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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 19/07/2026

Not a great photo but seeing this little guy reminded me that I shouldn’t be clipping ALL the male blossoms to save for a female blossom. I’ve been greedy! 🌱

A close up photograph of a yellow squash blossom. There is a bee on his way out of the flower, well-dusted with yellow pollen.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 14/07/2026

We have rocks! We don’t know what all of them are yet but we’ll look them up when they finish tumbling. And now the kid wants to go find rocks of her own so we’re researching where to go on rock walks.

A photo of a white plastic mesh cup of about 250ml volume and a long handle, being held by a white child’s hand above some grass. In the cup is an assortment of glossy rocks of various colours and sizes.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 05/07/2026

There’s a lot here to be annoyed about but this passage stood out to me. The use of autism as an excuse for boundary-crossing behaviour is pervasive but I have always said that someone who is autistic but not an asshole will be mortified when they learn they’ve overstepped and will change behaviour.

In fact, he said, his own research showed that autistic people tend to differ in cognitive empathy (interpreting facial expressions and language) but not affective empathy (the internal response to others' feelings). "Once they know that someone is upset, it upsets them and they want to do something about it," he said. "There's a kind of myth that autistic people lack empathy."

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 29/06/2026

At first glance Tidal music’s new AI policy seems pretty decent but it also seems to be very specific about targeting only 100% AI-generated music. So all a person would need to do is record themselves farting and put it in at the end of each song to get around it?

A screenshot of part of a recent email from Tidal. Reads:

Here are the highlights of our new Al Policy:
• Tidal will identify and tag Al-generated music in our app. Listeners will see an "Al" badge next to music we detect as wholly Al-generated.
• Tidal will not tolerate Al-generated music that impersonates an artist or group, or that facilitates fraudulent activity. We're implementing automatic tools to remove these releases immediately and on an ongoing basis.
• Tidal will not allow music that is 100% Al-generated to be monetized. No royalties will go to such releases, nor will Al-generated uploads be eligible for direct-to-fan sales.
• We will expand these policies to music that is substantially Al-generated when Al detection technology is sufficiently reliable to do so.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 07/06/2026

Accidental-bonsai raspberry update: preschooler reports “best raspberry ever”. I’ll have to take her word for now. So we’ll be looking forward to when this plant settles in and starts giving us more berries. Next up looks to be the wonky “fall gold” raspberries from the quoted post. 🌱

A close up photo of a red raspberry growing on a very small raspberry cane. The raspberry is only a few centimetres from the ground.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 01/06/2026

Here’s a pretty clear example of the importance of pollinators! Those underdeveloped berries didn’t get fully pollinated. They’re closer to ripe than the others because they’re from the plant’s first blossoms of the season. When ripe they’ll be fine to eat, just ugly. 🌱 🐝

A close up photograph of a raspberry plant with several green berries on it. Some of them look normal but some of them are missing most of their drupelets (the small segments each containing one seed that together make up a single raspberry). In this case, poor pollination is the culprit as these berries came from the plant’s first flowers of the season - they didn’t get enough attention from pollinators while the flowers bloomed. The later flowers didn’t have that problem and their berries are developing fine.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 31/05/2026

This raspberry transplant had a rough time compared to the other 2 but it looks like it’s going to bounce back and even give us a couple berries this season. Planted 3 types: purple, red, yellow. I picked this Tulameen for the red one because I like camping at the provincial park at Tulameen 🌱

A photograph of a small raspberry plant, Tulameen variety. A dead stick (what’s left of the original cane cutting) protrudes upward about a foot, twice as tall as the living growth. A single unripe raspberry cries “we’ll make it! Just you wait, I am but the first of many!”

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 07/05/2026

I did not keep my flower tags because I lack foresight and do not learn from past mistakes, but I am pretty sure this is a double petunia. At this moment it is my favourite flower in the whole wide world. Look at these lil guys just givin’er! 🌱

A photograph of a pot of flowers centred on a pair of purple blooms. The petals are rugfly and are pale at the edges, darkening to black towards the middle.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 22/04/2026

Tulips are finally open and showing off their insides. Nice to see! And a bonus pic of radish sprouts because I’m very excited to get the food garden going. 🌱

A photograph of several tulips with their petals open. The two in the front are showing inside the blooms. The petals are yellow with red streaks of varying width so as to give an orange impression to the flowers.

A close up photograph of a tulip in bloom, described in more detail in the previous photograph. The red gets more pronounced treats the centre of the flower, solid red at the base of the petals.

A close photograph of some very young radish sprouts, growing in a crooked line across some soil flecked with organic debris and white specks of perlite.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 22/04/2026

It just feels like this picture would be bigger news if it were legitimate. I wonder if someone who uses Facebook could go to the source to confirm its authenticity as this was among the replies to the Mastodon post

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 15/04/2026

Come on out, sun! I wanna see the inside of these tulips! 🌱

A close-upphotograph of a tulip with its petals still mostly closed. The petals are yellow with delicate red striping to make the tulip look orange from any distance. A second tulip is or of focus next to it.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 22/03/2026

Baked some chocolate muffins for the preschooler’s lunches this week (for once no bananas in the freezer). “I’m going to love going to daycare this week!” she said.

