nina eleanor alter
@ninavizz.bsky.social
Human, curious; designer, usability advocate; snowboarder, Michigan kid, Motörhead fan. Former Model UN dork. Still a general dork.
“Under the shelter of each other, we survive.” -Mike Davis, RIP
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“Under the shelter of each other, we survive.” -Mike Davis, RIP
bigwheel.net
This year I think I did my best-ever turkey: a 17lb bird, and my second turkey in our new convection oven. 2.5hrs and it was perfect, getting up to 180 on the thigh and 205 on the breast. 48hr brine.
This is also the first damn year I did not take pictures, and I'm kicking myself, now.
This is also the first damn year I did not take pictures, and I'm kicking myself, now.
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This year I think I did my best-ever turkey: a 17lb bird, and my second turkey in our new convection oven. 2.5hrs and it was perfect, getting up to 180 on the thigh and 205 on the breast. 48hr brine.
This is also the first damn year I did not take pictures, and I'm kicking myself, now.
This is also the first damn year I did not take pictures, and I'm kicking myself, now.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Just saw an AI video of Cliff Burton, aged to 62. No, no, no, no, no. So. Much. NO.
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Just saw an AI video of Cliff Burton, aged to 62. No, no, no, no, no. So. Much. NO.
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Saw this at the cash register of my local grocery store. Regardless of your politics, the idea that the government’s now making it harder for you to get exact change at the store isn’t something you can ignore or blame on Biden & DEI.
More people voted for this in the election than any other choice
More people voted for this in the election than any other choice
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Saw this at the cash register of my local grocery store. Regardless of your politics, the idea that the government’s now making it harder for you to get exact change at the store isn’t something you can ignore or blame on Biden & DEI.
More people voted for this in the election than any other choice
More people voted for this in the election than any other choice
OMGOMG GRESHAM HAS A TRADER JOE'S!!!
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
OMGOMG GRESHAM HAS A TRADER JOE'S!!!
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HEY GUYS
Epstein emails (2.5 GB)
Approximately 20,900 unredacted emails and file attachments sent and received by Jeffrey Epstein's jeeproject@yahoo.com email address over nineteen years.
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Approximately 20,900 unredacted emails and file attachments sent and received by Jeffrey Epstein's jeeproject@yahoo.com email address over nineteen years.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
HEY GUYS
Lying in bed and hearing the same droning sound repeat. I Googled "Mt Hood fog horns," and there are none. Finally... I realized it's my dumb washing machine on rinse-cycle. I miss Karl & SF's foghorns.
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Lying in bed and hearing the same droning sound repeat. I Googled "Mt Hood fog horns," and there are none. Finally... I realized it's my dumb washing machine on rinse-cycle. I miss Karl & SF's foghorns.
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the city of Reno could bring in a lot of tourism if they made it legal to commit up to one murder in homage to Johnny Cash
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
the city of Reno could bring in a lot of tourism if they made it legal to commit up to one murder in homage to Johnny Cash
42-13. Michigan whuppin' Maryland's butt. Owch.
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
42-13. Michigan whuppin' Maryland's butt. Owch.
Watching the latest Ken Burns, and hoping all those praising American Revolution recognize how brilliantly he captured much of what Nikole Hannah-Jones was ripped apart for laying bare in 1619.
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Watching the latest Ken Burns, and hoping all those praising American Revolution recognize how brilliantly he captured much of what Nikole Hannah-Jones was ripped apart for laying bare in 1619.
Most of my favorite albums seem to have come out in both 1988 and 1989, but 1990 was the year I turned 16. The Good Son, by Nick Cave, is probably tied with Heaven & Las Vegas by The Cocteau Twins. Still a favorite. Live, Mr Cave is still amazing.
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Most of my favorite albums seem to have come out in both 1988 and 1989, but 1990 was the year I turned 16. The Good Son, by Nick Cave, is probably tied with Heaven & Las Vegas by The Cocteau Twins. Still a favorite. Live, Mr Cave is still amazing.
Trying to read an AI generated transcript feels like Max Headroom is trying to talk to me through plaintext. I'd prefer actual Max Headroom, thanks.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Trying to read an AI generated transcript feels like Max Headroom is trying to talk to me through plaintext. I'd prefer actual Max Headroom, thanks.
Artists Television Access (ATA) is one of the last surviving vestiges of the SF creative community I moved to, fresh out of high school. It's gotta survive—please—now more than ever, we need experimental time-based art to thrive.
www.every.org/ataconnect/f...
www.every.org/ataconnect/f...
www.every.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Artists Television Access (ATA) is one of the last surviving vestiges of the SF creative community I moved to, fresh out of high school. It's gotta survive—please—now more than ever, we need experimental time-based art to thrive.
www.every.org/ataconnect/f...
www.every.org/ataconnect/f...
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As someone old enough to still mourn the fall of Sassy, I believe in my bones that Teen Vogue deserved better. (Also people need to stop underestimating young women.) www.gofundme.com/f/help-laido...
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lex McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent com… Lex McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
As someone old enough to still mourn the fall of Sassy, I believe in my bones that Teen Vogue deserved better. (Also people need to stop underestimating young women.) www.gofundme.com/f/help-laido...
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A major contributing factor to the current insanity is that technology just got too good. Devices solid and long-lasting. High-speed internet widely, if not universally, available. The whole cloud thing. A 60" TV costs a dollar.
Really made it clear how our problems are not technology problems.
Really made it clear how our problems are not technology problems.
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A major contributing factor to the current insanity is that technology just got too good. Devices solid and long-lasting. High-speed internet widely, if not universally, available. The whole cloud thing. A 60" TV costs a dollar.
Really made it clear how our problems are not technology problems.
Really made it clear how our problems are not technology problems.
Can we please stop giving customer service AI helpers cute human names, and just start speaking to them as LLMs?
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Can we please stop giving customer service AI helpers cute human names, and just start speaking to them as LLMs?
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November 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Why are we paying congresspeople, but not air traffic controllers?!
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Why are we paying congresspeople, but not air traffic controllers?!
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what a country we got here
NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
what a country we got here
"Culture" is about as valid a reason for layoffs, as "My dog ate it" is for not turning in one's homework. Yet nobody questions these bozos.
October 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
"Culture" is about as valid a reason for layoffs, as "My dog ate it" is for not turning in one's homework. Yet nobody questions these bozos.
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Max Headroom prepared me for all the businesses that require humans to pretend to be AI.
October 30, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Max Headroom prepared me for all the businesses that require humans to pretend to be AI.
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It's easy and self-soothing to talk about how ignorant some people are. The real question is how to change the balance of power, which is possible, but requires behavior change.
Facts don't change habits or beliefs. Assuming they don't and won't opens the question to "What will?"
Facts don't change habits or beliefs. Assuming they don't and won't opens the question to "What will?"
"Knowledge is power" is a thought-terminating cliché.
Power is power. And it often grants the ability to make knowledge irrelevant.
Power is power. And it often grants the ability to make knowledge irrelevant.
October 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It's easy and self-soothing to talk about how ignorant some people are. The real question is how to change the balance of power, which is possible, but requires behavior change.
Facts don't change habits or beliefs. Assuming they don't and won't opens the question to "What will?"
Facts don't change habits or beliefs. Assuming they don't and won't opens the question to "What will?"
HOLY SHIT, I can now (supposedly?) get Instacart where I live!! And, there's a Japanese supermarket on my eligible locales (over an hour from my house). Dang. My future paychecks better beware—and yes, I will tip mightily.
October 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
HOLY SHIT, I can now (supposedly?) get Instacart where I live!! And, there's a Japanese supermarket on my eligible locales (over an hour from my house). Dang. My future paychecks better beware—and yes, I will tip mightily.
A wonderful piece I fell upon by the happenstance of being bed-bound, on the history of American library design. I highly encourage a break from doomscrolling, to check it out: digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/cgi/viewcont...
digitalcommons.conncoll.edu
October 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A wonderful piece I fell upon by the happenstance of being bed-bound, on the history of American library design. I highly encourage a break from doomscrolling, to check it out: digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Free of any/all pain, in my left arm & shoulder, for probably the first time in many years. It's an amaaaazing feeling. In 2012, I was told there was nothing that could be done for the remaining damage from a major accident from 2002. My greatest takeaway: I shoulda gotten a second opinion.
October 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Free of any/all pain, in my left arm & shoulder, for probably the first time in many years. It's an amaaaazing feeling. In 2012, I was told there was nothing that could be done for the remaining damage from a major accident from 2002. My greatest takeaway: I shoulda gotten a second opinion.