Another one. Apparently they don’t believe you should be able to post and only interact when you choose. I’ve been here long enough to know better.

“don’t take the bait!!!” THEY’RE PEOPLE BEING TERRORIZED BY ARMED FEDERAL AGENTS, NOT TROUT

Another one. Apparently they’re deciding to harass me now?

Another for the block list. One: for screenshotting my post including my bio to argue with me when I have replies limited and Two: for being blue no matter who. Fuck off.

Oh peri crankiness, I have not missed you.

LOL. Ok. I’m kinda pissed Gavin is spending extra money for an election they could have just added to the June one. I understand the reasoning but still. Elections are expensive. This confirms the old maps, so not my district.

Finished this one. Kinda meh. And has the slur for Romani people in it. But it’s the first non-reread, non-audio book I finished in what feels like forever.

Called and left messages for both of my Dem Senators opposing any funding for ICE. WTF is wrong with our Dem leadership? Do they think voters will vote for them in the midterms after this? Because people are getting jaded. Apathy is coming if they won’t fight.

Hubs and I had to drive to the valley today & he enjoyed my grumbling about these ridiculous arrow signs on the way down the Canyon. This is driving back up. None of the actually helpful arrow signs along the curve.

My cousins texted me a bunch of older photos. A woman apparently found a bunch of our family photos when her parents passed. Her mom was dating my uncle, but she ended up marrying someone else. She kept the photos. This is my grandparent. My Dad’s mom and stepdad. I’ve never seen it before.

A chai poached pear nestled on vanilla ice cream with candied pecans and caramel. At a little seafood restaurant in tiny Newport, Oregon. I tried unsuccessfully to recreate it.

I’m supposed to be getting fiber internet today. They’re forcing everyone off the ancient coax system. No install fee for me though. I honestly don’t know what I’ll do with speeds 50 times faster than I currently have. I can do a Zoom call AND something else on the internet?

The Third Way is a Center-Right group. Why is anyone listening to them?!

Members of Congress should be openly stating right now that military action against Greenland will result in impeachment and removal of the President and the Vice President.

Sunrise X crow. The best shot I've gotten in a very long time. #photography #sunrise #birds

Ford’s cozying up to a Nazi is so on brand it hurts.

I know people are mocking the QR code thing & it by itself is a silly proposal, BUT: I think the intent is to have something where photographs and video can be used after the fact to ID & hold these people accountable. That’s not a terrible thing. It’s just woefully inadequate for the moment.

Thinking about that “romance” by the Bush press secretary lady, and how it doesn’t reflect my reality in rural America. Women have generally been to the left of men, even here. But post-DJT, that looks very different.

I forgot I took video of this 😂 I was so pissed. From Nov 2023 They removed all of the little arrows to indicate the actual curve and replaced them with these.

California just this year passed a law that prevents schools from sicking law enforcement on parents when their kids miss too much school. Truancy is considered 10 days or more. That’s essentially one bout of COVID or flu and one cold.

Hubs called me to take him some new jeans because he ripped his at work. The pair I told him needed to be trashed last week. So I dutifully grabbed him a clean pair and drove over to his work with the windows down blasting this. tidal.com/track/337540...

Not so careful geese

Some very careful ducks

Honestly? The big news here are the percentages for men. Men are usually more deferential to authority.

My only comment today on the horrible bigotry about trans sports is that these people always forget transgender men exist. It’s always focusing on trans women in women’s sports and not trans men in women’s sports.

Behold! The most useless sign in California. We used to have little triangles that helped show the sharpness of the curve. Now we have a sign telling us to turn right when they mean it’s a corner turning to the right. Some pencil pusher decided this was cheaper, but it’s definitely not safer.

Making cottage pie stuffed potatoes tonight because why not?

Dear random person: tagging me to argue with me about a post I have disabled quotes and replies to is an excellent way to get an auto block.

Youngest’s birthday party with family was yesterday. His real one falls on Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday weekend, which has ALWAYS had conflicts for people. (CASMEC this time) So we celebrated early. He won’t be a teenager anymore 😐

Morning walk. Spotted 2 coyotes in the field. 1 heron. 2 hawks. Lots of ducks and geese.

I literally do not care what anyone is saying on twitter or fucking truth social. Stop cooking your brains on this shit. Stop forcing it down other people’s throats. It’s so fucking annoying.

Life in the boonies: which repair person is not bigoted? Which one is the least Trumpy? Sigh. 😔

Someone for the block list. I don’t care if it’s supposed to be a joke. Zero tolerance for sneering at romance.

PSA: I don’t have any tolerance for sneering about romance or romance novels. No grace is given. Don’t be an asshole.

Do folks have nonfiction reading recs for the history of 1790s/early Regency fashion? @natania.bsky.social I'll bet you do!

Spotted one of our coyotes way out in the pasture close to the road

It is very cold (but sunny!) here. Please enjoy yesterday’s frozen mushroom

“Only killed one person in recorded history” without including the context that the death was 2023. 😒

I’ve been struggling with my reading attention span on kindle lately, so I’m moving back to print for awhile. Went exploring in the TBR and found this one from 2003.

Hubs got in trouble for his RBF this week at work. It’s genetic. His entire family has RBF. Even his kindergarten aged nephew.

Me for years and years: the school district office staff is nepotistic, unqualified and not doing their jobs. The administrator brought in to return the district to solvency: this happened because district office personnel grossly mismanaged stuff.

Making a chocolate cake for Youngest’s birthday. This one is our favorite addapinch.com/the-best-cho...

As we all suspected, Renee was murdered because some toxic man didn’t like the lack of deference and he chose violence.

Had leftover homemade red chile sauce so I made cheese enchiladas.

Youngest is turning 20 this month. He was not quite 3 when I joined that other site and met some of you online. Glad some of us are still here.

I honestly think it’s a good thing that Trump lied so egregiously that it made people just shake their heads. Vance is out there today trying to play spin doctor and clean up because the initial response was just unbelievable even for the cult.

Everyone else sleep like total crap last night? Feeling like a break might be in order.

FB algorithm in overdrive pushing right wing media spin on today’s shooting into my feed. I very obviously don’t follow or interact with rw media. Wonder who else they’re doing this to.

stop what you're doing and let Amber Glenn take you to church #USPrevagenChamps #figureskating