BitterOldPunk
@bitteroldpunk.bsky.social
I could tell you but I’d have to bore you. Fan of tuna noodle casserole and ugly music. Alabamian lucky enough to live on Vancouver Island. I talk too much about tabletop role-playing games.
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BitterOldPunk
@bitteroldpunk.bsky.social
· Aug 16
I no longer trust my ability to distinguish real people from bots so going forward I’m not following anyone back.
Were it not for the friendships made and grown across multiple platforms over decades I’d close this account too.
The well is poisoned, at least for me it seems to be.
Were it not for the friendships made and grown across multiple platforms over decades I’d close this account too.
The well is poisoned, at least for me it seems to be.
I need to buy a coat but suddenly coats are designed by AI, manufactured by child slaves, and cost eleventy billion dollars
November 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I need to buy a coat but suddenly coats are designed by AI, manufactured by child slaves, and cost eleventy billion dollars
Got my Annual Intrusive Probe. Pleased to report that the plumbing seems to be working.
My doc walks in the room: “How’s your butt? Beautiful as ever? Good. Enough small talk. It’s probe time.”
And afterwards: “Looks good. Consider yourself probed. Now go get a milkshake.”
I love her so.
My doc walks in the room: “How’s your butt? Beautiful as ever? Good. Enough small talk. It’s probe time.”
And afterwards: “Looks good. Consider yourself probed. Now go get a milkshake.”
I love her so.
November 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Got my Annual Intrusive Probe. Pleased to report that the plumbing seems to be working.
My doc walks in the room: “How’s your butt? Beautiful as ever? Good. Enough small talk. It’s probe time.”
And afterwards: “Looks good. Consider yourself probed. Now go get a milkshake.”
I love her so.
My doc walks in the room: “How’s your butt? Beautiful as ever? Good. Enough small talk. It’s probe time.”
And afterwards: “Looks good. Consider yourself probed. Now go get a milkshake.”
I love her so.
Not a movie, but a show. I’d get The Witcher people together with the Game of Thrones people for a Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series.
I might be the only one who wants a Lankhmar show, but hey I’m a despotic autocrat, shut up and make my show or its off to the camps
I might be the only one who wants a Lankhmar show, but hey I’m a despotic autocrat, shut up and make my show or its off to the camps
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Not a movie, but a show. I’d get The Witcher people together with the Game of Thrones people for a Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series.
I might be the only one who wants a Lankhmar show, but hey I’m a despotic autocrat, shut up and make my show or its off to the camps
I might be the only one who wants a Lankhmar show, but hey I’m a despotic autocrat, shut up and make my show or its off to the camps
Reposted by BitterOldPunk
New blog post at chrismelito.com
Doug Ford is an asshat, and it's bad for all Ontarians
www.chrismelito.com/blog/go-find...
Doug Ford is an asshat, and it's bad for all Ontarians
www.chrismelito.com/blog/go-find...
‘Go find a job’ — CHRIS MELITO
The Premier of the Province is, to put it in the most polite terms I can muster at this time, a festering pustule on the face of Ontario. There are numerous controversies and reprehensible politica...
www.chrismelito.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New blog post at chrismelito.com
Doug Ford is an asshat, and it's bad for all Ontarians
www.chrismelito.com/blog/go-find...
Doug Ford is an asshat, and it's bad for all Ontarians
www.chrismelito.com/blog/go-find...
Fried my morning eggs in duck fat, little culinary experiment
Dear reader, they were just as tasty as you might have suspected
why is everything bad so delicious
Dear reader, they were just as tasty as you might have suspected
why is everything bad so delicious
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Fried my morning eggs in duck fat, little culinary experiment
Dear reader, they were just as tasty as you might have suspected
why is everything bad so delicious
Dear reader, they were just as tasty as you might have suspected
why is everything bad so delicious
The cat’s Xmas prezzie arrived
He may get it early, as he has been a Very Good Cat all year long (excepting the times he puked on the duvet)
He may get it early, as he has been a Very Good Cat all year long (excepting the times he puked on the duvet)
November 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The cat’s Xmas prezzie arrived
He may get it early, as he has been a Very Good Cat all year long (excepting the times he puked on the duvet)
He may get it early, as he has been a Very Good Cat all year long (excepting the times he puked on the duvet)
The diner across the street has been in business since Jesus rode a mastodon. I had coffee and a pancake the size of the plate.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The diner across the street has been in business since Jesus rode a mastodon. I had coffee and a pancake the size of the plate.
Trapped! In a world he never made.
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Trapped! In a world he never made.
