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AF veteran, agnostic, cishet Male. IT guy, gamer, currently exploring a Japanese metal rabbit-hole. Current bands In listening to: Lovebites, Hanabie, Ano, Nemophila, East of Eden Random note: I've been to the Ziggurat of Ur and Abraham's house

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kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

05.03.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 25939 πŸ” 10130 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 199

Watching "House of Ninjas" and the tone shifts keep throwing me off. It's absurd, then deadly serious, then funny, back to serious, absurd, etc. Maybe I'm reading the absurdness as comedy where it's not meant to be funny

01.03.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"ten generations of pokemon" and "fifty seasons of survivor" are both sentences designed to make me feel way older than i actually am

27.02.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 1418 πŸ” 136 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 2
Screenshot of an email:

Subject: [PIPEXP-1192] Login Access Request
To: me

Good morning Kimberly! =^uwu^=;;

I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble logging into Jellyfin! It looks like your SSO account was indeed deactivated on 2025 Dec 15.

According to our records,

1. On or about 2025 Nov 15, you were broken up with by ___, who noted this as a β€œfinal break” on vis event report sheet. I’m also seeing that Ve ticked the β€œUnilateral” box, meaning it isn’t contestable.
2. Our Salesforce shows you aren’t close to any other polycule members

Unfortunately, our solo-poly access policy doesn’t allow us to extend resources to unpartnered members after the 30 day grace period following your break. This includes entertainment resources (Jellyfin / *darr / nzbget / Pornhub for Enterpriseβ„’ seat), as well as O365β„’, Adobe CCβ„’, and shell access on the Nix clusters. We’re so sorry for your loss, cutie!! πŸ˜­πŸ’œ

If you have any questions, you can reply to this email to generate another ticket, or you can contact zzzoeee@ from our Partner Infra team (note: three Zs and three Es in their LDAP, we have a lot of Zoes here!)

β€”-

Regards,
   ___ (πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈshe/her, UTC -5)
   Partner Infra Platform Experiences team

As a courtesy, a copy of this email has been sent to your manager listed in Workdayβ„’

New name or pronouns? Dating someone new? Just visit go/update-me to update your account!

Include this line in your email to comment on the ticket: 250e084a-b937-47a6-948d-b519112ad35a

Screenshot of an email: Subject: [PIPEXP-1192] Login Access Request To: me Good morning Kimberly! =^uwu^=;; I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble logging into Jellyfin! It looks like your SSO account was indeed deactivated on 2025 Dec 15. According to our records, 1. On or about 2025 Nov 15, you were broken up with by ___, who noted this as a β€œfinal break” on vis event report sheet. I’m also seeing that Ve ticked the β€œUnilateral” box, meaning it isn’t contestable. 2. Our Salesforce shows you aren’t close to any other polycule members Unfortunately, our solo-poly access policy doesn’t allow us to extend resources to unpartnered members after the 30 day grace period following your break. This includes entertainment resources (Jellyfin / *darr / nzbget / Pornhub for Enterpriseβ„’ seat), as well as O365β„’, Adobe CCβ„’, and shell access on the Nix clusters. We’re so sorry for your loss, cutie!! πŸ˜­πŸ’œ If you have any questions, you can reply to this email to generate another ticket, or you can contact zzzoeee@ from our Partner Infra team (note: three Zs and three Es in their LDAP, we have a lot of Zoes here!) β€”- Regards, ___ (πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈshe/her, UTC -5) Partner Infra Platform Experiences team As a courtesy, a copy of this email has been sent to your manager listed in Workdayβ„’ New name or pronouns? Dating someone new? Just visit go/update-me to update your account! Include this line in your email to comment on the ticket: 250e084a-b937-47a6-948d-b519112ad35a

sheesh, the only thing worse than getting kicked out of the polycule is finding out via jira ticket 😣

17.12.2025 14:49 πŸ‘ 3538 πŸ” 1027 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 172
Preview
FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.

I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

10.02.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 8838 πŸ” 2740 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 242

Insulated mugs are great for keeping drinks hot and not burning your hands. However they suck for keeping my hands warm. Can I get a "mostly" insulated mug?

