Nice! Walked out at 6:45pm to plug in my car and there was an Eastern Screech Owl calling in a street tree next door! #birds

Yay! <sarcastic> Trump's tiny bribe has appeared in my wife's account.

Going back and forth with my Mail client support trying to discover what is the "massive" discount I'd get for their new product. Turns out you can't see the price until you install the new app for a 7-day trial. I think that's going to bite them.

Argh - tried to send my flu vax info to my PCP for my medical records. But CVS puts everything in your online account now, and some UI designer didn't think to put the patient's name on the same page as the vax type details, only on the summary page for all dates, so hard to make a legit copy.

<Sigh> so monthly LTC insurance payment was slightly delayed because they were confused by the Oct invoice I sent (per their prior instructions) plus the Sep invoice & confinement cert (proof she was there all month) from the facility. Thus I should NOT send invoices myself (until they change again)

@ravenlyn.bsky.social thought you'd appreciate this passing mention - I know nothing else about this comic.

Bran 9 From Outer Space@bransonreese.bsky.social · 2w ago

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@bikepedantic.bsky.social FYI

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission@cpsc.gov · 2w ago

#Recall: Gazelle USA Recalls Urban Arrow Cargo Electric Bikes; The front bolt in the seat post clamping mechanism can break, causing the seat to become loose, posing a fall hazard. Get repair. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2027...

That’s not good - my favorite Indian restaurant is in that building :-(

NBC10 Boston@nbcboston.com · 2w ago

HAPPENING NOW: Firefighters are battling a fire that's sending smoke high above Somerville. Watch live video from above the scene here. on.nbcboston.com/pFhDOp8

If you are not yet listening to the podcast of authors reading Ursula Le Guin's blog entries, start with this week's episode read by @premeemohamed.com - I especially enjoyed it! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Premee Mohamed reads "Petty Expectations"

Podcast Episode · In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin · September 30 · 18m

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If you are near Harvard Sq Cambridge MA avoid the area near Memorial Hall - Harvard just alerted on a bomb threat. evb.gg/n#lpwqqxrlo6h

Got all 4 napping cats in one shot without getting out of my chair.

Posted at an ice cream cafe where I stopped today. @catsofyore.bsky.social

I always look to strangers like the best person to ask about the current environment.

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Good thing I came to @massaudubon.org Wellfleet on Sunday - saw this massive group of Great Egrets, Snow Egrets, and Yellowlegs. Today, one lone Yellowlegs flew in and wondered if he got the party date wrong.

Hmm - I’m scheduled for a weekend birding event on Star Island off the coast of Maine, but the forecast models are all agreeing there will be a strong nor’easter :-( If I’m lucky they will postpone if the boat can’t go, but if not I will likely cancel myself - boats & I don’t get along at best.

Really unexpected lifer today in Wellfleet (Cape Cod): a Crested Caracara, which is supposed to be down the length of South America, maybe as north as Florida. Seen by many. @aba.org is this a MA first?

Multiple simultaneous cat demands.

Well, that's fun: the customers of my vet's office are getting spear phished. Someone has obtained their customer emails and is sending believably formatted "secure attachments" and "online pharmacy" messages whose headers are not immediately verifiable as fake. They are aware.

My BirdWeather PUC bird monitor got a software upgrade that now can monitor for bats overnight - got my first detection! This is an upgrade to my original PUC which was designed for bird detection - they also now sell a bat-specific detector that can better distinguish bat species.

@catsofyore.bsky.social the responses are too long for me to check if you have already had this sent to you.

Dan of the Year@downwithdan.bsky.social · 4w ago

wtf kind of pets they got in there

Hey Bluesky! Can you please help me spread the word about this online art auction? Every purchase supports Metro Housing Boston's work to help folks who are facing housing insecurity. View the full collection on Artsy: www.artsy.net/auction/what... #art #painting #TraditionalArt #SciArt

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Yay! It's "solve my property fencing for free" day - back yard abutting house flip contractor wants to replace old crumbling fence, plus learned side neighbors would just as soon remove the rotting driveway dividing fence (that my former owner put up to hide view of a trailer) and will do it!

Yay! Seventh in line for @premeemohamed.com ‘s Wickhills at my library :-)

Browsing CVS after my covid vax I ran across this in the Halloween decorations.

Rode my ebike 1.3 miles to Kickstand Cafe to meet up with a group of over 50s who meet 2 Saturdays/mo at cafes near bike paths to socialize. One of the outdoor waitstaff was quite taken with the bike and offered to buy it any time I wanted to sell it! (Storing in my car for easier access)

Towards my goal to get out more to new places, I just bought an Attending membership for the Sept 2027 Montreal WorldCon, because it's only a 5-hr drive (plus Customs) and assuming USians aren't banned from entering by then, the exchange rate should still be very favorable.

@ravenlyn.bsky.social FYI this looks like an interesting account to follow.

will pooley@willpooley.bsky.social · last mo.

If magic never really “declined”, what actually happened to it? Really pleased to see this new forum in ‘Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft’ that extends my claims about doubts to suggest other terms, such as “counter-probabilistic wishing” and “wonder”. williamgpooley.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/w... 🗃️

Wondering how much of a frequency shift this provides/measures? lol (FYI a DOPP kit is so called because of Charles Doppelt, a German leather craftsman who immigrated to Chicago and whose company popularized the leather toiletry case in the early 1900s.)

Still no takers. I don't *understand*, and it's killing me. LOOK AT THESE FACES.

Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · 2mo ago

ORPHANED CATS NEED FOREVER HOME IN NORTHEAST (PLEASE READ *ENTIRE* THREAD) My wife's childhood friend died Thursday, leaving his two *mildly* special-needs cats. The elder, Wally, is about 13. ABSOLUTELY affectionate cat; GLORIOUSLY dim. His only issue is that he poops in bathtubs if given a chance