Trix
@trixtah.bsky.social
Does IT stuff, pretty damn queer, srs case of #PersonOfInterest standom, she/they
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Great post about generative AI. Happy Holidays. Don't say I never gave you anything. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Great post about generative AI. Happy Holidays. Don't say I never gave you anything. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
[screaming!] WHY DID NO-ONE TELL ME ABOUT THE EIGHT DAYS OF DIANA WYNNE JONES PODCAST OMFG www.eightdaysofdiana.com
(Now is also time to listen to the audio version of the Dark is Rising brb tunein.com/podcasts/Sto...)
(Now is also time to listen to the audio version of the Dark is Rising brb tunein.com/podcasts/Sto...)
Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones
Award nominated readalong podcast about Diana Wynne Jones with Emily Tesh and Rebecca Fraimow
www.eightdaysofdiana.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
[screaming!] WHY DID NO-ONE TELL ME ABOUT THE EIGHT DAYS OF DIANA WYNNE JONES PODCAST OMFG www.eightdaysofdiana.com
(Now is also time to listen to the audio version of the Dark is Rising brb tunein.com/podcasts/Sto...)
(Now is also time to listen to the audio version of the Dark is Rising brb tunein.com/podcasts/Sto...)
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You CAN condemn what happened to the Bondi Jewish community and you CAN oppose the genocide and you CAN oppose Oct 7 and you CAN condemn the oppression Gazans faced before that, without it justifying anything that came next.
You can and you must. You have to want it *all* to stop.
You can and you must. You have to want it *all* to stop.
December 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
You CAN condemn what happened to the Bondi Jewish community and you CAN oppose the genocide and you CAN oppose Oct 7 and you CAN condemn the oppression Gazans faced before that, without it justifying anything that came next.
You can and you must. You have to want it *all* to stop.
You can and you must. You have to want it *all* to stop.
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I try to focus on posting about art and comics and not my complaints about the state of everything but GOOD GRIEF
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I try to focus on posting about art and comics and not my complaints about the state of everything but GOOD GRIEF
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After weeks of development hell, my most ambitious Mentour Pilot script to date has finally seen the light of day. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0B4...
Litany of LIES! | The Mount Erebus Disaster
YouTube video by Mentour Pilot
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
After weeks of development hell, my most ambitious Mentour Pilot script to date has finally seen the light of day. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0B4...
Apparently I have to hand in my queer card for never having watched an entire ep of OITNB - I'm sooo sorry, I'm not into soap operas/shows that are 100% about interpersonal drama.
(Ok, I watched the first three seasons of The L Word bc J Beals horniness)
(Ok, I watched the first three seasons of The L Word bc J Beals horniness)
December 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Apparently I have to hand in my queer card for never having watched an entire ep of OITNB - I'm sooo sorry, I'm not into soap operas/shows that are 100% about interpersonal drama.
(Ok, I watched the first three seasons of The L Word bc J Beals horniness)
(Ok, I watched the first three seasons of The L Word bc J Beals horniness)
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
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Hi everyone! We are putting together a mini-series on cancer, from the history to the biology to the concept of cancer as a disease. We are looking for people willing to share your experience with cancer - whatever that may mean to you.
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Hi everyone! We are putting together a mini-series on cancer, from the history to the biology to the concept of cancer as a disease. We are looking for people willing to share your experience with cancer - whatever that may mean to you.
Dear corporate BS writers, "to service the public" implies our jobs are much more exciting and better paid than in reality. Altho the level of WTF we encounter is probably not too dissimilar at times, albeit wildly different in type.
December 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Dear corporate BS writers, "to service the public" implies our jobs are much more exciting and better paid than in reality. Altho the level of WTF we encounter is probably not too dissimilar at times, albeit wildly different in type.
Me [goes thru airport security scan]: ...
Scan: ✅️
Scan dude: Wait do you ID as F?
Me: Y (wtf?)
Dude to other dude: Hey, you got it wrong, SHE has to go thru again
Me: ...👹 ↪️
Scan: ✅️
Me: 👹👹
Dear AU Aviation Security, what diff does my GENDER make to the fucking scanner??
(Pat-down, OK; a scan, WTAFF)
Scan: ✅️
Scan dude: Wait do you ID as F?
Me: Y (wtf?)
