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.

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.

Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I am unable to not repost this...

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.

When I studied the Second World War I genuinely could not understand how the Germans found so many people to participate in their worst excesses. And I mean across the whole war, not just concentration camps. I don't have a problem understanding it any more...

"Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk. He has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans. The nation deserves a health and human services secretary who is committed to scientific integrity…”

Hivemind question: For indoor herb gardens, Awk, Gardyn, AeroGarden, or Plain old Pots in the window? (Or something else?)

This tool is such a dick.

“I have not yet begun to fight!”—J.P.Jones (1779) “Damn the torpedos. Full steam ahead.”—Adm. Farragut (1864) “NUTS!”— Gen. Anthony McAuliffe (I944) “…never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.” —President Eisenhower (1954) “Fuck you. Make me.”—John Oliver (2025) youtu.be/ohPToBog_-g?...

Kind of heading down the “Let them eat cake” path…. www.wsj.com/economy/trum... The cruelty and lack of empathy deepens.

Miran - just another MAGA fascist shill...

A comic about a ghost 👻

America is telling many of its most talented workers that they are no longer needed. Highly talented queer, transgender, women, and black workers have been hit the worst by layoffs and what CEOs are describing as a class of permanently unemployed as the USA focuses on "ending DEI".

These are the same people who dismissed countless public and private studies that showed conclusively that right-wing violence was, by far, the most pressing threat in America. Now they're going to concoct something that purports to blame the left. Once again, it's all projection and bad faith.

Hey - @deviantollam.bsky.social - any recommendations for a car safe for a small compact EDC?

A long read but a good one. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Miscellaneous boat chores done for the day. Stopping for a traditional end-of-day Hot & Dirty at Hobbs. Yes. It’s been one of *those* seasons. Long deferred by multiple POs ( boat speak for “prior owners”). Maintenance on the hard. Many B.O.A.T. units being expensed this season.

What causes one to drink one asks? Many things, actually.. Some, in no particular order of irritation, are: TÜV SÜD, other Notified Bodies (an oxymoron if there ever was one), and Tuesdays that act like Mondays. Oh and it’s takeout Tuesday.

It’s 5:02 PM. Time for FriYay takeout. Having a Big Ruck Energy while I wait. www.throwbackbrewery.com/blog/big-ruc...

The White Zone is for ionizing radiation only. There are no magnetic fields in the White Zone.

More brainworm addled bullshit from RFK Jr. Thousands will die as a result. F.D.A. Approves Covid Shots With New Restrictions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...

F.D.A. Approves Covid Shots With New Restrictions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...

"https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2025/0825/trump-science-brain-drain-europe/?src=shared"

Found the unsubscribe cheat code:

Here's your PSA - and earworm for the day: Did you know that when performing CPR, that the song "Baby Shark" is on target for a consistent and effective CPR compression rhythm? Now you know - and you're welcome. 🦈 ❤️ Do do do dododododo do do do dododododo

thedispatch.com/article/trum... #FactsMatter

DJT is a fucking clown. And actually his entire cabinet.

If Trump came for their guns they’d lay them down for him.

These faux-Republican fuckers... I've been traveling to DC yearly for both business and pleasure for close to 50 years now - and it's never been a safer or cleaner city than it is now. Screw this administration for hyping a non-existent issue.

The grapes are running amok this year..,

Committee boat in sight… a beautiful Saturday morning in Marblehead. CCYR 2025

We have failed Big Bird.

Hey Gen X get a booster. Grt your tDAP now too. Whooping cough is awful. And throw in chicken pox/shingles. It's going to be a rough winter in healthcare

OH at the bar: “I don’t know it was Johnny Cash night?” Me in my inside voice: “It’s takeout night beeyatch. That means Johnny Cash on the jukebox”. (And maybe some Shania and Freddie and a a few others..)

FriYay and the weekend is here. And I’m not at DEFCON :-(. Been cooking all week. Time for takeout.

No, you did not give those of us who happened to look like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor any due process. And that was profoundly wrong. It destroyed our lives.

PragerU? They're christofascist fucks..

Following up on our last post, things are getting more crazy by the day. Using federal law enforcement to go after your political opponents isn’t democracy. It’s authoritarianism. Call it what it is fascism.

The U.S. Census Bureau is mandated by the Constitution to count every person living in the USA every ten years, regardless of their citizenship or immigration status. No President has the power to change who is counted, or when, nor to substitute an alternative count for apportionment.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

J F C. The insane asylum inmates continue to devolve this country. What a bunch of holesass. “RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development” apnews.com/article/kenn...