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Foul-mouthed yellow-dog Democrat, knitter from Illinois. She/her. Probably not that interesting. A student of mine once wrote on an evaluation, "She thinks she's funny, but she's not."

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indigoace.bsky.social
Maybe it's like this guy:
It's all a little like the tale of the roadside merchant who was asked to explain how he could sell rabbit sandwiches so cheap. "Well," he said, "I have to put in some horse meat too. But I mix 'em fifty-fifty: one horse, one rabbit." Excerpt from ch. 9 of How To Lie With Statistics, by Darrell Huff
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
You can try substituting for the buttermilk if you can't face the store. From Substituting Ingredients: The A to Z Kitchen Reference by Becky Sue Epstein, plus my notes:
Buttermilk, 1 cup = 1 cup milk plus 2 teaspoons cream of tartar = 1 cup sour cream = ½ cup plain, low-fat yogurt plus ½ cup milk = 1 cup plain, low-fat yogurt Substitute 1: White vinegar 1 tablespoon white vinegar + enough milk to make 1 cup Substitute 2: Lemon juice 1 tablespoon lemon juice + enough milk to make 1 cup To make each of these substitutes for buttermilk, stir the ingredients together and let them sit for about 10 minutes so the milk can "sour." Then go ahead, use it as a substitute for buttermilk in baking.
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
indigoace.bsky.social
Reposting because I uploaded the wrong image. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Anyway, this recipe for cranberry stewed apples works well. I add 1 teaspoon vanilla at the end because I have homemade vanilla extract on my kitchen counter.
CRANBERRY STEWED APPLES (Pass) Printed from COOKS.COM https://cooks.com/1d5mo6bk 6 med. tart apples, must hold their shape when cooked; peeled, cored & quartered 2 c. fresh whole cranberries 1 c. sugar 1/2 c. water 1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. ginger 1/2 tsp. ground allspice 1/4 tsp. ground cloves Place the apples in saucepan with cranberries, sugar, water, salt, cinnamon, ginger, allspice and cloves. Cover and bring to boiling point. Cook 15 minutes or until apples are tender and skins of cranberries have burst. Cool. Serve with poultry or veal or add an additional 1/4 cup sugar and serve as a dessert.
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
This.
[T]he greatest efforts made by the defeated insurgents since the close of the war have been to promulgate the idea that the cause of liberty, justice, humanity, equality, and all the calendar of the virtues of freedom, suffered violence and wrong when the effort for southern independence failed. This is, of course, intended as a species of political cant, whereby the crime of treason might be covered with a counterfeit varnish of patriotism, so that the precipitators of the rebellion might go down in history hand in hand with the defenders of the government, thus wiping out with their own hands their own stains; a species of self-forgiveness amazing in its effrontery, when it is considered that life and property-justly forfeited by the laws of the country, of war, and of nations, through the magnanimity of the government and people-was not exacted from them. -George Henry Thomas, November 1868.1391 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henry_Thomas
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
Ingredients:
V8 Hot Honey 100% VEGETABLE JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE WITH ADDED INGREDIENTS [Heat level symbol] Medium INGREDIENTS: VEGETABLE JUICE WATER AND CONCENTRATED JUICES OF TOMATOES, CARROTS, CELERY, BEETS, PARSLEY, LETTUCE, WATERCRESS, SPINACH), HONEY, SALT, VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID), NATURAL FLAVORING, BETA CAROTENE, CITRIC ACID, CHILI PEPPER EXTRACT.
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
indigoace.bsky.social
Reposted with alt text because I discovered a tool in iPad Photo that helps me do this:
Text: Bernie or Hillary? Be informed. Compare them on the issues that matter. Issue: Star Wars Under Bernie's picture: "Star Wars is an excellent series and I thought Episode 7 was a nice return to the franchise's roots." Under Hillary's picture: [makes 'Live Long and Prosper' hand signal]
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
Re-posting with alt text:
Cartoon of 2 little girls walking in a snowy landscape Dialogue: Frame 1 HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE STATE OF GEOPOLITICS TODAY? GREAT! Frame 2 WHY? Frame 3 I USED TO HAVE THIS DREAM WHERE I WAS BEING CHASED BY A WEREWOLF. AS IT GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER, MY LEGS GROW SMALLER AND SMALLER, UNTIL I FIND MYSELF LURCHING ALONG, USING ONLY MY ARMS. I PULL MYSELF FORWARD, MY MUSCLES GROWING WEAK UNTIL I CAN NO LONGER MOVE Frame 4 AND THEN... THEN I FEEL THE SWAMPY BREATH OF THE BEAST AS ITS TEETH CLOSE AROUND MY THROAT. Frame 5 AND YOU STOPPED HAVING THAT NIGHTMARE NOW? NO. IT JUST DOESNT SEEM SO BAD ANYMORE. АННН https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/geopolitics
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
indigoace.bsky.social
I also have a banger cartoon pinned to my profile.
