Vera Tobin
@vtobin.bsky.social
Cognition, language, literature, occasional possums, potatoes. Being difficult. Elements of Surprise: Our Mental Limits and the Satisfactions of Plot.
Working towards maximizing efficiency in signage while maximizing inefficiency in sign-making methods (a special sign-lettering brush may have been involved)
October 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Working towards maximizing efficiency in signage while maximizing inefficiency in sign-making methods (a special sign-lettering brush may have been involved)
Trying to locate a source for narrow, removable highlighter tape, instead found this extremely trustworthy listing that seems to have been written by Friend Pelican
September 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Trying to locate a source for narrow, removable highlighter tape, instead found this extremely trustworthy listing that seems to have been written by Friend Pelican
Seems entirely possible that I will never read a book dedication that delivers a bigger gut punch than the dedication to Eckert's (wonderful) Meaning and Linguistic Variation.
July 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Seems entirely possible that I will never read a book dedication that delivers a bigger gut punch than the dedication to Eckert's (wonderful) Meaning and Linguistic Variation.
Everything about this is perfect, to me. (I am not myself at Bulgari, or partaking of the Bulgari wifi.)
May 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Everything about this is perfect, to me. (I am not myself at Bulgari, or partaking of the Bulgari wifi.)
A friend shares the important news that Udo Kier has a new film credit coming up! What I want to know—and, on reflection, I guess this what you’ll get because of the affordances of film—is what it’s like to be a chair in a woman’s body. I’m cautiously optimistic!
March 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A friend shares the important news that Udo Kier has a new film credit coming up! What I want to know—and, on reflection, I guess this what you’ll get because of the affordances of film—is what it’s like to be a chair in a woman’s body. I’m cautiously optimistic!
the fact that everyone in my house adores ginger in all its forms is what moved me to buy *a* jar of Korean ginger tea goo today. was the packaging what led me to buy *this* jar? well, yes. THIS BOTTLE SHAPE THAT ONLY WE CAN USE, you say? sign me up
February 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the fact that everyone in my house adores ginger in all its forms is what moved me to buy *a* jar of Korean ginger tea goo today. was the packaging what led me to buy *this* jar? well, yes. THIS BOTTLE SHAPE THAT ONLY WE CAN USE, you say? sign me up
long before I owned a PlayStation, someone signed up for an account with my email address, then did something to get themselves permanently banned. every once in a while i try to get Sony to fix it so i can have an account linked to my own email. this never works. today it failed extra fast
February 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
long before I owned a PlayStation, someone signed up for an account with my email address, then did something to get themselves permanently banned. every once in a while i try to get Sony to fix it so i can have an account linked to my own email. this never works. today it failed extra fast
I’ve been busy this month with other work and likely to go on being so for a while, but I want to start sharing more things here that I have been putting on instagram, so here is just one bit of art work in progress—this is a platter at the greenware stage (unfired)
February 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I’ve been busy this month with other work and likely to go on being so for a while, but I want to start sharing more things here that I have been putting on instagram, so here is just one bit of art work in progress—this is a platter at the greenware stage (unfired)
USPS is giving anhedonia vibes with this attempt at providing “winter whimsy”
December 11, 2024 at 5:28 PM
USPS is giving anhedonia vibes with this attempt at providing “winter whimsy”
"Well, Wilmer, I'm sorry indeed to lose you. But I want you to know I couldn't be fonder of you if you were my own son."
December 8, 2024 at 7:21 PM
"Well, Wilmer, I'm sorry indeed to lose you. But I want you to know I couldn't be fonder of you if you were my own son."
I feel like there are a lot of good possibilities for alternate/additional casting choices for A Muppet Maltese Falcon, but now that we've thought of the Beaker/Bunsen = Wilmer/Gutman it's hard to imagine anything else that could be righter
December 8, 2024 at 7:21 PM
I feel like there are a lot of good possibilities for alternate/additional casting choices for A Muppet Maltese Falcon, but now that we've thought of the Beaker/Bunsen = Wilmer/Gutman it's hard to imagine anything else that could be righter
always love seeing this one go by
December 2, 2024 at 6:58 PM
always love seeing this one go by
After the Party (2024)
November 30, 2024 at 4:08 PM
After the Party (2024)
My uplifting tee shirt from @roryblank.bsky.social is here!
November 26, 2024 at 9:21 PM
My uplifting tee shirt from @roryblank.bsky.social is here!
good morning, feat. tooth
November 22, 2024 at 4:22 PM
good morning, feat. tooth
the weather was dangerously cheerful for several hours there! not to worry, though, we have returned to normal levels of november monotone despair
November 20, 2024 at 7:35 PM
the weather was dangerously cheerful for several hours there! not to worry, though, we have returned to normal levels of november monotone despair
My child would like you all to see her Death of Rats costume. SQUEAK
November 1, 2024 at 12:30 AM
My child would like you all to see her Death of Rats costume. SQUEAK
This cat is practicing her modern dance.
October 29, 2024 at 12:24 AM
This cat is practicing her modern dance.
I was extra worried because last night she wasn’t interested in eating, which anyone who knows her will know is extremely unlike her. I thought she’d hurt her mouth somehow. But in fact it was just adrenaline and freakout. Rest and pets and quiet have restored her to her usual bouncy, hungry state.
October 24, 2024 at 1:05 PM
I was extra worried because last night she wasn’t interested in eating, which anyone who knows her will know is extremely unlike her. I thought she’d hurt her mouth somehow. But in fact it was just adrenaline and freakout. Rest and pets and quiet have restored her to her usual bouncy, hungry state.
She was in quite a state when we got home and we were very worried but her actual injuries turn out to be just a couple of roughly torn-out tufts of fur and a scratch on her muzzle.
October 24, 2024 at 1:01 PM
She was in quite a state when we got home and we were very worried but her actual injuries turn out to be just a couple of roughly torn-out tufts of fur and a scratch on her muzzle.
This (indoor) dumb baby got into a real cat fight yesterday! The door blew open while we were out and we think what happened is that the local cat we refer to as Friendly Bitey ambled in, leading our Minnow to go HELL NO and drive him off.
October 24, 2024 at 12:59 PM
This (indoor) dumb baby got into a real cat fight yesterday! The door blew open while we were out and we think what happened is that the local cat we refer to as Friendly Bitey ambled in, leading our Minnow to go HELL NO and drive him off.
This is a Minnow’s tail appreciation post and also a Minnow’s nap style appreciation post
May 24, 2024 at 8:13 PM
This is a Minnow’s tail appreciation post and also a Minnow’s nap style appreciation post
Machine translation of the day
May 23, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Machine translation of the day
Machine translation of the day, a description of the pictured tea bowl: "The picture is a brown haired w16.8h6. I got a single eyebrow inside and out. I made soil using the newly acquired Hiroba-kun's salt as the main ingredient. Agreed."
May 22, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Machine translation of the day, a description of the pictured tea bowl: "The picture is a brown haired w16.8h6. I got a single eyebrow inside and out. I made soil using the newly acquired Hiroba-kun's salt as the main ingredient. Agreed."