Granny Weatherwax
@esmeweatherwax.bsky.social
Old I may be, and hag I may be, but stupid I ain't.
Beware of signs, though.
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Beware of signs, though.
Merry and Pippin are starring in Revenge of the Jurassic Park Rangers
October 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Merry and Pippin are starring in Revenge of the Jurassic Park Rangers
I feel like the Guardian is usually better than this.
What kind of "brief struggle?" Who initiated the contact? How did he "become unresponsive" after being taken into custody? Why did he need medical aid (and when were paramedics called)?
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...
What kind of "brief struggle?" Who initiated the contact? How did he "become unresponsive" after being taken into custody? Why did he need medical aid (and when were paramedics called)?
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...
October 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I feel like the Guardian is usually better than this.
What kind of "brief struggle?" Who initiated the contact? How did he "become unresponsive" after being taken into custody? Why did he need medical aid (and when were paramedics called)?
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...
What kind of "brief struggle?" Who initiated the contact? How did he "become unresponsive" after being taken into custody? Why did he need medical aid (and when were paramedics called)?
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...
Found it, if it's not stepping on your toes, Micah:
October 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Found it, if it's not stepping on your toes, Micah:
Finally got to read Wild Faith by Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social and it's unbelievably prescient
Also starts off with this quotation, which meant she had me from the first page
Also starts off with this quotation, which meant she had me from the first page
September 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Finally got to read Wild Faith by Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social and it's unbelievably prescient
Also starts off with this quotation, which meant she had me from the first page
Also starts off with this quotation, which meant she had me from the first page
It’s like they are checking how much we love them
By how big a vet bill we will foot
By how big a vet bill we will foot
September 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It’s like they are checking how much we love them
By how big a vet bill we will foot
By how big a vet bill we will foot
One of my favorite examples: correlation between Nicholas Cage movies and drowning deaths
(www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...)
I think we all know the next logical step.
(www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...)
I think we all know the next logical step.
September 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
One of my favorite examples: correlation between Nicholas Cage movies and drowning deaths
(www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...)
I think we all know the next logical step.
(www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...)
I think we all know the next logical step.
Can Pippin join the club? Although then they would have three of each so maybe we need another heterochromatic friend
September 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Can Pippin join the club? Although then they would have three of each so maybe we need another heterochromatic friend
I do, and yet....
September 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I do, and yet....
If there's a footnote-level character category in this discussion, I'd argue that word for word, the Professor of Applied Anthropics sums up human nature better than anything I've ever seen.
August 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
If there's a footnote-level character category in this discussion, I'd argue that word for word, the Professor of Applied Anthropics sums up human nature better than anything I've ever seen.
If you see this, I implore you to post a picture from your device without comment.
July 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
If you see this, I implore you to post a picture from your device without comment.
I was literally eating a donut when I read this, so perhaps I'm biased.
But should we really be taking healthy lifestyle advice from the heroin-and-roadkill guy?
But should we really be taking healthy lifestyle advice from the heroin-and-roadkill guy?
April 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I was literally eating a donut when I read this, so perhaps I'm biased.
But should we really be taking healthy lifestyle advice from the heroin-and-roadkill guy?
But should we really be taking healthy lifestyle advice from the heroin-and-roadkill guy?
Hope your day gets better.
April 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Hope your day gets better.
Not just the political cartoons. Take a look at "To Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street." I think they stopped coloring his skin bright yellow in later editions but jeez.
March 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Not just the political cartoons. Take a look at "To Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street." I think they stopped coloring his skin bright yellow in later editions but jeez.
My Pippin greets your Pippin and agrees it is very cold
February 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My Pippin greets your Pippin and agrees it is very cold
Here to beat the rush
January 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Here to beat the rush
I'll see your beaver nuggets and raise you gopher balls, if we are playing "fun things to tell your friends they get to eat"
December 30, 2024 at 3:58 PM
I'll see your beaver nuggets and raise you gopher balls, if we are playing "fun things to tell your friends they get to eat"
I imagine you would love this actual recommendation form I was asked to submit for a student applying to grad school
December 18, 2024 at 4:55 PM
I imagine you would love this actual recommendation form I was asked to submit for a student applying to grad school
Not as much wrestling for the ball involved, but I'm still peeved at this yahoo who decided to take the ball out of Ben Oglive's glove in Game 3 of the 1982 AL Championships
"Who cares about the playoffs? I want a souvenir!"
"Who cares about the playoffs? I want a souvenir!"
October 30, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Not as much wrestling for the ball involved, but I'm still peeved at this yahoo who decided to take the ball out of Ben Oglive's glove in Game 3 of the 1982 AL Championships
"Who cares about the playoffs? I want a souvenir!"
"Who cares about the playoffs? I want a souvenir!"
If we can nominate statues outside of sports, I give you "The Bronze Fonz," an attempt to represent the lovely Henry Winkler, but which instead looks like Commander Data experiencing a glitch in his programming:
October 27, 2024 at 11:24 PM
If we can nominate statues outside of sports, I give you "The Bronze Fonz," an attempt to represent the lovely Henry Winkler, but which instead looks like Commander Data experiencing a glitch in his programming:
Read this one to my kids multiple times and the scene where Daft Wullie scares Ratbag from attacking baby birds had them falling on the floor laughing every single time.
CHEEP.
(Photo is of my own Feegles, and a friend who wishes he had worn protective clothing.)
CHEEP.
(Photo is of my own Feegles, and a friend who wishes he had worn protective clothing.)
October 24, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Read this one to my kids multiple times and the scene where Daft Wullie scares Ratbag from attacking baby birds had them falling on the floor laughing every single time.
CHEEP.
(Photo is of my own Feegles, and a friend who wishes he had worn protective clothing.)
CHEEP.
(Photo is of my own Feegles, and a friend who wishes he had worn protective clothing.)
Show me your pet and what they’re named after
October 19, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Show me your pet and what they’re named after
My dog, as a puppy, ate holes in our deck. We had to replace the entire deck.
Also every package ever delivered, the walls, the couch, a solar charger, snowboarding boots (3 boots from 3 different pairs), our cabinets....
Our motto is "good thing she's cute."
Also every package ever delivered, the walls, the couch, a solar charger, snowboarding boots (3 boots from 3 different pairs), our cabinets....
Our motto is "good thing she's cute."
October 15, 2024 at 10:50 PM
My dog, as a puppy, ate holes in our deck. We had to replace the entire deck.
Also every package ever delivered, the walls, the couch, a solar charger, snowboarding boots (3 boots from 3 different pairs), our cabinets....
Our motto is "good thing she's cute."
Also every package ever delivered, the walls, the couch, a solar charger, snowboarding boots (3 boots from 3 different pairs), our cabinets....
Our motto is "good thing she's cute."
Well now, there's a thing
September 16, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Well now, there's a thing