Jan Poston Day
@jpostonday.bsky.social
Customer-obsessed community builder, Airedale owner, beekeeper, and DC Statehood NOW advocate. I work for AWS and my opinions are my own.
FYI: Ship-by-dates to ensure your packages arrive at their US domestic destination by Dec 25. Plan accordingly!
USPS Ground Advantage: Dec 17, 2025
USPS Priority Mail: Dec 18, 2025
USPS Priority Mail Express: Dec 20, 2025.
USPS Ground Advantage: Dec 17, 2025
USPS Priority Mail: Dec 18, 2025
USPS Priority Mail Express: Dec 20, 2025.
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
FYI: Ship-by-dates to ensure your packages arrive at their US domestic destination by Dec 25. Plan accordingly!
USPS Ground Advantage: Dec 17, 2025
USPS Priority Mail: Dec 18, 2025
USPS Priority Mail Express: Dec 20, 2025.
USPS Ground Advantage: Dec 17, 2025
USPS Priority Mail: Dec 18, 2025
USPS Priority Mail Express: Dec 20, 2025.
Thankful I could walk the dog this afternoon during the golden hour at Historic Congressional Cemetery in DC and catch the light on the leaves of trees lining this path. So luminous! I stood therein the allee buffeted by wind, surrounded by golden light, warmed by the joy and delight in my heart.
November 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Thankful I could walk the dog this afternoon during the golden hour at Historic Congressional Cemetery in DC and catch the light on the leaves of trees lining this path. So luminous! I stood therein the allee buffeted by wind, surrounded by golden light, warmed by the joy and delight in my heart.
Please be true!
Weeks ago, South Korea mocked Trump with a replica of the golden Cheonmachong crown, claiming it symbolized “peace.” In reality, the crown came from the Silla Kingdom, whose king was assassinated after a civil war and kingdom destroyed by corruption & rule for the wealthy.
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Please be true!
Cookie season is coming up and if you're looking for a more complex flavor for your carbohydrate indulgence I recommend these Gochujang Caramel Cookies. They are addictive thanks to balance of caramel and spice. Enjoy this NYT gift link. Happy baking! cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023...
Gochujang Caramel Cookies (Published 2022)
cooking.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Cookie season is coming up and if you're looking for a more complex flavor for your carbohydrate indulgence I recommend these Gochujang Caramel Cookies. They are addictive thanks to balance of caramel and spice. Enjoy this NYT gift link. Happy baking! cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Actionable info: New research shows cultivating a purpose for your life can boost your overall happiness, lower your stress, and increase your resilience. wapo.st/42VXjpF (🎁 link). Tools to help you/your kids explore your/their purpose are available online. www.kendallcottonbronk.com/purpose-tool...
Column | A 6-year research project found a surprisingly simple route to happiness
How can we stay happy in an age gone mad, when it feels as though all is unstable? A study out of Cornell suggests a practical way to keep ourselves on a meaningful path — a happiness hack for our cha...
wapo.st
October 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Actionable info: New research shows cultivating a purpose for your life can boost your overall happiness, lower your stress, and increase your resilience. wapo.st/42VXjpF (🎁 link). Tools to help you/your kids explore your/their purpose are available online. www.kendallcottonbronk.com/purpose-tool...
This is the thread I needed for today. Maybe you do too. Stay strong! Elbows Up! No Kings!
I see a lot of people wringing their hands over shameless clown + white nationalist Steve Bannon insisting that Trump will serve a third term. And I get it. Folks are so traumatized and rattled regarding the past 10 years that they're letting him get under their skin.
Don't. Here's why.
(thread)
Don't. Here's why.
(thread)
October 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This is the thread I needed for today. Maybe you do too. Stay strong! Elbows Up! No Kings!
This post on FB tells me what happens if the House doesn’t return to session. TLDR: there is no House. There are No checks & balances. No functioning US Govt. We are hostages. www.facebook.com/share/p/1Np5...
October 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM
This post on FB tells me what happens if the House doesn’t return to session. TLDR: there is no House. There are No checks & balances. No functioning US Govt. We are hostages. www.facebook.com/share/p/1Np5...
Experienced beekeepers should always be mentoring less experienced beekeepers. Experienced beekeepers should always be learning from more experienced beekeepers and the latest scientific research. And for Pete’s sake, never put your hive tool down-as soon as you do you will need it and have lost it
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Experienced beekeepers should always be mentoring less experienced beekeepers. Experienced beekeepers should always be learning from more experienced beekeepers and the latest scientific research. And for Pete’s sake, never put your hive tool down-as soon as you do you will need it and have lost it
Serious question: what happens if the US House of Representatives never returns from recess? I’m not liking the scenarios playing out in my head.
October 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Serious question: what happens if the US House of Representatives never returns from recess? I’m not liking the scenarios playing out in my head.
The main benefit of the dog getting one up at 4am is the opportunity to see the stunning full moon hanging in the sky looking stunningly bright, clear, and wondrous. Despite my sleepy eyes at this ungodly hour I am thankful for this gift to experience the beauty of nature.
October 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The main benefit of the dog getting one up at 4am is the opportunity to see the stunning full moon hanging in the sky looking stunningly bright, clear, and wondrous. Despite my sleepy eyes at this ungodly hour I am thankful for this gift to experience the beauty of nature.
This sign may be just the one you need for right now. Spotted on my dog walk in DC’s Capitol Hill.
October 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This sign may be just the one you need for right now. Spotted on my dog walk in DC’s Capitol Hill.
For want of a screw the server was lost.
For want of a server the password was lost.
For want of the password the data was lost.
For want of the data the truth was lost.
For want of the truth the trust was lost.
For want of the trust Democracy was lost.
And all for the want of a simple screw.
For want of a server the password was lost.
For want of the password the data was lost.
For want of the data the truth was lost.
For want of the truth the trust was lost.
For want of the trust Democracy was lost.
And all for the want of a simple screw.
Trump’s Tariffs Are Damaging America’s Biggest Foreign Source of Screws
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
For want of a screw the server was lost.
For want of a server the password was lost.
For want of the password the data was lost.
For want of the data the truth was lost.
For want of the truth the trust was lost.
For want of the trust Democracy was lost.
And all for the want of a simple screw.
For want of a server the password was lost.
For want of the password the data was lost.
For want of the data the truth was lost.
For want of the truth the trust was lost.
For want of the trust Democracy was lost.
And all for the want of a simple screw.
Ahoy Mateys! Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day to all who celebrate!
September 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Ahoy Mateys! Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day to all who celebrate!
Oh the music not written! Oh the musical not played! But what a gift to have given to the V&A so that scholars and fans can explore David Bowie’s genius for years to come.
How lucky we were to have overlapped in time with this man. www.bbc.com/news/article...
How lucky we were to have overlapped in time with this man. www.bbc.com/news/article...
David Bowie's final project was a musical set in London
Shortly before his death, the star wrote dozens of notes for a musical set in 18th Century London.
www.bbc.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Oh the music not written! Oh the musical not played! But what a gift to have given to the V&A so that scholars and fans can explore David Bowie’s genius for years to come.
How lucky we were to have overlapped in time with this man. www.bbc.com/news/article...
How lucky we were to have overlapped in time with this man. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hey Schrödinger’s cat fans - enjoy this cool video that researchers made with cold atoms and AI.
Researchers have used AI to help move thousands of trapped, cold atoms into any arrangement in just 60 milliseconds. To demonstrate that ability, they created an animation of Schrödinger’s cat.
August 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Hey Schrödinger’s cat fans - enjoy this cool video that researchers made with cold atoms and AI.
