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I’m no fan of Newsom but this is what he actually said.

Grapefruit. Yuk.

5 women authors I‘ve read at least 5 books by: Louise Erdrich A.S. Byatt Dorothy Dunnett Jane Austin Kate Atkinson Lots more, especially writers of mystery series.

#Bsbookclub fam! The OGs know that we've been discussing reading Dickens's Bleak House for a couple of years. Well, @rnrhamster.bsky.social and I have decided to do that, at a moderate pace, through March and April. The rodent has made the schedule public; feel free to join! bsky.app/profile/rnrh...

What will I do now that the Olympics are over? It was my happy place the last 2 and 1/2 weeks. Not at all looking forward to the LA Olympics. Sigh.

I hope the next French opening ceremony doesn’t include people running over roofs as it did in Paris. I couldn’t watch.

I love the French national anthem. 🇫🇷

I like how in Italian bobsledding is just bob.

Nice.

Wow.

The xfinity olympics commercial was prescient about there being ties.

At least the orange one will be gone by the Utah winter games.

Love Verdi for the Closing ceremony.

All these guys … desecrating the flag. 🤣

Well, that was a really fun game. Appropriate that it went to overtime. 🇺🇸🇨🇦

This doesn’t have the same feeling as beating the USSR.

Idiots all around.

3 on 3 is as stupid as baseball extra innings with a runner on second.

Just in case you don’t know.

Well, I think Binnington has done well enough in this game that he could possibly come back home and remember how to goaltend.

omg. Overtime. I hate sudden death.

This turned into an exciting game.

Well … But I can’t believe Canada didn’t score on a 5-3 power play.

As a Blues fan I’m rooting for Binnington to do his usual Great In Non-Season games thing, shut up the naysayers and then next week maybe REMEMBER how to goal tend.

Not sure why we here in the Midwest had to get an extended report on the local news about the anticipated east coast weather. Doesn’t affect us except people traveling. Could have done a 30 second warning for travelers.

I’m going to miss the Olympics. I’ve really been into it this time. I might even get up early tomorrow to watch hockey. But I won’t miss the NBC announcers saying “Idaly” instead of “Italy”.

I left FB but this is funny (and scary).

Well, KMOX ditched the Cardinals broadcast for the Billikins game. ⚾️⚾️🏀🏀

Cardinals baseball on the radio. (Trying to get the right attitude this year. )

Just finished HELD, one of the novels longlisted for the Walter Scott prize. I liked it even though it seemed like one of those novels that are really interconnected short stories. But her creation of HELD as a character (HELD is the only named wind in Britain) was great. #booksky

Good 🧵on the practicality of the court’s actions.

I don’t remember them predicting snow flurries for today? ❄️🌨️

Also, we solved Wuthering Heights back in October so all this chat is completely unnecessary. @backlisted.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/251...

Hilarious.

Of the many embarrassing suits brought by our firmer AG, this was the worst. So glad it lost.

It’s A Fucked Up Life

So when do we all get our Tariff Refunds? And I guess all this non-deal agreements to agree with other countries mean nothing now.

Anyone interested in the group read of Great Expectations in March should respond to Brian below.

We need this in our country.

I’ve decided that I dislike Olympic commenters talking about making “the podium” rather than ”medaling”.

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And ... Another one.

At last! Civil contempt. (Can’t be pardoned.)

Arrived at last. Dunnett Society Magazine.

This is funny and clever. I bet a lot of men still need the info in this. youtu.be/dxpjzOLVRR0?...

I stop following reporters who come over from X and whine in post after post about how mean people here are. They don’t want to do the work to build the kind of audience they want. There are so many tools here (block, mute, mute words, hide responses, only allow responses from followers).

Timeline cleanse.

Get your boosters people.

Ooh.