The Dolly Dungeon

Maybe just walk around, mingle, chat with people, like in Ye Olden Dayes.

How can we tell who they are? I mean, will they be wearing arm bands? Or driving a Mercedes?

I haven't been to a Dunkin' Donuts since they discontinued the ones with the handle on 'em. No... I have been there, once. When I asked about the donut with the handle, the clerk didn't know what I meant. I hadda look it up. The clerk prolly wasn't even born when the handles were discontinued

Ah, LiveJournal! I still check in there once in a while. It's still kinda fun in a somber sort of way, like wandering through a ghost town. It was more fun when it was alive. Even I, with my moronic rambling, managed to interact with a few semi-famous folks.

Marmalade experiences snow for the first time.

But... but I thought the entire tech industry... or maybe just the media... freaked out when Musk reduced staff by 80%. Now you're saying his company is bloated and he should reduce staff by another 80%? He might do it, you know, and other tech companies will follow... again. Thanks, BlueSky!

I visited Grassi Lakes a few years ago. The clarity of the lake water is astonishing!

I "like" pictures of birds and mountains and mushrooms on BlueSky, yet this is what the feed gives me: "Yes!! All conservafascists should be put into prison camps until they learn the importance of women’s & LGBTQI+ rights!!! F*** their “free speech” and that orange Nazi bigot!
#DeathToMAGAts" 🫣

Pinky Street (Pinky:st) "Gunslinger Girl Henrietta" 10cm-size doll figure. #pinkyst #pinkystreet #dollphotography #toyphotography #gunslingergirl

Fixed it! Now I need to think up a more clever domain name, like you have done, and change it again! 😂 Gonna go look for a list of currently available domain suffixes and then try to come up with something witty. 🙄

Hrmmm... I messed up the domain name thing, but I think I know what I did. Total "derrrr" n00b mistake.

And then the lefties will drift back to X after they get bored because there's nobody to argue with. I've already read a number of concerned posts from "creators" worried that BlueSky offers no protection from AI. Realistically, isn't anything visible online available for AI training?

It was a long time ago and at least one of the Car Talk guys is dead now! Jeepers, but I'm getting old!

Yeah, Terry Gross was usually okay. But back in the day when Car Talk was at its peak I would sometimes find myself laughing so hard I could scarcely breathe. I made a point of finding the Dewey, Cheetham, and Howe office when I visited Boston.

I went through the process. Nothing is showing up yet. My web hosting site says it may take four to eight hours for the DNS record to propagate. I'll see if it has kicked in tomorrow.

Neat! Never thought I'd get to see something like that in my lifetime!

Cool! So you're stylin' like the hep cats at NPR! I hope that means "retro" NPR when they had fun stuff like Wait Wait Don't Tell Me and Car Talk. Hmmm... I wonder if I can tweak my username to join the Kool Kidz Klub... errr... problematic acronym there, sorry.

"Janice in Tomorrow-Land" by Emory Holloway, ©1936 American Book Company. #janiceintomorrowland #emoryholloway #retrofuturism #yesterdaystomorrows #juvenileliterature

That's pretty funny! It could use a few more "loops" to be fully accurate, but... yeah, it works! 🤭

Yeah, I agree, Insta is becoming progressively less useable. I'm not sure what their intention is at this point, but apparently it's not about posting and sharing and finding fun photos anymore.

Dollz on da roof! #smartdoll #smartdolls #dollphotography

The Haiku Stairs were technically "closed" when I climbed them, which was about a dozen years ago now. Then the state spent several million dollars "upgrading" the stairs for safety, but never reopened them. Hawaii used to be a lot of fun. Now it's all fenced off and there's a charge for everything.

Okay, this made me laugh! 🤭

But... what if I've been "backtracking" rather than making progress? 🥲

That looks astonishingly amazing! I'm gonna look it up on a map! That's going on the "Must Do While I Can Still Do It" list!

Hello! Ermm... a few months late. 😜

Which is more impressive... or more challenging... the Mantou Incline or the Haiku Stairs on Oahu?

What's great about it? I'm following accounts that show photography - birds, animals, landscapes - and then suddenly an invective-laced anti-Trump rant pops up. Is BlueSky a "safe space" for hate? Hate = Great, is that how it works?

So apparently this BlueSky place is the new home of rabid politicized HATE online. Mostly I see pretty pictures of the moon, birds, and animals. Then an insane anti-Trump post with profanity and invective pops up. What's the goal here? Make Teh Interwebz Suxxorz Again?

This Starlink thing kinda rocks! #starlink #smartdoll