Leisa
@leisamc.bsky.social
Technically she/her, but use any pronouns you like. Professional perfectionist (editor), fiber artist, theoretically a musician, 5th-gen Texan and not as proud of that as I used to be.
Rich Brotherton is immensely talented and a terrific guy.
Rich Brotherton has been a guitar virtuoso for over five decades, and he’s not done yet. https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/austin-guitarist-rich-brotherton-battling-als/
www.texasmonthly.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Rich Brotherton is immensely talented and a terrific guy.
Why yes, I AM wearing a 40-year-old sweatshirt today.
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Why yes, I AM wearing a 40-year-old sweatshirt today.
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Glad to pay my $30 in taxes for USPS. I pay more in taxes for other services that benefit Americans far less.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Glad to pay my $30 in taxes for USPS. I pay more in taxes for other services that benefit Americans far less.
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Today's non-awful Christmas song advent calendar track is another a capella one, the Monkees performing the sixteenth century villancico "Riu Chiu".
Yes, they *could* sing that well.
Yes, they *could* sing that well.
The Monkees - Riu Chiu (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by The Monkees
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Today's non-awful Christmas song advent calendar track is another a capella one, the Monkees performing the sixteenth century villancico "Riu Chiu".
Yes, they *could* sing that well.
Yes, they *could* sing that well.
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WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
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All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
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That's right... Harrison Ford
You know who was also a carpenter and spoke truth to power 🤔
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
That's right... Harrison Ford
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
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My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Horny toads
Prairie dogs
Armadillos
Roadrunners
Foxes
Horny toads
Prairie dogs
Armadillos
Roadrunners
Foxes
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Sea lions
Sea otters
Water moccasins
Javelina
Armadillos
Sea lions
Sea otters
Water moccasins
Javelina
Armadillos
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Bald eagle
Marmot
Elk
Snapping turtle
Humpback whale
Bald eagle
Marmot
Elk
Snapping turtle
Humpback whale
November 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Horny toads
Prairie dogs
Armadillos
Roadrunners
Foxes
Horny toads
Prairie dogs
Armadillos
Roadrunners
Foxes
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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
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pig-like he whines
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
pig-like he whines
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In, like, 25, 30 years, word nerds will be on whatever kind of social media platform then exists, gently correcting people and saying, "Actually, no. While that popular folk etymology is understandable, the phrase 'trumped up charges' actually originated much earlier ..."
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In, like, 25, 30 years, word nerds will be on whatever kind of social media platform then exists, gently correcting people and saying, "Actually, no. While that popular folk etymology is understandable, the phrase 'trumped up charges' actually originated much earlier ..."
This is halfway through the thread. Reading all of it is enlightening.
If you make $200,000 a year, quite a bit more than poverty level, you end up more than 20 blocks away. Quite a distance!
4/8
4/8
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is halfway through the thread. Reading all of it is enlightening.
NGL, I screamed when I saw this. pushwin dot com still points to the old website with Nguyen.
November 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
NGL, I screamed when I saw this. pushwin dot com still points to the old website with Nguyen.
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For our non Houston friends, these are LAWYERS 😂
When Pusch broke up with Nguyen and hooked up with Wynne, I was curious what would happen to the Brokeback Mountain billboard.
I’m not mad about this.
I’m not mad about this.
November 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
For our non Houston friends, these are LAWYERS 😂
Thank you for articulating why this is bugging me so much!
NBC has a history of clumsy, failed rebranding. 1975 vs. 2025:
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Thank you for articulating why this is bugging me so much!
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Don't get it twisted...we old women want to move abroad, too.
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Don't get it twisted...we old women want to move abroad, too.
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@amiberger.bsky.social What if we do not fear a field sobriety stop?
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
@amiberger.bsky.social What if we do not fear a field sobriety stop?
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This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
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Florence and the Machine Covir Bandes:
Siena and the Devyce
Milan and the Contraptioun
Orvieto and the Mechanism
Venyce and the Gadget
Gubbio and the Whirligig
Spoleto and the Apparatus
Siena and the Devyce
Milan and the Contraptioun
Orvieto and the Mechanism
Venyce and the Gadget
Gubbio and the Whirligig
Spoleto and the Apparatus
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Florence and the Machine Covir Bandes:
Siena and the Devyce
Milan and the Contraptioun
Orvieto and the Mechanism
Venyce and the Gadget
Gubbio and the Whirligig
Spoleto and the Apparatus
Siena and the Devyce
Milan and the Contraptioun
Orvieto and the Mechanism
Venyce and the Gadget
Gubbio and the Whirligig
Spoleto and the Apparatus
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A democratic sweep was the perfect way to honor Dick Cheney's death. Well done, everyone. See you tomorrow.
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A democratic sweep was the perfect way to honor Dick Cheney's death. Well done, everyone. See you tomorrow.