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tall ships, and stars to steer them by
Humboldt County, California.
tall ships, and stars to steer them by
Humboldt County, California.
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Day 5 of the Coastal Lexicon Advent Calendar and today’s word is:
🌊 the offing — the distant part of the sea visible from shore, where approaching ships would first appear
Whence in the offing — ‘nearby’, ‘at hand’, ‘imminent’
Photo: Rain in the offing, Dornoch, Julian Paren (CC BY-SA 2.0)
🌊 the offing — the distant part of the sea visible from shore, where approaching ships would first appear
Whence in the offing — ‘nearby’, ‘at hand’, ‘imminent’
Photo: Rain in the offing, Dornoch, Julian Paren (CC BY-SA 2.0)
December 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Day 5 of the Coastal Lexicon Advent Calendar and today’s word is:
🌊 the offing — the distant part of the sea visible from shore, where approaching ships would first appear
Whence in the offing — ‘nearby’, ‘at hand’, ‘imminent’
Photo: Rain in the offing, Dornoch, Julian Paren (CC BY-SA 2.0)
🌊 the offing — the distant part of the sea visible from shore, where approaching ships would first appear
Whence in the offing — ‘nearby’, ‘at hand’, ‘imminent’
Photo: Rain in the offing, Dornoch, Julian Paren (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Day 12 of the Coastal Lexicon Advent Calendar and today’s word is:
🌊 wrack — remnants or goods from a wrecked vessel, esp. when driven ashore
Borrowed from Dutch/Low German, as in Du. "scheepswrak" ‘shipwreck’
"As rich…As is the ooze and bottom of the sea With sunken wrack"
(Shakespeare, Henry V)
🌊 wrack — remnants or goods from a wrecked vessel, esp. when driven ashore
Borrowed from Dutch/Low German, as in Du. "scheepswrak" ‘shipwreck’
"As rich…As is the ooze and bottom of the sea With sunken wrack"
(Shakespeare, Henry V)
December 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Day 12 of the Coastal Lexicon Advent Calendar and today’s word is:
🌊 wrack — remnants or goods from a wrecked vessel, esp. when driven ashore
Borrowed from Dutch/Low German, as in Du. "scheepswrak" ‘shipwreck’
"As rich…As is the ooze and bottom of the sea With sunken wrack"
(Shakespeare, Henry V)
🌊 wrack — remnants or goods from a wrecked vessel, esp. when driven ashore
Borrowed from Dutch/Low German, as in Du. "scheepswrak" ‘shipwreck’
"As rich…As is the ooze and bottom of the sea With sunken wrack"
(Shakespeare, Henry V)
Visiting law enforcer, frustrated: "What kind of fool are you?"
Constable Odo: "My own special variety."
- ST:DS9, S01E09
Constable Odo: "My own special variety."
- ST:DS9, S01E09
December 4, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Visiting law enforcer, frustrated: "What kind of fool are you?"
Constable Odo: "My own special variety."
- ST:DS9, S01E09
Constable Odo: "My own special variety."
- ST:DS9, S01E09
1am
family asleep in the other rooms, just me up and still going.
cookies in the oven,
parker house rolls rising.
house smells of butter and cinnamon.
the dog is snoring.
1 more hour of baking before sleep.
music mix starts up Beethoven's Fifth.
#thanksgiving #mood
family asleep in the other rooms, just me up and still going.
cookies in the oven,
parker house rolls rising.
house smells of butter and cinnamon.
the dog is snoring.
1 more hour of baking before sleep.
music mix starts up Beethoven's Fifth.
#thanksgiving #mood
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
1am
family asleep in the other rooms, just me up and still going.
cookies in the oven,
parker house rolls rising.
house smells of butter and cinnamon.
the dog is snoring.
1 more hour of baking before sleep.
music mix starts up Beethoven's Fifth.
#thanksgiving #mood
family asleep in the other rooms, just me up and still going.
cookies in the oven,
parker house rolls rising.
house smells of butter and cinnamon.
the dog is snoring.
1 more hour of baking before sleep.
music mix starts up Beethoven's Fifth.
#thanksgiving #mood
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I concede that this might reduce our carbonara footprint.
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I concede that this might reduce our carbonara footprint.
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#OtD 30 Oct 1944 the left-wing Greek People's Liberation Army liberated Thessaloniki from Nazi occupation. They stopped the Nazis from blowing up power plants and food factories and attacked retreating German units, then paraded through the streets stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1033...
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#OtD 30 Oct 1944 the left-wing Greek People's Liberation Army liberated Thessaloniki from Nazi occupation. They stopped the Nazis from blowing up power plants and food factories and attacked retreating German units, then paraded through the streets stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1033...
Sarah Jane Smith : "You're serious, aren't you?"
The Doctor : "About what I do, yes. Not necessarily about the way I do it."
