Imagine sick people 50+ trying to get a job. No one ever talks about ageism! My friend (54) has been desperate for 3 yrs now after getting laid off. She's marketable, able-bodied, and well-spoken. And she got desperate to the point where she applied to Target, Walmart, & told she was overqualified.

There should be a primary doctor authorization before any AI can just up and cancel a prescription at random! Just another way the insurance agencies will screw people over. Fuck AI! And fuck the insurance companies who don't give a shit beyond their profits and their shareholders!

And the magas that bitch about how DEI puts people in positions that they're supposedly not qualified for will have nothing to say about this. Hypocrites!!

I submitted my story 2 hrs ahead of the deadline. It took me a while to cut my 1700 word story down to 500. In the longer version, it was way more suspenseful. The shorter version, not so much. I'm happy enough with it, even though no one would ever categorize it as suspense!! #500WordChallenge2026

Here I am writing for the NYC Midnight #500WordChallenge2026... like, you know...500 words max. My rough draft that I haven't even finished yet is now over 1500 words. I was irritated because I got Suspense/Thriller AGAIN! And was thinking I would never come up with an idea because SO NOT MY GENRE.

The fact that anyone thought it ok to carve into that mountain...the whole area was sacred land and treaty protected too! Then the good ol' U.S. of A-holes Govt took it from the Lakota/Sioux because GOLD!! The whole thing is a disgrace. And the possibility of Orange Menace's face there...just gross!

Well, this happened. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

Either the people who named the district have a sense of humor, or the district existed before dildos were invented. And if the latter is the case, what kind of history exists in Dildo, Newfoundland that made dildo inventors think that was the most appropriate name for that particular sex toy? 😆😊

My daughter (14) got Historical Fiction and wrote a 499-word rough draft this morning & it's pretty darn good! I'm still struggling to finish a rough draft. At least I have an idea. I typically struggle with that the most, but the idea for this one actually came pretty quickly! #500WordChallenge2026

Got my prompts for the NYC Midnight #500WordChallenge2026 Sigh. Apparently I'm just doomed to getting either Horror or the Suspense/Thriller genre. The odds say this isn't possible considering there are some genres I've never been assigned, and others only once (like Comedy, Drama, and Fairy Tale)

From an article..."They’re working on a plan that would, if successful, redirect any leaking fluid into the ocean and away from storm drains or river channels." I get they are doing this to keep the chemicals out of groundwater/populated areas, but this is horrible for our ocean life and beaches!!

There's a huge incident in Garden Grove, CA right now at a chemical plant where one of the tanks overheated. Because of a bad valve, only one of two things will happen now... either the tank is going to blow, or appx 7000 gallons of toxic chemical will spill out. 40,000+ people have been evacuated.

All the stupid mass use of AI so of course the "need" for more data centers And these massive data centers are built in poor communities where land is cheap & people are more easily taken advantage of But hey...as long as you're making $$$ using AI, who cares about the suffering of others! #fuckAI

Yesterday I was in the backyard watering plants, and a honey bee alighted onto a leaf of my white flowers to take a drink from water droplets on the plant. It was the first bee I've seen in our yard this Spring season 🐝 Just found out that yesterday was World Bee Day! Makes the above extra magical!

The maga who complain about government spending (but only when the Dems are in charge, of course), and so-called illegal grifters, and free lunches for school kids, and poor people who have no choice but to take food stamps and welfare, and housing assistance, etc will celebrate this $1.776 billion!

$174k??? As a pretty accurate ballpark, 80% of U.S. families make less than $174k a year! Do what the rest of us have to do to survive... no or few vacations, no eating out except maybe once a month, coupons, lots of nights staying home and playing cards for entertainment, thrift stores. #fuckThem

This story by @sagreene1.bsky.social is so good! The end of the second sentence made me laugh out loud!!

The idea there's plenty of expensive housing for the rich to buy 2 homes is maddening. We need more affordable housing so families on a budget can just even buy one home. And these second homes... stupidly gigantic and often rarely even used. Those spaces could have been used for affordable homes!!

A while ago I bought the lantern & pole/hook seen in photo 1. The birds used the pole as a perch & I had to wipe poo from the lantern daily. I got tired of it, so I bought the decoy crow and stuck it on the hook. Worked great. No more cleaning bird poo! But today, a bird got revenge!! See photo 2. 🤨

I have a micro story I've submitted a half dozen times since March 2025. With each rejection, I've tweaked it a little to make it better, but I haven't been 100% satisfied with it. Last night I revised it again and I FINALLY got it right!!I know where I'm sending it next! #flashFiction

AI to undo your AI writing. 🤦 Jeebus cripes. It just gets worse.

Here are my story submissions stats from 2025. # of submissions: 55 Acceptances: 1 Acceptance then ghosted: 1 Declines: 48 No Response: 3 Withdrawn: 2 Brutal. Feeling dejected. But sharing this because maybe it will help others feel better or not so alone if their stats are anything like mine.

Had no idea there was a Gen Z stare! It makes sense now...I have an entire college class with that stare--most of them in their 20s. The other day I asked a couple relevant questions and they all just stared vacantly at me. I kinda can't blame them. This world...the uncertainty...their prospects.

