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Mostly Harmless
@toadlily.bsky.social
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Herding cats until the waveform collapses.

Mostly harmless, but do note that both my grandfathers killed fascists. GenX. Слава Україні. Meese is still a pig.

#OurFlagMeansDeath #ofmd #UglyDogs
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My morning thus far...
Screen shot of a Duck Duck Go search result. The query was "why is my youtube not working." The result shows thumbnail links to several youtube videos explaining how to fix problems with, yes, youtube videos.
February 11, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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This is from ILWU 23 (Tacoma)'s facebook page. And here's a link to their statement:
www.ilwu.org/ilwu-stateme...
A giant container ship from the Evergreen line. Shipping containers on the deck are stacked so the word RENEE is spelled out in red containers on a background of green containers. Each container would be the trailer part of a tractor-trailer, they're huge. The text below it reads "ILWU Local 23. Seven hours ago. Solidarity from Tacoma to Minneapolis! Justice for Renee Good and Alex Pretti. RIP. AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL."
January 27, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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Here's the exteriors.
Four prototype black Christmas cracker shells, assembled but unfilled. There are silver designs embossed on them. Two are Grateful Dead "stealie" skulls, the others are kestrel wing feathers.
December 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Difficulty opening the white chocolate chips.

Oh well, at least I probably don't need stitches.
A very pink left hand with bandaids on the thumb and middle finger. Candy making supplies are in the background.
December 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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A black piece of paper with diamonds cut out all over it, and a silver Grateful Dead skill logo wmbossed on it with mica dust. It will soon become the outer edge of a Chrostmas cracker.
December 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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And here's the step-by-step:
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November 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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And when I say the shop is great & important, check out their post for their summer feed-the-community initiative. They've been a USDA lunch location in the past. When that was eliminated they did it anyway.
A Facebook screenshot. Gabi's Olympic Cards & Comics July 2, 2025 As summer is going, please remember we have food bags for everyone that needs them. Many kids don't have access to school lunches, so we have you covered. We also do weekly food boxes.There is a green box when you walk in the door that always have sack lunches in them. Feel free to grab one. We also keep water bottles by the door for you to grab. There is never a reason for anyone in our community to go hungry. There is no judgement or stigma. In Hawaiian, we call it a Kuleana which translates to, basically, "A responsiblity one is honored to have." Love and light, Gab
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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SNAP benefits have been sent out in Washington State. Let your neighbors know, because not everybody is online. See alt text for more details. FB link is to official post is here: www.facebook.com/share/p/17mE...
DSHS SNAP Program's official logo, with the caption "November SNAP Benefits have been sent out in Washington. See caption for more details." The caption: "Full November food assistance benefits are being released to people in Washington state. If you are eligible for SNAP or the Food Assistance Program for November, you should see funds loaded on your card on the day it usually arrives. If you typically get your benefits on the first through the seventh of the month, you should already have benefits available – and you can use them as soon as they are loaded onto your card. This is based on the current court order. The federal government has filed an appeal, which is pending. To confirm if your benefits have arrived, check the ebtEDGE or MyWABenefits apps or call the phone number on the back of your card. We are processing new applications for food benefits that were submitted after Oct. 16, 2025, as quickly as possible. We are relieved we can issue full November food assistance benefits for people in Washington state even though the federal government shutdown continues. While we cannot predict what may happen in December, we will share information as soon as it is available on our website: https://www.dshs.wa.gov/alert/partial-federal-government-shutdown
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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There was a surprise update 2 weeks ago!

