I’m stuck on the oozing pustule mini-boss with his swollen brain minions. Damn, that’s nasty y’all. Need to take breaks between tries. 🤢

What if we told all the petrostate oligarchs trying desperately to prop up the profit margins of an obsolete technology--and who are willing to kill uncounted children to do it--that they could just retrain for a new economy?

Apparently America is really determined to relive the 70s.

Only just started Resident Evil Requiem bc I have to do my job today. But if I’m not taking green herbs at some point I’m going to be a little bummed.

Sounds. Plural

JD Vance cosplaying as America’s most asshole dad. Always scolding everyone for shit they didn’t do.

Conflicted. Kid has an assignment to watch the SOTU for a persuasive writing class. OTOH I believe in civil engagement like this. OTOH it’s this fucking guy. Back and forth about whether I should write a sick note.

Listen. St James attracts suss ragey monied people who do not yield right of way.

I imagine those exact scene all the time.

Comments on a FB post about VA joining the pop vote pact... a lot of people (or bots??), with confidence and conviction, think a republic and a democracy are mutually exclusive, possibly even opposites. And also crazy how many are like, "we're not a democracy and don't you for get it."

For those who think Dems don’t do anything. After our landslide election last Nov, VA dems are killing it in this year’s legislative session. Worth noting that when we first took both houses back in 2017, they were similarly productive. virginiamercury.com/2026/02/18/w...

Saw a car today with an actual LED sign attached to the back window of his car (something I’ve always wished for). The scrolling message read: I just wish the ‘orange man’ would act like a president. To which I replied: dream bigger, my guy!

Wow.

This describes but one reason why I find AI chatbots terminally frustrating.

My brain is having trouble processing a frozen over great lake

Can we just state the obvious: Trump cannot "repeal" a scientific finding. He can direct his administration to ignore it, but he can't make it untrue. Do better, headline writers.

I’ll believe it when I see it. Also why are the leasing dozens of offices and warehouses around the country? This isn’t the end of it.

Hmm... we've got a SCOTUS judge who cried on global TV about how much he loves beer and now this. I'm starting to think the legal profession isn't as prestigious as they'd like us to think. PS Raskin wrote my kid's constitutional law textbook

Cuz nothing matters as long as *some* people are getting rich.

I don't think Beyer is up for representing such a large swath of constituents under the new map. He currently ignores Annandale as it is. If you're not wealthy ALX or ARL he forgets he represents you.

Trying to figure out how to see the peace monks is making me feel un-peaceful.

I’m usually the last person to complain about Apple’s UI updates but 26 has many usability problems beyond the dumb glassy look. Guess I won’t be texting anyone anymore.

The Walking Peace Monks existing alongside (and sharing space with) the dizzying complexity and reach of the pedo cabal is very confusing.

I’m sorry but if the Clintons know enough about all things Epstein and Trump to cause panic in the WH, then why have they sat on that info all this time?? Either what they know isn’t that much or they are as bad as the rest of them for keeping quiet.

Welp. The excesses of my youth have caught up to me. Doc says: I don’t normally see this amt of hearing loss in someone your age. I don’t regret a second of it. I’ve seen a lot of the best bands ever. Tho part of me wonders what kinda kickbacks they get from the hearing aid industry.

Booking a hotel in a tiny college town that lists "toilet paper" as an included amenity. We are high rollers now, baby!

Given all of the things, I feel weird complaining about this. But for those of us who live in the area, this is heartbreaking. We have a lot of memories seeing events there, including my kid's first concert (age 3ish) to see their preschool teacher's band play. Can't anyone stop this madman?

I am dragging my anchor.

I got an #openpressproject postcard press for Xmas. First time printing anything in decades. I prefer linocut and screen printing but this #tetrapak was kinda fun. Can’t mess up tho. Happy Imbolc!

What up #knitsky. I’ve been slowly at this & still not sure. The first time I knit the chart it came out too tight so I restarted w larger needles. But when I switched to stockinette, the fabric was too open & running big. So ripped back to chart & went down a needle size. Might still be too big.

Two out of three members of this household would invite Hugh Morris to be our housemate.

Dearest Gentle Reader. I shall go along with the farce that Benedict Bridgerton became love struck but for the steaminess that is to come. But this author does not buy that this particular rake would find a young girl gaping at a chandelier alluring. Esp not after spending his evening with Louis.

Our gov has a history of acting insanely against protestors. My mom was a nursing student in Birmingham when police hosed down peaceful marchers. But these devices are compact, mobile, & cause perm damage to anyone nearby. Imagine if they drive through a dense area blasting it. Horrifying.

It’s a trap.

heads up #northernvirginia

Infoshum = massive flood of stories towing the regime line (ie MSM mischaracterizing reality to make regime seem sane) Gish gallop = rapid series of specious arguments, half-truths, misrepresentations, & lies, making it impossible for the opponent to refute them (Wikipedia)

Seen in Los Angeles (Credit: Zurita Carpio)

Netflix should just release Bridgerton. Current shows aren’t sufficiently escapist.

I never feel more relaxed than on snow days. It’s not like I never sit around and do nothing, but on a snow day, that nagging sense that I *should* be doing something more productive instead falls away. And also fuck ice.

the next person to quote Tony Robbins to me…

Spotted in Arlington. This situation deserves a whole dissertation. And also: oh hey I didn’t know we had pro choice plates.

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Huh. 10 years ago. We eventually got about 3ft of snow, not including the situation that the road plow guy created at the end of our drive way. Current status: prepping for nasty ice storm. We managed to get a big jerry can so all you water hoarders can suck it.

Did the grocery shop we normally do on the weekends last night and already the shelves were very bare. And now I am a bit anxious we could lose water and can't buy any. For context: we didn't panic buy TP in March 2020 and then did have trouble getting TP for months. Ya'll. Share. Mkay?

Ok I did get choked up by the suffragette white. Gets me every time. Spanberger’s not my first pick, but I feel an immense sense of relief that Youngkin is gone. But mostly I’m watching what new AG Jay Jones will do. Hope he’s ready to fight.

I would like to see a bout between e e cummings and Grammarly.

I need a “shaking my head” button for most posts these days. But what kind of icon conveys a weighted sigh + eye flutter + pursed lips + head shake?

I still sometimes think about how much I loved this show.

It’s WIP week for #showmeyourknits & for your amusement I have a 16yo UFO I pulled out of a storage bin. Turns out I won’t win yarn chicken if I try to finish it. But I was already in the market for some chunky yarn so… 🐸 If you fold/wad a project in a tote for a long time, it will wrinkle. Heh

Tennessee then. Potomac now.