Marian Goldeen
@warriorchicken.me
💛💙 Software engineer, mountain biker, old woman, and supporter of the arts. Has an unrequited love of little owls
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Marian Goldeen
@warriorchicken.me
· Dec 5
Every time in my life I’ve had a major setback, something good has come out of it sooner or later or both. 🧵
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
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Heeey did you know that you can GIFT a membership to my CSA? If you know someone who'd like to get a weekly dose of fun sketches and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Valdelluna, head to:
heliopause.pro/csa/#CSAsignup
and check the box: This Purchase is a Gift 💝
heliopause.pro/csa/#CSAsignup
and check the box: This Purchase is a Gift 💝
December 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Heeey did you know that you can GIFT a membership to my CSA? If you know someone who'd like to get a weekly dose of fun sketches and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Valdelluna, head to:
heliopause.pro/csa/#CSAsignup
and check the box: This Purchase is a Gift 💝
heliopause.pro/csa/#CSAsignup
and check the box: This Purchase is a Gift 💝
Wishing success for the Lick Observatory staff
December 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Wishing success for the Lick Observatory staff
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Please read this lovely post from sf writer Connie Willis. Happy Christmas to all who celebrate. (And those of you who don’t, read this anyway. it’s delightful.)
The title is “The Day That Holds Time Together,” in case the link doesn’t take you there directly.
cwdaily.net
The title is “The Day That Holds Time Together,” in case the link doesn’t take you there directly.
cwdaily.net
CW Daily
Regular postings by Connie Willis
cwdaily.net
December 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Please read this lovely post from sf writer Connie Willis. Happy Christmas to all who celebrate. (And those of you who don’t, read this anyway. it’s delightful.)
The title is “The Day That Holds Time Together,” in case the link doesn’t take you there directly.
cwdaily.net
The title is “The Day That Holds Time Together,” in case the link doesn’t take you there directly.
cwdaily.net
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And #TinyTim, who did NOT die, tiptoed through the tulips into great balls of fire!
🌷🌷🌷🔥🔥🔥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=awj_...
🌷🌷🌷🔥🔥🔥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=awj_...
Tiny Tim sings "Great Balls of Fire"
YouTube video by dentelTV2
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December 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
And #TinyTim, who did NOT die, tiptoed through the tulips into great balls of fire!
🌷🌷🌷🔥🔥🔥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=awj_...
🌷🌷🌷🔥🔥🔥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=awj_...
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, clasps the crag with crooked hands, close to the sun in lonely lands.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, ate the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast.
Forgive him, they were delicious. So sweet and so cold.
Forgive him, they were delicious. So sweet and so cold.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, went on to crush his enemies, to see them driven before him, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
December 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, clasps the crag with crooked hands, close to the sun in lonely lands.
The winner!
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, ate the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast.
Forgive him, they were delicious. So sweet and so cold.
Forgive him, they were delicious. So sweet and so cold.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, went on to crush his enemies, to see them driven before him, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
December 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The winner!
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Enjoy the quiet moments of beauty, like these winter bell jellies, this season.❄️🔔🪼
There’s wonder in ocean life, and caring for it helps us all.
There’s wonder in ocean life, and caring for it helps us all.
December 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Enjoy the quiet moments of beauty, like these winter bell jellies, this season.❄️🔔🪼
There’s wonder in ocean life, and caring for it helps us all.
There’s wonder in ocean life, and caring for it helps us all.
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BREAKING 🚨: The James Webb Space Telescope spotted a chain of 20 galaxies, dubbed the Cosmic Vine. 😮
Which stretches 13 million light-years across and dates back to just 3 billion years after the Big Bang, challenging models of early galaxy clustering.
Which stretches 13 million light-years across and dates back to just 3 billion years after the Big Bang, challenging models of early galaxy clustering.
December 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
BREAKING 🚨: The James Webb Space Telescope spotted a chain of 20 galaxies, dubbed the Cosmic Vine. 😮
Which stretches 13 million light-years across and dates back to just 3 billion years after the Big Bang, challenging models of early galaxy clustering.
Which stretches 13 million light-years across and dates back to just 3 billion years after the Big Bang, challenging models of early galaxy clustering.
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You can retreat into the ground, little owl, but @warriorchicken.me still loves you!
December 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
You can retreat into the ground, little owl, but @warriorchicken.me still loves you!
I love you little owl!
All that bird in flight practice with the kingfisher may have helped with this more challenging Northern Pygmy Owl.
#birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #birding #nikon #owl #mcoupephotography #pygmyowl #northernpygmyowl
#birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #birding #nikon #owl #mcoupephotography #pygmyowl #northernpygmyowl
December 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I love you little owl!
December 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Joy to the eternal revolutions of the Moon about the Earth and the Earth about the Sun and the Sun about the Milky Way!
Happy solstice eve
Happy solstice eve
December 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Joy to the eternal revolutions of the Moon about the Earth and the Earth about the Sun and the Sun about the Milky Way!