Thanks be to Wikipedia forbsolving the mysterym
A Wikipedia quote: "Originally set at level 40, the maximum level a player can reach was increased to level 50 on November 30, 2020, and then raised again to Level 80 on October 15, 2025."
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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I can't estimate crowds but the #nokings rally in Olympia was big. High spirits, colorful costumes and community activist booths were everywhere. Whoever organized the car parade did a spectacular job. The horns never stopped honking.
A large, dense and colorful crowd is assembled on the steps and lawn of the Legislative Building in Olympia, Washington.
October 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Banker's helicopter flying low & fast out of Astoria, no callsign, wonder who they're buying at this early hour.
Flight report screenshot showing takeoff of an Agusta helicopter owned by US Bank Equipment Finance Division. It's taking off from the tiny airport at Astoria, Oregon. It's not showing a callsign, which is weird.
October 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Thank you watchduty.org
A map of Lake Cushman, Washington and the Schneider Fire. The fire was started when a military helicopter crashed about 9pm local time on 17 Sept 2025. The map doesn't convey how steep the terrain is.
September 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Looks like the website may have changes in progress right now (early morning PDT). The lower pages still call the Guests of Honor "Pioneers" and the venue the "Frontier," but the main page drops that. The main page theme is now "Dare to Discover, Dare to Explore, Dare to be Uncharted!."
Screen shot from menu on LACon 5's "about" page, where guests are called pioneers and the venue is called the frontier. These labels have been removed from the site's main page.
August 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Not my cat, but this happened at our house a few times.
Joy Division Unknown Pleasures A grey-and-white kitten has attempted to climb some grey Venetian blinds. The collapsed blinds look like the graph of radio emissions from a neutron star used as the cover of Joy Division's first album, Unknown Pleasures. The kitten is tangled at the bottom, the expression on its face absolutely radiating "I MEANT to do that" energy.
July 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Hey from SE Wyoming. We've got a very rare day off and it's a beautiful sunny morning.
June 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Once we got over White Pass and officially to the deserts of Eastern Washington, it started raining. Not how this story normally goes.
Ponderosa pines atop a twisted cliff, just past the crest of White Pass, Washington. A small mesa in eastern Washington. It is raining but there is a sunbeam shining on the mesa. An intricate metalwork sun across from me on the wall of a Mexican restaurant.
May 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Taking a pic to remember what water looks like. Riffe Lake.
A very green mountain meadow above a lake. Evergreen trees are in the foreground, dark mountains and dramatic clouds in the back.
May 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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I have found the tackiest fabric of all time. It's four-way stretch spandex, like you make the good sports leggings out of. I won't *really* buy it, but if I did, what should I make and where should I wear it?
A swatch of printed spandex fabric from an online retailer. It is called Doge Coin. The design is the DogeCoin shiba inu dog on gold coins, over and over again, on a background speckled with tiny blue rocketships, the planet Saturn and an ornate letter D. It is $15 per yard. It is heavy-weight four-way stretch spandex, suitable for making sturdy athleisure garments.
May 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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And here he is this week, keeping my chair warm while I get a cup of tea.
A sleek brown-and-white tabby cat snoozing on a chair. He is in nearly a perfect circle. It's the same cat as the tiny baby kitten in the previous picture.
April 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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The lil guy in this picture turns 14 next week. Here he is on the day his eyes first opened.
A tiny brown-and-white tabby kitten on a beige blanket. This is the day his eyes opened and he is gazing at the world with huge amazed dark eyes.
April 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Somebody read the Book of Revelations and thought it was a how-to manual.
And that no man might buy or sell, save that he had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. (Revelation 13:17)
April 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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But not THOSE Avengers, THESE Avengers:
John Steed and Emma Peel from the 1967 television show The Avengers, in a back-to-back pose that is suspiciously similar to the one Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet are making in the referenced photo.
March 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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One last Misty, possibly the most practical of the set.
The name Misty, written in bold black ink, still with swirly fancy letters but in a more legible way than these others have been.
January 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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The calligrapher says: "Flourishes are like garlic: you keep on adding them to the dish until you run out or can't fit any more in..."
The name Misty, with many decorative swoops, diamonds and echoey lines. If a religious book ever begins, "In the beginning, Misty...", this will be the proper illumination of the holy name. Otherwise, it's a bit much.
January 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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"Ornamented to a fault," our handwriting guy says.
The name Misty in silver-grey metallic ink, but the letters are ornamented in a geometric way that makes it look more like a German wrought-iron fence than a set of legible letters.
January 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM