New Testament update: I've started the Pastoral Epistles, and thankfully Paul ("Paul") has pivoted away from circumcision. Sadly he has pivoted toward rampant misogyny.

MS really does keep finding new and interesting ways to dork up an OS, and then mix those in with the old and boring ways in which they've already dorked it up.

The meme picture of Bernie Sanders in a coat saying "I am once again asking..." with the remainder of this image's caption being "Paul to stop talking about circumcision."

I've resumed my New Testament reading. I am working my way through the last handful of epistles, and...

A screen cap from the game Final Fantasy 14, showing a character standing in front of a dark room full of backlit dolls sitting on the ground.

This is why I decorate using the principles of beautiful simplicity, and horror.

Curs'd

This is pertinent, just earlier today I was fishing for creative ways to say "This point I'm raising is because Claude fed it to me, and it seems to be legit."

The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is in full bloom right now. Take I-5 up to Mount Vernon and see the beautiful and colorful fields for yourself.

Nic cage dressed as a priest in the movie Face/Off. He's dancing ridiculously. People are wandering around behind him.

A picture of Nic Cage in the movie Con Air. He is facing the camera, wearing a white tank top and blue jeans. He is facing off into the distance. He may be walking away from the plane they escaped on, but that's not entirely clear from the image.

Oops, I missed yet another option.

I'm really alarmed that my brain responded by asking "Is that Jared Leto or Asmongold?"

Stella is belly up beside me in a chair being used as a keyboard rest

Necessary Dog

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated again—a week after gifting millions to a college, she's just given $70 million to Meals on Wheels America | Fortune MacKenzie Scott, worth $41.1 billion, is on a philanthropic tear and has donated an estimated 46% of her net worth.

Saw this yesterday. She continues to be among the least terrible people who are immorally wealthy.
fortune.com/2026/04/13/b...

Proposal: all academic references to the neolithic era be changed to nü-lithic.

I'm... not certain I've ever had a good breakfast sausage. I'm not 100% sure what this speaks to the most.

PSA for all tech workers: "deprecate" and "depreciate" are different words with different meanings.

If you haven't watched Prodigal Sun (aka "Murder-Dad"), he shows up for one season, and DEVOURS the scenery.

Alan Cumming really does turn up in the strangest places

Can confirm. The jank is strong on here today.

We once took our two black labs to a one-day sheep herding outing. Jack, the big lab/rot mix, was rearing to go and took to it quite quickly. Theo, the lab/shepherd(?) mix, spent the entire time smelling the sheep's butts.

Mental image of some minor deity named Asil who writes the names of cowardly soldiers or something in a massive tome titled The Fuckin' Erg.

TFW you innocently go to the doctor's office for a simple appointment, and they're like "We're gonna steal your blood now." and then they steal your blood.

I don't know your words, but I don't like them regardless.

Did some reading on a manuscript of 1st century religious text, and it occurred to me that it's effectively several hundred pages dedicated to taking a random scribe who lived 1900 years ago, and dunking on their handwriting.

A photograph of the Univ. of Washington Quad, full of cherry blossoms trees in full bloom. The view is along a brick path flanked by grass. The upper portion is full of bright pink blossoms, and the background shows countless people milling around. A lone figure dressed all in black is walking across the path in center frame. The light is bright sun.

We visited the UW campus today to view the cherry blossoms in the Quad.

This is what I get for googling things.

Also an accurate depiction of Pippin in dragon form. Cc @magpie.tips

Hitmontop (Pokémon)

Pokemon are insane. @sporks.bsky.social and I saw this one last night, whose type is ::checks notes:: HANDSTAND.
bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Hitmont...

This UHF remake looks wild.