*grumble* 🍽️ *grump* 🍜 cookie recipe in the comments.

Today's baking done. First is Spelt Linzer Cookies using a recipe from Central Milling. They'll be better tomorrow but so far pretty tasty. Then a pumpkin pie because I didn't get to make one for Thanksgiving. Funny that I'm just getting around to holiday baking now that the holidays are over.

as if LLMs aren't bad enough. www.msn.com/en-in/money/...

Happy Boxing Day to all who celebrate

I am entirely ready for this wind and rain to stop now.

This sucks. I've been to tour twice, even getting to look through the Great Refractor. It's an incredible experience and this telescope is still doing meaningful work. What an opportunity for a robber baron to step in and help properly fix the dome and the rest of the building.

BREAKING: THE DISCO BALL IS ILLUMINATED. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. REPEAT - THE DISCO BALL IS ILLUMINATED. (power just came back on. we can now bake bread!)

Make a Bond movie casual Dr. Nah

From our family to yours, merry Christmas! We hope your day is filled with good people and good food.

holy wow - THUNDER! #CAWx

Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.

No power, no internet (except via cell phone hot spot) so what's a girl to do? Her Strength and Conditioning workout, natch! (I do not want to do this. But I shall do this.) *sigh*

gods I hate this timeline.

SitRep: some debris on the deck, a few big branches down at the top of the drive; power and internet both out (thank you generator+hotspot). Big THWUMP at 02:30 - thought it was a branch on the roof but likely two big trees that came down across the road (cleared). debris plows on Skyline.

From the latest forecast discussion: 92 mph at the North Peak Access Road PG&E station in northwestern San Mateo County, 91 mph at the O`Neill Sea Odyssey station near Santa Cruz harbor, 90 mph at the Mount Umunhum PG&E station and the Gunsight Fire Road PG&E station in the Marin County highlands.

once again, this is why you read the Forecast Discussion. it's often full of absolute bangers. "In fact, our next shift just walked in and one of the meteorologists said it feels like Kansas in May out there." gonna be another wild one tonight!

Just when you think *YOU* are having a bad day. Pour one out for the guy driving this end loader. They went over the side and so did the FIRST tow truck. So much for Hwy 84 being free and clear to Alice's. 🙄

so that's what was in those boxes being stored in the Mar a Lago bathroom ...

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

this is solid advice. tonight is NOT the night to try and make it up and over the Sierra. also not the night to drive along Hwy 1 ... just sayin.

I want a postal bank funded by the Fed; every American gets an interest bearing savings account and electronic debit card for free. All monies disbursed from or received by the government flow through this mechanism.

We at ProPublica obtained internal government data in May that showed the Trump administration knew the vast majority of Venezuelans sent to El Salvador had not been convicted of violent crimes. Our reporting is featured in Frontline. Read our full coverage: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

It’s not Minnesota Nice anymore, it’s Minnesota NoICE! Art by me, please share, thx <3

fired up our first Christmas classic - "White Christmas" with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. they just don't make 'em like this anymore.

everything is terrible, except @ricksteves.bsky.social. how absolutely wonderful.

I don’t know how anyone can still talk about “the AI revolution” with a straight face. Reuters story about a railroad company that has sunk $300,000 into “developing AI products” and appears to have made…a chatbot that doesn’t work? archive.is/2025.12.17-0...

but what about thoughts and prayers?

absolute perfection.

Well, whoever is in charge of Yahoo! Finance's editorial department deserves a ⭐ today. Absolutely 🎯

Had quite a day at the "office".

"concepts of a plan"

I…did not see the closing sentence of this photo caption coming: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...

happy to say that I donated to @wisdems.org and got to watch this incredible performance. what a time it was.

have I mentioned how much I enjoy Clues by Sam? Pried open my brain a bit early on and suddenly it all made sense. Loved today's puzzle! I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 14th 2025 (Hard), in less than 16 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩

well that's pretty cool. #Zwift

This is literally one of the funniest threads I have ever seen. Brilliant.

you will be visited by three spirits

Strange that House Republicans weren't able to solve this problem in a two hour meeting after procrastinating for all of 2025 and generally failing to come up with a health care plan for the last 16+ years

I hate this timeline. I hate it so very, very much.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Just spent ~2h doing our annual budget for 2025. Healthcare spend going up by ~30% (for worse coverage), household insurance by 11%. We're cutting back in other places to otherwise "hold the line", but overall we're up about 15% YoY. Couldn't do this without #MonarchMoney.

It's been a heck of a year. I lost 25#, slashed my cholesterol, and feel stronger than ever. Amazing what happens when I invest in myself as much as everyone else. #Zwift

Who has made this 🤣

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

who's got four wings and a whole lotta 🥜? These two, that's who! 🪶

It's not a cult if you're not always recruiting. The delightful folks at @ranchogordo.bsky.social are getting a new customer this holiday. Gonna be beans under the tree for a very lucky person!

Heh. And now for the What's Cooking feed! 🍽️ 🍜

Tonight's dinner - Brazilian Chickpea Curry with some extra tofu. Using Black Chickpeas from @ranchogordo.bsky.social. They're delighfully nutty and the black color is so beautiful! Recipe in the comments.