Hydrargyrum
@mercurymusing.bsky.social
All my news feeds have decayed, so here we are.
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Hydrargyrum
@mercurymusing.bsky.social
· Jan 27
A post for pinning!
Pronouns any. Let me know if I'm being annoying.
I've avoided Twitter for years and I've fallen off on the Fediverse, so I'm feeling my way around etiquette for this kind of service.
Finally diving in because my other sources for local news have decayed entirely. C'est la vie.
Pronouns any. Let me know if I'm being annoying.
I've avoided Twitter for years and I've fallen off on the Fediverse, so I'm feeling my way around etiquette for this kind of service.
Finally diving in because my other sources for local news have decayed entirely. C'est la vie.
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
Somebody just made a killing on toner sales, huh?
December 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Somebody just made a killing on toner sales, huh?
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Our news team reviewing the document dump have made an alarming discovery.
December 20, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Our news team reviewing the document dump have made an alarming discovery.
Lifehack:
Any time you have to ask for a bathroom code, stash that fucker in your phone somewhere
I've got a master note sorted by city and location
Most places rarely (if ever) change them, and then you don't have to hunt someone down or performatively purchase a trinket before going
Any time you have to ask for a bathroom code, stash that fucker in your phone somewhere
I've got a master note sorted by city and location
Most places rarely (if ever) change them, and then you don't have to hunt someone down or performatively purchase a trinket before going
December 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Lifehack:
Any time you have to ask for a bathroom code, stash that fucker in your phone somewhere
I've got a master note sorted by city and location
Most places rarely (if ever) change them, and then you don't have to hunt someone down or performatively purchase a trinket before going
Any time you have to ask for a bathroom code, stash that fucker in your phone somewhere
I've got a master note sorted by city and location
Most places rarely (if ever) change them, and then you don't have to hunt someone down or performatively purchase a trinket before going
Decided an omelot was a good option for an early lunch. Have a bandaid on a finger on my right hand, so was handling eggs with left hand.
Habitually crack them flat on the counter. First egg tapped a bit too gentle, had to wrangle it open.
Tapped second egg just a biiiiit harder
Habitually crack them flat on the counter. First egg tapped a bit too gentle, had to wrangle it open.
Tapped second egg just a biiiiit harder
December 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Decided an omelot was a good option for an early lunch. Have a bandaid on a finger on my right hand, so was handling eggs with left hand.
Habitually crack them flat on the counter. First egg tapped a bit too gentle, had to wrangle it open.
Tapped second egg just a biiiiit harder
Habitually crack them flat on the counter. First egg tapped a bit too gentle, had to wrangle it open.
Tapped second egg just a biiiiit harder
Chaser
Stephen Miller: "America’s might will secure America’s rights. America’s military will defend America’s destiny."
December 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Chaser
Shot
Stephen Miller: “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.”
@VanityFair photographer: “You do too.” 🔥 👀
(Also: He finds it “shocking” people think he should’ve covered Leavitt’s blemishes/injection sites) www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
@VanityFair photographer: “You do too.” 🔥 👀
(Also: He finds it “shocking” people think he should’ve covered Leavitt’s blemishes/injection sites) www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Shot
Just got a goody bag with like a 10 inch piece of sugarcane in it
Incredible experience, didn't even get to the candy and peanuts, just peeled it with my teeth and went to town
Incredible experience, didn't even get to the candy and peanuts, just peeled it with my teeth and went to town
December 17, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Just got a goody bag with like a 10 inch piece of sugarcane in it
Incredible experience, didn't even get to the candy and peanuts, just peeled it with my teeth and went to town
Incredible experience, didn't even get to the candy and peanuts, just peeled it with my teeth and went to town
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December 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
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This came out as part of a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration order to exclude certain immigrant children from Head Start
www.aclu.org/cases/washin...
www.aclu.org/cases/washin...
Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Assistance and Education Program et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy et al. | American Civil Liberties Union
The Trump Administration is threatening the future of Head Start – a program that has provided critical and evidence-based services—from education to childcare— to more than 40 million children and th...
www.aclu.org
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This came out as part of a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration order to exclude certain immigrant children from Head Start
www.aclu.org/cases/washin...
www.aclu.org/cases/washin...
When are we getting a Reneé Rapp cover of Hollaback Girl though
December 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
When are we getting a Reneé Rapp cover of Hollaback Girl though
lmao
"There are always coyotes. It's just easier to spot them when the leaves are gone. There probably aren't even that many, this looks like one group that moves around. Stop feeding wildlife though"
www.knkx.org/environment/...
"There are always coyotes. It's just easier to spot them when the leaves are gone. There probably aren't even that many, this looks like one group that moves around. Stop feeding wildlife though"
www.knkx.org/environment/...
Seattle sees uptick in reports of daytime coyote encounters
Nighttime coyote sightings are not uncommon in Western Washington. But a recent bump in reports of daytime encounters has some Seattle residents near Volunteer Park and the Washington Park Arboretum c...
www.knkx.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
lmao
"There are always coyotes. It's just easier to spot them when the leaves are gone. There probably aren't even that many, this looks like one group that moves around. Stop feeding wildlife though"
www.knkx.org/environment/...
