Pyat, a Mouse
@pyat.bsky.social
Poorly curated personality advertisement for an actual mouse. Former reporter, sometime writer about orcs & rabbit samurai. Now Infosec bureaucrat. As seen on TV. Ponderous whimsy a specialty, sometimes factual. Squeak.
Ran my first RPG of the year, WEG Star Wars. It went well! Please accept this photo of my dice box, which is signed by Ed Greenwood and has been in continuous use since 1987.
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Ran my first RPG of the year, WEG Star Wars. It went well! Please accept this photo of my dice box, which is signed by Ed Greenwood and has been in continuous use since 1987.
In 1989, the syndicated comic strip Bloom County had a storyline in which property developer Donald Trump's brain ended in the Bill the Cat.
January 24, 2026 at 11:43 PM
In 1989, the syndicated comic strip Bloom County had a storyline in which property developer Donald Trump's brain ended in the Bill the Cat.
"Well, Dief the Chief,
Had him some beef
With them Yankees
Down White House way
Give us some nukes
To put up dukes
In case Commies
Come o'er to play
The Yanks they said
You'll get warheads
If from Arrow
You'll turn away..."
(Not actually a song by Stompin' Tom Connors)
Had him some beef
With them Yankees
Down White House way
Give us some nukes
To put up dukes
In case Commies
Come o'er to play
The Yanks they said
You'll get warheads
If from Arrow
You'll turn away..."
(Not actually a song by Stompin' Tom Connors)
January 22, 2026 at 8:50 PM
"Well, Dief the Chief,
Had him some beef
With them Yankees
Down White House way
Give us some nukes
To put up dukes
In case Commies
Come o'er to play
The Yanks they said
You'll get warheads
If from Arrow
You'll turn away..."
(Not actually a song by Stompin' Tom Connors)
Had him some beef
With them Yankees
Down White House way
Give us some nukes
To put up dukes
In case Commies
Come o'er to play
The Yanks they said
You'll get warheads
If from Arrow
You'll turn away..."
(Not actually a song by Stompin' Tom Connors)
"Oxygen is for losers!"
January 21, 2026 at 3:04 PM
"Oxygen is for losers!"
"Oxygen is for losers!"
January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"Oxygen is for losers!"
The Hudson Brother's 1982 horror comedy "Hysterical" is NOT a good movie, but some of the casting... ah, un pur génie!
January 19, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The Hudson Brother's 1982 horror comedy "Hysterical" is NOT a good movie, but some of the casting... ah, un pur génie!
I don't think they have shelves.
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don't think they have shelves.
"I keep telling you, he's 95 years old and pro-vaccine."
January 17, 2026 at 1:15 AM
"I keep telling you, he's 95 years old and pro-vaccine."
Once upon a time I worked for a print SF magazine and wrote up L. Sprague de Camp's obit and an interview with @bruces.bsky.social in the same week. The issue came out in the last couple of weeks of the 20th century. It's all very fin de siècle and what-not.
January 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Once upon a time I worked for a print SF magazine and wrote up L. Sprague de Camp's obit and an interview with @bruces.bsky.social in the same week. The issue came out in the last couple of weeks of the 20th century. It's all very fin de siècle and what-not.
Post a video game you played/loved that no one remembers. (Except this is the Internet and it will be remembered.)
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Post a video game you played/loved that no one remembers. (Except this is the Internet and it will be remembered.)
South is the Grand, east is the Niagara. The Niagara is impressive, with gorges, whirlpool, and water falls. The Grand winds through picturesque towns. I choose the Welland Canal, which is closer. It carries 250m freighters from Lake Ontario up a 50m cliff and south to Lake Erie.
January 13, 2026 at 3:48 PM
South is the Grand, east is the Niagara. The Niagara is impressive, with gorges, whirlpool, and water falls. The Grand winds through picturesque towns. I choose the Welland Canal, which is closer. It carries 250m freighters from Lake Ontario up a 50m cliff and south to Lake Erie.
0/10 waiter, terrible service.
January 11, 2026 at 12:53 AM
0/10 waiter, terrible service.
I got this one with an Olympus Pen F with a 135 mm lens. Was much more striking than my cell phone pics. :)
January 10, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I got this one with an Olympus Pen F with a 135 mm lens. Was much more striking than my cell phone pics. :)
I saw a cat. I had to go into the actual office for the first time this year. And there was this cat? Two of them. But this one was biggest. Also I heard stuff is happening the world.
January 7, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I saw a cat. I had to go into the actual office for the first time this year. And there was this cat? Two of them. But this one was biggest. Also I heard stuff is happening the world.
The canon is complicated, though about 80% of the silent movie adaptations seem to be about fat people falling down or getting stuck in things. Also, I think Zardoz counts as an adaptation.
January 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
The canon is complicated, though about 80% of the silent movie adaptations seem to be about fat people falling down or getting stuck in things. Also, I think Zardoz counts as an adaptation.
I drew a picture of myself in December 2015. Où sont indeed, les neige!
January 4, 2026 at 2:33 AM
I drew a picture of myself in December 2015. Où sont indeed, les neige!
The German Tiger E tank variant available in the Italian tech tree for War Thunder is called the Tigris. This is historically accurate, but, c'mon, "Panzerotti" was right there.
January 2, 2026 at 12:15 AM
The German Tiger E tank variant available in the Italian tech tree for War Thunder is called the Tigris. This is historically accurate, but, c'mon, "Panzerotti" was right there.
Shape up US. I still need to visit Maine and West Virginia to fill out my east coast card. And Oregon, to get the west coast. I regret not getting to Hawaii when my little sister lived there, cause I am not likely to go without that additional pretext/free place to stay.
December 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Shape up US. I still need to visit Maine and West Virginia to fill out my east coast card. And Oregon, to get the west coast. I regret not getting to Hawaii when my little sister lived there, cause I am not likely to go without that additional pretext/free place to stay.
Samwise doesn't understand Christmas but he quite likes sitting in bags.
December 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Samwise doesn't understand Christmas but he quite likes sitting in bags.
Or, you could do what I did with the similar Russian Kiev 30, of which I have, like six. I bought a single 100' roll of Kodak 16mm movie film and cut off a few inches at a time and load a cartridge - one roll is enough for 1500+ shots. However, the film will have sprocket holes. See image!
December 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Or, you could do what I did with the similar Russian Kiev 30, of which I have, like six. I bought a single 100' roll of Kodak 16mm movie film and cut off a few inches at a time and load a cartridge - one roll is enough for 1500+ shots. However, the film will have sprocket holes. See image!
I appear here only to note that I use the same mouse puppet as a PFP in many places. That is all. Be warm.
December 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I appear here only to note that I use the same mouse puppet as a PFP in many places. That is all. Be warm.
The exterior and interior school shots in "IT: Welcome to Derry" were filmed at my old high school, which closed in 2019. The lockers have been painted but it otherwise looks the same.
December 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The exterior and interior school shots in "IT: Welcome to Derry" were filmed at my old high school, which closed in 2019. The lockers have been painted but it otherwise looks the same.
Yet Canada ranks for having some of the!
December 20, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Yet Canada ranks for having some of the!
But consider also New Report shows Canada ranks for having some of the!
December 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
But consider also New Report shows Canada ranks for having some of the!