cynblogger

cynblogger, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

Which Governor will ruin his state first?

cynblogger, 10 months ago to random

I miss Twitter gifs…

Pres. Bartlet banging his head on the WW Resolute desk
The tired, cranky, pouty little girl who flopped her head down
The baby boy who laughed and fell over
All the Christopher Walken gifs
Phoebe’s “My eyes! My eyes!”
The dude with the green “NO” flip boards
— So many ways to visually laugh, cry & scream…

Does Mastodon have gifs and I’m just behind the times?
(I use “Toot!” App on iOS)

cynblogger, 7 months ago to random

🚨🚨🚨 WATCH THIS ENTIRE SPEECH! 🚨🚨🚨

The 20-second sound bites from network and cable news do NOT give you a clear idea of the power and gravity of Pres. Biden’s discourse on the current state of — and threat to — our Constitution and our democracy.

The real meat of his message begins about 7 minutes in. It’s absolutely worth your time to watch it to the end.

I’m stating unequivocally that this is the most alarming presidential address I’ve heard since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis — and the consequences of another Trump administration will be no less catastrophic for our country than what JFK described then.

Please watch. Please boost this so more people will see it. The news is not covering this message as they should. Thanks.

https://youtu.be/Lo3NTOQ2D2c?si=XxwfEyk50rUruhC7

#BidenHarris2024
#GOTV

cynblogger, 10 months ago to HashtagGames

#misheardlyrics
#HashtagGames

I was just going to post one line, but after checking — I’ve never understood one word of Steely Dan’s “Aja”

See for yourself

https://www.google.com/search?q=lyrics+to+aja&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

cynblogger, 1 month ago to Bloomscrolling

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #bloomscrolling #rose
Tuesday, April 16 🌸 🎂🎉🥳🎊🎈🎁

1. Awoke to “Happy Birthday” texts & calls from family. So very grateful for twin sons, their loving wives & amazing children - & my 94 y/o sister who still thinks of me as a toddler. 🤣

2. Grateful too for this quiet, peaceful life I’m so privileged to lead, my comfy casita, & my garden with blooms, birds & critters.

3. Splurged & bought my very fave -halibut- for dinner!

4. Bonus: Two mallards zoomed on a low pass through my yard yesterday like Blue Angels in their F/A-18s.

cynblogger, 4 months ago to animals

I’m not a fan of cats but I know the overwhelming majority of you people are.

Here’s my granddaughter’s ‘Toast’ doing some weird cat yoga thing.

#CatsOfMastodon

cynblogger, 10 months ago to random

Testing gif posting via Toot! through PiZap app

Little girl wearing sunglasses dancing

cynblogger, 3 months ago to books

I pre-ordered Brian Klaas’ (@brianklaas) newest book and received it yesterday - started reading it 30 minutes ago and can’t put it down.

Fascinating, beautifully written, and intriguing as hell. (All other plans for today cancelled. Going back to reading now.)

Treat yourself. You’re welcome. 😊

https://www.amazon.com/Fluke-Chance-Chaos-Everything-Matters-ebook/dp/B0C7RPB2SX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2NFMLVZQU74Z0&keywords=brian+klaas+books&qid=1706120114&s=books&sprefix=Brian+klaas%2Cstripbooks%2C166&sr=1-1

#books
#BookStadon

cynblogger, 10 months ago to HashtagGames

#aliensprobed_____andfoundout
#HashtagGames
Aliens probed Hall & Oates and found what they wouldn’t go for!

cynblogger, 4 months ago to random

❌ Here’s a radical idea for ya.

We ALL know what Trump looks like, right? I mean, there’s just no mistaking his image for, say, Brad Pitt or Jamie Raskin or Giuilani?

Why don’t we all STOP POSTING HIS PHOTO with every damn post about him?

Come ON!
It’s enough that his name & latest abomination are reported 666,666 times a day. Do we need that FACE to accompany & emphasize every post?

(Answer: NOPE, NOPE, NOPE!)

Alternatively, use this one. It doesn’t suck quite as much.

#Trump

cynblogger, 10 months ago to HashtagGames

#makeamovieweird
#HashtagGames

*** someone do Blazing Saddles… (I have brain cramp tonight)

cynblogger, 7 months ago to climate

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/17/greta-thunberg-arrested-at-london-oil-summit-protest

Every time this young woman is detained and/or arrested, 20 years of Catholic education clang in my brain like medieval bells.

She is both prophet, and martyr, to the greedy fossil fuel industry that is quite literally killing the Earth and most of its life. Ms. Thunberg isn’t driven by religion or ideology as were her predecessor martyrs, but by the reality of #ClimateCrisis
havoc that technology and consumption have wreaked.

Exactly like all prophets before her, she is hassled and persecuted and her planet-saving efforts hamstrung by “authorities,” who will be as dead as the rest of us in the end from fires, floods, famine, pollution, and ecological collapse.

If we survive to have a future, I hope there will be a Nobel Prize or other significant acknowledgement for her clarion voice and efforts - even if awarded posthumously.

#thunberg
#climate

cynblogger, 10 months ago to random

Since everyone is being so helpful today to Fediverse migrants, imma ask a question & hope I don’t sound stupid (since I’m not a newbie around here).

Does Mastodon host chat rooms like birdsite and I just don’t know about them?

TIA…😊

cynblogger, 8 months ago to HashtagGames

#strangeasongbandorlyric
#HashtagGames

Strange America

cynblogger, 9 months ago to random

#beattheheatillustrated
#hashitout

Works for me:
(107° expected here today.)

cynblogger, 8 months ago to random

I think instead of focusing on UFOs and UAPs, we should be looking for the goofball time traveler who activated the real Butterfly Effect* in 2015.

Things are so unbelievably fucked up that this must be the explanation. How else would we have an impeachment inquiry without substantive facts, based solely on dreams of revenge by Orange Fucko and the absence of common sense in the GOP?

*”A Sound Of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury, 1952

#impeachmentbullshit
#BidenHarris2024
#GOTV

cynblogger, 6 months ago to art

#3goodthings
Thursday, Nov 9

1. Slept in until the gardeners and garbage collectors decided enough was enough for me. 😜
2. New A-Z geology YouTube video series started today, yay Prof. Zentner!
3. Created a new cup of my blended spice rub for air fryer cooking & the whole house smells internationally delectable.
4. Bonus: Fedi peeps are posting some really wonderful & inspiring art these days - check out #art, #mastoart, #watercolor, #photography - among other artsy hashtags. (Much is for sale & art makes great gifts!)

cynblogger, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

🔮Will Trump ever REALLY be held accountable for any of his crimes?

(Please reply & boost)

cynblogger, 1 month ago to random

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #easter
Saturday, Mar 30

1. Intermittent sunshine with blue sky & spectacular clouds. I think I must spend half my waking hours staring out the windows.

2. Summoned the courage to politely decline an invitation for Easter dinner, which response was gracefully received.

3. One of my email accounts burped and served up mail from 2009-2023. I’m not big on nostalgia, but notes from actual ghosts were fun & poignant to re-read.

cynblogger, 3 months ago to climate

I DON’T CARE IF YOU THINK

• abortion is immoral
• Pres. Biden is too old
• we have a de facto “open southern border”
• the “Woke Left” is just nuts
• pronouns are stupid
• the #ClimateCrisis isn’t real or valid
• all that Biden has done in 3 years is fake news
• you & your rich pals need another $2 trillion tax break
• we’re too soft on welfare & need bigger bootstraps
• greed was good in the 80’s and is still good
• ‘Murica needs a ‘strong man’ to lead

🚨YOUR CANDIDATE WILL DESTROY THIS REPUBLIC, PERIOD.
🚨 YOUR CANDIDATE PREFERS RUSSIA’S PUTIN TO OUR CONSTITUTION.

Wake the hell up before it’s too late.

#BidenHarris2024
#GOTV

cynblogger, 2 months ago to random

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Friday, Feb 23

1. Homemade soup. Restaurant soup. Canned soup. Soup recipes.

2. Clear, sunny days in between rainstorms.

3. YouTube live cams of beaches, eagles, albatrosses, garden birds.

Bonus: The NZ albatross chick at 29 days old has entered the “post-guard phase” when both parents leave it alone day & night while they both forage for food. One or other returns at least daily for feeding and bird sitting. (YouTube Lady Hawk)

cynblogger, 8 months ago to HashtagGames

#strangeasongbandorlyric
#HashtagGames

Not Stayin’ Alive

cynblogger, 4 months ago to random

Happy Holidays to all! ❤️😊

Background is white with pine branch borders and Xmas ornaments. In the center is a red & white Xmas stocking filled with cookies & candy canes, swinging back & forth. Text reads, “Wishing you peace & joy.”

cynblogger, 4 months ago to random

#3goodthings
Sunday, Jan 14

1. Big waves & high surf today - spectacular! (Via “Chamberlin Nature” YouTube channel - three live cams).
2. Found two seasons of Acorn’s “The Killing” series I hadn’t watched. Intense, but so well done.
3. Found the photo I’m going to paint in miniature for my granddaughter’s birthday (Toast’s owner/mom).

cynblogger, 3 months ago to random

I forget — was there a lot of objection to these two elderly men’s ages WHEN THEY SAVED THE DAMNED WORLD?

#BidenHarris2024
#GOTV