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You wouldn’t dream of crossing the picket line, right?
An emu’s neck and head are in the foreground, with trees and grass in the background. Bird has shimmering blue feathers on its neck, with fluffy light plumes lower on the neck. Looks a bit like he’s balding, and he is giving us all a bit of a side-eye.
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
diartemi.bsky.social
#AnythingButMetric 😆

(To be clear, I am American and 40 inches is far more meaningful to me. But I could probably learn metric. ;))
Screenshot of news story from 41 Action News in Kansas City with a picture of two white and one silver vehicles on a paved roadway next to a sinkhole. Caption says “A sinkhole roughly the size of six to seven washing machines has closed the northbound lanes of State Line Road near 100th Street in Kansas City, Missouri.” A comment on the post by user @Ralphium says “Americans will measure with anything but the metric system.”
October 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Am sure you have too much going on to even think about this - but just FYI for later: Amazon tells me the cat food on the animal care list won’t ship to a gift list address. i get this message.
Amazon alert message in red, fronted by an exclamation point in a red circle, that says “We’re sorry. This item can’t be shipped to a Wish List or gift registry address.” Just above can been seen where the mailing info is, and can see the wish list address summary of “(Full address hidden for privacy.)”
October 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
diartemi.bsky.social
I was surprised to hear it’s out of print. Still sitting on my top bookshelf with other 90s mostly-Internet books. (Gotta pull out the stepstool to reach it, so that’ll be tomorrow.).
Spines of paperback and hardback books from 1990s and mostly about the Internet, with a hard copy of Cyberselfish by Paulina Borsook centered. Other visible books titles include Private Matters; Sex, Laws, and Cyberspace; net.wars; Internet Culture; Cyberpunk; The Fourth Estate and the Constitution; and The Cult of Information. (Alas, Life on the Screen by Sherry Turkle is just outside the picture.).
September 26, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Paragraphs from part of an article: “But while Jeffries may be publicly agnostic on El Salvador trips like the one Reps. Robert Garcia, Yassamin Ansari, Maxwell Frost, and Maxine Dexter recently took, privately he sees the trips as having run their course. Two Democratic aides and a lawmaker who spoke to The Bulwark said that the minority leader has discouraged further excursions to the country even as pressure mounts within the party to turn up the heat on Trump for sending 238 men to a notorious prison system known for human rights abuses. "They want to let the El Salvador stuff slow down," a senior House staffer said. Jeffries's office declined to comment.”
April 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
diartemi.bsky.social
Pretty sure they just do that.

But even so.
Scene from Terminator movie in which red headed boy with mullet tells the bad guy in cop uniform “Nah, I don’t know him.”
March 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
diartemi.bsky.social
What I noted particularly about this fired fed is that, like anyone committed to public service, despite the bogus scammy firing letter, the employee took the time to try to set up the rest of the team for success with her info and making it easy to find.☹️🇺🇸🦅
Part of redditor post from a fired employee: Two weeks ago I was warned by the department director my position was recommended for release. It has been the longest two weeks of my life. I didn't take the DRP because 1) I don't believe in the follow through and 2) I didn't want to leave a job I love. Nothing about DRP felt right. So I chose to stay. Yesterday, someone on my floor (not in my division) that sits near me received his email. I waited all day to get mine but I didn't. Everyone said I was in the clear, my response was always, "We'll see." Today my department director came into my space and sat with me while I cried over being handed this stock wording boiler plate OPM garbage termination letter. It definitely sites performance issues. My direct manager said he has only ever had positive things to say about the work I do, and I earned a 5 (out of 5) on my performance evaluation. Ilove my job and team so much, I did everything could to prepare them to take on my VERY heavy burden. I made a folder on the network drive and copied ALL of my files over (except personnel documents) and authorized SharePoint ownership to someone so my boss didn't have to worry about it. I also had a PPT created so they can manipulate the division logo I had created for widespread use AND left details about colors fonts in the notes for the slides. I was able to send a goodbye letter to them…
February 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Just wanted the pink grasshopper on my skyline. @natural-history.bsky.social :)
A screenshot of a tweet with a close-up photo of a hot pink grasshopper on two crossed blades of grass and a blurred green background with the caption/tweet reading: “Have you ever seen a pink grasshopper? A genetic mutation called erythrism (the overproduction of red pigment) leaves some individuals looking pretty in pink! Though these rare insects are beautiful, their vivid coloring makes hiding from predators much more difficult.”
January 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
diartemi.bsky.social
Got these today and immediately put them on. SO SOFT and warm, as well as gorgeous. Thank you!
Picture of white woman’s arm and hand wearing a hot pink hand-knitted arm/wrist warmer with swirl lengthwise down the center. Top is open with hole for thumb, can see fingers with painted white nails. An ergonomic keyboard is in the background.
January 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM