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J.M. Hardin
@jmhardin.bsky.social
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NOLA-born transbian living in Boston. Cat mom, LA Dodgers fan, Linux user, playing songwriter, and demander of using alt text. *NO DONATION REQUESTS* Donation requests in a profile get blocked.

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At least I can spin tunes on my phone as I work. Right now I'm enjoying a little Zombies as I get ready for a soft opening of my SL store. #MusicSky
Album art for The Zombies' 2015 release Still Got That Hunger
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #bookish #books
Dean Koontz - Watchers
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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I meant to take the bus home from CVS because the usual walk is a bit far for 2 weeks post-op, but I would have had to wait for the 2nd bus. Good news: I got all my fitness goals in for the 1st time since the surgery.
Screenshot of Samsung Health showing these stats for Tu 11/11 Steps 5,744/3,000 Active Time 57/40 minutes Activity Calories 291/250 Total burned calories 1,324 Distance while active 2.64 miles
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
The cast of the TV show Firefly
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Tootsie found another killer meme to post on the Second Pride (in #SecondLIfe) Discord server, and you know I had to share it here.
A man yells, "PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC!" at a white buoy sitting on some seaside rocks.
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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post you from a different era

Once upon a time, I used to have a beard and mustache, and I used to go to church every week. I even used to do the sound for some services.
A picture of me in my pre-trans era in a white t-shirt, mixing sound for the house band during my old church's contemporary youth services.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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This is the recipe I use, although lately I've been going with store-bought broth (or Better Than Bouillon) since I don't have a turkey carcass to use. My aunt sent me the recipe (and the filé powder), and the comment on how much filé to use is hers. My comments are in brackets. #FoodSky
Guillot Family Filé Gumbo The object is to get as clear a stock as you can get. Cook your turkey carcass with onions, garlic, bell pepper, celery, and bay leaves. Boil until you have a nice rich broth. (You can make your stock ahead of time, and you can also use store-bought broth or stock.) Cut sausage into coins or half-moons and brown in your stock pot. Add the stock and no other seasonings. Cook until the sausage is warmed through. Add filé powder to taste. (I like the taste so I'm heavy handed. [my aunt's note]) Add oysters or shrimp. True filé gumbo has oysters [I usually go with 41/50 or 51/60 shrimp because the oysters aren't available at a decent price at Catmas.] Heat until oysters are cooked. Serve over white rice.
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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editions. I ended up buying the physical cookbook from @bookshop.org so I can mark recipes I want to make and be able to flip through it more easily when I'm making a list of ingredients I need to buy. 3/ #BookSKy #FoodSky #cookbooks #MediterraaneanDiet #CookingForOne
The paperback edition of Kelly Jaggers' The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cooking For One Cookbook, resting against the screen of my laptop for the photograph.
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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I ended up with one bowl for veggies: two huge carrots, a potato, and two big bell peppers. The fruit bowl has a half-dozen Fuji apples and two pears. The pears aren't ripe, and if you're like me, you know a guy who hates pears for several reasons. #FoodSky
Two black wire bowls side by side on top of an electric stove. The bowl on the left has six Fuji apples and two pears, while the bowl on the right has two green bell peppers, two big honkin' carrots, and a large potato with a light tan skin that could be a Yukon Gold, but I'm not certain about that.
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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I kind of wish I had started a timer to see how long it would take to get all the notifications in. It took a while, and now I get to install some updates I missed.
Screenshot of Google Play showing updates for 70 apps.
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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It's here! The battery ran out of power (of course), but the driver kept it safe for me. I'll fire it up once it has a full belly (battery).

