Nature is cool. (gift link)

The perfect New England holiday item doesn't exi–

I love love love that the dateline on this is Waltham, MA. No doubt this research was conducted at the Brandeis Center on Aging and Fuckability.

This quote could apply equally well to Senate Democrats in the US.

Peppermint Patty is me.

I'm going to go practice some self-care now, which tonight involves screaming into my pillow until I'm hoarse.

It's true, I'll do anything to avoid pickleball

Nee dropped her bike trying to bunny hop a curb to get on the bike path. Unfortunately we're all out of the normal frozen veg to use as an ice pack, so we're testing if Fudgie the Whale has therapeutic values as a cold compress (and then we will eat it, of course).

One of my nieces just tried to explain all the entanglements of her love life to me and holy shit that all sounds exhausting.

Anybody interested in spending 5 bucks for a chance to win a basketball signed by last years #celtics team? A teacher at our school got a friend to donate one to the PTA. Please support our fundraiser! givebutter.com/7b7fKv

TFW you realize your dungeon master doesn't understand the difference between a "courtesan" and a "courtier," and he's been playing a *very* different game tonight than the rest of you.

You know, I have a birthday coming up. Just putting that out there.

Dare to imagine a different way.

An easy breakfast recipe for before a long winter bike ride: Overnight oatmeal - 1c porridge or steel-cut oats - 2c of dried fruit (I like a mix of cranberries and apricots) - 4c water - 3-fingered pinch of salt Place all ingredients in a small crockpot & cook on low overnight. Makes 3-4 servings.

Apparently I still have some standards, and one of them is: I will insta-block any Democratic candidate for office that sends me email from James bloody Carville.

Well this sucks (if you'll pardon the phrase).

You can never take away the CFL Toronto Argonauts' 19 Grey Cup championships though.

Whelp, now I know how much discounted Halloween candy you can buy for $50.

I spent my last day of vacation having some type-two fun on the bike.

Massachusetts friends: This is one of several local food banks I am supporting. Citizens Inn does great work and you can see how far your $25 donation goes. Please consider a donation to Citizens Inn or your local food bank: citizensinn.org/give-to-citi...

Screw it, I'mma do a zwift race. Live now. www.twitch.tv/rsybuchanan

When we were little, my father told my sisters and me to call our cousin Tom "uncle" because he was so much older than us. This annoyed us because Tom isn't our uncle, and it rankled him because "Uncle Tom" wasn't something anyone growing up in civil rights-era Virginia wanted to be called.

ISTG, for a moment I thought this was a promo photo for a new Rammstein album.

I have blinked in this season's edition of "New England Chicken," which is when you see how long you can go without turning on the heat. It's currently 50F/10C in my home office, and I've had enough. I welcome the mockery of my hardier neighbors as I enjoy regaining feeling in my fingers

@chlohno.bsky.social This is the wee doll I mentioned. You can see the surviving tag on his left heel

Does this count as Cuomo making a campaign contribution to Mamdani?

Why, yes, I do have a vacation from work scheduled for next week. How did you guess?

Congress Street Bridge sidewalk, eastbound, today. ❤️ @universalhub.com

I'm kind of glad my father didn't live to see this. As a DC-ite, born and raised, this would have broken his heart. Honestly, it breaks my heart.

I can tell someone has done this recently at my local bike shop when I walk in the door and all the staff flinch at the sound of the bell over the door.

Fun story: I was in London in 2009, and a friend asked if I wanted to go to the theatre. "What's playing?" "Godot." "Nah, seen it too many times, thanks." What my friend failed to mention was that it was the production featuring Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan and Simon Callow. 🤡

I just want to say, as a Gen X male, I'm pretty sure my father (the WW2 vet) would have beaten me to death with a baseball bat if I'd ever had a "Nazi-curious" phase. He fought the fuckers once, he wasn't going to let them spring up at home without a goddamn fight. #antifa

As a non-Christian, I'm always struck by how unconvincing these guys are as spokesmen for their alleged beliefs. They're completely repellant to me as an outsider. But I bet Chip Roy's target audience isn't really me, it's his fellow Christians, whom he wants to convince of his righteousness.

It's that time of year again when I find myself seriously thinking about taking Dutch lessons so I can read the cyclocross websites.

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

Subject line on an email from Chewy: "What's the scariest thing your cat could eat this Halloween?" My partner: "Well, given that our cats are bottomless pits: sushi."

This looks fun! www.mbta.com/destinations...

This is a really interesting thread on what happened today at the Tour of Holland.

I have a lot of memories of waking up to Susan Stamberg's voice, but chief among them was her recipe for "Mama Stamberg's cranberry relish." I made it once and it was very, very weird. You should all try it!

"Receive Extended Security Updates with a one-time purchase of $30 (plus applicable tax)." Call it what it is, Microsoft. Support for Windows 10 is literally NOT ending, it's shifting to a paid model.

I will eat almost anything once. But I feel a decided lack of urgency to try this for myself.

If you live in Everett, Mass. and have any information about the 13-year-old boy abducted by ICE, please message me on Signal at marisakabas.04

Dear geek friends: the UPS for my networking gear just shat itself. Is there any important difference between old fashioned UPSen and the newer "power stations" that are designed more to keep a fridge running during a power cut? Is it just the number of outlets & amp hours, or is there more to it?

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand. "Edited /etc/passwd using nano."

I will never, ever understand pro cyclists who, having a flat tire in a race, would rather wait for their team car *for a tire* than just take a wheel from the neutral service car. It's what neutral service is for. And if you choose to wait, don't be angry about it. You made the choice. Own it.

Not shown in this photo: just how badly Blake (the tortie) wants to murder the squirrels outside. Her tail was swishing hard enoungh to knock over a small lamp.

If I go to the No Kings thing next weekend, do you think I could get George Soros to kick in a couple of bucks toward my Pan-Mass Challenge fundraising for 2026?

Plus we already got the best Tron update we'll ever have: Wreck-It Ralph.

I love teams that do 1-week Agile sprints. "I spent the first half of the week explaining to stakeholders why I didn't accomplish anything last week, and the second half of the week preparing to spend the first half of next week explaining why I didn't accomplish anything this week."