iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I eat 90% of my meals alone. Otherwise, I would have to iron this table runner that I bought in India over 20 years ago. It’s one of the hidden perks of being a recluse.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’m not saying that my grandbaby is cuter than all the other babies at her pre-school—because that’s self-evident. But if she had a Steelers jersey on, she might be just a wee bit cuter. Oh well, nobody’s perfect. 😍

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When you want steel-toed boots like your dad, but with a flowery, girl-power twist:

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

One of my poems was accepted on this gloomy, rainy day (and boy, did I need THAT)! It will appear online and be printed in a hard copy of the lit mag, too. I’m glad this one finally found a home. It’s one of my faves. WOO-HOO!!

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“Shady Acres”. My kid’s nickname for my new over 55 apartment complex. I would be mad if it weren’t 100% on the nose—and funny as hell. 🤣

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I don’t know about you, but I’ve seen higher quality cabinets at IKEA. 🤣

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If anybody knows of a statutory limit on the the number of mergers, acquisitions and leadership transitions that one person should have to endure across the arc of their career, please let me know. Whatever it is, I’m sure it has been exceeded in my case and I would like reparations. 🤣🤣🤣

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Even the most beautiful girl can have a bad hair day (Willa, walking up from her nap with some CRAZY bed-head). And in case you were wondering, wearing your big brother’s shoes on the wrong feet is the latest fall fashion. 🤣🤣🤣

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you don’t ever hear from me again, just assume the big yellow flower garnish on my salmon was poisonous.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A member of our #BWG tribe loves orange. These are for her. She knows who she is. 😊

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Wordle 1,894 3/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Don’t be a chicken!

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thought for the day from my son: Stupid’s gonna stupid.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A shout out to Ontario’s Premier for his hilarious takedown of DJT. In case you missed it, he said that Reagan would throw up ON our Mango Mussolini over his trade policies. Since we can’t seem to get our own house in order, maybe this kind of pushback from other world leaders will turn the tide.🤞🏻

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I am going 80 miles an hour in an Uber on the interstate with all the windows down and I feel like sticking my head out because tequila brings out the Labrador retriever in me.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Tim: How do you get a poet off your porch? Me: 🤷‍♀️ Tim: Pay her for the pizza.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Wordle 1,891 3/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This one was deep.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

There are 2 types of people in this world—people who buy new books and highlight, underline and annotate the pages with abandon, and people like ME who accidentally buy cast off, trashed books and want to strangle those other people.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

When your baby (left) has a baby (right) and they look like twins born 24 years apart:

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Wordle 1,884 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Eww.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Wordle 1,882 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sometime the wordle is a doozy. This one is more of a druzy.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

First day of first grade. The road to Valedictorianville starts here (but no pressure, baby)!🤣

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Granted, it’s been raining hard for 2 days, but I am in a hospital on a hill. My office is on the second floor. And yet, all of my coworkers just left because they are worried about flooding. Lazy-ass millennials!!

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

An Ethio Jazz playlist for your Saturday: youtu.be/ajo-PzfIpxA?... youtu.be/nKU7iz9RYV0?... youtu.be/Wy-v-FgiUD8?...

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

From the student organization mural at my Alma mater: The most ironic thing you’ll see all year—

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Wordle 1,876 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Few people know it (adj) but there is a actually a coffee table book about these (n).

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The University of Michigan has eliminated letter grades in the freshman year to fix the “unfolding mental health crisis” and “difficulty establishing momentum” that its students are experiencing. High achievers can’t opt out of this stupid plan. They get Pass/Fail grades whether they like it or not.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Throwback Thursday: with fellow teachers Allan and Cecelia Hamusokwe (and their kids, Junior and Mapenzi) at Nhletjeni High School, Hlatikulu, Swaziland 1994.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Uncle Lars, if you’re lurking: we miss you!

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Wordle 1,873 3/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Let me put it this way: it could have been worse, theoretically.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Wordle 1,870 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I used the Iryna Method, which is to try something that you know won’t work just for the other information. It didn’t help. Iryna, go to the penalty box!

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Wordle 1,868 5/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pucker up.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Being three standard deviations above the mean (in any respect) is a frickin’ nightmare that you can’t wake up from. It should at least come with a lifetime pass to Disneyland, a 50% off coupon to The Cheesecake Factory on your birthday, and your own VIP lane at the DMV.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Wordle 1,866 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That’s certainly ‘one way’ to do it.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Wordle 1,865 3/6 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That sounds deep.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

When MC Escheris your urban planner: If you can figure out a perspective that makes these buildings make sense, let me know. I took the photo and even I can’t sort it out.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Billionaire tech bro/dystopophile, Sam Altman, says his Frankenstein monster has achieved singularity and now exceeds human capabilities in every intellectual respect. He also admits to being a prepper and says he’s amassed remote land, gold, guns, water, food and solar panels. And the rest of us?

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Willa being a one-woman cheerleading squad for her big brother’s football team:

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Must be. My kid asked for (and got) a log splitter when he got married. I think it’s come in handy. Last winter he didn’t have to turn his furnace on at all. He had cleared enough trees from his land to keep the wood stove going.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Swoon! Wyatt has inherited the dimples that made me fall in love with his grandpa in 1983. 💕💕💕💕

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Wordle 1,860 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This one had me going around in circles.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Wordle 1,859 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Mother trucker!

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Wordle 1,858 5/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 How nice! The NYT finally gave Maggie Haberman her own wordle for being an annoying, lame Trump apologist/groundhog on downers disguised as a journalist.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I have just been appointed to serve as a scientific member on an institutional review board, and I have a message for lab rats and guinea pigs everywhere: RUN!!😆

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Wordle 1,852 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 “Nonsense!” she scoffed, dismissively.

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Pam @pamnation.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Wordle 1,851 2/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A rare event.

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