Kareila
@kareila.bsky.social
Not childless, not currently a cat owner, not quite a lady, and 100% not here for your bullshit. Code whisperer at dreamwidth.org. Minion of @rahaeli.bsky.social. (It's pronounced kuh-RAY-luh.) She/her.
Well, my 5G home internet router waited until the day after mystery hunt ended to give up the ghost, at least.
January 20, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Well, my 5G home internet router waited until the day after mystery hunt ended to give up the ghost, at least.
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I am very, very conscious of how it looks for me to be saying this, because I own and operate a direct competitor to LJ, but: I strongly suspect, from all these signals, that Sberbank is preparing to either sell the outside-Russia part of LJ if they can find a buyer, or shut it down if they can't.
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
I am very, very conscious of how it looks for me to be saying this, because I own and operate a direct competitor to LJ, but: I strongly suspect, from all these signals, that Sberbank is preparing to either sell the outside-Russia part of LJ if they can find a buyer, or shut it down if they can't.
This demo has been living rent free in my head every December for more than 40 years. The outro is likely the first time I ever heard Bach.
youtu.be/AFkDrBtlRpo?...
youtu.be/AFkDrBtlRpo?...
Commodore 64 Crypt - The 1982 Christmas Demo
YouTube video by Psychedelic Eyeball
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This demo has been living rent free in my head every December for more than 40 years. The outro is likely the first time I ever heard Bach.
youtu.be/AFkDrBtlRpo?...
youtu.be/AFkDrBtlRpo?...
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Wishing you and yours a very happy 100th Dick Van Dyke-mas.
a man in a striped jacket is walking with three penguins behind him
Alt: Dick Van Dyke, dancing with penguins in Mary Poppins
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December 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Wishing you and yours a very happy 100th Dick Van Dyke-mas.
I had a dream about a Stranger Things themed mystery hunt, where some solutions made things better and others made things worse
I don’t even watch the show
I don’t even watch the show
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I had a dream about a Stranger Things themed mystery hunt, where some solutions made things better and others made things worse
I don’t even watch the show
I don’t even watch the show
Quick heads up for anyone who cares: my Advent of Code updates are still being posted via @[email protected] because Mastodon still has better support for hashtags (both for people who are monitoring the tag and those who want to mute it entirely)
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Quick heads up for anyone who cares: my Advent of Code updates are still being posted via @[email protected] because Mastodon still has better support for hashtags (both for people who are monitoring the tag and those who want to mute it entirely)
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Dreamwidth's users are the goddamn best, look at this amazing thing one of them wrote about @dreamwidth.org's user advocacy! osteophage.neocities.org/essays/dream...
How Online Privacy Has Been Championed by Dreamwidth
If you care about privacy on the web, then you should care about how anti-privacy laws have been challenged by Dreamwidth. Its unique role in these legal battles hasn’t been getting any dedicated pres...
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November 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Dreamwidth's users are the goddamn best, look at this amazing thing one of them wrote about @dreamwidth.org's user advocacy! osteophage.neocities.org/essays/dream...
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Behold, an end-of-year miracle: the holiday points bonus pre-announcement post arrives before December does and it's actually a post-announcement post! Points bonus begins tomorrow: dw-news.dreamwidth.org/44816.html
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November 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Behold, an end-of-year miracle: the holiday points bonus pre-announcement post arrives before December does and it's actually a post-announcement post! Points bonus begins tomorrow: dw-news.dreamwidth.org/44816.html
I will literally beg family members for book store gift cards. I need new books more than I need new clothes. 📚
my time-saving holiday shopping tip is to just get everybody books. white elephant? book. child? picture book. stocking? small book. i am a neutral & trustworthy source on this subject
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I will literally beg family members for book store gift cards. I need new books more than I need new clothes. 📚
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Zork is open source now?!
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
opensource.microsoft.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Zork is open source now?!
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
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Boston area folks:
Brickbottom Open Art Studios next weekend, Nov 22-23 afternoons, including my exhibit of images from the Smithsonian's telescopes.
Brickbottom Open Art Studios next weekend, Nov 22-23 afternoons, including my exhibit of images from the Smithsonian's telescopes.
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Boston area folks:
Brickbottom Open Art Studios next weekend, Nov 22-23 afternoons, including my exhibit of images from the Smithsonian's telescopes.
