Jingle Doug
@digdoug.bsky.social
Quixotic. Through and through. All opinions are my own, not my employers. Because I have a soul and corporations do not.
quixotic_doug on some meta shit. digdoug in a lot of places.
quixotic_doug on some meta shit. digdoug in a lot of places.
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Just got the reminder that today's the final day to submit my self-eval. It helpfully pointed out all the ways that Copilot could help me complete it.
So I fed my entire review to copilot and told it to rewrite it as Dr Seuss. Soulless, wasteful, non-entertaining. You know, middle managementesque.
So I fed my entire review to copilot and told it to rewrite it as Dr Seuss. Soulless, wasteful, non-entertaining. You know, middle managementesque.
![## **Boosting Teams, Untangling Dreams**
At [this place] I wander, I zig and I zoom,
Helping teams sparkle and banish their gloom.
I boost and I bolster, I lend and I lift—
A force for connection, the value is swift.
With data that’s tangled or systems that sprawl,
I peel back the curtains and answer the call:
From brainstorming builds where the data was thin,
To simplifying steps so the work can begin.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3fwmpfzpnbha5m45fecrcsou/bafkreigxo3v5uduopbie5aut5nkk5k7h67sycbwvgubh22dhszradsfm7q@jpeg)
December 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Just got the reminder that today's the final day to submit my self-eval. It helpfully pointed out all the ways that Copilot could help me complete it.
So I fed my entire review to copilot and told it to rewrite it as Dr Seuss. Soulless, wasteful, non-entertaining. You know, middle managementesque.
So I fed my entire review to copilot and told it to rewrite it as Dr Seuss. Soulless, wasteful, non-entertaining. You know, middle managementesque.
It's time to reshare one of my favorite internet videos. (Pretty sure I first saw this on kottke, and maybe before Fleabag)
vimeo.com/195030004
vimeo.com/195030004
The 12 Days of Christmas - A Tale of Avian Misery
Credits: Written, Directed, Animated & Produced by Anomaly: Narrator - Phoebe Waller-Bridge Writer - Craig Ainsley Directors - Ben White & Craig Ainsley Assistant…
vimeo.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's time to reshare one of my favorite internet videos. (Pretty sure I first saw this on kottke, and maybe before Fleabag)
vimeo.com/195030004
vimeo.com/195030004
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Oh, it's just incredible and effortless how Kristen Stewart dismantles and diagnoses the pathology and ego of Brando (and... well, all the dudes in Hollywood) here. www.youtube.com/shorts/_h-iK... There's just so many parallels to tech in this. And I'm so glad she's solid in herself to just SAY it.
Kristen Stewart on Men and Method Acting
YouTube video by The Interview
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Oh, it's just incredible and effortless how Kristen Stewart dismantles and diagnoses the pathology and ego of Brando (and... well, all the dudes in Hollywood) here. www.youtube.com/shorts/_h-iK... There's just so many parallels to tech in this. And I'm so glad she's solid in herself to just SAY it.
HAHAAHAHAAHH. The Self Evaluation form has a limit of 3000 characters.
This year?
Hahahah, GFY yourself Workday.
This year?
Hahahah, GFY yourself Workday.
December 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
HAHAAHAHAAHH. The Self Evaluation form has a limit of 3000 characters.
This year?
Hahahah, GFY yourself Workday.
This year?
Hahahah, GFY yourself Workday.
I have a cheap alarm clock in my office. Whenever we lose power, when it comes back on, it turns the alarm on, set for 7am. But it also resets its time to 12:00pm. So, 19 hours after your breakers are flipped, you have to figure out what that damn beeping is. Twelfth time is the charm!
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I have a cheap alarm clock in my office. Whenever we lose power, when it comes back on, it turns the alarm on, set for 7am. But it also resets its time to 12:00pm. So, 19 hours after your breakers are flipped, you have to figure out what that damn beeping is. Twelfth time is the charm!
Guess what.
[grumble]
[grumble]
Ahh, time to my annual self-eval for work.
I survived bitches, give me 5 stars.
I survived bitches, give me 5 stars.
December 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Guess what.
[grumble]
[grumble]
Murderbot, The Residence, Sinners(!), Superman, The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Too many episodes of Tiny Desk Concert to list, the entirety of The Center for Puppetry Arts in ATL, For Small Creatures Such As We by Sasha Sagan.
Andor was amazing, but not 'Joy' inducing
Andor was amazing, but not 'Joy' inducing
2025 has been a rough year. What's one piece of art that's brought you absolute joy despite everything?
December 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Murderbot, The Residence, Sinners(!), Superman, The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Too many episodes of Tiny Desk Concert to list, the entirety of The Center for Puppetry Arts in ATL, For Small Creatures Such As We by Sasha Sagan.
Andor was amazing, but not 'Joy' inducing
Andor was amazing, but not 'Joy' inducing
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36 years ago
December 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
36 years ago
We watched The Sure Thing tonight. I'm glad Reiner went older for the rest of his romcoms, but no regrets. It was a perfectly enjoyable 80s movie.
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
We watched The Sure Thing tonight. I'm glad Reiner went older for the rest of his romcoms, but no regrets. It was a perfectly enjoyable 80s movie.
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One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
2025 - To The Pain.
December 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
2025 - To The Pain.
