I once activated Siri, and before I could say anything my dog started barking – and Siri replied “Good boy!”

"Palette of tuna? One gross order of feathers on a stick? Premium, Extra Fancy catnip?

– Oh good, nothing amiss here!"

I share that opinion! Doowutchyalike!

I sense I’m about to fall into a deep, deep rabbit hole 😄

Gotta teach the birds about stranger danger.

Water? We’ve got plenty of that. And it’s heavy, so that should mean it’s extra safe.

That’s funny, I thought Danger was his… middle name.

Yup. They want people to quit.

Free hosting, for everyone, without ads.

Ut-oh.

(But seriously, while it wasn’t free, having an account with an ISP used to come with 10 MB of personal webspace without ads or anything. That’s something you never really see these days.)

Hmm… better just have one, then.

On the plus side, the uranium-235 cookies will probably stay warm a lot longer than the others.

Weird to see the proliferation over the years of think-pieces on the lack of libido in mainstream film. They act like it’s evidence that America is dead from the waist down – as if people can’t just go watch sex whenever they want, without having to share the experience with an auditorium full of people. Depictions of sexuality have just become more private, that’s all.

I think it’s the noise rather than simply the affection.

Extreme mouth noises bother some people. Not that I’d ever call anyone out on a train over it, but the sound of loud wet kissing gives me the creepy-crawlies in the same way that hearing someone sloppily eating a particularly juicy apple does.

Thank Bose for noise-cancelling earbuds.

Dry Bones and Toon Link. Ut-oh.

“Red 5, standing by.”

“Chirp chirp, chirp chirp!”

I love them all of course, but mouse is my favorite 🐁

Bike theft is such a problem where I live I’ve been very hesitant to get another one. If they can’t get the whole bike, they’ll wrench off tires/seats, etc. My town might be an outlier, but I wonder how other people deal with this kind of thing when their bike is their primary form of transport.

I know it’s not a solution, but the libraries where I live provide water, shelter, bathrooms, and outlets to charge a phone when they’re open. They keep longer hours and serve as cooling/heating centers during heatwaves and cold snaps, and host agents from a number of supportive services a couple of days a week. I know it’s not their job, and that there should be dedicated, fully funded solutions for these things, but some library systems are trying very hard to meet people’s needs where other government services aren’t.

And if your library provides access to Hoopla, there’s also free movies and manga.