Eleanor
@ellieiactaest.bsky.social
Quiet New Englander, living her best life in a less great world. Scale modeling, wargaming, overly complex computer games. Fewer jeremiads then there used to be. 🏳️⚧️
Oh why not?
Let's kill an hour or two together
January 20, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Oh why not?
Post a car pic you took.
This one's fresh from yesterday. Some people need to take better care of their toys.
This one's fresh from yesterday. Some people need to take better care of their toys.
January 19, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Post a car pic you took.
This one's fresh from yesterday. Some people need to take better care of their toys.
This one's fresh from yesterday. Some people need to take better care of their toys.
The world has failed to collapse and I don't trust it.
January 17, 2026 at 8:16 PM
The world has failed to collapse and I don't trust it.
Fuck it. Let's go.
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Fuck it. Let's go.
As we head into the long weekend, beware of anyone discussing nonviolent resistance in such a way that they don't address the fact that the operative word is "resistance."
January 16, 2026 at 4:01 PM
As we head into the long weekend, beware of anyone discussing nonviolent resistance in such a way that they don't address the fact that the operative word is "resistance."
Never thought I'd see General Winter deploying his divisions in America. But I also never thought I'd see an occupying force in America cities.
January 15, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Never thought I'd see General Winter deploying his divisions in America. But I also never thought I'd see an occupying force in America cities.
I somehow doubt that "think she was innocent? The woman we killed was a *member of her PTA*!" will land the way they want it to.
What's next? Did she bake delicious cookies? Grow flowers in her garden?
What's next? Did she bake delicious cookies? Grow flowers in her garden?
January 14, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I somehow doubt that "think she was innocent? The woman we killed was a *member of her PTA*!" will land the way they want it to.
What's next? Did she bake delicious cookies? Grow flowers in her garden?
What's next? Did she bake delicious cookies? Grow flowers in her garden?
The day after the amazing final strip of Calvin & Hobbes ran in my local paper something new took it's place on the Monday comics page. Something called Dilbert.
That Adams is dead and Watterson still lives feels like a great cosmic injustice has been corrected.
That Adams is dead and Watterson still lives feels like a great cosmic injustice has been corrected.
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The day after the amazing final strip of Calvin & Hobbes ran in my local paper something new took it's place on the Monday comics page. Something called Dilbert.
That Adams is dead and Watterson still lives feels like a great cosmic injustice has been corrected.
That Adams is dead and Watterson still lives feels like a great cosmic injustice has been corrected.
Reposted by Eleanor
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January 12, 2026 at 11:45 PM
this still slaps youtu.be/ZQ_MEFVx5jM?...
The West River.
No, I won't say which one.
No, I won't say which one.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
The West River.
No, I won't say which one.
No, I won't say which one.
I love building tiny versions of things! Scale modeling, wargaming, Lego, that sort of thing. I haven't typically gone out of my way to post some of that in the past, but maybe I should.
I'm also a history buff, though that feels a bit close to politics at the moment to feel comfortable indulging.
I'm also a history buff, though that feels a bit close to politics at the moment to feel comfortable indulging.
u heard sharon, everyone post about their esoteric interests right fucking now. for the good of the community, we need to be hyperfixationmaxxing.
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
January 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I love building tiny versions of things! Scale modeling, wargaming, Lego, that sort of thing. I haven't typically gone out of my way to post some of that in the past, but maybe I should.
I'm also a history buff, though that feels a bit close to politics at the moment to feel comfortable indulging.
I'm also a history buff, though that feels a bit close to politics at the moment to feel comfortable indulging.
Stepped off the curb to board a bus, stepped on uneven ground, fell and broke my leg in three places.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
😅
😅
January 5, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Stepped off the curb to board a bus, stepped on uneven ground, fell and broke my leg in three places.
Then would have been Pokémon Silver.
Now would be like 4 or 5 games from the attract image alone and a desire to trade the AAA game industry of 2026-2030 for another taste of 1999.