A close-up photo of a batch of chocolate muffins fresh from the oven and still in the tin.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 18/03/2026

The sole crocus in my yard is here to tell me it’s time to get the garden ready for spring. 🌱 Grape hyacinths close behind and tulips working hard too as if they won’t get chomped by a critter the night before their blooms open

A cluster of four bright purple crocus blooms poking up from a bed of dried maple leaves. “Hello, I heard that you have some gnarly seasonal depression and I thought maybe I could help?” It’s a start, little buddy, thank you

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 13/03/2026

Not sure what the recent pile of obviously-AI accounts are for, but I’m sure tired of them littering the baking feeds I’m subscribed to. I started a moderation list, I welcome being advised of others to add. Like, what’s the goal of these accounts?

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 27/02/2026

Post old memes to confuse young people

A picture of Chewbacca (a brown Sasquatch-like alien, covered in fur from head to toe) and Han Solo (a white man in a white shirt and black vest), both aiming weapons at the viewer. Crude MS-paint word bubbles show Chewbacca saying “Arrgggh!” and Han saying “Alright, hand over your BALLS!”

It is one image from a series which involves Mr. T who also wants balls and successfully got yours before this pair came along.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 23/02/2026

It was not the point of this post but I had never heard of broccoli on pizza until reading it and it’s been on my mind ever since. So today I made some garlic confit and gave it a try at home. Broccoli is amazing on pizza and I wish I had put more on. Thank you @kendrawrites.com

A small, rectangular-ish pizza (quarter-sheet size) with charred broccoli, cheddar, mozzarella, a few mushrooms, and tomato sauce. The garlic is there but not visible.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 16/02/2026

Today’s bread looks a bit silly but it will taste just fine under some eggs and potatoes. I forgot to pull the dough from the fridge when I got up so we’re having breakfast for lunch today. 🥖 #bread

A blobby loaf of bread nestled in parchment paper inside a dutch oven. The bread split along one side as it baked, giving it an unconventional look: the split side has craggy dark brown edges protruding over a rough patch underneath (the dough which was exposed when the crust split), with the remainder of the crust being relatively smooth and brown with small pale blisters throughout. It looks a bit like a giant baking powder biscuit from this angle.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 08/02/2026

Your wife and I are kindred spirits and in the interest of bad art being better than ai art:

An amateurish drawing of a dragon crouched on a deep freezer, probably roaring “I’M GOING TO MAKE BANANA BREAD”

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 21/01/2026

Might I make a case for the humble tube top

A screenshot from Animal Crossing: New Horizons with a large grey bear character (I want to say Curt but don’t feel like checking) wearing a pink tube top, no bottoms, a pineapple hat, and glasses with sparkly anime eyes. He is holding a to-go cup with coffee from Brewsters.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 11/01/2026

Today’s QUESTION OF THE DAY is a video game one. What four classic video games to you find yourself replaying no matter how old they are? These are mine:

Game: Katamari Damacy. Illustration of several characters. Weird colourful little guys with sideways cylinder heads.

Game: Earthbound. Box cover featuring the game title superimposed over a liquid gold humanoid with shoulder spikes and tentacly “hands” on hips.

Game: Final Fantasy 8, which released at just the right time in my childhood to imprint as “my” Final Fantasy. Image featuring the main character, angsty teen Squall Leonhart, with the blade of his weapon in front of his face. He has a moody scar across his forehead. He has Big Feelings and doesn’t know how to express them, and he has a sword that’s also a gun.

Game: Viva Pinata. Box cover art featuring three pinatas: a fox, a horse, and a hedgehog. The hedgehog looks scared and they absolutely should. Don’t think too hard about the premise. You tend a garden to attract wild pinatas. Domesticated pinatas can be sent away for parties. Some pinatas prey on other pinatas, and will not domesticate unless they’ve eaten specific pinatas.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 04/01/2026

Anxiety-baking today. Not prepared to clean up after a major undertaking, I made RecipeTinEats’s no-knead bread. First time trying no-knead and whatever it looks like inside it looks nice outside. #baking #bread #it’scalledrustictyvm

A lumpy, craggy blob of bread with big splits in the top. It’s part of the rustic charm!

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 22/12/2025

Bit of holiday baking today to distribute tomorrow. Chocolate amaretti. Pretty straightforward to make and naturally gluten and dairy free. A cookie scoop helped keep the size uniform but I think if I had a slightly smaller one I’d use that next time. #baking #cookies #bakingsky

Cookies grouped closely together on a cooling rack. Small, round, and generously caked with powdered sugar, with large cracks revealing the chocolate cookie underneath. A blanched almond is pressed into the top of each cookie.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 12/12/2025

Stop, traveller! 🛑 If you're reading this, then you've reached the Pokémon checkpoint. You are now obligated to share your favorite Pokémon, or face Pokemon gaol! Zangoose! Because I love Zangoose. All vibes no reasoning. Gogoat close second.

