope that doesn't mean I'm going to die today. (It probably doesn't. I get "O terra, addio" in my head all the time.) 010
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I kept my last phone going 8 years. Seeing the latest model priced at CAD $2,999, I'm determined to spin my current one out at least a decade. 220
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 08/09/2026When you see someone get horribly injured on TV, you feel: a) nothing; b) grossed out; c) excited (you weirdo, you); d) a crippling shock of physical pain, which does not correspond to where the character on TV got hurt, but to an old injury of your own? 210
Reposted by Socar MylesEmily Hare @emilyhare.com · 07/09/2026All these handmade monsters will be going up for sale tomorrow 8PM BST! Want to get access 24hrs before the public? You can sign up to my newsletter for that HERE: buff.ly/177g8YI #artdrop #monstersculpture #monstercore #goblincore #sculpture #ornament #whimsy 04620
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Somehow, I have three versions of "Back That Ass Up" on my phone: * the original version * a soul version * an instrumental version. I used to also have a joke version called "Bach that Ass Up," but I deleted that. I have one question for my past self: uh...why? 040
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Quote with your blue art! (This is so old, probably from 2001, 2002, in around there. Back when I tried digital painting with Photoshop.) 072
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I had the daftest, most annoying dream last night, where I had to be up at 4AM to record a podcast (???), but then all these birds showed up on the roof, so instead of trying to sleep, I tried to photograph the birds, but in true dream fashion, my camera wouldn't focus and the shutter wouldn't snap. 050
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Bird just came through the crack under the toilet door while I was brushing my teeth. NO, Bird. NO. (I had no idea she could fit her whole self through there, but now I do, I'm putting a towel there. No birds in the toilet!) 240
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The song in my head today is "L'uomo dei Gabbiani." I've never met anyone else who knows this song. Don't know where it came from, but it's been in my music collection...forever. (Well, maybe for twenty years.) 210
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is a drawing of how I would look if I were a man, and balding. (Well, sort of. He's a bit taller than I am. But the facial features are pretty close.) I did not do this on purpose. I did that thing where artists draw their own face by default. 2195
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Tonight's vibe is sleeping in ALL your clothes plus your dressing gown, because you are old and deserve to be warm. 140
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Man, I remember when computers made me feel smart. When I'd type in what I wanted, and the computer would do it. Now it's all checkboxes and popups and chatbots, and workflows that feel designed to be circuitous. (Cancelled my Microsoft 365 subscription today. Felt daft.) 150
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Why are SO many budgies named Kiwi? (I get that I, the proud flatmate of a bird named Bird, have no standing to mock other people's name choices. But I've read SO many bird forum posts about a budgie named Kiwi, and I JUST realised they're not all about the same bird.) 120
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Ugh...I got spicy agedashi tofu up my nose. Why do I keep putting snacks up my nose? (It's because I try to eat and read at the same time, and I'm not good at that.) 120
Socar Myles @packbawky.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The song in my head today is "Quand viendra l'instant des suprêmes adieux." Got to love a good breakup song, I guess. Bird, stop pecking my shoe. 010