NIST Standard Reference Goat

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He/Him Stubborn old goat. Sometimes takes pictures of stuff. Warning: random headbutts. 🐘: @growlph@greywolf.social

Screenshot from an ad for YouTube premium for an "auto speed" feature that apparently makes videos play at the wrong speed automatically or something.
A digital oscilloscope and wiring harness sitting on a toilet tank for important science reasons
Badly composed AE photo of a "2.1 inch" touchscreen clearly larger than the entire human hand that's been overlayed to demonstrate the touch functionality.
Screenshot of an unsolicited Telegram message full of emoji vomit and an AI-generated ad for recovering crypto assets stolen by scams.
Screenshot of FreeCAD showing the hardware assembly for the Keychron K2-HE keyboard
Screenshot of the release notes for Mac OS 26.4 "This update introduces 8 new emoji" and also some other stuff, I guess.
A switch junction box with two wires couples with a Wago 221. But there's still some other wires done with a wire nut, just to keep things American.
News article about how paying engineers in AI tokens instead of money might be a great idea that people want
Bottom of a laptop, with a well-worn sticker with an arrow pointing to a Torx T5 screw. The sticker reads "T6"
Me repeatedly attempting to dismiss my YouTube Wrapped, Google warning me that it won’t come back, and then it immediately coming back
Camera after a firmware update. "Body update complete"
Email from LinkedIn News proclaiming "Remote work isn't cool anymore"
[Steam] You've played for 1176 hours Would you recommend this game to other players?
Screenshot of a chatbot response: The air in the dimly lit room hangs heavy with the scent of stale cigarette smoke and cheap whiskey. Rain streaks down the grimy windowpane, distorting the neon sign of the bar across the street. You're hunched over a chipped Formica table, the glow of your MacBook's screen the only real source of light. The question hangs in the air, a stark, sterile anomaly in this decaying environment. The man you asked, a grizzled fixer named Silas with a network cable tattoo coiled around his forearm, doesn't look up from cleaning his fingernails with a switchblade. He lets out a low, gravelly chuckle that sounds like grinding stones. "Spotify, huh?" he finally says, his eyes flicking up to meet yours. They're pale, watery blue, and hold a chilling lack of empathy. "Trying to get your tunes sorted while the world burns outside? Cute." He leans forward, the blade still in his hand. The air grows colder. "ps aux | grep Spotify ," he says, the command a sharp, guttural sound. "That'll give you the PID. But that's not the process you should be worried about killing tonight." He gestures with the knife towards the door, which is slightly ajar. From the hallway outside, you can hear heavy, deliberate footsteps approaching. They stop right outside. The handle begins to turn. Silas gives you a thin, cruel smile. "Your problem's a lot bigger than a frozen playlist."
Screenshot from War of the Worlds (2025) of bio-cybernetic space alien insects that feed off of data draining an SD card of humanity's memories (no, for real, that's how the movie goes). They're touching two GND pins and a Chip Select, none of which will provide them any delicious data.
Clickbait engagement spam from the Discord client. "Your Orbs Are Waiting. Earn Orbs with a quick Intro Quest."
A Discord survey asking me for feedback on why I dismissed an advertisement.
Mechanical keyboard partially uncapped with two trays of new keyswitches
Screenshot of a Fancy Sci Fi Device(tm) from Star Trek Enterprise. It has a 5x4 keypad, labelled with nothing but a seemingly arbitrary 3-digit number on each key.
AI “answer” from Google: “Marty, the zebra from the animated film series Madagascar, walks on four legs because he is a zebra, and zebras naturally walk on four legs. Alex, the lion, walks on two legs because lions, as large cats, typically walk on their hind legs and use their front legs for various activities. This difference is simply due to their natural anatomy and evolutionary adaptations.”
Electronic bathroom stuff neatly organized on a wooden box
The sterotypical tier-ranking meme chart, with "S", brightly colored red to indicate failure, unjustly located at the top, above the the perfect score of A-tier.
A plane full of animal people who probably don't have legal IDs anyway
Screenshot of an email from Hulu: We're Updating Our Subscriber Agreement
Photo of an ibex person, judging you
Goat eating sushi with chopsticks taped to his hooves and questionable success
A dialog box reading "You may now switch off your Macintosh safely."
Screenshot of an X/Twitter ad for a "free guide" teaching kids about Elon Musk. It prominently displays an illustration of a cybertruck painted like a US flag, against a backdrop of the named hero watching a rocket take off.
Photo of two cute fursuit doggos with their snoots under a minotaur's loincloth.
Screenshot of an X/Twitter advertisement, promoting the fact that paying for a premium subscription allows you to subtly change the app's icon on your phone.
Be the first to lick what nobody yet has licked
A hand using a wine bottle to suspend a brass chain over a book, with a calendar in the background. The copy reads "Quality Material"
A picture of a ceramic tiled bathroom wall. One of the tiles has a slot labelled "razor blades" leading to the wall interior.
Screenshot of an emoji-riddled wall of text from Windows Copilot in response to the query "Bring me to the classic network settings" "Ah, the good ol’ Control Panel—a place where digital levers are pulled, switches are flipped, and settings are tweaked like a master conductor orchestrating a symphony of ones and zeros! B Alright, my fellow explorer of Windows realms, let's venture forth to the venerable Control Panel. Ta-da! Behold the gateway to system configuration, hardware management, and all things tweakable: the Control Panel! #: Now, you'll find a delightful array of icons representing various mystical functions. Each one holds a secret passage to a different corner of your digital universe. Feel free to explore, adjust, and customize to your heart's content. Need to change your mouse sensitivity Adjust your display resolution? Set up a printer It's all here, waiting for your command. Remember, you're not just clicking buttons; you're shaping your digital destiny!
Giving a YCH a sugarcube because they're a good pony