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Pink Salad@pinksalad· 21d

Cue Velma Melmac, Farley’s denizen of Yosemite campsites, wielding her trusty vacuum and cans of bug fogger.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· 21d

If I had *tried* to bake a Mola mola it would never have turned out this accurate.

A free form loaf of whole wheat sourdough bread that happens to have taken the shape of a Mola mola, also known as the giant ocean sunfish. This loaf is much smaller than the 1,000-pound gentle giant of the seas. See comments for link to more info from the best aquarium on the planet, in Monterey Bay California.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Jul 9

Every time I grab the hand mixer I long for a discussion with the designers. Ignore the mixing faceplate—why does it only go to 7?!

Part of the cook’s hand is holding a white KitchenAid hand mixer over a stainless steel bowl of seven-minute frosting simmering over a pan of water on the stovetop. The decorative faceplate of this particular mixer is long gone, so it looks a bit rough, but the point of the photo is that the speeds on the mixer max out at 7, which, obviously, is not a satisfying maximum speed.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Jul 4

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Jun 21

Some cats are loaf-shaped, some are boules.

A big-boned, old, orange-and-white tabby gazes at the photographer. His ample and blobular, ovoid shape belies the argument on his face, that he missed breakfast and is pining for his elevenses. This cat has never missed a meal and is taking full advantage of the visiting cat’s habit of walking away from food. Yes, we are restricting his intake. We are horrible humans.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Jun 18

We need to talk about the Hatch Act.

Jennifer Aniston’s character in the 1999 movie Office Space flips off her boss after being reprimanded boss for wearing an insufficient number of pieces of “flair”, which are pins or buttons with messages on them.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Jun 13

When the name went up they used a cherry picker. (Photo shows workers in a green cherry picker adding Trump’s name to the wall of the Kennedy center, from ABC News)

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Jun 8

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Jun 7

It seems bad when a congresswoman takes to Facebook to lambaste you, but just that’s just Mrs (A former crisis PR pro.)

screenshot of a Facebook post by
Congresswoman Diana DeGette.

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Shared by 551 people at time of the screenshot (afternoon of Sunday, June 7 2026)
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I am profoundly disturbed by the ejection of Steven Kahn and his colleagues from the American Diabetes Association's meeting as they handed out copies of their op-ed criticizing the Trump administration's devastating damage to American biomedical research.
Director Bhattacharya promised to foster open dialogue and debate in science. Instead, he is presiding over an environment where dissent has no place and scientists who dare criticize the regime are cast out.
Director Bhattacharya, other HHS and NIH leadership, and the leadership of the American Diabetes Association must immediately explain what their roles were in the ejection of Dr. Kahn and his colleagues, and anyone involved in what appears to be a blatant act of political censorship must be held accountable.
Censorship and intimidation have no place in science. Discovery, innovation, and the millions of patients who are waiting for cures demand curiosity-driven science, free from political interference.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· May 29

#ETTD This terrible logo doesn’t work vertically, as seen at National Airport (DCA). Graphic design is their passion.

An electronic display board at National Aipeort has a map of the facility, an ad for something or other, and a visually confusing and amateurish poster for the 250th year of our nation’s founding.

It looks like 205 instead of 250. The effect of the clownish graphic design is worse at a distance.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· May 24

Look at the tacky ad the WaPo is running inside the story of a suicide-by-cop at the White House. Embarrassing. Disgusting.

News article describes reporters being moved to safety as shots are fired near the White House . The in-story ad shows a beefy man’s left hand holding a glass while dark clear liquid is poured, catching the light. The ad is for a tacky-assed eagle-and-flag engraved whiskey glass, which is held aloft over the background of a farm with red barn and gray silo.

Text of the shabby cheap-ass website selling this emblematic schlock — perfectly befitting our country’s descent under Trump, his water boys, and the co-dependent GOP.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· May 8

If you’re not a science geek and don’t want to click, note that the researcher is with the Army’s infectious disease research lab in Frederick, Maryland. They often work in conjunction with NIH’s NIAID; you may remember them both from anthrax news stories. Federal funding for science saves lives.

A screen grab from the Nature article reads: For more than three decades, Jay Hooper, a virologist at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Frederick, Maryland, has been working to develop a vaccine against several species of hantavirus that can infect people, including the Andes virus.
He talks to Nature about why these vaccines remain elusive.
Is this outbreak a sign that the risk of infection with hantavirus is increasing?

Pink Salad@pinksalad· May 8

The cats — who have absolutely already been fed — are spending the morning accusing me of denying their lived experience.

An orange and white cat who has clearly never missed a meal in his rotund life gazes plaintively at the camera above his empty food bowl.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· May 4

Submission to the Summer 2026 issue of the Annals of Ironic Announcements, from a community college’s summer catalog:

Screen grab of a college course catalogue’s writing program. A blue call-out box reads:

Restarting Your Writing Class
Cancelled
The Restarting Your Writing: How to Get Productive Again course, scheduled to begin Tuesday, April 28, 2026, has been cancelled.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Apr 30

Hey @wsscwater.bsky.social : Do I follow the number order, or go top-to-bottom, as we usually read instructions? Every single year this befuddles (and infuriates) me. One editor could have prevented this embarrassment.

A hang tag from my basement that was provided by WSSC, my water utility, reads: HOSE BIBB MAINTENANCE
WARM WEATHER
(APR. 1 - Nov. 1)
5. CLOSE Bleed Orifice at Inside Valve
4. RESET Vacuum Breaker
(Location and Operation vary with Migr.)
3. CLOSE Hose Bibb
2. ATTACH Garden Hose
1. OPEN Valve Inside

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Apr 23

Still not funny. I guess this tracks though: small towns are more accepting of ableism and conservative jackassery in general. Glad he saved the station, if only he could stop being a jackass.

Transcript of the interview.

Dave Chappelle:
I ain't doing trans jokes no more. You know what I'm going to do tonight? Tonight, I'm doing all handicap jokes.
(Laughter)
Dave Chappelle:
Well, they're not as organized as the gays.
(Laughter)

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Apr 23

And then he dips into the comments with a total nonsequitur. Perhaps if I had smoked a lot of pot in the 1980s I could track this.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Apr 13

Tell me this doesn’t have serious satanic vibes:

An AI generated angel has three spikes instead of a head. D seems to have an extra set of arms/claws, plus a topcoat. And prison striped pants. Disturbing in a born-again AI kind of way.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Apr 13

Nothing hits quite like that first sip of coffee on a Monday morning. Good coffee is SO GOOD. (Also good: more of it.)

An illustrated, very lumpy toad holds a tall cup of coffee and stares at the viewer. Caption says Surely this is the coffee that will finally fix me. Artist’s name unknown.

Illustration of a woman with brown hair in a messy bun, wearing a bathrobe, leaning over a giant cup of coffee that says MOnday on it, splashing her face as if doing her ablutions.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Apr 10

Moments ago:

A texted dialogue of a photo of an orange and white cat who glares, or maybe implores a couch-flopped person, with chin resting on human elbow possessively.. The caption reads I stopped petting him. The parent replies, you can’t do that.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Apr 9

News used to be better.

Black and white promotional still photo of Ted Baxter, Lou, and Mary Tyler Moore from the Mary Tyler Moore Show. News anchor and empty suit Ted is trying to comfort Lou, the boss, who is grappling with some sort of disappointment, while Mary gives Ted some serious, undoubtedly warranted side-eye for whatever nonsense Ted pulled that got them into this mess.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Mar 29

Behold, my childhood. Crossed the US twice from a bench just like that. You couldn’t put anything combustible on the floor behind the driver, because it would get hot enough to make a down-filled throw pillow stink like burned hair. Steering wheel the size of a yacht’s. 15 MPG in town.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Mar 25

Ladies and gentlemen, Trombone Shorty with accompaniment.

Trombone Shorty, a very cool Black trombonist wearing dark sunglasses and a black shirt, puffs his cheeks and is about to throw the slide and play a satisfying “wah wahhh” glissando, a chromatic fall from a high note to the same note at least an octave lower, denoting mockery and derision.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Mar 10

A line drawing of a water spritzer— the type one would use to correct unwanted behavior by a cat threatening to scratch your favorite couch, for example — held by a hand, squirts several streams of water toward the left. Underneath the spray, red letters say emphatically “No.”

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Mar 9

The Pollening has begun in the nation’s Capital. Just look at all those evil little male bits blanketing the air with noxious spawn.

The Washington Monument waits stoically in the background for the Trump II administration to recede into history and rebuilding our democratic institutions will begin. The monument’s westernmost facade glows hopefully before a clear blue sky in the golden hour just before sunset. In the front, bare tree branches with tiny, nondescript flowers are budding out, and leaf buds will be next. Soon, the monument will be much harder to see from Constitution Avenue, when the mature trees are fully leafed out. But for now, DC residents suffer from their annual dump of microscopically small pollen.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Mar 6

Straight Outta Bosch.

Bird-like creature in a painting of hell, by Hieronymous Bosch some time around the year 1500. Put-upon bird is wearing a red cloak, a tin funnel for a helmet, and ice skates. There is a letter stuck to its beak.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Mar 3

A little girl of about 4 or 5 years old looks sideways over her shoulder with a knowing, closed-lips smirk on her face while a single-family home burns to the ground behind her.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Mar 2

Agree that a talented reader can manage multiple voices, for sure. Look at Harry Shearer. 😃

Panel shows several characters from The Simpsons, all voiced by Harry Shearer.
Maggie Simpson, Mr Burns, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Anchorman Kent Brockman, and Lenny Leonard. Not pictured: tons of additional Simpsons characters, plus Shearer’s infamous role as rocker Derek Smalls in This is Spinal Tap.

Pink Salad@pinksalad· Feb 23

Spent hours cooking a pot of butter beans yesterday, and forgot them on the stove while washing up. You can tell a lot about one’s childhood and general risk aversion by discussing whether to serve them for dinner or toss them out like nuclear waste.