Good evening.
Backtalk: A Medium Place
Friday, February 21, 2025
Fur Face Friday!
Welcome to another Friday!
Kay, Okay's extended family is looking sharp.
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| OkaySis's little dude |
In case you're new here, favorites are chosen by one of the Snout Selectors (facw, k2b, Hannibal, leahaven, and Best Coast!), entirely on our own whimsy. WHIMSY! However, in the interest of solidarity, we try to select one dog picture and one cat picture (minimum!) each week. Other pets will also, of course, be considered. We love all your rats, bunnies, ferrets, and other furry, feathery, and finny pals. WE WILL NEVER DISCRIMINATE AGAINST CUTE.
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Thursday evening open thread
OMG! I just realised that I have a slice of banana bread (from yesterday, when I bought that pupcup for Boone at Starbucks), vanilla ice cream and salted caramel liqueur! Guess what's for dessert tonight?!
Tools for Coping: How to Organise Our Way Out of the Trump-Musk Putsch
Courtesy of rooo from The Nation
The article is much to long to post the whole thing, so I am posting just the link;
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/how-to-organize-our-way-out-of-the-trump-musk-putsch/
Blaurgh!Talk
Welp. Another week is trying to get us down. Go ahead and blAUUUrrGGGGHHH all you need.
Thursday Morning Open Thread
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Wednesday Evening Open Thread
Good evening. I'm late.
When you get a new couch, but neighborhood watch needs to break it in first
byu/DrewSkew inDachshund
Wednesday morning open thread
Today is Boone's Gotcha Day! A year ago today, I went to St. Catharines and picked him up. He was stil called Hiram at the time. I'm taking him out for a pupcup at Starbucks later.
Still cold and breezy here. I may have to do some shopping today.
How about everyone else?
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Monday, February 17, 2025
Sunday, February 16, 2025
Sunday evening ❄T
It's still snowing out there.
On a completely different topic, I've been hearing bits and pieces about the campaign for the right to repair. It's to use and reuse resources more wisely, but now it's being pitched as a way to adapt to a trade war.
I think many of the North American Balkers have a long weekend. We're got the day off for Family Day in most of Canada. Is your weekend set for overtime?
The Photo Gallery
It’s your weekly Photo Gallery! Come on in, take a look at what people have been up to over the past week and share some of your own photos.
They don’t need to be taken with a fancy camera or works of art. Share any SFW photos you’ve taken with even the poorest of potatoes. Of course we love to see that arty stuff too.
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Friday, February 14, 2025
Friday Evening Post
Good evening.
Walton Goggin's New York Lodge. Haven't watched the whole video at the time of this posting, but so far I very much agree with this tastes.
Fur Face Friday
Welcome to the Valentine's Day edition of Fur Face Friday! Take a look at all of last week's sweethearts.
HoneySmacks' Franky and Lamby
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| BFFS 💙 |
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Thursday evening open thread
I've shovelled several times over the last 24 hours, and my back is killing me. And more to come in a day or two.
Blaurgh!Talk
Been nearly a whole 'nother week of grin and bear it. Time to take a deep breath and let it all out.
Thursday Morning Open Thread
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Wednesday morning open thread
We're expecting a big dump to start this afternoon and through until Friday. I'm glad I don't need to go anywhere. I guess it will hit kristinbytes at some point too. I know B/C Codco will be hoping for a snow day.
I wonder if squirrel will ever return?
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Tuesday Haiku
How very welcome!
Even the snowflakes on my bedding
Are from Paradise.
-Kobayashi Issa
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| Tsuchiya Koitsu |
Monday, February 10, 2025
Monday Morning Open Thread
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Sunday Dinner Post
Welcome to later on Sunday/ early on Monday.
If you're cheering for a sprotsball team today, best wishes for a big win.
What else are you up to on this (possibly) snowy day? It looks like most of us are in for some messy weather.
In Halifax, they're organizing a Retro Film Festo for all the local indie films that are basically out of print. Which movie(s) would you add to a Retro Festo where you are?
https://www.cbc.ca/arts/nova-scotia-retro-film-festo-1.7445831
The Photo Gallery
It’s your weekly Photo Gallery! Come on in, take a look at what people have been up to over the past week and share some of your own photos.
They don’t need to be taken with a fancy camera or works of art. Share any SFW photos you’ve taken with even the poorest of potatoes. Of course we love to see that arty stuff too.
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Caturday Morning Open Thread
Friday, February 7, 2025
Friday Evening Post
Good evening.
There are subtitles, so don't forget to turn them on to fully understand these instructions.
Fur Face Friday
Hello and welcome to Fur Face Friday, where we invest in the power of cute endorphins. Last week, the critters who warm our hearts were doing warm things for winter. This week, they were just full of nope.
CTSenVy’s Knievel became one with the earth.
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| Solar powered bliss flip. |
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Thursday evening open thread
Got my hair trimmed and picked up some groceries on the way home; I always pick up too much because of sales, and it's bulky stuff, like bagged popcorn. But I don't have to go out again for a couple of days.
Blaurgh!Talk
Thursday Morning Open Thread
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Tools for Coping: Simple Sabotage Field Manual
Here is a link to a Project Gutenberg book by the C.I.A., called Simple Sabotage Field Manual. Ag mentioned it a few days ago, but I'm giving it it's own post.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184?ref=404media.co
Here's a summary from Project Gutenberg;
"Simple Sabotage Field Manual" by United States. Office of Strategic Services is a historical publication written during the early 1940s, amid World War II. This manual acts as a guide for ordinary civilians to conduct simple acts of sabotage against enemy operations without the need for specialized training or equipment. Its main topic revolves around promoting small, accessible forms of resistance that could collectively disrupt the enemy's war effort. The manual outlines various strategies and techniques for citizens to engage in sabotage that could be executed discreetly and with minimal risk. It provides specific suggestions for targeting transportation, communication, and industrial facilities to create delays and inefficiencies in enemy operations. The manual emphasizes the power of many individuals acting independently to contribute to a larger campaign of disruption, encouraging simple acts such as misplacing tools, delaying communication, or damaging equipment with household items. Overall, the "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" serves as a unique historical artifact that illustrates grassroots resistance efforts and the belief in the collective power of ordinary people during wartime. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Wednesday morning open thread
I have nothing planned for the day. It's another cold and icy day here, and I don't have to go out for anything, so I'll be sticking around home except to walk the dog.
How about everyone else?
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Tuesday Haiku
Both plains and mountains
Have been captured by the snow
There is nothing left.
-Joso
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| Kobayashi Kiwochika |
Monday, February 3, 2025
Monday Evening OT
I've had this song stuck in my head for days. And now so will you.
And a fun fact about axolotls delivered entertainingly.
I hope your Monday wasn't too Mondayish.
Tools for Coping: Education Edition
Just a quickie, for parents of school age children, and people who know school age children.
Consider buying textbooks and other literary material that align with your values, because with the threats to the public school systems, in terms of both funding and what may be taught, those may not be available in the near future, or in the long term. Want Black history lessons? Paleontology? Biology? LGBTQ+ material? Maybe buy some books for various age levels while you still can.
Try sites like Amazon for used textbooks.
Support your local library and encourage them to buy scientifically correct material, Black history and LGBTQ+ material, and help defend them when they do.
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Sunday evening OT
The groundhogs have spoken and there may or may not be six more weeks of winter depending on your regional rodent.
Shubenacadie Sam stuck her nose out, confirmed it was cold and went right back in but not before seeing her shadow.
Some Shubenacadie Sam stans trying to influence her prediction.
The Photo Gallery
It’s your weekly Photo Gallery! Come on in, take a look at what people have been up to over the past week and share some of your own photos.
They don’t need to be taken with a fancy camera or works of art. Share any SFW photos you’ve taken with even the poorest of potatoes. Of course we love to see that arty stuff too.