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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 25/09/2026

Working my way thru Painted Deck (+2 hand size, -1 joker) and decided to spend some time focusing on straights; the game responded "here you go champ, ez mode"

Balatro screenshot showing my Straight hand is already level 6 at Ante 4, a huge 180×19 base.

Screenshot of my jokers:
* Runner, who gains permanent +chips every time I play a straight (currently +120 with plenty of runway left, crazy)
* Photochad pair, activating my first played card three times and doubling my mult each time if that first card is a face card, meaning ×8 each time I play a face card.
* The Order, ×3 mult when I play a straight.

Normally, not having any +mult would make this spread still quite weak, but my high Straight level gives me a great starting mult so the ×24 on every hand is incredible.

Combine it with some good Lucky and +Mult enhancements on my face card and good lord, I'm already scoring >100k per hand.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 25/09/2026

They're calling it "beigemeal" and it's all the rage now

Picture of my breakfast this morning, a *delicious* biscuit and sausage gravy with a fried egg, and a bowl of fruit on the side.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 25/09/2026

Lol guess which one I switched my lock screen to last night

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 14/09/2026

Dyson Sphere Program is way too beautiful of a game. I just hit late game on my first campaign, and am finally starting my first actual dyson sphere. (I waited until late game so I could get þͤ "no solar sails" cheevo.)

A screenshot taken from space, with my home star in þͤ center, surrounded by þͤ blue and white stained-glass panes of an under-construction Dyson Sphere. In þͤ lower right is þͤ green jewel of þͤ gas giant that my homeworld orbits, and in þͤ upper left is þͤ AI hive that keeps attacking me and stealing my solar energy.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 10/09/2026

Back on þͤ wound care bandwagon, literally a day or so before my back hole was fully healed and could stop being bandaged.

Picture of þͤ back left of my head, where a small piece of gauze is taped over a removed mole.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 21/08/2026

Serve simply, just with a bit of cilantro and some lime juice squeezed over them. Bon appetit!

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 21/08/2026

Warm up 2-3 tortillas per person, depending on their size. If you have a gas stove like me, chat then a bit on þͤ flame. Just enough color to add flavor, do NOT let them crisp. You really just want them warm so they're pliable.

A small tortilla toasting on þͤ stovetop flame.

A charred tortilla next to a stack of uncharred for comparison.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 21/08/2026

Once it's warmed through and a little water has cooked off, remove from heat and stir in some creme fraiche or sour cream. Now it looks properly like slop, which is exactly what we want.

A pan of slop (þͤ onion/pepper/bean mixture with sour cream stirred in).

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 21/08/2026

When þͤ onion is somewhat browned, add half a can of pinto beans and some veggie stock. Ideally use þͤ bean juice from þͤ can, but if you've already rinsed þͤ beans, 1/8 cup water is fine. When þͤ stock is mixed in, add þͤ poblanos and stir it all up until heated through.

Þͤ frying pan of onions, with half a can of beans dumped in, and 1/4 tsp bouillon.

Everything mixed in with þͤ poblanos now too.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 21/08/2026

After þͤ poblanos have steamed/rested, pull them and let them cool a little, then remove their outer skin later. Don't get precious about it, just get most off. Then slice them into thin strips.

A stack of poblanos sitting on a cutting board.

One of þͤ poblano halves with most of its outer shiny skin layer removed.

Þͤ pile of skinned poblanos, sliced into strips.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 21/08/2026

Meanwhile, thinly slice half an onion and get them sauteing with a little salt. You'll want these to *slightly* caramelize, so keep þͤ heat a little below medium, and cook about ten minutes, stirring occasionally.

Þͤ sliced onion in þͤ frying pan, still fresh as þͤ pan is coming up to heat.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 21/08/2026

Time for some Cooking With Tab! We're making Pinto & Poblano Tacos tonight #foodposting xanthir.com/recipes/show... To start, halve and deseed three poblanos, coat then in a little oil, then broil them, skin up, for ten minutes or so until they blister. Let them steam to help þͤ skin release.

Three Poblano halves that have already been thru þͤ broiler, and left in þͤ toaster oven afterwards to steam with their own water. Þͤ skin is bubbly and well-separated now.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 19/08/2026

Miso sweet potato donburi tonight, a masterclass in þͤ "just cook five things" genre. I strongly recommend using cone cabbage for this if you can get it, it's such a better taste for þͤ recipe. #foodposting www.xanthir.com/recipes/show...

Two wide bowls, each containing seasoned rice, baked sweet potato slices covered in miso, shredded cabbage with sweet chili sauce, stuff boiled eggs, and a mayo with black garlic sauce. Þͤ entire thing is covered in sesame seeds and green onions.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 15/08/2026

Oh Lord and þͤ video accompanying that…

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 02/08/2026

No cheating, post your lockscreen (SinB out on a date with her friend Moon SuA)

Screenshot of my lockscreen, featuring SinB (from VIVIZ/GFRIEND) scrunching her nose a little at a tall mug of beer. She's wearing a flannel shirt and simple makeup, appropriate for a hot day outside hanging out with a friend.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 02/08/2026

If I wasn't *supposed* to buy these for myself þͤ airport duty-free staff should have stopped me.

