James Mitchell

@wotsac
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I'm the world's leading expert on keeping the Voyager library system running. LC has me on speed dial. I work for Clarivate, but I don't speak for them. Anybody hiring a weird generalist?

Also weird old computers and cats.

Lots of cats

I should have probably mentioned the cats first

As seen on 'The Trout'

Give yourself an affirmation:
I am nice and people like me
7.4%
I do my best to be a good person
13.9%
My odor of ashen gravedirt is alluring
3.3%
Those who see my 1st eye open will stand & attend
0%
I deserve to devour peaceful memories
8.2%
Those who see my 2nd eye open will kneel
0.8%
The chill I exude may be felt for miles
7.4%
Those who see my 3rd eye open will never look away
4.1%
It's okay that I don't have a 4th eye
9.8%
I am allowed to be frightened of things sometimes
3.3%
Frightened of the Dweller Under the Floor
1.6%
My claws are slender and sharp
10.7%
I am allowed to have other feelings about the DUtF
0.8%
When I turn into a vapor, I am as subtle as mist
9%
I am allowed to imagine DUtF opening his 4th eye
0%
My proboscis is long and dreadful
2.5%
It is not gay to wonder about the 4th eye
3.3%
My carapace is strong and sharp
4.1%
My teeth are beyond counting
7.4%
The 4th eye won't make me gay
2.5%
Poll ended at .
@tomjennings if you've looked, I'm imagining that you're pretty happy with how the restoration of the LGP-21 is going. It's so neat
44 USB Port 22 Power Adapt Combo HotPlug Board
@TheNeedling they'd blow up the Agate bridge if it didn't allow them access to Costco.
Bainbridge Island Adds ‘Everyone Is Welcome Here’ Sign to 90-Foot Wall Keeping Poors Out: https://theneedling.com/2026/05/13/bainbridge-island-adds-everyone-is-welcome-here-sign-to-90-foot-wall-keeping-poors-out/

Also a rather mad endeavor that tries to emulate S-100 computers and cards. In theory you can mix and match “cards” and use exotic hardware like the Dazzler and VDM-1. Or just CP/M and run Zork. Not perfect, but interesting.

Https://grantmestrength.GitHub.io/S100

RE: https://me.ns.ci/@xkcdbot/116568727963160710

24 years ago: read the thread. Maybe you answered this question and forgot about it

Y'all already heard that Canada has decided that Canadian citizen can pass, retroactively, from parent to child for more than one generation -- so that if your parent, or grandparent, or great-grandparent was Canadian, you can get Canadian citizenship. (And if you didn't know that, look at https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/dual-citizenship-eh-under-new-law-millions-of-americans-may-now-also-be-considered-canadian and https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-citizenship/become-canadian-citizen/eligibility/already-citizen.html)

But the NEW news is, Canada is moving citizenship applications from transgender USians to the top of the queue. So -- if you're trans, you have Canadian ancestry, and you think that you'd like to be Canadian, get that application in!

More about the trans part: https://www.cicnews.com/2026/05/canada-is-fast-tracking-citizenship-certificates-for-trans-americans-0575258.html

EDIT, 14 May 2026: Many folks have posted to me to clarify that there isn't special processing specifically for trans US citizens. Instead, anyone can apply for "urgent" processing, and there are many reasons why an application might be considered urgent. Applicants need to explain why they need urgent processing. (It's not like there's a check-box to say "trans in US".) But trans people with Canadian ancestry have applied for, and received, urgent processing of their citizenship applications.

Dual citizenship, eh? Under new law, millions of Americans may now also be considered Canadian

A recent change to Canada's requirements has led to a surge in applications from its southern neighbor.

PBS News
We’ve pushed young people completely out of our public physical spaces and now they’re getting pushed out of our digital spaces as well. Where are they supposed to go?
I started elementary (the open source project) as a high school student. When we were building the first versions of our desktop environment, one of our core developers was in high school and his parents accompanied him to the Ubuntu Developer Summit. How many things we have today wouldn’t exist if young people weren’t allowed to participate? The cost of not creating spaces that we can safely share with young people is too high