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Albini Sessions (Benefit for Letters Charity), by Fugazi 12 track album

Fugazi has made available a digital-only release of Steve Albini’s sessions for what eventually became the band’s third album, In on the Killtaker. All proceeds are being donated to Letters Charity, a nonprofit that fights poverty by providing no-strings-attached assistance. #BandcampFriday

06.03.2026 16:38 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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I knew I tempted fate by filling out my timecard early. Yep, need to enter more overtime requests for this pay period.

05.03.2026 23:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Is anyone else suddenly getting a ton of spam calls this week, or am I just lucky?

05.03.2026 17:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Just went in to Grammarly and pasted in this article that I wrote for the Globe last year about finding my mother's book in LibGen and thinking about it as training data and clicked on expert review. A thread: Grammarly chose the experts. writinghacks.substack.com/p/for-there-... /1

03.03.2026 17:48 👍 60 🔁 24 💬 1 📌 8
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Oh. Hi snow.

02.03.2026 19:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The EPA issued reduction-in-force notices to 22 employees working on environmental justice efforts to address pollution in overburdened and underserved communities.

01.03.2026 14:46 👍 960 🔁 317 💬 34 📌 17

I anticipate a glorious nap after devouring our delicious smelling Taiwainese breakfast collab pop-up meal from @ekibenbaltimore

01.03.2026 16:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Delayed birthday cake time!

28.02.2026 19:16 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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I am high-fiving myself for remembering to put earrings back on before my piercings started to close up.

28.02.2026 18:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s amazing how much easier today’s MRI on my ankle was than my usual MS MRIs. The ankle one only took 10 minutes and I wasn’t even fully put into the tube. For the MS MRIs, I have an IV in my arm, my head is immobilized in a cage, and I’m in the machine for 90-120 minutes.

28.02.2026 15:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Saturday morning MRI appointment completed! Now to go home and caffeinate.

28.02.2026 14:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

This has been a completely crappy week and I reserve the right to celebrate my birthday at another time.

27.02.2026 13:46 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Maybe it was this?

26.02.2026 19:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yeah, it’s been patrolling above for quite a while now.

26.02.2026 18:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

He’s masking until 24 hrs after starting antibiotics, I have on all the HEPA filters, and he’s making a sick nest elsewhere in the house. Let’s hope I don’t get it because it’s the busiest time of the year for me at work.

26.02.2026 15:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This week really is cursed. I’m mega immunocompromised and @libcloudcity came home with strep throat.

26.02.2026 14:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

If the kids in our urban neighborhood think the wackiest dare they can do is giggle at our door before ringing the doorbell and running away, we’re doing alright.

26.02.2026 01:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My job is an annoying amount of “let me google that for you” this week.

25.02.2026 17:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have worked through this very issue in very long work documents more often than I’d like to admit.

25.02.2026 00:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sometimes copying and pasting into a new Word doc helps. Good luck.

25.02.2026 00:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Gah, I guess I need to buy more ice melt after all.

24.02.2026 23:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels

24.02.2026 19:42 👍 8141 🔁 2122 💬 97 📌 265

I just realized I had some Whole Foods bakery emotional support brownies on hand, and today seems like a damn fine day to have one.

24.02.2026 18:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Henceforth, I will be describing the way that U.S. men’s hockey spectacularly squandered good will, brand recognition, and fan loyalty as “pulled a Target.”

They pulled a Target.

24.02.2026 15:08 👍 11886 🔁 2362 💬 66 📌 134
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24.02.2026 14:05 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And waking up @libcloudcity.bsky.social at 4 AM his timezone to find me a legit locksmith while I stand outside when it’s in the 20s.

24.02.2026 13:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank god I had my phone with me when I took out the garbage!

24.02.2026 13:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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There’s nothing like starting your day by being locked out of the house due to a broken latch.

24.02.2026 13:04 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I started the week with a 9 hour workday. Thia does not bode well for the rest of the week.

24.02.2026 00:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The rain is slowly switching over to snow. The ground is pretty wet, but I wanted to get some salt on the sidewalk before it gets dark. Hopefully it turns into a protective brine?

22.02.2026 22:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0