15.12.2025 13:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Alright brain, can we keep the Limerance in check please? I know it's new people but... chill.

14.12.2025 23:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

F you Word of the Day
"Banausic

Adjective

Not operating on a refined or elevated level; mundane"

14.12.2025 11:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, do we think Neurodivergent people are susceptible to unhealthy paranormal relationships more/less/or the same as Neurotypicals

09.12.2025 15:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yesterday was "Can I turn my car stereo up loud enough to draw out my emotions". Today is "how many depressing metal ballads can I listen to".

08.12.2025 15:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't believe nice guys finish last... boring guys do. However, it's certainly easy to try and reach for that comfort when you're in pain

08.12.2025 14:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A 3.5 hour phone call with a friend that started at 5am (not having stayed up all night). That was fantastic (reasons for the call weren't great, but the discussion was and just being able to talk to someone like that)

08.12.2025 14:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
This is a quote from the article summing up both studies in Technology Review: "A multi-university team of researchers has found that chatting with a politically biased AI model was more effective than political advertisements at nudging both Democrats and Republicans to support presidential candidates of the opposing party. The chatbots swayed opinions by citing facts and evidence, but they were not always accurateβ€”in fact, the researchers found, the most persuasive models said the most untrue things."

This is a quote from the article summing up both studies in Technology Review: "A multi-university team of researchers has found that chatting with a politically biased AI model was more effective than political advertisements at nudging both Democrats and Republicans to support presidential candidates of the opposing party. The chatbots swayed opinions by citing facts and evidence, but they were not always accurateβ€”in fact, the researchers found, the most persuasive models said the most untrue things."

Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...

05.12.2025 19:58 πŸ‘ 1982 πŸ” 910 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 60

Replaying Wing Commander I & II will surely fix my problems...

01.12.2025 18:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

JFC I was stuck in an ADHD loop of 5 tasks that I kept interrupting with the next task. I've taken my meds... ugh.

01.12.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Work better be busy today... I really need the distraction

01.12.2025 13:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Limerance is a hell of a drug

29.11.2025 23:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes I think about my actions in TT RPG terms (I played GURPS in my youth). I wonder what the skill penalty when I try to grab something from right pants pocket with my left hand because my right hand is full.

29.11.2025 19:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Waiting for my emotions to catch to up to my intellect is bullshit. I think this is the fault of Limerance.

22.11.2025 01:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So the ぼけ is on the left?

16.11.2025 20:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Display of breakfast cereal, called Demogorgon Crunch, in Safeway grocery store.

Display of breakfast cereal, called Demogorgon Crunch, in Safeway grocery store.

Reminds of my the media tie-in cereals of my youth like Gremlins and E.T. the cereal. No, I didn't purchase it (not a fan of "savory" extradimensional flavored cereals).

16.11.2025 13:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Perfect Autumn morning today: Windy, slightly wet from overnight rain, leaves swirling around, a little overcast, with filtered sunlight (hour past sunrise)

16.11.2025 13:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Coco's was a favorite when I was stationed in Okinawa 20 years ago. Just had it again during my recent visit to L.A. (I promise I'll try others during my trip to Japan next year, I swear)

14.11.2025 22:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pet peeve: Asking clarifying questions to those above me and being told to read between the lines.
I kind of remember hearing something about things that happen when you assume.

13.11.2025 13:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Steam Machine RenΓ© Magritte style β€œCeci n’est pas une Xbox”

Steam Machine RenΓ© Magritte style β€œCeci n’est pas une Xbox”

12.11.2025 20:37 πŸ‘ 657 πŸ” 189 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 7

In non-political opinions: I prefer small bean natto to big (at least with rice).

10.11.2025 16:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It looks like all of the Dem senators that voted to reopen the government received money from PACs that are part of the airline lobby. I guess we can only hope that the House rejects the bill (and be furious that these traitors won't up for election for a while).

10.11.2025 15:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Eating Thai food and watching a Japanese drama... I feel a little better

08.11.2025 01:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My trip to L.A. has taught me two things about myself regarding personal travel:
1. I need to more thoroughly research things I want to do in the area
2. Limit my time there to only allow for those things (including a day to just wander)

07.11.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0