Decision Fatigue
@caliganblue.bsky.social
Web developer, writer, reader, keeper of cats, SF&F fan.
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Decision Fatigue
@caliganblue.bsky.social
· May 13
Me:
- 💻 Full-stack dev - Drupal, WordPress, mostly codey bits
- 📚 SF&F&H reader, writer, gamer
- 🍜 Cooking is awesome, will try (almost) any recipe or cuisine
- 🏳️🌈 NB/agender, grey ace (OF folks, I am the wrong tree)
- 🐈⬛ Cat person (other critters too)
- 🎨 Plagiarism is not art, I block AI
- 💻 Full-stack dev - Drupal, WordPress, mostly codey bits
- 📚 SF&F&H reader, writer, gamer
- 🍜 Cooking is awesome, will try (almost) any recipe or cuisine
- 🏳️🌈 NB/agender, grey ace (OF folks, I am the wrong tree)
- 🐈⬛ Cat person (other critters too)
- 🎨 Plagiarism is not art, I block AI
Can't see any shiny sky here, but I'm really digging all the photos! I didn't even know aurorae came in shades of red.
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Can't see any shiny sky here, but I'm really digging all the photos! I didn't even know aurorae came in shades of red.
So. many. options. I shall limit myself to three.
The Neverending Story, gifted to me at age 7. So MUCH more to it than the movie, and it goes even harder as an adult. (City of Lost Emperors is downright chilling these days, too many loved ones with dementia.)
The Neverending Story, gifted to me at age 7. So MUCH more to it than the movie, and it goes even harder as an adult. (City of Lost Emperors is downright chilling these days, too many loved ones with dementia.)
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 AM
So. many. options. I shall limit myself to three.
The Neverending Story, gifted to me at age 7. So MUCH more to it than the movie, and it goes even harder as an adult. (City of Lost Emperors is downright chilling these days, too many loved ones with dementia.)
The Neverending Story, gifted to me at age 7. So MUCH more to it than the movie, and it goes even harder as an adult. (City of Lost Emperors is downright chilling these days, too many loved ones with dementia.)
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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#BlackFriday has started early at #Ebooks Direct. Our 9-volume New Millennium edition box set of the first nine Young #Wizards novels is on #sale... so grab one now! ebooks.direct/collections/...
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
#BlackFriday has started early at #Ebooks Direct. Our 9-volume New Millennium edition box set of the first nine Young #Wizards novels is on #sale... so grab one now! ebooks.direct/collections/...
Joyce Carol Oates barbecues Elon Musk is my current favorite literary cuisine.
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Joyce Carol Oates barbecues Elon Musk is my current favorite literary cuisine.
My dad was raised speaking (Texas) German, and I remarked I wished I'd spent more time trying to learn it from him as a kid.
This morning he called to suggest this video might be worth watching.
I have no idea what I just watched, Dad, but boy those ladies aren't wearing much.
This morning he called to suggest this video might be worth watching.
I have no idea what I just watched, Dad, but boy those ladies aren't wearing much.
Fernsehballett-Herzschlag
YouTube video by DerBellato
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
My dad was raised speaking (Texas) German, and I remarked I wished I'd spent more time trying to learn it from him as a kid.
This morning he called to suggest this video might be worth watching.
I have no idea what I just watched, Dad, but boy those ladies aren't wearing much.
This morning he called to suggest this video might be worth watching.
I have no idea what I just watched, Dad, but boy those ladies aren't wearing much.
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This is a dust devil... on Mars.
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This is a dust devil... on Mars.
Exactly twice, when it was just getting started, because I'm in IT and getting a look at the terrain is the job.
Determined it produced garbage, why it produced garbage, and went back to doing actual work.
Determined it produced garbage, why it produced garbage, and went back to doing actual work.
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Exactly twice, when it was just getting started, because I'm in IT and getting a look at the terrain is the job.
Determined it produced garbage, why it produced garbage, and went back to doing actual work.
Determined it produced garbage, why it produced garbage, and went back to doing actual work.
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Look. Times are hard. Shit sucks.
