Deep State Whine
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A straight shooter with upper management written all over him
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Late night merch drop! I’ve got four sets of quilted earrings up for grabs: ko-fi.com/s/bffea18248
Quilted earrings - OctopusGallery's Ko-fi Shop
Paper pieced quilted earrings, 1” wide and 3” long.
I cannot guarantee the findings are nickel free because I got them secondhand but other items th...
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January 31, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Late night merch drop! I’ve got four sets of quilted earrings up for grabs: ko-fi.com/s/bffea18248
Me: Well, my car is mobile, surely there's somewhere nearby I can drive us that escaped the storm and we can take a walk without risking serious injury.
The entire goddamned Commonwealth of Virginia:
The entire goddamned Commonwealth of Virginia:
January 31, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Me: Well, my car is mobile, surely there's somewhere nearby I can drive us that escaped the storm and we can take a walk without risking serious injury.
The entire goddamned Commonwealth of Virginia:
The entire goddamned Commonwealth of Virginia:
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#FindsFriday
Another very good boy: celebrated by owner on neck who is definitely not eating a Subway.
Rhyton drinking vessel from Menzies group of Apulian red-figure vase-painters 330-320 BC, before C3 BC #Roman conquest.
In National Archaeological Museum Domenico Ridola, Matera, Basilicata. 🏺
Another very good boy: celebrated by owner on neck who is definitely not eating a Subway.
Rhyton drinking vessel from Menzies group of Apulian red-figure vase-painters 330-320 BC, before C3 BC #Roman conquest.
In National Archaeological Museum Domenico Ridola, Matera, Basilicata. 🏺
January 30, 2026 at 12:17 PM
#FindsFriday
Another very good boy: celebrated by owner on neck who is definitely not eating a Subway.
Rhyton drinking vessel from Menzies group of Apulian red-figure vase-painters 330-320 BC, before C3 BC #Roman conquest.
In National Archaeological Museum Domenico Ridola, Matera, Basilicata. 🏺
Another very good boy: celebrated by owner on neck who is definitely not eating a Subway.
Rhyton drinking vessel from Menzies group of Apulian red-figure vase-painters 330-320 BC, before C3 BC #Roman conquest.
In National Archaeological Museum Domenico Ridola, Matera, Basilicata. 🏺
what
NEW: Snow showers could put down a coating between 3 and 8p TODAY, coinciding with pm rush
* Hit-or-miss snow showers/flurries
* What falls will stick
* Starts 3-4p in western areas, 4-5p around Beltway, exits 8p
* Could cause travel delays
More info: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
* Hit-or-miss snow showers/flurries
* What falls will stick
* Starts 3-4p in western areas, 4-5p around Beltway, exits 8p
* Could cause travel delays
More info: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
January 28, 2026 at 5:13 PM
what
Some people are trying way too hard at work today. This is not a real day, it is at best like a half, fake day. It's a day for chuckling at tasks and shrugging.
(Also apparently it's a day for me to manifest all the soreness from my multiple wipeouts on the neighborhood ice.)
(Also apparently it's a day for me to manifest all the soreness from my multiple wipeouts on the neighborhood ice.)
January 28, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Some people are trying way too hard at work today. This is not a real day, it is at best like a half, fake day. It's a day for chuckling at tasks and shrugging.
(Also apparently it's a day for me to manifest all the soreness from my multiple wipeouts on the neighborhood ice.)
(Also apparently it's a day for me to manifest all the soreness from my multiple wipeouts on the neighborhood ice.)
At work. Roads were actually generally fine, but someone really unplugged everyone's "good driving sense" computer and forgot to plug it back in.
January 28, 2026 at 3:09 PM
At work. Roads were actually generally fine, but someone really unplugged everyone's "good driving sense" computer and forgot to plug it back in.
4 of my team so far responding with varying degrees of polite laughter 🙃
OPM update for tomorrow: one hour delayed arrival in office or unscheduled telework
www.opm.gov/policy-data-...
www.opm.gov/policy-data-...
US OPM - DC area Federal Government Operating Status : Open - 1 hour Delayed Arrival - With Option for Unscheduled Leave or Unscheduled Telework
Welcome to opm.gov
www.opm.gov
January 28, 2026 at 12:44 AM
4 of my team so far responding with varying degrees of polite laughter 🙃
You ever just, like, look at Chad and Cameroon next to each other and realize they look like a dude in a beret playing a saxophone?
January 27, 2026 at 11:40 PM
You ever just, like, look at Chad and Cameroon next to each other and realize they look like a dude in a beret playing a saxophone?
It has been zero (0) days since two 2-cup Pyrex measuring cups fell out of the kitchen cabinet directly at my face. Remarkably, neither of them broke this time, whether because of or in spite of my catch-juggle-drop routine.
January 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM
It has been zero (0) days since two 2-cup Pyrex measuring cups fell out of the kitchen cabinet directly at my face. Remarkably, neither of them broke this time, whether because of or in spite of my catch-juggle-drop routine.
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The elderly lobsterwoman who was the subject of the best photo ever has passed away. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/27/m...
Virginia Oliver, Maine’s legendary ‘lobster lady,’ dies at 105 - The Boston Globe
“When I first started, there weren’t any women but me,” Mrs. Oliver told the Globe in 2021, when she was still lobstering at 101.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 PM
The elderly lobsterwoman who was the subject of the best photo ever has passed away. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/27/m...