I was sitting there but now I guess I’m not
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I was sitting there but now I guess I’m not
If I were a Science Edumicator, I would be thinking seriously about how to teach people to distinguish between machine learning, which is a Cool and Important field of scientific inquiry, and large language models, which are Theft-Fueled Bullshit Vortices
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
If I were a Science Edumicator, I would be thinking seriously about how to teach people to distinguish between machine learning, which is a Cool and Important field of scientific inquiry, and large language models, which are Theft-Fueled Bullshit Vortices
I say we're growing every day
Getting stronger
every way
I'll take you to a place where we shall find our
ROOTS
BLOODY ROOTS
ROOTS
BLOODY ROOTS
Getting stronger
every way
I'll take you to a place where we shall find our
ROOTS
BLOODY ROOTS
ROOTS
BLOODY ROOTS
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I say we're growing every day
Getting stronger
every way
I'll take you to a place where we shall find our
ROOTS
BLOODY ROOTS
ROOTS
BLOODY ROOTS
Getting stronger
every way
I'll take you to a place where we shall find our
ROOTS
BLOODY ROOTS
ROOTS
BLOODY ROOTS
No Dragonbane game today. Scheduling issues. :(
Thinking of writing a TTRPG in which players play the role of GMs trying to get five adults to sit down at a table at the same time on a regular basis
it’s a horror game and everyone dies
Thinking of writing a TTRPG in which players play the role of GMs trying to get five adults to sit down at a table at the same time on a regular basis
it’s a horror game and everyone dies
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
No Dragonbane game today. Scheduling issues. :(
Thinking of writing a TTRPG in which players play the role of GMs trying to get five adults to sit down at a table at the same time on a regular basis
it’s a horror game and everyone dies
Thinking of writing a TTRPG in which players play the role of GMs trying to get five adults to sit down at a table at the same time on a regular basis
it’s a horror game and everyone dies
Repo Man
Do The Right Thing
Raising Arizona
Gremlins
Do The Right Thing
Raising Arizona
Gremlins
Name your top 4 80s films.
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Repo Man
Do The Right Thing
Raising Arizona
Gremlins
Do The Right Thing
Raising Arizona
Gremlins
This would matter if words still held meaning
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This would matter if words still held meaning
Ah fuck it’s the goddamn holidays again
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Ah fuck it’s the goddamn holidays again
“Borborygmus” would be a great name for a metal band
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“Borborygmus” would be a great name for a metal band
Can’t wait for the forthcoming end-of-year streaming summary to show that my thoughtful and discerning listening habits basically boil down to blasting the same six songs over and over again like an unhinged obsessive
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Can’t wait for the forthcoming end-of-year streaming summary to show that my thoughtful and discerning listening habits basically boil down to blasting the same six songs over and over again like an unhinged obsessive
well drat
also yay science, I guess
also yay science, I guess
Now it can (finally) be told. We've been tracking Comet 3I more or less continuously with PUNCH. Everything is fine. 3I is definitely very interesting – but it is most definitely *not* an alien spaceship undergoing maneuvers, no matter what that Boston guy says. ☀️🛰️🔭🧪 #3I #comet #not_aliens
NASA’s PUNCH Spies Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS - NASA Science
NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during its passage through the
science.nasa.gov
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
well drat
also yay science, I guess
also yay science, I guess
We can start rewarding people for being healthy after we start punishing politicians for being stupid
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We can start rewarding people for being healthy after we start punishing politicians for being stupid
Another day in the electron mines
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Another day in the electron mines
This latest Cloudflare outage kinda feels like the internet is starting to flicker like the cabin lights in an old Volkswagen
it all still WORKS, sometimes, mostly, except when it doesn’t
it all still WORKS, sometimes, mostly, except when it doesn’t
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This latest Cloudflare outage kinda feels like the internet is starting to flicker like the cabin lights in an old Volkswagen
it all still WORKS, sometimes, mostly, except when it doesn’t
it all still WORKS, sometimes, mostly, except when it doesn’t
NB: things have always been moderately stupid, but it used to be that people weren’t proud of being stupid, and some of them actively tried not to be quite so stupid, which kinda kept things in check. But now stupid sells and people wallow in it, so here we are
This is going to be difficult for the younger generation to understand, but within living memory there was a time when everything wasn't obviously incredibly stupid all the time.
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
NB: things have always been moderately stupid, but it used to be that people weren’t proud of being stupid, and some of them actively tried not to be quite so stupid, which kinda kept things in check. But now stupid sells and people wallow in it, so here we are
The existence of Bobby Orr implies the existence of Bobby Andd
November 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The existence of Bobby Orr implies the existence of Bobby Andd
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM