Past perfect, future tense
@ppft.bsky.social
Seasonal nomadic, timezone agnostic.
Sparkling something beer budget.
Not here to Intellectual.
Sparkling something beer budget.
Not here to Intellectual.
Off to meet a new dental hygienist, just back from maternity. Hopefully won't have to tell this one to put all their hair back please, so it's not falling in my face and mouth.
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Off to meet a new dental hygienist, just back from maternity. Hopefully won't have to tell this one to put all their hair back please, so it's not falling in my face and mouth.
"...Monday’s panel, which included doctors with robust social media presences, had at times overstated both the negative health effects of menopause and the science on the benefits of hormone replacement therapy"
Great piece on the FDA and menopause hormone therapy in @motherjones.com it is the most medically accurate coverage I have read from the press! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"...Monday’s panel, which included doctors with robust social media presences, had at times overstated both the negative health effects of menopause and the science on the benefits of hormone replacement therapy"
Alexandre Desplat scored the movie??
I guess I will have to watch it after all
I guess I will have to watch it after all
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Alexandre Desplat scored the movie??
I guess I will have to watch it after all
I guess I will have to watch it after all
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November 11, 2025 at 5:57 AM
*Such* a thread
[Medieval monastery]
Abbot: Did you draw in the margins of this bible?
Me: Yeah, it's called illumination. Very fancy.
Abbot: *opens book* Is this a tree growing dicks instead of fruit?
Me: lol yeah
Abbot: Did you draw in the margins of this bible?
Me: Yeah, it's called illumination. Very fancy.
Abbot: *opens book* Is this a tree growing dicks instead of fruit?
Me: lol yeah
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
*Such* a thread
I need a food. I am semi-mad about having to think about what it's going to be.
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I need a food. I am semi-mad about having to think about what it's going to be.
"Go sailing," they said.
"it'll be fun!" they said.
"it'll be fun!" they said.
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
"Go sailing," they said.
"it'll be fun!" they said.
"it'll be fun!" they said.
My father had a scar from fighting a dog for a piece of chicken that fell on the ground.
My mother's siblings were shipped off to be raised by richer relatives.
So when people say, "Are we there yet?", I'm at "Yes but also — not even close".
My mother's siblings were shipped off to be raised by richer relatives.
So when people say, "Are we there yet?", I'm at "Yes but also — not even close".
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
My father had a scar from fighting a dog for a piece of chicken that fell on the ground.
My mother's siblings were shipped off to be raised by richer relatives.
So when people say, "Are we there yet?", I'm at "Yes but also — not even close".
My mother's siblings were shipped off to be raised by richer relatives.
So when people say, "Are we there yet?", I'm at "Yes but also — not even close".
Good evening, evening shift!
Ready to lock in?
Ready to lock in?
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Good evening, evening shift!
Ready to lock in?
Ready to lock in?
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Cool new trend in Chinese interior decorating, it's all about trad styles for the young generations. Some get designers to do it, I'm more impressed with DYI efforts, not that expensive or hard to source in a country that makes a lot of all kinds of stuff. #popculture
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Cool new trend in Chinese interior decorating, it's all about trad styles for the young generations. Some get designers to do it, I'm more impressed with DYI efforts, not that expensive or hard to source in a country that makes a lot of all kinds of stuff. #popculture
Is this what the girls like now
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Is this what the girls like now
This thing has legs
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This thing has legs
Turns out, today called for desecrating-demolishing a platter of perogy. With peas, broccoli — and jiaozi.
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Turns out, today called for desecrating-demolishing a platter of perogy. With peas, broccoli — and jiaozi.
As good as any night to begin the seasonal re-listen of favourite musicals I suppose
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
As good as any night to begin the seasonal re-listen of favourite musicals I suppose
50 years hence:
Passing the Edmund Fitzgerald's Last Dock this August, headed out Superior Entry for a test sail on a new-to-friend's boat.
Passing the Edmund Fitzgerald's Last Dock this August, headed out Superior Entry for a test sail on a new-to-friend's boat.
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
50 years hence:
Passing the Edmund Fitzgerald's Last Dock this August, headed out Superior Entry for a test sail on a new-to-friend's boat.
Passing the Edmund Fitzgerald's Last Dock this August, headed out Superior Entry for a test sail on a new-to-friend's boat.
This is the time of year that Used Sailboat For Sale ads start getting shared in my group chats.
I can smell some of the boats from the FB photos alone.
I can smell some of the boats from the FB photos alone.
November 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This is the time of year that Used Sailboat For Sale ads start getting shared in my group chats.
I can smell some of the boats from the FB photos alone.
I can smell some of the boats from the FB photos alone.
Welcome to Target
November 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Welcome to Target
Today I learned I *do* know a Patti Smith song, because 10,000 Maniacs was not the original
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Today I learned I *do* know a Patti Smith song, because 10,000 Maniacs was not the original
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Je me souviens de « l'expert en forensics » de l'Union Européenne qui nous a expliqué que c'était un montage Photoshop et son argument principal c'était « je suis un expert en forensics de l'Union Européenne. »
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Je me souviens de « l'expert en forensics » de l'Union Européenne qui nous a expliqué que c'était un montage Photoshop et son argument principal c'était « je suis un expert en forensics de l'Union Européenne. »
Wholesome. Bless you, Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Wholesome. Bless you, Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux.
If I was coaching my 20+ year old self in how to adapt to winter at high latitude, I'd say:
- Park with the windshield facing the equator when possible
- High necks, turtlenecks and hoods only; scarves and hats are for style and for losing
- Park with the windshield facing the equator when possible
- High necks, turtlenecks and hoods only; scarves and hats are for style and for losing
November 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
If I was coaching my 20+ year old self in how to adapt to winter at high latitude, I'd say:
- Park with the windshield facing the equator when possible
- High necks, turtlenecks and hoods only; scarves and hats are for style and for losing
- Park with the windshield facing the equator when possible
- High necks, turtlenecks and hoods only; scarves and hats are for style and for losing
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Lest we forget.
We've fucking forgotten.
We've fucking forgotten.
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Lest we forget.
We've fucking forgotten.
We've fucking forgotten.
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I lost the method to my madness.
November 8, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I lost the method to my madness.
Trying to think of what the typical replacement word would be outside of a N.Am context — I think it's "honoured to be here"?
...which I still prefer for the lack of emotionality
...which I still prefer for the lack of emotionality
Am I the only person who think it's odd that the default thing to say in any situation is that you are excited to be here
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Trying to think of what the typical replacement word would be outside of a N.Am context — I think it's "honoured to be here"?
...which I still prefer for the lack of emotionality
...which I still prefer for the lack of emotionality
James May: Our Man in Japan - very well done.
Bonus points for not starting in Tokyo.
Bonus points for not starting in Tokyo.
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
James May: Our Man in Japan - very well done.
Bonus points for not starting in Tokyo.
Bonus points for not starting in Tokyo.