nancymittens.bsky.social

All, do with this what you will, but:

When it comes to matters of national security, you should get your information from actual experts/former intelligence officers like @markstout.bsky.social (CIA) and not... people on here who won't give their real names or backgrounds.

Me too.

While we sit around to find out how bad exactly it all is, a bit of cheer: the best baguette of Paris competition was won by a Sri Lankan who appears to have started as a dish washer in restaurants and eventually trained as a Boulanger.

www.paris.fr/pages/la-mei...

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

We launched an unprovoked attack on another nation, killing their leader.

Imagine if another country attacked us unprovoked bcuz we have nukes & are the only country to have ever nuked an enemy, & our leader is so unstable he can’t be trusted w/ them — and killed him?

Fundamentally unacceptable.

Thank you. I know what I'm dojng tomorrow!

DS9 is the best Star Trek.

Could you point me toward the recipe, please?

If you are feeling helpless in the face of All Of It (and it's a lot), I am telling you: find a way to plug in locally.

Figure out who is doing something-- anything-- meaningful, and see if you can help.

The first org you find may not be the one. But you will get there.

It will help your heart.

An old time-y illustration of a Narcissus.

Today is Primidi the 11th of Ventôse in the year 234.
Ventôse is the month of wind.
Today we celebrate narcissus. #JacobinDay

More information on narcissus

There's a French glass company that's been in business since 1475.
(La Rochère)

My understanding is that Waterman's Serenity Blue is as safe as inks come.

(Just sayin', for anyone who needs this knowledge.)

39. Artists in Crime. Marsh. Good.
(Should have been 40, but I miscounted.)

40. Good Neighbors. Several novella strung together with a plot. Not bad.

Hey, you. Yes, you. Stop looking over your shoulder. You on your phone there.

You can't fix anything right now by rubbernecking the cascading disaster.

Go for a walk. Clean your kitchen. Stay fresh.

Give some money to DWB if you have it to give. They're gonna need it.

#Boulder, we have a fire south of Chautauqua, named #BluebellFire. Fire up your Watch Duty app. Low wind, but warm, so should be containable.
And we have an evac warning for SW Boulder.

member.everbridge.net/453003085612...

One of the best things my parents did for me was an all-girls high school.

Literally.

Neil Sedaka, the singer-songwriter behind dozens of hits of the 1960s and '70s, dies at age 86 Neil Sedaka, the million-selling singer and songwriter, has died. His many hits included “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” “Calendar Girl” and “Oh!

Neil Sedaka, the singer-songwriter behind dozens of hits of the 1960s and '70s, dies at age 86

apnews.com/article/neil...

Another amazing option for rent relief is to join the NE Bar Crawl for Rent Relief, TOMORROW FEBRUARY 28th. Donate $30 for a ticket, and enjoy community drinking at Dusty's, The Briar, Bauhaus, Centro, Sociable Cider Werks, and Broken Clock Brewing!

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Dix et huit de Avril?

Probably a Gold Award scout, too!

A reminder that Girl Scouting of America has welcomed trans and nonbinary girls from the first one that asked, has always had lesbian and bi members and adults, never declared bankruptcy to avoid paying for sexual assaults, and never poached the other side to recover from said bankruptcy.

a screencap of the top of our linktree, showing that we have printed 1,015,299 whistles now

While I was doing my taxes, they passed 1,000,000 whistles shipped! I am just so proud of this group of internet strangers who decided to Just Do a Thing as hard as they could, and so grateful to all of you who helped us do it!

We're still shipping whistles! >>> whistlecoven.com

Today I found out you have some useful moderation lists!

It hurts that in real life, I don't think there will be justice.

I think you turned me on to this series, which I have read eagerly. Thank you!

I literally have a foot powered sewing machine as an apocalypse plan.

This. I have changed my mind reading orher people arguing on the internet.

"Would anyone have the stomach to fire hundreds of ICE agents?" They had the stomach to abuse, torture, rape, & murder...I promise you, firing them is the least problematic item on my list of ideas about what should happen. I'd lock them in their facilities to face the exact conditions they created