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  What the fuck! Slack just added a fucking menu barnacle. Fuck that shit.

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  So often I’m dumbfounded by the question: Why men?

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  JD Vance is literate? How did he become a Republican? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/jd-vance-letter-may-offer-last-chance-to-avert-fresh-conflict-between-us-and-iran

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  Without an account, I rarely descended into the mire that is Reddit. Now I never will. I’ve added it to my blocked sites. https://www.theverge.com/tech/1022571/reddit-login-requirement-q3-2026-earnings

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  The more I learn about how people from earlier centuries perceived faeries, it’s a wonder to me that people now associate Disney’s Tinkerbell with faeries at all. Folks were genuinely terrified of those baby-stealing sexual predators! But it’s Halloween! That means it’s time to light the bonfires and push those creepy faeries back into the darkness until the sun rises again. https://metrocat.org/into-the-dark/

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  The new iOS 27 timer is so bad I’ve just stopped using it.

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  I feel for anyone in this poor third-world country who must struggle with the resurgence of flesh-eating maggots. https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/10/flesh-eating-screwworms-are-feasting-on-pets-4-dogs-and-cat-attacked-this-week/

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  I love it when brainy women¹ talk sexy in bed: “Tomorrow I’m going to research US Tax Code 174…” ¹ And by brainy women, I mean my amazing wife, @Jargoonco, who is the brainiest and sexiest.

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  RE: https://mastodon.online/@Jargoonco/116613292695698405 The 1973 Disney Robin Hood is objectively the best Robin Hood movie ever made.

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  I don’t think I even have a version of Xcode that runs on my current Mac.

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  In light of our impending move to the Netherlands¹, can anyone recommend Dutch language classes for cats? I don’t want our kids to have trouble socialising. ¹ Because the chuckleheads in London whether Tory or Labour.

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  RE: https://social.lansky.name/@hn100/116622164524419898 What a fucking shock! And at least with an employee you don’t have to wave away the “ethical considerations” of relying on stolen data.

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  @kcase Congrats!

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  Now that the American government has demonstrated that assassination is an “acceptable alternative” to diplomacy, what are the odds on a nation getting too frustrated with Trump’s tariffs or dementia-driven demagoguery and opting for the American Alternative?

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  @agiletortoise@mastodon.social Dress for the job you want to have.

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  @cstross@wandering.shop As long as the next Generic White Guy understands and follows the Apple Business Ethics rules we had refreshers on every six months. You know the one that says bribing government officials is wrong.