Dude to other dude: Hey, you got it wrong, SHE has to go thru again
Me: ...👹 ↪️
Scan: ✅️
Me: 👹👹
Dear AU Aviation Security, what diff does my GENDER make to the fucking scanner??
(Pat-down, OK; a scan, WTAFF)
November 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Me [goes thru airport security scan]: ...
Scan: ✅️
Scan dude: Wait do you ID as F?
Me: Y (wtf?)
Dude to other dude: Hey, you got it wrong, SHE has to go thru again
Me: ...👹 ↪️
Scan: ✅️
Me: 👹👹
Dear AU Aviation Security, what diff does my GENDER make to the fucking scanner??
(Pat-down, OK; a scan, WTAFF)
Scan: ✅️
Scan dude: Wait do you ID as F?
Me: Y (wtf?)
Dude to other dude: Hey, you got it wrong, SHE has to go thru again
Me: ...👹 ↪️
Scan: ✅️
Me: 👹👹
Dear AU Aviation Security, what diff does my GENDER make to the fucking scanner??
(Pat-down, OK; a scan, WTAFF)
Hint: I did it in the browser rather than trying to hunt thru Android/Gmail options. Also, "smart features" is fairly accessible via Gmail on Android - not sure of the interaction between the settings, but I just got rid of each.
In other news, I am pleased Firefox is committing to AI OPTIONAL.
In other news, I am pleased Firefox is committing to AI OPTIONAL.
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Hint: I did it in the browser rather than trying to hunt thru Android/Gmail options. Also, "smart features" is fairly accessible via Gmail on Android - not sure of the interaction between the settings, but I just got rid of each.
In other news, I am pleased Firefox is committing to AI OPTIONAL.
In other news, I am pleased Firefox is committing to AI OPTIONAL.
Literally visited his gravestone in the Bolton St cemetery in #Welly last weekend, as part of a tour for the Wellington Heritage Festival. Some really cool events - definitely worth checking out what might tickle your fancy wellingtonheritagefestival.co.nz
October 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Literally visited his gravestone in the Bolton St cemetery in #Welly last weekend, as part of a tour for the Wellington Heritage Festival. Some really cool events - definitely worth checking out what might tickle your fancy wellingtonheritagefestival.co.nz
And if you have zero shots. Bizarrely, it was somewhat complicated to get the MMR fairly recently, since there is/was some policy that if you are born prior to 1970, you'd had the measles. I hadn't. I got my first vax when in Oz, then argued for the 2nd when I moved back to NZ.
I'm of the age where we only got 1 dose of measles vaccine at school. Last outbreak we had I went and got much delayed booster. Do consider doing the same if you only had one shot as kid.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
New measles cases in Taranaki and Wellington, risk of further cases ‘very high’
Several of the current infections are linked to an exposure event on the Bluebridge Ferry on October 3.
www.stuff.co.nz
October 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
And if you have zero shots. Bizarrely, it was somewhat complicated to get the MMR fairly recently, since there is/was some policy that if you are born prior to 1970, you'd had the measles. I hadn't. I got my first vax when in Oz, then argued for the 2nd when I moved back to NZ.
If you're bougie enough to be in close proximity to any of the "elites" that think techbro merch is cool, you're bougie enough to buy these items. Less than 9 cm long, will fit into your pocket or bag. www.supremecommunity.com/season/itemd...
October 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
If you're bougie enough to be in close proximity to any of the "elites" that think techbro merch is cool, you're bougie enough to buy these items. Less than 9 cm long, will fit into your pocket or bag. www.supremecommunity.com/season/itemd...
Dear "Australian Research Centre", if you're going to robocall me, maybe ensure the greeting your bot plays doesn't sound like it was recorded in a wind tunnel. I had to listen for nearly 10 sec before determining it was fine to hang up - seconds I could have spent on a sip of coffee!
October 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Dear "Australian Research Centre", if you're going to robocall me, maybe ensure the greeting your bot plays doesn't sound like it was recorded in a wind tunnel. I had to listen for nearly 10 sec before determining it was fine to hang up - seconds I could have spent on a sip of coffee!
Latest wee project is done
October 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Latest wee project is done
Went into a bar to buy a half-pint of beer, only to be told "no". Apparently, for this boutique brewery's bar, it's pints or nothing. I normally drink pints, so I'll have to start checking out whether this is a thing across the board. If so, it sucks.
October 18, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Went into a bar to buy a half-pint of beer, only to be told "no". Apparently, for this boutique brewery's bar, it's pints or nothing. I normally drink pints, so I'll have to start checking out whether this is a thing across the board. If so, it sucks.
Stupid shit menopause does to you that no-one mentions, #48: you* can't even fucking whistle any more
(*you = I and me. Maybe *you* can still whistle, but I, an accomplished (if amateur) whistler previously, cannot, subsequent to frigging m3nopuKe)
(*you = I and me. Maybe *you* can still whistle, but I, an accomplished (if amateur) whistler previously, cannot, subsequent to frigging m3nopuKe)
October 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Stupid shit menopause does to you that no-one mentions, #48: you* can't even fucking whistle any more
(*you = I and me. Maybe *you* can still whistle, but I, an accomplished (if amateur) whistler previously, cannot, subsequent to frigging m3nopuKe)
(*you = I and me. Maybe *you* can still whistle, but I, an accomplished (if amateur) whistler previously, cannot, subsequent to frigging m3nopuKe)
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With alt text so everyone can get it
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
With alt text so everyone can get it
Serious question: if a service provider sends you a PDF file *without* editable fields for you to provide them some info, how, exactly, do they expect people to do that? Go through the rigmarole I just did of converting to image so I could scribble on it? Or literally print it out and ...?
October 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Serious question: if a service provider sends you a PDF file *without* editable fields for you to provide them some info, how, exactly, do they expect people to do that? Go through the rigmarole I just did of converting to image so I could scribble on it? Or literally print it out and ...?
What also gets me about this kind of job/income erosion is that the said billionaires could earn MORE ridiculous profits from people with discretionary $$ to spend on their goods. Altho, with already-stratospheric incomes, maybe they're limiting supply for the merely-rich to harvest
GREAT LOVE IT.
(and if you can't feel the exceedingly strong amounts of sarcasm just dripping from those words, please know I hate everything about this and could probably vent about it for a while.)
FUND PUBLIC SERVICES. God this billionaire ran world is shit on steroids.
(and if you can't feel the exceedingly strong amounts of sarcasm just dripping from those words, please know I hate everything about this and could probably vent about it for a while.)
FUND PUBLIC SERVICES. God this billionaire ran world is shit on steroids.
Why you might soon have fewer mail delivery days
October 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
What also gets me about this kind of job/income erosion is that the said billionaires could earn MORE ridiculous profits from people with discretionary $$ to spend on their goods. Altho, with already-stratospheric incomes, maybe they're limiting supply for the merely-rich to harvest
Small comfort in these days of "AI"/ various forms of machine learning, and the many years of metadata scrapings, that the Goog apparently don't know how unappealing this is to me on at least three levels
October 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Small comfort in these days of "AI"/ various forms of machine learning, and the many years of metadata scrapings, that the Goog apparently don't know how unappealing this is to me on at least three levels
Helpful hint for anyone who doesn't get hiccups for literal decades, and who then gets stuck with a 15 min bout that feels like it'll last foreverrr - this works!
Basically, sit up straight, extend your neck upwards as far as you can and hold your breath as long as possible. Relief!
Basically, sit up straight, extend your neck upwards as far as you can and hold your breath as long as possible. Relief!
A Simple Maneuver to Treat Hiccups
To the Editor:—
Recently a simple maneuver has been observed to end prolonged hiccupping in a dozen subjects. The individual is instructed to sit upright and to hold his breath. The patient then ...
jamanetwork.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Helpful hint for anyone who doesn't get hiccups for literal decades, and who then gets stuck with a 15 min bout that feels like it'll last foreverrr - this works!
Basically, sit up straight, extend your neck upwards as far as you can and hold your breath as long as possible. Relief!
Basically, sit up straight, extend your neck upwards as far as you can and hold your breath as long as possible. Relief!
Time to hit mute on JK R*wling discourse. I never liked the books and I don't know why this woman's hateful views keep being platformed. We all know what she is now, I'm not interested in any further bile she has to spew.
September 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Time to hit mute on JK R*wling discourse. I never liked the books and I don't know why this woman's hateful views keep being platformed. We all know what she is now, I'm not interested in any further bile she has to spew.