Eleanor
@ellieiactaest.bsky.social
Quiet New Englander, living her best life in a less great world. Scale modeling, wargaming, overly complex computer games. Fewer jeremiads then there used to be. 🏳️⚧️
Feels weird that the opinion I had as a college first year that aged the best was thinking Chomsky was up his own ass.
February 15, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Feels weird that the opinion I had as a college first year that aged the best was thinking Chomsky was up his own ass.
After writing something about our society's obsession with the appearance of business and productivity, I decided to make sure I did nothing else of use today and mixed a Tortuga. Cheers!
February 15, 2026 at 10:39 PM
After writing something about our society's obsession with the appearance of business and productivity, I decided to make sure I did nothing else of use today and mixed a Tortuga. Cheers!
A non-trivial number of winter sports can be summarized as "some guys got drunk and"
February 12, 2026 at 10:32 PM
A non-trivial number of winter sports can be summarized as "some guys got drunk and"
Taking a quick break from the Chaika to do a February group build and explore curious frontiers in scale modeling.
February 12, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Taking a quick break from the Chaika to do a February group build and explore curious frontiers in scale modeling.
There is no world where a reporter letting you talk for two and a half hours without interruption means anything other than "you've fucked up so badly that you should change your name and move to Antarctica."
February 12, 2026 at 12:24 AM
There is no world where a reporter letting you talk for two and a half hours without interruption means anything other than "you've fucked up so badly that you should change your name and move to Antarctica."
Holy cow, I'm an aunt!
February 10, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Holy cow, I'm an aunt!
Leonard Cohen - Anthem
what's the first song you're gonna blast when It Happens
February 9, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Leonard Cohen - Anthem
Contending once again with a minor nemesis: Vallejo model color bronze. Such a good color, but it doesn't want to mix in the best conditions, let alone in a cold basement.
February 9, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Contending once again with a minor nemesis: Vallejo model color bronze. Such a good color, but it doesn't want to mix in the best conditions, let alone in a cold basement.
Clearly being advertised on the Super Bowl, at this point, means your product is either load bearing in American culture or is about to leave a crater. Either or.
Next step: buy ad slots to do back-handed promotion of your competition.
Next step: buy ad slots to do back-handed promotion of your competition.
February 9, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Clearly being advertised on the Super Bowl, at this point, means your product is either load bearing in American culture or is about to leave a crater. Either or.
Next step: buy ad slots to do back-handed promotion of your competition.
Next step: buy ad slots to do back-handed promotion of your competition.
Calling it now: most culturally important halftime show since the wardrobe malfunction.
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Calling it now: most culturally important halftime show since the wardrobe malfunction.
I don't know that I've listened to music on this laptop before. I do know I need to find something better than windows media player. Yikes.
February 9, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I don't know that I've listened to music on this laptop before. I do know I need to find something better than windows media player. Yikes.
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God, that was like maybe the second CD I bought myself as a teenager. This only wasn't an immediate purchase because I was in the shower.
February 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
God, that was like maybe the second CD I bought myself as a teenager. This only wasn't an immediate purchase because I was in the shower.
If only someone had written a story about how smug speed beats slow diligence every time. Maybe even make it an allegory with animals.
I'm going to win.
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 PM
If only someone had written a story about how smug speed beats slow diligence every time. Maybe even make it an allegory with animals.
I doubt I'll ever see myself as not being ugly. I've felt ugly for decades. But I'm giving myself a shot regardless, because ugly beats dead.
February 6, 2026 at 4:33 AM
I doubt I'll ever see myself as not being ugly. I've felt ugly for decades. But I'm giving myself a shot regardless, because ugly beats dead.
Yeah, this week can fuck right off.
February 4, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Yeah, this week can fuck right off.
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The veil between this world and the next has been pierced. We apologize for the inconvenience.
February 4, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The veil between this world and the next has been pierced. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Most awkward moment of the weekend was explaining to my mother what a set of fuzzy handcuffs hanging from a car rear view mirror in a car wash ad reading "we clean all kinds of dirty cars" meant.
February 2, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Most awkward moment of the weekend was explaining to my mother what a set of fuzzy handcuffs hanging from a car rear view mirror in a car wash ad reading "we clean all kinds of dirty cars" meant.
Using such a peat-forward whisky for a whisky mac may not be following the spirit of the recipe, but if smoke and ginger is wrong I don't want to be right.
February 1, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Using such a peat-forward whisky for a whisky mac may not be following the spirit of the recipe, but if smoke and ginger is wrong I don't want to be right.
Say what you will about the quality of his various games, but Sonic has never been this cool.
January 29, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Say what you will about the quality of his various games, but Sonic has never been this cool.
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Deleting Signal now that I know it’s compromised. Find me on the Enigma machine.
January 27, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Elitingday ignalsay ownay hattay Iay nowkay itsay ompromisedcay. Ouyay nowkay owhay otay each eachray emay.
Spent a lovely long weekend with my sister and her husband fixing things around the house, making delicious food, and watching women's biathlon. (In this house we just call it "biathlon," she explained)
January 26, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Spent a lovely long weekend with my sister and her husband fixing things around the house, making delicious food, and watching women's biathlon. (In this house we just call it "biathlon," she explained)
Caught a local grabbing a quick bite on the way to work today.
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Caught a local grabbing a quick bite on the way to work today.
My brain feels like a sack of angry cats tonight.
January 21, 2026 at 11:50 PM
My brain feels like a sack of angry cats tonight.
Someday I hope my life won't feel like I'm running out of runway and frantically throwing excess weight out the door.
January 20, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Someday I hope my life won't feel like I'm running out of runway and frantically throwing excess weight out the door.
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Oh why not?
Let's kill an hour or two together
January 20, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Oh why not?