umbrellanaut
@umbrellanaut.bsky.social
some documentation may be out of date
someone stole my capsule hotel slippers while I was in the shower 😭
September 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
someone stole my capsule hotel slippers while I was in the shower 😭
Chinese captchas
September 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Chinese captchas
fell down a bit of an internet rabbit hole and TIL in 2005 a robotic replica of Philip K. Dick's head was lost on a flight change and hasn't been found since
slate.com/culture/2012...
slate.com/culture/2012...
How To Lose Philip K. Dick’s Head
In 2005, David Hanson left Philip K. Dick’s head on a plane. Hanson, a roboticist, was en route to Google to present his team’s project— a...
slate.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
fell down a bit of an internet rabbit hole and TIL in 2005 a robotic replica of Philip K. Dick's head was lost on a flight change and hasn't been found since
slate.com/culture/2012...
slate.com/culture/2012...
in Rotterdam for a work trip. Went in a local grocery store, found the cheese section, saw God
August 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
in Rotterdam for a work trip. Went in a local grocery store, found the cheese section, saw God
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Something very dystopian about having to prove to a computer that I'm not a robot
July 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Something very dystopian about having to prove to a computer that I'm not a robot
this is where I work 😭 more reasons to telework I guess lol www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
Plans for ammo dump incense residents of science city | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
Residents of a science city close to Kyoto that is known for its many cultural and research facilities are up in arms over a plan by the Defense Ministry to build more ammunition storage sites at a Gr...
www.asahi.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
this is where I work 😭 more reasons to telework I guess lol www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
rage-napped for like 4hrs today
July 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
rage-napped for like 4hrs today
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July 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
(is it a trap???)
(is it a trap???)
July 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
(is it a trap???)
(is it a trap???)
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I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
July 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
I just heard the news that one of my high school teachers, who was in the cohort of kind of younger teachers at my school, is RETIRING and I am SHOOK 💀
July 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I just heard the news that one of my high school teachers, who was in the cohort of kind of younger teachers at my school, is RETIRING and I am SHOOK 💀
I don't know any phone numbers but I just realized that I still remember the cheat code that unlocks all of the levels of Lemmings that I memorized when I was like 8
July 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I don't know any phone numbers but I just realized that I still remember the cheat code that unlocks all of the levels of Lemmings that I memorized when I was like 8
wtf is this Birkin bag ass business model on Google Gemini API
July 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
wtf is this Birkin bag ass business model on Google Gemini API
got garden-pathed by this headline lol
Military leaders aghast as Meta founder Zuckerberg crashes classified Oval Office meeting on fighter jets: report
Military leaders aghast as Meta’s Zuckerberg crashes classified Oval Office meeting
Facebook mogul’s sudden appearance is increasingly typical of freewheeling West Wing during Donald Trump’s second term, which president has reportedly nicknamed ‘Grand Central Terminal’
www.independent.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
got garden-pathed by this headline lol
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Sometimes one needs to remember that Zombo.com still exists. It remains the most welcoming site on the internet. You can do anything there.
ZOMBO
Zombo.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Sometimes one needs to remember that Zombo.com still exists. It remains the most welcoming site on the internet. You can do anything there.
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from Star Wars or Transformers.
June 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from Star Wars or Transformers.
I had a dream that I had gotten de-de-sensitized to the smell of the inside of my own head, and so I could suddenly smell the inside of my own head, and it smelled like burning electronics 💀
June 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I had a dream that I had gotten de-de-sensitized to the smell of the inside of my own head, and so I could suddenly smell the inside of my own head, and it smelled like burning electronics 💀
starting to dress more like a local (a local ojisan)
June 29, 2025 at 5:51 AM
starting to dress more like a local (a local ojisan)
I feel like someone must have put an extremely petty hex on me, all of my attempts this week to open any "easy open" packaging has resulted in catastrophic failure
June 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I feel like someone must have put an extremely petty hex on me, all of my attempts this week to open any "easy open" packaging has resulted in catastrophic failure
having to spend all of this morning writing angry emails 🤬 #ResearcherLyfe
June 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
having to spend all of this morning writing angry emails 🤬 #ResearcherLyfe
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why have water when you can have a service that brings up fake results because it can't be arsed to run the search you asked it to
June 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
why have water when you can have a service that brings up fake results because it can't be arsed to run the search you asked it to
it's not a motorcycle baby it's a piano
June 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
it's not a motorcycle baby it's a piano