I'm not sure how listentoamovie.com has survived internet purges, but I'm glad it's out there, and listening to The Princess Bride feels like the right thing to do this morning.
December 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I'm not sure how listentoamovie.com has survived internet purges, but I'm glad it's out there, and listening to The Princess Bride feels like the right thing to do this morning.
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We have been visited by the Kristmas Kraken!
December 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We have been visited by the Kristmas Kraken!
Tonight is my block's progressive dinner, and the first one we're missing. Just not feeling social at all. Also, half of them would talk about their effortst o stop some housing from being built adjacent to the block, and I'd lose my rep as the charming curmudgeon that walks the horsedog.
December 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Tonight is my block's progressive dinner, and the first one we're missing. Just not feeling social at all. Also, half of them would talk about their effortst o stop some housing from being built adjacent to the block, and I'd lose my rep as the charming curmudgeon that walks the horsedog.
Imma respond to so many emails with a link to this skeet.
December 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Imma respond to so many emails with a link to this skeet.
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This holiday season seems to be grinding away at people I care about so much more heavily than the last few years.
Constantly trying to squish my own desire to turtle-up and hide for a few weeks, to try and do small, nice things for people as often as I can.
It's brutal out there, folks. Be kind
Constantly trying to squish my own desire to turtle-up and hide for a few weeks, to try and do small, nice things for people as often as I can.
It's brutal out there, folks. Be kind
December 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This holiday season seems to be grinding away at people I care about so much more heavily than the last few years.
Constantly trying to squish my own desire to turtle-up and hide for a few weeks, to try and do small, nice things for people as often as I can.
It's brutal out there, folks. Be kind
Constantly trying to squish my own desire to turtle-up and hide for a few weeks, to try and do small, nice things for people as often as I can.
It's brutal out there, folks. Be kind
I can’t remember the first book. I do remember the librarian that turned me into a reader. She handed me Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the same time, and said “I’ll see you next week.”
I need something from y'all. What's the first book you remember truly reading yourself?
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I can’t remember the first book. I do remember the librarian that turned me into a reader. She handed me Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the same time, and said “I’ll see you next week.”
United 93.
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
United 93.
12 years ago. My absolute favorite pic of Einstein. No camera phone could capture this shot, well it could it’d just over process it and ruin it.
Look at this perfect boy.
Look at this perfect boy.
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
12 years ago. My absolute favorite pic of Einstein. No camera phone could capture this shot, well it could it’d just over process it and ruin it.
Look at this perfect boy.
Look at this perfect boy.
One of those sunrises that would have been spectacular at the old building. When I could get to the roof, and have an actual skyline.
December 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
One of those sunrises that would have been spectacular at the old building. When I could get to the roof, and have an actual skyline.
Did you guys know they made a book out of that really good Muppet movie?
New episode in your podfeed: I read all of A Christmas Carol, with musical backing from @martinaustwick.bsky.social. It’s a banger! theallusionist.org/christmascarol
Allusionist 222. A Christmas Carol — The Allusionist
Today, we read the novelisation of The Muppet Christmas Carol , also known as the 1843 festive lit hit A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
theallusionist.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Did you guys know they made a book out of that really good Muppet movie?
Watching The Ballad of Donkey Doug. Really love how popular Doug has become as a name in media. Love it.
two men standing next to each other and one of them says you both it
Alt: two men standing next to each other and one of them says you both it
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Watching The Ballad of Donkey Doug. Really love how popular Doug has become as a name in media. Love it.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
I was very very good running a mimeograph machine in middle school.
I have also deeply internalized the portal locations throughout Dereth (Asheron's Call kids know what I'm talking about.)
I was very very good running a mimeograph machine in middle school.
I have also deeply internalized the portal locations throughout Dereth (Asheron's Call kids know what I'm talking about.)
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
I was super fast at texting using the 10-key keyboard on a phone
I was super fast at texting using the 10-key keyboard on a phone
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Archival research feels like it’s full of these, but then there’s always one throwback archive with a microfiche machine or a paper catalogue (or, indeed: NARA)
Archival research feels like it’s full of these, but then there’s always one throwback archive with a microfiche machine or a paper catalogue (or, indeed: NARA)
December 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
I was very very good running a mimeograph machine in middle school.
I have also deeply internalized the portal locations throughout Dereth (Asheron's Call kids know what I'm talking about.)
I was very very good running a mimeograph machine in middle school.
I have also deeply internalized the portal locations throughout Dereth (Asheron's Call kids know what I'm talking about.)
This holiday season seems to be grinding away at people I care about so much more heavily than the last few years.
Constantly trying to squish my own desire to turtle-up and hide for a few weeks, to try and do small, nice things for people as often as I can.
It's brutal out there, folks. Be kind
Constantly trying to squish my own desire to turtle-up and hide for a few weeks, to try and do small, nice things for people as often as I can.
It's brutal out there, folks. Be kind
December 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This holiday season seems to be grinding away at people I care about so much more heavily than the last few years.
Constantly trying to squish my own desire to turtle-up and hide for a few weeks, to try and do small, nice things for people as often as I can.
It's brutal out there, folks. Be kind
Constantly trying to squish my own desire to turtle-up and hide for a few weeks, to try and do small, nice things for people as often as I can.
It's brutal out there, folks. Be kind