-- Doctor Who, Time Warrior
The Doctor : "About what I do, yes. Not necessarily about the way I do it."
-- Doctor Who, Time Warrior
October 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Sarah Jane Smith : "You're serious, aren't you?"
The Doctor : "About what I do, yes. Not necessarily about the way I do it."
-- Doctor Who, Time Warrior
The Doctor : "About what I do, yes. Not necessarily about the way I do it."
-- Doctor Who, Time Warrior
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I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
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"It is terrifying and paralyzing as the strands of sound disintegrate. We hold onto them, hovering between hope and submission..."
Leonard Bernstein re: Mahler. Gorgeous.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-wr...
Leonard Bernstein re: Mahler. Gorgeous.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-wr...
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
"It is terrifying and paralyzing as the strands of sound disintegrate. We hold onto them, hovering between hope and submission..."
Leonard Bernstein re: Mahler. Gorgeous.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-wr...
Leonard Bernstein re: Mahler. Gorgeous.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-wr...
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I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
"Man dies, and nothing is left of him, and that is stupid."
-- Tolstoy
-- Tolstoy
October 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
"Man dies, and nothing is left of him, and that is stupid."
-- Tolstoy
-- Tolstoy
Horseradish is delicious.
I don't know why it has fallen out of popularity in the US but I'm bringing it back (in my household).
I don't know why it has fallen out of popularity in the US but I'm bringing it back (in my household).
September 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Horseradish is delicious.
I don't know why it has fallen out of popularity in the US but I'm bringing it back (in my household).
I don't know why it has fallen out of popularity in the US but I'm bringing it back (in my household).
- a grey damp chill outside
- wrapped in blankets
- piping hot coffee in my favorite mug with a square rig ship on it
- Debussy and Rameau performed by Vikingur Olafsson
- Civ 6, building biremes and cothons as Dido of Carthage
#mood
- wrapped in blankets
- piping hot coffee in my favorite mug with a square rig ship on it
- Debussy and Rameau performed by Vikingur Olafsson
- Civ 6, building biremes and cothons as Dido of Carthage
#mood
September 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
- a grey damp chill outside
- wrapped in blankets
- piping hot coffee in my favorite mug with a square rig ship on it
- Debussy and Rameau performed by Vikingur Olafsson
- Civ 6, building biremes and cothons as Dido of Carthage
#mood
- wrapped in blankets
- piping hot coffee in my favorite mug with a square rig ship on it
- Debussy and Rameau performed by Vikingur Olafsson
- Civ 6, building biremes and cothons as Dido of Carthage
#mood
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So many bangers, this fucking guy
September 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
So many bangers, this fucking guy
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Just in time for Labour Day, our list of stories depicting labour unions in science fiction and fantasy has reached 250 entries.
Thanks to @joachimboaz.bsky.social for all the help on this.
List as HTML: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/orga...
List as Google Doc: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Thanks to @joachimboaz.bsky.social for all the help on this.
List as HTML: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/orga...
List as Google Doc: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
1/
August 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Just in time for Labour Day, our list of stories depicting labour unions in science fiction and fantasy has reached 250 entries.
Thanks to @joachimboaz.bsky.social for all the help on this.
List as HTML: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/orga...
List as Google Doc: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Thanks to @joachimboaz.bsky.social for all the help on this.
List as HTML: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/orga...
List as Google Doc: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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The United States summed up in two headlines.
July 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The United States summed up in two headlines.
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Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
July 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
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Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. I like to think that ‘foreswunk’ is to be exhausted before you even begin.
May 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. I like to think that ‘foreswunk’ is to be exhausted before you even begin.
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Word of the day is ‘forwallowed’ (15th century): extremely weary from tossing and turning all night.
July 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Word of the day is ‘forwallowed’ (15th century): extremely weary from tossing and turning all night.
TFW friends are drifting away and you can't tell which of you is in motion. You're like astronauts releasing chunky grips on each other (intentional or not) and spinning out on inertia.
To flail at renewed contact, turn to page 233.
To breathe and accept we're all alone in space, turn to page 1.
To flail at renewed contact, turn to page 233.
To breathe and accept we're all alone in space, turn to page 1.
June 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
TFW friends are drifting away and you can't tell which of you is in motion. You're like astronauts releasing chunky grips on each other (intentional or not) and spinning out on inertia.
To flail at renewed contact, turn to page 233.
To breathe and accept we're all alone in space, turn to page 1.
To flail at renewed contact, turn to page 233.
To breathe and accept we're all alone in space, turn to page 1.
Edinburgh has been wonderful to me this week. I'm regularly in a soppy emotional state of being bowled over by the beauty of the world.
June 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Edinburgh has been wonderful to me this week. I'm regularly in a soppy emotional state of being bowled over by the beauty of the world.