NonViolet
@not-a-violet.bsky.social
E PLURIBUS UNUM
Doing #genealogy to calm down 🏴
Doing #genealogy to calm down 🏴
The greatest economy we've ever had!
At least since... um... well, this cover is from October 2024, so...
Are we still the envy of the world?
At least since... um... well, this cover is from October 2024, so...
Are we still the envy of the world?
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The greatest economy we've ever had!
At least since... um... well, this cover is from October 2024, so...
Are we still the envy of the world?
At least since... um... well, this cover is from October 2024, so...
Are we still the envy of the world?
Brach's Royals! I loved those. I can't believe I'd totally forgotten about them until just now.
November 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Brach's Royals! I loved those. I can't believe I'd totally forgotten about them until just now.
Puffin (top) and Ash (on his back).
October 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Puffin (top) and Ash (on his back).
I think I know a relative of hers! 😄 This is Ash.
October 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I think I know a relative of hers! 😄 This is Ash.
So this is weird... o_O
October 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
So this is weird... o_O
Well, you've made me learn something today. Thank you!
Turns out, it's not within 100 miles of the actual border, it's within 100 miles of an "external boundary", which includes coasts of any kind. So even though Lake Michigan is entirely within the US, the 100 miles starts at its edge.
Turns out, it's not within 100 miles of the actual border, it's within 100 miles of an "external boundary", which includes coasts of any kind. So even though Lake Michigan is entirely within the US, the 100 miles starts at its edge.
![Map of the US showing the 100 mile boundary zone where immigration officers are allowed to operate outside of the 4th amendment. "Nearly 2 out of 3 people [in the US] live within the 100-Mile Border Zone".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hqrusadcry73k3zez3qzk5go/bafkreieykipblrhi2mqos45xvtba2ul3diepkmtgj4osknmbzalaxjrgka@jpeg)
October 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Well, you've made me learn something today. Thank you!
Turns out, it's not within 100 miles of the actual border, it's within 100 miles of an "external boundary", which includes coasts of any kind. So even though Lake Michigan is entirely within the US, the 100 miles starts at its edge.
Turns out, it's not within 100 miles of the actual border, it's within 100 miles of an "external boundary", which includes coasts of any kind. So even though Lake Michigan is entirely within the US, the 100 miles starts at its edge.
YES. I saved that one too!
September 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
YES. I saved that one too!
I mean, if he had just *refrained* from causing millions of preventable deaths, he would have been more liked.
Heck, if he had even just *not celebrated* causing millions of preventable deaths while dancing around with a chainsaw.
But, no. Had to be this guy.
Heck, if he had even just *not celebrated* causing millions of preventable deaths while dancing around with a chainsaw.
But, no. Had to be this guy.
August 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I mean, if he had just *refrained* from causing millions of preventable deaths, he would have been more liked.
Heck, if he had even just *not celebrated* causing millions of preventable deaths while dancing around with a chainsaw.
But, no. Had to be this guy.
Heck, if he had even just *not celebrated* causing millions of preventable deaths while dancing around with a chainsaw.
But, no. Had to be this guy.
Ok, so the photo IS fake. That's a relief!
July 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Ok, so the photo IS fake. That's a relief!
Our sweet boy, Ash.
He had fluid drained from his chest cavity this week to keep him from suffocating.
Three days in hospital + $8,000 worth of tests and procedures = cause unknown.
Recurrence likely. 😞
He had fluid drained from his chest cavity this week to keep him from suffocating.
Three days in hospital + $8,000 worth of tests and procedures = cause unknown.
Recurrence likely. 😞
July 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Our sweet boy, Ash.
He had fluid drained from his chest cavity this week to keep him from suffocating.
Three days in hospital + $8,000 worth of tests and procedures = cause unknown.
Recurrence likely. 😞
He had fluid drained from his chest cavity this week to keep him from suffocating.
Three days in hospital + $8,000 worth of tests and procedures = cause unknown.
Recurrence likely. 😞
American Right Classic.
April 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
American Right Classic.
My kitty's feet look like they were created by AI that didn't know where toes should go or how many there should be.
But no, those are her actual feet.
(And her nose, in the top left corner.)
But no, those are her actual feet.
(And her nose, in the top left corner.)
April 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
My kitty's feet look like they were created by AI that didn't know where toes should go or how many there should be.
