Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

My weighted blanket has been helping but I worry I’m going to genuinely injure one or both shoulders trying to move around when I’m under it.

Are you a viewer of Sister Wives? Watch @nikkihaverstock.bsky.social and John discuss the latest episode! S19E18 Money is the Root of all Evil #reality #tlc #polygamy www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z_P...

I’m just going to block anyone I see posting smug sanctimonious takes on tiktok banning especially from people that consider themselves open minded empathetic social minded people (well, probably not “especially” but I do expect better of you)

I hit 60k followers on TikTok today which is also the last day before it’s banned. I’ll still take the win

I’m just about to hit 60k followers on TikTok right as the ban is set to hit and that better not be a sign for 2025

Last night after my improv class I was leaving and passed a large group of gamers holding an event at the game board store and I heard one say “I enter a tavern…” and I realized that basically there is a huge overlap between improv and table top gaming. Rock on nerds! I’m one of you

I’m starting my Improv 4 class tonight, I have enjoy Inprov so much but I’m struggling to leave the house in winter when it’s already getting dark. Ugh. I can’t let myself get in my own way of what I want

One of my favorite things to do is to find a song I enjoy and listen to it endlessly for days until it disgusts me. Pure bliss

Today my little dog Pocket passed away peacefully. I’m thankful that it was painless and he was sassy right up to the end. He was a good dog

Every year “what do you do for a living?” Gets harder and more confusing to describe.

I’m on almost every social media site I just don’t think I have enough to say to justify that

I can’t speak for anyone else but in our house we spent more this Black Friday (and recently in general) because we are worried about tariffs affecting prices in a few months. I haven’t seen anyone discussing that.

I feel like Instagram is rapidly going downhill. All the suggested posts I’m getting are people Shilling scams, straight up hateful posts, trad wide content, medical misinformation or OF model content. I’m not the target for any of that. I’m blocking and hitting not interested and it’s getting worse

My son has a cousin his age( we’ll him X) They hang out this weekend and my son came up to me and said “We’re bored” (something I realized he had never said before) I asked “Do you know what bored means?” His reply “yes, it’s when X doesn’t have his video games to play”

All I want is to go to bed when I’m tried rather than staying up til a decent hour so I don’t screw up my sleep schedule.

I’m the kind of writer that gets more energized as I approach the end of a project. I hit this mythical point where suddenly the words are flying and it’s a race to the finish. I think I crested that hill today and I can’t wait to finish this book.

When ever the topic of Dr oz comes up I think of this Cracked article that explains that he used to be an excellent surgeon. But he traded all that talent and experience for the grift of fame and money and somehow that is even worse than if he was just dumb. www.cracked.com/blog/6-dumb-...

Name a TV show you’re positive no one remembers but you

I’ve been taking improv for a few months and I’m trying to learn to stay present and trust that if I do the ideas will be there. It’s an act of faith and it’s teaching me a lot

Boosting this because I know it’s important to me to follow Black authors and maybe it’s important to you too.

I’ll say this, writing is hard. But when it comes together and you have a great writing day, there is nothing better

Gonna introduce myself finally. I’m an indie author with over twenty cozy mysteries in a variety of subgenres. Im passionate about comedy in all forms. I watch too much TV and have shot competitive archery for decades. I’ve got dogs, horses and a husband and son. Excited to be here.