A Neurotic Cow
@aneuroticcow.bsky.social
I like cows.
Collector of mental conditions and scientific papers "I'll read eventually". DMs open to discuss either.
Pronouns (EN): *point finger with mocking intent*/*other context-dependent hand gesture*
Pronouns (IT): coso là, come se chiama?
Collector of mental conditions and scientific papers "I'll read eventually". DMs open to discuss either.
Pronouns (EN): *point finger with mocking intent*/*other context-dependent hand gesture*
Pronouns (IT): coso là, come se chiama?
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A Neurotic Cow
@aneuroticcow.bsky.social
· Oct 31
Unpopular opinion: here's how to fix the modern world.
1)Find the closest living relative of the Hohenstaufen dynasty
2)make them Emperor
3)Surrender half the nuclear arsenal to them and the other half to Pope Leo
4)Choose whether you want to be a Guelph or a Ghibelline and be loyal to your faction.
1)Find the closest living relative of the Hohenstaufen dynasty
2)make them Emperor
3)Surrender half the nuclear arsenal to them and the other half to Pope Leo
4)Choose whether you want to be a Guelph or a Ghibelline and be loyal to your faction.
In hindsight, buying 0.5kg of enological yeast, because it was cheaper than 10x 5g packages, might not have been a good idea.
Unless I get my hands on 2000l of grape/malted grains wort and open a brewery.
Unless I get my hands on 2000l of grape/malted grains wort and open a brewery.
December 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
In hindsight, buying 0.5kg of enological yeast, because it was cheaper than 10x 5g packages, might not have been a good idea.
Unless I get my hands on 2000l of grape/malted grains wort and open a brewery.
Unless I get my hands on 2000l of grape/malted grains wort and open a brewery.
Pro tip: if you feel you need to improve your profanity skills, all you have to do is forget that USB cables are not "universal" as the name implies, and that most of them are power cables, not data cables.
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Pro tip: if you feel you need to improve your profanity skills, all you have to do is forget that USB cables are not "universal" as the name implies, and that most of them are power cables, not data cables.
Non me ne vogliano i toscani, ma dovevo finire il ragù delle arancine e non avevo uova per altri formati di pasta.
December 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Non me ne vogliano i toscani, ma dovevo finire il ragù delle arancine e non avevo uova per altri formati di pasta.
Picked a random Sopranos episode to listen to something while cooking. It was S3E11.
youtu.be/Ziap4hpYfU8
youtu.be/Ziap4hpYfU8
The Sopranos - Interior Decorator
YouTube video by Tony Soprano
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December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Picked a random Sopranos episode to listen to something while cooking. It was S3E11.
youtu.be/Ziap4hpYfU8
youtu.be/Ziap4hpYfU8
It's always hard to describe Tarkovsky's movies. Stalker (1979) is a reflection on the human condition, as seen by an intellectual and a scientist following an outlaw guide on a journey through dangerous wastelands, to reach an allegedly wish-granting room.
December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It's always hard to describe Tarkovsky's movies. Stalker (1979) is a reflection on the human condition, as seen by an intellectual and a scientist following an outlaw guide on a journey through dangerous wastelands, to reach an allegedly wish-granting room.
La parola d'ordine è una sola, categorica e impegnativa per tutti: FRIGGERE!
December 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
La parola d'ordine è una sola, categorica e impegnativa per tutti: FRIGGERE!
Letture interessanti, per un adolescente esaltato.
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Letture interessanti, per un adolescente esaltato.
Cooked for an army today (stuff which will be frozen, assembled and deep fried another day). Only problem is, I have no guests.
True friends are too far away, fake friends no longer bother interacting, family values gathering only when they are not the ones inconvenienced by traveling.
True friends are too far away, fake friends no longer bother interacting, family values gathering only when they are not the ones inconvenienced by traveling.
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Cooked for an army today (stuff which will be frozen, assembled and deep fried another day). Only problem is, I have no guests.
True friends are too far away, fake friends no longer bother interacting, family values gathering only when they are not the ones inconvenienced by traveling.
True friends are too far away, fake friends no longer bother interacting, family values gathering only when they are not the ones inconvenienced by traveling.
I didn't want to spend an hour manually sanding headlights, so I bought one of those restoration kits with a drill attachment. "Sand for 10 minutes with the 800 grit paper, then 10 minutes with the 1200, [...]" (Total process: 50 minutes for a single headlight). At least there is the UV varnish.
December 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I didn't want to spend an hour manually sanding headlights, so I bought one of those restoration kits with a drill attachment. "Sand for 10 minutes with the 800 grit paper, then 10 minutes with the 1200, [...]" (Total process: 50 minutes for a single headlight). At least there is the UV varnish.
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It's almost 2026, but it still takes a colossal effort to mount an external ntfs drive and move files around without errors from Linux.
I can't wait to reformat everything in ext4 after ditching every force-fed Microsoft product* at the end of the PhD.
I can't wait to reformat everything in ext4 after ditching every force-fed Microsoft product* at the end of the PhD.
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's almost 2026, but it still takes a colossal effort to mount an external ntfs drive and move files around without errors from Linux.