"There are always coyotes. It's just easier to spot them when the leaves are gone. There probably aren't even that many, this looks like one group that moves around. Stop feeding wildlife though"
www.knkx.org/environment/...
Absolutely furious over this one. The anecdote from the doctor about the college kid has me wiping my eyes.
My kid has all the shots they'll give her, but she's going to watch kids in her cohort die unnecessary and terrible deaths.
www.kuow.org/stories/wash...
My kid has all the shots they'll give her, but she's going to watch kids in her cohort die unnecessary and terrible deaths.
www.kuow.org/stories/wash...
Washington, other West Coast states, go against CDC, recommend hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns
A CDC panel voted on Friday to recommend the hepatitis B vaccine only to the babies of mothers who test positive for the virus, and to suggest that, for all other babies, doctors and parents should ha...
www.kuow.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Absolutely furious over this one. The anecdote from the doctor about the college kid has me wiping my eyes.
My kid has all the shots they'll give her, but she's going to watch kids in her cohort die unnecessary and terrible deaths.
www.kuow.org/stories/wash...
My kid has all the shots they'll give her, but she's going to watch kids in her cohort die unnecessary and terrible deaths.
www.kuow.org/stories/wash...
This was a fun way to spend a Saturday!Everyone was so sincerely thrilled to be there and ready to tell you exactly how it was going to improve their lives.
www.kuow.org/stories/less...
www.kuow.org/stories/less...
Less traffic, more lunch options: Federal Way light rail opens Saturday
South King County commuters can finally trade three-bus transfers for a single train ride starting Saturday. For local restaurants, the new hungry passengers can't arrive soon enough.
www.kuow.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This was a fun way to spend a Saturday!Everyone was so sincerely thrilled to be there and ready to tell you exactly how it was going to improve their lives.
www.kuow.org/stories/less...
www.kuow.org/stories/less...
Blindly grabbed an old longsleeved heavy cotton undershirt from the closet this morning. Basic crew-neck knit tee style white work shirt.
Badly shrunk in the wash at one point (short sleeves and hem inches higher).
Having what I can only describe as a thundershirt reaction as the morning goes on.
Badly shrunk in the wash at one point (short sleeves and hem inches higher).
Having what I can only describe as a thundershirt reaction as the morning goes on.
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Blindly grabbed an old longsleeved heavy cotton undershirt from the closet this morning. Basic crew-neck knit tee style white work shirt.
Badly shrunk in the wash at one point (short sleeves and hem inches higher).
Having what I can only describe as a thundershirt reaction as the morning goes on.
Badly shrunk in the wash at one point (short sleeves and hem inches higher).
Having what I can only describe as a thundershirt reaction as the morning goes on.
Discovering everyone around me disagrees with my pronunciation of "titer"
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Discovering everyone around me disagrees with my pronunciation of "titer"
Saw that the local library's meet-at-a-bar book club was doing Kaliane Bradley's The Ministry of Time for the month and reread it in a weekend a couple of weeks ago.
Now incredibly nervous to just show up at the meeting today at the cider house.
What if I read the book wrong.
Now incredibly nervous to just show up at the meeting today at the cider house.
What if I read the book wrong.
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Saw that the local library's meet-at-a-bar book club was doing Kaliane Bradley's The Ministry of Time for the month and reread it in a weekend a couple of weeks ago.
Now incredibly nervous to just show up at the meeting today at the cider house.
What if I read the book wrong.
Now incredibly nervous to just show up at the meeting today at the cider house.
What if I read the book wrong.
Annual lighting of the fireplace has been attempted.
As is traditional, this was followed by the disabling of the smoke detector and the opening of the windows.
As is traditional, this was followed by the disabling of the smoke detector and the opening of the windows.
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Annual lighting of the fireplace has been attempted.
As is traditional, this was followed by the disabling of the smoke detector and the opening of the windows.
As is traditional, this was followed by the disabling of the smoke detector and the opening of the windows.
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When you don't have time for the full freakout
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
When you don't have time for the full freakout
Incredibly annoyed at this "17,000 illegal CDLs" headline that's doing the rounds.
As best I can tell this is all reposting or reporting on the same AP story, which is based on one DoT statement from Duffy.
Worse, the numbers seem to be pulled from the letter DoT initially sent to CA??
As best I can tell this is all reposting or reporting on the same AP story, which is based on one DoT statement from Duffy.
Worse, the numbers seem to be pulled from the letter DoT initially sent to CA??
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Incredibly annoyed at this "17,000 illegal CDLs" headline that's doing the rounds.
As best I can tell this is all reposting or reporting on the same AP story, which is based on one DoT statement from Duffy.
Worse, the numbers seem to be pulled from the letter DoT initially sent to CA??
As best I can tell this is all reposting or reporting on the same AP story, which is based on one DoT statement from Duffy.
Worse, the numbers seem to be pulled from the letter DoT initially sent to CA??
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November 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Motto of the decade
but fuck me why is it all so stupid
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Motto of the decade