Meryl Schumacker

Violet the Valkyries mascot

She’s here and she’s farsighted

Check out Defeat of Jesse James Days in Northfield, MN. Annual festival and reenactment of when the James-Younger Gang tried to rob the bank and were chased out of town. It manages to be both celebratory and also "these dudes sucked so much, let's celebrate their failure til the end of time."

Yes I have read the news today, but more importantly, have YOU read the latest installment of the Anna Delvey rabbit controversy??

All they had left at the store were the citronella-scented ones--that ok?

Yes I have read the news today, but more importantly, have YOU read the latest installment of the Anna Delvey rabbit controversy??

if you work online all day, avoid eye strain with the 20-20-20 rule! after 20 minutes of work, look at something 20 feet away, then leave ithaca to fight in the trojan war and return 20 years later a broken man

There are also puffin patrols in Newfoundland where they toss them towards the sea from the beach!

Come along with me.

YouTube video by Nature on PBS An Iceland Community Rallies to Save Lost Baby Puffins | WILD HOPE

The news is depressing, let's look at some baby puffins (which are called PUFFLINGS!)

Me and Mel oughta get a business going.

I have officially pushed this line as far back as my Yorkshire ancestors (6xgg), which was pretty unthinkable at one time.

I recently started working on my own tree again, and am thrilled to share my descent from a long line of POLISH JEWISH HAT MAKERS.

(I really like hats.) #genealogy

Yes! Aaron has a short "a" like "cat," and Erin has a short "e" like "mend."

Group of tall thistles with some heads already gone to seed and some still bright purple. There is a bright yellow and black bird perched on one of them with its head buried in the seed head as it forages.

Lost in the sauce. American Goldfinch foraging among the thistles #birds

Yes! Collecting other people's teeth IS a major red flag!!!!

Man, sometimes I wonder what it was like living amongst the dinosaAAAHHHHHHHH!!!

In the end, it turned out not to matter because once I started asking about the logistics of the tooth fairy re: stranger danger (an intruder enters the house how? in my room? at night? reaching under my pillow? Seems bad, no?) she put me out of my misery. Much relieved, I went to sleep.

When I lost my first tooth, my mom helped me write a similar note asking the tooth fairy if I could keep it because it was my first one 😭

you have my vote, Andrew Cuomo!

Nowadays, Pika is probably what I'd pick. In the past, I used WordPress dot org. With Pika, there's a decent free tier. The paid option is affordable and now comes with newsletter functionality(!) at a way lower price point than a lot of competitors (albeit at a lower number of subscribers).

How to (and why you should) make a personal website Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve seen Meta push anti-LGBQT “moderation” policies and TikTok shut down after being banned by the US government — further confirmation that…

This right here!

I’ve always dreamed of a machine that can determine how the most boring person would make art.

An image of a prairie in the lower third of the image, somewhat darkened due to the lesser light. Above is the sky, pale purples, blues and oranges due to clouds, shadows and the setting Sun.

Sunset over our prairie last night was.....well, this:

There's a lot out there about the difficulties of having M*G* relatives, but I haven't seen as much on here about relatives who are genocide-deniers, especially in Jewish families.

I could use some support today.

Three shaker boxes that I made my bloody self

Look upon my works ye mortals and despair

Thanks Marian 🩷

Peak <this is fine> meme.

There's a lot out there about the difficulties of having M*G* relatives, but I haven't seen as much on here about relatives who are genocide-deniers, especially in Jewish families.

I could use some support today.

Oh god a podcast producer pointed out that I do this *while she was interviewing me.* It is such a mindfuck!

A US soldier stabbing down with his bayonet at a writhing dragon representing disunion and the southern so called Confederacy

When in doubt, just ask yourself: am I going as hard as the initial design of the 1st Minnesota Gettysburg monument?