from bsky.jazco.dev/stats@jaz.bsky.social)

I keep a print of this on my office wall, courtesy of @datgreenmonstah.bsky.social

So "bug" is a quite old engineering term, not the result of the first computers encountering insects, while "glitch" is (probably) a borrow word only recently added to the technical lexicon. Isn't language fun?

Jesus christ, TIL i guess!

Early gen Z, and we still did square dancing in elementary school! So it's still around in a few places (along with the cupid shuffle and the macarena...)

this was taken by a person i'm in a discord with if you need to know how bad it's looking

Thanks V3333333 for the art share Here's a fish made of split oak branches and glass mosaic: Tag: @chloecumming.bsky.social@bisonrimant.fr

To give you a sense of the scale of the harvest needed: "twelve thousand snails of Murex brandaris yield no more than 1.4 g of pure dye, enough to color only the trim of a single garment." It was SO expensive, only kings or the very rich could afford even a hem. Roman senators wore a mere strip.

Awwww! happy ripley day!

referring to my vampire hunting gear as drackle tackle