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. 🏳️⚧️
Elitingday ignalsay ownay hattay Iay nowkay itsay ompromisedcay. Ouyay nowkay owhay otay each eachray emay.
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?
Oh why not?
Let's kill an hour or two together
January 20, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Oh why not?
Post a car pic you took.
This one's fresh from yesterday. Some people need to take better care of their toys.
This one's fresh from yesterday. Some people need to take better care of their toys.
January 19, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Post a car pic you took.
This one's fresh from yesterday. Some people need to take better care of their toys.
This one's fresh from yesterday. Some people need to take better care of their toys.
The world has failed to collapse and I don't trust it.
January 17, 2026 at 8:16 PM
The world has failed to collapse and I don't trust it.
Fuck it. Let's go.
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Fuck it. Let's go.
As we head into the long weekend, beware of anyone discussing nonviolent resistance in such a way that they don't address the fact that the operative word is "resistance."
January 16, 2026 at 4:01 PM
As we head into the long weekend, beware of anyone discussing nonviolent resistance in such a way that they don't address the fact that the operative word is "resistance."
Never thought I'd see General Winter deploying his divisions in America. But I also never thought I'd see an occupying force in America cities.
January 15, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Never thought I'd see General Winter deploying his divisions in America. But I also never thought I'd see an occupying force in America cities.
I somehow doubt that "think she was innocent? The woman we killed was a *member of her PTA*!" will land the way they want it to.
What's next? Did she bake delicious cookies? Grow flowers in her garden?
What's next? Did she bake delicious cookies? Grow flowers in her garden?
January 14, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I somehow doubt that "think she was innocent? The woman we killed was a *member of her PTA*!" will land the way they want it to.
What's next? Did she bake delicious cookies? Grow flowers in her garden?
What's next? Did she bake delicious cookies? Grow flowers in her garden?
The day after the amazing final strip of Calvin & Hobbes ran in my local paper something new took it's place on the Monday comics page. Something called Dilbert.
That Adams is dead and Watterson still lives feels like a great cosmic injustice has been corrected.
That Adams is dead and Watterson still lives feels like a great cosmic injustice has been corrected.
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The day after the amazing final strip of Calvin & Hobbes ran in my local paper something new took it's place on the Monday comics page. Something called Dilbert.
That Adams is dead and Watterson still lives feels like a great cosmic injustice has been corrected.
That Adams is dead and Watterson still lives feels like a great cosmic injustice has been corrected.
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this still slaps youtu.be/ZQ_MEFVx5jM?...
January 12, 2026 at 11:45 PM
this still slaps youtu.be/ZQ_MEFVx5jM?...
The West River.
No, I won't say which one.
No, I won't say which one.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
The West River.
No, I won't say which one.
No, I won't say which one.
I love building tiny versions of things! Scale modeling, wargaming, Lego, that sort of thing. I haven't typically gone out of my way to post some of that in the past, but maybe I should.
I'm also a history buff, though that feels a bit close to politics at the moment to feel comfortable indulging.
I'm also a history buff, though that feels a bit close to politics at the moment to feel comfortable indulging.
u heard sharon, everyone post about their esoteric interests right fucking now. for the good of the community, we need to be hyperfixationmaxxing.
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
January 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I love building tiny versions of things! Scale modeling, wargaming, Lego, that sort of thing. I haven't typically gone out of my way to post some of that in the past, but maybe I should.
I'm also a history buff, though that feels a bit close to politics at the moment to feel comfortable indulging.
I'm also a history buff, though that feels a bit close to politics at the moment to feel comfortable indulging.
Stepped off the curb to board a bus, stepped on uneven ground, fell and broke my leg in three places.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
😅
😅
January 5, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Stepped off the curb to board a bus, stepped on uneven ground, fell and broke my leg in three places.
Then would have been Pokémon Silver.
Now would be like 4 or 5 games from the attract image alone and a desire to trade the AAA game industry of 2026-2030 for another taste of 1999.
Now would be like 4 or 5 games from the attract image alone and a desire to trade the AAA game industry of 2026-2030 for another taste of 1999.
Quote this with your favourite game from 1999 NOW, and what your favourite was THEN (if you had one)
Localisations/expansions count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
For a fuller refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
- PSA: Metal Gear Solid and Half-Life were 1998 -
Localisations/expansions count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
For a fuller refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
- PSA: Metal Gear Solid and Half-Life were 1998 -
January 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Then would have been Pokémon Silver.
Now would be like 4 or 5 games from the attract image alone and a desire to trade the AAA game industry of 2026-2030 for another taste of 1999.
Now would be like 4 or 5 games from the attract image alone and a desire to trade the AAA game industry of 2026-2030 for another taste of 1999.
Began listing some Warhammer stuff for sale to contribute to a dear friend's surgery fund. Like two items right now, but it's something I can do.
January 3, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Began listing some Warhammer stuff for sale to contribute to a dear friend's surgery fund. Like two items right now, but it's something I can do.
When you tragically realize in the shower that the brilliant solution that came to you yesterday in the shower won't work.
January 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
When you tragically realize in the shower that the brilliant solution that came to you yesterday in the shower won't work.
2025 was a challenge, more than the years immediately before. 2026 seems likely to be more of the same. I am assailed by doubt and fear, and find myself wondering if I'm up to the challenges placed in my path. But I'm damn well going to try.
January 1, 2026 at 5:08 AM
2025 was a challenge, more than the years immediately before. 2026 seems likely to be more of the same. I am assailed by doubt and fear, and find myself wondering if I'm up to the challenges placed in my path. But I'm damn well going to try.
Even in these days of 3-D printed excess availability of some things is really limited. All I'm looking for is western European civilians from between 1900 and 1910 in 1/72 scale! Bonus points if there's a carriage or an early car.
December 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Even in these days of 3-D printed excess availability of some things is really limited. All I'm looking for is western European civilians from between 1900 and 1910 in 1/72 scale! Bonus points if there's a carriage or an early car.
You could get by with just the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack for holiday listening if you needed to.
December 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
You could get by with just the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack for holiday listening if you needed to.
I keep seeing everyone doing awesome Lego stuff but they haven't released anything that really does it for me in a while. Oh well.
December 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I keep seeing everyone doing awesome Lego stuff but they haven't released anything that really does it for me in a while. Oh well.