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New England Librarian that savors all things food, drink, music, literature, history, and culture. Live a lifetime of surprise.

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His voice is so old and slurred. Is it the dentures or whatever drugs his taking to stay at the podium long enough to complete his lamentations?

20.02.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Acid doesn't fully take care of corpses. If it was lye then you'd have a smoking gun.

16.02.2026 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Having just read The Anxious Generation, I feel bad for these walking psych experiments. Will be interesting to see the suicide and mental illness rates in a few years, because I am sure they will be akin to a Gen Z kid with a Fortnite addition.

15.02.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mr. Douglass rose, and, taking the violin, played once more to the delight of the PRESS representative "The Star Spangled Banner, and the goodbye was exchanged, and thus closed the longest interview ever obtained with the "Sage of Cedar Hill."

Mr. Douglass rose, and, taking the violin, played once more to the delight of the PRESS representative "The Star Spangled Banner, and the goodbye was exchanged, and thus closed the longest interview ever obtained with the "Sage of Cedar Hill."

How to end an interview:

In 1889, Frederick Douglass told a visitor to his DC home that any government that would "grant the right of suffrage and deny itself the power to protect that right is...a sham and a fraud."

Then he grabbed his violin and played the Star Spangled Banner.

14.02.2026 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 212    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5

Not that I want to cast a satirical film about the Trump years, but I think Marisa Coughlan would nail the role of Pam Bondi.

12.02.2026 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

DΜΆoΜΆnΜΆ'ΜΆtΜΆ be evil.

10.02.2026 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My son took his life four weeks ago on January 11. He was 24. He left no note. He just left the house and jumped off a bridge. Sundays have been hard for my wife and kids. The world is shit, but life is beautiful. There is never a justifiable reason.

09.02.2026 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What would be the advantage, if any, of Aeronaut over Sky if I like Sky?

08.02.2026 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man is singing into a microphone on a stage with a band behind him . Alt: a man is singing into a microphone on a stage with a band behind him, from the music video to flagpole sitta by Harvey Danger.

"Paranoia paranoia everyone is coming to get me..."

07.02.2026 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

GenX should be renamed the Muppet generation. They are my religion.

07.02.2026 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just finished reading The Anxious Generation, and this news couldn't be more timely. Regulating companies that feed off of their users users'addiction to dopamine hits is essential.

06.02.2026 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of indie labels. Noise, experimental, ambient, jazz, etc. What's the style? @aarondilloway.bsky.social, @mortenminothi.bsky.social or @nddentico.bsky.social at Histamine could probably point out a few depending on the style.

05.02.2026 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So he's articulating Plato's arguments in Phaedrus?

05.02.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You'd need a god and justice in the universe for that to happen.

05.02.2026 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I do not wish to engage with you, but just to relay to you that our son, mentioned in this post, took his life on 01/11.

03.02.2026 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

With the soap, what happens in a thaw & refreeze situation? I could see it making things potentially worse if the thawing runoff gets back on to the pavement.

31.01.2026 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is it cp or adult? The 90s lead me to believe that Korn was cp, which makes this dark af.

27.01.2026 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Star Trek Deep Space Nine scene. And in case you never gave it a fair shake, DS9 is absolutely the real deal good shit. Ok, so here we see a fella named Damar. He's a Cardassian with a "C" not the other ones. He's got a boney ridgey facial structure because he's not human, with spiney features on his face and forehead and around his eyes. And a mega thicc neck too. He's wearing a military shell type armour outfit that also looks hard and tough. He's addressing the camera, as if he's making some kind of announcement. It's 3 screenshots but the visual is all the same. Damar looking serious as a heart attack. Closed caption reads, "RESIST. RESIST TODAY. RESIST TOMORROW."

(Also, in case you were wondering, FUCK ICE)

Star Trek Deep Space Nine scene. And in case you never gave it a fair shake, DS9 is absolutely the real deal good shit. Ok, so here we see a fella named Damar. He's a Cardassian with a "C" not the other ones. He's got a boney ridgey facial structure because he's not human, with spiney features on his face and forehead and around his eyes. And a mega thicc neck too. He's wearing a military shell type armour outfit that also looks hard and tough. He's addressing the camera, as if he's making some kind of announcement. It's 3 screenshots but the visual is all the same. Damar looking serious as a heart attack. Closed caption reads, "RESIST. RESIST TODAY. RESIST TOMORROW." (Also, in case you were wondering, FUCK ICE)

Alts in pic 1

Alts in pic 1

Alt is still in pic one I promise I'm not lying to you go check it'll be there trust me

Alt is still in pic one I promise I'm not lying to you go check it'll be there trust me

27.01.2026 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1647    πŸ” 609    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 37

Quit anthropomorphizing a computer program.

26.01.2026 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

25.01.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 28797    πŸ” 10731    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 982

I bet he actually thinks penguins live in the Arctic too.

24.01.2026 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ten years in Vermont and I've still yet to see them due to clouds. 😭

20.01.2026 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A polaroid of Tom Smith from the 90s with blonde highlights, holding a Jim Nabors Help me get through the night LP.

A polaroid of Tom Smith from the 90s with blonde highlights, holding a Jim Nabors Help me get through the night LP.

Four years.

20.01.2026 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just when I thought listening to BBC and France 24 was jarring enough...

19.01.2026 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If articles of impeachment haven't already been written up and moves to remove democratic leadership that are enabling this by their inaction, then what are you even doing?

19.01.2026 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

10 minutes, was enough for the jokes. 10 years is just a travesty.

19.01.2026 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can they, or Canada, take Vermont (or at least Vermonters) too while we're at it.

17.01.2026 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
13.01.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5092    πŸ” 651    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 13

Of all the random accounts that will randomly follow you, always assume at least one is an account monitoring your behavior on behalf of a government agency.

07.01.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If "stussy" is to the stomach then the "nussy" is to the neck.

06.01.2026 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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