Carmen M.

Planned obsolecense is a travesty.

And people who try to weasel untrained 'emotional support animals' into indoor restaurants (just because they want their pet to come along and can't be bothered to coordinate an outdoor table), have no integrity.

I'd buy a giant swathe of land and hire skilled arborists to do tree shenanigans so that when viewed from the air, the contrasting leaf colors spell out Christopher Morley's poem 'Nursery rhymes for the tender hearted' (the first part about roaches)

Articles for study, videos for pleasure or background sound.

I'm still mentally scarred by that instruction manual video that should have been a one page pdf diagram...

Appeasement is a terrible option. At best it stalls them for a month or two, before they circle back and push even harder.

Smart money is on D, but I've been eating 85% from G my whole life and would be heartsick to give it up, so would probably just pick that.

A paint by numbers canvas showing a vintage motorcycle parked in front of a British inn. The colors are pale like an old print.

Finally finished this paint by numbers. It was fun, but I had to fight with the old rubbery paint, and give some colors a second coat.

I'm delighted by all these anecdotes of 3d printers being snuck into garages.

It definitely went through a boom and bust fad cycle, but found its niche and I'm glad it's here to stay.

The idealist in me hates this idea. In a perfect world, gerrymandering would have been abolished many years ago.

Pragmatically, you're correct. Anything that forces Republicans to think about fairness, or leaves them fearing an even playing field, is something to aim for.

Epilogue,

Our Lady of Guadalupe made her way to a place of honor in family member's motorcycle shop, where she resides with a crew that could use a little extra prayer.

In case anyone was worried.

6.

I'm not saying to be cruelly blunt, mind you. Social convention and manners sure as hell have their place.

I suppose, all in all, the moral of the story, is I'm a great personal shopper! 😉

5/? It's a tax on the neurospicy, when we could be using that brainpower on far more interesting things.

Can't be good for neurotypical people either. If you repeatedly don't say what you mean, how on earth can you actually know what you mean?

4/?

The point is, it's not even a language thing, because we have different words to clearly express all those concepts.

It takes an absurd amount of brainpower to parse what people mean, because people aren't taught to say what they mean, or why they should in the first place.

3/? Or from my sister,

6. Look, I know I asked you to buy something memorable for me, but the rainbow neon and chrome 110v powered spinning disc featuring the icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a bit intense.

2/?

4. Your action is incredibly pleasing to me, thank you so much!

5. The thing you have done benefits me to the point where I don't know the best way to reciprocate.

Shower thought time. 🧵

The phrase "You shouldn't have."

It can mean so many freaking things.

1. That action was harmful, don't do it again.

2. That action gave you very little gain for your exertion.

3. That thing you did was a conventionally thoughtful gesture.

Dunno who actually loves it, but those tiny ceramic bowls at traditional breakfast diners filled with cantaloupe, honeydew, red grapes, and one chunk of pineapple as an afterthought, with 1/2" of conglomerated fruit water sitting at the bottom of the whole sad affair. Bleh!!!

A small pointy terrier mix in a play bow.

A big old pitbull/dinosaur mix, lying on carpet and knowing that he's adorable.

Here they are!

This sounds awesome!

I'm not too familiar with livestreams. Is it just a matter of subscribing and clicking on the YouTube link while logged into YouTube at the right time?

Thanks!

That's very thoughtful of you! I'm boycotting Target for folding on DEI, and Amazon for being run by an apex parasite. Target, I don't miss, but Amazon, boy, I do. Costco and Aliexpress don't quite fill the gap it leaves.

It sounds like you're going to be giving our contributions to Google for money? Please tell me I'm wrong.

Money's great, but it won't buy back your contributors trust.

Please note how hard the pushback was when Duolingo descended into AI shenanigans. I don't want to leave your company too.

Never knew there was a name for that profoundly irritating, lazy, trope. Just referred to it as 'gurl dies so the man is sad'.

Thank you for coining it, that's a public service, and I'm really sorry you're dealing with death threats because of it. Yikes.

Oh my gosh, my niece would go bonkers for this!

Whoo, I just tried that trick on dented wood where you dampen it, put a damp cotton rag on it, then iron it. The heated water in the wood expands and gets the dent out.

It freaking worked. Witchcraft!

(I only recommended if you don't care about the wood's finish.)

Pugnacious Painters (by numbers)

Dark eyed Junco?

For the record, that jacket is stunning.

Thanks for pricing things out, too many people (myself included) are used to pulling something off the rack and paying $20 for it.

This is a scary good thread. I'm gonna hide under my bed now...

🤔 I'm surprised the Mordor tariff is as high as it is... I heard it was a very very fine land with the best smart leaders who are ready to cooperate with us...

Yep! Tariffs to create new manufacturing is like taking off your scuba gear underwater, because you want to return to shore. Gah.

Gah. With these horrible tariffs, I might actually test the crafters principle of S.A.B.L.E (stash acquisition beyond life expectancy) Was hoping to keep that very theoretical.

On a related note, just left some voicemails for my Senators. Gah.