This is invigorating!

Gentle reminder. I thought we all learned this on Twitter, but clearly not.

I love more context.

Lucky day! Walked to the laundromat, packed the clean clothes in bags and put those in a waterproof duffel bag so we could share the load, one handle each. Got rained on while walking to the propane place but it STOPPED before we pulled the laundry in lieu of the tank. Clean, DRY laundry aboard!

Our boat has shed the 17 year old, 299 pounds of AGM batteries it once ran on and now rocks 74 pounds of LiFePO4 POWER! There are several posts about the process on Patreon (always all free access for everyone), but this is the big final wrapup. www.patreon.com/posts/154235...

Putting this up for future reference in case I get into any good-faith arguments on the topic.

This is terrible, and it's been attached to a budget meaning it's harder to fight on the merits (or, more properly, the lacks thereof). Folks have worked so hard for the gains they've achieved. The labors never cease.

Folks are folks is something I started saying as I did more traveling, and a corollary is that women are going to do power at their personal levels of desire...often at the expense of other women.

There are a lot of great comments on the OP's post.

Yay Vera Rubin!

Because joy. These critters are neat.

Walked 3.5 miles...the farthest in a while, since Red Hook was so bad for walking and biking! Patillas, PR is beautiful. The young women at the supermarket couldn't find us a taxi back so they worked it out for one to stay on the clock and drive us herself. So so nice.

Sunset in Patillas, Puerto Rico

the Black Panthers were right

This is blackout poetry to me

Anybody in Puerto Rico got a reader for this drive? I'd love to remind myself what's on it. We'll be in Puerto Patillas, Salinas, Ponce, Punta Ballena, Boqueron? All depending on whether or not a good 10-day forecast for Bocas del Toro, Panama, reveals itself. Andre the Giant has a Posse!!!

Beautiful mural. There's no alt text on the image, here's my go. Figurative flowers with energetically bent stems around and over a femme figure lying prone, face over her right shoulder, left hand's colorful fingers over her right biceps. Eyes closed, star-painted. Center-parted short hair slicked.

Oh, hey, do you want to reward Bree for all her work defending people and democracy with whistles (and other supplies)? Buy stuff from her!

The wind shifted way farther south than forecasted so, instead of a 90° shift, it's a 180°. Keeping an eye on our position is important because the chain stretches out and then the anchor needs to break loose AND THEN reset the other direction. In sand and grass. Wish us luck.

invented a new word: plagiarism

When we treat ourselves to a hotel room (mainly for the shower) and leave Beluga Greyfinger to his own devices overnight, he is clingy for a while.

@scalzi.com so how do I get my cat to become my new boss? This cat won't work AT ALL. I just want him to run the bilge pump but noooooo

Beluga Greyfinger is a cuddler, but mostly by lying on a foot or cozying up next to a hip. He's a lap kitty for special occasions only. Happy caturday!

I SAW A WHALE

With the carrot of "he'll retire", which is just another kick in the teeth.

I started this after a prompt from John Scalzi and it's a fun exercise for me. I hope you do it too, and both give the important info but also get creative!

I support striking nurses. Beyond the general workplace concerns, I KNOW they'd rather be taking care of their patients than picketing. Treat them right! Let them work with dignity and generous rewards! Even "fair" pay doesn't cover what they do and hamstringing their efforts is horrendous.

Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.

Riley Black's When the Earth Was Green shifts the focus in paleontology. The plants are foregrounded in a way I really enjoyed. Instead of endnotes, it's got a whole huge end portion where explanations and references are given, presumably to keep the flow clean. @restingdinoface.bsky.social

Haven't seen this here in the USVI but, if I know kids, it's platinum advice.

Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.

A total break of theme in honr of Ravel's 150th Birthday... and way cool. We all could use a smile. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohUq...

It is dangerously cold this weekend and soon we'll have a ton of snow. If you live in an area impacted by this snowstorm and you order delivery, you need to tip your driver at least 50%. They're putting themselves at great risk being out when it's this cold and hazardous.

"About 100 faith leaders have blocked the road outside of Terminal 1 departures at the Minneapolis – Saint Paul International Airport ... They could be heard chanting ​“ICE out!”...followed a picket line at the airport that drew some 1,500 people." inthesetimes.com/article/minn...

I commented on a post about surprise charges for preordered books. Is this a problem others have had? I suggested buying yourself a bookstore gift card and using that for preorders but I've never tried it. What do you all think? Good or bad idea?

This is a pleasure for me too!

You go, beautiful gasbag

Military brat here but, for some value of "home", it's...The Mighty Columbia! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbi...

Because wow.

Robert Duncan

youtu.be/iaHDBL7dVgs?... TFG. He was amazing

I have been booking heavily lately. It helps.

The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply. I want to make sure this is very clear.

40 years ago

Beluga Greyfinger owning me but also pushing me away

Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social always stop for trains!!

Rage renewed: SCOTUS handed the president of the US immunity and now we can only charge the other dozens of war criminals. He can still be impeached and indicted, though.

Holy shit.

“many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers” is deep wisdom and you don’t need to reproduce to embrace it!