Levi Breederland @levisan@qoto.org

Words like "Grinchmas" and "catmas" aren't "killing" Christmas.

The existence of Grinchmas implies that The Grinch is a canonised figure in the Whoniverse.

He's probably patron saint of those with cardiomegaly.

December's list of links (and not just Christmassy ones)
https://buttondown.com/levisan/archive/191-195/

@jezza haha Actually Indians is great!

I’ve been saying I’ll keep putting “AI” in scare quotes until it politely requests otherwise for at least two years now…

Why You Can't Say "Christmas" in Hawaiian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h-gbeI0AFQ

Anything beyond rich text in an email is a disaster; why did we ever think that was a good idea?

Small town win:

Neighbour comes to the door. He found a phone while snowblowing my sidewalk. (Bonus win.)

Turns out it belongs to a kid down the street—but how did we know?

Well it had a notification from my kid on the screen.

If you insist on denying that a tomato is a fruit, I'll insist on assuming you're an American living in somewhere between 1883 and 1913

Best coffee reaction ever
https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxSsHPFm3ZDO4YiY3i6ewmUXB0zQNmFKN4

@jezza haha love it!

And here's @ryan's piece https://ohryan.ca/2025/12/10/winnipeg-your-denser-than-you-think/

My friend @ryan wrote about calculating real population density and it got me wondering why we don't just have one transit company in the Edmonton population centre https://levisan.me/articles/what-even-is-population-density-and-why-is-multi-city-transit-so-hard.html

@jezza I don't disagree!

I guess what I'm trying to say is… is it really bad that it can't actually create something new, assuming the users know what's going on? Ignoring the mediocre-or-worse media being produced, but for other uses.

If only "we" can pivot "AI" away from being a thing being used for slop and focus on better uses…

"AI" doesn't create, it just regurgitates and meshes. Everyone's saying it like it's a bad thing but I don't think so?

"Talk about a recluse. He only comes out once a year, and he never catches any flak for it! Probably lives up there to avoid the taxes."

@HiroProtagonist aha thisis quality content!

We've gotta bring Christmas back to its roots!

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/tradition

@jezza Kyrie Eleison indeed

Stairs don't need to be wide enough for moving furniture https://shadowsofaforgottenworld.blogspot.com/2016/06/hoisting-beams-in-amsterdam.html

A feature request: when placing a video call and waiting for the recipient to answer, your video should already be being sent, so that the recipient can see you before answering.

@jezza It really seems like so many people aren't willing to manage the flack!