Trying to center joy as much as possible in these dark days. Therefore, we have the return of the Joy Jar! It’s ridiculous and I love it.

Okay, @naddpod.bsky.social making me cry with campaign 1 finale. Now the real question…. Skip forward to Trinyvale x Strahd, or dig into the OG Trinyvale. Probably the OG. The Trinyvale x Bahumia mini arc was fun and I’d love to get to know those characters. (I started Listening at C3)

I had so many mixed emotions about leaving Texas. The last thing I wanted to do was skew the demographics further towards people who dont give a flying fuck about human rights of anyone other than cis white “Christian“ men. But we all have to do what’s right for us and it was time for many reasons.

I’m personally of the belief that the more non-crazy people who stay here the better, but I totally understand that some simply need to leave. It’s hard all around.

This is so real, they tried it this morning in Bloomington. They stopped a man, people started honking horns, they split up to fuck with everyone else, which brought more attention and more noise, people got out of their cars and started filming, they left. They're cowards.

This. We can’t do it all; we can do it together.

If only

My job is interpreting the past, not predicting the future, so please take this with a grain of salt, but my gut is saying the depths have not yet been plumbed.

It is a very strange time to be a historian of normal guys who joined the SS and then gleefully enacted unimaginable cruelties in the name of building a racially homogeneous ethnostate. All of my instincts are just screaming at me that the worst is not even close to being here yet.

Someone thought this up because they sincerely felt like cereal is for pussies. Incredible stuff.

Never a bad time for a refresher

I am glad that people are rallying and I’m hoping that this will be a turning point, but I cant help but wonder where the outrage and media coverage were when ICE killed people who were NOT attractive white women. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...

One thing I didn't fully appreciate until I sat on a jury and reviewed body cam footage for myself, is how cops yell contradictory instructions at people like "Don't move" "Put your hands up" "Get the fuck out of here" "Keep your hands where I can see them" etc. all screamed at your face with guns

Finally!!!

We also have to make reading less "precious" ie we need to make it clear that there are many ways to "read" and for example that audiobooks count as books.

People are skeptical about the decline in numbers of people who read books in the U.S. but you only need to talk with high schoolers to see that it's not overblown. It's part of the reason that the revival of zines is important IMO because they make reading and writing less daunting.

one problem with learning is it will make you so angry at how stupid everything is

“I am concerned about genocide against trans people in the United States in the near future,” said Dr. Henry Theriault, who served as president of the International Association of Genocide from 2017 to 2021

A) love it B) that outfit, though. I truly hope they cartwheeled off stage in triumph.

The US is kidnapping heads of state and I’ve progressed from soup to broth. 2026 - ain’t it grand?

Donald Trump has multiple indictments in the United States for crimes against the US government. And also pardoned top drug dealers.

I am not sure if this is an upgrade or a downgrade from soup and crackers.

Just once I'd like to wake up to people freaking out for good reasons

Because fuck HIPAA I guess. (There have always been carve outs. There always will be carve outs. Some are justified such as in cases of abuse. If this IS a carveout and not a gross abuse of information, it is NOT justified)

"A Kentucky woman is facing multiple criminal charges after she allegedly induced her own abortion using medication."

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Almost feeling human again! Let’s hope that holds up when I eat. I have too much to do to spend the weekend sick.

Shoutout to my spouse for not only picking up soup on the way home from the gym but also heating up a bowl for me when making their lunch so I actually eat while melting into the couch continually disrobing and re-robing all day long. Nothing quite hits like that salty Campbell’s ish when sick.

💀

Been sick since yesterday afternoon. At least I started of the first half of New Year’s Day right.

Reading wrapped. I am zero surprised to see the mood lightening as 2025 continued. I dived deep into escapism in my choices. Heres to hopefully reading more physical books post April and getting back to book clubs. (No. I don’t know why the numbers don’t all match)

Yup. 3 of my top 5 podcasts (by listen time) are D&D pods. Because I have, in fact, become that sort of nerd. If only listening made me a better player. @naddpod.bsky.social has gotten me through MANY a long run. I now know to download a few before heading out for when I lose reception in the woods.

Who do we think primarily gets charged with adultery when it’s illegal? I’ll give you a hint. It isn’t white men. It’s used as a tool for oppression. Period.

Fun fact: Adultery laws are primarily a thing in heavily patriarchal and explicitly theocratic nations. India only declared its adultery law illegal in 2018. It's all about retrenching notions of ownership in intimate relations, during a time of ascendat patriarchy. Shit sucks!

vacillating moods wildly: Find a workout space/practice/instructor where you can get your ass kicked, kvetch about the commercialism and bullshit that is New Year’s resolutions, and then get a text to see if it was you that left your inhaler, do you need it, are u ok? (If working out is your thing)

There is truly not a greater love story than the one that unfurls between me and thesaurus.com when I'm deep in the writing trenches

Ruminating once again on SJW and Try Hard being insults. Why is it an insult to care? To try?

Small businesses are the foundation of the US economy, and they are being CRUSHED by tariffs, not thrilled about them. FFS www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/how...

I have, twice in a row, straight up forgotten that we have a D&D session scheduled. My brain is fried enough that I am forgetting even the things that I WANT to do. PLEASE let my next (and last) course be easier/less time-intensive.

The death of my mother and the knowledge that I am so much safer than so many. The aching need for solidarity and community. The fear of losing my livelihood.

I get asked regularly to turn TGS into a video pod, and it’s already hard enough being a youngish woman who says smart stuff publicly. I already spend my life getting picked apart and I hate that now I’m expected to add my appearance to the list of things that are inviting critique.

There is something very wrong with me that I feel the strong need to see the video @legendlarkpod.bsky.social spent 5 min describing the trauma of watching at the beginning of their most recent episode. Let it never be said that I don‘t have a masochistic streak.

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

Historical revisionism about COVID-19 and the public health response is now mainstream. The next pandemic will likely be even harder to manage due to a relentless propaganda campaign to weaken public support for masking, vaccines, social distancing, etc.

Watched Gremlins and Goonies yesterday and it made me nostalgic not for the 80s but for pop culture where bankers, yuppies, and capitalist greed were the enemies