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A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 14h

I'm not older or younger than 38. I'm obviously 38 and have been since 2023

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A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 14h

Now I'm imaging a moderator refusing to end their term and moderating the next panel in the room

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A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 15h

It doesn't count if you're just responding to tumblr quote posts

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A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 15h

I think I only pay for Marisa kabas for news, everything else is comics, RPG blogs, and bret devereaux

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A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 15h

New tragedy in this gorgeous tragedy comic: Sever is roughly 150 years too early to be a part of sex babomb

Natasha Tara Petrović @ Portland Retro Game Expo 732 @1000deaddraculas.bsky.social · 1d

SEVER & PIERCE - Page 61

Read more at severandpierce.com

Webcomic by myself and @benfleuter.bsky.social

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A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 16h

obviously, it's why the Telly has a fee while a TV doesn't

Branson Reese @bransonreese.bsky.social · Sep 17

swanboy.com

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A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 17h

Soliciting opinions on slant rhymes:

Loss/toss/awes(ome)?

A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 19h

I love constraints because it gives an artist opportunities to express themselves

Ori-Warui @oleivarrudi.bsky.social · Feb 16

This message in Tiny Tank(PS1) is pretty endearing
(via this @seanseanson.bsky.social video: youtu.be/gc0eb-gFsNA)

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.

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A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 20h

burgeour

A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 1d

I don't think I can call something so intriguing & skillful "horrifically, revoltingly unpleasant"

but I want to

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A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 1d

I know one! League of Legends crashes before it ever boots on my desktop, so that I spend the appropriate amount of time on it (0 seconds)

A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 1d

I still think about this post half the time I see stairs in the real world! I'm glad it's in front of me again ❤️

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A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 1d

I'm a Wiktionary fanboy, but yeah, it seems like there's space for a pronunciation change for the piece that was imported via the Norman conquest and a loanword picked up before that.

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A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 1d

It's the same root word, right? Like, they're both Firsts

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 1d

your teacher never learned how to love themselves

I use semicolons and multiple punctuations for emphasis, but I've also never been payed directly for my writing (just indirectly for tech docs & emails)

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Juris Doctor Dredd Esq. @optimusviktor.bsky.social · 1d

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Douglas @dmgregory.ca · 2d

Fun and even less-known trick: with lambdas in recent version of Excel, you can even use the Name Manager to name *functions*, defining your own shorthand for long involved formulas that you use frequently.

(And without needing to get into VBA coding and all the extra security warning hoops)

Custom Functions with Lambda

Let’s say you have a chain of functions you need to use in a lot of places, like randomly shuffling a list:

=SORTBY(range, RANDARRAY(ROWS(range))

This works, but it’s annoying to type every time!
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could teach this to Excel as its own keyword?

1. Go to: Formulas → Name Manager → New…

2. Name your function (example: typing "SHUFFLE" into the Name field of the New Name box)

3. List the function parameters, 4. Write the function body
(example: typing "=LAMBDA(source, SORTBY(range, RANDARRAY(ROWS(range))))" into the "Refers to:" box)

Now in our cells, we can just write "=SHUFFLE(range)" as a shorthand

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A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 2d

I paid $400 for two tickets and had a great time, seems like a severe skill issue

(Also Alex Winters is an incredible actor, I didn't even know, and now I've gotta watch Freaked I guess)

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 2d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 2d

(Laudatory)

A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 2d

I believe you, but only if by "palace", you mean the royal sewers your brain is melting into after it fell out of the gutter

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 2d

portland frog wouldve elevated the movie civil war into true cinema

Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 3d

This photo from Portland by @reuters.com's Carlos Barria 👌

A demonstrator dressed in an inflatable frog costume stands infront of law enforcement officers during a protest outside of the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) headquarters in south Portland, Oregon, U.S., October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 2d

I didn't know early preview was an option, or for what it is an option for, or what medium the finished project will be

but give me a queue and I will stand in it

A Man Who Wasn't Scary But Now You Can't See Where He Is........ @zell2036.com · 2d

no rush, my tabs will be there forever but it's not like they're taking any RAM

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