me, after zoning out in the bathtub: I don't remember which leg I washed already 🛁

unfortunately I don't recommend this park and would not go back there. the trails aren't particularly enjoyable (to me) as it is majority meadow terrain and therefore very exposed to the sun. montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-tr...

I'm eating a pear right now 🍐

recently I saw a medium-large sized bouquet that cost $55!!! at that rate I'd rather just forage for wildflowers or something like that

shoes (well, everything really) are so expensive now https://www.teva.com/c/hurricane-sandals/women

I was trying to play Minecraft yesterday but it wasn't working due to a new update, so I decided to (pointlessly) complain to the online support bot to see what would happen.

@ad-mastro.bsky.social did you read this yet? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/n...

eagerly awaiting the finest "unalive"-esque euphemisms that businesses come up with to describe the world cup on their signs and such, but avoid copyright infringement. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/world/canada/fifa-world-cup-copyright.html

who is buying $44 worth of beef sticks on Amazon?! this is for 18 sticks https://www.amazon.com/Country-Archer-Ancestral-Jerky-Sticks/dp/B0F6H2ZNN8/

I would absolutely try walking there if I lived near enough to do it for science!! https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/style/world-cup-metlife-walking-new-jersey.html

I finally bought a coin purse (and put my accumulated loose change in there) and I think I'm going to start trying to pay in cash more often, just for the heck of it. and complain if I go to places that do not take cash.

what if I bought arcade carpet, but for using at home?! https://www.georgiacarpet.com/categories/carpet/commercial-carpet/joy-commercial-carpet/joy-neon-lights-collection.html?page=1

contemplating about whether I should start using iNaturalist (to add my own observations instead of just browsing others' observations)

100% of WMATA red line stations from memory and 76.5% overall across all lines (at which point I gave up)!! not bad! my memory of station names from other lines is about equally distributed https://metro-memory.com/dc

I find it way too interesting to type in random stuff (dot com) into the address bar of a browser and see what comes up, if a website actually exists at that address. I found this one which appears to be for a vacation rental place in Germany https://plenk.de/

bring back windows 7

I almost forgot for #molluscmonday! a slug I saw the other night. finally I saw some slugs after not having seen any for a few weeks

the least expensive variety of roast beef deli meat at wegmans was $14/lb this past weekend!!

cc @heatherwgaona.bsky.social

I don't know what the real reason behind this is, but maybe it's because it's a vestige of cashier-style setups, where the cashier's scanning device and monitor is separate from the customer-facing payment pinpad device.

such nice traditional storefront windows at this post office location! although the post office isn't really utilizing them in the way a store could, by having an eye-catching display there. I think maybe I could be good at and enjoy working in the visual merchandising field.

I'm finally going to try out using Obsidian a bit to see what I think of it and if I might end up liking it better than Notion (which is what I currently use after switching from Evernote)

if birding and mothing mean looking for and watching birds and moths respectively, can the same word structure be used to describe the act of looking for and watching other types of animals?

babies have been fed, light traps have been set, the night is upon us

little green macbook is what I'm calling it now

sometimes I type in a random word(s) into the address bar of a browser to see if a website exists with that URL. like platypus.com which isn't an actual site right now but the domain is for sale for $550K...

there is something appealing to me about the idea of going to a hair salon and/or barbershop and just sitting in the waiting area watching the employees cut other people's hair. just watching a video or livestream of such a thing doesn't really hit the same way for some reason.

sometimes I look at this (wedding/engagement ring, diamonds and other jewelry) website and sort by price, high to low to see the most insanely large and expensive diamonds they have available https://www.brilliantearth.com/lab-grown-diamonds/

got some thoughts that spin off from this post, and the thread it is in response to... bsky.app/profile/toke...

do you think you are more, less, or equally as interested in roadkill than RFK Jr?

Wegmans has produce scales and when there are produce items priced per piece rather than per pound, I'll take a few different ones and weigh them to see which one will be the best value by weight... oranges used to be priced per pound, but now are priced per orange.

PRO TIP if you're filing taxes by mail: Your tax return may not get postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service the same day it's dropped off. If you want to make sure your return gets a postmark by the April 15 deadline, go to a post office by Wednesday and ask for one.

watching the space capsule return made me wonder if there is a full-scale replica of one at a museum where you're allowed to actually go inside of it. I avoid the air and space museum because it's always so crowded but if they have one you can go inside, I might have to make an exception

It would have been more meta-ly interesting if all the images in this article were instead just alt-text describing the image at first, with an option to then reveal the actual image. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

yes!

I saw this yesterday which is about rabbit holes that one may go down. It coincided with a recent rabbit hole I went down, which I'll describe further in this thread (also serving as a sort of brain inventory, as mentioned in a recent post) crossreference.wordsinspace.net/spring2026/w...

One of my niche retail nerd opinions is that Westfield seems way better at maintaining and running malls they own compared to Simon property group!! I feel like there are very few people who care about this niche detail!

I tried to get a cat to sit on a human scale, but they don't want to sit on it when I've triggered it to be ready to weigh. they just decide sit on it at other times when it's not activated in weighing mode...

is there some kind of way to do a brain inventory of sorts on different people? as a way of getting an idea of the mental landscapes of others, since I'm sure there's quite a variation in that between individuals

WHO GETS TO LOOK AT THE WORLD? The memeification of war and the ubiquity of cellphone cameras makes it feel like we are watching this shit play out live. But the surveillant aerial view is only ever selectively available to lay-people.

at the grocery store, there was a buy 2, get 3 free deal for canned soda which was $12 per carton. at regular price, it would be $1 per can but if you utilize the deal to get 5 cartons of soda, the price per can becomes 40 cents

Very cool discussion of the use of color theories in industrial hygiene.

I kind of want to go to a Warby Parker and try on every single style of glasses they have there and take notes on which ones I liked or didn't like and why

now taking suggestions for unusual tooth-related questions to ask the dentist next time. previous questions I asked have been about variation in natural tooth shape and color

cc @imagineterrain.bsky.social

I'm disappointed that these glasses which bear my name are fairly ugly to me https://www.warbyparker.com/sunglasses/rachel/mesquite-tortoise?w=wide

cc @ad-mastro.bsky.social have you ever seen anything like this?!

The craziest detail from this article is that the small size of Italian ice this small business serves is $8, and they are considering raising the price to $8.50 to account for rising oil prices (and therefore, operating costs) www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/b...

Out of curiosity I wonder what the highest price of regular gasoline is in the metro area and which particular gas station is charging that amount