Super interesting, and something that might help unlock your creativity if you're feeling stuck! Give it a read! #flashFiction #poetry #writingCommunity

"As everyone knows, I am an extraordinarily brilliant person." The control group: Stink bugs

I just saw a local advertisement for 25% off pork shoulder butt. Literally, that's how it was presented. Shoulder butt! 😆 Little tiny farty shoulder butts! 💨

Stomach flu is not for the faint of heart. I'm on the other side of it now, but holy moly that was brutal! 🤢 I think I'd rather have 40 story rejections in a row than the stomach flu!

I know Gen Z's job prospects are pretty dismal. I don't have much reach, but wanted to put this out there. ATC is hiring. They offer paid training and you can make a 6-digit income within 3 yrs. Must be a U.S. citizen, have a bachelor's degree (any), and be 30 yrs or younger www.faa.gov/atc-hiring

Yesterday I posted about registering for NYC Midnight 1000-word challenge. Maybe I'm crazy, but I think I'm going to register for the 500-word challenge too, which is less than a month from the 1000-word. I find that the 500-word challenge is the sweet spot for me! #flashFiction nycmidnight.com/500

The last time I did their 1000-word challenge was 2023. I got more into their 250-word and 500-word challenges in more recent years. But I think I'm going to register for this! Anyone else planning on participating? #FlashFiction #writingCommunity nycmidnight.com/ffc

Interesting! Give it a read! (not the Left Behind series, LOL, but Ellie's article).

Came home on Friday from our trip to NY. TSA wait times at JFK on Friday 7am EST was 45 minutes to get through it. The ICE guy who screened me was suspicious because I was wearing a turtleneck, a flannel, and a jacket. "Why are you wearing so many layers?" Um. I'm from SoCal and I'm freaking cold.🤨

No only is it about lackluster movies, but why would anyone want to spend $15-$20 for a ticket so that they can be subjected to people around them talking through the entire movie, or taking selfies and looking at their bright screens, or kicking the back of your chair. I gave up. It's not worth it.

This weekend we leave for our trip to New York. We're going from 90+ degree weather here in SoCal to mid-50s in New York. We will look like crazy people running around in winter jackets and boots, while the New Yorkers are running around in early Spring clothes. 😆 *hops up and down in excitement!*

90+ degree weather in SoCal is not normal in March. Earlier this week it got up to 100 degrees!! When I was a kid, we would get random light showers in March and April. And rarerly was it ever higher than 75 degrees. If it's this warm now, what will this Summer be like?! 🥵😵

And they're a bunch of narcissistic liars!

~ Trump bombing Iran and killing a bunch of kids... a-okay! ~ ICE terrorizing people and separating families... a-okay! ~ January 6th... a-okay! ~ Tantrum Tariffs... a-okay! ~ All the pardons for shitty-ass people... a-okay! Mamdani sitting peacefully with the people of New York... he's the ENEMY!!

The college I teach at is a ghost town compared to what it once was. There used to be students everywhere, activities, clubs, etc. You'll never be able to replicate the in-person college experience via online classes. Kids will never know the dynamics and magic they're missing out on. Makes me sad.

Dear Anna Indiana, f*ck off with your "I hope you like it." You have no capability to hope or feel anything. And the person who created this, you can f*ck off too. What a stupid and terrible use of AI when it has such a high environmental footprint and likely involves theft of intellectual property

Last week I received a business email and the first thing in the email was "It's important that you thoroughly read this entire email. Please do not use AI to summarize it. AI often gets it wrong and misses important details." What the fuck?! #fuckAI

I ran 10 miles in the wind this morning. 💨🏃‍♀️ And now I might need a 5-hour nap.

Picking up a whole pineapple be like fighting with an oddly shaped planet with spears at the top waiting to stab you to defend the homeland. Next time I'll stick with bananas.

F*ck Meta.

I don't know. It's late. Feeling anxious. I have no work this Summer. I hate being an adjunct; no job security. I hate all the fighting, the newest war, the eternal waiting for things to get better. I wish I were 20 again, because I could cry and feel a little better. Worn thin and tearless now.

F*ck Trump. And f*ck his state of the union address. Not even going to bother watching. It'll be nothing but lies, round and round repetitive things that don't make sense, and self-praise for things he doesn't deserve to be praised for. Thanks maga for creating a world that is hell for so many!

No fee for "Tales that Survived the Fire"!! miraclemonocle.submittable.com/submit #flashfiction #writingcommunity

My homeschooled daughter goes to co-op classes 2x a wk. The girls at the co-op did a secret Valentine exchange last wk. My daughter crocheted the cute heart plushie seen below for her person My daughter was gifted JUNK DRAWER items (a Fidelity Bank pen, a single lego piece, half a pack of gum, etc)

An acquaintance of mine has a daughter born with a cleft palate. The specialist they see asked her if she had glyphosate (typically Roundup) sprayed around their house at appx 2 months pregnancy (when the palate forms). And sure enough, their backyard was sprayed at that exact mark in her pregnancy.

It's 2am. It's thundering and pouring rain. Like, window-shaking level. I'm dry. I'm warm. But it's all just so annoying right now. And I feel bad for being angry at the rain, because we really need it here in SoCal. I just wish it weren't so fiercely loud and startling!! Sleep, take me away!!