dracaena marginalia
@opheliainwaders.bsky.social
Arts, progressivism, nature, shenanigans.
Photo: NOAA. Opinions: my own.
Photo: NOAA. Opinions: my own.
Real Saudi orb vibes tbh
This is the most horrific trophy I’ve ever seen. It looks like a cursed object found in a desert crypt.
December 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Real Saudi orb vibes tbh
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are dyson vacuums from dyson spheres
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
are dyson vacuums from dyson spheres
Sometimes when no one’s near me on the road, I use my blinkers anyway, just because it’s the right thing to do.
Virtue turn signaling.
Virtue turn signaling.
December 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Sometimes when no one’s near me on the road, I use my blinkers anyway, just because it’s the right thing to do.
Virtue turn signaling.
Virtue turn signaling.
“She goes to a different school, you wouldn’t know her.”
Nigel Farage says he won't release the names of his former school friends who have written to him to say he definitely wasn't a massive racist and anti-semite, because journalists will: "chase after them and make their life a misery"
December 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“She goes to a different school, you wouldn’t know her.”
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This is why I support freedom of expression.
Appropriately, it is the chaos of a system that supports free speech that gives rise to the grand process of democratic self-governance and the ideally upward arc of human progress and flourishing.
Yesterday a Stoppard play, today a tweet.
Appropriately, it is the chaos of a system that supports free speech that gives rise to the grand process of democratic self-governance and the ideally upward arc of human progress and flourishing.
Yesterday a Stoppard play, today a tweet.
December 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is why I support freedom of expression.
Appropriately, it is the chaos of a system that supports free speech that gives rise to the grand process of democratic self-governance and the ideally upward arc of human progress and flourishing.
Yesterday a Stoppard play, today a tweet.
Appropriately, it is the chaos of a system that supports free speech that gives rise to the grand process of democratic self-governance and the ideally upward arc of human progress and flourishing.
Yesterday a Stoppard play, today a tweet.
Good news, after having 2 kids all my clothes can do this!
I thought I was having a stroke when I saw this. But, nope, it’s real
www.bergdorfgoodman.com/p/marc-jacob...
www.bergdorfgoodman.com/p/marc-jacob...
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Good news, after having 2 kids all my clothes can do this!
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![Comic. [Two people in front of projected satellite image. A small portion of the image is pixelated squares.] PERSON 1: Wait, when was this imagery taken? Is this censorship the work of the contractor? One of our people? *Foreign actors!?* PERSON 2 with ponytail: Do we know who’s operating a facility at that location? PERSON 1: We can’t find *anything*. [caption] My hobby: Setting up big colored panels in the middle of nowhere as a prank on remote sensing people](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib6md2yc7x32taznh2u4feo27rltazabjco4fer3c6mni3soe5tfa@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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AND MY CAR'S OUT BACK IF YOU'RE READY TO TAKE THAT HUGE WALK
im in the murdroom & laundry
im in the coat closet
im in the combination mudroom & laundry coat closet
im in the coat closet
im in the combination mudroom & laundry coat closet
December 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
AND MY CAR'S OUT BACK IF YOU'RE READY TO TAKE THAT HUGE WALK
I packed what feels like a million boxes today, but the bigger accomplishment was that I somehow aggregated 3 full bags of trash? I don’t know where it came from, and I should clarify that we are not hoarders??
November 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I packed what feels like a million boxes today, but the bigger accomplishment was that I somehow aggregated 3 full bags of trash? I don’t know where it came from, and I should clarify that we are not hoarders??
