writing is hard. Let's go shopping.

sign: YOUR LACK OF PLANNING IT'S NOT MY EMERGENCY

Europeans when asked to help unblock the Strait of Hormuz

It's all official and everything. I'm running for TAFF. It's exciting and nervewracking at the same time as I step out of my quiet shadow and in front of all fandom. If you're eligible, please vote. If not, I'll take all the luck I can get. :)

It's a fund that science fiction fandom has been doing for decades. One year it sends somebody from Europe to North America for a con, and the next year, it goes the other way. The con this year is the Berlin Eurocon, and I'm running to be the receipient of the fund. It's a really cool tradition.

This year is the year I've decided to try to step out of my comfort zone more often, and nowhere was that more than throwing my hat in the ring to be the #TAFF delegate. It's all done and dusted and the voting starts soon... we'll see what happens from there.

My dream decided to give me statistics about my dream before it woke me up. I don't remember much, but the "number of moon incidents" remained safely at zero, so there's that.

Back from a protest. It went very well, we must have had at least two thousand -- if not more -- in a very purple area in the Sac Metro Area. I got a little overstimulated and maybe slightly too much sun, but it was a good time. #nokings

My sister's protest sign read "No Kings but sports teams".

I've been a baseball fan a long time, and I'll be a baseball fan for the rest of my life, but I don't think I'm seeing another catch like that. HOLEE WOW.

I grew up where I saw that mountain every day. You should try to see it sometime. Lassen, too.

A grey tabby cat in the sun.

Hello Bluesky, I'd like you to meet Lassen Lafayette, the newest member of our household. #cat #proofofcat

Olive Ave & Harriet St, Altadena. Credit: Elliott Browne

Power lines.

Altadena in the wake of the #EatonFire

side view of a British destroyer, with two funnels, at sea.

Meet the destroyer HMS Glowworm. In April 1940 she was forced to fight the German Heavy Cruiser Admiral Hipper, ten times her size, and Hipper's destroyer escorts.

Her extraordinary last stand earned her captain the first Victoria Cross of WW2. In part because THE GERMANS nominated him for one /1 🧵

A grey and white kitty wrapped in a Christmas blanket.

Saying goodbye.

If there's anybody out there, I could use your thoughts and prayers for my little buddy Winter. He's hospitalized right now and he may not make it through. We really desperately need a Christmas miracle, and if there's anybody out there that can help...

This was the first photo we ever took of him.

Donate to Join Katrina and Jill in Aiding Winter, organized by Katrina Templeton Hi, our names are Katrina and Jill, and the beautiful boy you see in the pict… Katrina Templeton needs your support for Join Katrina and Jill in Aiding Winter

Winter is very very sick. I hope he stays my #proofofcat. gofund.me/03415c58

Donate to Join Katrina and Jill in Aiding Winter, organized by Katrina Templeton Hi, our names are Katrina and Jill, and the beautiful boy you see in the pict… Katrina Templeton needs your support for Join Katrina and Jill in Aiding Winter

I know I don't post on here much, but I have a very sick kitty that I'm afraid we may have to put down due to costs. If you could contribute a bit to my gofundme, or at least share, I'd really appreciate it. His name is Winter. gofund.me/03415c58

Even if you're not moved by the argument that Twitter is a rightwing cesspool thanks to its redpilled owner, the fact that foreign enemies are expressing concern that they won't be able to use Twitter to manipulate Americans anymore should be enough to warrant the exodus.

Mt. Shasta from near Redding

My mountain.

Calvin & Hobbes original press kit (front cover)

Calvin & Hobbes press kit (back cover)

When I was a kid (in the mid-1980s) my folks were friends w/the editor of the local newspaper. One day, we were at his office & he let me have my pick of the various press kits for new syndicated comic strips.

ME: "THIS one looks GREAT. The art is terrific & it's really funny."

#CalvinAndHobbes

Today is my birthday. Got a couple things planned, but it's mostly going to be a quiet day.

A picture of a television with a screen that reads "Good soup. Get a taste of adventure with these great games that just happen to feature soup." and a showcase of games.

Okay, this cracks me up. Xbox suggests games that "happen to contain soup".

I think it was special when we crossed the ten million user mark a couple months back. A quick Google isn't showing me much.

I don't remember now. Let me see if I can find it.

📌

A checklist for crawling out of a hole.

Well. That could have gone better.

Yeah, I posted a notice in the local discord server here (also split off) and will not similar in the spin-off Facebook group.

Breakfast of champions.