The sinking ship abandoned me.

So. I’ve had a Twitter account since 2008. I have no idea how many posts I made, or how many people I followed (or who followed me).

All that is gone, now. Someone hacked my account and did something that invoked the wrath of Management (I can’t figure out what, as the two posts I can see that were made by the hacker seem to be a bunch of other Twitter users and nothing else). Not only did they shut my main account down, they shut down another account and have banned me for life.

Which… I’ve been drifting away from Twitter anyhow, but I had information I wanted to grab (I used it to link a lot of articles) and people I wanted to keep track of. All gone, because not only did they ban me, but they wiped everything (following, followers, posts… all gone).

So I’m reviving this blog. Right now I’m just getting used to posting here again. I’ll probably tweak it so it’s a bit more visually interesting, but… maybe not. I find it kinda restful to not have a lot going on. Although a picture or two might be nice. There’s something to be said for white space and breaking up text.

I’m kinda sick about losing everything, but… I knew I should sit down and go through everything, and I didn’t make time to do so. That’s on me.

It’s not everyday that the sinking ship abandons the rat.


Not a cryptid, but…

So I love this video, in part because the Kansas Department of Wildlife used to insist there were no mountain lions in the eastern half of the state, and it part because who would expect a mountain lion in the middle of a city?

To me it’s proof that “experts” sometimes have no clue, and that the unexpected can still be found in unlikely places. If it weren’t for the doorbell came, we wouldn’t have known this beastie took a stroll through the neighborhood.

Makes you wonder what could be caught on a cam in a rural area…

https://www.ksn.com/news/local/caught-on-camera-a-mountain-lion-in-the-middle-of-wichita/