Today the internet showed me an article about a Mexican chocolatier based out of Austin that sells delectable-looking drinking chocolates, and I hesitated sharing the links here because maybe it'll be the tiny domino that ends in the 'and then ICE disappeared them' plank. I hate this timeline.

👻🍂 Spooktober is here! 🍂👻 The pumpkins are out, the mist is rolling in! Our autumn chocolate bars and chocolate boxes are ready to bring cosy flavours to your cauldron. Perfect for gifting, sharing… or keeping all to yourself (we won’t tell). 🍫

Jasmin Kokko (snacksmin) has blessed us all who were Finnish kids of certain age with this educational model. It finally answers many questions, while raising many others.

super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉

The best time to be unhappy with your yarn choice for a silly little toy that needs to be completed for an unmovable deadline is DEFINITELY when the US is made of tariffs and Canada Post is on strike. >.<

If I change platforms it’s going to be one built into the top of a tree deep in the woods.

D. was introduced to chicken paprikash on our road trip and liked it so much I've tried my hand at it. It won't be over spaetzle or egg noodles, alas, but the internet tells me rice is a respectable third place choice. Hopefully all of Hungary won't come screaming in here to disagree.

I need all of you with any spooky bones in your body (which, let's be honest, might be 100% of you) to click through this link to all the individual collections and make grabbyhands with me. It's glorious.

The teaspoon of flup makes all the difference.

Got a plushie for my wife

Spooky season approaches, so I'm going to repost some of my Halloween comics from years past.

Gotta participate in this year's -tober challenge

We're off again, in just over a week, to Edmonton, for a Thanksgiving gathering. A few of my family met D. at my mother's funeral, but for some of them, this will be like spotting a cryptid that's been talked about but never seen for twenty years. +

Random Person: “You don’t look Autistic” Me: “Ok, how about now”

Today in 1983 Stanislav Petrov saved the human race. On duty at the Soviet early warning command centre, he refused to warn superiors of radar reports of an incoming US strike. It proved to be a false alarm. If the Soviets had responded it would have been all out nuclear war.

No. Your friends don't secretly hate you. You're just dehydrated.

A spot of storytime as I try to work through something. Many months ago, D. and I were streaming and a random fellow came in. He was about our age, we chatted and befriended eachother. We'd go say hi on eachothers' streams, chat a little. General friendly things. +

Hell yeah, I support you random FEMA employee

Pictures from the very tip of Point Pelee. (3/3)

More pictures from Point Pelee. (2/3)

Pictures from Point Pelee National Park, which is the southernmost contiguous point in Canada, and apparently at the same latitude as Barcelona and Rome. (1/3)

Linguistics

hi-i-i honeys, we're ho-o-ome. the rest of the pictures tomorrow, I swear. we have so much cheese. and beer. and cider. and itchy horsefly bites. but mostly cheese and beer. now, I'm gonna lay here and realize how much I missed my pillow. <3

it was a full day today. Point Pelee was amazing. I hope to post the pics as we're driving back to Ottawa tomorrow. Apologies in advance to the few of you at risk of Rapture if I don't post them in time for you to see them before your trip.

‘Drift’ Oil and acrylic on canvas 1.1Mx1.1M

What's the matter babe you've barely touched your event horizon ribs

D. is napping. I am taking breaks from relearning crochet to look at cats on the internet and see what all y'all are up to. the only sounds in here are napping and a/c. think I'll just soak in it for a while, Marge.

and he didn’t even burst into flames. it’s that easy

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits." www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

It's been great weather so far. We went from Guelph to Windsor today, with stops for spaetzle with mushroom gravy, many cheeses, even more cheeses, and corn.

Because we are serious, so very serious, people.

here's a few more. I am sorry this isn't more clever, but there have been so many people and I am so le tired. much love, more soon.

Northern Ontario sure can be pretty.

aight, my lovelies, D. and I are about to be off on our road trip. Ottawa to North Bay to Guelph to Windsor to Sarnia and back again, hopefully with no dragons but giant eagles would be okay. I'm going to try to learn to use my Pixel's camera on the trip. Much love, may be sporadic, see you soon!

Working on a modern translation of The Iliad. What do you guys think of “And yeah. Achilles went fuckin ripshit. Just fuckin…balls out horny for doing that gremlin shit, you know?”

For those who don't recall, the closest ship to the Titanic was The Californian. They did not respond to distress signals. The Carpathia did, from much further away. That captain was a hero. This is so worth your time.

The buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala) has mastered a very particular kind of camouflage. When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig. Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?

1000% accuracy going on here.

My stubbornness has one positive trait

Redyeing my hair to get ready for THE CHEESE ROAD(*) and either the peroxide/bleach I used, the gloves I wore, the talc dusting in the gloves, or just malicious whimsy on my body's part has turned me into The Hive Golem. Thank goodness I don't need to use my hands to prepare for the trip ha ha ha-

Replacing "transgender is like ferrari" with "transgender is like microwave" from now on after this great bit

the borbs of summer happiness

How wonderful is this? (Will only except 'utterly' as an answer.)

incredibly shaped guys

Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative

Me: haven't crocheted meaningfully in well over a decade Also me: Yarn for this just arrived: