Just once on "The Americans" I want to see Phillip's or Elizabeth's wig come off in their lover's hands during one of their wild sex sessions

I'm afraid I bought more makeup than I threw out post-pinkeye, and yesterday and today I gave myself makeovers like a teenage girl 😂 I have concluded (1) I could look much better if I took a bit more trouble; (2) as a rule I'm too lazy/busy to take that trouble 😂

Really tempted to put in a $500 bid to upgrade from a premium economy seat on my trip to Sweden to a lie-flat business seat, which proves, unfortunately, that my Air France flight spoiled me forever

I will be in the Swedish Laplands during a warm streak (the 8th through the 14th).

Huzzah!

Expertise, death of @radiofreetom.bsky.social

Update: I'm making the lamb and veggies because as wonderful as cheese, my diet should contain something other than merely cheese

I have lamb chops and potatoes and cauliflower and green beans and squash Do I have energy to cook them tonight or am I just going to eat cheese?

This is one way to get blocked

If you are sharing a cheese plate that includes a soft cheese with an edible rind, please don't scoop out the inside of the soft cheese and just leave the hollowed rind on the shared plate. Fyi, the rind I'm such cheeses is part of the flavor profile and really you should try it. But... 1/2

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I don't want thick blood pouring through my heart. I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?

There's a third of the country I wish did not exist, but it's the third of the country that revels in this kind of Nazi crap

A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News. Homicides in NYC... 1990: 2,262 1993: 1,927 1998: 629 2001: 649 2013: 335 2019: 320 2021: 488 2024: 382 2025 (as of 12/28): 302

Like all good NYC apartment dwellers, I have always tipped my building staff—supers, doorman, porters etc. But this year the landlord's property manager (office manager for several buildings), added her Venmo to those provided for the building staff. Yeah, no. 1/2

I decided to stay in tonight because, among other reasons, I don't want to expose myself to all the plagues running amok out there when I'm this close to my arctic circle trip. I'm debating having a cup of hot chocolate and going to bed hours before midnight.

I’m not gonna dunk on some small depressed account, but one reply I get to this is “you think there’s gonna be elections/Trump will listen to judges??” And I wonder how people haven’t noticed that Garcia is home and free and Republicans got crushed in elections this year

Thank God I bought my fancy countertop oven a while back. My regular oven decided to stop working, but the countertop oven is big enough and good enough to handle New Year's Day dinner and pretty much whatever else I might need an oven for until the regular oven is fixed.

Why?! WHY?!?!

Thanks to a vicious case of the flu, I am ending 2025 six pounds lighter and a full size smaller than I was going into November (despite the holidays and a long trip to Italy and France), which means I'm allowed to have as much cheese as I want on New Year's Eve

BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.

Trump Claims He Can’t Be Expected To Remember Every Birthday Card He Sends To Child Molesters https://theonion.com/trump-claims-he-cant-be-expected-to-remember-every-birthday-card-he-sends-to-child-molesters/

Amazing how terrible people's reading comprehension is. I say I hate having Xmas music blaring in my face *in every public place* for months on end, & they get angry because they think I'm trying to cancel Xmas altogether or police what music they play in their own homes, & lecture me on Advent

Heaven is waking up in my own bed sans alarm after sleeping 12 hours, and then making my own coffee in my own kitchen. I won't even begin on what a marvel my own bathroom is. I love traveling but I wish I could bring my apartment everywhere with me

Thank God, I'm home. Currently feeling like I never want to leave my apartment again, which is a problem since I'm going to the Swedish Laplands in a week

Person coughing all over me while hovering in the aisle. Hope my mask is enough. I'm going to boil myself when I get home.

I have eaten nothing today, had no coffee, and have only had a few sips of water, in order to maximize mask-on time on this train full of sick people. Luckily it seems to be running on time and I can make up for it when I get home

Half the people waiting for this train are sick ☹️

It should be illegal to play Christmas music in public spaces after Christmas. Enough. You've been playing it since November, and it was always terrible.

The inauguration???

Everyone send good vibes. I kept checking Amtrak and managed to grab a coach ticket that opened up on a train tomorrow morning. I'm keeping the other reservation on New Year's Eve as a backup) The ride will suck, but this would get me home by 4 pm tomoy

I just ordered a pet heating pad for my brother's arthritic German pointer because I love him and I'm insane

I was especially fretting because a 9-hour train is a really great way to catch a cold again right before my Arctic trip. But screw it. I just booked two coach tickets.

Oh no. My flight is canceled and it looks like I'm stuck here another 2 days. I do not want to be here another 2 days.

One of my favorite petty things to do after someone adds me to a stupid list on Bluesky is to add them to my "people who make silly lists" list (the only list I have created). I couldn't care less what lists they add me to, but I am pretty darn certain being added to my list will piss them off

Bills, why do you do me like this

Lol, I ended up rashly buying myself a rather expensive FLW Christmas table runner at the gift shop (Now sprawled over my messy B&B bed).

I can't believe it—I'm actually in Buffalo, but can't watch the Bills game on the Roku TV in my b&b. There are no nearby sports bars that are open, and besides, the weather is miserable and the streets are really treacherous tonight I guess I'll have to angst without the game in front of me

The Martin house (Frank Lloyd Wright) in Buffalo is really cool and you should visit. I have no photos because you're not allowed to take them inside and it's absolutely miserable outside today, but really, if you're interested in architecture at all, you should visit.

Whenever I see an account that talks about "shitlibs" or makes a big deal printing itself on being "leftist not liberal", I know they will have nothing worthwhile to say and they are an easy block. It's so dumb and so counterproductive; It convinces no one and moves us nowhere.

An artist has no *artistic* duty to perform, but I'd be curious to see their contracts regarding their *contractual" duty to perform Don't get me wrong, I hate Trump and & what he's doing with the Kennedy Center. But without seeing their contracts I'm not sure about the artists' right to walk away

I think this might be my favorite thing in the Albright Knox

The Albright Knox, or as they call it now, AKG, is quite an excellent art museum and if you are in the Buffalo area, you should not miss it.

Glad to see our president spent Christmas…bombing a field next to a healthcare facility in a peaceful village in Nigeria

I am rapidly coming to the uncharitable conclusion that Kat Abu supporters may not be the sharpest pencils in the drawer Feel free to prove me wrong

A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.

Kind of amusing I came to Buffalo for Christmas and it's NYC that's getting walloped with a snowstorm

I made a mistake coming onto Bluesky tonight. The stupid is strong tonight.

When i give money to a campaign, I want it used for the campaign, period. When I give to a charity or a cause, I want it used for that purpose, period. I don't want candidates repurposing the money I contributed to help them win, & if I know they're doing that, I won't donate to them. Period.

I'm spending the next couple of days treating my hometown like a tourist destination. I'm headed to the Buffalo History Museum & the Albright Knox Museum tomorrow, and then the next day I am going to view the Martin house (a Frank Lloyd Wright house). 1/2