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iainpj.bsky.social
@iainpj.bsky.social
Chicago resident, rapidly aging
A Canadian drag queen has beat you to that one.
November 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Wait, whaddya got against tennis, of all things?
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Zingerman's is almost the ONLY thing I miss about Ann Arbor. Not least because it was the only place I've found outside the state that I could get New Mexico chorizo. (Different spices, finer ground than Mexican, plus no vinegar.)
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Scandalous! (not the key lime part -- who doesn't like key lime? -- but the sweet potato pie part.)
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The first time I had pumpkin pie -- four years old? -- I was PROFOUNDLY offended, because I'd only had sweet potato pie (of the orange ones) and didn't know such a mess even existed. Never changed that opinion, neither.

And there was also the Great Sweet Potato Pie Recipe War in the family.
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Oddly enough, yes, on the other account. Though it's been a while since I appealed anything.
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
O. I am surprise. So so surprise.

There's a similar, if different in kind, thing going on with Tumblr's "mature image" labeler. It literally can't tell if dark skinned people are wearing clothes or not.
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
You are very very evil.
Normally, I like that in a man, but in this case...
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 AM
OK, where? Not in this list, that's for sure. (Previous mention that cranberry is forbidden DOES NOT COUNT.)
November 23, 2025 at 5:29 AM
When I was a teenager, my mother and her cousin (lived down the block) used to pickle ALL THE THINGS at the end of summer. We (the kids) used to beg them to just pick one kitchen to pollute that house and we'd stay in the other one until they were done.
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 AM
As long as you can, anyway. I suspect that, in the not terribly distant future, the cost and equipment savings in NOT producing physical IDs will lead states to phasing them out. At which point, everyone is screwed.

But until then: get a physical ID card or license.
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
IANAL, of course, but I also suspect that it's going to create some very weird situations regarding illegal search and seizure.

Also, phones get stolen all the time, and you maybe don't want a legal ID traveling with it if you can avoid it.

Long thread short: just get a physical ID.
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
And a few of them may take the opportunity to, you know, take a wander through your messages and emails and whatnot. Because they can. (And if you think they won't, I got a bridge in New York for sale, cheap.)
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
First and foremost, it requires you to unlock your phone. Police will almost certainly -- and not quite unreasonably -- request that you hand your phone to them so they can get a better look at your digital ID. (And some may take it quite badly if you decline to do so.)
November 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I never once thought about what it meant, and then as a result of your post, looked it up. It's impressive that the actual explanation is *less* interesting than not thinking about it at all.
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM