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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 08/09/2026

i would like to thank my mother (or either parent, i dunno who got them originally) for having these books when i was a kid and not noticing and/or not saying anything when i stole them lol

the original paperback versions of the Myst novel trilogy, held together and fanned out a little. their spines are somewhat worn from being read through at least once

the top cover is visible, the color of tanned leather with the title “MYST: The Book of Atrus” on the top. there’s a circular cutout in the cover revealing a seal of some kind underneath

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 19/07/2026

got the first ending in EMUUROM, because of *course* it’s one of Those games that makes you dig into everything and experience different endings over the course of a complete play-through had a lot of fun, though the ending sequence was really frustrating at times >_>

END TIME
8h 40min

It is now safe to turn off TIC-80.

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 30/06/2026

yeah, going off the little story blurbs for each region, i feel like i waffle around this-ish region depending on the context and my mood. there's a useful tool in here somewhere, but the way that it's being developed and deployed is causing real harm and i can't overlook that tbh

the coordinate plane from the previous post (with axes "good/bad" and "overhyped/transformative") with the regions numbered from 1 to 30. in the bottom-center of the graph, a yellow ellipse circles a region deep on the "bad" side of the origin but straddling the "overhyped/transformative" zero-point line, leaning more on the side of "overhyped". it includes regions 4, 8, 9, and 14, the last of which was the highlighted one in the previous post.

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 30/06/2026

i want to leaf through the other results, but at first glance yeah this tracks

Your AI Compass
27 of 29 questions answered

(a coordinate plane with axes plotted as "good" versus "bad", and "overhyped" versus "transformative". various regions on the graph are delineated and colored. A spot near the bottom-center of the graph is pinned and its region highlighted)

You are...
The Disillusioned
patron saint: Molly White

You watched this movie already with crypto and you know how it ends. It's oversold, the value is thinner than advertised, and the concrete harms are piling up while everyone argues about the rapture. You document the gap between the promise and the receipts, meticulously.

Impact: +0.7 - Valence: -3.1

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 14/05/2026

fascinating new paper that theorizes a broader neurobiological framework for ADHD that points to markers that can be tested and treated and explains more about the symptom cluster than previous models

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 05/05/2026

over on mastodon i’ve been posting about a fundamental gripe i have with weather apps, in that they report forecast high-low temperatures for the current midnight-to-midnight period, even when that’s misleading and then started tinkering with an Apple Shortcut to show it better

two iOS notifications from Shortcuts (on the lock screen so they’re glossy-transparent over my black-with-colored-dots background)

Weather Summary
Precipitation forecast
28-90% precipitation chance starting at 1:00 PM

Weather Summary
Drizzle in Denver, CO
40°F, feels like 38°F
↗️ 40°F (1:00 PM) ↘️ 29°F (7:00 AM)

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 30/03/2026

got some particularly sumptuous ringlets in my hair today consider this my obligatory post-haircut selfie, lol, since i didn’t take one on saturday when it happened

the side of my head, showing several well-defined ringlets of dirty-blonde hair that extend to just below my ear

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 16/02/2026

I don’t SPRINT. I do not SCRUM. I do not TIMEBOX. I do not give my tasks STORY POINTS. I choose my work based on WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. And if your task gets in the way of my investigations? It DOES NOT HAPPEN.

Anton Ego, the food critic antagonist from Ratatouille, scowling at the protagonist

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 14/11/2025

this is the look of a cat that is deeply loved

close up of the smaller black cat from Jesse’s photo, looking at the camera with a slightly deranged look as she is being stepped on by the other bigger cat

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 17/09/2025

how do i show this to my calendar filled with eight meetings today

Co-Star

Your day at a glance:
You are not meant for human consumption. Limit your calls and texts today.

Your phone will ring non-stop today with people wanting free therapy sessions. Turn it off. The front who only calls when drama erupts can wait. Your emotional bandwidth belongs to you first.

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 02/09/2025

how many controllers is too many do you think

eight game controllers sat in plastic stands, in front of a tv stand with games and movies in it

among the controllers are three ps5 controllers, a switch pro controller (modded with a purple shell) and a switch 2 pro controller, and three third-party controllers including a white one with a button layout that mimics an N64 controller

two of the controller stands are pink and the other two are a color gradient of orange, red, and pink

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 14/06/2025

super excited to finally have the @jacobgeller.com book in my house

the cover of “How A Game Lives” by Jacob Geller, showing a post-apocalyptical scene where a bunch of technological artifacts have been overgrown with plant life

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 20/05/2025

do you ever think about how Sorceress Adel from Final Fantasy VIII is really fucking buff and literally a giant

screenshot of Final Fantasy VIII, the sorceress Adel is standing in front of a large machine, saying “You thought i would fall for that trick?”

her height is understated in this perspective, but she has purpleish skin, bright red hair, and huge muscles

screenshot of Final Fantasy VIII. Seifer is bringing Rinoa to the entombed Adel. again, the perspective is messing with the proportions a bit, but Adel towers above the other characters

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 17/04/2025

A movie that takes place where you're from (i've never heard of this movie, my hometown is more commonly featured in country music. i didn't know that there was a Better Call Saul episode there, though, that's neat)

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 04/04/2025

i started playing this game called “After Us” this week, and it’s a very beautiful game, if a little scary at moments

screenshot from “After Us”, a white spirit girl is standing on the edge of a sandy cliff, where a broken spire is floating in the far distance. there’s a lot of dust and clouds in the air

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 22/05/2023

very happy with the haircut i got over the weekend

me (a white trans woman with curly hair) sitting in a computer chair wearing a black tank-top dress with white horizontal pinstripes

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 22/05/2023

in the summer of 2020, right after i picked the name "victoria", i ordered some business cards, thinking it would be cool to have some on hand in case i did conferences again that still hasn't happened yet lol. they look nice though

some business cards. a fanned-out stack on the right shows a purple back with the words "a quiet misdreavus" centered. a face-up one on the left says "Victoria Mitchell, Software Engineer", with my username and email address

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 30/04/2023

i recently purchased a hella-large diffuser to actually attempt to do anything with my hair other than air-dry it ...unfortunately that was right before i had a surgery that affected my ability to lift things, so i haven't actually been able to try it out lol

me, holding up a hair dryer with a diffuser attached. the diffuser is almost as wide as my head.

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a quiet misdreavus @quietmisdreavus.net · 28/04/2023

quote skeet this with a selfie and what your @ was on twitter @QuietMisdreavus

me (a white trans woman with curly hair) looking up at the camera. i'm wearing a snug black t-shirt that shows off my figure.

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