Something Witty

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Lover of sled dogs, snow, wildlife, & maps. NH election official. Autistic & physically disabled. Live with @shroderdog.net, 2 young adults & 9 critters + so much wildlife.

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Something Witty@phiguru· Jul 8

Sipping a totally normal soda like a totally normal person.

Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray soda in its bright green can. It is proud to be "The Original" and since 1869. It is, truly, a celery soda. It contains celery seed. It is sitting on a piece of scrap marble, there are Independence Day lights in the window in the background. (Yeah, that's what we're calling them now.)

Something Witty@phiguru· Jul 5

Watching the @romancingthevote.com bid feed when what is the suggested video beneath? Something made for @clairewillett.bsky.social

Screenshot of YT in a browser. Romancing the Vote is at the top. Immediately beneath it, YT has decided that I should watch, "What is the Problem with the New Mass?" - SSPX Sermons on the SSPX News channel - yeah, that's right, the newly schismatic organization.

Something Witty@phiguru· Jul 5

Having finished Independence Day, @shroderdog.net put on the next great American Movie. (To his credit, the soundtrack is spectacular.)

A 21 year old Christian Slater looks to camera right with a big radio microphone in front of his mouth. He is wearing a navy blue bowling shirt with red and white stripes on the shoulders.

Something Witty@phiguru· Jul 3

My three choices are ones that made me think critically about the naturally incomplete tale we get in school.

Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du Bois (introduction by David Levering Lewis)

The Jamestown Brides, The Bartered Wives of the New World by Jennifer Potter

Forget the Alamo by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford

Something Witty@phiguru· Jul 1

Speaking of bears, the female who usually hangs out next door just stopped by hoping for food. Both of these pictures are *close*, like she's about 5 feet from the house in the one with the bright plants and about 10 feet away in the other picture. Closer than the deer. 🐻

A medium-sized adult black bear stands on a 3-foot wide concrete "manhole cover" with one foot just getting ready to step off. She is sniffing the ground for strawberries. Video still from an IR camera, so b/w image.

Medium-sized adult black bear is walking from the driveway towards the front door (it's fine, there's a path, this is normal.) You can see the smaller (for adult bears) legs, less chonky, narrow wedge-shaped head, ears seem large relative to skull. This is a female who frequents the neighbors.

Something Witty@phiguru· Jul 1

It's SO easy. I mean, this was last week (you can just see the burn pile in the back right). See the unraked leaves? Unmowed "lawn" - you get rewarded for being lazy with deer, turkeys, lightning bugs, birds, and, of course, Kevin the Bear.

White tailed deer, a doe, stands amidst a yard of tall grasses, wild parsnip, wild strawberry, and maple saplings. She has her head up after snacking her way across the yard. Apparently it's good browse.

Something Witty@phiguru· Jun 29

Thanks in part to @sarahmackattack.bsky.social and her campaign to Leave the Leaves, I now have so many fireflies around my house that relocating them back outside is a regular evening chore. This one is a Say's Firefly, Pyractomena angulata (I think).

A firefly is flashing green. We can see the color and bright spot very clearly because it's on a wall, indoors.

Something Witty@phiguru· Jun 27

Elvis. youtu.be/z77xkOkRAwo?...

Don Johnson as Crockett sits on his boat with Elvis the Alligator next to him.

Something Witty@phiguru· Jun 27

With Alt-Text

GENERAL BONKING FORM

Dear social media user,

In the interest of transparency, as well as the maintenance of an agreeable conversation, this form will provide you with an after-the-fact record that will explain why you are being ignored, blocked/banned, or just generally mocked.

This is happening to you because you (check all that apply)

🔳 posted disinformation, including disinfo originating in Russia, the right-wing, or both (it's 'both' a lot)

🔳 said something racist, antisemitic, misogynist, nativist, or bigoted in some other unusually creative or noteworthy way

🔳 doubled down by insisting that you as the offender were the arbiter of what was racist, antisemitic, nativist, misogynist or bigoted in some other way rather than the offended person

🔳 are obviously a bot, spammer, or other form of coordinated inauthentic behavior

🔳 keep arguing badly while insisting you're winning

🔳 were just generally kind of annoying

🔳 thought, mistakenly, that Wu Tang Clan is something to f**k with

🔳 demonstrated you didn't read the post/get the meme but commented anyway

🔳 unreasonably stole content (there being "reasonable theft", e.g. non-watermarked memes)

🔳 were unreasonably rude (yes, there is a "reasonably rude")

🔳 started an unreasonable fight (see: "reasonably rude")

🔳 repeatedly engage in bad-faith rhetorical tactics

🔳 unreasonably personally insult other commenters (again, a thing)

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

JUST HAVE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

Something Witty@phiguru· Jun 26

I'm a fan of 2 Kings 23-25. Kids who live in bear country get a real kick from this one.

2 Kings 2:23-25
New International Version
Elisha Is Jeered
23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” 24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys. 25 And he went on to Mount Carmel and from there returned to Samaria.

Video still of two adult black bears, female on the left, bigger bear, a male on the right (Kevin). Both are on all fours, nose and ears forward, walking up to the house for a routine food smells inspection. It's 6:11pm on June 12, 2025, a sunny day, so this is a daylight visit. They smell dinner inside. You can get a rough height on the female bear based on the driveway marker behind her (marking the well head).

Something Witty@phiguru· Jun 18

She can't even get her friends to read it.

skeet by @amandacollinsbeans.bsky.social from May 17, 2026, replying to 'a post': Several of my friends bought signed print copies of my novel but have never read it. It’s frustrating because I’d love their input but I can’t force them to read! One girlfriend asked if I could record Microsoft Word reading it aloud when I told her I couldn’t afford to make an audiobook! 😳✍️📚

Something Witty@phiguru· Jun 9

A rare photo of them together from Christmas. Aether is a svelte 17 (upper level). Scooter started at 16 pounds, got to over 20, is now down to a steady 18. (The ham on the lower level.)

A Siamese-esque (excessive white) cat looks down from the highest level of a cat tree on a brown tabby, upside down on the level below. Both are clearly spilling off the edges of their platform despite not being in an elongated position.

Something Witty@phiguru· Jun 7

Thank goodness, or you would have been laid off a year later. I hope the swarm of chuds gave them some amusement as they wound down operations.

Screenshot of webside for [Redacted, Inc]: After 7 years in business, Redacted, Inc. has closed its doors as of June 2023. Thank you to all of our wonderful clients for their business and support over the years.

Something Witty@phiguru· Jun 1

Rabbit Rabbit! (Hoping snowshoe hare as a regional variant is acceptable.)

Something Witty@phiguru· May 30

Scooter wants you to share what you have with the less fortunate. He believes that group includes him (it does not.)

A brown and faun colored tabby cat is looking up with his sweetest, most kitten-like face, in hopes you will meet his demands to share because he's so sweet and just a wee babe and he is only here for kindness and snacks.

Something Witty@phiguru· May 29

I think the data shown includes Kavanaugh stops - that's the only explanation for having "United States" listed as a country of origin for a detainee and these charges. (No civil disorder or similar that could have been a protestor.)

Data from the vile "Aliens" site showing, in a table, the following:
Malone, NY 20 total arrests from 2/28/25 to 5/12/26
Criminal charges are Assault, Burglary, Family Offences, Homicide
Countries of Origin are: Burma, Canada, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Mexico, Pakistan, United States, Venezuela
Under "Gang Affiliation" there is no checkmark.

Something Witty@phiguru· May 20

This is a cat checkpoint: show the most recent cat photo on your phone.

A tabby cat is lying down, looking down at the camera that is beneath him, like everything is. In the background, there is a Dark Side of the Moon poster because it is the bedroom of a college kid.

Something Witty@phiguru· May 18

I know shit sucks, but I just read the extended weather forecast and if it holds, I can safely plant *this weekend*! First up, wildflowers and pollinator-friendly annuals from the Vermont Wildflower Farm as we rewild a meadow that held dilapidated chicken sheds and trash on the bank of a creek.

Low-growing wildflowers as groundcover, annuals and native perennials, in clumps including daisies, Sweet Alyssum, Dwarf Evening Primrose, Purple Moss Verbena, and dwarf poppies.

5x5 grid of different wildflowers, including coreopsis, butterfly weed, conflower, beardtongue, blackeyed susan, partridge pea, blue vervain, asters, blazing star, milkweed, senna, spiderwort, monarda, mountain mint, false indigo, lespadesa, boneset, and joe pye weed.

Something Witty@phiguru· May 17

Before and After! New approach has a safer approach for the carrier (driveway) and the box is hanging above standard plow height. On the back of the mailbox 2x4 will be a small planter. Also, the house marker is now in front of the house, which matters in an area where GPS is routinely wrong.

A mailbox is mounted on a 4x4 post in a white 5gal bucket on the side of the road in rural Northern New England. Two driveway markers are being used to hold the bucket in place. The mailbox is tilted forwards and looks sad. However, it is a beautiful day with blue skies, a few fluffy white clouds, the dandelions are blooming.

A new reflective house marker and mailbox are mounted to a weathered 4x4 post. The mailbox is white, hanging from a shiny silver chain (zinc coated steel). The 2x4 from which the mailbox is hanging also extends out the back for future flowerpot.

Something Witty@phiguru· May 17

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle. Thanks to elkinsdiy.com/remodeled-no... - I have plans to make one this summer.

A coroplast bicycle camper in the general shape of an airstream is towed by a motorized recumbent bicycle. The camper is painted in a woodlands camo motif.

Something Witty@phiguru· May 16

It's almost Mailbox Improvement Week! In true North Country style, my mom's mailbox is currently in a 5gal bucket of gravel. Tomorrow, we're adapting an existing signpost to also hang a mailbox. For height, Maine DOT illustrated it and the Postmaster says 24" from edge of pavement or fog line.

Maine DOT annotated cartoon showing a truck with a plow blade and a mailbox hanging on a chain from a post mounted back from the road. The hight of the wing (39"), USPS standards (41-45"), and what Maine DOT recommends (44-45").

Something Witty@phiguru· May 12

My No. 1 Husky of this time. (It's hard to pick just one favorite after 50 years.)

A black and white Siberian Husky has the rips and is running like a crazed maniac in a double-suspension gallop. He is going just past the camera to the left because no, you cannot quite catch him yet. He's not done. He is running on short green grass with fallen leaves, brown.

Something Witty@phiguru· May 2

I slowed it down so it's easier to see a bear at a gallop. Poor guy was crossing the road and a car came along so he booked it. (This is not Kevin but a younger, smaller, leaner bear).

Something Witty@phiguru· Apr 29

In a photo from roughly March 2023, Sam Neill was walking uphill when he stopped to scratch his pig, Angelica. Angelica is a fawn colored pig, was also walking, paused for the scritches, and has turned towards the camera. Both man and pig appear entirely happy with this state of affairs.

Something Witty@phiguru· Apr 29

B&w photo: group of soldiers are sitting on rocks with their weapons. Their heads have been replaced (crudely) with Shiba Inus. Text reads: They planned for everything. Except for a group of shitposting dogs on the internet called "The Fellas."

Something Witty@phiguru· Apr 28

Kevin the Bear is back to do his Spring inspection. He's been in the burdocks again. 🐻 #wildlife

Something Witty@phiguru· Apr 27

Honestly, as far as possible. I was closer than normal for this photo but had terrain in my favor in case the moose became agitated at all. Here's the same shot without the zoom lens and you can see the width of the river and that I'm shooting down from a high bank.

A moose stands in but on the opposite side of a very wide, shallow river. An old birch tree is in the foreground.

Something Witty@phiguru· Apr 27

Not my first moose of the year (or even today!) but the first one I could safely photograph. #wildlife

A young, healthy appearing moose of indeterminate gender stands in a swift moving but shallow river, next to a mossy bank. The moose is almost sideways to the camera (and parallel with the river bank and flow), but their head is up to look at me with one eye and keep an ear forward. The birch trees in the foreground have giant buds.

Something Witty@phiguru· Apr 18

Tried taking the former owner's excessive number of chicken coops to the town burn pile. Got told we needed a "demolition permit" (no, we did not) but that's OK. I am handling this the old fashioned way.

A bunch of old scrap wood is on fire. The land around it is bare dirt. There are trees in the background but they aren't close. A single beam of sunlight is shining through the smoke.

Something Witty@phiguru· Apr 17

Tonight I learned that Scooter the Cat is now afraid of thunder. I am entirely perplexed by this because he seemed just fine last Summer and DNGAF about thundersnow, but tonight? He went for an interior wall away from windows.