As of today, I am officially divorced. Feels like a weird thing to celebrate, but dang it, I’m gonna. I’m proud of me for how I’ve taken my life back in this last couple of years. This pic kind of captures how I’m feeling right now. I’m gonna be ok.

Working on an e-portfolio for one of my courses. It’s an interesting idea. Basically a website that acts as a resume and portfolio. It’s very involved though. My eyes are glazing over. 🙃

Thank you everyone for reposting this! I'm definitely still looking for work lol, and PAXU was definitely a huge help for that too.

I went to Chapters this evening to get a gift for the bday party my 9yo is attending tomorrow, and came across this. I could not resist. It’s weighted and so soft and squishy and I’m obsessed 😍 #tardigrade #microscopicanimals

WARNING SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 1 OF PLUR1BUS . . . . . . . . . When the scientist at the beginning said the code was 4 parts, so not binary, I guessed “nucleotides [in DNA]” 1/2

Many thanks to @greenleafgeek.bsky.social for letting me know about Tidal so I could transfer my flag there and not continue using these jerks' service.

Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

Tonight was the 9th birthday of my happy place, The Red Phone Booth in downtown Atlanta. Love to the staff, y’all make my night every visit. 💛

LRP: Friendly reminder that those micro-plastics in our bodies, the coral reefs dying, and climate change run amok were not spontaneous occurrences, but the result of years of letting corporations devastate the environment. Left unchecked, capitalism will kill us all.

Woke up to $50 data overage on 13yo’s cell this am. On checking her phone, found she’d disabled data limits I set. Went to use her thumb to unlock her phone (she was asleep, 11:45pm), found her in bed w her iPad on & a snap call active with her bf. Needless to say I’ve locked all her shit tf down.

Translation: “I don’t care about my work and neither should you!” Paying experts is important, and even if, miraculously, AI managed to rise to the level of human competence, morals and ethics demand paying humans.

I can no longer follow the plot of this show. I suspect the writers and actors can’t either. I don’t think they have a show runner.

You know how many foods, when allowed to sit in proper conditions for a few days, just become More? Soups become richer, curry becomes spicier, lasagna becomes more decadent? Well, my mother, through sheer accident, has found the worst possible application of this effect.

I took my husband's *extremely* Jewish last name when we got married and did not think twice about it until I started getting extremely weird behavior from people who saw my last name & he finally had to explain why to me. I had NO IDEA how much of it was going on, how many dog whistles there were.

MAJOR NEWS: Federal judges, including a Trump appointee, just BLOCKED Texas Republicans from using their new gerrymandered congressional map in 2026, ruling it was likely an illegal racial gerrymander. TX must revert to its 2021 map as Trump’s redistricting power grab collapses.

Ummmmm is this Pokémon just a pair of truck nuts?

Would anyone like a link for a free Hello Fresh box? I think it’s only valid for Canada and I assume new customers, but a new email would suffice I imagine. Lemme know :)

November to Remember. Last night’s geomagnetic storm was one of the best I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen a lot! The deep reds were some of the strongest I’ve witnessed and arced from east to west and all above. #aurora #northernlights #naturephotography #photography

🚀 Big milestone alert! 🚀 Cypheroftyr is celebrating their 11th Streaming Anniversary!!! They create gaming and tabletop RPG content focused on diversity, storytelling, and community. Celebrate with them: buff.ly/N2GDO5N

Let's fucking go.

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

I got an offer of admission for the Clinical Bioinformatics program I applied to (one of two schools). I’m still going to wait to make a decision but it’s great to know the option is there for next fall 🩷🧬🥼👩‍🔬

💚 Hey crafters and little shop owners 💚 Feel welcome to drop a link or a sale promo post here - then I’ll give it a RT during the next couple of weeks and spread the word

New awareness campaign

Democrats, for the love of fuck run on a platform of Food, Shelter and Health Care! It's the year 2025 in the most wealthy country to ever exist, get fucking radicalized to give a shit about actual, factual PEOPLE!

Happy Halloween, witches ✌🏼👻🎃🧙‍♀️🌙🦇

Y’all are gonna learn somethin today 😤😤

I saw someone call Ai a Thneed and I can't stop thinking about it. It's a PERFECT analogy. The Thneed was an all-purpose tool that didn't do anything really useful. It was a fad that did major damage to the environment to make the Onceler a billionare. It left no real lasting impact, only damage.

Saw something that @realgdt.bsky.social said the other day, and remembered I had something I started a while ago that I should finish up. I'm so tired of all this.

The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯 Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚 And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋 youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared

I’m not 100% sure if it’s what I want to do yet, but I’ve submitted an application to do a post-graduate certificate program in Clinical Bioinformatics beginning next fall at Durham College. The college is about an hour away but the program is mostly virtual so it should be ok. Wish me luck 🤞🏻

No kid should ever have to protest or advocate for their friends’ basic humanity. But they’re standing up at No Kings anyway.

#NOKINGS New York City, NY

Look at this turnout in Charlotte! #NoKings (via Marco Foster/Threads)

For the quintillionth time for those who aren’t getting it: The shitty people of the world aren’t seeing or hearing your scathing burns about their looks - their weight, the way age impacts them, etc - but people you know are and they’re seeing you aren’t a safe person to be around. Do better.

My kids are with their dad and I haven’t had a solo weekend in MONTHS (Chris has been here every kid-free weekend since March) I’m stressed and anxious (dreading a conversation this evening) and need a distraction. What should I watch today to keep my mind occupied? Funny preferred.

Why am I like this

Alright I need to know if I’M the weird one here. How many times do you wear a pair of pants before you wash them?

I am also down to one bag of b-grade Purryhedral & Keyfish dice from @greenleafgeek.bsky.social. ...I may have handwritten her socials (bsky & insta) on all the fake business cards I made to give with the dice since her domain is gone so the QR code doesn't work anymore... My hand is not pleased.

It can't be overemphasised how much of a disaster is happening in western AK right now. Kipnuk and Kwigillingok are evacuating, with people only allowed to bring one bag and being forced to leave everything else (including their pets).

This fall I have enjoyed many golden moments with northern wildlife. #birds #mammals Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern FLicker, Red Fox, Ring-necked Ducks

Hey, wanna know something cool? When you culture E. Coli on EMB agar medium, it precipitates the salts out of the medium and creates a metallic green colour on the colonies. Pretty freaking cool! (The purple is P. fluorescens)

Anybody playing Pokémon TCG mobile and want to be friends? Right now I just have my partner and it feels a little lonely 😂 Friend code: 0773491425215415

In her life, Marilyn Monroe was exploited and abused by so many men. Studio executives, so many people. After she died, men continued to exploit her for their pleasure: trying to get themselves buried near/above her. What your writer did here is obscene, nonconsensual and makes me feel slightly ill

Had a wonderful weekend with Chris. He came to our family thanksgiving dinner (my girls are with their dad this weekend) and met my siblings. We watched weird tv and he gave me pointers on Hades 2 (some of which I actually followed successfully!). Missing him already. Distance sucks.

Happy Birthday to my bestest, truest pal, @samriegel.bsky.social !!

Last night a bunch of stuff/news hit at once. Primarily that my papa is in the hospital due to dehydration. He’s 95 and has advanced dementia so it’s not really a surprise, but it’s still hard. At 39 I still have 4 living grandparents and I know that’s super unusual and very lucky. I’m still sad.