But no, those are her actual feet.
(And her nose, in the top left corner.)
But no, those are her actual feet.
(And her nose, in the top left corner.)
Sgt Henry Johnson, 369th Infantry
March 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Sgt Henry Johnson, 369th Infantry
Yep. Here's The Economist cover from October 2024, a couple weeks before the election.
March 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Yep. Here's The Economist cover from October 2024, a couple weeks before the election.
While over at The Economist in October 2024....
March 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
While over at The Economist in October 2024....
Another picture—one of my favorites—from the box of old family photos. Nothing written on the back, no water mark or stamp from the photographer. Possibly taken in Diamondville or Kemmerer, WY. Wondering if any #genealogy folks might be able to help me date it... 1910ish? Earlier? Later?
February 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Another picture—one of my favorites—from the box of old family photos. Nothing written on the back, no water mark or stamp from the photographer. Possibly taken in Diamondville or Kemmerer, WY. Wondering if any #genealogy folks might be able to help me date it... 1910ish? Earlier? Later?
I think I know one of her relatives...
January 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I think I know one of her relatives...
It amazes me how all the tuxedo cats on the internet look EXACTLY like our tuxedo cats. If our white-faced tuxedo didn't have a little extra black spot by her nose, I would spend all my time saying to people "Why is my cat on your porch??"
January 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It amazes me how all the tuxedo cats on the internet look EXACTLY like our tuxedo cats. If our white-faced tuxedo didn't have a little extra black spot by her nose, I would spend all my time saying to people "Why is my cat on your porch??"
Clipped this item from a 1907 newspaper and labeled it "Um_what?"
Trying to decide if I want to find out what the context is...
Trying to decide if I want to find out what the context is...
January 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Clipped this item from a 1907 newspaper and labeled it "Um_what?"
Trying to decide if I want to find out what the context is...
Trying to decide if I want to find out what the context is...
Hey, @catsofyore.bsky.social!
This is Sam. He belonged to my grandmother in the 1960s, before I was born, but I've heard about him my whole life. He was a Manx who apparently had more personality than any other cat who's ever lived.
He LOVED to be vacuumed. I wish my cats wanted to be vacuumed.
This is Sam. He belonged to my grandmother in the 1960s, before I was born, but I've heard about him my whole life. He was a Manx who apparently had more personality than any other cat who's ever lived.
He LOVED to be vacuumed. I wish my cats wanted to be vacuumed.
December 28, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Hey, @catsofyore.bsky.social!
This is Sam. He belonged to my grandmother in the 1960s, before I was born, but I've heard about him my whole life. He was a Manx who apparently had more personality than any other cat who's ever lived.
He LOVED to be vacuumed. I wish my cats wanted to be vacuumed.
This is Sam. He belonged to my grandmother in the 1960s, before I was born, but I've heard about him my whole life. He was a Manx who apparently had more personality than any other cat who's ever lived.
He LOVED to be vacuumed. I wish my cats wanted to be vacuumed.
I tried making Scottish tablet today.
Never having seen or tasted the real thing before, I'm not sure how close I got. Turns out it's hard to judge texture from descriptions you read on the internet.
I am quite happy to eat it, regardless.
Never having seen or tasted the real thing before, I'm not sure how close I got. Turns out it's hard to judge texture from descriptions you read on the internet.
I am quite happy to eat it, regardless.
December 22, 2024 at 11:56 PM
I tried making Scottish tablet today.
Never having seen or tasted the real thing before, I'm not sure how close I got. Turns out it's hard to judge texture from descriptions you read on the internet.
I am quite happy to eat it, regardless.
Never having seen or tasted the real thing before, I'm not sure how close I got. Turns out it's hard to judge texture from descriptions you read on the internet.
I am quite happy to eat it, regardless.
An observation from 1887.
December 11, 2024 at 7:29 PM
An observation from 1887.
On July 5, 1923, a coal car broke loose at the tipple and ran out of control down the slope, hitting John Bosich and killing him. "Every bone in his body being broken by the impact." He was 25 years old.
December 11, 2024 at 2:13 AM
On July 5, 1923, a coal car broke loose at the tipple and ran out of control down the slope, hitting John Bosich and killing him. "Every bone in his body being broken by the impact." He was 25 years old.