Notices by tinydoctor (tinydoctor@mstdn.social)

Beware loose promiscuous epitaphs. All suggestion boxes descend from the jar (pithos, not pyxis, box) Hesiod says Pandora opened.* But it was Hesiod that was full of suggestions. You can place the jar in Tennessee, as Wallace Stevens suggests anecdotally, but it will take dominion everywhere, and make a slovenly wilderness surround your hill.

Round upon the ground
And tall and of a port in air.

*Erasmus says Epimetheus (afterthought) opened it. #suggestionbox

A suggestion is its own epitaph. But the suggester offers it to the suggestee to adopt as some part of the suggestee’s own epitaph. My suggestion: Write your own epitaph. #talkingtomyselflettingyoulisten #epitaphs

Fresh Scissor Dance: The Bear

A scissor dance is a collage cut and pasted the old fashioned way, with scissors, glue, and a stack of old magazines. Done today.

#scissordance #collage #collageart #analogart #NoAI

@gleick I found the same email in my inbox a few minutes ago. I thought, "...at least I'm not getting medicare.gov Dr. Phil emails about mental health." That'll be the next one.

@Em0nM4stodon @Mojeek DuckDuckgo has become as useless and annoying as Google or Edge. Thanks for the tip on Mojeek.

Please post your formula for calculating the Epstein Number in replies.

It occurs to me determining the Erdos number is too simple...a formula for the Epstein number would be more like the Drake equation, except with more variables.

Re: The #epsteinfiles --I think we need the equivalent of the Erdos number--The Epstein number. But the number can't be just how many times your name appears. The score should include how many times you appear in pictures, how many pictures with Epstein and/or girls, how many personal email exchanges, topics (torture, sex, threats, nefarious dealings etc.), how many rides on his plane, how many visits to the island, and so on.

We all shouted out, who's in the Epstein files
when after all, it was you and me....

We're all in the Epstein files. Just have to work out which sinners are saints, and which saints are sinners. Are we still confused about the nature of the game?

Dear Lucifer please stop with the Stones earwig.

My ears are on fire.
Hush. Someone has to listen.
The hiss of snowflakes.

#haiku #snow

Fresh Scissor Dance: The Hole

#scissordance #collage #collageart #NoAI

@simsa03 Twenty years ago.

Belated note: I originally posted the text of The Walker to indenti.ca, a microblogging platform I was on back in the late aughts (joined sometime after 2005? can’t remember precisely), before decamping to Twitter. I met simsa0 there, I’m pretty sure. The accumulated text that comprises The Walker was inspired by, and derived from, by a chapter in Michel de Certeau‘s book The Practice of Everyday Life, called “Walking in the City.” It took me a minute to recall that...

That scrap of memory was slid under the door of my forebrain sometime during the night, and I found it on the floor in the morning. File that delay under This Old Brain.

"The lazy meandering stroll of the walker is the true mother of invention. As Virgil wrote, the goddess is known by her footsteps."

#walk #walking

https://doctoromed.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/random-photo-144/

Monday afternoon, I walked in Cherokee Park. It was...brisk. I saw a lot of deer, as is usual this time of year. My average daily mileage since January 1st is up to 2.3 miles, 5600 steps. Longest walk so far in 2026 was 4.3 miles. Yesterday on my #dailywalk, #pilgrimsprogress was 8447 steps, 3.5 miles.

I was tired by the time I got back to the car. I am working to get my wind back, and walk off the weight I gained while recovering from the knee replacements. One foot after another.

Here's The Almanac Singers' version: https://youtu.be/aJGleVt1UeM?si=4sHWHkNN1GbhbqsS

This (above) is based on Florence Reese's song written for striking miners in Harlan County, Kentucky, in 1931. It became a worker's anthem made famous by Pete Seeger, et al. Please feel free to improve on my version of the lyrics. I can't sing worth a damn, and my lyrics can probably be made more singable by people who can both sing and play music.

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

Oh can you look away?
Oh tell me how you can?
Will you be a bootlicker
Or will you take a stand?

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

When ICE comes to town
with masks to hide their fear
we show them naked faces
the freedom we hold dear

Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on?

Which Side Are You On, Minnesota Update

Which side are you on, now?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on, now?
Which side are you on?

We say in Hennepin County
There is no one illegal here
You can either be a good neighbor
Or a thug for ICE and fear.

Which side are you on, friend?
Which side are you on?
Which side are you on, friend?
Which side are you on?

My brother was a soldier
but he never waves his gun
and we'll stand fierce in peace
until liberty is won