@plumedae.bsky.social
Trying to save the planet. Voracious reader, closet writer, and listener rather than talker on social media.
I intended to major in math, but barely made it through calculus. Had a prof who managed to get 95% of the class to fail the midterm exam & a textbook (by Lipman Bers) that taught problem solving by saying "the rest is intuitively obvious to the alert reader." Lesson: failure isn't always personal.
February 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I intended to major in math, but barely made it through calculus. Had a prof who managed to get 95% of the class to fail the midterm exam & a textbook (by Lipman Bers) that taught problem solving by saying "the rest is intuitively obvious to the alert reader." Lesson: failure isn't always personal.
And picking the day when a grand jury refused to indict senators and reps on bogus charges for making a video reminding the military they can, indeed must, refuse illegal orders.
February 11, 2026 at 7:08 AM
And picking the day when a grand jury refused to indict senators and reps on bogus charges for making a video reminding the military they can, indeed must, refuse illegal orders.
English major, but managed to squeeze in:
1. Latin
2. Intro to Archaeology
3. Structure of Cities
4. History & Literature of the Bible
5. 19th-century French literature (in French)
1. Latin
2. Intro to Archaeology
3. Structure of Cities
4. History & Literature of the Bible
5. 19th-century French literature (in French)
January 31, 2026 at 2:59 PM
English major, but managed to squeeze in:
1. Latin
2. Intro to Archaeology
3. Structure of Cities
4. History & Literature of the Bible
5. 19th-century French literature (in French)
1. Latin
2. Intro to Archaeology
3. Structure of Cities
4. History & Literature of the Bible
5. 19th-century French literature (in French)
And they turned out in temps in the low teens, with wind chill warnings.
January 30, 2026 at 10:11 PM
And they turned out in temps in the low teens, with wind chill warnings.
This is so weak. Why just ICE & not CBP? All agents must get out of schools, churches, hospitals. End ICE/CBP "arrests" at courthouses for people following the rules & then take on DOJ for having imm. judges terminate cases just so law-abiding people can be detained & deported. And more...
January 28, 2026 at 9:06 PM
This is so weak. Why just ICE & not CBP? All agents must get out of schools, churches, hospitals. End ICE/CBP "arrests" at courthouses for people following the rules & then take on DOJ for having imm. judges terminate cases just so law-abiding people can be detained & deported. And more...
Stunning. Congratulations.
January 26, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Stunning. Congratulations.
Vance would do it in a nanosecond. The others would wait until they are sure they can get a less chaotic, but just as evil deal on their domestic agenda. And it's not clear we'd get improved foreign relations; more subtle destruction, perhaps.
January 20, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Vance would do it in a nanosecond. The others would wait until they are sure they can get a less chaotic, but just as evil deal on their domestic agenda. And it's not clear we'd get improved foreign relations; more subtle destruction, perhaps.
Broke my nose in the library when I was in college. Leaned around the carrel to throw something in the trash & whacked my glasses hard on the way back up—literally saw stars. It cracked along an old break line acquired when I tripped going up the gym bleachers at my high school awards assembly.
January 6, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Broke my nose in the library when I was in college. Leaned around the carrel to throw something in the trash & whacked my glasses hard on the way back up—literally saw stars. It cracked along an old break line acquired when I tripped going up the gym bleachers at my high school awards assembly.
Add that mail times have been dreadful this December, so may choke at tax & election time. Holiday cards took 11 days; b-day card sent 12/18 hasn't arrived in CA yet. Package sent to me spent 4 days going back & forth between 2 regional centers in the same state before getting on the road to me.
December 30, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Add that mail times have been dreadful this December, so may choke at tax & election time. Holiday cards took 11 days; b-day card sent 12/18 hasn't arrived in CA yet. Package sent to me spent 4 days going back & forth between 2 regional centers in the same state before getting on the road to me.
Happy birthday! My gift: life is even better in the 50s.
December 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Happy birthday! My gift: life is even better in the 50s.
Scary stuff. But maybe we could do something useful with "we should take America back for our native population." Guess he hasn't thought about what that means for him!
December 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Scary stuff. But maybe we could do something useful with "we should take America back for our native population." Guess he hasn't thought about what that means for him!
Plus, unless they change the rules for HSAs, they can be paired only with high-deductible plans that meet IRS rules. So that $1500 wouldn't cover even a small part of the deductible.
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Plus, unless they change the rules for HSAs, they can be paired only with high-deductible plans that meet IRS rules. So that $1500 wouldn't cover even a small part of the deductible.
The smug crassness about people dying is reason enough to throw all the admin appointees in prison. And, of course, those murderous policies.
December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The smug crassness about people dying is reason enough to throw all the admin appointees in prison. And, of course, those murderous policies.
Just wow--stunning photo.
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Just wow--stunning photo.
Yes! Just because we experience time as linear doesn't mean it is. Could be simultaneous, with ghosts being glimpses into other times. You'll believe in ghosts if you've ever sat on a bench in the central green in Salem, MA. That town is creepy and haunted, even on a sunny summer day.
November 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Yes! Just because we experience time as linear doesn't mean it is. Could be simultaneous, with ghosts being glimpses into other times. You'll believe in ghosts if you've ever sat on a bench in the central green in Salem, MA. That town is creepy and haunted, even on a sunny summer day.
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Yes! And a Prez, VP, AG, etc. who speak with the dignity and respect befitting their offices. I’m appalled—and embarrassed for our country—by the disdain, arrogance, and coarseness they ooze daily.
September 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Yes! And a Prez, VP, AG, etc. who speak with the dignity and respect befitting their offices. I’m appalled—and embarrassed for our country—by the disdain, arrogance, and coarseness they ooze daily.