gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 05/01/2026I like this use of "Columbus" as a verb, will use at the first opportunity. 020
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Today is a day I am grateful for Corgi Flop youtu.be/glii-kazad8youtu.beCorgi FlopYouTube video by geddesd21 010
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 15/08/2025This just makes me curious if anyone has done a retrospective analysis of his time at HUD. 020
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Thank you for sharing this thought with me. It has made me smile AND giggle. 010
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 10/04/2025I hope to never encounter a more Thesaurus-assed argument than "the government needs to be run top-down from the Oval Office" because “'Executive' is a literal synonym of 'monarchical'". 2213
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 15/02/2025It was used quite a bit in 2017, and here we are again. 000
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Above all else, I try to give people room to surprise me. Institutions? LOL no, absolutely not. 130
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Things that have re-wired my brain: every piece of testimony on the Horizon Post Office IT Inquiry channel on YouTube: youtube.com/@postofficeh...m.youtube.comPost Office Horizon IT InquiryA statutory inquiry led by retired high court judge Sir Wyn Williams. Sir Wyn is tasked with ensuring there is a public summary of the failings which occurred with the Horizon IT system at the Post Of... 020
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 30/12/2024That, and the fact that it ships with NO bloatware, are what convinced me the extra upfront cost would be worth it. I've had my refurbished model for nearly two years with zero regrets. 020
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 27/12/2024I think you are looking for this book and its descendants, as well as interdisciplinary work that focuses on textile production? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hum...en.m.wikipedia.orgThe Human Use of Human Beings - Wikipedia 020
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Me? – An entry-level civil servant whose life was changed by a copy of Edward Tufte's The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (First Edition), found on a random bookshelf at their first clerical job. 010
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 21/12/2024This thread reminding me to finish reading Glut, mine its bibliography for more reading material, and dig in to more recent scholarship... 010
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 17/12/2024At first I laughed at the phrase "sad band for high school". Then I remembered when and how I became obsessed with Belle and Sebastian. 010
Reposted by gollybearahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 24/11/2024As may be obvious, I've settled on using the hashtag #BadActorBingo for my case studies of common spam and scam patterns. I'll go back and append it to the other threads on the topic. I will be making this a semi-regular feature as I find common bad actor signifiers to dissect for you! 1439449
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Although I'm inclined to call it "fieldwork," I think in this case we should consult the classics: www.tumblr.com/half-ginger/...tumblr.commanifesting.In the words of my father, an archaeologist, "if you don't have a permit for it, it's grave robbing" 210
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Petition to call all database documentation focused on data entry and the end-user a "Field Guide". #dataBS 230
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I've been waiting for this announcement since you first posted about attending FIT! 000
Reposted by gollybeaMelinda's century of humiliation @melindamagpie.bsky.social · 05/11/2024I feel like people on Bluesky really needs to read this comic today. Artist: Chirp and Whimsy 71312503
Reposted by gollybea✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 25/10/2024They called her an acrobat's daughter She swung by her teeth from a noose But one matinee, her bridgework gave way And she flew through the air like a goose 0274
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 04/07/2024A question I might ask election officials in Michigan: is it possible for a registered voter to submit a completely unmarked ballot and still show up in the database as having voted? A question for anyone who has submitted a completely unmarked ballot: why? 000
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 04/07/2024As for previous elections: according to his bio on the Washington Free Beacon he used to live in Virginia, where state law is very protective of voter registration info. 050
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 22/03/2024If authenticity is important and you're buying from Amazon, see if the product code starts with X. Those are linked to a particular seller, anything else might be co-mingled. Also: only read the 1-star reviews. If you ever encountered FBA items in Receive, Stow, Problem Solve, or ICQA, you know why. 100
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 13/03/2024Goodbye to one of my favorite views of the Empire State Building. Madison Square Park, 23rd Street, and 5th Avenue won't be the same without you. 030
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 26/12/2023Family tradition prescribes three distinct moods for the delivery, namely: curiosity, incredulity, and discomfort. 000
gollybea @gollybea.bsky.social · 26/12/2023Among the things that made my non-Jewish, TTRPG rules-lawyer spouse feel comfortable at my parents' Seder table when we started dating: the rabbinical argument over the number of plagues that befell the Egyptians. 3250
