Yes. Ridiculous.

Im from a very small town and everyone single HAS to be fair game because of math

You’ll laugh

But if the skier who died fired a gun first before dying, then it could be true! Still seems a wild headline

Came here to say the same thing

This is when I don’t check my 401K.

This was a very informational little exchange to read along with, like a little FAQ section — thanks!

That sucks!!

This intrigued me but can you elaborate on what you are saying -- I’m coming from a place of genuine ignorance and curiosity (and at the early stages of both engaging with AI and trying to upskill)

I have one Mayflower guy. But I’m descended from a kid he left behind in London.

I’ve mostly just got potato famine on both sides. And one English boy who just really didn’t want to be working on his ship anymore.

That’s HER mask

I don’t know, but it was a nice break from suddenly remembering something embarrassing I did decades ago and being almost taken out by a full-body cringe!

I was really wowed by the elegance and cleverness of a yelp review of a pizza place once (that turned out to be written be me several years ago).

Close up of red osier dogwood stem

Red osier dogwood twig, very bright red, close enough to see little scars

There’s a little insect on the red twig, shaped like a little grasshopper?

My fingers for scale, behind twig and tiny insect

Red osier dogwood twigs shooting up out of tangled berms of flood debris on the bank of the creek (Willamette Valley, January 2026)

Little tree or shrub with cottony seed pods that look like white blossoms the way the sun hits them

Getting closer to the fleecy white puffballs to examine

White fluff with creek water behind it

Playing with my phone’s camera to try to take super close photo — it looks a little like a marine invertebrate when you get close enough

Noticing things and zooming in, January in Willamette Valley

Carole Radziwill, is that you?

yeah! Not sustainable, a terrible idea, but a valid desire that is linked to both the psychological and the physiological

in support of you, Musketeer — Ive never been the type to tan and knew it was bad but when I lived in Alaska there were a couple months of the year when lying in a tanning bed felt like life-saving manna from heaven. Like truly important and greatly helpful.

Isn’t MOST of Christmas pagan rituals?

Licorice fern and friends. November 2025

Licorice ferns growing out of slab of Oregon white oak bark, photo taken in cloudy pre-dawn light

Licorice ferns growing out of slab of Oregon white oak bark (taken from fallen tree nearby, a couple years ago)… November 2025

I say show the ear!

Not exactly finding $20 in the pocket of an old coat!

Thank you. That does make it so weird.

Are there even roads in and out? I just keep seeing pictures of airstrip and swamp

I heard it exactly the same way — and I stopped to think about if it was a discrepancy or not — so consider it validated!

But it sounded gross too

I could not watch

Hot Girl Summer Coach came in like Mr. Rogers in glorious bikinied form for the islanders and their attitudes