@sollat That had not occurred to me. I'd be surprised if that was the intent, but... One Never Knows.
@sollat This is clearly the only viable interpretation.
(...unless it means he's, like, vice-king or something, I guess? :blobcatthinking:)
RE: https://mastodon.social/@thefunnypages/117407935911579364
cartoon of a guy wearing a backwards baseball-hat and saying, into the cellphone held up to his hear, "Sorry for the misunderstanding. Text messages sometimes convey the wrong tone, you idiot."
(He is also carrying what appears to be a stick of dynamite with its short fuse already lit, and on his shirt is what looks like an alien -- single eyeball on a stalk, with two antennae -- in a flying saucer with an arrow stuck in one side. Neither of these appear to be integral to the joke, although it's perhaps implied that he was about to use the stick of dynamite against the person to whom he is now speaking. Sociologists will no doubt be studying this fascinating observational evidence for decades to come.)
image insignia: "bizarro.com / ©2026 Bizarro Studios / Dist. by King Features / Wayno® & 5 Piraro 10-7-26" I have no idea what the "5" means.
@jzb This and This seem relevant.
Coulda sworn I did a whole list of headline-rewrites in a post recently, but maybe I decided it wasn't worth posting.
@somecat "If I jumped every time a blinking light came on in this ship, I'd wind up talking to myself." -- Dr. McCoy, to self
@CptSuperlative I find myself with this weird "I am utterly horrified by this, but that's nothing new" reaction.
It's not that I don't care; it's more like the needle was already pegged, and registering the new/added feels properly would just lead to burnout instead of increased anti-fash-work productivity. 😶
@darkling I think they may have removed some "redundant" features, too. Apparently users found them too confusing.
Is this one at least the LTS?
@ThisIsTrue The sign clearly applies to the step to which it is affixed -- the step above where the cat is sitting.
If that's not what was intended, then the sign needed to be more clear.
(Silly humans and their silly signs. :blobcatthinksmart:)
@smp Wow -- I have never seen peanuts in a glass jar... and I don't think I've seen Planters in anything but a cardboard container with a metal rim (except maybe decades ago that style of container was all metal), and occasionally plastic.
There needs to be more accountability for those kinds of corporate decisions, since they have effects way beyond the buyer :-/
@riley Yeah, I gave them some money last year and I get email updates now.
...and goodness me, there are rather a lot of TLD applications, aren't there.
@kitschette P.S. ...and yes, you are definitely worth a good deal of consideration. (Is that as much as you need? I don't know how much you need...)
Lack of self-worth feels is... a familiar feel... for what it's worth... [half-grin]
@kitschette It was both -- H & I do sometimes talk about you (although there's not so much to say lately since we haven't been interacting much :blobcatsad:).
Either way, your existence in the universe is a thing that matters.
(...[/opinion], I guess... but I'm always right (except when I'm not; ymmv, may not be available in California, professional driver on a closed track, consult a doctor or other appropriate professional before continuing usage.))
Legendary programmer and "rope mother" for NASA — RIP
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/obituaries/margaret-hamilton-dead.html
I remember as a young teen or pre-teen suggesting to my dad -- a professor of psychology* at Duke -- that maybe my brain was wired differently from the norm.
He completely dismissed the idea.
A couple of decades later in 1998, when the web had been around for a few years (but less than a decade), I'm poking around online and accidentally come across the information that autism is a thing you can have while still appearing to be a normally-functioning person...
My dad, ~10 years after that: "I don't think you're autistic, Woozle."
[sigh]
(*animal behavior, not human stuff)
📣 Could whoever turned my brain off just now please turn it back on? I need to use it. Thanks.
[stares at long list of self-assigned projects] Somebody really ought to do something about that...
@gildilinie People equate speech (but not other forms of expression) with aliveness, I guess.
How very NT of them.
#bookbinders of Mastodon! Where are you? I want to follow you.
(Please RT, thanks)
