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Geek. Weirdo. Obsessed with tea, sci-fi, language, history, foraging, shiny objects and just generally making a nuisance of myself.
(Part 3) From an extreme conservative point of view, anything that doesn't make money is a net negative. People who rest too much might decide they actually enjoy it and don't want to work themselves to death or spend their money (which is their time!) on useless crap to soothe their loneliness.
August 29, 2025 at 6:08 AM
(Part 3) From an extreme conservative point of view, anything that doesn't make money is a net negative. People who rest too much might decide they actually enjoy it and don't want to work themselves to death or spend their money (which is their time!) on useless crap to soothe their loneliness.
(Part 2) They will actually twist their faces and sneer. A "Community organizer" isn't making any money. Thus their purpose is questionable. If an entity founded for Community aid became popular and/or made money (Even indirectly), they would hijack its resources and reputation for themselves.
August 29, 2025 at 5:49 AM
(Part 2) They will actually twist their faces and sneer. A "Community organizer" isn't making any money. Thus their purpose is questionable. If an entity founded for Community aid became popular and/or made money (Even indirectly), they would hijack its resources and reputation for themselves.
(Part 1) think I understand why it is Conservatives despise the term "Community organizer". Not only do they consider Community Organizers shifty layabouts (rest and pleasure for its own sake - cardinal sin) they consider community itself pointless. You can see this when they say the word.
August 29, 2025 at 5:38 AM
(Part 1) think I understand why it is Conservatives despise the term "Community organizer". Not only do they consider Community Organizers shifty layabouts (rest and pleasure for its own sake - cardinal sin) they consider community itself pointless. You can see this when they say the word.
How do I know if the thing in the blurry picture is a bus or not? What if it's not a bus? Am I a robot or do I just not know what a bus is? ;)
August 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
How do I know if the thing in the blurry picture is a bus or not? What if it's not a bus? Am I a robot or do I just not know what a bus is? ;)
A Rough-Legged hawk (?) in a tree above me - Eastern Massachusetts, USA. Someone who knows better can hopefully confirm. I bumped the contrast on one image to see him better. #Birds
August 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A Rough-Legged hawk (?) in a tree above me - Eastern Massachusetts, USA. Someone who knows better can hopefully confirm. I bumped the contrast on one image to see him better. #Birds
And how for something completely different: Have you ever so poorly tuned a guitar that you swear that not only will this guitar never be tuned again, but any other guitar in the vicinity will suddenly go out of tune in solidarity?
August 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
And how for something completely different: Have you ever so poorly tuned a guitar that you swear that not only will this guitar never be tuned again, but any other guitar in the vicinity will suddenly go out of tune in solidarity?
Call someone who needs to hear your voice today. Tell them you are glad they are in your life. Ask them to do the same for someone who needs it.
August 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Call someone who needs to hear your voice today. Tell them you are glad they are in your life. Ask them to do the same for someone who needs it.
Mrs. Mallard sees to her kids in little pond outside of Boston.
June 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Mrs. Mallard sees to her kids in little pond outside of Boston.
Big frog and Teeny froggo in a pond outside of Boston. Tiny frog though is about the size of my fingernail. we thought he might be an insect at first.
#frogs
#frogs
June 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Big frog and Teeny froggo in a pond outside of Boston. Tiny frog though is about the size of my fingernail. we thought he might be an insect at first.
#frogs
#frogs
"All our heroes are dead. We've got ourselves instead." - Dar Williams
April 30, 2025 at 6:22 AM
"All our heroes are dead. We've got ourselves instead." - Dar Williams
What it will take, Part 4: You may have heard the famous phrase that an army marches on its stomach. So too do protest movements need food and money and legal support and infrastructure. Someone has to house and feed the troops.
More to come, but I need sleep..
More to come, but I need sleep..
April 18, 2025 at 6:38 AM
What it will take, Part 4: You may have heard the famous phrase that an army marches on its stomach. So too do protest movements need food and money and legal support and infrastructure. Someone has to house and feed the troops.
More to come, but I need sleep..
More to come, but I need sleep..
What it will take, Part 3: Most of us identify community with coercion rather than support. That needs to change. Our communities can honor our diversity and quirks and wit and joy rather than sneering at it. We can be that community. We have to be, in fact.
April 18, 2025 at 6:26 AM
What it will take, Part 3: Most of us identify community with coercion rather than support. That needs to change. Our communities can honor our diversity and quirks and wit and joy rather than sneering at it. We can be that community. We have to be, in fact.
