Anne Spiro
@annespiro.bsky.social
Energy efficiency PM. Lover of democracy, sports, books, movies, and video games.
I am not a cat.
I am not a cat.
A real punters face-off, if you will...
December 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
A real punters face-off, if you will...
No one was even call it philanthropy before you started using the word. Sad!
December 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
No one was even call it philanthropy before you started using the word. Sad!
Anyway, my sister is the best sister in the entire world! Seriously, she is. And now we laugh about that Pinto and The Little Drummer Boy.
But whenever that song comes on the radio each December, I turn the station...and foam at the mouth a little bit.
Anyway, Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
But whenever that song comes on the radio each December, I turn the station...and foam at the mouth a little bit.
Anyway, Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
a christmas tree with a star on top of it and the words merry christmas .
Alt: A christmas tree with a star on top of it and the words merry christmas.
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December 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Anyway, my sister is the best sister in the entire world! Seriously, she is. And now we laugh about that Pinto and The Little Drummer Boy.
But whenever that song comes on the radio each December, I turn the station...and foam at the mouth a little bit.
Anyway, Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
But whenever that song comes on the radio each December, I turn the station...and foam at the mouth a little bit.
Anyway, Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
And in her possession she has precisely one 8-track to play as she rides around in that brown Pinto hatchback that July in like 1984: The Little Drummer Boy.
Pa rum pah pum pum. All summer. All. Damn. Summer.
Pa rum pah pum pum. All summer. All. Damn. Summer.
two men in suits and sweaters are standing next to each other in a living room .
Alt: Two men in suits and sweaters are standing next to each other in a living room. David Bowie and Bing Crosby.
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December 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
And in her possession she has precisely one 8-track to play as she rides around in that brown Pinto hatchback that July in like 1984: The Little Drummer Boy.
Pa rum pah pum pum. All summer. All. Damn. Summer.
Pa rum pah pum pum. All summer. All. Damn. Summer.
Anyway, from what I recall, 8-tracks never really took off and, by the time she got this poo-colored Pinto, the heyday of the 8-track had ended either way.
But my sister is a teenager and she wants to play some tunes. Some 8-track tunes.
But my sister is a teenager and she wants to play some tunes. Some 8-track tunes.
a group of people are sitting in a car with the words `` rockin '' written on the bottom .
Alt: A group of people are sitting in a car with the words ``rockin'' written on the bottom. From Wayne's World.
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December 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Anyway, from what I recall, 8-tracks never really took off and, by the time she got this poo-colored Pinto, the heyday of the 8-track had ended either way.
But my sister is a teenager and she wants to play some tunes. Some 8-track tunes.
But my sister is a teenager and she wants to play some tunes. Some 8-track tunes.
For those under about 45 y/o, an 8-track player is like a 4-track player but twice as good! 😉
So it's basically a cassette player but for really big cassettes. Cassettes pre-date CDs but post-date records. Records are...well, you get the picture.
So it's basically a cassette player but for really big cassettes. Cassettes pre-date CDs but post-date records. Records are...well, you get the picture.
a cartoon drawing of a person putting something into a machine that says 88:88 on it
Alt: A cartoon drawing of a person putting something into a machine that says 88:88 on it. Looks enough like a 8-track for our purposes.
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December 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
For those under about 45 y/o, an 8-track player is like a 4-track player but twice as good! 😉
So it's basically a cassette player but for really big cassettes. Cassettes pre-date CDs but post-date records. Records are...well, you get the picture.
So it's basically a cassette player but for really big cassettes. Cassettes pre-date CDs but post-date records. Records are...well, you get the picture.
So she gets this car in like July. And at some point she takes me for a ride in the Pinto. (I don't recall the car having a name, which, if true, was a miss on our part.)
Kid me thinks the car is fine, except for one flaw that takes time to sink in: the 8-track player.
Kid me thinks the car is fine, except for one flaw that takes time to sink in: the 8-track player.
December 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
So she gets this car in like July. And at some point she takes me for a ride in the Pinto. (I don't recall the car having a name, which, if true, was a miss on our part.)
Kid me thinks the car is fine, except for one flaw that takes time to sink in: the 8-track player.
Kid me thinks the car is fine, except for one flaw that takes time to sink in: the 8-track player.
My sister, who is almost 10 years older than I am, got her first car when I was a little kid. It was a brown Pinto hatchback that would have looked right at home in Stranger Things.
a orange and white car is driving down a road .
Alt: An orange and white car is driving down a road. Picture this as brown and you get the gist.
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December 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
My sister, who is almost 10 years older than I am, got her first car when I was a little kid. It was a brown Pinto hatchback that would have looked right at home in Stranger Things.
I honestly have like a pavlovian response whenever I hear The Little Drummer Boy.
A brief 🧵:
A brief 🧵:
December 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I honestly have like a pavlovian response whenever I hear The Little Drummer Boy.
A brief 🧵:
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(2/2) President Kennedy proudly stood for justice, peace, equality, dignity, diversity, and compassion for those who suffer. President Trump stands in opposition to these values, and his name should not be placed alongside President Kennedy's.
Trump's handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center
President Donald Trump’s handpicked board has voted to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
(2/2) President Kennedy proudly stood for justice, peace, equality, dignity, diversity, and compassion for those who suffer. President Trump stands in opposition to these values, and his name should not be placed alongside President Kennedy's.
This is starting to have real Friday "let's get out of here before the weekend / I don't want to come back Monday" energy.
And yes I know it's Thursday.
And yes I know it's Thursday.
December 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is starting to have real Friday "let's get out of here before the weekend / I don't want to come back Monday" energy.
And yes I know it's Thursday.
And yes I know it's Thursday.