Airport security just complimented my look and ‘fit and that feels like an accomplishment

Annual physical today. Told the doc I was good and I didn’t need my Xanax renewed. She said “great!” After examining me she was like “I’m going to go ahead and renew your Xanax” 😅

New writing up on my medium inspired by my travels in Greece: deirdre-mikolajcik.medium.com/the-gospel-o...

My favorite part of hot yoga is when you accidentally waterboard yourself

At a client dinner: Me: actually human flesh is supposed to taste similar to pork, not beef Everyone: ….. Boss: why do you know that? Me: I briefly got super into the Asmat people of Papua New Guinea who practiced cannibalism Boss: that’s on brand for you

Just a girl delayed in Detroit wishing delta would add a nonstop between SDF and Chicago

There is something so so magical about being in NYC in a nearly deserted restaurant on a Monday when it’s raining and watching a first date where the guy is trying so hard. Go get ‘em you crazy kids

O New York, New York even in the rain ❤️

Being single can have challenges, but the couples and relationships I witnessed on my travels chased the single blues far, far away.

I’ve been back from my trip to Turkey and Greece for a few days now and am still marveling at the number of times I heard “the missing one is in the British museum.”

We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.

I would pay $5000 to not have a child.

As the world celebrates Easter, it’s important to remember that it always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox. 🌕 💐

Love smelling the Angel share at 6 AM on the way to the gym. O Kentucky you will always have a piece of my heart.

Guess who got sunburned through the mesh panel of her leggings while helping with flood cleanup 😅🥲

Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal

I am just a girl circling the block, begging people to learn how to parallel park and not leave huge gaps between cars.

Season finale of White Lotus reminding everyone how Scorpio men will destroy whatever and whoever is closest to them.

If your landlord doesn’t deposit your rent check in the month you paid it for, they clearly don’t need the money and it should be illegal to deposit it at the same time as the following month’s rent.

Cool “filibuster” and all but what did it do and how much blood fuels that politicians career? Asking for a friend.

Stuck in ATL overnight after being held on the tarmac 2 hours Me to my Lyft Driver: how’s your night? LD: well Delta is f*****g up Me: that’s why I’m here! LD: makes it a good good night for me

Happy 36th birthday to me!

Happy birthday to Frank O’Hara!

Fun fact: all butter (plant and animal) is made of carbon www.fooddive.com/news/savor-s...

“Do you ever think of calling when you’ve had a few? ‘Cause I always do” 🎶

My favorite thing about having to use LinkedIn for work is when I logon and LinkedIn tells me to get another job

one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much

Just called my older-than-me male boss to ask for help exporting a PowerPoint slide because the fonts kept getting messed up. So that’s how my day as a professional competent adult is going. #womeninmaledominatedfields

I think we all learned as teenagers that wearing pink doesn’t accomplish anything. Busses, however, do accomplish things.

BoYcOtTs DoN’t WoRk They work like the gym or a diet or therapy or learning a language works: consistent and steady effort yields massive results over time. Boycotts are not ozempic. Keep focusing on spending local and spending cash.

Been thinking about this and her a lot recently.

New writing up on my Medium that blends Greek mythology and aging and healing from trauma. Enjoy 💕 deirdre-mikolajcik.medium.com/the-persepho...

If you’re wondering what it’s like to be single and a renter in 2025, my landlord is the first person (and so far the only person) to wish me happy Valentine’s Day.

Others have made this observation: my favorite thing about the Kendrick / Drake feud is how it’s textbook for what happens when a water sign tries to f*** with an air sign. Like come on Scorpios. You can’t have a Count of Monte Christo style revenge if your nemesis kills you in the first act. 🗡️

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Hard launching my new boyfriend

Watching The Mummy for the first time in over a decade and I am just now realizing its a retelling of Dracula

For Burns night, Bluesky pals--a window on which Robert Burns versified, using a diamond-tipped stylus. Here is the Globe Inn in Dumfries, w/ lines to lovely Polly Stewart. I learned researching inscription poems back in 2023 that emigrants took 1 window to Australia --I assume carefully! #18thc

Greetings to my #writers in #academia especially the #humanities. @waitmanwbeorn.com and I decided to respond to that Economist article. FREE link: "No, Academic Writing isn't Getting Harder to Read--but good journalism is getting harder to find" 📚🗃️ brandy-schillace.medium.com/no-academic-...

The thing I’ve realized about my friends and I, is that I tend to be a quicker draw when it comes to a witty response, but my friends are far more deadly with their shots. And I think that’s a beautiful balance. 🥰

CHAINS OF LOVE AND BEAUTY, now out in paper! @princetonupress.bsky.social

If you are arrested in Illinois protesting deportation actions are under the Trump administration, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected].

Accomplished my manicure and pedicure in advance of the impending winter storm. Braving 20 degree weather in flip flops. Through vanity all things are possible.

It was 9° here when I woke up and went to the pool to swim. I was the only one at the Y swimming, which is a rare and soothing treat.

Yesterday, it took me about 90 minutes to unbury my car and make sure I could get to the road. Today, I’m slightly sore, but nothing out of the ordinary: just another workout. It has me thinking about physical fitness & overall health to living alone and independently.

I’m doing mostly dry January so I did not get stuff to make mulled wine. Now that I’m sitting here cold looking at the snow begin and seething with rage that the winter storm they predicted has arrived, I’m also seething that I was “healthy” and “responsible” and won’t be mulled wine drunk all day

Guys, C-SPAN is momentarily in a state of lawless anarchy.

Periodic reminder that all the available evidence points to an animal origin of COVID-19, and that the Chinese government tried to cover up the seafood market in Wuhan as the probable location of spillover. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Don’t worry Kentucky, I actually have food in my fridge and am prepared for winter weather, thereby guaranteeing our safety.

Today, I attended 2 separate potluck events. At the first one, they spoke about the importance of found family helping each other. At the second, they spoke about the importance of creating space for connection outside of work and traditional family units. There is goodness to be had in 2025.