Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.

'Time Bomb'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


askye - Jan 08, 2025 10:21:55 am PST #4398 of 4424
Thrive to spite them

So I guess people are expecting the Snowpocalypse. It's been really busy. Everyone is buying bread.

Right now it is supposed to start snowing mid afternoon Friday and into the night and then freezing rain etc on Saturday. No word on if schools are closed. I have to talk to the manager tomorrow about not being here on Friday and if I'll get a point. It's my fault for getting so many but I'm also not going to let myself get trapped at the store because of snow.

Got Penny's test results. She has good liver and kidney function. Really high white blood count (which is not surprising) and on the verge of hyperthyroidism. So in a month she'll get tested again for that.


msbelle - Jan 08, 2025 11:55:17 am PST #4399 of 4424
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

FYI as I find you all bluesky, I am unfollowing you on other platforms so I can keep straight who I am still looking for.

Fb for the moment is only going to be replies and possibly posts on group pages like buy nothing and lost pets.

IG will be replies and knitting things.


Gudanov - Jan 08, 2025 12:14:29 pm PST #4400 of 4424
Coding and Sleeping

bluesky is really the only social media I'm on anymore. Well, sometimes, LinkedIn, but that's a different thing.


Dana - Jan 08, 2025 12:26:20 pm PST #4401 of 4424
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I'm on bsky, but under my fannish identity. I don't want to have two accounts, so I'm happy to follow people as long as 1) you're prepared for my unhinged fannish content and 2) you don't connect the two identities. If you know who I am, feel free to friend me. If you don't know the name, you can email me at my profile address.


Cass - Jan 08, 2025 1:08:04 pm PST #4402 of 4424
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I’m in the area all of the wind terrorizing LA is coming from and we are still quite windy. Power has been off for an hour and I wished I’d charged devices but will be fine.

Keeping all of the weather hostilities across the country in mind and I hope everyone stays safe. If you need to evacuate for fire, please do it quickly and safely.


P.M. Marc - Jan 08, 2025 1:21:05 pm PST #4403 of 4424
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I'm on bsky, but under my fannish identity. I don't want to have two accounts, so I'm happy to follow people as long as 1) you're prepared for my unhinged fannish content and 2) you don't connect the two identities. If you know who I am, feel free to friend me. If you don't know the name, you can email me at my profile address.

Same here.


Steph L. - Jan 08, 2025 1:55:58 pm PST #4404 of 4424
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

I joined bsky, but don't use it.


brenda m - Jan 08, 2025 2:21:00 pm PST #4405 of 4424
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I unfollowed all but a few critical groups on FB. The neighborhood page and the buy nothing group are both really hard to think of a replacement for so for now, I guess I’m a bit stuck. There’s a handful of individuals too that I’m holding on to but expect to go down to bare minimum for now.

I’m enjoying Bluesky and can be found there for now. I do like that you can curate different feeds for different purposes. I’m winnowing down the politics content so as not to lose my gourd.


bennett - Jan 08, 2025 2:39:08 pm PST #4406 of 4424

I'm continuing on FB for the cat rescue groups and embroidery groups I follow, but I've moved over to BS for everything else.


JenP - Jan 08, 2025 2:42:18 pm PST #4407 of 4424

I am on bsky, I but don't check regularly. I haven't been on FB but twice or so since the election, so I'd like to check bsky more often.

It took me a sec, but I remembered both fannish names.