#Bears win, but being a Bears fan is not good for my stress levels.

Honestly infuriated right now with one of the servicers for my credit cards. Denied a claim I had on charges I didn't make on the grounds that I accessed my account multiple times and could have disputed sooner, when the vast majority of the time I ever access those accounts is to just pay my bill.

Crying, screaming, throwing up... in hopes that my work decides they don't want me to come in today for this mandatory OT day they don't actually need me for. Plus I hate the front half manager of my dept, because he's got all the energy of a self-important assistant principal of a middle school.

Last year, I broke my streak of not being sent to Whamhalla too soon because the person running my work's start of shift warmup threw that on the second week of December. They had also been on the job only for a week at the time, and have since become my nemesis (and not in a fun way either).

I am exhausted, my budget is trashed rn, and I can't muster the energy to engage in a bunch of stuff outside of work, but at least the Bears are having a good season.

ngl, that score probably won't climb for a long time unless certain things change in a hurry.

I know it has been glaringly obvious for a while, but the only way the could be more obvious now that they are fucking Nazis is if they start changing policy for march and salutes to goosestepping and seig heils.

Oh? Oh-hoh, legal win for protestors that flew under the radar for me, and precedent for picking apart qualified immunity.

We could have had Muppet Knives Out? *sobs at the loss to the world*

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The plan for today was to go to bed at 09:00, get up at 14:30 to take care of pre-work things, and got to work at 17:00. It is now 12:50, and I could not fall asleep thanks to my sinuses deciding today was a good day to drain poorly whenever I attempt to lay down. *sob*

This week's baking: vegan pumpkin cookies! Aiming for bite-size this year (I made a batch of fist-sized pumpkin cookies around this time last year)

alright, now I'm laying down.

I was feeling kinda tired and ready to lay down for a bit (I work overnights, so laying down now is a nap, not sleep), but Game 3 of the World Series is looking like it's gonna go 18 innings and now I must not sleep.

Making a treat for my coworker's birthday:

Ugh. So tired from work last night that I don't even want to get out of my car to go to bed in my apartment. Gonna do it anyway, because it's warm in there.

I love Flavor Text Friday, and here's my contribution, from on of my favorite removal spells during WAR limited. "Liliana whispered to whatever conciousness Oketra and Bontu had left. 'You are the gods. He is the usurper. You know what to do.'"

Thanks to my recent trip across the country with the family, I was mildly reinspired to get back into making food for myself. Behold, my lunch for the next two days (recipe in alt text):

Had a disappointing conversation with my favourite aunt last night, where apparently using my preferred pronouns is 'crossing a red line' for her. I thought I handled the conversation well, but now I'm curled up with the family dog in tears because the person whom I thought the best of in my family-

I have nothing nice to say about the life of the manchild who was killed today, so I will opt to say only that. Thumper's mom was a real one.

Trying to see something ❤️ if you like Loot better 🔁 if you like Fleem better Both if you just want to see results and still want to see this later😉 #MTG

I started with one among 1, 2, and 3, but I'm not 100% sure which. The first system I played at home was the Genesis, but my cousins had an Atari 2600 (which I later learned that my mother had one stashed away as well, now in my possession) and a NES hookup in their basement.

This is... good news? On my feed? Amazing.

Strongly resisting the urge to ask a random rich puke the question "...did you drown?" a day after they deflected a pointed observation if them being a conservative coward by saying they'd cry themselves to sleep in their heated pool.

Hope this also makes Wendy's rethink their AI drivethrus.

Bacon burger (no cheese, 'cause I genuinely despise American cheese, and they don't have alternatives) Lettuce Tomato Grilled onion Grilled mushroom Mustard Mayo A1

This is the best news I've heard in... quite a while. I'm only sad I haven't made a contribution that would enjoin me to file a claim.

It's apparently @hobbesq.bolasgang.com's birthday, so I am obligated to say nice things about him today. Not to say that I wouldn't normally, ofc. Most of the time. He knows what he did.

Hey, @moderation.bsky.app, this suspension of BugsMatrix is sketch af. Banning high profile trans posters because they express distaste for one of the richest TERFs on the planet is a pretty bad look when those same trans people helped build your site up to where it is now. #freethebugs

RIP my ego

Defining my taste in 6 artists might be tricky but here goes nothing. 1. Soundgarden 2. Josh Homme 3. Infected Mushroom 4. Paramore 5. Jeff Beck 6. Black Star ...keeping honorable mentions to a minimum, Johnny Cash and Taylor Davis.

Storm knocked out my power about 7 hours ago, and I'm trying to limit my doomscrolling over the next 4 hours which is the expected time for it to come back. 39% battery, and I'm about to take a nap. Fingers crossed.

*swoon*

Magali being extremely kind to her fans. Is it really a surprise that she's one of my top artists for MtG?

I love accidentally finding old Enforcer (PAX volunteer) acquaintances when I randomly perusing post threads of people I do follow. I miss it a lot. Maybe I'll get back in next year.

Not 100% on why, but I've just been tired and grumpy all day, and I still am. Usually that's just my Sundays.

This is a long read, but worth it.

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...I'm really glad that Columbia was on-site for Pride, as they were handing out free sunscreen, and my sunburn right now would be so much worse without it.

Now for bed. Hour 27. *flop*

Alright, I'm home, notable highlight, last group before the cops to close the parade was a Free Palestine/Abolish ICE group, and as the last cop line came through, the crowd had a rolling chant following it of 'Fuck ICE!' I don't know if it followed them to the end, but I love my people.

On my way home now, but stopped beforehand for a bite and a pint at the Red Lion. #Pride

Taking the Metra into Chicago proper, on the way to the #ChicagoPrideParade It's the first time I've been able to make time to go! Of course, that is at the expense of my sleep for the day, but, fuckin' worth it.

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In personal news, I hit Legendary 4 on @warframe.com this morning before getting ready for Pride Parade Chicago. Didn't even know they were on Bluesky until I thought to check today.

Hey y'all, can anyone spare $2 to put this goal to bed? I dropped a small donation on this to try and help, and it's so close, with only 7 hours left! chuffed.org/project/help...

The Supreme Court just imposed a “Don’t Say Gay” regime on every public school in America www.vox.com/scotus/41797...

Me + My First Commander I have a hard time with these because my self-image clashes heavily with how I actually look, and it's rough. Anyway, it's somehow been 11 years since, Ghave no longer exists, but about 60% of it is still part of my Karador list pinned to my profile. I'll rebuild him soon.

I slept pretty well today until I literally woke myself up with a pun about "treeson". The context is already gone, but I am *fuming* about it.