Moonpie is not a fan of CUNY/SUNY having started up again
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conulyand every day when E leaves she bolts up to my room and burrows under my covers for a few hours until she feels prepared to cope with the day.
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When Voiha Wakes (House of Kendreth, volume 3) by Joy Chant
Jan. 29th, 2026 09:00 amjames_davis_nicoll
What can be done about Mairilek's obsession with matters beyond male ken?
When Voiha Wakes (House of Kendreth, volume 3) by Joy Chant
Heartsick
Jan. 29th, 2026 01:00 amfreyjawI lived in MN for a few years. Uncle Hugo's in St. Paul was a favorite destination when we went to MSP. I am heartbroken. They killed an RN, damn them! Why do men with small souls have such big guns?
We are members of one race: the human race, and our membership card is our navel.
Maybe it isn't so bad that I'm housebound. Watching NHK-World is easier on my heart. I just don't want to see the hate that's out there now.
Come on, folx. Vote Democrat. Yes, those who knew me in ac may remember I was a Republican for decades. Thank President Obama for the change. I'm trying to make up for my years of error.
We are members of one race: the human race, and our membership card is our navel.
Maybe it isn't so bad that I'm housebound. Watching NHK-World is easier on my heart. I just don't want to see the hate that's out there now.
Come on, folx. Vote Democrat. Yes, those who knew me in ac may remember I was a Republican for decades. Thank President Obama for the change. I'm trying to make up for my years of error.
Music: Challenger - forty years ago today
Jan. 29th, 2026 08:21 ammdlbearThe Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was forty years ago today (assuming I get this posted before midnight Seattle time -- it's 8am Thursday here in Den Haag). So I wrote a song: Keep the Dream Alive. It's on the Challenger tape, which is of course long out of print. I also posted it on Mastodon: "So, forty years ago I wrote a song…" - Indieweb.Social.
I think it's one of my better songs -- I should try to sing it more often.
Outgunned
Jan. 28th, 2026 11:47 pmjames_davis_nicollRIP Agents Nevada and Alcala, whose reaction to a building-sized rooster was to empty their Mac 10s in its direction, thus ensuring it noticed them.
The player-characters, on the other hand, handled their immediate threat, a truck-sized centipede, more effectively.
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The player-characters, on the other hand, handled their immediate threat, a truck-sized centipede, more effectively.
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Polygraphs
Jan. 28th, 2026 07:02 amfayanoraRefusing to take a polygraph test should be right up there with immediately lawyering up: the smart thing to do. Polygraphs are pseudoscience, and the guy who invented them was horrified when he learned police were using them to interrogate people. So yes, refuse to take a polygraph because they're bullshit.
Also, never talk to cops without your lawyer present because cops have no scruples, and they don't care about the truth, they only care about being seen to have caught the perp. "Even if I'm innocent?" ESPECIALLY if you're innocent! They can and will do everything they can get away with to make you say something that will incriminate you even if you are entirely innocent. Hell, there are multiple cases are people who were mentally disabled, including people with developmental disabilities ("mentally retarded" in the old language), who were convicted, sentenced, and even put to death for crimes they could not possibly have committed.
All these true crime content makers need to stop acting like refusing to take a polygraph test is anything other than a good idea. Same with people who lawyer up right away.
Also, never talk to cops without your lawyer present because cops have no scruples, and they don't care about the truth, they only care about being seen to have caught the perp. "Even if I'm innocent?" ESPECIALLY if you're innocent! They can and will do everything they can get away with to make you say something that will incriminate you even if you are entirely innocent. Hell, there are multiple cases are people who were mentally disabled, including people with developmental disabilities ("mentally retarded" in the old language), who were convicted, sentenced, and even put to death for crimes they could not possibly have committed.
All these true crime content makers need to stop acting like refusing to take a polygraph test is anything other than a good idea. Same with people who lawyer up right away.
My precious Callie is sitting on my lap, purring up a storm
Feb. 1st, 2026 05:54 amconulyand god, I love her so much. She truly is a sweet and gentle kitty.
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Someone Hertz, volume 1 by Ei Yamano (Translated by David Evely)
Jan. 28th, 2026 08:56 amjames_davis_nicoll
What dark motive leads a successful teen comedian who has vowed never to date anyone less funny than her to help an unfunny but otherwise personable young man work on his comedic skills?
Someone Hertz, volume 1 by Ei Yamano (Translated by David Evely)
Both the news and the weather continue awful
Jan. 31st, 2026 03:51 amconulyDo you know how hard it even is to get people to protest in this sort of crappy weather? It's cold out!
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So, in my Outgunned
Jan. 27th, 2026 10:26 pmjames_davis_nicollI think the schtick is the crew gets sent out to investigate potentially revolutionary tech and it's always legitimately amazing but also not what they're expecting. Case in point, they were looking into a supposed teleporter and now everyone is ant-sized.
Among my other ideas
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What Happened
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of course that's what happened. of course
City on Fire (Metropolitan, volume 2) by Walter Jon Williams
Jan. 27th, 2026 08:45 amjames_davis_nicoll
Having successfully fled her home city with the proceeds of a spectacular heist, Aiah must now build a new life on that foundation.
City on Fire (Metropolitan, volume 2) by Walter Jon Williams