“Bird strike issue” wtf

Is this why my 6:12 departure is delayed on the runway 30 mins?

Way too many damn people at the airport at 4 am

A pale had with a dark burned splotch on the back behind the thumb and first finger

That time in 2021 I didn’t wash all the secretly-AHA-containing hand cream off my hands before mowing the lawn the next day #NeverAgain

a photo of a gas canister that says TO BE USED BY TRAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRECTIONAL OR MILITARY PERSONNEL

a photo of a gas canister that says DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY

Picking up trash in the blocks around the Alex Pretti memorial this morning and found two munitions thawing out of the snow

The 2026 Atlantic storm name list: Arthur Bertha Cristobal Dolly Edouard Fay Gonzalo Hanna Isaias Josephine Kyle Leah Marco Nana Omar Paulette Rene Sally Teddy Vicky Wilfred

the 2026 Atlantic hurricane names have been released, and I need to tell you all right now that if I get swept off this mortal coil by a storm named Kyle I am haunting the halls of the World Meteorological Organization until the end of time

He’s a bad person, and he was raised by another bad person to have bad values. He’s built fame on being a bad person. He’s not changing his stripes at this point.

Getting a PhD and then working outside academia is dope. My advisees who’ve done that are more or less uniformly happy and feel that they’re using the skills they trained on. (I talked to one today who just landed a great gig). Just wanted to convey that to anyone it might benefit.

Shoutout to my fall 2000 roommate who introduced me to good shit like this instead of whatever used cassettes I could get at Sound Exchange for less than $5 / stack if rejected CDs I scavenged from KTRU for free

God forbid a bird have a hobby

This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

What if more than half of us just have really messed up blood they can’t use and they’re not telling us

It’s easy to get it wrong and expensive to experiment with getting it right. I have had thirty years to learn and I still default to not wearing any.

You might have luck finding a little extra from someone else’s project on FB marketplace

1 block after this intersection we walked by a mom & kid (who we don’t know, but do pass often on the sidewalk) as they waited for the schoolbus.

They were checking out the recently bloomed tulips at the corner and we joined in, admiring the hints of spring together. 🌷

Cars dehumanize people.

Never doubt the power of skillfully complaining. It can change the world.

Yes and in the winter I mostly walk/stay home/take the bus so ymmv

I tend to drive with my windows down in my pedestrian neighborhood & it’s also very good for awareness of who is around you, for example if someone is approaching a crosswalk you can be more proactive about waiting for them instead of scooting through like “oops my bad, I’ll try harder next time!”

I got a squash seedling and I heard next month there may be some more food crops. Also someone brought bee balm, which is not a thing I am familiar with but seemed like an outdoor plant.

A brown-and-white tabby cat and a black-and-white cat sitting side by side

They are different sizes, but they’re best friends

I bonked my shin slightly on the wheel of the wheelie bin while bringing it in after trash day and rubbed my pants leg thinking hmm I hope the bruise won’t be too bad. That night I took off my pants and discovered it broke the skin. Well.

Teaching grandma windows 10, it's sleek design isn't helping at all. before it was a button that looked like plastic, now I have to explain it like runes: movie the cursor down and 4 Squares will appear, move cursor on them and a circle with a line will appear, under which the treasure is hidden

God forbid the world should be made comfortable to be in. Everything has to become an app, or service or bullshit, all served with ads that are explicitly designed to confuse people into making mistakes so they can steal their money for no reason.

I looked this up a while ago out of curiosity and if someone blurs an address it can never be un-blurred again in the future, even if they move away and no longer own it

I recently heard someone mention wearing an item of clothing one last time “on a farewell tour” before retiring/donating it and there are a couple of older pieces I’m considering giving this treatment to as a show of gratitude for their service.

I would love it if those of you who do not have library cards will apply for one at your local branch during #NationalLibraryWeek. Then let me know about it. 😇

I’ve had the same editor since 1967. Many times he has said to me over the years or asked me, Why would you use a semicolon instead of a colon? And many times over the years I have said to him things like: I will never speak to you again. Forever. Goodbye. That is it. Thank you very much. And I leave. Then I read the piece and I think of his suggestions. I send him a telegram that says, OK, so you’re right. So what? Don’t ever mention this to me again. If you do, I will never speak to you again

Maya Angelou on the joys of being edited

Mine is right behind you!

“If you said ‘How to get to heaven from Belfast,’ you are wrong. It was never well-known” -AI probably

I came in as usual from the Goucher side, found no empty spaces on the ground floor, went upstairs and parked near the entrance to the store I wanted purely by accident. Not even sure I could recreate it.