In Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls, the phrase “I obscenity in the milk…” appears frequently. It is, in fact, an expurgated version of the Spanish saying Me cago en la leche de la puta que te date la luz, which translates directly to “I s— in the milk of the whore that bore you”.
Fannnnnntastic. Adding that to my mental file immediately. I wish I had learned it in school back when I first read it.
these are the creatures in my neighborhood july 22 2026
flying v the skunk, Vanessa venison, yellow cat, centipede, skwirl the squirrel
#roanokeva #backyardzoo
A boox palma pro 2 is winging it’s way to me now, and I’m looking forward to using it as an ereader and notepad daily carry. I think they’re pretty neat, and I got the combo with a stylus, and while I don’t see it as much of a digital detox as my x4 xteink, it feels a nice size and is very easy on the eyes, and appears to have a solid way to very easily move my books over, or read on different apps that have old libraries I’d like to access, like libby, Amazon, Google, whatever else has an app.
The x4 pro just came out, and I found out by accident that BHK ordered it for me as a treat, so I can do a comparison soon (?) as that one comes from China. Weeks, probably. The palma is in a US warehouse, and should be here in 2-7 days.
It is such a double-edged sword. On one hand, warning about Flock cameras and mass surveillance is super important, and reaching a huge mainstream audience outside his usual one makes sense in theory.
On the other hand, going on a show built on conspiracy theories, anti-science rhetoric, and hate really hurts the cause.
When you deliver a crucial message in a space like that, you risk damaging your own credibility. So many people will just dismiss Benn and the warning entirely because of the platform.
Where you speak often matters just as much as what you say. I just hope the actual privacy message doesn’t get completely lost in the noise.
update- he ditched bluesky
https://svonberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/nokerpg_25.html
Massive map update, a few hints and ux changes
Goofed and flushed my dialog bits, implemented more lore and a few Easter eggs (in a game that is pretty much one big Easter egg)
https://svonberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/nokerpg_015.html
Updated the map with some landmarks, added a way to equip items, instead of perma-cumulative boosts
Rearranged regional locations a bit more (more work needed)
Added quests and achievements
This DIY portable media server for a road trip looks like a comic book bomb. It could use a cheap plastic case.
Not bad for a $12 Pi Zero, 512GB card, and a 5k mAh battery that lasts for over 8 hours. It creates its own hotspot that serves media over DLNA.
Also has a bunch of music- trying to figure a quick and dirty way to auto-pull new podcast episodes/tv shows on when it is on wifi elsewhere, but that’s for later.
Maybe 50 movies on there, not even 1/4 full.
Streamed 4 different movies to 4 devices without a hiccup.
Heres a how to, it went very smoothly.
https://hackaday.io/project/199227-mini-pi-media-server
“SHADOWS OF THE STAR CITY”
update 1.2 – added map and some other goodies
https://svonberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/nokerpg_012.html
now with roanoke wiener stand and small batch liquidation, reworked the map a but to get closer to real locations, smaller individual travel options(4 per page) , Pepito and Betty the shop cats at Misfit and Dragon Bite, Evie’s Bakery with trinket trade, grandin region with snap farmers market and co-op, and a bunch of others. Fixed the d20(now spellbook at dragon bite combat effect) and a bunch more!
Added light and dark mode, black dog salvage, dixie caverns, taubman, the Texas Tavern, and the Salem Duck Pond, as well as some monsters, artifacts, and a money system (some enemies drop cash as well as possible “magic items”)
July 1912 wasn’t going so well for Franz Kafka
July 1 Too tired.
July 2 Sad.
July 3 Today is my birthday.
July 4 What are you? I am miserable.
July 5 To have to bear and to be the cause of such suffering!
July 6 Unhappy night.
July 21 Miserable creature that I am!
Day 20,986
Lil tiny possum!
Listening to two couples discussing what they are naming their kids (Campbell Meridian / Angel Lavender for boy/girl) and was reminded of:
Bahby names 2026
*Beef Thunder
*Blast Hardcheese
*Brick Wolfpunch
*Rip Steakface
*Throckmorton
*Biff Ironjaw
*Tank Beefslab
Bethesda just dropped a massive roadmap: Fallout 5, remasters of Fallout 3 & New Vegas, The Elder Scrolls VI, and more.
4 Fallout games in the works, including a new one from Obsidian. Skyrim sold 65 million copies, and modders have earned over $10M via Creation Club.
They confirmed the Raven Rock expansion for Fallout 76 in 2025 and a new Starfield DLC for 2027.
I wonder if they are redoing any audio?
https://bethesda.net/en/article/7wrffyXajE4BmCLJVpOkcN/a-note-from-bethesda-game-studios
Some smoke added pics of roanoke today
skinny lil possum, stinkothy the skunk, mosquito bomber
july 17 2026
#roanokeva #backyardzoo #skunk #possum #opossum
Day 20,984
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Current Mood: 🍟 hungry
Current Music: The rhythmic gurgling of my own digestive tract
So.
Yesterday was the day I crossed another threshold into official, undeniable Middle Age: my very first colonoscopy.
Below the cut, the glamorous details of my lower GI tract
Continue reading Colonoscopy follow-upWatching the *Time Bandits* series, based on the movie of the same name. Halfway through it, and so far, it’s not terrible, but doesn’t yet hold a candle to the original.
Basic plot scene from the original below:
https://clip.cafe/time-bandits-1981/to-be-quite-frank/
You see, to be quite frank, Kevin, the fabric of the universe is far from perfect. It was a bit of botched job, you see. We only had seven days to make it. And that’s where this comes in. This is the only map of all the holes. Well, why repair them? Why not use them to get stinking rich?
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Today’s animal visitors