Take the win, people. Breathe it in. It doesn’t matter that there’s a different job awaiting her. It doesn’t matter if the new guy sucks, too. She lost. They caved. Take the win.

Lest everyone think I always get fairly close coyote adventures, this is 1 of the 2 coyotes way out by the road. And this is fully zoomed.

This is what Markwayne Mullin said about Rand Paul a couple weeks ago. Anyway, guess who chairs the Senate Homeland Security Committee

Mile High Club informs Corey Lewandowski he must now philander commercial.

So the better question is what happens to Corey?

Based solely on vibes, this has a “you’re fired because you suck at your job, have a little ceremonial role, sweetie” feel to it. So she can still grift but it won’t drag down the poll numbers further.

Something I’m still excited to get to say: Murder by Memory, the first Dorothy Gentleman novella, is eligible for the Hugos! Nominate as your heart moves you, and you have until the end of March! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The tiny nonprofit I’m on the board of (all volunteer) organizes and runs a free summer music program for rural kids. If you’re looking for a hyper local nonprofit to donate to: plumas-performing-arts.square.site

Thankfully have auto play turned off and the first video in my feed had a warning. The sound of breaking bones is traumatizing. It’s distinctive and really loud. Don’t watch that Marine vet video with sound.

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Not sure what list they bought, but they definitely got screwed.

I have a new eyeglass prescription and FSA dollars to burn. Decision paralysis be damned.

More of yesterday’s coyotes. Bonus red winged blackbird tweets in the background.

“Pioneer” is the word: lesbian heroine Sylvia Townsend Warner wrote 7 utterly distinct novels which you probably don’t know since they are all so different to each other, 150 short stories, a history of Tudor church music and much else. Her (umpteen) letters are fascinating. Please repost to help.

My take on TX is that TX keeps reelecting Paxton-despite how gross he is- in statewide elections. So I’m not all that optimistic.

Hilarious geese. So graceful.

Yes, I did in fact write the Hedgehog Incident. gailcarriger.com/MC_AD

I don’t like any of these choices. Yuck.

Watching Lower Decks again. It’s my background comfort show. I’m on the Moopsy episode.

I swear people’s illiteracy around oil and gas and how pricing and supply works just makes my head want to explode.

Coyotes!

Oooh - for all you #audiobook lovers, today is Fake Flame's audio release date! Available at all audiobook retailers...

I am taking off the winter tires. Apologies for any late season snowstorms I summon to the west coast.

Today’s theme song youtu.be/d4zofzvWNsU?...

Gas jumped 10¢ overnight. On top of the 30¢ jump over the weekend. So glad people gave Biden so much grief over the Russian invasion of Ukraine causing prices to rise, but not this regime that actually caused this spike.

No lunar eclipse for me due to fog. I was up at 3 am anyway thanks to peri insomnia & just feel robbed.

Two good books I can recommend that deal with the 1953 coup overthrowing Mossadegh with the rich complexity it deserves, instead of reducing it to a cartoon or morality play: www.amazon.com/Patriot-Pers...

This movie surprised the hell out of me & Amy Madigan is so freaking good in it.

The Economist had better content when they posted camels fucking.

This week’s Starfleet Academy was a love letter to theater (and the arts in general). Showing their value not just in life, but as a subject matter worthy of study.

It’s definitely spring! The snow is melting, the skunks are out, and the Sandhills are cruising the pastures.

A tiny clip of Oldest playing Glazunov.

The strawberry cake turned out way too dense & since I’m at 3500’, it could be high altitude. It could be old leavening. It could be over mixing. Or it could be not reducing the puree enough. Attempt number 2 will have to be next week. Going to use new baking powder. Might adjust the baking temp

The Union Pacific Steam Engine 4014 is getting ready for another big tour across the country, and I will still snicker that they call it the Big Boy because I am an adult.

I feel a little sick knowing that the reason Trump probably ordered her release is likely because of what she looks like.

The next Dem administration needs to break these companies up.

Truly astonishing knowing these people are not credible.

There are tiny blue dots in even the reddest areas & people should be supporting them rather than insinuating it’s their fault for living where they do. They’re not responsible for how their neighbors voted.

14% with no opinion. Hmmm.

Why is it every time my iOS updates, autocorrect just becomes both incredibly aggressive and even more useless? Argh.

Waiting on the cake to cool. I suspect I should have reduced the puree even more than I did, but I’m sure it’s fine. But the strawberry cream cheese frosting is amazing. It’s made with pulverized freeze dried strawberries. Worth making even for vanilla cupcakes or something.

Am attempting to make a strawberry cake today. So far, the first step took 3x longer than the recipe stated. I’m looking at you, reduced strawberry puree.

I love how much fun Lower Decks poked fun at DS9’s ridiculously long intro music

I’ve had DS9 on in the background all day. I have only seen a few of the later seasons. These early ones are painful.

If you must repost clips from tonight's SOTU please at least have the decency to tag it so folks (i.e. me) don't gotta see that man's face

Just a reminder that Nixon held a steady 25% approval at the very worst of Watergate. And that was without social media.

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I asked Oldest, Gen Z, if he knew who Bill Clinton’s VP was. He did not. He DID know who Al Gore was. The guy who had the election stolen by the Supreme Court. Also the climate change guy. I found that interesting.

5 authors I’ve read at least 5 books by: Ilona Andrews Elizabeth Peters Tessa Dare CS Harris Patricia Briggs