Here's a live feed of 11 Springer Spaniel puppies from Finland. Their mother's name is Maru. She shows up every few hours to feed them. She's understandably fucking tired. Just an adorable pack of potates who excel at bettering your mood.
areena.yle.fi/1-76362374
Here's a live feed of 11 Springer Spaniel puppies from Finland. Their mother's name is Maru. She shows up every few hours to feed them. She's understandably fucking tired. Just an adorable pack of potates who excel at bettering your mood.
areena.yle.fi/1-76362374
Pentulive 24/7 | Pentulive
Pentuliven pikkuiset kehittyvät vauhdikkaasti ja jokainen pentu on saanut nimensä! Kahdeksan viikkoa kestävässä suorassa lähetyksessä seurataan englanninspringerspanieli Murua ja tämän pentuetta.
areena.yle.fi
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Look. Times are hard. Shit sucks.
Here's a live feed of 11 Springer Spaniel puppies from Finland. Their mother's name is Maru. She shows up every few hours to feed them. She's understandably fucking tired. Just an adorable pack of potates who excel at bettering your mood.
areena.yle.fi/1-76362374
Here's a live feed of 11 Springer Spaniel puppies from Finland. Their mother's name is Maru. She shows up every few hours to feed them. She's understandably fucking tired. Just an adorable pack of potates who excel at bettering your mood.
areena.yle.fi/1-76362374
I struggle with even guarded optimism these days, but this breakdown of the situation at least gives me some fragment of a crumb of "maybe this wasn't just the Democrats being largely spineless disasters for once."
Folks, we need to have a little Civics #101 chat, because apparently the media no longer seems fit to explain to you whats happening.
So quick review:
The House passed a clean CR.
The senate has not passed anything.
So quick review:
The House passed a clean CR.
The senate has not passed anything.
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I struggle with even guarded optimism these days, but this breakdown of the situation at least gives me some fragment of a crumb of "maybe this wasn't just the Democrats being largely spineless disasters for once."
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This is the Way. 😄
This week has been a long year. But you know what to do. 😍
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is the Way. 😄
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The full report on this alleged food crime, now posted at ye olde blogge:
In Which I Eat The Food Crime Known As Kraft Apple Pie Mac & Cheese
You may have heard the news — and if not, you may have felt it in your bones, a paroxysm of worry squirming in your marrow like worms — that Kraft put out an apple pie mac and cheese. A…
terribleminds.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The full report on this alleged food crime, now posted at ye olde blogge:
My health insurance has sent me three warnings about changes and auto-enrolled me in the closest thing to a plan like the one I've been on.
Cost multiplier: 10x. I'd be paying, monthly, ten times what I have been. (Granted, this is shit-tier insurance.)
The Democrats need to not fold.
Cost multiplier: 10x. I'd be paying, monthly, ten times what I have been. (Granted, this is shit-tier insurance.)
The Democrats need to not fold.
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
My health insurance has sent me three warnings about changes and auto-enrolled me in the closest thing to a plan like the one I've been on.
Cost multiplier: 10x. I'd be paying, monthly, ten times what I have been. (Granted, this is shit-tier insurance.)
The Democrats need to not fold.
Cost multiplier: 10x. I'd be paying, monthly, ten times what I have been. (Granted, this is shit-tier insurance.)
The Democrats need to not fold.
🧵Thread on bird classifications and colors, as feather art.
November 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🧵Thread on bird classifications and colors, as feather art.
I thought this was Tricky, and persisted in fighting with it for two whole days before solving it.
Oh. It's actually rated Evil.
YES. Yes it was.
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 2nd 2025) in less than 187 minutes
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cluesbysam.com
Oh. It's actually rated Evil.
YES. Yes it was.
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 2nd 2025) in less than 187 minutes
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cluesbysam.com
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent!
cluesbysam.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I thought this was Tricky, and persisted in fighting with it for two whole days before solving it.
Oh. It's actually rated Evil.
YES. Yes it was.
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 2nd 2025) in less than 187 minutes
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cluesbysam.com
Oh. It's actually rated Evil.
YES. Yes it was.
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 2nd 2025) in less than 187 minutes
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cluesbysam.com
It me.
November 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It me.
Zeughauskeller potato salad. Yes, it is quite good.
Russet potatoes, Duke's, dijon, parsley, yellow onions, Penzeys beef base, chicken bouillon, bit of salt.
mind-palate.com/zeughauskell...
Russet potatoes, Duke's, dijon, parsley, yellow onions, Penzeys beef base, chicken bouillon, bit of salt.
mind-palate.com/zeughauskell...
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Zeughauskeller potato salad. Yes, it is quite good.