Five frame cartoon, taking place in what looks like a diner booth Title frame: A Cheerio (round torus) is fleeing in horror. Text: Agnes by Tony Cochran 1st frame: Agnes looks down at a bowl of cereal. I LIKE CHEERIOS I LIKE TO TELL THEM STORIES AS THEY FLOAT AROUND CN THEIR BACKS. THEY SEEM SO VERY APPRECIATIVE. 2nd frame: Pull back to reveal Agnes' grandmother sitting on the other side, holding a newspaper, witb a cup of coffee. Agnes: THEY JUST STARE UP AT ME, THEIR LITTLE, ROUND MOUTHS PERMANENTLY AGAPE WITH AN ENCHANTED LOOK OF WONDERMENT. Grandmother: AND THEN YOU _EAT_ THEM? 3rd frame: Tight shot of Agnes staring down at her bowl 4th frame: View of them sitting at the breakfast table Agnes thought balloon: MAYBE IT'S HORROR Copyright © 2003 Creators Syndicate, Inc.
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
indigoace.bsky.social
I drilled down to the candy center of these nested skeets, Charlie Brown.
Scoob@scoobydoucheb... • 28d You Are Witnessing A Great Becoming, Charlie Brown --screenshot of https://bsky.app/profile/scoobydouchebag.bsky.social/post/3m43y5jemqc2o
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
But things had already changed so much even by Inauguration Day 2017. How many campaign-ending events had already occurred that had patently failed to end Trump's campaign? I'm certain there would have been a fuss, I just don't think it would have lasted long enough to publish a children's book.
Screenshot of a Bluesky skeet ( https://bsky.app/profile/kibblesmith.com/post/3m664y4cimc2f ) commenting on a screenshot of an X.com tweet which is commenting on a quoted tweet: Level 1 (Bluesky) Daniel Kibblesmith • @kibblesmith.com As somebody situated in that exact cultural space at that time, this is *mind blowingly accurate.* The landscape is SO different, it feels like remembering a parallel universe. Level 2 (Twitter): mr locke sportello @BenShh1, X.com we would have talked about this for weeks on end in 2017. there would have been a bestselling children's picture book by Samantha Bee called The Piggy That Wouldn't Be Quiet Level 3 (Twitter): Pop Base, @PopBase • 3d "Quiet, piggy!" - Donald Trump snaps at female reporter asking about the Epstein files.
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett's statement with alt text:
Jasmine Crockett REPRESENTING TEXAS' 30TH DISTRICT Today an individual showed up to my D.C. office and made white supremacist threats and hand gestures. Everyone is safe, and I want to thank Capitol Police for their swift response. But let me be crystal clear: this cannot become the norm. We're living in a time where political violence is being fueled from the very top. When the President of United States spreads hate and lies, when he targets his political opponents, when he openly calls for the death of sitting Members of Congress, he is putting a literal target on our backs. The President should be committed to unity, not more division. Some folks have questioned why I need security. This is why. Every time I speak truth, stand up for my constituents, or call out corruption, the threats get louder-and more dangerous. I will not be intimidated. I will not be silenced. I will continue to show up for the people of Texas' 30th Congressional District. But we cannot pretend that this is normal. When leaders promote hate, hate shows up sometimes right at our door.
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
I made this apple pie on Election Night 2016. I was a bit upset with the returns.
An apple pie, with a top crust that has been viciously stabbed for ventilation rather than calmly perforated with steam vents
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
I have sleep apnea, and I love my CPAP. It doubles as an under-the-covers monster snorkel. 🙂
Far Side cartoon showing two monsters menacing a little boy in bed under the covers. He is breathing through a snorkel. Caption: "The monster snorkel: Allows your child to breathe comfortably without exposing vulnerable parts to an attack."