This tablet takes really shitty pictures. 😾
My cell phone, finally back with me after almost 2 weeks, plugged in and getting recharged.
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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I'm happy to say that while I don't know where my local polling place is, that's okay since I dropped off my vote-by-mail ballot before I went into hospital not quite 2 weeks ago. I won't say who I voted for in the City Council races, but I will say who got my vote in for #BostonMayor.
The postcard used by the Domingos DraRoso campaign for mayor.
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Chuck is allowed to go outside through my neighbor's part of the house, and has discovered a great way to say, "I'd like to come in now, mum." #CatSky
A brown tabby is sitting on top of the outside part of the living room air conditioner.
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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When I came home from hospital last Thursday, I had my neighbor come down and grab some pictures of him next to me. We had to use the tablet since I didn't have the phone, but I found one that came out well enough to share. Please excuse the mess. #CatSSky
A brown tabby is lying on the arm of his human, who is wearing a 2025 LA Dodgers World Series Champion t-shirt. The human's arm is not supporting the cat and holding the cat as the cat holds the human's uppper arm with his front paws
November 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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They should be glad it wasn't a family's soup.
A Campbell's-style can of soup. The top of the can says "JUSTICE FOR ALL - SOUP" with a closed fist standing in for the seal of the Paris World's Fair. The bottom of the label has "FOR MY FAMILY" with the phrase "Better Than a Brick" at the bottom of the label
November 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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A movie you’ve seen more than seven times:
The Buddy Christ from Dogma
November 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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You should (re-) acquaint yourself with the MLB rule book on the subject of a dead ball.
The rules covering a Dead Ball in the MLB rule book. Dead Ball Definition A dead ball is a ball that is out of play. The ruling of a dead ball halts the game and no plays can legally occur until the umpire resumes the game, though baserunners can advance as the result of acts that occurred while the ball was live. Dead balls are frequent occurrences during a game, and the dead-ball period typically does not last long before the ball is put back into play. Dead balls most frequently occur when a batted ball becomes a foul ball or a fair ball is hit out of the playing field. Other common instances in which the ball is ruled dead include a batter being hit by a pitch, a balk, an illegal collision at home plate, obstruction of a baserunner, interference with a fielder's right of way, spectator interference, a batter or runner being granted time out by the umpire and a fair batted ball striking an umpire or runner. [HIGHLIGHTED SECTION] If a fair ball gets lodged in the outfield wall padding -- or the ivy, in the case of Wrigley Field -- it is a ground-rule double. On all ground-rule doubles, the ball is dead, the batter-runner goes to second and all additional runners are permitted to move up two bases from the one they occupied at the time of the pitch.
November 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Why the fuck is a Black Hawk flying over Boston? We had some fire engines screaming down the street a few minutes ago, and then I heard a helicopter flying nearby.
Screenshot from the ADS-B Exchange website (https://globe.adsbexchange.com/) showing that military helicopter BOSOX17, a SIKORSKY UH-60 Black Hawk, had flown near my house.
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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I reached down to mute the telly, but my hand went toward the button labeled "PAIN." I don't think my nurse can help assuage this kind of pain, though.
Picture of a Mondasian Cybernan pressing the PAIN button over and over on his keypad. From "World Enough and Time" (Doctor Who season 10 episode 11).
October 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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I love how they do the fruit cup. Instead of the usual chunks of fruit, they cut little batons, which lets them put more pieces of fruit in each bowl. I need to do this at home 2/2 #FoodSky #HospitalFood
A small bowl of cut fruit, cut into approximately half-inch by one-inch pieces. The bowl has cantaloupe, honeydew, and pineapple.
October 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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My bad, I got brown rice with the pot roast. The potatoes will go with the cheeseburger for dinner, although I may get the chicken pot pie for dinner.

This is today's lunch, which is yummy. 1/2 #FoodSky #HospitalFood
A hospital food tray with Braised Beef Pot Roast, brown rice, and green beans, all on a white ceramic plate set in a light green base. To the right is a can of diet ginger ale and a bowl of fresh cut fruit.
October 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Morning all, and happy #WorldSeries Day to all. I'm ready to head to the hospital (I think), and under my Cancer SUCKS hoodie and fleece jacket, I'm ready for the game. I'll catch y'all once I'm in my room this evening.
Me in my Dodgers 2024 World Series Champions tee.
October 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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I went to close the blinds in the front windows and noticed Chuck sleeping with his face practically shoved into the corner of the chair. Is he mad at me for going out for a few hours? #CatSky
A brown tabby asleep in a tan chair, his head almost pressed against the side of the chair with his head next to the back of the chair. A brown tabby asleep in a tan chair, his head almost pressed against the side of the chair with his head next to the back of the chair. The photo, taken from the front if the chair, looks almost as if his head is pushed into the corner of the chair.
October 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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I heard some smol meows coming from the back porch, and sure enough, there are some smol void kitties on the porch. I don't know how old they are, but I saw either mum or dad going down the steps and they weren't happy to see a human near the kids.
October 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Since I'm seeing the stoma clinic, I had to put on my Cancer SUCKS tee. As I was walking through the hospital, I got an "I like your shirt" from someone in scrubs.

And yes, I'm double-masked. I'm a cancer patient in a hospital during COVID-19/flu season.
Me with a KN95 mask and a hospital-provided mask, wearing a black T-shirt that says, "Cancer SUCKS."
October 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM