Allusion

@giltay@tenforward.social
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Cave pixie. Sufficiently accurate for poetry. There are cats. Call me Geoff.

Languages: English, and limited French. Formerly giltay@m.s (2017–22) and giltay@eldritch (2022–23).

I'm okay if people want to interact with me, follow me, or boost my toots.

Avatar description: Avatar description: My face (white person with auburn hair and glasses). I'm wearing a Tilley hat.

Header image description: A macro closeup of a gilt steel pen nib with "№ 42" inscribed on it.

pronounshe/him usually, but I'm open to she/her
homeOwen Sound, Ontario, Canada (Treaties 45½, 67, and 82)
fortysomething
webhttps://www.giltay.ca
@jk This website is under construction. Hard hats and safety shoes are mandatory. Visitors must check in with the foreperson. [links to WHMIS safety data sheets]

@gnomon @k8eb I've always* been of the opinion that it should be legal to key cars doing moving violations. So I whole-heartedly endorse the box of rocks proposal.

*Since walking up Bayview to the office since, like, 1997, where there are supposedly no right turns coming out of north Leaside at rush hour and hearing of more than one blind coworker getting hit.

W and I went to the "Owen Sound" ComiCon (part of a circuit around Ontario run by the same group). It was just merch tables, mostly collectibles. I was hoping for some indie comix but there was none of that. And so many fucking Funko Pops, ugh. At least there were a few artists selling art they actually made, plus one author selling his novels.

W got some stone skulls, so it wasn't a total waste of 10 bucks.

That's the face of a man who wouldn't turn a turtle over if it was on its back.
You can tell Ron Moore had a hand in this because it actually references things that happened in previous episodes.
Brain damage doesn't make people conservative, lead exposure doesn't make people conservative, stop fucking saying and spreading this fucking garbage you assholes
The rise of Whatever

This was originally titled “I miss when computers were fun”. But in the course of writing it, I discovered that there is a reason computers became less fun, a dark thread woven through a number of events in recent history. Let me back up a bit.

This came up in conversation just now: "What if the Beastie Boys pronounced 'sabotage' the way William Shatner pronounces 'sabotage'?"
a blog post by my friend eevee which is, y’know, preaching to the choir about exactly what you think, but. yeah. https://eev.ee/blog/2025/07/03/the-rise-of-whatever/
The rise of Whatever

This was originally titled “I miss when computers were fun”. But in the course of writing it, I discovered that there is a reason computers became less fun, a dark thread woven through a number of events in recent history. Let me back up a bit.

Getting a new employee set up with SSH access to a server. Employee sends me their public key. Pasted into an e-mail. Which Microsoft helpfully word-wrapped using the hyphens in the key. And then, even more helpfully, *added invisible hyphens* that only show up when you copy and paste.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4gWJ-zemLk

please stop doing that

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