I can't wait to reformat everything in ext4 after ditching every force-fed Microsoft product* at the end of the PhD.
I can't wait to reformat everything in ext4 after ditching every force-fed Microsoft product* at the end of the PhD.
December 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The Holy Trinity.
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The Holy Trinity.
6 months ago, I seemingly burned my own laptop's GPU due to lack of research funds. There was a visible hotspot in the metal packaging and thermal paste was completely dried out. However, it came back to life and worked again under Linux, even being able to run games and GPU heavy AI experiments 1/2
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
6 months ago, I seemingly burned my own laptop's GPU due to lack of research funds. There was a visible hotspot in the metal packaging and thermal paste was completely dried out. However, it came back to life and worked again under Linux, even being able to run games and GPU heavy AI experiments 1/2
Just in time for the mandatory three factor authentication on a poorly configured university mailserver, where every email is forcefully forwarded also to the mandatory recovery account (outside their security perimeter) anyways. And also for people who already graduated/will graduate in weeks.
![Comic. Doing a task using a company or organization’s website: [flowchart] Go to website, try to log in → Did it work? → Yes → Try to do your task. → Did it work? Yes → Nice! Done! If logging in did not work → Spend hours troubleshooting account / login. If that works, go to Try to do your task. If no → Give up and call customer service. If spending hours troubleshooting doesn’t work, also give up and call customer service. After calling customer service: Hold message: “Did you know you could do all this more quickly and easily on our website? Just go to w-w-w dot…” → Throw phone and laptop into the sea.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiewqnkcrrc4tgla7j5skyz2djf3mrrvre3577c4xcgzurvq33bw4y@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Just in time for the mandatory three factor authentication on a poorly configured university mailserver, where every email is forcefully forwarded also to the mandatory recovery account (outside their security perimeter) anyways. And also for people who already graduated/will graduate in weeks.
The puree started splitting while plating 🙄
December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The puree started splitting while plating 🙄
Is it the right rice? No.
But is it the right filling? Also no.
Does it hold its shape? Uhm no.
Do they taste good? They are breakfast worthy, unless they disintegrate over night.
Why would you do this? Making ragù at midnight and frying arancine would have been considered insanity, by some people
But is it the right filling? Also no.
Does it hold its shape? Uhm no.
Do they taste good? They are breakfast worthy, unless they disintegrate over night.
Why would you do this? Making ragù at midnight and frying arancine would have been considered insanity, by some people
December 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Is it the right rice? No.
But is it the right filling? Also no.
Does it hold its shape? Uhm no.
Do they taste good? They are breakfast worthy, unless they disintegrate over night.
Why would you do this? Making ragù at midnight and frying arancine would have been considered insanity, by some people
But is it the right filling? Also no.
Does it hold its shape? Uhm no.
Do they taste good? They are breakfast worthy, unless they disintegrate over night.
Why would you do this? Making ragù at midnight and frying arancine would have been considered insanity, by some people
Fare 50km per scoprire che la casa in paese è senza riserva d'acqua, è un colpo al cuore. Scoprire di avere ancora degli anacardi in dispensa, è una consolazione.
December 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Fare 50km per scoprire che la casa in paese è senza riserva d'acqua, è un colpo al cuore. Scoprire di avere ancora degli anacardi in dispensa, è una consolazione.
Non avete un cartellino con gli orari all'ingresso, l'affare girevole dice "Aperto", google maps dice "aperto", dentro le luci sono accese. Io ho provato ad aprire la porta ed essendo chiusa mi sono messo ad aspettare fuori senza insistere. C'è motivo di offendersi con "Che vuoi? Siamo chiusi"?
December 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Non avete un cartellino con gli orari all'ingresso, l'affare girevole dice "Aperto", google maps dice "aperto", dentro le luci sono accese. Io ho provato ad aprire la porta ed essendo chiusa mi sono messo ad aspettare fuori senza insistere. C'è motivo di offendersi con "Che vuoi? Siamo chiusi"?
Questa settimana c'è stato relativamente bel tempo. Avevo la macchina sporca e l'ho fatta lavare. Chiedo scusa per il maltempo al sud.
December 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Questa settimana c'è stato relativamente bel tempo. Avevo la macchina sporca e l'ho fatta lavare. Chiedo scusa per il maltempo al sud.
You can't convince me that 007 movies are *NOT* comedies.
December 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
You can't convince me that 007 movies are *NOT* comedies.
Yesterday I accidentally had only one coffee (compared to the average of 5 daily). Maybe it is the right time for detoxification, since all the known deadlines I have to meet for now are either self-imposed or non-paid "it would be a waste of talent if you didn't continue to be our slave".
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Yesterday I accidentally had only one coffee (compared to the average of 5 daily). Maybe it is the right time for detoxification, since all the known deadlines I have to meet for now are either self-imposed or non-paid "it would be a waste of talent if you didn't continue to be our slave".
Reposted by A Neurotic Cow
Reposted by A Neurotic Cow
Very cool radioactive fungus news
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only move...
www.sciencealert.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Very cool radioactive fungus news
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
December 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM