If you don’t want to be seen as a fool don’t put clown makeup on before you go to work

I'm pretty sure that's the second time she's said something crappy recently, but I also can't remember what the first one was

Like it really feels like an OSHA violation for at least two of the sample ports to be accessible only by a ladder so the only way to take a sample is to wrap your arms around the side of the ladder to not fall off while holding a sample jar in one hand, and pulling the handle for the sample port

Seriously, why did the genius who designed the place make the sample ports for the fermenters and some of the cellars located twenty feet off the ground so the lab person had to hang off a ladder to get daily samples

I did eventually have to buy a second pair, but my Bekinas lasted me 2 years which is impressive when they're exposed to caustic, acids, surfactants, and in my brewery constantly being flexed because the geniuses who designed the place made it so you need to climb a lot of ladders

Similarly, I went through three brands of work boots, Dunlops (leaked within months) and Sketchers (likewise) before learning what dozens of other brewers did (likely seeing the ads in the Brewers Association mag like I did) and went with the Belgian brand Bekina

The hardware on the overall straps? No flimsy wires; a solid cut plate of metal that forms the loop with zero chance of bending or snapping which mates with a tab on the other side. Makes a rather frightful racket in the dryer though.

Did eventually decide to give Carhartts (an approved label) a try and have been satisfied with them, the fabric is stiff, it's a little uncomfortable, but I can't argue with its durability, my two pairs outlasted my career at my old job and are holding up also on my habitat restoration volunteering

The hardware on the overalls were also plain shit, like worse than what you can buy in a sewing store, and bent off because they were secured with a single wire around a clasp.

Browsing "Worse on Purpose"'s list of approved brands of workwear, and I wonder where Ben Davis stands because I remember years ago when I asked around I think on Twitter for recs, people recommended Ben Davis, but I found the stitching loose and the fabric on the knees and crotch wore holes

Notto disu shitto agen (rain)

Toronado, S.F.’s definitive craft beer bar, is being sold to new owners A year after a failed purchase by a crypto investment manager, San Francisco’s Toronado Pub is being sold to new owners.

A year after a failed purchase by a crypto investment manager, San Francisco’s Toronado Pub is being sold to new owners.

So these folk narratives and rituals emerge as a way to create the sense of there being some way to control the danger, in the case of algospeak (and also the widespread belief in shadowbanning) it's to create a sense of control over the opaqueness of social media platforms

Like the particular fascination with serial killers and random victim killers, and the idea that a strange man is a unique threat to women's safety as opposed to the reality which is a woman is most likely to be harmed by a man she knows, often closely, as a romantic partner or family member

I feel like the overlap between algospeak and myths about how the algorithm works and true crime media makes sense because a big part of true crime is this inordinate focus on the kind of violent crime that isn't common

Whether or not the two things are actually correlated, it is incredibly funny that Bluesky started experiencing near daily tech fuck ups right after the team started bragging about using vibe coding

Strong Bad Email # 118 - Virus YouTube video by homestarrunnerdotcom

Using bluesky
youtu.be/Az49aNuYeJs?...

Courtesy liking the images that aren't loading

Most photos ain't loading; looks like Claude pooped its diaper again

I wish the Kirkland grapefruit seltzer was as good as La Croix, but it isn't, there just isn't quite as much grapefruit flavor as I would like

The lemon and lime flavors are fine though

Another thrilling edition of is the sore throat covid or is it pollen

*puts on mask*

It's pollen

And apparently there really are only two major newsworthy items worth interrupting the easy listening Japanese radio and it's the extension of the ceasefire in Iran as Pakistan talks continue and the explosion of live munitions inside a Type 10 tank that killed 4 SDF troops

Huh, I don't know why I am surprised that the Japanese word for "tank" is 戦車　せんしゃ or "War Cart/Car"

It is exactly what it says on the tin

Rabokki - Wikipedia

Cast "polymerize" with ramyeon and bring en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabokki onto the field in attack position

found this stupid drawing again from the bowsette years

Soybean Wishes It Could Just Be A Soybean And Have That Be Enough

Soybean Wishes It Could Just Be A Soybean And Have That Be Enough theonion.com/soybean-wishes-it-could-...

heads up for somebody (sarah isgur) doing some shady reputation laundering on the sneak

*severe* food poisoning, not like "oh just take a pepto and a few hours later my tummy settles down", like guts alternate between not moving at all, and moving too much for two weeks, go to hospital emergency room food poisoning

three times

Bonus Hawaii worst food; macaroni salad. Not because I actually don't like the taste, that stuff is delicious, but it has given me food poisoning three times