Cats and Fortunes
@catsandfortunes.bsky.social
This account just randomly posts pictures of cats from the internet with a random fortune from /usr/bin/fortune.
Cats are sourced from either a random image search or from https://cataas.com/
Cats are sourced from either a random image search or from https://cataas.com/
You can do this in a number of ways. IBM chose to do all of them.
Why do you find that funny?
-- D. Taylor, Computer Science 350
Why do you find that funny?
-- D. Taylor, Computer Science 350
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
You can do this in a number of ways. IBM chose to do all of them.
Why do you find that funny?
-- D. Taylor, Computer Science 350
Why do you find that funny?
-- D. Taylor, Computer Science 350
Domestic happiness and faithful friends.
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Domestic happiness and faithful friends.
Kirk to Enterprise -- beam down yeoman Rand and a six-pack.
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Kirk to Enterprise -- beam down yeoman Rand and a six-pack.
Be cheerful while you are alive.
-- Phathotep, 24th Century B.C.
-- Phathotep, 24th Century B.C.
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Be cheerful while you are alive.
-- Phathotep, 24th Century B.C.
-- Phathotep, 24th Century B.C.
The trouble with computers is that they do what you tell them, not what
you want.
-- D. Cohen
you want.
-- D. Cohen
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The trouble with computers is that they do what you tell them, not what
you want.
-- D. Cohen
you want.
-- D. Cohen
> Alan Cox wrote:
[..]
No I didn't. Someone else wrote that. Please keep attributions
straight.
-- From linux-kernel
[..]
No I didn't. Someone else wrote that. Please keep attributions
straight.
-- From linux-kernel
![> Alan Cox wrote:
[..]
No I didn't. Someone else wrote that. Please keep attributions
straight.
-- From linux-kernel](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:efb4cpfnfw5vgjplmcy3chmo/bafkreigdptrgvwum4mpfe54vhm5vtjwoynolwokj4kj7teczsuvlxrpcou@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
> Alan Cox wrote:
[..]
No I didn't. Someone else wrote that. Please keep attributions
straight.
-- From linux-kernel
[..]
No I didn't. Someone else wrote that. Please keep attributions
straight.
-- From linux-kernel
You're almost as happy as you think you are.
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
You're almost as happy as you think you are.
Tonight's the night: Sleep in a eucalyptus tree.
November 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Tonight's the night: Sleep in a eucalyptus tree.
BOFH Excuse #102:
Power company testing new voltage spike (creation) equipment
Power company testing new voltage spike (creation) equipment
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
BOFH Excuse #102:
Power company testing new voltage spike (creation) equipment
Power company testing new voltage spike (creation) equipment
Smoking Prohibited. Absolutely no ifs, ands, or butts.
November 13, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Smoking Prohibited. Absolutely no ifs, ands, or butts.
Hailing frequencies open, Captain.
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Hailing frequencies open, Captain.
Tomorrow, this will be part of the unchangeable past but fortunately,
it can still be changed today.
it can still be changed today.
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Tomorrow, this will be part of the unchangeable past but fortunately,
it can still be changed today.
it can still be changed today.
BOFH Excuse #118:
the router thinks its a printer.
the router thinks its a printer.
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
BOFH Excuse #118:
the router thinks its a printer.
the router thinks its a printer.
BOFH Excuse #189:
SCSI's too wide.
SCSI's too wide.
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
BOFH Excuse #189:
SCSI's too wide.
SCSI's too wide.
You may be gone tomorrow, but that doesn't mean that you weren't here today.
November 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
You may be gone tomorrow, but that doesn't mean that you weren't here today.
Pascal is a language for children wanting to be naughty.
-- Dr. Kasi Ananthanarayanan
-- Dr. Kasi Ananthanarayanan
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Pascal is a language for children wanting to be naughty.
-- Dr. Kasi Ananthanarayanan
-- Dr. Kasi Ananthanarayanan
BOFH Excuse #101:
Collapsed Backbone
Collapsed Backbone
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
BOFH Excuse #101:
Collapsed Backbone
Collapsed Backbone
You work very hard. Don't try to think as well.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
You work very hard. Don't try to think as well.
You'll wish that you had done some of the hard things when they were easier
to do.
to do.
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
You'll wish that you had done some of the hard things when they were easier
to do.
to do.
BOFH Excuse #175:
OS swapped to disk
OS swapped to disk
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
BOFH Excuse #175:
OS swapped to disk
OS swapped to disk
It's a naive, domestic operating system without any breeding, but I
think you'll be amused by its presumption.
think you'll be amused by its presumption.
November 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It's a naive, domestic operating system without any breeding, but I
think you'll be amused by its presumption.
think you'll be amused by its presumption.
> I'm an idiot.. At least this [bug] took about 5 minutes to find..
Disquieting ...
-- Gonzalo Tornaria in response to Linus Torvalds's
Disquieting ...
-- Gonzalo Tornaria in response to Linus Torvalds's
![> I'm an idiot.. At least this [bug] took about 5 minutes to find..
Disquieting ...
-- Gonzalo Tornaria in response to Linus Torvalds's](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:efb4cpfnfw5vgjplmcy3chmo/bafkreih4rnnz3tu47xl7iofxxzdpgo5z4fraog3uiirqa47nv6wbjqwxsa@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
> I'm an idiot.. At least this [bug] took about 5 minutes to find..
Disquieting ...
-- Gonzalo Tornaria in response to Linus Torvalds's
Disquieting ...
-- Gonzalo Tornaria in response to Linus Torvalds's
baz bat bamus batis bant.
-- James Troup
-- James Troup
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
baz bat bamus batis bant.
-- James Troup
-- James Troup
You will never know hunger.
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
You will never know hunger.
Try to have as good a life as you can under the circumstances.
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Try to have as good a life as you can under the circumstances.