Great-Aunt Jill
@jillinmd.bsky.social
Retired copyeditor, born & raised Here Near DC. Octogenarian. Owned by Zack, a special needs cat. INFJ.
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Goood mornin' all you watchers of Ken Burns's American Revolution. Tonight we win.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Goood mornin' all you watchers of Ken Burns's American Revolution. Tonight we win.
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Today at lunch two friends said "There's corruption on both sides." I finally found the words to say that the Republicans are doing this and this and this, and there is no comparison. The table went silent for a moment and then they resumed their detailed discussion of jigsaw puzzles.
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Today at lunch two friends said "There's corruption on both sides." I finally found the words to say that the Republicans are doing this and this and this, and there is no comparison. The table went silent for a moment and then they resumed their detailed discussion of jigsaw puzzles.
Their arguments are reaching the "Nyah, nyah, nyah" stage. We don't need no stinkin' words, our contempt can be served raw.
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Their arguments are reaching the "Nyah, nyah, nyah" stage. We don't need no stinkin' words, our contempt can be served raw.
Techbros are trying to squeeze the humanity out of us because they have none. "If we don't understand it, you can't have it." Ones and zeroes only, no poetry or art.
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Techbros are trying to squeeze the humanity out of us because they have none. "If we don't understand it, you can't have it." Ones and zeroes only, no poetry or art.
g'mornin' ev'ybuddy. Easy come easy go.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
g'mornin' ev'ybuddy. Easy come easy go.
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G'mornin'. I kinda fell asleep in the middle and left out a letter. Oh well.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
G'mornin'. I kinda fell asleep in the middle and left out a letter. Oh well.
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If this is another meaningless symbolic vote I think I'll scream. It's worse the hoarseness that follows.
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
If this is another meaningless symbolic vote I think I'll scream. It's worse the hoarseness that follows.
Thank you @msnownews.bsky.social for covering the vote in the House.
Verizon will not give me C-Span unless it's one of my five "special" channels.
IMO it's my right as a resident of the United States to have access to Congress on TV but Verizon doesn't agree.
Verizon will not give me C-Span unless it's one of my five "special" channels.
IMO it's my right as a resident of the United States to have access to Congress on TV but Verizon doesn't agree.
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Thank you @msnownews.bsky.social for covering the vote in the House.
Verizon will not give me C-Span unless it's one of my five "special" channels.
IMO it's my right as a resident of the United States to have access to Congress on TV but Verizon doesn't agree.
Verizon will not give me C-Span unless it's one of my five "special" channels.
IMO it's my right as a resident of the United States to have access to Congress on TV but Verizon doesn't agree.
It's all here. It's complete. This is the history. Read it and weep.
"All the enablers of the current ruling party need to resign. This includes his vice president, the most ridiculous, reviled, mean-spirited, mendacious little prick ever to hold that office—and that office was held for eight years by Richard Nixon."
Cast Him Out: No More MAGAmazement
I come to break the Orange Enchanter's spell and liberate you from his rough magic, so you can see things as they really are...and join me in demanding his immediate resignation.
gregolear.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It's all here. It's complete. This is the history. Read it and weep.
Good morning, kind of, maybe not so much.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Good morning, kind of, maybe not so much.
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Made 3500 years ago, mesmerizing now. Humans are and always have been amazing creatures.
Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Made 3500 years ago, mesmerizing now. Humans are and always have been amazing creatures.
Changing genres, I'm reading Arsenic and Adobo. I don't like foodie novels, but you gotta try something new, right?
The end of Chapter 18 brought me to tears.
Who knew?
The end of Chapter 18 brought me to tears.
Who knew?
November 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Changing genres, I'm reading Arsenic and Adobo. I don't like foodie novels, but you gotta try something new, right?
The end of Chapter 18 brought me to tears.
Who knew?
The end of Chapter 18 brought me to tears.
Who knew?
Good morning. Phooey, heck, darn, drat.
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November 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Good morning. Phooey, heck, darn, drat.
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Pluto TV is no longer available to me. The print on the guide is too small, I can't get a description to find out if I want to watch an episode, the interface has changed to something I can't figure out how to use even if I could read the words. I used to love Pluto, but that's gone.
November 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Pluto TV is no longer available to me. The print on the guide is too small, I can't get a description to find out if I want to watch an episode, the interface has changed to something I can't figure out how to use even if I could read the words. I used to love Pluto, but that's gone.
Good morning. And that's all I'm going to say about that.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning. And that's all I'm going to say about that.
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Gooood morning. After an hour with Verizon, during which I entertained the tech guy the best I could, I'm online and I've Wordled.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Gooood morning. After an hour with Verizon, during which I entertained the tech guy the best I could, I'm online and I've Wordled.
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This photo was posted on my birthday. I'm honored.
A beautiful spiral galaxy with many star birth regions in pink nebulosity. M33, the Triangulum Galaxy. 17 hours of total exposure times including hydrogen-alpha. Taken with my Ceravolo 300mm telescope at f/9 with an SBIG STX 16803 ccd camera.
#astrophotography #astronomy #galaxies
#astrophotography #astronomy #galaxies
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This photo was posted on my birthday. I'm honored.
Reposted by Great-Aunt Jill
What she said.
I want to very gently say something, and I hope nobody will be mad: If somebody on the internet says something that is NOT about politics and NOT about how terrible everything is, it’s a kindness not to reflexively make a comment (in jest or not) that brings it back to those things.
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What she said.
Good morning to all who are awake, which I wish I was not.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Good morning to all who are awake, which I wish I was not.
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G'mornin'. Leave it to me to think of the weird word before the common word.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
G'mornin'. Leave it to me to think of the weird word before the common word.
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It occurs to me that AI is nothing but other people's ideas. I prefer my own ideas, thanks.
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It occurs to me that AI is nothing but other people's ideas. I prefer my own ideas, thanks.
Hi everybody. Better late than never.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Hi everybody. Better late than never.
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Here's why I'm happy with the Ds, from electoral-vote.com, quoted in Balloon Juice.
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Here's why I'm happy with the Ds, from electoral-vote.com, quoted in Balloon Juice.