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
Heh.
Picture of a cute little teary-eyed kitten Text: "EVERY TIME A REPUBLICAN WINS, A KITTEN CRIES. "VOTE DEMOCRATIC FOR THE KITTENS."
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
Add Prairie Farms Dairy to that list. They're in Illinois.
Text: Brands Prairie Farms produces a wide range of products and sells them through multiple branded partners. These brands are: Southern Belle Dairy Company, LLC[8] Luvel Dairy Products, Inc.[8] Ice Cream Specialties, Inc.[8] Turner Dairy Holdings, LLC[8] Hiland Dairy Galvan Foods Company[8] Roberts Dairy Company[8] Hiland-Roberts Ice Cream Company[8] Muller-Pinehurst Dairy, Inc.[8] Madison Farms Butter Company[8] Coleman Dairy[8] Central Dairy[citation needed] Broughtons Dairy[citation needed] Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_Farms_Dairy
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
Holy crap, this is heinous!
Last October, a recruiter for the Royal Canadian Air Force woke up to find herself locked out of her Facebook account. The woman, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of her military status, had been hacked. Soon a picture of a fake employment badge with her face on it appeared on her account – along with the text, “I’m super happy to announce I’m crypto currency certified.” --excerpt from https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/ The recruiter said she immediately filed multiple reports with Meta. As weeks went by without a response, her account began claiming that she had struck it rich with crypto – even acquiring land for a dream home – and she wanted to give her friends the same opportunity. The recruiter said her supervisor tried to get the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to help, but was told that Meta doesn’t usually respond to hacked-account reports from the Mounties. So the recruiter warned her friends not to interact with her account and asked them to report her account to Meta, too. Asked about the incident, the RCMP said it regularly raises reports of abuse on platforms such as Meta, but declined to comment on the specific case. Nothing happened. After about a month, Mike Lavery, a former Canadian army officer who the recruiter had worked with years before, called her. He'd lost C$40,000 (about $28,000) after investing in the crypto scam. --excerpt from https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/ “I thought I was talking to a trusted friend who has a really good reputation,” Lavery told Reuters about the recruiter’s hijacked Facebook account. “Because of that, my guard was down.” The recruiter said she cried when Lavery told her what had happened. “People were being harmed because they trust me,” she said. She said she pleaded with friends to continue reporting her rogue account. “Dozens of people reported it, multiple times each,” she said, estimating that Meta received more than 100 reports. By the time Meta finally took her hacked account offline, at least four other military colleagues had been defrauded, she said. Brian Mason, an Edmonton Police investigator, was able to help track C$65,000 of the victims’ stolen funds to Nigeria. But recovering the money would likely be difficult or impossible, he told Reuters, because “the money was converted into bank accounts in Nigeria that we can’t touch.” Meta declined to comment on the air force recruiter’s hacked account or its victims. --excerpt from https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
indigoace.bsky.social
Jimenez's side of the story:
Lawyers for Jimenez offered a counter narrative. They said that Jimenez reversed because he was afraid, then was unnecessarily shot in the back of his right shoulder, where a bullet remains lodged. The agents’ actions were “unreasonably aggressive” and a violation of their own policies, said attorney Robert Simon. Jimenez, who lives in the mobile home park along the same road, approached the officers to “tell them that there’s kids that are coming out to wait for the bus,” according to his lawyers. “He was telling them, ‘Excuse me. Can you guys please, you know, please wrap this up.’ And immediately, the masked agent pulls out a gun and exchanges some words,” said lawyer Cynthia Santiago. “[The agent is] also shaking his pepper spray.” --Excerpt from https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-02/lawyers-say-ice-shot-us-citizen-from-behind-as-he-stopped-to-warn-them-of-childre “He’s in fear, and he’s trying to get out of the situation,” she said. The agents and their cars had blocked one southern lane on Vineyard Avenue and jutted into a second. “He had to reverse to get away,” said Simon. “Then there was a shot from the side, back passenger window, to the car,” Santiago said. “Use of deadly force is to be used as a last resort. Coming out to communities with guns drawn is the opposite.” --Excerpt from https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-02/lawyers-say-ice-shot-us-citizen-from-behind-as-he-stopped-to-warn-them-of-childre
November 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
The feds have a different account of the incident, but they're known to be flagrant liars, so 🤷🏻‍♀️?
