I either gotta lose ~8 pounds by August or I gotta hope this dress I got hemmed, like, 15 years ago can be let out again so I can wear it to my friend’s wedding. I presently refuse other options like getting a new dress.

Made me teary.

Having big “all I want to do is be a DJ, but I’m too shy to be a DJ” feels today. I will keep trying to connect with DJs, though, at my glacier pace!

“We are living through an information Armageddon that’s brought about by the technology that rules our lives, from social media to generative AI. None of that tech is anchored in facts. Your chatbot is nothing but a probabilistic machine.” www.nbcnews.com/world/middle...

New week, new mix. This episode is mostly techno tinged with some detours into recent breakbeat tracks I enjoy. Always a fun time so check it out!

Can’t wait for 34F to feel like a heat wave.

Suggest me some songs for a DJ set being built around Whitney Houston’s “How Will I Know” for Valentine’s Day. That like, desperate love full of yearning and uncertainty vibe.

Highly recommend this beautiful piece, and adore the term "neighborism."

You’re telling me Tate McRae, Addison Rae, and Raye are all different people?????

I'm excited for the new Cyborg 009 series, even though most recent Cyborg 009 series have been Objectively Bad. I still hate that I very mildly liked Call of Justice because it was cool to see Cyborg 003 ride a damn motorcycle and have agency.

Soundcloud link for the latest mix cuz I'm having to trim out more songs for the YT gods who always change their minds: soundcloud.com/dj-slashly/w...

Gotta go do this. So many applications of this song apply right now. m.youtube.com/watch?v=eQFI...

Lots of EDM folks are saying we should make 2026 the new 2016. That's all well and good, but I think we can go back further, to when orange clown wasn't gonna be president. Thus I present to you this DJ mix of bangers from 2010, inspired by a song riding on 2010 nostalgia. youtu.be/wPbqoXNmtXQ?...

Got warm and cozy and sleepy in bed only to realize I forgot to put the bathroom drain on a slow drip to prevent freezing. Argh. Hope you are all still safe from the storm! I hope the trees also haven’t suffered greatly!

As per usual it took wayyyyyyy too long, but I will have a new DJ mix out tomorrow!! (er.... today......) We're going back to the glory days of 2010. Dancepop and house music to the max.

Introduced to this song recently in a Book Club Radio set and.... honestly it makes me want to cry? The nostalgia feels are overwhelming. It sounds like my late teens, where some of my happiest memories were just listening to 7 minute-long songs with pretty melodies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5Hb...

“Humans are desperate to connect with one another. We all have that within us which passes show. But if we do not find a way to be understood, we are lost.“ This is a fantastic piece, beautiful to read.

so don't get too comfortable. #art

Delightful pre-snow night gathering new songs for the good old music library. Had to search three different digital stores to find them all. Good hunt.

Maxwell has the hiccups and it’s hilarious.

“The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and all these other agencies are like ‘use flashlights! Use lanterns! Things that run on batteries only!’ But they can’t stop me from lighting this one candle on the dining room table.” — things I said to my husband yesterday

Woaahhhh! Weekend posting on bluesky from CPSC! Yeah, our social media management tool doesn't let us schedule bluesky posts so we have to pop in to remind everyone not to burn their houses down.

Storm (/week of sub freezing temps with snow and ice) food, wood, and electricity emergency rations.

HUSBAND: why do people like Sweet Caroline so much? ME: I think people just like going “bah, bah, bah” over and over again. We’re simple creatures. The lyrics are absolutely asinine.

I know the NYT is self-centered and unserious because they don’t mention Philadelphia in today’s newsletter discussing the storm, despite Philadelphia being the city in the currently worst snow/ice band.

ME: what do I need to do to prepare for the storm? DAD: you have to try to keep your pipes warm. Your walls don’t have insulation. ME: what about the roof? The flat roof? Can it hold two feet of snow? DAD: sure. The snow is fine. It’s the week of subfreezing temperatures you have to worry about.

Asking my mom if I left manga at her house still and if so, is Full Moon there? 😂

Am I gonna have to shovel my roof this weekend, bruh?

Oh! I've been low-key waiting for this moment: @shojoandtell.bsky.social has an average of over 1,000 downloads / episode :) (These download numbers don't include anything from YouTube!)

Cute-ass cats alert!

Who of you (or of your friends) loves Boys Over Flowers, has done manga reviews/criticism before, and is willing to do a @shojoandtell.bsky.social record 4 podcast recordings about this series? I have a name but I'm getting the sense they might be a bit too busy for something so long.

7:40 into Hana-Kimi episode one (when they’re talking about The Sex): Me: lol Husband: _staring at me_ Me: are you just staring at me?? Husband: what is this????? Me: this is an adaptation of a shojo manga…? Husband: … what am I watching?

I was going to go to a far away mall today to go to the limited time Shonen Jump store, but instead I am respecting Mother Nature and the wishes of my governor.

I can tell the K-shaped economy is going well for the rich branch of the K because I’m getting random-ass flippers wanting to buy my house again. Honestly, they can have it… if they give me half a million dollars :)

Catch as Catch Can, by Francis Picabia, 1913

Hold up, the Bills lost to the Broncos and BO NIX FRACTURED HIS ANKLE AT THE END? So nobody won here? Are you kidding me?

the bills getting screwed by two questionable calls is so predictable

Meant to do way more work today but got so distracted by: 1. Cool DJ videos (exciting!) 2. Playing phone tag with doctor’s offices and trying to explain my semi-confusing situation (annoying!)

Say _what_? www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhNv...

I really don’t appreciate this USPS driver who just… drives on my lawn to deliver my mail. It is making impressions in the soil so it’s uneven. I know it’s cold, but come on, dude.

Why's @tin-zo.bsky.social so good at this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydPD...

ICE is younger than my blog ICE is younger than my email address ICE is younger than at least one of my ukuleles

In other news, workin’ on a Valentine’s mix and got plans to go to an EDM festival in May.

Started playing Final Fantasy X-2 tonight. lol. lmao. “Is it… it can’t be… _him_?” I already think “him” isn’t a word now.

Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds

I wish tech bros had to do a required internship at a public library. Oh, you think that UI thing you hid behind a double tap or a long press is obvious? No, people barely know how to access their email or read text messages, you design clown.

Our Fall 2025 Concert video is now live! Watch and share here. youtu.be/KEgKcM68omE

!!!!! It's good to see support of maximum wage tied to minimum wage from someone running for office. I don't think I've seen that before.

May you one day find as much bliss and peace as this cat.

"What good is a diverse collection if our patrons—if we ourselves—have been trained into present-moment selves that cannot construct the future selves who would read, integrate, and act on what we provide?" I cannot stress how much this thinkpiece shook me. infophilia.substack.com/p/the-self-c...