Reader. Gamer. Maine Coon Cat wrangler. Software engineer. Zen practitioner. https://www.mithriltabby.com/ “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free” — Fannie Lou Hamerhttps://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3mwmbhmvsys2cMore ways that "AI" wastes my time: now I have to go through automatically generated meeting transcripts and make sure the hallucination engine didn't misattribute others' words to me, or mine to anyone else.28 Sep 2026 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwmbhmvsys2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3mvqreqrs7c2g20 y/o me would be delighted by the size of my library and CD collection and then I would show him how to access the ebook and MP3 collections and he would be amazed [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqreqrs7c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3mv72pewf2c2rOur local red-shouldered hawk has noticed that we moved our snack bar (goldfish) into a temporary tank while our pond is getting maintenance and is trying to figure out how to get past the netting10 Sep 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv72pewf2c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3musmcwq5zk2jGot the latest flu and COVID shots today. Now it is time to relax and let my immune system do the heavy lifting.05 Sep 2026 23:16 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3musmcwq5zk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3muo6otxd3c25Completely unsurprising, given that I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. https://mydialect.us/quiz-standard.html04 Sep 2026 05:01 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muo6otxd3c25https://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3muiyoczc5c25Post something Random for a better September. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 03:30 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muiyoczc5c25https://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3mtzve3ascc2pI tried out the new vertical tabs on Chrome, but I had long since adapted to horizontal tabs by naming all my tab groups as emoji, and it looked really weird to have just the emoji along the side and all that empty space.27 Aug 2026 03:21 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzve3ascc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3mtzgjza4qc22Also beware false profits. If someone is dumping negative externalities (like atmospheric CO₂), they’re a bad investment! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 22:56 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzgjza4qc22https://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3mtuz6yy5s22q“I had a lot of things to do today But you know what I did instead I took a nap It was a very good nap”25 Aug 2026 04:46 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuz6yy5s22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3mtuwgplsi22qHigh protein equivalent for a Wendy’s Frosty with a #ninjacreami: 16 oz Fairlife chocolate milk 2 packets Swiss Miss reduced calorie cocoa ¼ tsp vanilla extract Mix with frother. Freeze. Top with 4oz Fairlife; use Creamiccino setting. Detach ice from pint walls with a butter knife. Respin.25 Aug 2026 03:57 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuwgplsi22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3mtozybiyns2nOptimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Senior Engineer: This cup has 100% surge capacity. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtozybiyns2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3mti5al3kuc27What's your favorite Bible verse? Wrong answers only. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 01:54 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mti5al3kuc27https://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3ms5nr4u3xc2uI often note that ⅓ of the population will vote to immiserate themselves as long as they get someone to look down on, and the rest of us need to out-organize them. This brings up another thing we need to organize around: heeding observable reality. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Aug 2026 04:25 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms5nr4u3xc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3mroq6zcwos2yIt is warm enough to wear shorts, but my fluff creatures are offended by sitting on my unclad shins, so I have a quilt on my legs to indulge them.28 Jul 2026 05:59 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mroq6zcwos2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3mqio62hgps2qLocated a mention of a previous incarnation in The Evening Journal, Wilmington, Delaware, November 26, 192013 Jul 2026 02:41 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqio62hgps2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3mqi5wmgfrs2qMy mother started reading The Hobbit to me as a bedtime story when I was five. I was so enthused by it we went into The Fellowship of the Ring, and I got impatient waiting for bedtime and started reading ahead on my own. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jul 2026 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqi5wmgfrs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3mqgiah3ryk2qWhere are we going, and what are we doing in this handbasket?12 Jul 2026 05:50 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqgiah3ryk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3mprxjxuhcs2q“What did Larry find that _wasn’t_ a truffle?” is a great setup for launching different kinds of story.04 Jul 2026 01:58 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprxjxuhcs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3mppkk2psm22qContinuing the chain of posting random pictures for luck in July. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jul 2026 03:00 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mppkk2psm22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3mnecxgupis22In #Shadowrun, fog is opaque on the astral plane. https://futurism.com/science-energy/something-living-inside-fog03 Jun 2026 04:54 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnecxgupis22https://bsky.app/profile/mithriltabby.bsky.social/post/3mn7hmwidbc2yMy ballot has been counted! (Dropped it off at the library on Saturday afternoon and got the notification on Sunday night.)01 Jun 2026 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:5w65wsxsom7vcfdbacnn4avf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn7hmwidbc2y