Monoid Mary
@argumatronic.bsky.social
just a solarpunk hillbilly living in the gasoline crack of history
i get my glory in the desert rain
i get my glory in the desert rain
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Monoid Mary
@argumatronic.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Mothers
she knows the shape you're in
thestore.substack.com
for those of you who know me from elsewhere, i haven't been doing social media a lot, but i have been trying to write more on substack. i wrote this on mother's day, and ... it's kinda still where i'm at. trying to figure out how to enter a new phase of my life.
thestore.substack.com/p/mothers
thestore.substack.com/p/mothers
stancil is managing to be both the hero we need (dedicated and courageous IRL) and also the hero we deserve (annoying as hell online)
You’re correct, I do not actually want full-scale war, barricades on the street, citizens fighting cops, because that would destroy my city and maybe get me killed. I realize from the perspective of someone yearning to watch a revolution on their phone, that’s disappointing
January 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
stancil is managing to be both the hero we need (dedicated and courageous IRL) and also the hero we deserve (annoying as hell online)
Reposted by Monoid Mary
People are getting weird because of the internet. They're losing their individual voices and interests, sinking into slothful cults and depressions. This needs to stop, the internet needs to either be destroyed or rebuilt into small distinct communities where people can reverse this creepy weird […]
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functional.cafe
January 13, 2026 at 6:12 PM
People are getting weird because of the internet. They're losing their individual voices and interests, sinking into slothful cults and depressions. This needs to stop, the internet needs to either be destroyed or rebuilt into small distinct communities where people can reverse this creepy weird […]
i made my first challah today. it's sourdough, almost entirely whole wheat, and i think my braiding turned out reasonably well, considering it's my first time. also, and perhaps most importantly, it's delicious.
January 13, 2026 at 10:31 PM
i made my first challah today. it's sourdough, almost entirely whole wheat, and i think my braiding turned out reasonably well, considering it's my first time. also, and perhaps most importantly, it's delicious.
TYPED HOOOOOOOOOLES
typeclasses.com/typed-holes
typeclasses.com/typed-holes
January 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
TYPED HOOOOOOOOOLES
typeclasses.com/typed-holes
typeclasses.com/typed-holes
i do both! people make fun of me for the ways i arrange my books as aesthetic objects, but our house is so dominated by books that if i don't impose some aesthetic order on them, the house starts to feel unlivable
Broke - arranging your books by colour
Woke - arranging your books by height
Woke - arranging your books by height
January 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
i do both! people make fun of me for the ways i arrange my books as aesthetic objects, but our house is so dominated by books that if i don't impose some aesthetic order on them, the house starts to feel unlivable
are you going to buy that magazine?
January 1, 2026 at 6:54 PM
are you going to buy that magazine?
is neil diamond the most popular songwriter that no one seems to ever want to admit they like
December 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
is neil diamond the most popular songwriter that no one seems to ever want to admit they like
it's good tho, very real
maybe someone will care if it's happening to Us and not just to the unwashed Them. seems doubtful, but worth a try.
maybe someone will care if it's happening to Us and not just to the unwashed Them. seems doubtful, but worth a try.
December 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
it's good tho, very real
maybe someone will care if it's happening to Us and not just to the unwashed Them. seems doubtful, but worth a try.
maybe someone will care if it's happening to Us and not just to the unwashed Them. seems doubtful, but worth a try.
we humans historically credit ourselves for heroic feats such as harnessing fire and electricity, but rarely do we give ourselves credit for our most enduring and pervasive invention: garbage
The pinnacles of human achievement are garbage on mountain tops, garbage in orbit, garbage on the moon, and garbage on mars
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g20prlg7o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g20prlg7o
Nepal to scrap 'failed' Mount Everest waste deposit scheme
Under the scheme, climbers paid a $4,000 deposit that was returned if they brought 8kg of waste down the mountain.
www.bbc.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
we humans historically credit ourselves for heroic feats such as harnessing fire and electricity, but rarely do we give ourselves credit for our most enduring and pervasive invention: garbage
season's greetings
December 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
season's greetings
wyoming wind is no joke. we used to live near here and people didn't believe me that we would see semis blown over by the wind. also love the way it manages to make both the heat and the cold more extreme, in a state already plenty hot and cold.
This entire train got blown over this morning northwest of Cheyenne
December 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
wyoming wind is no joke. we used to live near here and people didn't believe me that we would see semis blown over by the wind. also love the way it manages to make both the heat and the cold more extreme, in a state already plenty hot and cold.
really hard to be in the position where the data support retweeting a matt bruenig article but here we are
"Overall, this data does not really support Savage’s material thesis. Ambitious white men in their thirties have not seen much, if any, decline over this period. Their overall employment is up. Their employment in the arts and media is unchanged. Educational attainment is up."
What Does the Census Data Say About “The Lost Generation”
Savage appears wrong, but the reality is potentially bleaker.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
really hard to be in the position where the data support retweeting a matt bruenig article but here we are
Reposted by Monoid Mary
It isn't smart to try to hire above average skilled people and then encourage them to communicate through any medium that munges what they wrote into what software guesses an average person would have been likely to write.
December 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It isn't smart to try to hire above average skilled people and then encourage them to communicate through any medium that munges what they wrote into what software guesses an average person would have been likely to write.
today is our annual big Soviet zakuski feast day
pelmeni are made; pirog dough is resting; herring is about to put on its fur coat
pelmeni are made; pirog dough is resting; herring is about to put on its fur coat
December 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
today is our annual big Soviet zakuski feast day
pelmeni are made; pirog dough is resting; herring is about to put on its fur coat
pelmeni are made; pirog dough is resting; herring is about to put on its fur coat
what's a short story you find yourself repeatedly thinking about?
for me:
The Use of Force by Wm Carlos Williams
Puppy by George Saunders
Annie, the Loaves and the Fishes by Jane Webster (www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/216...)
for me:
The Use of Force by Wm Carlos Williams
Puppy by George Saunders
Annie, the Loaves and the Fishes by Jane Webster (www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/216...)
Annie, The Loaves And The Fishes
On Sundays I go to the country, to Arandale, to sit on Annie’s rotting deck and look up at the sky, so soaked in blue today it could almost collapse. This is Annie’s sky, and I need to witness it with...
www.thesunmagazine.org
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
what's a short story you find yourself repeatedly thinking about?
for me:
The Use of Force by Wm Carlos Williams
Puppy by George Saunders
Annie, the Loaves and the Fishes by Jane Webster (www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/216...)
for me:
The Use of Force by Wm Carlos Williams
Puppy by George Saunders
Annie, the Loaves and the Fishes by Jane Webster (www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/216...)
i have read too many 500+ page books this year (at least one of which was 800 pages) and it's starting to induce some kind of book anxiety that i am unaccustomed to
December 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
i have read too many 500+ page books this year (at least one of which was 800 pages) and it's starting to induce some kind of book anxiety that i am unaccustomed to
fascinating
In a blockbuster study, epidemiologist Sam Goldman compared the health records of two Marine bases, Camp Pendleton and Camp Lejeune. When Goldman compared both the populations, the results were shocking.
Read the full story:
Read the full story:
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
fascinating
a lot of truth here. hard as a parent when the things you participate in aren't things you are interested in but rather things your kids are interested in, but you care about your kids so congratulations now you are becoming an expert on the requirements for junior archery competitions
Go do more things than you really want to. It is now a good deed to just show up. moultano.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/t...
