Pyat, a Mouse
@pyat.bsky.social
Poorly curated personality advertisement for an actual mouse. Former reporter, sometime writer about orcs & rabbit samurai. Now Infosec bureaucrat. As seen on TV. Ponderous whimsy a specialty, sometimes factual. Squeak.
Once upon a time I worked for a print SF magazine and wrote up L. Sprague de Camp's obit and an interview with @bruces.bsky.social in the same week. The issue came out in the last couple of weeks of the 20th century. It's all very fin de siècle and what-not.
January 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Once upon a time I worked for a print SF magazine and wrote up L. Sprague de Camp's obit and an interview with @bruces.bsky.social in the same week. The issue came out in the last couple of weeks of the 20th century. It's all very fin de siècle and what-not.
Lake St. Clair is also done, if you wanna count that. What's left of Huron is basically the shoreline between Port Huron and Sault Ste. Marie (the US one).
January 16, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Lake St. Clair is also done, if you wanna count that. What's left of Huron is basically the shoreline between Port Huron and Sault Ste. Marie (the US one).
When the US is saner, one of the first things I am going to do is complete my circumnavigation of Lake Erie. I just need to get the stretch between Ashtabula and Toledo, and then I can start planning for Lake Huron. Lake Ontario I managed ages ago.
January 16, 2026 at 4:00 AM
When the US is saner, one of the first things I am going to do is complete my circumnavigation of Lake Erie. I just need to get the stretch between Ashtabula and Toledo, and then I can start planning for Lake Huron. Lake Ontario I managed ages ago.
Yeah, but how many whistles are we talkin', here?
January 15, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Yeah, but how many whistles are we talkin', here?
Post a video game you played/loved that no one remembers. (Except this is the Internet and it will be remembered.)
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Post a video game you played/loved that no one remembers. (Except this is the Internet and it will be remembered.)
Windham Classics and Spinnaker Software titles were like a brief glimpse into what video games COULD be, when they weren't Pac-Man.
January 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Windham Classics and Spinnaker Software titles were like a brief glimpse into what video games COULD be, when they weren't Pac-Man.
Battleship, and Battleship.
January 15, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Battleship, and Battleship.
"She made me bite my tongue and I swallowed some of the blood" does count as internal bleeding.
January 14, 2026 at 9:45 PM
"She made me bite my tongue and I swallowed some of the blood" does count as internal bleeding.
Hey, biting your tongue is internal bleeding, right?
January 14, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Hey, biting your tongue is internal bleeding, right?
Post your favourite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
January 14, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Post your favourite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
For $1,000,000 I'd listen to a jackhammer for 48 hours, but for preference something like Ray Lynch's Deep Breakfast. Alternately effervescent or quiet, and no one said I had to be awake while listening.
Though if I have to be awake, I second Thick as a Brick. :D
Though if I have to be awake, I second Thick as a Brick. :D
January 14, 2026 at 1:51 AM
For $1,000,000 I'd listen to a jackhammer for 48 hours, but for preference something like Ray Lynch's Deep Breakfast. Alternately effervescent or quiet, and no one said I had to be awake while listening.
Though if I have to be awake, I second Thick as a Brick. :D
Though if I have to be awake, I second Thick as a Brick. :D
Did I take you to Port Robinson, where they have the smallest regular ferry in the world? The Welland River crosses just south of that spot! (Well, about 1 km)
January 13, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Did I take you to Port Robinson, where they have the smallest regular ferry in the world? The Welland River crosses just south of that spot! (Well, about 1 km)
Does it actually go UNDER the canal...? We must investigate!
January 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Does it actually go UNDER the canal...? We must investigate!
He really did. Kermit lives on. Superman lives on. When Jim Davis dies, Garfield will live on. Dilbert died with his creator. No one cares.
January 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
He really did. Kermit lives on. Superman lives on. When Jim Davis dies, Garfield will live on. Dilbert died with his creator. No one cares.
South is the Grand, east is the Niagara. The Niagara is impressive, with gorges, whirlpool, and water falls. The Grand winds through picturesque towns. I choose the Welland Canal, which is closer. It carries 250m freighters from Lake Ontario up a 50m cliff and south to Lake Erie.
January 13, 2026 at 3:48 PM
South is the Grand, east is the Niagara. The Niagara is impressive, with gorges, whirlpool, and water falls. The Grand winds through picturesque towns. I choose the Welland Canal, which is closer. It carries 250m freighters from Lake Ontario up a 50m cliff and south to Lake Erie.
Justice, LLC.
Diminishing a #ttrpg
Stars (Worlds/Cities/Ashes) With Numbers
Mayor Arthur Pendragon
Mutants & Managers
Gliding Circus
Stars (Worlds/Cities/Ashes) With Numbers
Mayor Arthur Pendragon
Mutants & Managers
Gliding Circus
January 12, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Justice, LLC.
Don't forget Dream Wessex! Which is a handy of pastiche of England that has been fooling Colonial readers into thinking it's real since 1871.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
Thomas Hardy's Wessex - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 12, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Don't forget Dream Wessex! Which is a handy of pastiche of England that has been fooling Colonial readers into thinking it's real since 1871.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:02 AM
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
0/10 waiter, terrible service.
January 11, 2026 at 12:53 AM
0/10 waiter, terrible service.
I got this one with an Olympus Pen F with a 135 mm lens. Was much more striking than my cell phone pics. :)
January 10, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I got this one with an Olympus Pen F with a 135 mm lens. Was much more striking than my cell phone pics. :)
That is apocalyptic stuff.
January 10, 2026 at 8:15 PM
That is apocalyptic stuff.
The 1940s radio show "I Love Adventure," had a story line called "Bury Your Dead Arizona," in which the solution to the mystery is "telepathy is real now." Same vibes. "We made an impossible mystery! So now we just use magic to solve it."
January 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The 1940s radio show "I Love Adventure," had a story line called "Bury Your Dead Arizona," in which the solution to the mystery is "telepathy is real now." Same vibes. "We made an impossible mystery! So now we just use magic to solve it."