Definite We demand to be taken seriously energy

over the past like five years, I’ve had to argue with people that there is no longer any plausible deniability when expressing how much you like harry potter shit. so much of her shit is in the public consciousness that continuing to support it just Sends a Message

Mediocre men getting demolished by professional women is my new drug

I rarely comment on the US as it's ubiquitous & constantly in your face. You're bombarded with it. It's impossible to escape. But anyway, the thing with trump is not trump. It's the destruction he's wrought that weakens the US & prepares it perfectly for the real maniac that's yet to come.

You know, in the nice clothes that Duffy wants you to wear when you travel 🙄

Catching up some more #30DayMapChallenge Day 29 Raster I made a joy plot using a how-to by @aasmith.bsky.social of CT elevation

Catching up: #30DayMapChallenge Day 28 Black The birthplaces of People of Color who enlisted in CT's 29th and 30th regiments in the Civil War

I named my fists Bert and Ernie just because they aren't going to hurt anyone

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Just a heads up with all the Christmas markets and fairs on at the moment - if you see art or art-based pieces for sale, ask who the artist is, because the amount of people deceptively slapping "made locally" on pieces locally farted out by their computer and a genAI prompt is getting depressing

Another example of why women pick the bear. (The "he" below is Louis CK, who can stay fucked off forever)

Met a shockingly flexible old lady today. Her name is Baba Yoga.

Working on potty training and it is the worst

#30DayMapChallenge Day 26 Transport Top nations for exports to and import from Connecticut. Not my fav map but I did enjoy creating the arrows 😀

#30DayMapChallenge Day 24: Places and their names Connecticut, a New England state, traces a load of its town and city names to England. Whoa.

"One thing I should make clear, though, is that I’m not a jerk. I don’t have to have my way. I’ll do this in a Kia Forte too."

There are people who like whole-berry cranberry sauce and people who don't live lives in total wrongness

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy" say Obi-Wan as he pulls into the parking lot of Whole Foods

So, we're just choosing to post through it, friend? (What you supposed to do was not date her)

Home Alone

#30DayMapChallenge Day 15 Fire People really do call fire departments to get cats out of trees

Bi Curious George That's something, right?

#30DayMapChallenge Day 14: OpenStreetMap My idea here is show how important colors (and font size) are important in making a good map 😀

#30DayMapChallenge Day 13 10 minute map I did briefly think about mapping 10 minutes, (10') but this was just much quicker 😀 Also, SO MANY DAMS! I knew there were a lot but goodness.

#30DayMapChallenge Day 11 minimal Vehicle crashes in CT with pedestrian fatalities 2015 -2024

#30DayMapChallenge Day 10 Air The migration routes of common terns and ospreys

#30DayMapChallenge Day 9: analog I had to draw a map by hand, so behold Wyoming!

You can tell a lot by looking in someone's basement like whether they keep their dead bodies there or off-site somewhere

Mamdani is going to impose Shirley Manson law. You will only be happy when it rains.

"It's not a race!" said no kid ever who was winning

#30DayMapChallenge Day 8: Urban This is a map of urban areas in the US -- 500 or more people per square mile. About 260 million of about 340 million Americans live in urban areas.

#30DayMapChallenge Day 7: Accessibility Town beaches in Connecticut are notorious for restricting access for nonresidents via restricting access to parking passes. Parking lots at states often fill quickly on summer weekends. Enter public transit.

Stop offering "free stuff" if I use the app I ain't using no app At that point, said stuff is not FREE, it costs me time to download the app, register an account, verify the account, then log in to the account again, etc #RudeAboutDumbCrap #Always

#30DayMapChallenge Day 6: Dimensions I used time as the dimension here. Looking at the racial segregation in the Greater Hartford area in 1980 and 2020. Interesting to see how People of Color moved into Bloomfield, Windsor, and East Hartford (and Manchester a little bit) but no other towns.

I did not know that “Turn the Volume Up” was a KRS-One rap song from back in the day. The rest of the line says “…the devil’s time is up.” A deeper shade of shade! I love it. My mayor!

#30DayMapChallenge Day 5 Earth Connecticut in 5-foot contour lines

Outside right now. Thanks a lot, Standard Time

I wonder where the jury ordered from for their lunch 😀

Both the Capulets and Montague's have endorsed Cuomo

#30DayMapChallenge Day 4: My Data I have visited 53 US national parks.

Day 3: Polygons Comparing the size of some US states and national parks and then a few other geographic units including Greenland and Africa. Also first time making an animated GIF 🙂 #30DayMapChallenge

If you are still in line for trick-or-treating, STAY IN LINE! They have to let you get candy as long as you stay in line!

most evenings around dusk this really bright light hovers over the horizon for a few hours. it's not a star or planet. how could i track down what it is? it doesn't matter for anything, i just want to satisfy curiousity. it's mostly stationary but over the course of hours it moves in a slight arc

Friends, I speak to you today about the scourge that is Standard Time.

#30DayMapChallenge Day 2: Lines The state route numbers in CT aren't laid out systematically like Interstate numbers 😀

@lyndacarter.bsky.social Here's my wife in 2012 as Wonder Woman. She made the costume herself (along with a George Reeves B&W Superman costume for me). She's only become superheroic in the time since 🥰

#30DayMapChallenge Day 1: Points County-level population in Ireland (excluding Northern Ireland) from 1841 (prior to the Great Hunger) through 2022

5yo boy has been ready to trick or treat since August. The energy here these last few minutes is jangly off-the-hook moments before a mission to space lifts off. #HALLOWEENISHERE

Change one letter and ruin a candy Reese's Peanut Butter Cuts