McNutcase
@mcnutcase.bsky.social
Tried a bit of everything. Former gifted kid, depressed burnout, finally found a calling in woodworking. Wants to make all the musical instruments.
Nonbinary/genderfluid/genderqueer/it's complicated, e/em/eir
Nonbinary/genderfluid/genderqueer/it's complicated, e/em/eir
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McNutcase
@mcnutcase.bsky.social
· Nov 14
I'm not here to be followed, I'm here to keep in touch with what people I want to hear are saying, and maybe say some stuff myself. Set your expectations accordingly.
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the triangle of concern
February 14, 2026 at 6:05 AM
the triangle of concern
... does goddamned ANYONE nowadays make a laptop you can expand the storage in, or is it all just "you get what you get" black box devices?
February 14, 2026 at 5:37 AM
... does goddamned ANYONE nowadays make a laptop you can expand the storage in, or is it all just "you get what you get" black box devices?
Case in point, Zeiss, excellent optics, used forced labor during WWII, built optics for U-boats. Also, the part that ended up in East Germany was making custom cameras for the Stasi, so doubly cursed.
Let’s be honest if there is a wildly successful German/Austrian/European company that existed before WWII, survived it, and came out better in the other side you can take a safe bet that there was some Nazi shit going on with them.
February 14, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Case in point, Zeiss, excellent optics, used forced labor during WWII, built optics for U-boats. Also, the part that ended up in East Germany was making custom cameras for the Stasi, so doubly cursed.
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The aesthetics of the 3.5" floppy are immaculate.
It's peak consumer electronics design from the company that brought you the Walkman a few years before!
I could write a book on the design of just this floppy, and how it's so much better than the 5¼"/8" floppies that came.
It's peak consumer electronics design from the company that brought you the Walkman a few years before!
I could write a book on the design of just this floppy, and how it's so much better than the 5¼"/8" floppies that came.
Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it.
February 14, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The aesthetics of the 3.5" floppy are immaculate.
It's peak consumer electronics design from the company that brought you the Walkman a few years before!
I could write a book on the design of just this floppy, and how it's so much better than the 5¼"/8" floppies that came.
It's peak consumer electronics design from the company that brought you the Walkman a few years before!
I could write a book on the design of just this floppy, and how it's so much better than the 5¼"/8" floppies that came.
I'm amazed that this exists.
February 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
I'm amazed that this exists.
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it's backwards. obama and biden conceded the republican framework of border obsession, sliding right and setting off a near-inevitable push to where we are today. once again the democrats triangulated themselves into becoming republicans, allowing republicans to publicly embrace explicit fascism.
Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
February 12, 2026 at 11:10 PM
it's backwards. obama and biden conceded the republican framework of border obsession, sliding right and setting off a near-inevitable push to where we are today. once again the democrats triangulated themselves into becoming republicans, allowing republicans to publicly embrace explicit fascism.
Very pleasantly surprised to find that the Rodrigo y Gabriela album I bought comes with a bonus DVD that has a tutorial on it.
February 13, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Very pleasantly surprised to find that the Rodrigo y Gabriela album I bought comes with a bonus DVD that has a tutorial on it.
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You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
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its so ridiculous
"why wont you suck it up and support someone who thinks you, specifically, don't deserve human rights?"
"why wont you suck it up and support someone who thinks you, specifically, don't deserve human rights?"
February 13, 2026 at 6:53 PM
its so ridiculous
"why wont you suck it up and support someone who thinks you, specifically, don't deserve human rights?"
"why wont you suck it up and support someone who thinks you, specifically, don't deserve human rights?"
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“You realize it’s an hour and a half until dinnertime and you don’t need to sit there the whole time and stare at me, right?”
“I got nowhere to be”
“I got nowhere to be”
February 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
“You realize it’s an hour and a half until dinnertime and you don’t need to sit there the whole time and stare at me, right?”
“I got nowhere to be”
“I got nowhere to be”
Oh thank fuck, this means my preferred anti-VC phrase is ok. I use "vampire capitalists" because vultures are a dignified and necessary part of the ecosystem, but I'd been worried about were the cute bats catching strays.
#TodayILearned that the vampire bat (1774) was named for the mythological vampire (1732) and not the other way around. www.etymonline.com/word/vampire
February 13, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Oh thank fuck, this means my preferred anti-VC phrase is ok. I use "vampire capitalists" because vultures are a dignified and necessary part of the ecosystem, but I'd been worried about were the cute bats catching strays.
Urgh. So the laptop I have is apparently old enough that nobody reputable makes the right ssd for it anymore. Now I'm pondering "new laptop, ssd, throw Linux on it immediately". Problem then becomes "how do I transfer my stickers?"
February 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Urgh. So the laptop I have is apparently old enough that nobody reputable makes the right ssd for it anymore. Now I'm pondering "new laptop, ssd, throw Linux on it immediately". Problem then becomes "how do I transfer my stickers?"
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also i will NEVER forget that when it was Mamdani vs Cuomo, the blue no matter who people didn't say a word about voting for the Democrat no matter what. everyone saw that.
