I Buffista-ed myself in the description, is that right?

I swapped to Bluesky yesterday and my Twitter is only Buffistas I'd like to find and racing. Because I love Nascar but damn my politics do not align. Now with fewer Buffistas to find.

See how useful?

Ooh, it really is! Maybe I will get good over there. I haven't logged onto FB since the election, and I'm not great at Instagram. I was never a Twitterer. I don't miss FB itself, but I do miss the day-to-day life stuff from people. I'll have to see who's following what and cobble together a good feed. I now have, like, ten sky-mates! Progress.

I really thought Pete Hegseth wouldn't get confirmed because of this total lack of qualifications, but I think the personal allegations might change that. I feel like he has a pretty good chance now.

I joined Bluesky last year when it seemed to be winning the post-Twitter microblog wars, but by that point I was so out of the habit of using Twitter that I still haven't posted anything. I added "Buffista" to my profile so in case I ever do y'all can follow me.

That's where I discovered "It Happened On Fifth Avenue" which is now a regular part of our xmas rotation.

IHOFA is the best. The best.

I'm still getting the hang of Bluesky and the feeds and I'm not there quite as much as Twitter, but now that they finally allow you to upload GIFs (which is about 50% of how I communicate on Twitter) I will probably be there more often. Plus, I think the person that runs the daily film challenge I do on Twitter is going to move it to BS in January. That is really what gets me to Twitter each day. My handle is pretty much the same as everywhere but here.

It occurs to me as a type this that someone (and by someone I mean someone more tech-inclined than myself) could create a Buffista feed at Bluesky. Or at least a Buffista starter pack. I could probably figure out the latter if people are interested. (Starter packs basically allow you to follow a bunch of people in one fell swoop, or go through and pick and choose follows as you like, but it collects people in one place.)

...someone...could create a Buffista feed at Bluesky.

Theodosia has started one: [link]

Theodosia has started one.

Awesome sauce. Found it and reposted.

Buffista-ed my Bluesky profile!

Theodosia has started one.

Thanks, Theo! That's super helpful and fun to see us all clustered together there.f

I am really liking it over there. I hope some of my holdouts on Twitter migrate to Bluesky.

EM came over this morning and we did needful paperwork. This included paying property taxes online, and I have to tell you it's weird selecting the payment and it goes in a Cart like I'm ordering something off Etsy. Then it's also very weird to push a button and pay $16,000. Sheesh.

Then Emmett joined us and we moved furniture around in advance of the tree. Then we dragged Matilda out of bed and we went and got the tree.

The whole tree-carrying-home-from-Cole-Hardware tradition has been intact since Emmett was in a stroller. So yay for Holiday continuity.

So yay for Holiday continuity.

That makes me happy. The kids put up our big tree and out little tree while they were home for Thanksgiving so it looks pretty festive.

We made an overnight run into Michigan this week(IYKYK) and the cat is still pissed off at us. She’s become more cuddly and needy since it got cold outside.