My friend made an *excellent* mocktail this evening, so here it is just in case anyone else is in the market:
- 4 oz fever tree elderflower tonic water
- juice of half a lime
- 3 dashes angostura bitters
- sprig of rosemary
- 4 oz fever tree elderflower tonic water
- juice of half a lime
- 3 dashes angostura bitters
- sprig of rosemary
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
My friend made an *excellent* mocktail this evening, so here it is just in case anyone else is in the market:
- 4 oz fever tree elderflower tonic water
- juice of half a lime
- 3 dashes angostura bitters
- sprig of rosemary
- 4 oz fever tree elderflower tonic water
- juice of half a lime
- 3 dashes angostura bitters
- sprig of rosemary
Moose
Black bear
Snapping turtle
Pigeon
Giraffe
Black bear
Snapping turtle
Pigeon
Giraffe
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Moose
Stoplight parrotfish
Box turtle
Elephant
Wild horse
Moose
Stoplight parrotfish
Box turtle
Elephant
Wild horse
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Moose
Black bear
Snapping turtle
Pigeon
Giraffe
Black bear
Snapping turtle
Pigeon
Giraffe
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Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Sixty years ago, my in-laws met at Thanksgiving dinner. At Art Garfunkel’s house. My MIL tells me “he said he had just recorded a record but we all thought it probably wouldn’t go anywhere, and then later we heard it on the radio and said ‘wait, isn’t that the song Artie was talking about??’”
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Sixty years ago, my in-laws met at Thanksgiving dinner. At Art Garfunkel’s house. My MIL tells me “he said he had just recorded a record but we all thought it probably wouldn’t go anywhere, and then later we heard it on the radio and said ‘wait, isn’t that the song Artie was talking about??’”
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Calgon, fuck me up
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Calgon, fuck me up
From what I understand, the division is that half of them think Americans don’t deserve health care because if they’re sick it’s their own fault, and the other half think it’s because no one should care for their neighbors unless they’re rich and white?
A health care proposal circulated by the White House in recent days is running into the reality of Republican divisions on the issue — a familiar struggle for a party that has been trying to scrap or overhaul the Affordable Care Act for the past 15 years.
https://to.pbs.org/4p0RWy9
https://to.pbs.org/4p0RWy9
Health care proposal floated by White House runs into familiar GOP divisions
It's a familiar struggle for Republicans, who have been trying to scrap or overhaul the federal health care law for the past 15 years.
www.pbs.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
From what I understand, the division is that half of them think Americans don’t deserve health care because if they’re sick it’s their own fault, and the other half think it’s because no one should care for their neighbors unless they’re rich and white?
I assume Part 3 is a doozy (a Duzzi?) but I’m not willing to pay to pollute my brain with any more cursèd images.
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I assume Part 3 is a doozy (a Duzzi?) but I’m not willing to pay to pollute my brain with any more cursèd images.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
A client once referred to me offhandedly as “The Wolf”
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A client once referred to me offhandedly as “The Wolf”
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This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Running for president on a platform that consists in large part of “I’ll turn this godforsaken ballroom into public housing.”
As any architect knows, there’s nothing worse than a nightmare client.
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Running for president on a platform that consists in large part of “I’ll turn this godforsaken ballroom into public housing.”
Legend has it that when I was a baby our pets (a semi-domesticated former barn cat and a large, overprotective malamute) went out on Thanksgiving and returned, together, with an entire cooked turkey.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Legend has it that when I was a baby our pets (a semi-domesticated former barn cat and a large, overprotective malamute) went out on Thanksgiving and returned, together, with an entire cooked turkey.
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this reminds me that I love telling the story of the first time I went to Confession as a kid and very gravely told Father Harrington that I had picked the whole crust off the pie my mom had baked for guests that night and ate it because I was mad at her, which made him laugh so hard he cried
When I was a kid Ma was known for her desserts. Her Thanksgiving job was several pies, fruit and meat, all with homemade crust. One year her crusts were ruined in a baking accident and she had to use frozen store bought. Did 10-year-old me announce that fact to the whole family? I sure did.
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
this reminds me that I love telling the story of the first time I went to Confession as a kid and very gravely told Father Harrington that I had picked the whole crust off the pie my mom had baked for guests that night and ate it because I was mad at her, which made him laugh so hard he cried
It’s not often that I wish I were a lawyer
1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
November 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It’s not often that I wish I were a lawyer
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I bet Zohran just Remembered Some Guys with Trump. Crazy Eddie. Dr. Zizmor. Jacoby & Meyers.
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I bet Zohran just Remembered Some Guys with Trump. Crazy Eddie. Dr. Zizmor. Jacoby & Meyers.
So like, do we think Mamdani went straight to one of those chemical showers, or…?
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
So like, do we think Mamdani went straight to one of those chemical showers, or…?