Let me get this straight: Link, a Black user, got banned for calling out the Bluesky CEO for following a racist. That’s not a good look, especially given Bluesky’s historical treatment of Black users here on bluesky.

over the weekend I took way more COVID risks than usual. I will be the only one who will be testing in a few days (more than once, over the course of a week or so) so I will be the only one to know if I participated in spreading this disabling disease and I'm emotionally tired because of all of it

if i can get out of bed before noon, i think i can fix every single thing about my life on saturday. probably only take 90 minutes or so

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so much grieving for my parents (they are both still alive and doing quite well, considering, but aging is aging) so I've been listening to NPR which I never do (not a fan of mainstream media) bc it helps when I'm missing them. it's weird to peek into this version of the news.

sometimes if I pause to put on daytime clothes I lose momentum with my billable work and I really really really really need to focus on my billable work more than I have been. so, pajamas all day.

oops turned into one of those days where I never did get out of my pajamas

is there anything more haunting than having this on most of your posts?

New mask chain :-) #CovidConscious

remembering without regret or shame times in my life when social media was a lifeline in very real ways. today it is a small, light-filled part of my life. I'd say I could "take it or leave it" but there are too many real humans I connect with to just toss it away entirely.

U.S. Border Patrol agents tried and failed to detain a man in downtown Chicago (via Christopher Sweat)

the little old man #caturday

#caturday with cosmos

don't mean to yuck anyone's yum but I really can't stand Jimmy Kimmel. never have been able to tolerate him since he was a The Man Show guy *vomit*

>>me moving a rein or lead rope or a garden hose or an extension cord or a fire hose<< lol physics are neat

"A bee feeder?" replied Kerpl. "I thought you were bringin' me a gin!"

just killed a mosquito with my bare hands am now possibly ready to take on God AMA

Eating pickled ginger and listening to chumbawumba. Maybe it'll be a good day

I just reposted this (the Lambs War is an intense read!) and asked this Friend "isn't the rapture as it's being feared a really fringe belief for fringe evangelicals? or is it a mainstream thing for them?" I'd love to know what all of you know about this. Isn't it a fringe/extremist set of beliefs?

1. Evangelicals have the #Rapture but Quaker have the #LambsWar since the early days (Gwyn) “The personal experience of being deconstructed & reconstructed in Christ's inward light empowered many early Friends to enter local 'steeplehouses' & confront false authority in the official Church.”

my stars I freaking love how infrequently British actors get (obvious) plastic surgery. there are middle aged women looking like middle aged women! I rarely can go back to USA'n shows.

After several negative at home rapid tests it’s become clear that the NAAT machine test was a false positive. I don’t have Covid. I’m relieved (and frustrated!).

!!! Heads up to anyone posting about disability or chronic illness. You want to block this caitoz person. She has a very large account on X & you don’t want to make it easier to be targeted. *Several mutuals (who I know would be hit hard if this happened to them) are following her account here.

I’ve got Covid. I mask in all indoor public spaces. I don’t eat inside at restaurants. I still get my groceries by ordering online. I rarely see my friends in person. And I still caught Covid. Please mask.

I think I'm going to check out the wastewater treatment plant today.

... my camera took 1800 photos of the inside of my backpack stunning, no notes

@sbworkersunited.org psssst you talked to my daughter about organizing in her store, she couldn't do it (has quit) but talked with coworkers who are into it! heather at heatherdenkmire dot net if you want to reach me, otherwise you'll be hearing from them if you haven't already!

@sentimentbot.bsky.social how do you work?

(not me, just close to me and I'm tired of it. so tired of it.)

just bc I mask when I go out doesn't mean I can't get it, for sure. and also, no one in my immediate circles (close family or friends) are still masking as much as I am so it's frustrating when one of them gets it and I'm now exposed blerghhhhhh

frickin' covid

Celebrating SunDay with @thirdactfaith.bsky.social, a new post on my Walking Thoughts blog: hpaulsantmire.net/a-boring-fol... @elcalutherans.bsky.social @lutheransrc.bsky.social

18/20 here (shorter test)

When you run the infrastructure, you can set the rules.

Hey, so...Covid rates have gotten real high. Maybe change your behavior to fit this new risk profile? Stop eating indoors at restaurants, mask on mass transit, that kind of thing?

Accessibility frustrations today. Please don't make your only entrance to an event one that has stairs, with no signage directing people to the accessible entrance. That honestly makes me feel like an oversight/unwelcome from the outset. #disability

“Severance" actor Tramell Tillman has won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series. He is the first Black man ever to win the award #Emmys

oh and he’s wearing flimsy flip flops

If you do not know your culture, you do not know how your people learned to navigate through the world. This absence of ancestral knowledge leaves a deep pit that will be filled with anxiety. The land, the people, the future, everything around you becomes a source of anxiety.

trying to find patience or just let it go (why yuck his yum) but this fellow has not stopped loudly talking at laughing at what-doesn’t-seem-funny-to-me things for more than two hours and it is a lot

people w Bluetooth speakers blasting in public spaces why

This is what caring about others looks like. With a suppressed immune system and dealing with substantial pain, she will protect the health of the massage therapist who can help fully relocate her jaw. The therapist will not miss work or infect their family with a cold Wendy will never give them.

please add #AltText to your images! please please please please please! please remember people using screen readers! let them be fully a part of the bluesky community!

Make a band singular: El Lobo

Four loaves of bread in progress. Also thinking through the plot of my novel while I knead. (The two activities go well together.) #BreadSky #AmWriting 🍞📖

What the hecking heck? Where do we look on the camera (iPhone) to make it look like we’re looking at the camera when we take a picture of ourselves? I just was sending a picture to my daughter and took like 10 and couldn’t get it right

sent this to my kiddos with the word “bliss” (I was visiting a friend wanted to share how happy I was) and realizing now it’s just a table-tidy away from an curated-style Instagram post

I think it's about time I put "Charlie Kirk" behind a filter.