Dr Alice Violett (@alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy)

@alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 11, 2026, 9:32 AM

Well, that's a new one. Dreamt about a house with a flooded sunken garden... thing and secrets among the people who lived there (think Kate Morton, Eve Chase etc), then it turned out to be a book written by a fedi mutual (who isn't an author), and I had to review it, but I was having trouble […]

@alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 11, 2026, 9:15 AM

#TheSundayStarter Slow Magic - Lost (feat. Elohim)
https://musiccloud.io/XwpWSf4P

Feeding the earworm.

@cat-news.mas.to.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 7:10 PMReposted by @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy

One of the humans got up early, and disappeared. Roxy (Brussels, Belgium) has been sulking ever since. She is mad that no-one is following the established morning routine.

#cats #cat #CatNews #CatsOfMastodon

https://cat-news.news/

A cartoon of a very angry silver tabby cat, sitting like a loaf of bread.

@alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 9:00 PM

Also picked up some more random/mystery dice for my magpie jar #BoardGames

A glass jar of dice in various designs and side numbers, purple meeples and glass counters

A random set of matching dice with dragon/cloud illustrations, plus a turquoise and yellow d6 and red marbles d20, as well as a black dice bag with a gold wolf embroidered on it and stickers of a green dragon and a d20 with flowers and a lemon

@alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 8:36 PM

Ended up in the games cafe for 7.5 hours🫣 we played Dragon Roost, Space Potato, Prowl, Fuse, Horrified (Universal Studios Monsters edition), and Earth. #BoardGames

@alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 11:52 AMReposted by @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy

@sonofsuntzu.bsky.social have they just invented... a radio station?

@sonofsuntzu.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 10:12 AMReposted by @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy

I have to assume that an "always-on podcast" is literally "always on" - a podcast that it being created all the time? So this is live-streaming a constant conversation about AI, with guests and hosts essentially working shifts?

@alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 11:52 AM

@sonofsuntzu.bsky.social have they just invented... a radio station?

@tomgauld.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 10:47 AMReposted by @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Panel 1: a large robot (composed of AI servers, network switches, storage arrays, and power distribution units) and a human are talking.

Professor "You don't want to destroy humanity do you, lLLM-A-9300x?"

Robot "Haha. What a silly question, Professor. I have no desires or feelings of my own whatsoever."

Professor (relieved)"Oh good."

Panel 2: they walk on. The robot continues "I am merely a tool of the company that created me. And that company, being composed of humans, will naturally have humanity's best interests at heart."

Panel 3: The professor is conspicuously quiet.
"Right?" says the Robot.
…
More silence

"Professor?"

@jesper-linnet.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 8:01 AMReposted by @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy

Knold would like to protest an utter unfairness. His humans have again invited scary humans in to work in the house, and even confined him to parts of the house where he would normally be anyway at that time of day. Unreasonable!

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFediverse #Cats #SiberianCats #Knold

Close-up of a grey Siberian cat standing on a staircase facing the camera. His mouth is agape in a meow to express his dissatisfaction with the situation. He is quite fluffy, especially his mane that is starting to build up to full winter floof.

Close-up of a grey Siberian cat standing on a staircase facing the camera. He is looking up to his left, possibly because the scary humans made a sound. He is quite fluffy, especially his mane that is starting to build up to full winter floof.

Close-up of a grey Siberian cat standing on a staircase with his side to the camera. He is looking at the photographer while meowing to express his dissatisfaction with the situation. He is quite fluffy, especially his mane that is starting to build up to full winter floof. He does have a fluffy tail, but it has been waved to the far side of his body and is thus completely hidden.

@alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 8:46 AM

Easing myself into the day with some Slow Magic :blobcatmusic: Plan for today is small local games fair, then playing with friends in the board games cafe. It's been MONTHS, and I'm hoping to play at least one of the four games I've bought but not had a chance to try yet.

@tj.howse.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 7:50 AMReposted by @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy

I love getting my phone out to find it's been having a fun pocket adventure. Wifi hotspot and torch are on. Brightness on max. Language set to Croatian.

@alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 8:07 AM

Ten years ago today, I started working with a right old Git... Hub repository :blobcatgiggle: Srsly though, can thoroughly recommend starting a totally different career five days after a disastrous PhD viva for keeping yourself occupied and hopeful. Probably the best way things could have […]

@rpbook.gts.phillipsuk.org.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 10:14 AMReposted by @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy

I approve of this method of proving humanity. Much better than asking me to tick all the boxes containing buses or whatever. (Seen at a UK National Archives survey)

A question asking the user to prove that they are a human by answering the question, "Which of the following best describes your involvement in creating the Domesday Book in the year 1086? I was ..."

There are several options, including "William the conqueror and commissioned the Domesday book"

@alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 7:27 PM

Mum: can you help me untangle this necklace? I might have to break the chain. Me: NEVER BREAK THE CHAIN

@vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 5:21 PMReposted by @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy

Hire Italian postdocs, they'll make Tiramisu! (French folks did make and bring crepes... So hire French postdocs, too!)

@markiswrit.ing Oct 9, 2026, 12:55 PMReposted by @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy

Thanks Microsoft grammar and style checker, very helpful

Text reading "I've knocked up a script to do these in bulk", with automatic style suggestions:
Direct language is clearer and won't confuse a reader.
pregnant
impregnated

@fourt4.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 11:29 AMReposted by @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy

Excellent typo on a CV: Should be "As Bid Manager" Is "As Big Manager" ✅

@august.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 7, 2026, 6:18 AMReposted by @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy

a sentence will always look like poetry if you hit enter a lot

@alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 11:33 AM

New Cutouts EP... none of the songs are fresh today, but it helps keep my music library tidy to have them bundled together :ablobcatmusic: