Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.

Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'


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.


DavidS - Feb 13, 2025 10:27:10 am PST #5466 of 5714
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Google has taken Black History Month and Pride off of Google Calendar.

I don't know why that even bugs me at this point, but it does.

Serge, remember when your motto was "Don't Be Evil"?


DavidS - Feb 13, 2025 10:28:30 am PST #5467 of 5714
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

It's raining. The wind was strong enough to pull open my front French windows again. Really need to have my contractor put in stronger latches.

I guess I can focus on in-house clean-up today, since I'm disinclined to go out in this mess.


Laura - Feb 13, 2025 10:48:21 am PST #5468 of 5714
Our wings are not tired.

Confirming both Hegseth and Kennedy demonstrates the fear/intimidation/admiration/worship of their vile leader. in the top 5 of my fears is loading SCOTUS with youngsters. Top of the list Aileen Cannon.


Sophia Brooks - Feb 13, 2025 11:06:49 am PST #5469 of 5714
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

The bodegas in NYC have started selling loosie eggs.

The bodegas in Rochester ALWAYS sold loosie eggs! It is just like, only poor people have bodegas. But, we do have corner stores- they are different- I think our bodegas are from people who came here from NY. They had loosie toilet paper during the pandemic. Also, the first time I heard someone calling "Cigarettes, Cigarettes! Loosies, Loosies!" at the bus stop I thought they were saying Lucy and was so confused!


Sophia Brooks - Feb 13, 2025 11:07:53 am PST #5470 of 5714
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Again, also, they get me half and half. Like, they don't normally carry it, but I asked, and they get it just for me :)


msbelle - Feb 13, 2025 11:35:02 am PST #5471 of 5714
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I’ve switched my browsers to duck duck go rather than Google. But just like Amazon, isn’t most of their income from hosting or storage or other “web services” now.


JenP - Feb 13, 2025 11:37:47 am PST #5472 of 5714

Unsurprisingly, FEMA pulled out of the job fair today. This all just sucks so hard.


Hil R. - Feb 13, 2025 1:20:44 pm PST #5473 of 5714
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Just saw that a show that had been scheduled for the Kennedy Center was canceled. Finn, a musical for kids, about a shark who's told he's supposed to be mean and tough, but he wants to dance and be sparkly, and he learns to express himself and push to be seen as he wants to be seen and sparkle. As far as I can tell, there's nobody in drag, and no mentions of trans people, but even that amount of pushing back at gender roles isn't being tolerated under Trump's management.


erikaj - Feb 13, 2025 1:27:52 pm PST #5474 of 5714
Always Anti-fascist!

My whole life kind of feels like an onerous task that I'm not even good at.(But that doesn't stop me from feeling competitive with others over things I don't even really want.(Wish feeling like a thought was stupid was enough to stop me having it, but not usually.) Scola, I've yet to go, but that seems like a very NYC thing. Laura, she's like a judicial village idiot, but that's on-brand. Ugh.(Wish I felt better about my phone stuff, too)


Tom Scola - Feb 13, 2025 1:34:14 pm PST #5475 of 5714
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I’ve got tickets to see Captain America tonight, and I don’t expect the movie to be very good. I did not expect that what’s happening at the SDNY right now to be way more entertaining.