[gonzo voice] and the Grink, who was NOT there,

ever vigilant

does anyone else’s al*xa play “and juliet” in response to any request that includes “the original broaway cast”? my hypothesis is that it’s just going to the top of the alphabet but it’s REALLY ANNOYING.

Car Talk was a show where you called two guys with your car problems and they roasted you.

i am trying to have grace for the person attending a zoom meeting on the, because it must suck if you have to attend a zoom meeting while on the bus, but. if you don’t have headphones, perhaps do not attend a zoom meeting on the bus.

he's making a list he's checking it twice he's setting a reminder on his phone he's seeing a new email notification he's checking social media he's forgetting to set the reminder he's waking up in the middle of the night realizing he completely spaced it

the moon is cool

friday flowers

I wasn't thrilled when BIll agreed to this debate, but it did provide us with this absolute banger of an exchange showing the difference between science and firewalled faith in nonsense.

does anyone have board game suggestions for a family with two kids (15 & 12) who tend to enjoy games when they play them but would generally rather be doing their own thing?

GANDALF: Can you see anything? FRODO: There's nothing…Wait. There are markings. It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it. GANDALF: There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. In the common tongue it says, "Light the lamp, not the rat."

Each year, endangered sea otter pups strand on the beaches of central California. By partnering with the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Sea Otter Surrogacy program, we can give these pups a second chance. On this #GivingTuesday, we need your help! pacific.to/seaotters2025

Do any Los Angeles folks follow me? If yes, you might be interested in this mutual aid group that is raising funds for toy drives for immigrant families in Southern California and beyond. www.gofundme.com/f/angelitos2...

Alt text: a very handsome sea lion (RIP Harpo) smiles/grimaces at a tiny Christmas tree.

when you can’t figure out what to listen to on the bus, it’s always a good time for the original shrek soundtrack.

@watsoncomedian.bsky.social thank you for the thanksgiving wishes (facilitated by my friend katie), that was so sweet and made my day. hope you caught your train!

Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.

Today’s xkcd made me cry. In a good way. xkcd.com/3172/

guess what

it was too cold in my house last night so i turned on the heater and now, in an unforeseeable consequence, my house is too hot!!

Good question!

Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt. . Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL

Cyclist turns down trans exclusionary honour for woman cyclists (and you can feel the BBC’s teeth grinding about it). "If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".

i woke up with the unforeseeable mash-up of “can’t scare me, i’m sticking to the union” and “having fun isn’t hard, if you’ve got a library card” stuck in my head. it’s a trip, you should try it.

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management. remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.

Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.

[Black & white illustration based on the book Charlotte's Web with a pig looking at a spider's web that says "fuck ICE" with the spider hanging off the bottom]

i read “predate” as in “prey upon” three times before i got it right in my head

Language development, linguistic input, and linguistic racism An indictment of the field that I put my whole heart into wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

I think he likes it? 😅☔️

okay i aimed for cleaning, which required cat locking away, which segued into laundry sorting, which resulted in vacuuming and then swiffer-mopping, at which time i decided to craft, but then couldn’t find all the right stuff, so turned into workspace organizing anyway! i am content.

i am considering doing one of the following, with options to follow up with the other(s): 1) a craft i haven’t done in a while, 2) basic house cleaning 3) organizing a workspace none of these feel like dreadful options!! which is great! i just can’t decide. help me bsky

Best literary analysis ever

Priorities.

This is unsurprising. Also, “but leisure time? Is that an English phrase?” Chomsky once told me he didn’t nap because “naps are for the bourgeoisie.” If you want to show solidarity with the poor and working classes, drop the disingenuousness and own up to your privilege, my god.

a “Space Force”, if you will

are you in #pdx? do you want a personal website? do you HAVE a personal website? Do you want to help people with their websites? my friend is putting on a Personal Website Workshop at Albina Library, Nov 16, noon-3p. reeds.website/2025/website... the web belongs to all of us! see you there?

did i really go to the dentist if no one chastised me about flossing and my gums aren’t hurting at all?

yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing

Describe your cat’s personality with one photo

just a normal morning, listening to @dearhankandjohn.bsky.social, crying about my dad ❤️

Look I get publishing a broad spectrum of opinions but I already fed them this morning

merlin 🐈‍⬛ bit my hair and tugged on it to wake me up this morning, she hasn’t done that for ages and ages 🥰

i dropped a curry chickpea on the white cat and now he has a stain 🙃

The Amazing World Of Tomorrow

@meganfigueroa.bsky.social @carrieg.bsky.social i really loved the five minute corvid detour at the beginning of the most recent vocal fries (also hearing the kitty cats)!

okay extremely RUDE of this cozy romance audio book to have the cat die in the first third. i knew the cat was gonna die because i’ve read books before but i hate this

left my family at the far end of a hike and walked a more than a few miles all the way back to the car with barely any water, no food, and no car keys. we had seen a couple bears on the way out. i was eleven, i think.