Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/

@blackcatgarden.bsky.social I think you're following these grifters?

a reminder, again, that AltNPS is a grifter account run by people who have no affiliation with the National Park Service and indeed who never did have any affiliation with the National Park Service. They have no sources, they have no information, they are purely there to scam you.

Welcome to new Bluesky users. Here’s how we do things: 1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol 2. No flisking 3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology 4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on 5. No questions Good luck!

We had a rabbit called Hector (because we wouldn't let my mum call it Agamemnon).

Strands “If not now, when?” 🔵💡🔵🔵 🔵🟡🔵 This one was clearly about me.

Wordle 1,666 2/6 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Meanwhile, over on Mastodon: mastodon.social/@mhoye/11586...

While I'm at it, can we please once and for all retire the phrase "child porn"? Whatever you think of porn, it's largely legal adult entertainment. Children should play no part in that. What we're talking about here is images of child sexual abuse.

I'm not sure who I am, but it's great to be here.

Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.

Oh, shove your 'smart speaker' up your arse, Radio 3. "All without touching a button!" I DON'T MIND TOUCHING A BUTTON! I CAN COPE WITH TOUCHING A FUCKING BUTTON! Good morning.

I’ve given up and am now just blocking on sight any account sharing AI slop images claiming to unmask that murderer. And I’m starting to get reeeeeaaaal judgy off anyone still following that bullshit Alt NPS account. It’s a shitshow of misinformation. (The other Alts are mostly fine.)

Timeline cleanse: my ridiculous dog, who has 3 beds but has decided that she has to lay across the doorway.

I'm having to temporarily mute a huge number of words and names today.

Japanese artist Narumi Takada's 2021 textile piece, "Stepping on Fresh Snow" with snow created using punch needle and straight/satin stitches for the boot and paw prints #Womensart

This year is beginning to seem endless.

The US government is now freely killing people at sea, in other lands, and on its own streets. It is difficult to see what more is needed for Congress and the Supreme Court to exercise their constitutional duty to check and balance what is now a rogue state abroad and a gangster state at home.

Best Christmas present: my family sponsored a capybara in my name. Unfortunately I'm not allowed to bring it home.

This House will now vote on staying in bed until spring. All in favour raise a paw.

Ah, the eternal mystery of the Evri delivery. I think that what will drive everybody back to high street shopping will be the useless parcel delivery companies.

Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.

Dear American BlueSky, you don't have to shoehorn your feelings about US politics into every single post. Just stop it.

it is your DUTY as a parent to be basic and cringe. if your child says "6-7" and you do not say, loud enough for their friends to hear, "8-9?", causing profound silence and intense discomfort, you are neglecting your responsibilities. being cool is for kids. your days of being laughed WITH are over

Betrayed.

I would like to hide in this with a book and a giant toblerone.

I'm frustrated and angry at everyone so the only reasonable way to calm down is with the idiocy of the Penguins of Madagascar.

if anyone ever asks you what bluesky is like, show them the replies to this

Moodily lit laboratories always wind me up. Turn the bloody lights on. (Too many films and TV to list).

What just happened ... Comedy: Jamie Kaler

The moon is overachieving again.

Guilty

***BREAKING*** Dry January has been cancelled this year.

#ScienceHaters think that huge-sounding grants are simply given out like sweets at Halloween and put straight into the pocket of the lead professor's lab coat; if you try to explain they are highly competitive, and cover the equipment, lab time, and salaries of a large number of people for years...

AHHHHHHHHHHH

First time I've watched #totp for ages and I'm not sure why I bothered

"Over the last decade, I’ve participated in rigorous research, traveled the globe, and spoken to thousands of women, leading to an astonishing discovery: you are totally fucking fine the way you are."

True

AI really is a gift to creepy men

Good start

Don’t worry gang, no one actually starts their New Year’s resolutions on the 1st. And you’d be silly to begin on a Friday, best save it for Monday. But Monday is the 5th so you’ve kind of missed the boat anyway and can safely put it off for next year.

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

The perfect way to start the year.

This is a lovely idea. Far better than subjecting yourself to the dreadful Ronan Keating or Jools Holland.

NYE suggestion: In memory of the great and beloved Rob Reiner (and his wife Michele, his meeting of whom forced him to change the end of the movie) we're watching When Harry Met Sally this evening, starting the film at 10:30:27 so that the chime of the New Year bells line up exactly with tonight's.

Late night Tottenham Court Road? *mourns for Dionysus*

it's a harsh world out there and not everyone is going to give you credit for all the great stuff you do. but Sandal thinks you have done awesome this year. he doesn't know how you do it. he also doesn't even know how to open the refrigerator but that isn't important rn

1995, studying in Prague for a year. I went to Bucharest by myself, fully intending to shell out for a hotel since there wasn’t a lot of backpacker-level tourist infrastructure yet. Showed up to the hotel to check in & the desk clerk took one look at me and said “You can’t stay here.”