I’m reposting random amusements bc wow being screamed at for over an hour by Narcissister then having to talk to my Mom for another hour, after 24 hours of a tension headache turned migraine; then being jolted awake at 3am by a noisy 4.3 earthquake means I have ZERO room for actual coherent post.

Due dates will be adjusted if the the rapture does indeed happen tomorrow

Want some simple ways to resist fascism? Wear a mask. Donate to mutual aid. Go to a local library. Support community fridges and food banks. Plant a garden. Deliver groceries. Provide a ride to and from doctors appts. Participate in neighbourhood ICE watch. Show up for others.

So @inkygeek.com has price is right reruns on and as one of the secondary prizes was an AROMANCE AROMA DISC PLAYER and omfg I love this so much Please give me tiny record player that makes MEN'S WORLD and AFTER DINNER MINTS smells WAIT CAN YOU SCRATCH SCENT RECORDS retrospekt.com/products/aro...

$30 for 440 masks bought in bulk with free shipping. 3M N-95 being sold cheap because expiration dates may be too soon for institutions to buy. No need to use the flimsy surgical masks when the real ones are available this cheap. 7 cents each. #Medsky #EMedsky

GET ONE! They’re so good!

If you’ve been following for a bit, you’ll know I go all-in for all the fountain pen ink advent calendars. My most favourite one is from family run @enigmastationery.com & they opened their (new!) site to preorders for their Enigma Inkvent (multiple ink brands!) for 2025: www.enigmastationery.com

Had my first, real, identifiably horrible peri-menopausal hot flash last night. I was drifting off to sleep & was jolted awake by a very SUDDEN exact feeling I had when I went septic, minus the chills & fever. My BP was very low (for me) & I’ve been nauseated with an unpleasant headache since.

It’s been a great music day. Woke up to a @theblackdog.bsky.social stream (6 hours of Brutal Ambient) & now that’s over I opened YT to a new login.jp_ “focus mix” w/ Kyudo in the background. I love this channel. The variety of genres & locations is so good! youtu.be/ji6ELM1B-C4?...

Shrinkflation strikes AGAIN: boxes of Betty Crocker cake mix are two ounces smaller (from 15.25 ounces to 13.25 ounces). That cookie or cake recipe you inherited from Grandma probably called for a 18.25 ounce box of cake mix.

Lush Life (1996) m.imdb.com/title/tt0115... It was honestly just trashy fun, but 29 (?!?!!!) years later & I still have all 7 episodes memorised from my VHS recorded off OTA TV. It got pre-empted permanently by football. There’s 4 eps on YouTube & watching it will explain a lot of me.

it's okay to start wearing a mask again if you stopped. lots of people reporting covid infections right now. wastewater data showing high levels.

This is for my Fountain Pen / Ink sample friends, as well as the science folks. The lab/ink crossovers are real (hugs my box of parafilm that both saved my previous hickman line when it tore in 2020 & all my ink samples; love that stuff!)

Best 5 pies (by local places, can link most) -Anything from A Pie In the Sky (their cherry chocolate is top 5 *ever*) -Sweet Potato Pie from Lois the Pie Queen -Pecan Pie by Indiecakes (I miss her galettes!) -Key Lime Pie from Slow Hand BBQ -Roasted Oolong Tea Basque cheesecake from Good to Eat

Love how the pharmacy tech at CVS isn’t wearing even a surgical to vaccinate people. She looks exhausted. It’s bad out there, folks. Wear a mask.

PSA: Please remember to wear a well-fitting mask when you’re at the pharmacy getting vaccinated (or are there for any other reason). I really appreciate anyone taking a step to protect themselves by getting vaccinated, but you put yourself at unnecessary risk if you don’t wear a mask while doing so.

AHHH @fridaytea.com TEA ARRIVED!! I am now stocked on peach teas for iced tea on the random days that @karlthefog.bsky.social doesn’t show up & have bounteous amounts of spicy, pumpkiny, cardamomy teas for every other day in the Bay. Good timing, getting Pfizer Covid vaccine today & will need tea.

I don't want to start a thing so I'll just say that there will never be a good argument for privatizing USPS. That would be like privatizing libraries. The aim of services isn't to be run for profit, they are for serving the greater good, which USPS has been extremely successful at.

Does anyone know of a no-kill shelter in the Twin Cities, MN that would be willing to take in (by Mon morning!) + rehabilitate a potentially sick and not-housetrained ~14-yo cat? Its owner died and the family wants to euthanize it and bury it with the owner so that they don’t have to “deal with it”…

I do not share substacks. I’m sorry—even if you have very excellent reasons—I will not support works being shared in a Nazi bar. This one isn’t “no ethical consumption under capitalism”, it’s “holy crap this is practically taking out an editorial in Der Stürmer.”