Now would be like 4 or 5 games from the attract image alone and a desire to trade the AAA game industry of 2026-2030 for another taste of 1999.
Quote this with your favourite game from 1999 NOW, and what your favourite was THEN (if you had one)
Localisations/expansions count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
For a fuller refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
- PSA: Metal Gear Solid and Half-Life were 1998 -
Localisations/expansions count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
For a fuller refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
- PSA: Metal Gear Solid and Half-Life were 1998 -
January 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Then would have been Pokémon Silver.
Now would be like 4 or 5 games from the attract image alone and a desire to trade the AAA game industry of 2026-2030 for another taste of 1999.
Now would be like 4 or 5 games from the attract image alone and a desire to trade the AAA game industry of 2026-2030 for another taste of 1999.
Began listing some Warhammer stuff for sale to contribute to a dear friend's surgery fund. Like two items right now, but it's something I can do.
January 3, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Began listing some Warhammer stuff for sale to contribute to a dear friend's surgery fund. Like two items right now, but it's something I can do.
When you tragically realize in the shower that the brilliant solution that came to you yesterday in the shower won't work.
January 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
When you tragically realize in the shower that the brilliant solution that came to you yesterday in the shower won't work.
2025 was a challenge, more than the years immediately before. 2026 seems likely to be more of the same. I am assailed by doubt and fear, and find myself wondering if I'm up to the challenges placed in my path. But I'm damn well going to try.
January 1, 2026 at 5:08 AM
2025 was a challenge, more than the years immediately before. 2026 seems likely to be more of the same. I am assailed by doubt and fear, and find myself wondering if I'm up to the challenges placed in my path. But I'm damn well going to try.
Even in these days of 3-D printed excess availability of some things is really limited. All I'm looking for is western European civilians from between 1900 and 1910 in 1/72 scale! Bonus points if there's a carriage or an early car.
December 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Even in these days of 3-D printed excess availability of some things is really limited. All I'm looking for is western European civilians from between 1900 and 1910 in 1/72 scale! Bonus points if there's a carriage or an early car.
You could get by with just the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack for holiday listening if you needed to.
December 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
You could get by with just the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack for holiday listening if you needed to.
I keep seeing everyone doing awesome Lego stuff but they haven't released anything that really does it for me in a while. Oh well.
December 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I keep seeing everyone doing awesome Lego stuff but they haven't released anything that really does it for me in a while. Oh well.
Started a year-end cleaning of my workbench. First step: discovering the box of doom that was the result of LAST year's year-end cleaning of the workbench and reacquainting myself with the contents.
December 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Started a year-end cleaning of my workbench. First step: discovering the box of doom that was the result of LAST year's year-end cleaning of the workbench and reacquainting myself with the contents.
And with the lighting of the glögg, the festivities kick into gear. A merry Christmas to you and yours. May it be warm and glowing and beautiful.
December 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
And with the lighting of the glögg, the festivities kick into gear. A merry Christmas to you and yours. May it be warm and glowing and beautiful.
Spending the longest night with a take & bake pizza and the Savoy cocktail book.
December 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Spending the longest night with a take & bake pizza and the Savoy cocktail book.
Hidden within the gift of poetry is the secret curse of being compelled to write it.
December 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Hidden within the gift of poetry is the secret curse of being compelled to write it.
If I close my eyes I can practically SEE the status lights blinking red.
Angry tendons, angry bones, a stiff knee, a locked up muscle in my back.
Angry tendons, angry bones, a stiff knee, a locked up muscle in my back.
December 21, 2025 at 3:55 AM
If I close my eyes I can practically SEE the status lights blinking red.
Angry tendons, angry bones, a stiff knee, a locked up muscle in my back.
Angry tendons, angry bones, a stiff knee, a locked up muscle in my back.
Finished the last of my gift shopping as the sun set behind the city tonight.
December 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Finished the last of my gift shopping as the sun set behind the city tonight.