I fear that this order is legal justification to round up homeless people, and anyone else inconveniently or accidentally (eg protest encampment, bystander) adjacent to them and hold these people indefinitely - with little to no legal recourse - in concentration camps. wapo.st/4kP1UQl (gift link)
Trump order pushes forcible hospitalization of homeless people
Trump’s executive order could increase hospitalization of homeless individuals with mental health and substance use disorders.
wapo.st
July 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I fear that this order is legal justification to round up homeless people, and anyone else inconveniently or accidentally (eg protest encampment, bystander) adjacent to them and hold these people indefinitely - with little to no legal recourse - in concentration camps. wapo.st/4kP1UQl (gift link)
As a beekeeper, this post made my day!
I’ve been reading through Latin curse tablets (defixiones) and thought this one from Roman-period Britain was neat: someone seemingly cursing the person who stole their beehive ‘vas apium’)! 🐝 (Brit. 48.10 10; text and images: romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions...; images by R.S.O. Tomlin)
July 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
As a beekeeper, this post made my day!
Elbows up!
July 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Elbows up!
Sometimes, when I find current world events are getting me down, I think about the quiet moments of joy I’ve experienced. One example: this bowl of homemade tagliatelle noodles with lump crab meat, salmon roe and clementine zest my husband @csrday.bsky.social made for me last week. Exquisite!
July 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Sometimes, when I find current world events are getting me down, I think about the quiet moments of joy I’ve experienced. One example: this bowl of homemade tagliatelle noodles with lump crab meat, salmon roe and clementine zest my husband @csrday.bsky.social made for me last week. Exquisite!
Good resources here for those who have lost their job.
When you lose your job, it can be tough to know what to do next. Career coach Octavia Goredema shares a practical checklist of next moves, from reviewing exit paperwork to securing health care.
Just got laid off? Get back on your feet with this step-by-step guide
When you lose your job, it can be tough to know what to do next. Career coach Octavia Goredema shares a practical checklist of next moves, from reviewing exit paperwork to securing health care.
n.pr
June 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Good resources here for those who have lost their job.
This set of Bold Affirmations was gifted to me on Monday. Today I pulled this one at random. Just what I needed this morning! I gift this affirmation to all who are in need of the boost!
“My unique spirit brings light into the world. They can’t dim my light; I’m shining regardless”.
Shine on!⭐️
“My unique spirit brings light into the world. They can’t dim my light; I’m shining regardless”.
Shine on!⭐️
June 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This set of Bold Affirmations was gifted to me on Monday. Today I pulled this one at random. Just what I needed this morning! I gift this affirmation to all who are in need of the boost!
“My unique spirit brings light into the world. They can’t dim my light; I’m shining regardless”.
Shine on!⭐️
“My unique spirit brings light into the world. They can’t dim my light; I’m shining regardless”.
Shine on!⭐️
Anyone else walk through art exhibitions imagining which pieces they’d take home if they could? This one is a little bulky but worth the effort in my opinion. “Staircase in Capri” 1878, John Singer Sargent. Private collection. Currently shown in “Sargent and Paris” at The Met through Aug 3, 2025.
June 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Anyone else walk through art exhibitions imagining which pieces they’d take home if they could? This one is a little bulky but worth the effort in my opinion. “Staircase in Capri” 1878, John Singer Sargent. Private collection. Currently shown in “Sargent and Paris” at The Met through Aug 3, 2025.
Why yes, that is a bounty of homemade möbius strip pasta that @csrday.bsky.social made for our dinner!
June 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Why yes, that is a bounty of homemade möbius strip pasta that @csrday.bsky.social made for our dinner!
Mind blown over dinner - a routine experience when one lives with a former x-ray astrophysicist now science writer (@csrday.bsky.social) Now seeking biographies of William Herschel so I can better understand his astonishing astronomical discoveries. Send me your recommendations!
June 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Mind blown over dinner - a routine experience when one lives with a former x-ray astrophysicist now science writer (@csrday.bsky.social) Now seeking biographies of William Herschel so I can better understand his astonishing astronomical discoveries. Send me your recommendations!