Justine Gardner
@jbgrumpstone.bsky.social
🖊Word creature. 🪶Birb person.
Basically just an old* fart-in-a-bottle left on a dusty shelf somewhere in Brooklyn, NY.
*Old enough to know that being anti-fascist is 👍.
website: www.grumpstonegazette.com
linktree: https://linktr.ee/justine.gardner
Basically just an old* fart-in-a-bottle left on a dusty shelf somewhere in Brooklyn, NY.
*Old enough to know that being anti-fascist is 👍.
website: www.grumpstonegazette.com
linktree: https://linktr.ee/justine.gardner
OH MY GOD. She is named for the one and only...
January 29, 2026 at 3:34 PM
OH MY GOD. She is named for the one and only...
One of my favorite fun facts about LEGO is before ol' Ole Kirk Christiansen got going with the plastics he manufactured this popular wooden "peace gun" in 1949. #internationalLEGOday
Also, always: #abolishice
Also, always: #abolishice
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
One of my favorite fun facts about LEGO is before ol' Ole Kirk Christiansen got going with the plastics he manufactured this popular wooden "peace gun" in 1949. #internationalLEGOday
Also, always: #abolishice
Also, always: #abolishice
Uh-oh. Lemon Pig 2026 isn’t looking so hot only 10 days in….
January 10, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Uh-oh. Lemon Pig 2026 isn’t looking so hot only 10 days in….
It’s all been so…just… yeah… 🙇♀️
So here’s my demon Wilson, aka the Slayer of Ankles, cozy and snug under the weighted blanket…
#caturday #voids #blackcats #🐈⬛
So here’s my demon Wilson, aka the Slayer of Ankles, cozy and snug under the weighted blanket…
#caturday #voids #blackcats #🐈⬛
January 10, 2026 at 2:16 PM
It’s all been so…just… yeah… 🙇♀️
So here’s my demon Wilson, aka the Slayer of Ankles, cozy and snug under the weighted blanket…
#caturday #voids #blackcats #🐈⬛
So here’s my demon Wilson, aka the Slayer of Ankles, cozy and snug under the weighted blanket…
#caturday #voids #blackcats #🐈⬛
Needs Must
Mrs. Chippy did a job of climbing the rigging; as good as any sailor. Once he jumped overboard after a fish and had to be retrieved with a specimen net. By the time thought of reaching land had turned to #abstraction, he was ordered killed. His flesh did not make a tender meal. #vss365
Mrs. Chippy did a job of climbing the rigging; as good as any sailor. Once he jumped overboard after a fish and had to be retrieved with a specimen net. By the time thought of reaching land had turned to #abstraction, he was ordered killed. His flesh did not make a tender meal. #vss365
January 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Needs Must
Mrs. Chippy did a job of climbing the rigging; as good as any sailor. Once he jumped overboard after a fish and had to be retrieved with a specimen net. By the time thought of reaching land had turned to #abstraction, he was ordered killed. His flesh did not make a tender meal. #vss365
Mrs. Chippy did a job of climbing the rigging; as good as any sailor. Once he jumped overboard after a fish and had to be retrieved with a specimen net. By the time thought of reaching land had turned to #abstraction, he was ordered killed. His flesh did not make a tender meal. #vss365
Hey let me grab my vintage 1942 cookbook and look up some holiday cookie reci—
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December 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Hey let me grab my vintage 1942 cookbook and look up some holiday cookie reci—
Uh…
Uh…
the internet may be under threat of being smothered to death by AI slop but if you can still dig deep into newspaper archives I'm a happy gal. This ad in the 12/16/25 edition of the NYT had me going, "Yeah and how did that work out?"
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
the internet may be under threat of being smothered to death by AI slop but if you can still dig deep into newspaper archives I'm a happy gal. This ad in the 12/16/25 edition of the NYT had me going, "Yeah and how did that work out?"