February 13, 2026 at 12:52 PM
also i will NEVER forget that when it was Mamdani vs Cuomo, the blue no matter who people didn't say a word about voting for the Democrat no matter what. everyone saw that.
"political and cultural ignorance" and this asshole wants to be a goddamned SENATOR?!
so he wasn't a bigot during professional appearances yet when he wasn't seeking more power, he said bigoted things. somehow I'm supposed to trust him????
February 13, 2026 at 6:00 AM
"political and cultural ignorance" and this asshole wants to be a goddamned SENATOR?!
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incredible how white men are given the benefit of the doubt when anything coming from marginalized groups are treated with utmost suspicion and distorted beyond recognition
February 13, 2026 at 5:05 AM
incredible how white men are given the benefit of the doubt when anything coming from marginalized groups are treated with utmost suspicion and distorted beyond recognition
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what ablebodied ppl don’t rly get is that visible disability doesn’t mean a world that has failed to “cure” it, but a world where disabled people are given the equity and resources to BE AND BE TREATED LIKE PEOPLE
I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
February 13, 2026 at 2:58 AM
what ablebodied ppl don’t rly get is that visible disability doesn’t mean a world that has failed to “cure” it, but a world where disabled people are given the equity and resources to BE AND BE TREATED LIKE PEOPLE
The materials science gameplay loop, as set down by @explosionsandfire.bsky.social:
1. Invent incredibly useful new substance (easy)
2. Attempt to recreate its usefulness without needing to include lead or cadmium (bastard hard)
1. Invent incredibly useful new substance (easy)
2. Attempt to recreate its usefulness without needing to include lead or cadmium (bastard hard)
How exceptionally useful lead would be if only it weren't so horrifically toxic feels like an important element in the hypothesis that the universe is cruel and also wants us dead.
(Yes I see what I did there)
(Yes I see what I did there)
February 13, 2026 at 2:58 AM
The materials science gameplay loop, as set down by @explosionsandfire.bsky.social:
1. Invent incredibly useful new substance (easy)
2. Attempt to recreate its usefulness without needing to include lead or cadmium (bastard hard)
1. Invent incredibly useful new substance (easy)
2. Attempt to recreate its usefulness without needing to include lead or cadmium (bastard hard)
Love the stage of capitalism where you start needing a website to help you find "I used to get this at _________" because all the useful stores got drained by private equity.
February 13, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Love the stage of capitalism where you start needing a website to help you find "I used to get this at _________" because all the useful stores got drained by private equity.
There's a certain satisfaction in walking up to the thread checker at Ace Hardware and getting the right thread on the first try.
February 13, 2026 at 1:05 AM
There's a certain satisfaction in walking up to the thread checker at Ace Hardware and getting the right thread on the first try.
"When all you need is a fly"
February 12, 2026 at 11:35 PM
"When all you need is a fly"
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Everyone who's doing business with Musk right now deserves to be scrutinized as closely as everyone in the Epstein files.
The silence of US elites about this remains stunning & utterly damning.
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Everyone who's doing business with Musk right now deserves to be scrutinized as closely as everyone in the Epstein files.
Current mood: angry about the demise of Fry's Electronics, because goddammit they were useful.
Where the heck am I supposed to go nowadays to buy cromulent computer parts?
February 12, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Current mood: angry about the demise of Fry's Electronics, because goddammit they were useful.
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Alt text: a graph showing a massive spike in anti-trans articles per 30 days.
The x axis starts in 2012, most of the spike is just in the last decade
The spike really starts to kick in around 2017 or so, corresponding almost *perfectly* with powerful sexual predators feeling threatened by MeToo.
The x axis starts in 2012, most of the spike is just in the last decade
The spike really starts to kick in around 2017 or so, corresponding almost *perfectly* with powerful sexual predators feeling threatened by MeToo.
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 12, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Alt text: a graph showing a massive spike in anti-trans articles per 30 days.
The x axis starts in 2012, most of the spike is just in the last decade
The spike really starts to kick in around 2017 or so, corresponding almost *perfectly* with powerful sexual predators feeling threatened by MeToo.
The x axis starts in 2012, most of the spike is just in the last decade
The spike really starts to kick in around 2017 or so, corresponding almost *perfectly* with powerful sexual predators feeling threatened by MeToo.
Where the heck am I supposed to go nowadays to buy cromulent computer parts?
February 12, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Where the heck am I supposed to go nowadays to buy cromulent computer parts?
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Archaeopteryx looks like it would be bitey, a little asshole flying lizard. Probably smart for its size too. Imagine a pigeon-sized lizard crow with a mouthful of sharp teeth that looks at everything as having too many fingers and not bleeding nearly enough
February 12, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Archaeopteryx looks like it would be bitey, a little asshole flying lizard. Probably smart for its size too. Imagine a pigeon-sized lizard crow with a mouthful of sharp teeth that looks at everything as having too many fingers and not bleeding nearly enough