Time for Godzilla!

Tonight’s dinner from the smoker: ribs and chicken. #Cooking #SmokedMeats

how long before the tech companies quietly change their maps back

Oh yeah. Smoky, sweet, and a bit of heat on the pork roast. Pretty damn good for the first run in the new smoker. #SmokedMeat #Dinner #Cooking

Tonight’s dinner is a small pork shoulder as the first run through the new smoker. @candycorncum.bsky.social had it put together and started up while I was on a couple work calls. #SmokedMeat #Cooking

Reskeet this if you've already voted.

Weather and trees were beautiful tonight. It’s finally fall.

I think we're ready for Halloween. We usually have a few kids come by, but not as many as we used to. ✅ Candy bowl ready for those that can. ✅ Teal "treat" pumpkin ready for those who can't. ✅ Glow sticks ready so drivers can see the kids. We try to have something for everyone. #Halloween

Toss up between MacBeth and Hamlet, but overall, MacBeth wins for me.

An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog@hugobookclub.bsky.social · 2w ago

Quote tweet this with your favourite Patrick Stewart performance that isn't Star Trek or X-Men.

Renewed the car registration today, and still trying to get used to the idea there’s no sticker or actual registration card anymore. NCDMV says to “remove the old stickers” so tonight, I have to figure out how to remove 20 years of those things without damaging the plate. Ugh. I hate this change.

It’s finally time to expand the fall playlist for this year’s additions. It’s up to 241 songs and possibly still growing. LOL.

There needs to be a way to register that you've already voted and removes you from all the "election mail" for the rest of the cycle. The mail today is 5 things, all trying to get me to vote for a candidate when I've already cast my ballot.

The more places that force Gen-AI this and LLM-based that into cooking and baking, the more I will keep going to used bookstores and the library to find +25-year old cookbooks to keep on a shelf. Betty Crocker and Good Housekeeping would never.

soleil ho@soleilho.com · 2w ago

this is a real bummer. and according to their senior editor (in the comments), you can't turn it off www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/i...

Powers restored, I suppose.

Dinner is served. #Cooking

Apot of vegetable beef soup is on the stove simmering its way to dinner. #SoupSeason #Cooking

Tire dropped off to replace, and stew beef and stock and wine. Veggie beef soup for dinner tonight. I love that we’re finally in soup and stew season.

I ended up glazing the scones with a cinnamon sugar glaze. Hubby thinks they’re great, so I’ll take it. #baking

Breakfast is cinnamon chip scones. I haven’t decided how or if I want to glacé them yet…

Thank both the old gods and the new that it’s finally Friday. Half-day at work with two meetings, then its home and time to relax around the house. It’s been a long week, but we finally have everything patched that we manage.

literally this comic except he apparently lives in Czechia instead of Nebraska

Charlie Warzel@cwarzel.bsky.social · 3w ago

70 percent of the internet was vulnerable yesterday to very bad security flaws inside a coding language. Turns out, *one volunteer* is mostly responsible for maintaining that code & helping push updates. Yesterday Ondřej Surý saved the internet. So I called him up www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Just thinking out loud here, but with EA closing the BioWare studio, the recent layoffs at Bethesda, Blizzard, Ubisoft, epic, and the other Microsoft-owned studios, what games are we supposed to have to justify this $1000+ PlayStation 6 when it comes out?

Gaming Layoff Tracker — 2026

Track every games industry layoff and studio closure. Real-time data on affected employees and historical trends.

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I wish there was a way to merge two BlueSky accounts. I kind'a want to start using the first one I built in the beginning, but I don't want to lose my posts and follower/following list. Hmmmm.

And we just finished our civic duty. This means I can complain about the results.

Had to turn on the heat, because it was showing 60 in the house. Now, that lovely smell of the dust burning off the furnace as it starts up for the first time of the year.

WFH Tuesday. It’s nice not to have to go out and drive to work some days. Plus, my own coffee maker.

Had a wonderful day trip Saturday up to the mountains to see the leaves and visit the Blue Ridge Parkway. Boone was a bit peoply, but also forgot to check what App State had planned (Family weekend, so…), but still a nice day away with the hubby.

And the Halloween village is built for the year. We added the mausoleum this year, and the water and ghost shadows are so much fun. Already making plans with @candycorncum.bsky.social for next year’s additions.

Taps the sign...

Faytuks Network@faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 4w ago

In France, hundreds of Intermarché and Coopérative U supermarkets were hit by a cyberattack on their refrigerators last night in which hackers “managed to remotely trigger forced de-icing”, AFP reports. The issue is forcing many stores to throw away their fresh and frozen goods.

The spooky season is upon us, finally. Now, someone tell Mother Nature to turn off the heat…