Garth Brown

It hadn't occurred to me that my great grandpa was short because of malnutrition. He was missing part of one finger, and worked as a breaker boy an hour West of Philly, ~1900. How he said he lost the finger changed depending on what made a good story at the time.

42?

That's where we got ours. Might need more, nom nom nom.

I've used it for cheesecake. There was a subtle texture difference. You probably wouldn't notice if you weren't looking for it.

I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner

1 / When my spouse was a small child, Mount St. Helens erupted. (It was still spewing ash when his family visited; he can remember the sound of ashes raining down on the camper roof.)

The area was devastated. You can see plenty of remains of the destruction today.

But

A self-canceling memo, promoting gender ideology. Begs for malicious compliance.

That's what I assumed he meant when he said he could end the war quickly. His approach has always been handing the most powerful whatever they want, while others have no say.

Before I played this one, I had been complaining about all the technical terms they don't recognize. Then I found pangram PHENOTYPE. 🤔

When he said he could end the Gaza and Ukraine wars, this is the sort of thing I assumed he meant. Hand the powerful everything they want, unconditionally. How so many people heard something else, I do not know. Remember moving the embassy to Jerusalem? Remember handing Afghanistan to the Taliban?

And anyone I'm interested in is now over here. FB would be harder to replace.

On, yes. But I still haven't found a way to prioritize original content from people I know, or I would have seen this a week ago.

He was ready for this moment

Charm was trying to nose his way past my phone when he posed for this close-up.

Maybe it informs their moderation somehow? They've tagged every single original-content post that Valerie had made here as spam. I don't see any way to tell them that something is clearly not spam.

Why in the world would they label this spam?

This reply of yours is hidden. I had to click on two different things to un-hide it for me.

I really don't get the moderation here. Is it all AI? I thought there was supposed to be some input from users, so I could say "no, this is clearly not spam" or something.

Ouroborocatos celebrating the new year.

That makes a lot more sense! The original metaphor (or whatever you'd call it) never held up. Was there supposed to be some random third party going around with his heart?

Maybe one's a top, and the other's a bottom.

Cream colored cat belly fluff

Need some deep, plush, soft, kitty belly floof? Here's some from Charm.

I’m a Good, Normal Family Man Who Just Wants to Inspect Your Genitals Before You Pee “G.O.P. lawmakers whose leaders have pressed to roll back transgender rights around the country moved to bar Sarah McBride, the first transgender m...

"As a God-fearing citizen, I want the Ten Commandments in every classroom, a sexual predator in every cabinet position, and for a good man—like me, for instance—to stand sentry outside every bathroom door in America."

Same type for me. I played lots of Pac Man, Pong, the infamous ET game....

We joined a few days ago, and I haven't used a blocklist yet. In Settings -> Moderation, I set everything to SHOW. Looking at their profile, the account was completely blurred, with a link to @moderation.bsky.app . Nothing else.

Eh, I just joined a few days ago, and I've never been one to post much. Besides, if you're looking at what I've posted, you've seen my fierce kitty. No rats around here. Spouse got blocked two days after joining, so it's a big part of my experience here so far.

The moderators are effectively the platform. The blocked my spouse, no explanation or recourse, no way for others to even see their profile, gone from followers/following lists. Poorly trained moderation AI? Right-wing bots after they/them?

I'm not sure that's true. We're trying to figure out why my spouse's account was blocked by "moderators". There was no apparent way to find out why, or for me to see their account. I opened up all the settings I could find. I think the most controversial thing they did was specify their pronouns.

Is there a way to unblock an account that moderation blocked? Or find out why it's blocked? A friend's account was blocked, for no reason we can figure out, and turning off all filters wouldn't let me see their account.

A range of Charm's eyes in photos.