Emily
@emilyvb.bsky.social
Actually from Northern VA / DC; passionate about liberal causes, cats, fiber arts, linguistics, clinical research, possibly writing a book of essays. She/her.
This looks very cool. Also, I love that your cat is named Rollie Fingers. Hopefully someday he'll manage to grow his namesake's mustache! 😉
May 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This looks very cool. Also, I love that your cat is named Rollie Fingers. Hopefully someday he'll manage to grow his namesake's mustache! 😉
Ok. I just read about the solfège, which to be honest, I'd never heard of. When I looked up the original lyrics in my initial "what am I missing here" confusion, I just found Rogers' "so." I admit I'm wrong, but it still is not my favorite clue.
April 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Ok. I just read about the solfège, which to be honest, I'd never heard of. When I looked up the original lyrics in my initial "what am I missing here" confusion, I just found Rogers' "so." I admit I'm wrong, but it still is not my favorite clue.
I guess it is spelled correctly in one sense, but not in the sense of the clue. 🤷🏼♀️
April 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I guess it is spelled correctly in one sense, but not in the sense of the clue. 🤷🏼♀️
I believe it! I was at the University of Washington when some of their crow research came out. I knew they were intelligent, but had no idea just how clever they were until then!
March 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I believe it! I was at the University of Washington when some of their crow research came out. I knew they were intelligent, but had no idea just how clever they were until then!
Sometimes I wonder if they have more fun messing with him than he would stalking the birds. It's a pretty funny setup to watch! (And I promise, no one, feline or avian, is at risk of anything more than a severe case of feline embarrassment!)
March 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Sometimes I wonder if they have more fun messing with him than he would stalking the birds. It's a pretty funny setup to watch! (And I promise, no one, feline or avian, is at risk of anything more than a severe case of feline embarrassment!)
My mom's cat goes on walks & has a little area where he is allowed "alone" on his leash. He seems to have zero instinct for hunting & is a senior cat citizen by now, but is still superivised. The birds learned quickly just how far he can reach on his tether & tease him mercilessly.
March 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
My mom's cat goes on walks & has a little area where he is allowed "alone" on his leash. He seems to have zero instinct for hunting & is a senior cat citizen by now, but is still superivised. The birds learned quickly just how far he can reach on his tether & tease him mercilessly.
Very good advice. And a hobby that keeps your hands busy keeps you from doom scrolling. I need to get back into serious knitting, I think.
March 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Very good advice. And a hobby that keeps your hands busy keeps you from doom scrolling. I need to get back into serious knitting, I think.
Exactly! It's only been about 6 weeks & I'm so stressed, I'm barely keeping it together some days. This is going to be a long 4 years (plus a lifetime of the effects of everything he does).
March 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Exactly! It's only been about 6 weeks & I'm so stressed, I'm barely keeping it together some days. This is going to be a long 4 years (plus a lifetime of the effects of everything he does).
Towards the end of Stalin's life, political prisoners in the gulag would say things like "Georgians live such long lives."
February 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Towards the end of Stalin's life, political prisoners in the gulag would say things like "Georgians live such long lives."
I think they're laughing at Lawler for not knowing for Alvarez is
February 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I think they're laughing at Lawler for not knowing for Alvarez is
So exciting! I just preordered it! (Also, I didn't even know that was a thing you could do in the app store 😅) Thank you!
February 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
So exciting! I just preordered it! (Also, I didn't even know that was a thing you could do in the app store 😅) Thank you!
When the 1937 census didn't reflect the increasing population figures Stalin had been promising, he had the census workers sent to the gulag & released 'edited' figures. History keeps repeating with slight variations on the tune.
February 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
When the 1937 census didn't reflect the increasing population figures Stalin had been promising, he had the census workers sent to the gulag & released 'edited' figures. History keeps repeating with slight variations on the tune.
I saw the "person" headline & clicked because I thought it was a new case with (presumably) an unidentified victim. Once I started to read, it was very obvious what had happened to the headline. It's another form of violence.
February 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I saw the "person" headline & clicked because I thought it was a new case with (presumably) an unidentified victim. Once I started to read, it was very obvious what had happened to the headline. It's another form of violence.
Oh, certainly. But finding a way to charge & hold them accountable is a different matter.
February 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Oh, certainly. But finding a way to charge & hold them accountable is a different matter.
Metro PD (DC local police) can't force entry. They have no more right to enter a federal building than anyone else unless assigned there. That would be like a Nevada cop trying to pull you over in California. Except that there is a greater possibility it may end in gunfire.
February 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Metro PD (DC local police) can't force entry. They have no more right to enter a federal building than anyone else unless assigned there. That would be like a Nevada cop trying to pull you over in California. Except that there is a greater possibility it may end in gunfire.
In Washington, there are dozens of police departments. Only a very few of them are local & answer to the mayor. The vast majority are federal & answer to agency leadership & eventually the White House. The WH & all agency buildings are federal property.
February 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In Washington, there are dozens of police departments. Only a very few of them are local & answer to the mayor. The vast majority are federal & answer to agency leadership & eventually the White House. The WH & all agency buildings are federal property.
Oh, well that is also acceptable! 😆
February 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Oh, well that is also acceptable! 😆
I love these updates! Any idea of when you'll be opening up spots for more testers? (Pretty please?)
February 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I love these updates! Any idea of when you'll be opening up spots for more testers? (Pretty please?)
Good luck with your daughter's insurance appeals. Hopefully the manufacturer has a bridge program to cover you until the insurance is sorted out!
February 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Good luck with your daughter's insurance appeals. Hopefully the manufacturer has a bridge program to cover you until the insurance is sorted out!
This happens to me fairly regularly now. The meds that I've been on for years (sometimes decades) are suddenly not medically necessary, despite the fact that they obviously are. I've described it elsewhere, but I estimate I spend a min of 40+ hrs/yr fighting these battles. It is a war of attrition.
February 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
This happens to me fairly regularly now. The meds that I've been on for years (sometimes decades) are suddenly not medically necessary, despite the fact that they obviously are. I've described it elsewhere, but I estimate I spend a min of 40+ hrs/yr fighting these battles. It is a war of attrition.