Benjamin D. Hutchins
@zgryphon.bsky.social
This metal can only be space titanium.
i crave Hot Pockets, although in my present state it would be more like Hot Poc.
December 19, 2025 at 4:43 AM
i crave Hot Pockets, although in my present state it would be more like Hot Poc.
High winds and warmer temps forecast for the next couple of days. That's a recipe for downed trees and power outages. Check out the size of my happy hat.
December 19, 2025 at 4:41 AM
High winds and warmer temps forecast for the next couple of days. That's a recipe for downed trees and power outages. Check out the size of my happy hat.
Tried to post this yesterday, but there wasn't enough signal on site: sunset at the Big Garage
December 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Tried to post this yesterday, but there wasn't enough signal on site: sunset at the Big Garage
My dear sir, if I could keep track of all the nonsense the federal government has thrown at me over the last four years to deny my disability application, I wouldn't consider myself disabled in the first place. You see my dilemma?
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My dear sir, if I could keep track of all the nonsense the federal government has thrown at me over the last four years to deny my disability application, I wouldn't consider myself disabled in the first place. You see my dilemma?
Listening to an audiobook about the history of the Nobel prizes. I knew they were a huge political shitshow, but I was not previously aware of how profoundly true that was even in the period between Alfred Nobel's death and when the prizes actually started happening.
December 15, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Listening to an audiobook about the history of the Nobel prizes. I knew they were a huge political shitshow, but I was not previously aware of how profoundly true that was even in the period between Alfred Nobel's death and when the prizes actually started happening.
No subtext, just a cute chicken mug I found on sale today.
December 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
No subtext, just a cute chicken mug I found on sale today.
Got my Christmas card from some folks who probably don't want to be tagged here since it has their real names on it. The current one always goes on my fridge, though!
December 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Got my Christmas card from some folks who probably don't want to be tagged here since it has their real names on it. The current one always goes on my fridge, though!
anybody out there better at animal tracks than I am: bunny of some sort?
December 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
anybody out there better at animal tracks than I am: bunny of some sort?
timeline cleanse: beagle glumly contemplates the abyss of time between now and lunch, ca. 2004
December 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
timeline cleanse: beagle glumly contemplates the abyss of time between now and lunch, ca. 2004
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started playing cyberpunk 2077 and it's still got some bugs after like five years, but i kinda get it because the open world is so bewilderingly expansive and sophisticated with tons of crazy ideas crammed in there. ea sports has spent decades screwing up a flat rectangle with 22 guys and a ball
December 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
started playing cyberpunk 2077 and it's still got some bugs after like five years, but i kinda get it because the open world is so bewilderingly expansive and sophisticated with tons of crazy ideas crammed in there. ea sports has spent decades screwing up a flat rectangle with 22 guys and a ball
"Good but I cannot possibly repeat the experience" edition: Schindler's List.
"Made me regret allowing myself to be talked into entering the theater, and in fact that theaters exist" editlon: Inglourious Basterds.
Weirdly, they're sort of about the same thing.
"Made me regret allowing myself to be talked into entering the theater, and in fact that theaters exist" editlon: Inglourious Basterds.
Weirdly, they're sort of about the same thing.
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
"Good but I cannot possibly repeat the experience" edition: Schindler's List.
"Made me regret allowing myself to be talked into entering the theater, and in fact that theaters exist" editlon: Inglourious Basterds.
Weirdly, they're sort of about the same thing.
"Made me regret allowing myself to be talked into entering the theater, and in fact that theaters exist" editlon: Inglourious Basterds.
Weirdly, they're sort of about the same thing.
Everyone always focuses on the mask and makes them dishonest/thievery-oriented, but I think raccoon kemomimi characters should have more realistic traits, like having an obsession with washing their hands despite being willing to eat out of garbage cans.
December 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Everyone always focuses on the mask and makes them dishonest/thievery-oriented, but I think raccoon kemomimi characters should have more realistic traits, like having an obsession with washing their hands despite being willing to eat out of garbage cans.
Tree's up. Going a little light on the themed ornaments this year so far; might add more later, as I notice gaps.
December 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Tree's up. Going a little light on the themed ornaments this year so far; might add more later, as I notice gaps.
People who have washing machines with fully electronic controls are missing out on one of the few visceral pretend-you're-preflighting-the-starship knobs-and-buttons switchgear experiences left to us in the modern world.
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
People who have washing machines with fully electronic controls are missing out on one of the few visceral pretend-you're-preflighting-the-starship knobs-and-buttons switchgear experiences left to us in the modern world.
"Advanced technology guarantees that the set will stay lit if a bulb becomes burnt out, loose, broken, or even missing."
... advanced technology like (checks notes from middle school science) wiring the sockets in parallel instead of series?
... advanced technology like (checks notes from middle school science) wiring the sockets in parallel instead of series?
December 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
"Advanced technology guarantees that the set will stay lit if a bulb becomes burnt out, loose, broken, or even missing."
... advanced technology like (checks notes from middle school science) wiring the sockets in parallel instead of series?
... advanced technology like (checks notes from middle school science) wiring the sockets in parallel instead of series?
Getting into the festive spirit, decorating the tree while listening to... a... biography of John of Gaunt??
(look, it's what was next on the playlist, OK)
(look, it's what was next on the playlist, OK)
December 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Getting into the festive spirit, decorating the tree while listening to... a... biography of John of Gaunt??
(look, it's what was next on the playlist, OK)
(look, it's what was next on the playlist, OK)
I'm going back in time.
December 8, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I'm going back in time.
It little profits that an idle king,
By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
Dylan Thomas, Do mot go gentle into that good night (most of it) & part of Delmore Schwart’s “Calmly we Walk Through this April’s Day”
Dylan Thomas, Do mot go gentle into that good night (most of it) & part of Delmore Schwart’s “Calmly we Walk Through this April’s Day”
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It little profits that an idle king,
By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
I dunno, I just like ceiling fans. So sue me.
December 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I dunno, I just like ceiling fans. So sue me.
OK, I wouldn't have bought one, but I have to admit the rainbow keyboard thing is growing on me.
December 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
OK, I wouldn't have bought one, but I have to admit the rainbow keyboard thing is growing on me.
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I'm watching Shiori Novella of Hololive play a sci-fi survival horror game, and one of the in-game locations is a nightclub called "the Megazone". Whenever she mentions it, my brain momentarily thinks she's talking about @megazone.org and I get a little "the streams just crossed" moment.
December 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I'm watching Shiori Novella of Hololive play a sci-fi survival horror game, and one of the in-game locations is a nightclub called "the Megazone". Whenever she mentions it, my brain momentarily thinks she's talking about @megazone.org and I get a little "the streams just crossed" moment.
Remember when foil holograms were trendy? The first one I remember seeing was on the cover of National Geographic. IIRC, it was of a statue of an eagle. Then they were everywhere for a while, and then they just disappeared, replaced by those horrible stereographs.
December 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Remember when foil holograms were trendy? The first one I remember seeing was on the cover of National Geographic. IIRC, it was of a statue of an eagle. Then they were everywhere for a while, and then they just disappeared, replaced by those horrible stereographs.
What with everything else modern smartphones can do, it's odd that they don't have a temperature sensor. Maybe the manufacturers figure that since they're usually carried directly on people's persons, it wouldn't be useful.
December 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
What with everything else modern smartphones can do, it's odd that they don't have a temperature sensor. Maybe the manufacturers figure that since they're usually carried directly on people's persons, it wouldn't be useful.
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I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'm at the combination