The Beavis & Butt-Head socks were from Griffin, the Mabel sweatshirt from Chelsea, but I rely on Nathan for all my DRORG needs. Thanks kids, ♥️-dad
#Xmas2025WrapUp 🎄
"...mistakes happen..." J F C
Any AXIL users in my orbit? GS Extreme or XCOR? Asking for a friend.
Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Oz and the rest of his ilk are a pox on Public Safety and Health. Fuck that guy.
For some reason I thought about Aloria today.
She was an inspiring woman, and this quote about her mental health struggles will always stick with me: “It’s a long hard road ahead sometimes, but that doesn’t mean that the journey isn’t going somewhere, and it isn’t worthwhile.”
A powerful reminder.
Looks like their relative location is appropriately randomized, too.
Last day of fall up at the boatyard. Generator running, heater on full blast. Thinking I’ll go have a Hot&Dirty next door at Hobbs Harborside, while the cabin warms up and the batteries get a bit of a charge on them.
Just when you think this was the most seamless and quick phone upgrade ever and after you wipe your old phone for turn in, you realize you neither backed up nor saved your Signal recovery key.
So, If we traded Signal numbers in the past, DM me with yours and I'll start rebuilding my contact list.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Awesome.
Hey @scalzi.com - just read "3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years" in "The Time Traveler’s Passport". Having been on a Space Opera / MilSciFi binge for more than a few years now, this short was a breath of fresh air. An awesome read and took me back to my youth reading everything I could of Clarke and Asimov.
apnews.com/live/donald-... dismisses criticism of Crown Prince over 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying ‘Things happen’
Aurora is cooking this evening here in the New Hampshire seacoast even with a light cloud cover.
Democrats need to call Republicans what they are: un-American. Every Republican going along with Trump’s destruction wears that label, and it’s time to make them own it. Watch LP’s Stuart Stevens on MSNBC:
The end of the last tube I had stashed away years ago. L'annine went dark probably 5+ years ago and I have yet to find a replacement. Smooth and silky, not greasy or tacky like most. Those of us who are frequent hand washers know that this time of year results in cracked and bleeding skin.
Hey - I have some SQL code laying around for you to try. Only 384 bytes IIRC. Small.
Job title euphemism of the day in a chat with a drug insurance plan CSR: "Pharmacy Policy Advocate"...
First spike of the season out on the north end of the West Trail. Guessing he’s one of last year’s late season fawns.
I am unable to not repost this...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/p...
Hivemind: Who is our favorite sticker provider at the moment?
My evil plan is working. The score so far:
Drosera Capensis (Cape Sundew): 7
Drosophila Melanogaster (common fruit fly): 0
Very entertaining in a Darwinian sort of way...
MAGA, he doesn’t need your approval anymore. He just wanted your vote.