Happy solstice eve
Happy solstice eve
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Thanks to the holiday orders my pile of old prints is shrinking, but there's still plenty if ya'all wanna grab a sweet deal: 50% off new old stock at
heliopauseweb.square.site/shop/prints/4
😊🎄🎁
#art #shopsmall #fantasyart
heliopauseweb.square.site/shop/prints/4
😊🎄🎁
#art #shopsmall #fantasyart
December 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Thanks to the holiday orders my pile of old prints is shrinking, but there's still plenty if ya'all wanna grab a sweet deal: 50% off new old stock at
heliopauseweb.square.site/shop/prints/4
😊🎄🎁
#art #shopsmall #fantasyart
heliopauseweb.square.site/shop/prints/4
😊🎄🎁
#art #shopsmall #fantasyart
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My child has asked me to help him revise for his grade 7 science test on mixtures and solutions the teacher has supplied the most Canadian suggested question:
Using your knowledge of the terms dilute and concentrated, explain the difference between maple syrup and maple sap.
Using your knowledge of the terms dilute and concentrated, explain the difference between maple syrup and maple sap.
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
My child has asked me to help him revise for his grade 7 science test on mixtures and solutions the teacher has supplied the most Canadian suggested question:
Using your knowledge of the terms dilute and concentrated, explain the difference between maple syrup and maple sap.
Using your knowledge of the terms dilute and concentrated, explain the difference between maple syrup and maple sap.
I looked up population so you don’t have to. Normalized to Australia’s population it would only be 450:35 instead of 5500:35.
But still.
But still.
December 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I looked up population so you don’t have to. Normalized to Australia’s population it would only be 450:35 instead of 5500:35.
But still.
But still.
One can but love a seahorse, even though it’s not a little owl
#ProjectAnimalia continues with
756: Thorny seahorse (Hippocampus histrix)
Chameleon of the sea.
#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #fishart #seahorse #oceanart #ArtAdventCalendar
756: Thorny seahorse (Hippocampus histrix)
Chameleon of the sea.
#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #fishart #seahorse #oceanart #ArtAdventCalendar
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
One can but love a seahorse, even though it’s not a little owl
The horses were on Holland Mountain today!
December 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The horses were on Holland Mountain today!
The Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act hasn’t shown up on 5 Calls yet, but you don’t have to wait for it. I called this morning, and the aide at Fong‘s office let me know that it’s HR 5298, so I had that in hand when I called Schiff and Padilla.
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How Can Outrageous CEO Pay be Stopped?
Here's One Good Answer
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act hasn’t shown up on 5 Calls yet, but you don’t have to wait for it. I called this morning, and the aide at Fong‘s office let me know that it’s HR 5298, so I had that in hand when I called Schiff and Padilla.
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Hi @nytimes.com, unless Wenne Alton Davis was killed by an Autonomous or 'self-driving vehicle', she was killed by a driver.
Great book 'There Are No Accidents' by @jessiesinger.bsky.social Fantastic podcast by @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Cc: @transalt.org
thewaroncars.org/2022/02/15/t...
Great book 'There Are No Accidents' by @jessiesinger.bsky.social Fantastic podcast by @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Cc: @transalt.org
thewaroncars.org/2022/02/15/t...
December 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hi @nytimes.com, unless Wenne Alton Davis was killed by an Autonomous or 'self-driving vehicle', she was killed by a driver.
Great book 'There Are No Accidents' by @jessiesinger.bsky.social Fantastic podcast by @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Cc: @transalt.org
thewaroncars.org/2022/02/15/t...
Great book 'There Are No Accidents' by @jessiesinger.bsky.social Fantastic podcast by @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Cc: @transalt.org
thewaroncars.org/2022/02/15/t...
I love you little owl!
December 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I love you little owl!
I love you golden-eyed owl!
December 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I love you golden-eyed owl!
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Proposed new media idea: The Recanter, a publication consisting entirely of people arguing against their own former positions, and/or admitting error in some way.
I think that would be a huge market for this. We’re all tired of reading people who are always right.
I think that would be a huge market for this. We’re all tired of reading people who are always right.
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Proposed new media idea: The Recanter, a publication consisting entirely of people arguing against their own former positions, and/or admitting error in some way.
I think that would be a huge market for this. We’re all tired of reading people who are always right.
I think that would be a huge market for this. We’re all tired of reading people who are always right.
From the linked article: “We need you to email the members of the Oregon Transportation Commission before Tuesday at 12pm (that’s soon!) and demand that they choose Option 3 at Thursday’s OTC meeting in Salem.”
cc my OR friends, @kikidoodle.bsky.social @goldeenogawa.com
cc my OR friends, @kikidoodle.bsky.social @goldeenogawa.com
Oregon: Should we keep on trying to build an unpopular freeway widening in Portland, or fix potholes and keep snowplows going all over the state?
Seems like there might be space for some urban-rural consensus here.
nomorefreewayspdx.com/option3/
Seems like there might be space for some urban-rural consensus here.
nomorefreewayspdx.com/option3/
ACTION ALERT – Tell the OTC to prioritize snowplows and potholes over endless freeway boondoggles - No More Freeways
This Thursday, the Oregon Transportation Commission will be voting on whether to continue to allocate money towards the doomed Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion or instead direct this revenue to covering...
nomorefreewayspdx.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
From the linked article: “We need you to email the members of the Oregon Transportation Commission before Tuesday at 12pm (that’s soon!) and demand that they choose Option 3 at Thursday’s OTC meeting in Salem.”
cc my OR friends, @kikidoodle.bsky.social @goldeenogawa.com
cc my OR friends, @kikidoodle.bsky.social @goldeenogawa.com