I am taking a break for a bit, I need to get offline and be in the world with family and friends. I am grateful for the folks I’ve interacted with here off and on this past year. Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow and see you soon.

Physically I’m now in sweatpants until Friday, mentally I’m now in sweatpants until January

Worth every penny.

Andor will always be the very best series of all the various Star Wars properties. I also don’t know why this is trending, but am happy to see this speech again.

That’s a hard pass from me as well.

For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Nathaniel Hawthorne added the “w” to his family name because he was ashamed of his great-great-grandfather, a judge in the Salem witch trials.

The more you know…….

So heartbreaking. That family has been through so much, sending Caroline and her entire family so much love and strength. And I hope the media respects their privacy.

It just occurred to me, as someone who used to work in a HIPPA compliant office, that Google's Gmail changes have almost certainly broken every significant privacy law in every country in the world instantaneously.

A federal judge in Washington has halted the Trump administration’s effort to keep more than 2,000 National Guard troops deployed across the city, finding that D.C. is likely to prove the deployment unlawful. Thank you, Judge Jia M. Cobb!

Walking the small dog in freezing rain while he sniffs and smells every single plant, stick, rock, and shrub is not as exciting for me as it is for him. We are back now, time for some Earl Grey tea for the mama.

Fits my current mood.

Hero.

My husband is obsessed with staying at this motel. I’ve seen it and have let him know that I will not be joining him there. #Haunted #ClownMotel www.fodors.com/world/north-...

The Golden Age of Assholes really is the perfect description. I worked in tech for most of my career until I was laid off/early retired last year and I am still suffering from PTSD from the last group of assholes I had to deal with. Humans suck, give me a good dog any day.

More of this, please.

Larry Summers is the classic elite education sxx pest. I ran into a few of those during my undergraduate days. They were almost always well known, respected scholars in their field and utterly untouchable.

Another old white dude trending on here for who knows what reason. I already know him to be a pompous ass, so I am good with remaining clueless about whatever stupid shit he’s said and/or done this time.

I remember.

This is fun. I went to high school with Tim Burton (didn’t know him personally but I do remember seeing him around). Also knew the sister of the actor who played Potsie on Happy Days (Anson Williams). He would stand in the back of the auditorium to see her performances, which was very sweet.

A big tech absurdity is that leaders can’t get promoted on impact alone, they need “scope,” (aka running a large org) so they over-hire to run empires. Bloated orgs, fake work, over-engineered fixes to simple problems until the exec gets promoted and bails, leaving layoffs and cleanup behind.

Fascinating watching Cloudflare go down this morning, taking half of the internet with it. People have no idea how fragile and vulnerable the world's IT nervous system really is.

I have always loved OutKast. The Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is one of my favorite albums of all time. I am still so annoyed that I didn’t ever get to see them perform live. Good to see them honored this past weekend.

I cannot internet anymore this week. And for the record, mutual destruction of sex pests is A-OK by me. Have at it, fiends.

The sun is bringing the beauty both night and day this week with overnight Aurora's followed by a spectacular sunrise with morning's first light splashing on the underside of a cloud deck over Colorado.

Love this account! Follow @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov for more of the same. Whoever runs this account deserves a big round of applause. They never miss. 🎯

This is accurate. I grew up in LA and lived there all the way through the early 1990s (except for a few years when I was in Northern California for college). I remember the Reagan years well, in fact I mark that as the true beginning of the hell we are currently living in 45 years later.

I watch “reality” tv and play Pokemon Go to drown out the utter hellscape of real life. No apologies, it’s this or a padded cell. Anyhoo, my poor husband gets dragged into my tv shows and barely watches them, but occasionally looks up from whatever he’s doing and comes up with a zinger. 1/

Best thing I’ve seen today.

Last night’s view while walking the dog. No Northern Lights but it sure was pretty outside.

Tonight we remember our dear friend and bandleader Cleto 💙

I couldn’t see the Northern Lights in South Reno due to heavy cloud cover, but I like the way the sky looked all the same.

Got the cat a "bird tv" on the patio. Scratch that. I got me subject matter. #birds #bluejay #birdphotography

I had a root canal yesterday that was complicated and painful. I have to go back to the dentist today to have more work done and I feel sick and sorry for myself. Please send dog, cat, bird, outdoors, any kind of pretty photo will do. Thanks.

Everyone who raped those girls needs to rot in prison. Republican party. Democratic party. Bull Moose party. Doesn’t matter. Everyone who knew about it and did nothing needs to rot in prison. Release the files and sort this shit out.

Joyce Carol Oates with another perfect take on the strange case of Elon Musk.

Jimmy Kimmel’s heartfelt and heartbreaking tribute to his best friend and his show’s band leader, Cleto Escobedo, was one of the most beautiful tributes I have ever seen. Find it on YouTube.

“I haven’t seen the emails. I haven’t read them. I don’t even know what emails are.” - Mike Johnson this morning, probably.

Authoritarianism can only succeed when democracy fails to deliver for working people. Authoritarian parties can only succeed when the pro-democracy parties fail to fight for working people. We need a new democracy and a new party system which can represent working people.

My favorite thing on the internet right now.

listen this is the most basic fucking thing but it is a lot easier to boycott a company if you ALSO unsubscribe from their emails AND block them on social media.

Incredulous that anyone believes giving in to a bully works, under any circumstances. Of course it’s going to get worse.

Yes it was. Unforgivable and will not be forgotten.

Same.

State of Nevada never fails to disappoint. Lifelong Democrat (voted for Carter, yeah I am that old). I will be changing my voter registration to Independent and will never give another dime to the Democratic Party unless and until we see real change in party leadership.

Hey, Chuck…

Dear Democratic Senators: if you vote for this selling out of the ACA it will be the end of your careers. Depend upon it. You are there to defend this country against Trump and the fascists, not collude with them. If you become Quislings, you will forever REMAIN Quislings

So beautiful.

How to preserve one’s sanity while participating in social media.