Federal authorities have painted a different picture of what happened. According to the complaint filed in the Central District of California on Friday, Jimenez pulled up to three immigration officers, two from Border Patrol and another form ICE and “engaged in a verbal altercation,” it states. An ICE agent, identified as E.O., approached Jimenez in his Lexus and told him to leave. Then the agent “holstered” his fire arm and pulled out his pepper spray, according to the complaint. Jimenez pulled his car forward to the left. “The Lexus then stopped, turned its wheels, and then rapidly accelerated in reverse back toward” a Border Patrol agent named in the complaint as “Officer N.J.” and the Honda the agents had stopped, which had three people inside. --excerpt from https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-02/lawyers-say-ice-shot-us-citizen-from-behind-as-he-stopped-to-warn-them-of-childre
November 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
Yep. News media can create crime waves that aren't there. From Darrell Huff's How to Lie with Statistics:
It is all reminiscent of the way that Lincoln Steffens and Jacob A. Riis, as New York newspapermen, once created a crime wave. Crime cases in the papers reached such proportions, both in numbers and in space and big type given to them, that the public demanded action. Theodore Roosevelt, as president of the reform Police Board, was seriously embarrassed. He put an end to the crime wave simply by asking Steffens and Riis to lay off. It had all come about simply because the reporters, led by those two, had got into competition as to who could dig up the most burglaries and whatnot. The official police record showed no increase at all. [From How To Lie With Statistics, by Darrell Huff]
November 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
It's the Crazification Factor. 27% of the population is nuts.

Source: kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2005/10/lunc...
John: Hey, Bush is now at 37% approval. I feel much less like Kevin McCarthy screaming in traffic. But I wonder what his base is -- Tyrone: 27%. John: ... you said that immmediately, and with some authority. Tyrone: Obama vs. Alan Keyes. Keyes was from out of state, so you can eliminate any established political base; both candidates were black, so you can factor out racism; and Keyes was plainly, obviously, completely crazy. Batshit crazy. Head-trauma crazy. But 27% of the population of Illinois voted for him. They put party identification, personal prejudice, whatever ahead of rational judgement. Hell, even like 5% of Democrats voted for him. That's crazy behaviour. I think you have to assume a 27% Crazification Factor in any population.
October 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
Congratulations on joining the Under Covers Monster Snorkeling Society! 😃
Far Side cartoon, showing 2 monsters menacing a little boy under the covers. The boy is breathing through a snorkel which pokes outside the covers. Caption: "The monster snorkel: Allows your child to breathe comfortably without exposing vulnerable parts to an attack."
October 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
indigoace.bsky.social
Wow.
Pie chart, mostly blue with a small yellow wedge. Caption: Did this happen? Key: Blue: No Yellow: No, but in yellow
October 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
I think about this paragraph when people talk about rising crime at a time when crime has been falling for years. Media sensationalism has created that impression in contradiction to the facts.
"It is all reminiscent of the way that Lincoln Steffens and Jacob A. Riis, as New York newspapermen, once created a crime wave. Crime cases in the papers reached such proportions, both in numbers and in space and big type given to them, that the public demanded action. Theodore Roosevelt, as president of the reform Police Board, was seriously embarrassed. He put an end to the crime wave simply by asking Steffens and Riis to lay off. It had all come about simply because the reporters, led by those two, had got into competition as to who could dig up the most burglaries and whatnot. The official police record showed no increase at all." From How To Lie With Statistics by Darrell Huff, Chapter 10: "How to Talk Back to a Statistic," subchapter "Did Somebody Change the Subject?"
October 3, 2025 at 4:27 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
My sympathies! This one likes to cuddle & then let out a silent but deadly.
A calico cat emerging from a cat condom staring off to your left. She does not look pleased.
September 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
indigoace.bsky.social
From my photo files:
avoidingapples: 14th century doctors be like "i don't know what's wrong with you but you're a woman so i diagnose you with witchcraft" avoidingapples: 19th century doctors be like "i don't know what's wrong with you but you're a woman so i diagnose you with hysteria" avoidingapples: 21st century doctors be like "i don't know what's wrong with you but you're a woman so i don't believe anything is wrong with you and won't diagnose you" tempest-caller: That's not entirely fair. Sometimes they also diagnose you as "fat."
September 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM