Via the last page of my Ugly Medieval Cats calendar, I have settled on the perfect image for that ‘Your 2025 in one picture’ dealio

Another disaster. This one has actual harmful consequences for trans kids and their families.

The power company had had an estimated restoration time of 4:15 on their website all day. At 4:15, the site updated to say this. 👍

I think it’s interesting how if you describe gendered expectations backed by significant data you will be demeaned as a man-hater but if you regularly do stuff like casually using sexist language toward women you’re just considered normal

I'm pretty low maintenance in a power outage as long as there's daylight coming in. I've got some tea, a cat to keep me warm, and my knitting.

I always learn so much from Rah's threads on social-media moderation! Here's an aspect I hadn't thought about before: In some cases it's wiser not to take down bot accounts instantly because it gives away too much info about your bot-spotting systems—and encourages the bot makers to escalate

This discussion:

School's closed today. I couldn't even get to the bus corral. Power's out too. We were under a gale warning last night, so not unexpected. The county and power company crews are working their asses off out there.

Were we not already? I kinda feel like that's our thing. You know, "it rains all the time and we read all the books and drink all the coffee and we're all covered in moss"? No?

Were we not already? I kinda feel like that's our thing. You know, "it rains all the time and we read all the books and drink all the coffee and we're all covered in moss"? No?

I don’t know how to process the horrific fire hose of tragedy that has been omnipresent but has spiked this weekend, and I suspect I’m not alone. We aren’t meant to carry this much suffering and be able to function at “normal” capacity. Be gentle with yourself and others, if you can.

Eying the snow, informing my spouse that he has gendered labor to perform: haha fuck yeah!!! Yes! Eying the children, realizing that I have gendered labor to perform: well this fucking sucks, what the fuck.

One of my favorite books I read this year isn't technically out yet: @johnchu.bsky.social's THE SUBTLE ART OF FOLDING SPACE! A whole novel about the hardworking people behind the scenes of our universe, keeping the laws of physics working. Give your future self a gift are pre-order it!

Found this jerk peeing in my lime tree! Wtaf??

I drove the nerds to the Knowledge Bowl competition. Turns out there's a lot of overlap between Knowledge Bowl nerds and Choir nerds, so I was treated to a pair of teenage boys harmonizing to Baby It's Cold Outside on the trip back. Charming tbs. #SchoolBus

My daughter just came in here and read me for filth for not emptying the tea strainer after I use it. Thing is, I do. 😤 Nothing I could tell her convinced her. 🤷 the fuck

God this sounds so good

Of course, now our governor has to go be nice to Trump in the hopes that we'll get some FEMA aid. 🙄 Enraging

School's closed today because of all the flooding. Yesterday was stressful so I welcome it. I'm signed up as an evac volunteer, so I'll probably be heading out in a bit to grab my bus. Entire communities are being evacuated. It's going to take awhile for all this water to subside when without more 🌧️

UPDATE: Dec 11&12 - Buses will be provided b/t SEA-VAC but may not stop in Mount Vernon (MWV) due to evacuation orders. The SEA-BEL buses are running but are not stopping in MWV. Saturday morning, 12/13, Train 517 between VAC-SEA is canceled. If possible, a bus will be provided.

Orcas have started targeting commercial ship control systems, like rudders, to disrupt or break them. Eyewitnesses feel unnerved by the precision of these attacks in how the orcas ignore peripherals and know exactly what to do. Well, duh. Sophisticated intelligence as good or better than our own.

I'm up, I'm up. Fine. I'll drive a bus. Communities all around us are under evacuation orders for flooding, but we are mostly unscathed so far. We moved all the buses to the high school parking lot last night. One more day of this atmospheric river... #SchoolBus

I'm taking the Knowledge Bowl kids to a competition this afternoon, but half the roads are closed because of all the flooding so 🤞 we make it back safe. Or, that there's a safe way back at all. #SchoolBus

Crud. I've got some kind of neighbor drama playing out at one of my stops. Somebody doesn't like all the kids waiting on *their* street corner or some shit. Do not drag me into your bullshit. Work that out on your own time and don't call my boss to complain. Who has the energy for this? #SchoolBus

We're having an emergency evac meeting this morning, both to move the buses and to plan for moving people. Plan for the worst, hope for the best. 😬🤞

Ok, weather app, we get it. Calm down, jeez!

A PhD is a great idea if you want to work your ass off for a few years and then somehow feel like a failure when you finish it successfully

Shout-out to the parents sending their kids to school on a Monday morning with a pack of Pringles for breakfast. Look, we do what we can. I see you and I salute you for getting your kids to the bus stop on time. 🫡 #SchoolBus

We're under a small craft advisory, and gale and flood watches for pretty much the whole week. An atmospheric river is moving in and it's dark and blustery and wet. A good day to be a knitter. 🧶

I mean, obviously.

A neat thing about birthright citizenship is how it tests whether a person cares at all about the Constitution. There's no argument against it, birthright citizenship is the unambitious text, the obvious intent of the drafters, and the undisputed way it was followed for the past 150+ years.

Working on some mitts for my mom for Christmas. I gave her a pair like these years ago and she wore them all the time until she lost one last spring. This is one of my favorite mitt patterns. Knits up quick and looks great for the effort. Pattern: My Cup Of Tea Mitts by Fluffy Fibers. 🧶

This is your occasional reminder that, if you like Neil Gaiman's stuff, but can't bring yourself to like it anymore for justifiable reasons, Tanith Lee is the author he is credibly accused of extensively cribbing from, and her work is on Audible, and AMAZING.

This was a very moss and frogs and Portishead and Sade kind of morning until we got close to the fire station and had to pull over for the fire engine and EMS to go by, which elicited shrieks and hollering. The calm never returned. We're just fancy primates after all. #SchoolBus

“Critics say” Trump’s remarks on Somalis were bigoted? JFC what are you doing?

Been listening to David Byrne's new album and it's great and so autistic in the best ways. I mean, his music has always been autistic-coded, but it's more text than sub this time. She Explains Things To Me could be our anthem.

BMW-grilled at the fitness #flomask

I switched to this and @bookshop.org for every book, ebook, and audiobook purchase where they have what I want - which is 99% of them -- and the apps are great, and I get to support a local bookstore. It's all win here, folks.

a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization

A bird pooped *into* my bus. Wtaf? That some really hater shit right there. #SchoolBus

We keep doing these pilot programs and are shocked, SHOCKED!, by the incredibly positive results each time. At what point can we just, ya know, stop with the pilots and make this policy already??? #ubi

This looks great!

Finished my mitts. Many stranded colorwork patterns only have one size, so I added border stripes on either side so they'd fit me. I do love a cephalopod. 🐙 Now I need to make myself a heavier pair of some sort for the really cold days coming. The pattern is The Pact by Jac of Lattes and Llamas. 🧶

If you want to make your own whistle kits or do 3d printing of whistles etc @dansinker.com has got you covered dansinker.com/posts/2025-1... and there are also a ton of "how to help" links from @lefttheprairie.bsky.social linktr.ee/apwhistles

ATTENTION EVERYONE: DAVID BYRNE TINY DESK www.npr.org/2025/12/01/g...

Blocking this hood I made for one of my bus driver pals. I made one of these for a different driver last year and she said it was the best thing I'd ever made for her. She wore it every day in the winter. I hope this one is as useful. The pattern is Hoodola by Laura Nelkin 🧶

My daughter's making cards for the Art Club holiday bazaar at her high school. Hand painted original watercolors?? Skills

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