A picture of me holding two enormous sticks of Toblerone, waiting at my airport gate today.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 02/08/2026

Þͤ only important label to pay attention to is Cause Of Death, anyway

A screenshot of Justin's skeet, where a label on þͤ post reads "Toilet (Assassinated)".

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 01/08/2026

Cheesy mushroom caps over spaghetti www.xanthir.com/recipes/show... , a classic in þͤ "just make four things" genre. Plus a martini for þͤ lady and a bourbon for me #foodposting

Two plates of dinner, featuring a saucy spaghetti with diced zucchini, a portobello cap with broiled mozzarella on top, and toasted breadcrumbs.

A classic vodka martini with olives in a thick-stemmed glass - Svedka and Dolin.

Plus a glass of Blanton's bourbon with a splash of amaretto.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 31/07/2026

"part of a balanced breakfast"- looking ass meal

Huge breakfast at my work cafe after a good morning weightlifting.

Sauteed kale, scrambled eggs, and vegan patties with salsa, Belgian waffle quarter with matcha mascarpone, ginger congee with plenty of chili crisp and soy sauce, plain yogurt with blueberries, a banana/blueberry smoothie, and finally cold black tea.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 26/07/2026

Oh of course, who can be without?

A picture of my USB security key, attached to a keychain of baubles and a small picture of SinB.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 21/07/2026

And Wheein's Watercolor MV, where one of her dancers is wearing an ANIME TITTIES shirt

Screenshot from Wheein's Watercolor MV, where þͤ dancer immediately to Wheein's right is wearing a blue shirt with þͤ clear text "ANIME TITTIES" across þͤ chest.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 10/07/2026

Here we go, did yesterday's puzzle for a God Damnit

Cropped screenshot of the score page showing me earning Grue (purple, green, blue, yellow order) and God Damnit - perfect game except for one color swap.

https://4x3.fun
July 8, 2026
170 points • No mistakes
🌟🟪🟪
🌟🟩🟩
🌟🟦🟦
🌟🟨🟨 https://www.hankgreen.com/fourbythree/index.html#d=2026-07-08

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 10/07/2026

Forgot to play yesterday so I reset my streak :( but maybe up for it with a perfect game, 205 (+ streak) points :3 4x3.fun July 9, 2026 206 points • No mistakes 🌟🟪🟪 🌟🟦🟦 🌟🟩🟩 🌟🟨🟨

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 10/07/2026

After four evenings of crafting spread over a few weeks, our tiny sake alley is complete!

A close-up of the interior of the tiny crafted sake alley set. It's a tight Japanese alleyway, covered in cherry blossoms, filled with little udon shops and sake kiosks. The electric lights make it look really cool.

A slight side angle shot, giving a better view of the fish cake stand on the left side, and zoned out to show the outer surface of the kit.

The opposite angle, showing the restaurant entrance on the right. It's now sitting in its proper home between a few books.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 09/07/2026

Truncation is not a content strategy, exhibit N

Screenshot of a calendar notification, reading "WE4C Town Hall (...friendly) in 27 mins", implying that these meetings are often violent or angry and this one hesitantly promises to be different.

The actual calendar event, titled "WE4C Town Hall (quarterly, EMEA-friendly)".

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 07/07/2026

Goddam, I *completely* whiffed it on finding the yellow category, wtf

https://4x3.fun
July 6, 2026
176 points • No mistakes
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🌟🟦🟦
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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 03/07/2026

Hell yeah, I'm going thru the older puzzles now and I finally earned a gold - perfect game in under 90s. This game rules. 4x3.fun June 22, 2026 205 points • No mistakes 🌟🟪🟪 🌟🟦🟦 🌟🟩🟩 🌟🟨🟨 www.hankgreen.com/fourbythree/...

Results picture from the game 4x3, showing that I earned a gold plaque for the June 22 puzzle.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 28/06/2026

like WHAT am I supposed to DO about this

Another spread from the same photobook. Byul is now in a tailored gray suit. In several of the photos she is lounging bisexually in a chair, continuing to show off her hands.

Three more pictures of Byul in the gray suit. The first one highlights her hand against her face.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 28/06/2026

When I say that I love Byul in a lesbian way, this is what I mean she makes me *insane* #MAMAMOO #MoonByul

A photo spread from the photobook in MAMAMOO's recent album 4WARD. All three pictures have Byul as a dirty blonde in a teal polo with white trim, showing off her hands. I'm so, so gay for her.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 28/06/2026

A dumb meme from Discord today

A terrible quality Mass Effect meme of a Garrus stick figure (wearing shades and saying "calibrations") with a realistic photo of a claw hammer emerging from his crotch.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 26/06/2026

I had a fun day on the beach today 😎

A picture of my arm, where all my skin is a decent red-brown except for the pale white that was covered by my watch band.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 19/06/2026

Today is my 21st anniversary of being married to this wonderful woman 💗 we've been together since we were 16, nearly 24 years ago

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 10/06/2026

We don't usually see each other's headers. Here's mine. Quote post with yours!