Russet potatoes, Duke's, dijon, parsley, yellow onions, Penzeys beef base, chicken bouillon, bit of salt.
mind-palate.com/zeughauskell...
Russet potatoes, Duke's, dijon, parsley, yellow onions, Penzeys beef base, chicken bouillon, bit of salt.
mind-palate.com/zeughauskell...
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Picture an animal that huddles up with others when stressed, babysits its young, hangs out around relatives, and gathers in big groups every year.
Did you imagine a rattlesnake?
My latest, for National Geographic!
Did you imagine a rattlesnake?
My latest, for National Geographic!
Caught on the RattleCam: a most unexpected snake behavior
For a long time, scientists didn’t think snakes needed each other. New research proves that wrong.
www.nationalgeographic.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Picture an animal that huddles up with others when stressed, babysits its young, hangs out around relatives, and gathers in big groups every year.
Did you imagine a rattlesnake?
My latest, for National Geographic!
Did you imagine a rattlesnake?
My latest, for National Geographic!
I share a song that just gives me joy. I think I picked this one up during early college, when I was being a computer lab goblin.
My writing classmates will know why I thought of it. I can't remember which of you were there for the class chat about Joyce's various novels.
My writing classmates will know why I thought of it. I can't remember which of you were there for the class chat about Joyce's various novels.
Finnegan's Wake
YouTube video by Wylde Nept - Topic
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I share a song that just gives me joy. I think I picked this one up during early college, when I was being a computer lab goblin.
My writing classmates will know why I thought of it. I can't remember which of you were there for the class chat about Joyce's various novels.
My writing classmates will know why I thought of it. I can't remember which of you were there for the class chat about Joyce's various novels.
I need to replace this clamp widget (the lamp is still fine), but would prefer to replace it with a heavy base like the other one here. Lowe's, maybe?
October 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I need to replace this clamp widget (the lamp is still fine), but would prefer to replace it with a heavy base like the other one here. Lowe's, maybe?
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I love my local farmer's market. The checkers have tags with the languages they speak, and most of them have one or both of Amharic or Bengali. I've picked up just enough Amharic ("A little, a little!") to startle them and then get big grins. (I am so white. They ask if I spent time in Ethiopia.)
October 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I love my local farmer's market. The checkers have tags with the languages they speak, and most of them have one or both of Amharic or Bengali. I've picked up just enough Amharic ("A little, a little!") to startle them and then get big grins. (I am so white. They ask if I spent time in Ethiopia.)
The blue-white blanket on the bottom is electric. #CatsOfBluesky
October 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The blue-white blanket on the bottom is electric. #CatsOfBluesky
Applesauce!
Two big tart Grannies, five disappointing Galas, five spice instead of cinnamon, bit of vanilla, bit of rosewater, dash of salt, drizzled honey.
Marvelous. A meh apple for eating makes an excellent one for 'sauce.
tastesbetterfromscratch.com/instant-pot-...
#FoodSky 🍜
Two big tart Grannies, five disappointing Galas, five spice instead of cinnamon, bit of vanilla, bit of rosewater, dash of salt, drizzled honey.
Marvelous. A meh apple for eating makes an excellent one for 'sauce.
tastesbetterfromscratch.com/instant-pot-...
#FoodSky 🍜
October 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Applesauce!
Two big tart Grannies, five disappointing Galas, five spice instead of cinnamon, bit of vanilla, bit of rosewater, dash of salt, drizzled honey.
Marvelous. A meh apple for eating makes an excellent one for 'sauce.
tastesbetterfromscratch.com/instant-pot-...
#FoodSky 🍜
Two big tart Grannies, five disappointing Galas, five spice instead of cinnamon, bit of vanilla, bit of rosewater, dash of salt, drizzled honey.
Marvelous. A meh apple for eating makes an excellent one for 'sauce.
tastesbetterfromscratch.com/instant-pot-...
#FoodSky 🍜
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Nope. Got nothin'. If this were fiction--
Nope. Got nothin'. If this were fiction--
We can now watch the United States explode and sink beneath the ocean live!
Sinking of SS United States to be livestreamed using drones and underwater cameras
The historic ship will be sunk off the Florida panhandle by the end of the year, but no date has been set.
www.phillyvoice.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Nope. Got nothin'. If this were fiction--
Nope. Got nothin'. If this were fiction--