Brickbottom Open Art Studios next weekend, Nov 22-23 afternoons, including my exhibit of images from the Smithsonian's telescopes.
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Mookie Betts just won the 2025 Roberto Clemente award, the most prestigious award in all of MLB.
The Roberto Clemente Award is given annually to the player who best represents baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, and positive contributions, both on and off the field.
The Roberto Clemente Award is given annually to the player who best represents baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, and positive contributions, both on and off the field.
Pound for pound, Mookie is one of the greatest baseball players who ever lived.
Mookie Betts and Teoscar Hernandez were born a week apart.
Imagine Teoscar Hernandez turning himself into a gold glove shortstop this year.
Imagine Teoscar Hernandez turning himself into a gold glove shortstop this year.
October 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Mookie Betts just won the 2025 Roberto Clemente award, the most prestigious award in all of MLB.
The Roberto Clemente Award is given annually to the player who best represents baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, and positive contributions, both on and off the field.
The Roberto Clemente Award is given annually to the player who best represents baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, and positive contributions, both on and off the field.
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Headstone text: "maybe the least bad social media CEO"
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Brad maybe?
October 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Headstone text: "maybe the least bad social media CEO"
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you know what? fuck it. theremin mode. github.com/samhenrigold...
September 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
you know what? fuck it. theremin mode. github.com/samhenrigold...
Got my flu shot and my first dose of the shingles vax yay
September 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Got my flu shot and my first dose of the shingles vax yay
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The news post we really didn't want to write: starting 1 September, we will need to temporarily block IP addresses from Mississippi from accessing Dreamwidth for legal reasons. We are so very sorry. More info: dw-news.dreamwidth.org/44429.html
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August 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The news post we really didn't want to write: starting 1 September, we will need to temporarily block IP addresses from Mississippi from accessing Dreamwidth for legal reasons. We are so very sorry. More info: dw-news.dreamwidth.org/44429.html
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Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
I just backed The Periodic Puzzle Project: Chemistry x Sudoku on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/roc...
The Periodic Puzzle Project: Chemistry x Sudoku
A book of elemental chemistry history and trivia and corresponding variant sudoku puzzles themed for all 118 elements!
www.kickstarter.com
August 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just backed The Periodic Puzzle Project: Chemistry x Sudoku on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/roc...
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He didn't get to the moon but he got his crew home, and that was the more remarkable task.
www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna223...
www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna223...
Astronaut Jim Lovell, famed Apollo 13 commander, dies at 97
Lovell was also the first astronaut to go to space four times and part of the Apollo 8 crew, the first to launch on the Saturn V rocket and first to orbit the moon.
www.nbcnews.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
He didn't get to the moon but he got his crew home, and that was the more remarkable task.
www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna223...
www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna223...
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FYI the ebook of Old Man's War is going for $1.99 here in US/Canada at (most) ebook stores, for, I think, today. Get it! Cheap! And then buy all the rest of the series including the upcoming seventh installment, The Shattering Peace! The cats need tuna!
August 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
FYI the ebook of Old Man's War is going for $1.99 here in US/Canada at (most) ebook stores, for, I think, today. Get it! Cheap! And then buy all the rest of the series including the upcoming seventh installment, The Shattering Peace! The cats need tuna!
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The entire Pacific basin is now under tsunami threats, advisories, watches, or warnings
July 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The entire Pacific basin is now under tsunami threats, advisories, watches, or warnings
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See that bright speck?
That's Venus.
Photographed from Saturn.
That's Venus.
Photographed from Saturn.
July 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
See that bright speck?
That's Venus.
Photographed from Saturn.
That's Venus.
Photographed from Saturn.
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I am running for Congress to fight for our country. I’m not here to be polite – I am here to stand up for the working class. Together we’ll prove what should’ve been obvious all along: trans people aren’t political props - we’re leaders.
Visit bethfordemocracy.com to learn more about our campaign!
Visit bethfordemocracy.com to learn more about our campaign!
July 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I am running for Congress to fight for our country. I’m not here to be polite – I am here to stand up for the working class. Together we’ll prove what should’ve been obvious all along: trans people aren’t political props - we’re leaders.
Visit bethfordemocracy.com to learn more about our campaign!
Visit bethfordemocracy.com to learn more about our campaign!
He is in recovery and the surgeon says everything looked promising. They will keep him overnight.
June 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
He is in recovery and the surgeon says everything looked promising. They will keep him overnight.