An illustration of the Pokemon Zangoose, a cat-like guy with mostly white fur except for a couple jagged red parts on face and chest, and red paws. Standing on rear paws. Big claws. Angry but reserved expression. (When he’s a shiny Pokemon the red bits are blue.)

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 08/12/2025

Made miso-maple Brussels sprouts and chicken for supper. Recipe originally from NYT but barely needed - 1:1:1 syrup, miso, olive oil, some cumin, baked very hot until charred. Adults: enjoyed it. Toddler: “mommy, you didn’t cook these Brussels sprouts very good.” #food #dinner 🍽️

A baking half-sheet full of halved brussels sprouts and chunks of chicken breast, coated in miso-maple glaze and oven-charred.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 13/04/2025

I just learned that today is the 35th anniversary of Crystalis’s Japanese release for the #NES. Courtesy of my 10-year-old self, please know that you can stop the statues’ projectiles in the Cave of Styx by entering the following Game Genie code: POOO-OOOO OOOO-OOOO OOOO-OOOP

The cover to the NES game Crystalis, with a black-haired person squaring off with a werewolf-looking dude in an alien jungle setting.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 22/03/2025

Man, Clifford and the Grouchy Neighbors does the neighbours dirty. Sleep deprivation, property damage, food tampering, and we’re supposed to think they’re just not giving poor old Clifford a fair shake because dogs will be dogs?

An illustration of Clifford, a red dog the size of a small house, with a young girl (Emily Elizabeth) and two elderly people who are intended to be viewed as cranky old jerks but who are actually very reasonably irritated with having the quiet enjoyment of their property ruined by a neighbour’s dog who won’t keep to himself.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 16/01/2025

Black cocoa crinkle #cookies are the order of the day. The black cocoa gives the chocolate an Oreo-like flavour. I do wish my 3rd trimester nesting urge leaned more toward cleaning, but #baking is nice too.

A photo of several cookies cooling on a silicone-lined pan. The cookies are crinkle-style, with black cookie showing through many cracks in a white coating of powdered sugar. These cookies are a bit puffy as they are still quite fresh from the oven.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 17/12/2024

Low-effort, high-reward #cookie #baking is my favourite kind. These are in the shortbread family and use sweetened condensed milk; I happily get to use the small remainder of the can for my coffee for the next couple of days. A cookie scoop gets the nice surface texture.

A photograph of pale, plain cookies cooling on a rack. The cookies are rounded in shape with a craggy surface and are heavily dusted with confectioners sugar.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 30/06/2024

I thought maybe it was to use the same label in the Canadian market which requires French as well as English but nope, Canada gets an entirely different label. And yet still with a weird amount of white space

A Great Value branded can of pineapple tidbits with English and French labeling. The labeling is very generic and boring

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 22/06/2024

Nice strawberry haul today. Not enough for jam or anything but will make for some great shortcakes tomorrow if kiddo doesn’t eat them all first. Only had a couple with slug chomps, too! 🌱

An up-close photograph of very deep red strawberries which look as if they must smell amazing (they do)

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 09/06/2024

Weeding the neglected garden. 🌱Last year the tomatoes became a jungle because I planted them too closely and didn’t clip suckers enough. This year I feel like a villain pulling up the little tomato seedlings that are popping up from last year’s fallen maters. But I have nowhere to relocate them!

A garden bed full of young weeds growing around a red tomato cage. Some of the “weeds” are actually tomato seedlings growing from last year’s fallen tomatoes.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 26/05/2024

Didn’t get around to the net but a pinwheel seems to deter for now. Had a pregnant doe in the yard all day this weekend and no munchies. 🌱

A ceramic planter filled with viola(pansy?) flowers. Most of the flowers have yellow faces and deep purple accent patches, with deep purple back petals. The lower blades of a pinwheel are visible above the flowers, the pinwheel mostly out of frame.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 22/05/2024

post a *perfect* album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains

Cover of the Tragically Hip’s album Fully Completely. The image is an abstract mess of body parts that gives the impression of a chaotic party. Artwork by Lieve Prins.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 19/05/2024

Strawberry patch looks promising despite pretty much leaving it to fend for itself for the past two years other than some coffee grounds to help deter the slugs. If I had a redo I’d use raised planters to make things easier on my unmotivated bum 🌱#gardening

A photograph of a mess of strawberry plants with a number of white blossoms and some early green berry growth. A number of the leaves have holes in them from hungry bugs.

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A Gross Lady @bombhand.myatproto.social · 10/05/2024

My daughter’s violas before and after a visit from a city deer. A bit sad but we’ll get more flowers from the pruning and we’ll get a net set up in the meantime #gardening

Yellow and purple violas in a ceramic outdoor planter

Viola plants in a ceramic planter with all of their stems having been chomped by a deer, no flowers remaining

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