Oh hey, I'm actually ready to do this now lol

an orange cat

James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.

2025 recapped

Partner enjoys reading me things in French to see what words I know, but his accent is so terrible that we spend half the time spelling words so I can visualize what the hell he is asking me.

A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.

VT takes most snow in stride, but panic sets in quick at the phrase "freezing rain". I still remember the Ice Storm of '98. Some places lost power so long that cows died from lack of milking. I know that sounds funny; it's not.

Partner's 76 year old mother just interrupted the conversation to add "~six seven~" so stick a fork in that one, kiddos, it's done.

There's a Spanish iPhone ad that features what is obviously my coworker Sanket in 30 years and it keeps wigging me out.

portland oregon is a theme park for moms who like to read the clever names of small businesses out loud

Booooo it is 5°F outside do not want

It took me so. long. to find the second cat in this picture.

And Tiny Sim, who DID die

Ok, for those of you who watch different TV than me, is this neighborhood house Stranger Things themed? You can't tell I'm the still image, but those porch lights are gently flickering.

this is what some of you look like in your chore coats

Everyone has a friend who would eat the, "We're Alive" cookie.

When you write, "We're Alive" on some of your holiday cookies, you're actually helping promote safety not just making everyone at the party feel unsettled, so that's one more good deed before the year ends.

Christmas Eve Eve

MERRY CHRISTMAS ~ ~ * f r o m * ~ ~ DEAD END

Jonathan Richman is autistic Bruce Springsteen, but also the Modern Lovers are Massachusetts Velvet Underground

Winooski continues to up its sticker game.

Still regretting this. Baijört: don’t do it.

For real though, how did they fail to match the font?

Ok, I submitted my annual review at 11:40, so that's still technically Friday and should count.

I just wish someone would be honest and say “we are ending civilian science in favor of science that is focused on serving national security and war”

New antimicrobial just dropped 🎊

This is precisely how fascism works, by grabbing at and taking away a little more freedom whenever events lend themselves to it. Bit by bit you lose your rights, until you turn around and realize the road you're on has been long, and democracy is well behind you over the horizon.

This is why I barely post these days.

We are a Cella family, fuck Queen Anne.

our server died today at lunch, which made me realize just how much we depend on restaurant wait staff

*low whistle*

How is this not The Onion?

I have house parties all the time but the thing is that I don’t invite horrible assholes

Tis the season

My boyyyyyyfriend is doing the annoying parts of icing the birthday cake ♥️♥️♥️

It's always such a treat when it snows on my birthday. My little gift from the universe.

made a bunch of acropolis chicken and almond roca for the church Christmas Fair sale, and they were the first things to sell out. and isn't that the truest Reason For The Season: culinary victory over one's fellow human

Ok the dumb Superman movie is kind of stupid comic book good.

Further proof that no one needs AI image generation while we still have Frinkiac.

Ah. Petulant. What I feel is petulant. Clears that up a bit.

My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law. Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it. No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors. That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.

Why would I eat healthy to live longer when both those things sound bad

*watching The Hunt for the Red October* Is that the butler from The Nanny? Is that the goddamed butler from The Nanny?

Ok, someone needs this, who needs this?

@dianamonkey.bsky.social but also all of you

Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread