Given that, y'know, everything up to now, I'd say she had a point. I believe it too.

My mother, who grew up in time to be the Counterculture, 10000% believed in this theory. "They didn't want anyone to turn out like us again," she'd say. "They wanted more control. So they razed education."

Saying Goodbye : ms-demeanor.tumblr.com : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive A workbook for people engaged in end-of-life planning or who have survived a loss. This workbook is full of tools to organize information and make it...

@coldchef.bsky.social here's a non sweary version of that book about dealing with after someone dies: archive.org/details/sayi...

Baby Jessica happened at exactly the right time for me to develop a lifelong fear of being stuck in a hole.

This changes things!

Is the sartorial act of Porky Pigging / Donald Ducking:

A: wearing a shirt and nothing else
B: wearing a shirt and underpants
C: both
D: wtf are you on about, Indi
E: I call it something else

I just wanna call out @elfherself.bsky.social, a fellow Glitchen, for sending me this booklet which has been the most help (and the funniest) through this whole crappy process. THANK YOU. seriously, thank you.

This is fundamentally the business model of for-profit software since 1995.

The first hit is free, kid.

People look at the "Handmaid's Tale" naming conventions for the women and think it looks odd - "Ofglen, Offred" - but until the 1970s you were known as "Mrs. Husband's-First-and-Last-Name" and in 2026 have headlines like this

Needs a hot air balloon.

Given the age I'm assuming it's gas powered.

I think the funny car post broke containment.

You are doing your best, froggie friend.

Nissan Pivo2

Reminds me of the Nissan Pivo 2 concept car from the mid-2000s:

That is absolutely ridiculous and I love it. It looks like Pixar animated it.

How is it going?

Celeste Roberge’s sculpture “The Weight of Grief” #art

I'm sorry you have to deal with all this 🙁

A seafoam green car. It's not like any other car out there. The cabin is cylindrical, resting on a base where the wheels and headlights are. A woman in a black polka dot top is driving it. It is a deeply silly vehicle.

The 1970 Urbanina. Attn: @mostlymartha.bsky.social

Yes it's real: programming.dev/post/30113079

I will, thank you. ❤️

Having a sadness day. Staying in bed about it, mostly, except for dog maintenance.

Blargh grieving sucks.

A crocodile with a zig zag shape

Crocodile

This crocodile is SKEDADDLING.

Whew.

Hah! Not the wink, the hand.

Roxie Hart from Chicago, holding up the back of her hand to her mouth

Is there a name for this gesture?

Wow! That is really not the case here.

Damn, but it's expensive to dispose of a human body. There are all these fees and surcharges. Having life insurance pay for it, the literal thing that life insurance is for, costs 250 dollars.

The trick is to give them fake data and write it all down so when they ask you for it again you can make them think you've really bought it.