Nora Bombay
@norabombay.bsky.social
Middle Aged. Mid Atlantic.
Permanently committed to Sparkle Motion. I have a thing about whales.
Same Nora Bombay as Tumblr, Dreamwidth, LiveJournal and the finer places of the internet. she/her
Permanently committed to Sparkle Motion. I have a thing about whales.
Same Nora Bombay as Tumblr, Dreamwidth, LiveJournal and the finer places of the internet. she/her
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some of you scoffed at me but there is legit something weird going on here
December 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
some of you scoffed at me but there is legit something weird going on here
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the first and only impeachment proceeding against a supreme court justice was over excessive partisanship fyi
Via MS NOW: Emil Bove is in attendance at Trump’s speech in Pennsylvania tonight.
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
the first and only impeachment proceeding against a supreme court justice was over excessive partisanship fyi
Some day when I don't have a homework deadline: Disney Adults and Hermes Bag cults* as a representation of upper middle class aspirational dreams.
They both cost $20k, but Disney is harder to money launder and resell. Disney is 'family' focused the purse is individuals.
*or other fancy bag.
They both cost $20k, but Disney is harder to money launder and resell. Disney is 'family' focused the purse is individuals.
*or other fancy bag.
December 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Some day when I don't have a homework deadline: Disney Adults and Hermes Bag cults* as a representation of upper middle class aspirational dreams.
They both cost $20k, but Disney is harder to money launder and resell. Disney is 'family' focused the purse is individuals.
*or other fancy bag.
They both cost $20k, but Disney is harder to money launder and resell. Disney is 'family' focused the purse is individuals.
*or other fancy bag.
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happy stylish but illegal monkey day to all who celebrate!!!!! by the way his name is darwin and he lives a farm now
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
happy stylish but illegal monkey day to all who celebrate!!!!! by the way his name is darwin and he lives a farm now
A work project just concluded successfully. I want a celebratory drink.
My body has decided to hate alcohol.
This is not fair.
Sparking fruit juice it is, purple colored.
My body has decided to hate alcohol.
This is not fair.
Sparking fruit juice it is, purple colored.
December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A work project just concluded successfully. I want a celebratory drink.
My body has decided to hate alcohol.
This is not fair.
Sparking fruit juice it is, purple colored.
My body has decided to hate alcohol.
This is not fair.
Sparking fruit juice it is, purple colored.
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Laying off 70,000 people right before Christmas and refusing to extend healthcare premiums through Obamacare so people don’t DIE but wondering why people are burning candles of Luigi Mangione
December 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Laying off 70,000 people right before Christmas and refusing to extend healthcare premiums through Obamacare so people don’t DIE but wondering why people are burning candles of Luigi Mangione
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🐋 Melville did nothing wrong!
taxonomy 101: whales are not fish
taxonomy 201: whales are hoofed animals
taxonomy 301: whales are fish
taxonomy 201: whales are hoofed animals
taxonomy 301: whales are fish
December 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
🐋 Melville did nothing wrong!
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I am brimming with holiday spirit
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I am brimming with holiday spirit
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This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
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STAND AND DELIVER
Man arrested, accused of robbing Tulsa liquor store with antique gun
Man arrested, accused of robbing liquor store with antique gun
The Tulsa Police Department arrested a man accused of robbing a south Tulsa liquor store with an antique gun on Friday night.
www.fox23.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
STAND AND DELIVER
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Everyone the day after it finally happens.
December 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Everyone the day after it finally happens.
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Jumping into #ArtAdventCalendar with my winter-holiday nature puns 🐡 #christmascarols
December 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Jumping into #ArtAdventCalendar with my winter-holiday nature puns 🐡 #christmascarols
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Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
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The special issue I co-edited on "Melville's Queer Afterlives" is here and it's queer. This issue has EVERYTHING: gay pirates, dirty pictures, racist internet fanfic, Gilbert Gottfried, original poetry, and just so many French people.
Available at your library, but LMK if you're paywalled...
Available at your library, but LMK if you're paywalled...
Project MUSE - Leviathan-Volume 27, Number 3, October 2025
muse.jhu.edu
December 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The special issue I co-edited on "Melville's Queer Afterlives" is here and it's queer. This issue has EVERYTHING: gay pirates, dirty pictures, racist internet fanfic, Gilbert Gottfried, original poetry, and just so many French people.
Available at your library, but LMK if you're paywalled...
Available at your library, but LMK if you're paywalled...
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All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is a refreshing can of Coke Zero
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is a refreshing can of Coke Zero
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And if you be a philosopher, though seated in the whale-boat, you would not at heart feel one whit more of terror
December 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
And if you be a philosopher, though seated in the whale-boat, you would not at heart feel one whit more of terror
My most bougie lottery dream:
$$$ at Pottery Barn to replace all my bedding and pillows with new stuff - while keeping the old for layering and feel.
Since the current stuff is 1964-2024 vintage, with most pre-pandemic...
$$$ at Pottery Barn to replace all my bedding and pillows with new stuff - while keeping the old for layering and feel.
Since the current stuff is 1964-2024 vintage, with most pre-pandemic...
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
My most bougie lottery dream:
$$$ at Pottery Barn to replace all my bedding and pillows with new stuff - while keeping the old for layering and feel.
Since the current stuff is 1964-2024 vintage, with most pre-pandemic...
$$$ at Pottery Barn to replace all my bedding and pillows with new stuff - while keeping the old for layering and feel.
Since the current stuff is 1964-2024 vintage, with most pre-pandemic...
I want to thank 2024 Nora for buying a silky smooth fleece blanket to replace the decrepit white one.
And for putting it up in the closet where I forgot about it.
Lovely surprise
And for putting it up in the closet where I forgot about it.
Lovely surprise
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I want to thank 2024 Nora for buying a silky smooth fleece blanket to replace the decrepit white one.
And for putting it up in the closet where I forgot about it.
Lovely surprise
And for putting it up in the closet where I forgot about it.
Lovely surprise
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Who can tell how appalling to the wounded whale must have been such huge phantoms flitting over his head!
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Who can tell how appalling to the wounded whale must have been such huge phantoms flitting over his head!
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“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Hot Take of the day: 95% of all "tiny homes" would be better off purchasing a single wide manufactured home and installing it in place.
As a bonus, the single wide could have a ramp up the side, and be way more ADA friendly. Reasonable size bathroom, no mandatory death loft, much more suitable
As a bonus, the single wide could have a ramp up the side, and be way more ADA friendly. Reasonable size bathroom, no mandatory death loft, much more suitable
December 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Hot Take of the day: 95% of all "tiny homes" would be better off purchasing a single wide manufactured home and installing it in place.
As a bonus, the single wide could have a ramp up the side, and be way more ADA friendly. Reasonable size bathroom, no mandatory death loft, much more suitable
As a bonus, the single wide could have a ramp up the side, and be way more ADA friendly. Reasonable size bathroom, no mandatory death loft, much more suitable
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Increasingly clear we're headed to a deeply weird and dangerous place. But at least my failure to ever make the pivot to video may turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Increasingly clear we're headed to a deeply weird and dangerous place. But at least my failure to ever make the pivot to video may turn out to be a blessing in disguise.