What it will take, Part 2: We are quirky and tough. We bristle against authority by nature. We hate the village gossips and the parent figures. We think of ourselves as standing up for the little guy. We generally want to be left alone. We live in small nuclear families, and increasingly, alone...
April 18, 2025 at 6:18 AM
What it will take, Part 2: We are quirky and tough. We bristle against authority by nature. We hate the village gossips and the parent figures. We think of ourselves as standing up for the little guy. We generally want to be left alone. We live in small nuclear families, and increasingly, alone...
What it will take: Part 1: This fight asks something hard of us. Sustained community. Americans are, by nature and necessity, individualists. We've often fought for our freedom and rebelled against stricture, even in our personal lives. It is a good quality, this, but one they are using against us.
April 18, 2025 at 6:14 AM
What it will take: Part 1: This fight asks something hard of us. Sustained community. Americans are, by nature and necessity, individualists. We've often fought for our freedom and rebelled against stricture, even in our personal lives. It is a good quality, this, but one they are using against us.
Our only way out of this is together. So please, if your circumstances permit, go and do something with others. Take a class. Volunteer. Play D&D. Go to a ballgame. Grab coffee. And if you can't right now, then call someone and tell them you miss them.
April 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Our only way out of this is together. So please, if your circumstances permit, go and do something with others. Take a class. Volunteer. Play D&D. Go to a ballgame. Grab coffee. And if you can't right now, then call someone and tell them you miss them.
I'm beginning to get why people talk about protecting your mental health during a crisis like this. Autocrats want you tired. You have trouble fighting when you are tired and miserable and it's been going on a long time. On the other hand, well-rested and freshly pissed off is a good look on you.
March 18, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I'm beginning to get why people talk about protecting your mental health during a crisis like this. Autocrats want you tired. You have trouble fighting when you are tired and miserable and it's been going on a long time. On the other hand, well-rested and freshly pissed off is a good look on you.
How did we get here? Part 2: I used to laugh at people who said things like what I'm about to say: the American economy is run on our stress. Its fuel is our depression and anxiety. It's run on our bizarre self-delusion that working yourself to death makes you free. I'm not a commie. I'm just tired.
March 3, 2025 at 6:12 AM
How did we get here? Part 2: I used to laugh at people who said things like what I'm about to say: the American economy is run on our stress. Its fuel is our depression and anxiety. It's run on our bizarre self-delusion that working yourself to death makes you free. I'm not a commie. I'm just tired.
How did we get here: Part 1. America, in particular, has become obsessed with the quick: Quarterly result. TLDR. "One simple trick", Teaching to the test. Fad diets. Easy answers. Films/ads have gotten shorter with attention spans. News is always breaking. We run on caffeine and stress to keep up...
March 3, 2025 at 5:56 AM
How did we get here: Part 1. America, in particular, has become obsessed with the quick: Quarterly result. TLDR. "One simple trick", Teaching to the test. Fad diets. Easy answers. Films/ads have gotten shorter with attention spans. News is always breaking. We run on caffeine and stress to keep up...
One of the things we can do now is to stop supporting oligarchs with our money. Obviously, sometimes we have no choice. But where we can, buy small/local. Maybe repair it (if possible) or find it secondhand. Failing that, use a big company that sucks less. Small progress is still progress. :)
February 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
One of the things we can do now is to stop supporting oligarchs with our money. Obviously, sometimes we have no choice. But where we can, buy small/local. Maybe repair it (if possible) or find it secondhand. Failing that, use a big company that sucks less. Small progress is still progress. :)
Just got one of those cryptic messages you aren't allowed to forward at work that invite everybody to a sudden meeting. That's alarming.
February 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Just got one of those cryptic messages you aren't allowed to forward at work that invite everybody to a sudden meeting. That's alarming.
There's really only one way out of this mess. Mutual assistance. That means being willing to take care of your neighbor. That means being willing to share food and supplies and resources for people who have less and are about to have even less than that.
February 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
There's really only one way out of this mess. Mutual assistance. That means being willing to take care of your neighbor. That means being willing to share food and supplies and resources for people who have less and are about to have even less than that.
In a turn of events I consider funny and slightly ironic, I'm pretty sure Donald Trump has managed to achieve what no Canadian government ever has: uniting most of Canada and getting them pissed off at the same thing at the same time. Yes, I even think that includes Quebec.
February 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
In a turn of events I consider funny and slightly ironic, I'm pretty sure Donald Trump has managed to achieve what no Canadian government ever has: uniting most of Canada and getting them pissed off at the same thing at the same time. Yes, I even think that includes Quebec.