"Stop thinking of COVID as if it's an acute cold. Think of it as a neuroinvasive virus you can get every year or two that slowly degrades your brain in ways that will harm your abilities and quality of life throughout your life." (thread with studies)

If you want to resist, wear a mask If you care about future generations, wear a mask If you care about your long term health, wear a mask If you want to fight fascism, wear a mask Your resistance effort must be inclusive of everyone … and that includes disabled people Masking is community care

Don't forget to mask while getting your vaccine. There are folks who can't afford an infection, and one-way masking is pretty ineffective (Also reminding myself)

Trying to convince myself that Gelli Plate printing/image transfers is NOT really a new hobby & that I already have most of the stuff I need for this potential class, minus the actual gelli plate & a (decent) brayer, but AuDHD brain is like YES TAKE NEW CLASS YES NEW HOBBY YES NEW STUFF!! *sigh*

Hey @karidru.bsky.social another fountain pen brand to add to the “really, really should know better but is using AI slop” list is Leonardo. www.reddit.com/r/fountainpe...

I looked up my first Hobonichi Store order, from March 2014 (for the 2013-2014 planner) & 4 items (still available) were ¥6628 (total, including EMS & fees; in 2025 conversion = USD$44.28 total). This year the same 4 items, shipped, is USD$124.32 I haven't gotten a Techo for 2025 or 2026.

In the fall all black cats receive a 20% buff to stealth and all orange cats receive a 15% nerf to both INT and WIS

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.

I'm starting to look into how inflammation is being misused by MAHA types in a way that very much distracts from chronic illness-inflammation problems people actually have. If you're an academic, doctor, immunologist etc with thoughts on this, please be in touch at [email protected]

AHHHHHHHHH NEW QUAY BROTHERS FILM THIS IS MY OWN PERSONAL ZOOTOPIA 2

Thanks to the generous direct contributions along with purchases of our Pride merchandise at @sfpenshow.bsky.social, we raised over $400 for @trevorproject.bsky.social in just three days! If you supported and didn't get the link to our thank you wallpaper, please email [email protected]!

LAST CALL FOR 2025 TEA ADVENT CALENDARS PREORDERS! At midnight PST, we'll close preorders for this year's super fun rockin delicious tea advent calendar! www.fridaytea.com/products/tea...

* And their hard, often invisible hospitalizations, deaths, new heart conditions, and #LongCovid ** We are still DURING COVID ffs

"Wanting to live" is a condition that puts you at high risk for Covid. Also mask up in public spaces. Stop the spread before it starts.

One way sighted people can determine what to put in alt text: Imagine you sent the post or article to a friend, and the image didn't load. What would someone need to know to get the equivalent experience and context? This will help you identify the important details.

I’ve been seeing an uptick today of reposted & posted art/photos that aren’t alt-texted at ALL. It’s really starting to get frustrating. I won’t like or repost any art/photos that don’t have alt-text. Not that I have a HUGE reach, but if you’re not getting engagement elsewhere, that’s probably why.

Sure its an amazing creative reuse store in Denton TX! We do creative sustainability practices by taking donations and stocking the store with resold used art and craft supplies. So we take art and posters too :D thistlecreativereuse.com

Friends in North Texas, Thistle looks AMAZING! Check it out!

Rescue network- anyone have rescue friends in Edmonton who can do a solid and help with some on the ground searching?

Anyone in the Edmonton area, please spread these links around -- Premee's beautiful cats are missing and any help or sharing is much much appreciated 💚💚

SF Zine Fest (& fountain pen show pals) this is an amazing resource!

FYI, per SCAN wastewater San Francisco is in a large and rising Covid surge (highest in California), and now LA County and Riverside are entering the chat. IMO it takes a lot to move the indicators like this for LA, so be *extra* careful now friends and fam.

If you think you don’t have a qualifying condition to get the COVID shot, yes you do. You have the same conditions that I do, and I am happy to talk about our symptoms at length to better explain them to the pharmacist, who at the moment does not need to confirm these things on any record.

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*breathe in* I am not a dumpster fire. *breathe out* I am a dumpster phoenix.

so they want me to reduce stress while being alive, sentient and living in america. OH! wait was my doctor telling me to do drugs

In true Inkygeek style, I go to the www.SRL.org machine shop garage sale (so many CCTV cameras, lenses, bits & a whole bunch of Intuos 3 tablets) & only come out with esoteric paper products: (They’re saying they’ll keep doing this every Sunday for a few weeks; will update if/when I hear more)

I guess I turn 46 in just under 12 hours. I always assumed that birthdays were meh after 40 because of kids, but wow does it feel so odd to “celebrate” when it’s not such a huge deal to have existed another year. (Also, my aunt dying last year the week before REALLY put a damper on things.)

This is the best art show in the Bay Area right now