This brought back memories of hacking my Sidekick to have Skype chat. I'm not sure I'd have the patience today for all of the stuff I used to do, but it sure was fun at the time! Good stuff @chris-spann.co.uk !

Final shout for Issue 1 of This Station Is Non-Operational, a newsletter for human computer users forced to live under the yolk of big tech. buttondown.com/thisstationi...

Wait. Is Tim Urban really her friend? That can't be right. Maybe "yeah she came to a book signing and asked me to sign my book To My Good Friend..." kind of friend?

We have not lost power during this winter storm and for that I am more grateful than you'll ever know. Thank you to all of the infrastructure folks who worked so hard after Helene to get all of the sad trees gone so they didn't fall today.

In preparation for the impending ice/snow ridiculousness, I had to do something with the old bread to make way for the new bread. May all of us in the path of this impending weather be safe and have what we need to get by.

Started reading Gabriel's Moon by William Boyd today and WOW!!!! Thanks to all of the folks who posted about it. #gabrielsmoon

Du Pré's Elgar performance is what made 9 year old me want to play the cello. That lasted a year because of all of the lugging around of said cello, but I've never stopped loving the sound. This is giving me hope today. Also, quitting is sometimes the right answer.

I was "Dilbert" for Halloween one year, but secretly I was Drew Carey because I had a huge crush on him, but my (back then) S. Baptist ass thought married women shouldn't have crushes. TLDR: Good riddance to racist garbage.

Well!

My office is above the front door, so I can hear anything that happens on the porch. 2 delivery drivers arrive at the same time. Haven't seen each other in 20 years. Digits exchanged. Coffee planned. I'm honestly crying because this was so beautiful. #hope #community #goodnews

Just finished this today. Amazing. I love his writing and I can't believe I'd never read this. #booksky #reading #books

How I'm walking out of 2025

Forgot to keep up the #foodsky. Navy Bean Pie and Sushi Bake for Cuddlemas Eve. #cooking #food

Sparklie Cuddlemas everyone! May the joy of Bodacious follow you into the New Year.

Last night's roast zucchini became today's pasta sauce. Zucchini, stick, sunflower seeds blitzed in Vitamix until creamy. It's like Alfredo's slightly bitter cousin. #foodsky #recipes #cooking #budgetmeal

I made an ice box fruitcake and it is amazing. It looks dry in the pic but it's not at all. #baking #food #dessert #iceboxcake

I only make chocolate cherry marshmallow fudge during Cuddlemas season and that's a shame.

I'm rarely stopped in my digital tracks by an image, but WOW this is just gorgeous!

All I can think about right now are the enchiladas I'm making for supper. And holy hell, the cabbage salad with pears and Kewpie Sesame Dressing. #food #kewpie #enchiladas #cabbage

Remembering Klaus Nomi today. I'm so glad he existed, even if it was too brief. #klausnomi #music

You know my drill. 50 posts would mean a lot. I just need 1% of my community here and a few new friends!

Went back to my hacker roots today and let me tell you, it made this old lady very happy!!

I dreamed last night I owned a store called Bait & Thrift. People would come in thinking they could buy bait for fishing, but realize they'd walked into the best second hand store ever.

This was the best Thanksgiving plate of food I've ever had. Full stop. This gravy needs to be on everything. Put it on cake. Pour it on pie. I can't wait to eat the leftovers tomorrow. Green bean, dressing and gravy sandwich!!!!

Please give thanks this Thanksgiving, and every day, for these folks who are absolutely crucial to our continuing food supply. One of my faves is broccoli casserole!

I did it. Kindly husband can decide if he wants ganache. I was also going to make the Navy Bean Pie I make every year, but when I got home I found a Sweet Potato Cake that feeds up to 20 people in the fridge. I think we're good for sweets. 🎂 #thanksgiving #food #cake #dessert

Waiting for my Thanksgiving catering pickup! We are so fortunate to have White Wine and Butter in town. Chef Michael Sibert won an episode of Chopped and he and his team are fantastic!

I need to make the filling for my homemade Hostess Cupcake cake but y'all I am so damn tired. I want to cry over how much I don't feel like doing it. Yet, I want to want to do it. Lots of folks feeling this way today, I think.

while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.

How in the HELL did I think Morrissey was saying that he now knew how Chairman Mao felt? To be fair, I was listening to The Queen is Dead cassette on my Sears Craftsman car stereo, so...

This is my new lunch. I realize it could qualify as a budget meal depending on where you source the ingredients. Oatmeal on the bottom, made savory with stock instead of water. Frozen broccoli steamed then seared with fish sauce, kimchi on top. There's ground up flax, hemp, chia too.

🏴‍☠️💀🏴‍☠️ Announcement? As I explore old typewriters, I thought to involve you (?). If you feel alright with my having an address, DM me a theme, question, or etc. I’ll draw from my janky toolkit, write you a little something, date it, identify the typewriter, and send.

“You’re going to be disappointing other people or you’re going to be disappointing yourself. You have to choose.” — my partner to me today. Thought I’d mess yall up too. Thanks!

Apropos of nothing...

OMG I louvre this!!!

What the Louvre needs to do is consult with CVS.

I just made a mashed avocado and sardines quesadilla (sans cheese) and it is lovely. I'm glad Iove sardines.

Heartiest congratulations to @sethrockman.bsky.social, whose wonderful new book Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery has been awarded the Beveridge Prize!

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

We have a great screened porch. It's probably the only truly great thing about this vinyl cookie cutter house. The problem is, we haven't taken good care of the upholstery of the furniture, so we haven't sat out there in years. It was truly gross. Yesterday, I decided to fix that.

Every time my music shuffles to Velouria, I think of my favorite episode of Halt and Catch Fire and I say a mental thank you to @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social #haltandcatchfire #hacf #pixies

“My grandma cooks a lot. Even to this day, can’t nobody beat her fried chicken … She still won’t tell me (the spice mix) even though I’m her granddaughter,” Heard said with a laugh. “That’s our joke: I tell her that I hope this recipe is written down in the book somewhere.”

Maybe someone out there loves chicken livers as much as I do, but I doubt it. #foodsky

Had half a cabbage that needed to be eaten. Cut it in half, steamed in bamboo, charred in skillet, cut roughly, tossed with fish sauce and Japanese BBQ sauce. Good gravy! #cooking #foodsky #cabbage

It's my partner's birthday, so I'm making his favorite cake! Happy Birthday to the kindest, most wonderful human I know!! #cake #cooking #baking #foodsky

When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine," That's... usually not the case! In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using. We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that? youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk

Bought a tee from Comoco Cotton today. Cant wait until it arrives!! I wish Stephen Satterfield was on here. www.comococotton.com

This. 100%

Yukon golds have been in their brine all night. A few more hours and they'll be ready to become NY Deli Potato Salad #foodsky #cookingsky #recipes