I mean neither author is wrong but damn if it were me I’d be salty that my book came out with the same exact title as someone else’s at the same time. Which is why if I ever publish an actual book it will be called something like “Pickle Dear” or “Crab Shatter” so as to avoid confusion. #booksky
December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I mean neither author is wrong but damn if it were me I’d be salty that my book came out with the same exact title as someone else’s at the same time. Which is why if I ever publish an actual book it will be called something like “Pickle Dear” or “Crab Shatter” so as to avoid confusion. #booksky
Trying to work on some other (bigger) stuff in my wee writing time, so I’m not obsessing over #vss365 as as much these days. (Although #aphotic is a tasty word. 🪼)
And all has been quiet here for the last hour…even the watch cat is at rest. 🐈⬛
#5amwritersclub #blackcat #amwriting
And all has been quiet here for the last hour…even the watch cat is at rest. 🐈⬛
#5amwritersclub #blackcat #amwriting
December 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Trying to work on some other (bigger) stuff in my wee writing time, so I’m not obsessing over #vss365 as as much these days. (Although #aphotic is a tasty word. 🪼)
And all has been quiet here for the last hour…even the watch cat is at rest. 🐈⬛
#5amwritersclub #blackcat #amwriting
And all has been quiet here for the last hour…even the watch cat is at rest. 🐈⬛
#5amwritersclub #blackcat #amwriting
The cat’s face always lets me know when someone (the child) who should be sleeping is creeping about the apartment…
#5amwritersclub
#5amwritersclub
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The cat’s face always lets me know when someone (the child) who should be sleeping is creeping about the apartment…
#5amwritersclub
#5amwritersclub
Evergreen, as the kiddos say…
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Evergreen, as the kiddos say…
Timing
He had no #goal when he set out for the cemetery. Just a brisk walk before sunset and the gates were locked. He had no desire to spend the night curled inside a ruined mausoleum. Although, if pressed, he’d choose one with an eastern view to watch the sun rise over the hill of graves. #vss365
He had no #goal when he set out for the cemetery. Just a brisk walk before sunset and the gates were locked. He had no desire to spend the night curled inside a ruined mausoleum. Although, if pressed, he’d choose one with an eastern view to watch the sun rise over the hill of graves. #vss365
![A photograph of a hill dotted with graves. In the foreground is a short tombstone with a red-leafed vine stretching across it. The grass is littered with autumn leaves. [Photo my own, taken at Green-Wood Cemtetery, Brookly, NY.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kwn5hweta73gzq4sdv6eitj/bafkreig7ocs7ejqvbbfpvgvcjvp35adoh6p5asfy2x65chqrkn7aohtbjq@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Insides, Out
Dissection day in #science class: the cloying stink of formaldehyde and the squelch of scalpel biting into vitreous humor. Some students are conscientious about slicing and pinning the required parts; others find the hard bean of the lens and reserve it for future use. #vss365
Dissection day in #science class: the cloying stink of formaldehyde and the squelch of scalpel biting into vitreous humor. Some students are conscientious about slicing and pinning the required parts; others find the hard bean of the lens and reserve it for future use. #vss365
![A detail from of an illustration showing a human skeleton leaning contemplatively at a table, its hand resting on the skull of another human. [Image by Thomas Geminus c. 1545, courtesy of NYPL public domain collection.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kwn5hweta73gzq4sdv6eitj/bafkreifgvc7o53muh75psbjsnbnrvrxznsv4h7rqyn6ef7n7rvld4khlb4@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Lookee at the little delight I got in the mail yestereve from @helleborezine.bsky.social
The cover is even more gorgeous in person.
#bookmail #📖📫
The cover is even more gorgeous in person.
#bookmail #📖📫
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Lookee at the little delight I got in the mail yestereve from @helleborezine.bsky.social
The cover is even more gorgeous in person.
#bookmail #📖📫
The cover is even more gorgeous in person.
#bookmail #📖📫
Language Arts
The teacher, new and unafraid, took great joy in teaching the #myths, reveling in epithet and aegis, pantheon and hubris. In her final class, she talked of Aphrodite’s birth on the half shell. She asked them to think of oysters, their shape, and the feel in their young mouths. #vss365
The teacher, new and unafraid, took great joy in teaching the #myths, reveling in epithet and aegis, pantheon and hubris. In her final class, she talked of Aphrodite’s birth on the half shell. She asked them to think of oysters, their shape, and the feel in their young mouths. #vss365
![An illustration with the word "Menu" in elegant lettering above and oyster on the half shell with fork. [Image c. 1900, from NYPL public domain collection.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kwn5hweta73gzq4sdv6eitj/bafkreigmxe4uj4uvxrih46fevrmzzd4vezhha7jd2gm5dk5oro2ynkxqyu@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Wisdom to Distinguish
A small #measure of whiskey before bed turns to two, then three. The bottle is nearing empty, although it had not started full. Your therapist talks of active avoidance and passive. Tell me which it is, then, when you pour the last glass and forget to set your alarm. #vss365
A small #measure of whiskey before bed turns to two, then three. The bottle is nearing empty, although it had not started full. Your therapist talks of active avoidance and passive. Tell me which it is, then, when you pour the last glass and forget to set your alarm. #vss365
![Illustrations from a book on watch making from mid 1800s. [Image courtesy of NYPL public domain archive. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb8aae70-c603-012f-0634-58d385a7bc34?canvasIndex=0]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kwn5hweta73gzq4sdv6eitj/bafkreidyywsureviytuju7qzserhgs6z5adez2rkndr7dfzvwpdcqkmizu@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Famine
The learning #language model was hungry. It’d eaten all the #literature, poetry, memoir, #law books, research papers. So they fed it 90s-era ’zines, mimeographed co-op newsletters from 1975. Bazooka Joe comics, jokes from Cracker Jack boxes, before they stopped giving away real toys. #vss365
The learning #language model was hungry. It’d eaten all the #literature, poetry, memoir, #law books, research papers. So they fed it 90s-era ’zines, mimeographed co-op newsletters from 1975. Bazooka Joe comics, jokes from Cracker Jack boxes, before they stopped giving away real toys. #vss365
![A blurry screenshot of a snippet of typewritten text from a 1970s newsletter for the Park Slope Food Co-op detailing updates about packaging. [Courtesy Brooklyn Public Library Brooklyn collection.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kwn5hweta73gzq4sdv6eitj/bafkreigym452eujunlg5lvgvefkt4xmwruvksjpgioc6c6ekp5qcwg4x5u@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Famine
The learning #language model was hungry. It’d eaten all the #literature, poetry, memoir, #law books, research papers. So they fed it 90s-era ’zines, mimeographed co-op newsletters from 1975. Bazooka Joe comics, jokes from Cracker Jack boxes, before they stopped giving away real toys. #vss365
The learning #language model was hungry. It’d eaten all the #literature, poetry, memoir, #law books, research papers. So they fed it 90s-era ’zines, mimeographed co-op newsletters from 1975. Bazooka Joe comics, jokes from Cracker Jack boxes, before they stopped giving away real toys. #vss365
Clearing Out
You find the objects used for your childhood spankings in a forgotten pile on the third floor; the internet names them laundry paddles. Then #history unravels for you from there. A hundred years ago, this house a laundry, a baby drowned in the hot lye of her mother’s labors. #vss365
You find the objects used for your childhood spankings in a forgotten pile on the third floor; the internet names them laundry paddles. Then #history unravels for you from there. A hundred years ago, this house a laundry, a baby drowned in the hot lye of her mother’s labors. #vss365
![A blue-tinged photo from early 1900s of crisscrossed lines of laundry hanging from the back of NY tenement buildings. [photo courtesy BPL public domain archives.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kwn5hweta73gzq4sdv6eitj/bafkreidspaebr35663xah6vnl5alwrjuod5tsr6opxfvtwhg6vuocc4iam@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🧙♀️Happy Halloween, Allhallowtide, Samhain, etc., to all who celebrate, my creeps!
![A an early 20th century postcard featuring an illustration of giant smiling carved pumpkins and red devils swirling around them. [From the collections of www.tuckdbpostcards.org.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kwn5hweta73gzq4sdv6eitj/bafkreihal6tsivm3ge524cit2fyzodnq65pa4vwrghrokpj3etx7ifow3m@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 10:32 AM
🧙♀️Happy Halloween, Allhallowtide, Samhain, etc., to all who celebrate, my creeps!
Earlier today: my large void napping in her small bed
October 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Earlier today: my large void napping in her small bed
Today’s NYT front page: Above the fold, using an old pre-demo photo with the caption: “Critics are outraged over its demolition, but *some* welcome a change.”
I assume in this instance, “some” means “oligarchs buying access and shitting on democracy,” right @nytimes.com?
I assume in this instance, “some” means “oligarchs buying access and shitting on democracy,” right @nytimes.com?
October 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Today’s NYT front page: Above the fold, using an old pre-demo photo with the caption: “Critics are outraged over its demolition, but *some* welcome a change.”
I assume in this instance, “some” means “oligarchs buying access and shitting on democracy,” right @nytimes.com?
I assume in this instance, “some” means “oligarchs buying access and shitting on democracy,” right @nytimes.com?
Oh wait so this is where the ICE babies are getting their gear
October 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Oh wait so this is where the ICE babies are getting their gear