The Dead Weight Loss of Entertainment
It is undeniably the best time to be alone in human history, but nobody is happy being alone. Why can’t we fix it?
moultano.wordpress.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
a lot of truth here. hard as a parent when the things you participate in aren't things you are interested in but rather things your kids are interested in, but you care about your kids so congratulations now you are becoming an expert on the requirements for junior archery competitions
we should never have deviated from the days when software programming was thought of as akin to knitting and women were recruited for the jobs on that basis
i do think there are difficult aspects to working as a programmer, but mostly the basic job is not hard.
i do think there are difficult aspects to working as a programmer, but mostly the basic job is not hard.
1000%. we made the mistake of letting men who are Good At Computer think of themselves (ourselves, who am I kidding) as some kind of elite priesthood—with a chip on our shoulder for having been bullied for being nerds!—when in fact being good at computer isn't even hard.
December 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
we should never have deviated from the days when software programming was thought of as akin to knitting and women were recruited for the jobs on that basis
i do think there are difficult aspects to working as a programmer, but mostly the basic job is not hard.
i do think there are difficult aspects to working as a programmer, but mostly the basic job is not hard.
in january, we will have been in this house 7 years
in my 51 years of life so far, that is the longest i have ever lived in a single place -- the longest i've lived in one town, let alone one house, i believe.
in my 51 years of life so far, that is the longest i have ever lived in a single place -- the longest i've lived in one town, let alone one house, i believe.
December 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
in january, we will have been in this house 7 years
in my 51 years of life so far, that is the longest i have ever lived in a single place -- the longest i've lived in one town, let alone one house, i believe.
in my 51 years of life so far, that is the longest i have ever lived in a single place -- the longest i've lived in one town, let alone one house, i believe.
yes but you will be expected to eat
Is anyone allowed to show up at your house unannounced?
December 7, 2025 at 5:28 AM
yes but you will be expected to eat
i have heard many good things about Libby, and i wanted to quit Audible and so on, so i started trying to use Libby. i understand that i have unconventional needs in this type of service but this is one of the worst mismatches in services needed vs services provided i have ever seen.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
i have heard many good things about Libby, and i wanted to quit Audible and so on, so i started trying to use Libby. i understand that i have unconventional needs in this type of service but this is one of the worst mismatches in services needed vs services provided i have ever seen.
still using a piece of this rudimentary pottery as a candle holder, so
Equivalent wastes of time in physical reality - e.g. the time our son decided to dig a huge hole in the yard for no reason - are not wastes of time. He got stronger, he practiced working a shovel and the earth (aptitude relevant to a job he had later), he observed how it took the soil months to […]
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functional.cafe
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
still using a piece of this rudimentary pottery as a candle holder, so
today is "leftover processing day"
- can the turkey broth; feed the scraps and bones from making turkey stock to the hens
- leftovers that we're tired of eating: layer into a freezer-safe casserole, and freeze for a night when we need easy dinner
- make bread crumbs from leftover bread
- can the turkey broth; feed the scraps and bones from making turkey stock to the hens
- leftovers that we're tired of eating: layer into a freezer-safe casserole, and freeze for a night when we need easy dinner
- make bread crumbs from leftover bread
December 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
today is "leftover processing day"
- can the turkey broth; feed the scraps and bones from making turkey stock to the hens
- leftovers that we're tired of eating: layer into a freezer-safe casserole, and freeze for a night when we need easy dinner
- make bread crumbs from leftover bread
- can the turkey broth; feed the scraps and bones from making turkey stock to the hens
- leftovers that we're tired of eating: layer into a freezer-safe casserole, and freeze for a night when we need easy dinner
- make bread crumbs from leftover bread
we found we have to kill a couple more roosters, one of whom has an excellent head crest, and i jokingly said, "we should taxidermy him" and my son's gf said, "oh i can do that for you, i've done birds before" and now we're going to have a taxidermy rooster. she's a real keeper.
November 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
we found we have to kill a couple more roosters, one of whom has an excellent head crest, and i jokingly said, "we should taxidermy him" and my son's gf said, "oh i can do that for you, i've done birds before" and now we're going to have a taxidermy rooster. she's a real keeper.