Mostly Harmless

@toadlily

Herding cats until the waveform collapses. Mostly harmless, but do note that both my grandfathers killed fascists. GenX. Слава Україні. Meese is still a pig. #OurFlagMeansDeath #ofmd #UglyDogs

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Mostly Harmless@toadlily· 20d

I think this is version 1 of the giraffe, which was 27 feet tall. We had to cut it down to 23 ft for v2 because it was kind of dangerously unwieldy. Looked great, though. Could lean down to have its snoot booped by kiddoes, graze in the trees, dance to samba music.

A life-sized giraffe puppet is marched down a city street. It is made of bamboo and painted burlap. There are many puppeteers. Trees, buildings and traffic lights are present, getting the point that this puppet is really really tall.

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Jul 2

Weather forecast for Nahcotta, Washington, a small town on the Pacific Ocean. Temperatures for the next week (in Farenheit) range from lows of 55 to highs of 61. There will be some rain.

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Apr 25

The #Chehalis Tribe have improved I-5 considerably with this one simple update.

The old Helsing Farms Uncle Sam billboard, formerly owned by a hateful old John Birch League guy, was sold back to the Chehalis Tribe by his heirs. Dunno the details. For decades it displayed hateful weird slogans. It's much improved now. Ot says "NATIVE AMERICA" next to an angry Uncle Sam face.

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Apr 10

Big day for #OFMD on AO3! We've got more than 40,000 fics! "StedeHammer 40K," anyone?

AO3 screenshot reading "1 to 20 of 40,003 works in Our Flag Means Death (TV). There are 2001 pages to click through on the panel below it

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Feb 11

My morning thus far...

Screen shot of a Duck Duck Go search result. The query was "why is my youtube not working." The result shows thumbnail links to several youtube videos explaining how to fix problems with, yes, youtube videos.

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Jan 27

This is from ILWU 23 (Tacoma)'s facebook page. And here's a link to their statement: www.ilwu.org/ilwu-stateme...

A giant container ship from the Evergreen line. Shipping containers on the deck are stacked so the word RENEE is spelled out in red containers on a background of green containers. Each container would be the trailer part of a tractor-trailer, they're huge. The text below it reads "ILWU Local 23. Seven hours ago. Solidarity from Tacoma to Minneapolis! Justice for Renee Good and Alex Pretti. RIP. AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL."

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Dec 22

Here's the exteriors.

Four prototype black Christmas cracker shells, assembled but unfilled. There are silver designs embossed on them. Two are Grateful Dead "stealie" skulls, the others are kestrel wing feathers.

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Dec 22

Difficulty opening the white chocolate chips. Oh well, at least I probably don't need stitches.

A very pink left hand with bandaids on the thumb and middle finger. Candy making supplies are in the background.

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Dec 21

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Nov 28

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Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Nov 9

And when I say the shop is great & important, check out their post for their summer feed-the-community initiative. They've been a USDA lunch location in the past. When that was eliminated they did it anyway.

A Facebook screenshot.

Gabi's Olympic Cards & Comics
July 2, 2025

As summer is going, please remember we have food bags for everyone that needs them. Many kids don't have access to school lunches, so we have you covered. We also do weekly food boxes.There is a green box when you walk in the door that always have sack lunches in them. Feel free to grab one. We also keep water bottles by the door for you to grab. There is never a reason for anyone in our community to go hungry. There is no judgement or stigma. In Hawaiian, we call it a Kuleana which translates to, basically, "A responsiblity one is honored to have."
Love and light,
Gab

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Nov 8

SNAP benefits have been sent out in Washington State. Let your neighbors know, because not everybody is online. See alt text for more details. FB link is to official post is here: www.facebook.com/share/p/17mE...

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Nov 2

There was a surprise update 2 weeks ago! Thanks be to Wikipedia forbsolving the mysterym

A Wikipedia quote: "Originally set at level 40, the maximum level a player can reach was increased to level 50 on November 30, 2020, and then raised again to Level 80 on October 15, 2025."

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Oct 18

I can't estimate crowds but the #nokings rally in Olympia was big. High spirits, colorful costumes and community activist booths were everywhere. Whoever organized the car parade did a spectacular job. The horns never stopped honking.

A large, dense and colorful crowd is assembled on the steps and lawn of the Legislative Building in Olympia, Washington.

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Oct 7

Banker's helicopter flying low & fast out of Astoria, no callsign, wonder who they're buying at this early hour.

Flight report screenshot showing takeoff of an Agusta helicopter owned by US Bank Equipment Finance Division. It's taking off from the tiny airport at Astoria, Oregon. It's not showing a callsign, which is weird.

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Sep 18

Thank you watchduty.org

A map of Lake Cushman, Washington and the Schneider Fire. The fire was started when a military helicopter crashed about 9pm local time on 17 Sept 2025. The map doesn't convey how steep the terrain is.

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Aug 21

Looks like the website may have changes in progress right now (early morning PDT). The lower pages still call the Guests of Honor "Pioneers" and the venue the "Frontier," but the main page drops that. The main page theme is now "Dare to Discover, Dare to Explore, Dare to be Uncharted!."

Screen shot from menu on LACon 5's "about" page, where guests are called pioneers and the venue is called the frontier. These labels have been removed from the site's main page.

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Jul 19

Not my cat, but this happened at our house a few times.

Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures

A grey-and-white kitten has attempted to climb some grey Venetian blinds. The collapsed blinds look like the graph of radio emissions from a neutron star used as the cover of Joy Division's first album, Unknown Pleasures. The kitten is tangled at the bottom, the expression on its face absolutely radiating "I MEANT to do that" energy.

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· Jun 7

Hey from SE Wyoming. We've got a very rare day off and it's a beautiful sunny morning.

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· May 23

Once we got over White Pass and officially to the deserts of Eastern Washington, it started raining. Not how this story normally goes.

Ponderosa pines atop a twisted cliff, just past the crest of White Pass, Washington.

A small mesa in eastern Washington. It is raining but there is a sunbeam shining on the mesa.

An intricate metalwork sun across from me on the wall of a Mexican restaurant.

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· May 23

Taking a pic to remember what water looks like. Riffe Lake.

A very green mountain meadow above a lake. Evergreen trees are in the foreground, dark mountains and dramatic clouds in the back.

Mostly Harmless@toadlily· May 1

I have found the tackiest fabric of all time. It's four-way stretch spandex, like you make the good sports leggings out of. I won't *really* buy it, but if I did, what should I make and where should I wear it?