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I write stuff that nobody wants to read, and I hang out with nerds. Cats and fiber arts take up the rest of my time.
Buy local.
Shop small businesses. Buy local brands. Rediscover what it was like before billion-dollar corporations muscled out or bought their competitors.
Amazon is not a neutral player.
They know what you buy, what you search for and look at, how you pay, and where you live.
Jeff Bezos has all that information, and he has friends who might be interested in it.
Think about it.
If you are American, I recommend reading the Declaration of Independence.
04.07.2025 02:20 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Large cat with a calm demeanor sitting in a laundry basket, hoping to be carried around the house
Sending you strength, and a prayer for the best outcome. May you have what you need.
(Including pet pics.)
Stay kind. Stay human.
23.06.2025 01:37 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Raindrops are small, but they make up every flood.
YOU MATTER.
I donโt know who needs to see this, but
You are enough. You matter.
I donโt know and I donโt need to know,
but if you are reading this,
itโs you.
Plant vegetables.
10.05.2025 16:39 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A black and white cat looking intently at a black and white Kit-Kat clock on the wall. Sheโs fascinated by the tail-shaped pendulum. The cat is standing on a chair, with her front feet on the top of the chair back, about a meter (3 feet or so) from the clock. In the background, another cat is watching something in a nearby room.
07.05.2025 01:22 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A small plant with its first flower, growing out of leaf litter. Itโs some species of violet. Seedlings of another plant are coming up beside it.
Violets come up where they feel like growing. Their leaves are nice enough to be bedding plants, and the little butterfly-shaped flowers are elegant in their simplicity.
I am always grateful to see them in the springtime.
Batman is not coming.
Plant a vegetable garden. Make friends with your neighbors. Help someone today, even if itโs just picking up that item their toddler just threw out of the grocery cart.
We are all weโve got, and we are enough.
When you wonder if youโre doing enough, remember that an orchestra needs many musicians playing different instruments.
Every note is important to the work.
You might have been doing the work without giving yourself credit for it. That can happen when you do things simply because theyโre the right thing to do.
Doing small things counts. Sometimes you donโt realize that the small things are actually big things.
Check in with the people you care about.
Isolation and a sense of helplessness are control tactics.
Compassion and connection are how we resist.
Go to your local library and read the article โCyborgs, superhumans, and cranksโ in the March 22 2025 edition of The Economist.
Names mentioned in the article include Thiel, Musk, Altman, Bezos, BlackRock, and RFK Jr.
Yesterday I saw a T*sla that had its logo medallions removed and someone had put big adhesive letters across the back, saying
SATURN
Duolingo owl logo altered to a cartoon representation of a dead owl, with x shapes over the eyes and the tongue hanging out of its beak
Duolingo owl logo, altered to have cross-shaped beams of light shining from its eyes, and the beak wide open as if singing โAaahhhhโ - all vaguely suggesting a Christian representation of resurrection
Duo may die but wonโt go away. These were a couple weeks apart.
22.03.2025 02:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Isnโt that how art works?
You try something and sometimes itโs what you hoped and sometimes itโs something entirely surprising, and maybe worth adding to your mental toolkitโฆ itโs always worth playing with techniques and ideas.
Itโs lovely.
Drops of water are so fascinating to look at up close. I love how youโve captured the way they play with the light.
Small things count.
Small things are actually big things.
Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.
You have these beautiful realizations. Youโre sharing themโฆ thank you. ๐
It all counts. Itโs all worth fighting for.
Awww! Those two look like my brother-cats Rowan and Winter. They were sweet boys. (Both passed several years ago, after many years of good snuggles.)
Now Iโm off to bed with happy memories. ๐ป
I love that so much! ๐
10.03.2025 02:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Oh, I love that!!! โค๏ธ
10.03.2025 02:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Little Free Libraries
but for vegetable seeds
I dare you
to buy a packet of seeds - sunflowers maybe,
or how about zucchini?
and
Quick
push one or two into the dirt
whenever you go past a sunny spot outdoors
maybe in front of an officeโฆ
a storeโฆ
a government building
Anywhere you can sneak a couple seeds into the ground.
And you still look fabulous
07.03.2025 01:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Is it bad when the owner of a spacecraft also decides whether the regulator keeps their job?
07.03.2025 01:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0You keep on writing things that nobody else could write.
My hat is OFF to you.
Check in with your friends. We all need to remind each other that we HAVE each other.
05.03.2025 04:07 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The backside of a Georgia quarter and it has a peach
you ever look at the tail side of a Georgia quarter and think lol tails ๐๐
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