Today is National K-9 Veterans Day! Let's celebrate the brave animals that work along side law enforcement and the military! #NationalKNineVeteransDay

RIP Stan Collins, who passed away earlier this week. Anyone who reads this thread will come away the better for it.

RIP ⁦Stan Collins⁩ You will be truly missed by so many of us on this platform. This CBC article is a reminder of how truly remarkable you were. Condolences to Marlene, Shelley and Jersey. ❤️❤️ cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

Voyager 1 distance check: Currently 15.79 billion miles from Earth. ✅ This time next year, Voyager 1 will be one light-DAY away – meaning it will take light a whole 24 hours to travel between Earth and the spacecraft. For comparison: Mars is usually ~12 light-MINUTES from

RIP the great Tom Stoppard. His Arcadia was one of the best theatrical experiences of my life

I’m now wearing watch that my dad had, perhaps was given, while my other watch is out for servicing. Doubtful my dad ever wore this watch, prob not. And yet, so happy to mark time by it. At least he valued receiving it. Missing my dad today & always.

My calendar arrived! Puppy Bess and Auntie Kes Here’s to 2026!

Arnold Lobel illustration meant to be (?) cozy, captures Sunday anxiety a little too well.

Based on recent 36 hrs I'm predicting (another bout of) insomnia leading to more days in zombie state. Zombies can be tetchy so I'll try to be on best social media and otherwise good behavior.

Yep

My /X Twitter feed isn’t keeping up with the accts I care about. Goal: rectifying this

Two nights in a row, srsly detailed, coherently plotted grsly horror nightmares. Oughta just write ‘em down, shop to New Line Cinema. Gotta be profit somewhere sometime

Watching @fridgeplug’s Advent calendar adventures. Upbeat extrovert Insta, maybe good for sleeping?

On Christmas Eve 1968, in Lunar orbit, the Apollo 8 crew took this photo: “Earthrise." I'll never forget how inspiring the Apollo missions were to my brother and me as kids. They showed us what our country and humanity can accomplish when we work together toward a common goal.

Here’s to the near-end of 2025: I sent a FAX today. Set up all the tech, sent the fax, got, from my late Dad’s acct, confirmation from 3/2027. So ‘back to the future’…!

A nice account to follow? ✅️

So that was officially an 18-hr workday. Whew. Fingers crossed for something closer to 12 tomorrow, and 8 on Th, F.

Also to Michigan, maybe, one day.... Pothole testing already in progress

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By now it is 4/24 in the time zone of Puppy Bess and Auntie Kes and ☠️ Matt 👾.... Happy birthday to Bess and Dad! Your posts are a gift, lift, joy. Best wishes for the coming year! 🐾