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is it too late to call Bryan Fuller's Hannibal "Eated Rivalry"
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
is it too late to call Bryan Fuller's Hannibal "Eated Rivalry"
VRBO doing submarines now
January 27, 2026 at 12:54 AM
VRBO doing submarines now
Meatball is giving Shellshocked WWI Biplane Pilot energy after having to endure the ultimate torture (a 10 minute walk in the snow to do his business).
January 26, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Meatball is giving Shellshocked WWI Biplane Pilot energy after having to endure the ultimate torture (a 10 minute walk in the snow to do his business).
Doing a book cull for the first time in years for a local synagogue book sale. I have 3 book categories: (1) might read again; (2) definitely won't read again, donate; (3) definitely won't read again, but can't donate because I am attached to the feeling of remembering who I was when I read it.
January 25, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Doing a book cull for the first time in years for a local synagogue book sale. I have 3 book categories: (1) might read again; (2) definitely won't read again, donate; (3) definitely won't read again, but can't donate because I am attached to the feeling of remembering who I was when I read it.
Was thinking I might use tomorrow's Red X Day to brew the ale that S got me last year. It's all grain. I've... never actually done all grain brewing before. Done a ton of extract brewing; how much harder could it be? Did some reading about it. Yikes. Boy am I not ready for that on a day's notice!
January 25, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Was thinking I might use tomorrow's Red X Day to brew the ale that S got me last year. It's all grain. I've... never actually done all grain brewing before. Done a ton of extract brewing; how much harder could it be? Did some reading about it. Yikes. Boy am I not ready for that on a day's notice!
Snow is up to duck neck in Kingstowne
January 25, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Snow is up to duck neck in Kingstowne
That's, uh, 24 hours of precipitation? That's a lot of hours! That's kind of all of the hours.
Animated winter storm timeline
Here’s our best simulation of how this snow and ice storm may evolve in the Beltway area:
Snow (blue) arrives 10 p.m. to midnight tonight, changes to sleet (pink) around 10 a.m. Sunday, then flips to freezing rain (purple) by evening, ending shortly before midnight.
Here’s our best simulation of how this snow and ice storm may evolve in the Beltway area:
Snow (blue) arrives 10 p.m. to midnight tonight, changes to sleet (pink) around 10 a.m. Sunday, then flips to freezing rain (purple) by evening, ending shortly before midnight.
January 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM
That's, uh, 24 hours of precipitation? That's a lot of hours! That's kind of all of the hours.
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I want to stay informed but also every time I try to read the news
January 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I want to stay informed but also every time I try to read the news
The way this dog - who, I am certain, has been on multiple longer-than-normal walks today - manages to look not just expectant but morally outraged while whining to go out yet again (which he began as I started cooking dinner)
January 24, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The way this dog - who, I am certain, has been on multiple longer-than-normal walks today - manages to look not just expectant but morally outraged while whining to go out yet again (which he began as I started cooking dinner)
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Float like a glass squid.
What might it feel like to reach a state where your body’s density perfectly matches your surroundings? Their buoyant bodies are filled with ammonium chloride, which is lighter than seawater, helping them to conserve energy while traveling. 1,729 m #ArgentinianDeepSeeps
What might it feel like to reach a state where your body’s density perfectly matches your surroundings? Their buoyant bodies are filled with ammonium chloride, which is lighter than seawater, helping them to conserve energy while traveling. 1,729 m #ArgentinianDeepSeeps
January 16, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Float like a glass squid.
What might it feel like to reach a state where your body’s density perfectly matches your surroundings? Their buoyant bodies are filled with ammonium chloride, which is lighter than seawater, helping them to conserve energy while traveling. 1,729 m #ArgentinianDeepSeeps
What might it feel like to reach a state where your body’s density perfectly matches your surroundings? Their buoyant bodies are filled with ammonium chloride, which is lighter than seawater, helping them to conserve energy while traveling. 1,729 m #ArgentinianDeepSeeps
Read this; sat there, said out loud "Is it Jared Leto?" Googled. A tragedy in three acts.
finding out who's playing Skeletor in the new Masters of the Universe movie is some real "sack of wet mice" hours around here
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Read this; sat there, said out loud "Is it Jared Leto?" Googled. A tragedy in three acts.
S made an offhand remark about the changes in Nats games' broadcast plans for next season (essentially, MASN goes away and they're all-in on their flavor of MLB.tv), and that has me down a wormhole on our Verizon plans and I am MAD ABOUT IT
January 21, 2026 at 1:57 AM
S made an offhand remark about the changes in Nats games' broadcast plans for next season (essentially, MASN goes away and they're all-in on their flavor of MLB.tv), and that has me down a wormhole on our Verizon plans and I am MAD ABOUT IT
Me at 6pm last night: A lunch of sushi and fresh edamame will healthily sustain me through tomorrow :) :) :)
Me now: if I don't get a CheezIt in the next 20 minutes I will not be responsible for my actions :) :) :)
Me now: if I don't get a CheezIt in the next 20 minutes I will not be responsible for my actions :) :) :)
January 20, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Me at 6pm last night: A lunch of sushi and fresh edamame will healthily sustain me through tomorrow :) :) :)
Me now: if I don't get a CheezIt in the next 20 minutes I will not be responsible for my actions :) :) :)
Me now: if I don't get a CheezIt in the next 20 minutes I will not be responsible for my actions :) :) :)
Dang, tough crowd
January 19, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Dang, tough crowd
OK I've sworn off football, especially NFL football, but that was amazing
For those of you wondering what the sportsball exclamations were about:
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT
January 19, 2026 at 2:46 AM
OK I've sworn off football, especially NFL football, but that was amazing