Nora Bombay
@norabombay.bsky.social
Middle Aged. Mid Atlantic.
Permanently committed to Sparkle Motion. I have a thing about whales.
Same Nora Bombay as Tumblr, Dreamwidth, LiveJournal and the finer places of the internet. she/her
Permanently committed to Sparkle Motion. I have a thing about whales.
Same Nora Bombay as Tumblr, Dreamwidth, LiveJournal and the finer places of the internet. she/her
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Jumping into #ArtAdventCalendar with my winter-holiday nature puns 🐡 #christmascarols
December 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Jumping into #ArtAdventCalendar with my winter-holiday nature puns 🐡 #christmascarols
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Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
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The special issue I co-edited on "Melville's Queer Afterlives" is here and it's queer. This issue has EVERYTHING: gay pirates, dirty pictures, racist internet fanfic, Gilbert Gottfried, original poetry, and just so many French people.
Available at your library, but LMK if you're paywalled...
Available at your library, but LMK if you're paywalled...
Project MUSE - Leviathan-Volume 27, Number 3, October 2025
muse.jhu.edu
December 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The special issue I co-edited on "Melville's Queer Afterlives" is here and it's queer. This issue has EVERYTHING: gay pirates, dirty pictures, racist internet fanfic, Gilbert Gottfried, original poetry, and just so many French people.
Available at your library, but LMK if you're paywalled...
Available at your library, but LMK if you're paywalled...
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All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is a refreshing can of Coke Zero
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is a refreshing can of Coke Zero
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And if you be a philosopher, though seated in the whale-boat, you would not at heart feel one whit more of terror
December 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
And if you be a philosopher, though seated in the whale-boat, you would not at heart feel one whit more of terror
My most bougie lottery dream:
$$$ at Pottery Barn to replace all my bedding and pillows with new stuff - while keeping the old for layering and feel.
Since the current stuff is 1964-2024 vintage, with most pre-pandemic...
$$$ at Pottery Barn to replace all my bedding and pillows with new stuff - while keeping the old for layering and feel.
Since the current stuff is 1964-2024 vintage, with most pre-pandemic...
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
My most bougie lottery dream:
$$$ at Pottery Barn to replace all my bedding and pillows with new stuff - while keeping the old for layering and feel.
Since the current stuff is 1964-2024 vintage, with most pre-pandemic...
$$$ at Pottery Barn to replace all my bedding and pillows with new stuff - while keeping the old for layering and feel.
Since the current stuff is 1964-2024 vintage, with most pre-pandemic...
I want to thank 2024 Nora for buying a silky smooth fleece blanket to replace the decrepit white one.
And for putting it up in the closet where I forgot about it.
Lovely surprise
And for putting it up in the closet where I forgot about it.
Lovely surprise
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I want to thank 2024 Nora for buying a silky smooth fleece blanket to replace the decrepit white one.
And for putting it up in the closet where I forgot about it.
Lovely surprise
And for putting it up in the closet where I forgot about it.
Lovely surprise
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Who can tell how appalling to the wounded whale must have been such huge phantoms flitting over his head!
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Who can tell how appalling to the wounded whale must have been such huge phantoms flitting over his head!
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“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Hot Take of the day: 95% of all "tiny homes" would be better off purchasing a single wide manufactured home and installing it in place.
As a bonus, the single wide could have a ramp up the side, and be way more ADA friendly. Reasonable size bathroom, no mandatory death loft, much more suitable
As a bonus, the single wide could have a ramp up the side, and be way more ADA friendly. Reasonable size bathroom, no mandatory death loft, much more suitable
December 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Hot Take of the day: 95% of all "tiny homes" would be better off purchasing a single wide manufactured home and installing it in place.
As a bonus, the single wide could have a ramp up the side, and be way more ADA friendly. Reasonable size bathroom, no mandatory death loft, much more suitable
As a bonus, the single wide could have a ramp up the side, and be way more ADA friendly. Reasonable size bathroom, no mandatory death loft, much more suitable
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Increasingly clear we're headed to a deeply weird and dangerous place. But at least my failure to ever make the pivot to video may turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Increasingly clear we're headed to a deeply weird and dangerous place. But at least my failure to ever make the pivot to video may turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
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the whale’s vast plaited forehead forms innumerable strange devices for the emblematical adornment of his wondrous tun
December 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
the whale’s vast plaited forehead forms innumerable strange devices for the emblematical adornment of his wondrous tun
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Fuck yeah 🐋
for ever and for ever, to the crack of doom, the sea will insult and murder him, and pulverize the stateliest, stiffest frigate he can make
December 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Fuck yeah 🐋
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Yes, Melville, what kind of sicko would use a whale as an allegory
they might scout at Moby Dick as a monstrous fable, or still worse and more detestable, a hideous and intolerable allegory
December 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Yes, Melville, what kind of sicko would use a whale as an allegory
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Yes, Melville, what kind of sicko would use a whale as an allegory
they might scout at Moby Dick as a monstrous fable, or still worse and more detestable, a hideous and intolerable allegory
December 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🐋
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Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
LOS GATOS, CA—In an attempt to fend off growing competition from Paramount and Netflix, Plex CEO Keith Valory announced Monday that the streaming platform had submitted a $35 bid for Warner Bros. Disc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
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Come for the transportation survey (which all of you should take), stay for the bold new neighborhood boundary map
The City of Alexandria wants to know how you’re getting to the grocery store, the gym, and your favorite restaurant, and what might get you to leave the car at home more often.
City launches biennial transportation survey, seeking input on how Alexandrians get around
AlexMoves questionnaire open through Dec. 28
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Come for the transportation survey (which all of you should take), stay for the bold new neighborhood boundary map
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You can bet your bottom doubloon.
To-morrow, in the natural sun, the skies will be bright
December 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
You can bet your bottom doubloon.
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I strongly second this rec:
You could get all seven seasons of Legends of Tomorrow on Blu-ray for $60 (or $51 with coupon if this is your first order from Gruv, Warner's online store!) The first season is a bit rough but if you make it through there is a wild, fun, and very queer ensemble superhero adventure awaiting you!
DC's Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete Series (Box Set) [Blu-ray]
"DC's Legends of Tomorrow follows a ragtag group of misfit heroes charged with protecting time itself. This responsibility takes them across history, bringing them up against bizarre threats unlike an...
gruv.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I strongly second this rec:
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this interlude was over
December 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
this interlude was over
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look at my UK dawg they're inventing sumptuary laws for gender
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
look at my UK dawg they're inventing sumptuary laws for gender
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they might scout at Moby Dick as a monstrous fable, or still worse and more detestable, a hideous and intolerable allegory
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
they might scout at Moby Dick as a monstrous fable, or still worse and more detestable, a hideous and intolerable allegory
I was going to have a moral delima about going to Universal Epic Universe.
Its $200 for a one-day ticket in December, so my "No $ for the asshole JKR" goal mixes nice with "Not paying that much for a muffler" goal.
Moral delimma and argument with group avoided.
Its $200 for a one-day ticket in December, so my "No $ for the asshole JKR" goal mixes nice with "Not paying that much for a muffler" goal.
Moral delimma and argument with group avoided.
December 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I was going to have a moral delima about going to Universal Epic Universe.
Its $200 for a one-day ticket in December, so my "No $ for the asshole JKR" goal mixes nice with "Not paying that much for a muffler" goal.
Moral delimma and argument with group avoided.
Its $200 for a one-day ticket in December, so my "No $ for the asshole JKR" goal mixes nice with "Not paying that much for a muffler" goal.
Moral delimma and argument with group avoided.