Tam not Lin
@tam0lin.bsky.social
research historian. vestigial degrees in medieval lit. got tombstone hands and a graveyard mind. stayed up reading too late last night.
I used to buy all my jewellery from small artisans in the EU because that was the only way I could guarantee no damn nickel. I miss my favourites.
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I used to buy all my jewellery from small artisans in the EU because that was the only way I could guarantee no damn nickel. I miss my favourites.
I’m still mad about Farmer Maggot’s mushrooms. I have very happy memories of rising early to scrump mushrooms from a farmer’s field and then frying up masses w butter and salt, why would anyone nick CARROTS?!
December 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I’m still mad about Farmer Maggot’s mushrooms. I have very happy memories of rising early to scrump mushrooms from a farmer’s field and then frying up masses w butter and salt, why would anyone nick CARROTS?!
It’s not all data centers—there has also been a ton of development. But we’ve been in drought conditions pretty steadily for the past few years in this part of the US.
December 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It’s not all data centers—there has also been a ton of development. But we’ve been in drought conditions pretty steadily for the past few years in this part of the US.
In Loudoun, home of Data Alley, groundwater has dropped by as much as 40 feet below normal in some areas.
December 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In Loudoun, home of Data Alley, groundwater has dropped by as much as 40 feet below normal in some areas.
I live near Data Alley, and we’re close to brownouts with the overload on the power grid. Our power bills are NOT cheaper.
December 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I live near Data Alley, and we’re close to brownouts with the overload on the power grid. Our power bills are NOT cheaper.
I don’t remember Jesus ever preaching to TRAPPED people, which is exactly what people enclosed in a flying tin can are.
December 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I don’t remember Jesus ever preaching to TRAPPED people, which is exactly what people enclosed in a flying tin can are.
St Thomas Eve tonight, so they’ll be wandering.
December 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
St Thomas Eve tonight, so they’ll be wandering.
The way I laughed when a friend told me that she would be supporting her new 51 yr old husband through grad school “so he can be a professor.”
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The way I laughed when a friend told me that she would be supporting her new 51 yr old husband through grad school “so he can be a professor.”
I had hyperemesis. One cavity before kids. All the root canals afterwards. My pregnancies stripped the enamel off my teeth.
December 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I had hyperemesis. One cavity before kids. All the root canals afterwards. My pregnancies stripped the enamel off my teeth.
Jarlath Regan, Irish comedian, has an EXCELLENT bit on kidneys and Irish wedding drinking up on YouTube.
December 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Jarlath Regan, Irish comedian, has an EXCELLENT bit on kidneys and Irish wedding drinking up on YouTube.
Kind of wish there had been one of those slightly unhinged ex-rugby player Aussies around though…
December 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Kind of wish there had been one of those slightly unhinged ex-rugby player Aussies around though…
I had a really nice pair of homesick young men come by and play with my hyperactive puppy in my yard. Was genuinely sorry when they went home to Arizona.
December 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I had a really nice pair of homesick young men come by and play with my hyperactive puppy in my yard. Was genuinely sorry when they went home to Arizona.
When we lived in Pewsey, people would leave baby socks they’d found around the village on my doorstep. My son was fiendishly good at shoving his socks off, and there would always be at least one old-timer letting me know on our walks that THAT BABY has bare feet!
December 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
When we lived in Pewsey, people would leave baby socks they’d found around the village on my doorstep. My son was fiendishly good at shoving his socks off, and there would always be at least one old-timer letting me know on our walks that THAT BABY has bare feet!
Orrrr this really WILL be a winning year for the US Men’s soccer team. Can’t lose if you stop the others from showing up!
December 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Orrrr this really WILL be a winning year for the US Men’s soccer team. Can’t lose if you stop the others from showing up!
Spiders. You thought condensation, I pictured all the spiders.
December 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Spiders. You thought condensation, I pictured all the spiders.
Not the billionaires who chose him, however.
December 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Not the billionaires who chose him, however.
Explain to me how your reasoning differs from the old “it’s the fault of their mothers for raising them like that.” There’s pretty clearly a strong hereditary link, and overlap with conditions like hypermobility suggests a genetic link we haven’t isolated yet.
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Explain to me how your reasoning differs from the old “it’s the fault of their mothers for raising them like that.” There’s pretty clearly a strong hereditary link, and overlap with conditions like hypermobility suggests a genetic link we haven’t isolated yet.
Maybe revolutions are not thematically popular with the elite right now…
December 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Maybe revolutions are not thematically popular with the elite right now…
I think this is why so many on the right want a reason for autism rather than ‘genes—yours’.
December 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I think this is why so many on the right want a reason for autism rather than ‘genes—yours’.
New Zealand is the same. There’s a venomous spider there which came over from Australia, but they don’t even have snakes.
December 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New Zealand is the same. There’s a venomous spider there which came over from Australia, but they don’t even have snakes.