Anything with enough flavor to hide the taste of the hot dog. (My oldest went through a period as a toddler when the only meat he would eat was boiled hot dogs. The smell makes me nauseous to this day.)

To all of the pedantic snowflakes: no one will ever accuse you of being AI because no one would ever program a bot to be this fucking annoying. 🚬

"no, we are not eating anything we find in the gutter, even if it does smell like it's been dead for a week" - things I say to the dogs

This is the nerdiest possible discussion for @cpsc.gov to weigh in on, and I love it.

This comic is now my canonical explanation for perimenopause.

"AI tool to help you with your taxes" is "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" for the modern age.

I'm late boomer/early gen x, I managed to pay off my student loans in about five years after college, and *everyone should be able to do that*. (Better, make education fully subsidized!) This is what my taxes should be for!

Reading @oliviawaite.com's The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics and trying to resist the urge to bookmark every notably great line or passage, because there's really no point to bookmarking every other page...

Lemme explain what the words BELIEVE WOMEN should mean. They don't mean you have to believe women no matter what. They do mean that you have to treat women as a source the same way you'd treat a man.

90% #3, 10% #1. (I'm done with regrets, I have a low tolerance for rum, and stardust makes me sneeze.)

When did "I hear you" become my biggest LLM chatbot tell?

I present my proudest (and only) achievement in font design: Comic Avec.

Sending around my ko-fi goal again because i was quoted a price on the phone that was $200 less than my home insurers charged me. If you can help out at all or share this around, I'll be super grateful. ko-fi.com/karidru

Still not a giant sports fan, but still a fan of the way my timeline fills up with excited commentary on whatever's going on with the World Cup. (No autocarrot, I don't need to replace "whatever's" with "whatsoever.")

Apparently there are still Platner defenders and I haven't blocked all of them yet.

The urge to disagree with myself when someone reposts something I posted last year.

Oh look, someone thinks I'm going to donate money to their campaign based on an email from James Carville.

Cleaning out my desk and found a relic of a long-past age. (I think I was in the last class in my high school district to require us to learn how to use one of these.)

It's my birthday week... and it's a big one. I'm feeling really weird about it. But if you want to help me celebrate, I made a birthday list... www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... Or you can help with my really alarming ko-fi goal. ko-fi.com/karidru

...this did not need to come at me so hard first thing on a Monday morning

A pretty good thrashing of the Cass Report: bulletin.appliedtransstudies.org/article/5/1-...

Bravery looks like seeing the people around you and thinking "what can I do to help?" and then doing it.

One of these days* I'll learn not to start playing games that end up with me setting up a spreadsheet that I get more obsessed with than the game itself. *never

Applications are open for Guerilla Opera's 2026-27 Writers' Collective! Apply at tinyurl.com/GOWC26-27 before July 31!

Why is there a three-inch hair on my face, and how did I not manage to notice it until now?

Well Well Well, Guess Who Wishes They Used More Alt Text Now, Huh?

For America's 250th, I read Frederick Douglass’ speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” on the House floor—for the first time in history. His speech endures as a mirror & mandate for us all—to confront our inequities while fighting for an America as good as its promise.

Oh, they've broken images again. (I assumed it was an iOS app problem, but it looks like images aren't loading consistently on any browser I use, either.)

bluesky bio updated to add "schism enthusiast"

A long-time friend from work is dying this week (the doctors said she only had a few days left a couple of days ago) and I don't know what to do aside from supporting the people who are trying to keep her husband from falling apart.

This is... quite a story. 😬 (Not a hugely surprising one except in the details – Bluesky has had a management problem from the start – but still.)

Don't mind me, just searching Bluesky for "schism" to see what the Catholics are up to.

This was certainly a great decade to finally realize what was always up with my gender issues. (Not that there was ever a good decade for it, of course.)

A lot of us GenX Gays only survived to see middle age out of sheer spite and stubbornness. Don’t try us. We have glitter.

inspired by seeing someone on Threads smugly post about how Threads is the hot thing now and Bluesky failed to capture the advantage when they had the chance or whatever

Short $775 to make rent, due Wed.! I’m a disabled freelancer struggling w/ a tricky body + brain, while trying to cope with the still-recent loss of my longtime canine companion. Small amounts add up; shares reach more people. Please help if you can. 💜 Cashapp/Venmo: Elsthere

good morning (possibly, maybe, when the caffeine, ibuprofen, and allergy meds kick in)

I swear to God I'm going to start using OBS Studio again just to get away from Restream papering their entire web page and interface with new AI buttons.

happy pride month from your favorite roommates

Eating breakfast while realizing that this morning I'm too weird for the app where I go find other weird people.

just finished my design for a shrimp powered air conditioner. now to take a sip of coffee and check out bluesky

I take personal offense at this (entirely accurate) description of me.

LEAVE HER ALONE

I will not be handing anything to Tucker Carlson, thanks. (Yes, this is a subtweet.)

Your annual reminder that you should not trust Slate, ever.

Rent stalled at $100/$925 since the 23rd. Please consider helping a disabled queer freelancer stay housed in the midst of a very hot summer. Small amounts add up; sharing and quote posts go a long way! Cashapp/Venmo: Elsthere

By the way: if the FBI shows up at your doorstep and is like “I’d just like to ask some questions” they don’t have to read you your Miranda rights. You still have the right to remain silent. You can just say, “no, thank you, I’m not interested in talking to you” and have that be it.

what if I just mute everything

Older lady peeped the rainbow flag on my bike, asked in a thick Russian accent “It’s your Pride?” She told me her youngest grandchild is “not she berry or he berry but no berry.” I said “Nonbinary?” She got so excited. Yes! Yes! And “Is a secret, but they are my“ *looks around, whispers* “favorite.”