Toscha 🍂
@poemless.bsky.social
Lover of lovely things, problematic takes, and my rescue dog. Hater of Illinois Nazis.
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Why am I only seeing people I follow in Discover but not on the Following feed? I legit thought people were not posting today.
October 6, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Why am I only seeing people I follow in Discover but not on the Following feed? I legit thought people were not posting today.
Dark before 7pm, Jazz Samba by Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd, pecan crusted chicken, mashed sweet potatoes w/ honey, roasted broccoli w/ lemon & red pepper, Val de Loire Sauvignon Blanc, pining for cooler weather.
October 6, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Dark before 7pm, Jazz Samba by Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd, pecan crusted chicken, mashed sweet potatoes w/ honey, roasted broccoli w/ lemon & red pepper, Val de Loire Sauvignon Blanc, pining for cooler weather.
Meanwhile normal Russian Americans have to jump through third country hoops to see any profits earned in Russia (ex: royalties, sale of home, etc.) and many have just given up.
Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin is launching his own beer brand in Russia. OVI will include two lagers and a nonalcoholic beer, with sales planned by the end of 2026 at about 100 rubles a can. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Washington Capitals hockey star Alexander Ovechkin to launch his own beer brand in Russia — Meduza
Hockey player Alexander Ovechkin is launching his own beer brand, OVI, in Russia. Bochkarev Breweries will produce the beer, Kommersant reported.
meduza.io
October 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Meanwhile normal Russian Americans have to jump through third country hoops to see any profits earned in Russia (ex: royalties, sale of home, etc.) and many have just given up.
Chicago not in Chicago.
October 5, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Chicago not in Chicago.
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Evelyn Brent poses as Salomé for an unusual photo by Otto Dyar, 1929. (Thread)
October 4, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Evelyn Brent poses as Salomé for an unusual photo by Otto Dyar, 1929. (Thread)
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Portraot of Janet Flanner, pioneering US writer, 1927 by photographer Berenice Abbott #Womensart
October 5, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Portraot of Janet Flanner, pioneering US writer, 1927 by photographer Berenice Abbott #Womensart
OK, my neighbors are watching a horror movie in their back yard which is fine but the half an hour leading up to me figuring out that's what is going on was wild.
October 5, 2026 at 3:14 AM
OK, my neighbors are watching a horror movie in their back yard which is fine but the half an hour leading up to me figuring out that's what is going on was wild.
Both about the same time: Watching the Velveteen Rabbit film in Kindergarten, and some show on PBS our babysitter let us watch that had a spectral white horse in it (the internet suggests it was The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes "The Horse of the Invisible.")
In honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?
October 5, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Both about the same time: Watching the Velveteen Rabbit film in Kindergarten, and some show on PBS our babysitter let us watch that had a spectral white horse in it (the internet suggests it was The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes "The Horse of the Invisible.")
I really want to get excited about a local baseball team in the World Series, but the last time I did that it opened a portal to hell.
brewers-white sox amtrak series
October 5, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I really want to get excited about a local baseball team in the World Series, but the last time I did that it opened a portal to hell.
Shout out to whomever said, This fizzy wine is too trash to sell, but we can add some elderflower cordial to it and market it as a cute gimmicky item at Trader Joe's.
This is the kind of resourcefulness I appreciate in our wasteful era!
This is the kind of resourcefulness I appreciate in our wasteful era!
October 4, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Shout out to whomever said, This fizzy wine is too trash to sell, but we can add some elderflower cordial to it and market it as a cute gimmicky item at Trader Joe's.
This is the kind of resourcefulness I appreciate in our wasteful era!
This is the kind of resourcefulness I appreciate in our wasteful era!
Indian Summer or just still summer?
October 4, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Indian Summer or just still summer?
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Today, Oct 4, is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi: the day when you can bring your pets to church for a blessing.
October 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Today, Oct 4, is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi: the day when you can bring your pets to church for a blessing.
Cicada check in: Present
October 4, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Cicada check in: Present
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Current* conditions near Evanston, IL:
October 4, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Current* conditions near Evanston, IL:
The music app kept recommending Blossom Dearie based on my faves and people I respect are fans so I thought I shouldn't judge the music by the name and gave in despite my better judgement but of course she does indeed have a voice just like you'd imagine someone with that name would. Live and learn!
October 4, 2026 at 1:15 AM
The music app kept recommending Blossom Dearie based on my faves and people I respect are fans so I thought I shouldn't judge the music by the name and gave in despite my better judgement but of course she does indeed have a voice just like you'd imagine someone with that name would. Live and learn!
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People are irritable nowadays, dear me, that they are.
—Tadeusz Konwicki, A Dreambook for Our Time
—Tadeusz Konwicki, A Dreambook for Our Time
October 3, 2026 at 11:21 PM
People are irritable nowadays, dear me, that they are.
—Tadeusz Konwicki, A Dreambook for Our Time
—Tadeusz Konwicki, A Dreambook for Our Time
Got a twin in my mushrooms & couldn't bear to separate them.
October 3, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Got a twin in my mushrooms & couldn't bear to separate them.
Pretty fucked up that I have my moderation settings to enable adult content, warn of sensitive content, and hide graphic content, and the result is beautiful paintings are hidden and every other post I see is about r*pe, a word I have muted.
October 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Pretty fucked up that I have my moderation settings to enable adult content, warn of sensitive content, and hide graphic content, and the result is beautiful paintings are hidden and every other post I see is about r*pe, a word I have muted.
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NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
www.wired.com
October 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings.
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Oh dear god they're doing "American cookies" on GBBO this week.
October 3, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Oh dear god they're doing "American cookies" on GBBO this week.
TV producers should find out what type of drugs they are putting in The Marlow Murder Club to make me enjoy watching episode after episode of such DIRE writing and acting. Not a hate watch. I love it madly. But it is dreadfully ridiculous.
October 3, 2026 at 12:57 AM
TV producers should find out what type of drugs they are putting in The Marlow Murder Club to make me enjoy watching episode after episode of such DIRE writing and acting. Not a hate watch. I love it madly. But it is dreadfully ridiculous.
Oh that's what that was about.
Ian Ruckert sang the national anthem, accompanied by a field-sized flag and an F-16 flyover from the Indiana Air National Guard.
October 3, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Oh that's what that was about.
Just lost an hour of my life to customer service hell which would only have been 15 minutes if there had not been an AI "Agent" between me and a human every time I was transferred to the ostensible person who could ostensibly help.
October 2, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Just lost an hour of my life to customer service hell which would only have been 15 minutes if there had not been an AI "Agent" between me and a human every time I was transferred to the ostensible person who could ostensibly help.
After two solid days of rain, Dorothy finally got a proper walk. The sun is out, the cicadas are still screaming, a million infinitesimal worms are hanging from all the trees, and I saw for a second time a pale hawk with a long, narrow tail.
October 2, 2026 at 7:58 PM
After two solid days of rain, Dorothy finally got a proper walk. The sun is out, the cicadas are still screaming, a million infinitesimal worms are hanging from all the trees, and I saw for a second time a pale hawk with a long, narrow tail.