Fake Final Fantasy Tactics speech bubble, of Lenande saying "Arachnophobia is dumb. Let spiders get married."

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 07/06/2026

So here's a weird interaction that happened last week, followed up by another one this week.

Screenshot of a reply chain between me and "Thought Agent Jabsco", a reasonably popular amount from what I can tell. This happened last Saturday, May 30.

Offscreen, a post by me about a bad reply-all chain.

Agent Jabsco:
> A Nine Billion Laughs attack

Agent Jabsco:
> oh yeah, what about this, did you see this, did you hear about this?
> [Link to a bsky search for "gemma 4 e4b", which at the time just showed two parody Musk accounts]

Me:
> ??? The Musk accounts?

(screenshot continued in next skeet)

(continuation of previous skeet thread)

Agent Jabsco:
> Perhaps. how many

Me:
> 2? I'm very confused what point your trying to make

Agent Jabsco:
> could there potentially be more

Me:
> I don't know? I'm not sure why this is something I should know or care about. What the fuck are you on about

Agent Jabsco:
> Just a woman's silly thoughts I suppose. Pay them no mind.

The start of a different skeet thread by skeet.best (Stuart Bentley) this morning.

Stuart:
>see, the reason this Operation is so dangerous is because, if we follow this chain of logic *all* the way to the top, the only thing that can *truly* judge you is a machine with a perfect copy of your own mind, and *that* can be drawn out to a confession of guilt ("mens rea") unless you're incapable

This is quote skeeting an Agent Jabsco skeet from this morning:
>we have now begun The Operation, the most dangerous thing in the world:
>
> reading Donald Trump's mind...
>
> by thinking like Donald Trump

Next skeet:

Stuart:
> of feeling guilt *at all*. And there's only one man on Earth who *truly* believes his mind can never be guilty, who's surrounded himself with people just like him, who only let themselves feel guilty *if he makes them* feel guilty.
>
> That man's name? That's right:
>
> Elon Musk

The next skeet in that thread, this time quoting my "??? The musk accounts?" skeet from last week.

Stuart:
> Trump? Ah who cares, small potatoes, the dickhead's coming apart at the seams and we can all see it, he can die any day now.
>
> Musk, on the other hand? THAT motherfucker could actually live forever.
>
> So we'd need some way to extract a confession out of *him*. To infinitely clone his mind.
>
> But how?

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 05/06/2026

It's meant to invoke this one, but yeah the Pepsi brand bible thing is good too

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 05/06/2026

My YouTube Music Recap finally popped and somehow Yena's Catch Catch was my #1 *and* #2 song this last quarter which, fair #Yena #ChoiYena #NMIXX #VIVIZ #LESERRAFIM #i-dle #kpop

YouTube Recap listing my top artists and tracks for Spring.

Too artists:
1. Yena
2. NMIXX
3. VIVIZ
4. LE SSERAFIM
5. i-dle

Top tracks:
1. Catch Catch, by Yena
2. Catch Catch again, somehow
3. Crescendo, by NMIXX
4. Rude!, by Hearts2Hearts
5. Sticker, by Yena

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 02/06/2026

Okay *sometimes* the account-level labels are accurate

A screenshot of a skeet with the account-level "Troll" label, reading "I wish more things tasted like cherry jello"

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 31/05/2026

Random leftovers fried rice for lunch: kimchi, mixed rice leftovers, leftover broccoli and steak, and green onions I sliced but forgot to use in breakfast this morning. Voila, delicious trash 🧑‍🍳 "Just make fried rice with it" leftovers meta stays winning ("recipe" in the picture alt) #foodposting

Picture of my plate of fried rice. It looks *amazing*, with the golden red of the kimchi fried rice and the deeper red brown of the steak contrasting with the bright green of the broccoli and green onions, and the yellow is the hibachi sauce.

Rough recipe:
Fry a half cup of large-diced kimchi, then add a mix of old white and brown rice from the fridge, about 1 ½ cups. Press it into the pan and let that sit and crisp up for 3 min, then add gochugaru to taste and an egg. Mix until the egg cooks, about 30s. Meanwhile reheat the broccoli and steak in the toaster oven, then slice for presentation. Plate the rice, top with broccoli and steak, squirt a few lines of hibachi yum yum sauce over it, then finish with diced green onion tops.

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Tab Atkins-Bittner @tabatkins.com · 30/05/2026

Playing Persona 5 Tactica and I made myself laugh so hard I cried

Screenshot from the game, where it's clear I've given the main character, canon alias "Joker", the first and last name "I'm DaJoker".

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