Deb Gau
@debbigau.bsky.social
Non-adventures in the rural Midwest.
She/they.
She/they.
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In Winter Wonderland, when Bing sings “To face unafraid, the plans that we've made,” he’s talking about arson and insurance fraud.
December 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
In Winter Wonderland, when Bing sings “To face unafraid, the plans that we've made,” he’s talking about arson and insurance fraud.
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I was walking along, carefully watching my step on snow over ice, when I saw where a couple turkeys had slipped.
December 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I was walking along, carefully watching my step on snow over ice, when I saw where a couple turkeys had slipped.
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Based on one of multiple versions of a Pushkin poem, the 1910 film RUSALKA tells the tale of a prince who seduces and abandons a miller's daughter. She throws herself into the river and is reborn as a water nymph, then drowns him on his wedding day and uses his corpse as underwater decor.
December 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Based on one of multiple versions of a Pushkin poem, the 1910 film RUSALKA tells the tale of a prince who seduces and abandons a miller's daughter. She throws herself into the river and is reborn as a water nymph, then drowns him on his wedding day and uses his corpse as underwater decor.
So, uh, I went to cover a local cribbage tournament today. Fun assignment, lovely people, but, um . . .
Apparently the American Cribbage Congress's membership phone number is 1-888-PEGGING.
Apparently the American Cribbage Congress's membership phone number is 1-888-PEGGING.
December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
So, uh, I went to cover a local cribbage tournament today. Fun assignment, lovely people, but, um . . .
Apparently the American Cribbage Congress's membership phone number is 1-888-PEGGING.
Apparently the American Cribbage Congress's membership phone number is 1-888-PEGGING.
Worth a watch just to catch a glimpse of hippies in Loring Park. 😆
December 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Worth a watch just to catch a glimpse of hippies in Loring Park. 😆
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Everybody thinks they want a weird girl until she starts doing weird girl shit
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Everybody thinks they want a weird girl until she starts doing weird girl shit
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Don’t never let these old folk try to moralize to you fam y’all have no idea how chaotically horny y’all’s parents were at 9pm on Mondays
December 19, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Don’t never let these old folk try to moralize to you fam y’all have no idea how chaotically horny y’all’s parents were at 9pm on Mondays
Feeling vindicated that my refusal to drive touchscreen-heavy cars isn't just me being An Old.
New research finds that car touchscreens are so distracting that they induce "significant performance degradation" among drivers.
Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US.
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
Meanwhile, in-vehicle touchscreens remain completely unregulated in the US.
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
December 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Feeling vindicated that my refusal to drive touchscreen-heavy cars isn't just me being An Old.
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Got ur gifts here bitch
December 13, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Got ur gifts here bitch
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unless you both agree ahead of time that it's off the record, it's on the record. if you're a "savvy DC player" and don't know that, sucks to suck.
December 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
unless you both agree ahead of time that it's off the record, it's on the record. if you're a "savvy DC player" and don't know that, sucks to suck.
17, possibly 16 - I never made a true mix tape, but my siblings and I made a few "funny" faux radio shows with a Fisher-Price tape recorder as kids.
Show your age
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
December 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
17, possibly 16 - I never made a true mix tape, but my siblings and I made a few "funny" faux radio shows with a Fisher-Price tape recorder as kids.
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When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
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Really frustrating that Amy Klobuchar keeps voting how I expect Royce White would’ve
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Really frustrating that Amy Klobuchar keeps voting how I expect Royce White would’ve
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"please come back to twitter"
*yelling from inside the getting kicked in the nuts factory* it's actually insane that you guys won't come in here
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"please come back to twitter"
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
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it's really important that you watch this
Today I learned that Werner Herzog has an instaham account www.instagram.com/reel/DSNwWpg...
December 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
it's really important that you watch this
Holuday shopping done! Time to impulse-buy a bunch of huge tacky clip-on earrings online, and wonder what fresh madness I've fallen into.
December 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Holuday shopping done! Time to impulse-buy a bunch of huge tacky clip-on earrings online, and wonder what fresh madness I've fallen into.
Hell yeah, frozen north!
(Tho I don't think it'll keep them away for long.)
(Tho I don't think it'll keep them away for long.)
This article is sympathetic towards ICE but still a good read because it's clear that Minneapolis and Saint Paul are doing AMAZING work (with a little assistance from our weather).
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE operation shows the difficulty of immigration arrests amid pushback in frigid Minnesota
NBC News was granted exclusive access to accompany Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as they tried to arrest targets in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
www.nbcnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Hell yeah, frozen north!
(Tho I don't think it'll keep them away for long.)
(Tho I don't think it'll keep them away for long.)
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all i'm saying is that there were better options
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
all i'm saying is that there were better options
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Somewhere out there someone has formed a mental image of you based largely or even purely on your worst moment. Goodnight
December 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Somewhere out there someone has formed a mental image of you based largely or even purely on your worst moment. Goodnight
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
JFC. The wind tonight is gusting so strong, it's not merely rattling windows - I can feel the *floor* of my apartment vibrate.
I'm living the life of a Gothic heroine, hiding under about 4 quilts while The Wuthering claws at my chamber walls . . .
I'm living the life of a Gothic heroine, hiding under about 4 quilts while The Wuthering claws at my chamber walls . . .
December 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
JFC. The wind tonight is gusting so strong, it's not merely rattling windows - I can feel the *floor* of my apartment vibrate.
I'm living the life of a Gothic heroine, hiding under about 4 quilts while The Wuthering claws at my chamber walls . . .
I'm living the life of a Gothic heroine, hiding under about 4 quilts while The Wuthering claws at my chamber walls . . .
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ok i used to dream about going to the attack of the clones space diner but no more
imagining an all night diner in a redwall world. little rat smoking while cooking on a flaptop. burned coffee in an acorn mug. the whole thing is inside a pumpkin
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
ok i used to dream about going to the attack of the clones space diner but no more
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Everyone imitates Tolkien all the time except when it comes to the one way it would really matter: making the protagonist of your novel for children a short, fat, 50-year-old man who doesn't want to do anything.
December 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Everyone imitates Tolkien all the time except when it comes to the one way it would really matter: making the protagonist of your novel for children a short, fat, 50-year-old man who doesn't want to do anything.
Stupid Monday morning thoughts:
How long do you think the cats in the Pet Sematary remake spent in hair & makeup, to make them look crumpled and goopy like that?
How long do you think the cats in the Pet Sematary remake spent in hair & makeup, to make them look crumpled and goopy like that?
December 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Stupid Monday morning thoughts:
How long do you think the cats in the Pet Sematary remake spent in hair & makeup, to make them look crumpled and goopy like that?
How long do you think the cats in the Pet Sematary remake spent in hair & makeup, to make them look crumpled and goopy like that?