Wow, my nervous system is really convinced that tigers are chasing me today.

Right whale news makes me think of @saramariebrown.bsky.social, who had the Whale Beat at the Vineyard Gazette for years.

Only on Tumblr would I see multiple posts telling me that, actually, I should feel bad about the Louvre heist. Je refuse.

NO ONE ASKED, EMMA.

I'm watching something about the Paris heist, and they are interviewing an "art crime detective," and let me tell you: I really wish I'd known that was an available profession when I was choosing one.

Sagittarius: The celestial energy is indicating the moment has come to make some important decisions. Apparently the celestial energy has forgotten that you suck at that.

There's a hipster consignment store that my daughter loves that never has anything that might fit me, and they have a big basket of sage sticks for sale and I want to be like, "Haven't we all known that this is appropriation since like 2014?"

No Kings protest aerial view in Boston. 🚫👑🇺🇸🐸

Recent Martha's Vineyard baby names: Knox, Anthony, Melissa, Kenzo, Laura, and Walker (who is ANOTHER new cousin).

I'm ready.

Some people are dying to get into the new West Roxbury Trader Joe's www.universalhub.com/2025/some-pe... #Boston

Nightmare.

I need a cute iron-on patch to cover a stain on my favorite gray sweatshirt. Suggestions?

Those new facelifts are giving everyone the same cheeks.

Well, I fucking hate this!

I have deliberately taken on extra responsibility at this job, but sometimes when my boss is like, "What are your ideas for next steps?" I want to be like, "Sir, I just send the emails."

No Doubt’s “Tragic Kingdom” turns 30 today! Go schedule that colonoscopy

Katama

Gift link because Kelsey is such a good writer that you should all read this. defector.com/taylor-swift...

I said, "Oh wow, real 'she breasted boobily' writing, there." She said, "That's EXACTLY what I thought of!"

My daughter was reading this for English. She came over and pointed at this sentence, about Catherine Deneuve: "My first sighting of her occurred in the Algonquin Hotel, as she strode across the lobby, breasts jutting forward like a figurehead on a man-o-war." theamericanscholar.org/celebrity-pr...

Welp, this finally got me to delete Instagram from my phone.

I am the sole admin for one large department that encompasses 6 smaller departments. I have already been invited to 3 holiday white elephants. (I'm so glad they include me! I'm going to go broke!)

Got to say hello to the mayor tonight and remember what it's like to feel hope in one's leadership.

Sagittarius: Stay alert to what's going on around you this week. You might find new love, or avoid being mowed down by a guy trying to shave while driving.

I'm throwing an event today that boils down to "The scientists need enrichment in their enclosure."

tapping my "intentionally exposing yourself to content online that you know is going to enrage/trigger/terrify/otherwise severely distress you can and often does constitute self-harm, and sharing said content is passing that harm onto others" sign

Mee, seeing that October starts this week and there are only 3 months left in the year:

Looking more like a witch’s house every day.

Trying to think of a fun hair color that won't leave me looking like one of the following:

MY ENTIRE PERSONALITY, dropping October 31. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

No amplification + speaker wearing a mask + A LAWNMOWER = absolutely no one can hear these announcements.

PUMPKINS

I'm really salty today for some reason. I got asked if a meeting I'd added to the calendar was really necessary and nearly responded, "No, I put it there for funsies."

TOMORROW!

Recent Martha's Vineyard baby names: Nash, Daiane, Benjamin, Owen, Aylla, Edie, Flora, Cliana, Skye, Ginny, and Chloe (the last of whom is added to my ever-growing passel of cousins).

Woo, the ableism in the comments. AAM comments are almost always a great example of how flat-out cruel people are comfortable being to the neurodivergent.

Say what you will about Bostonians, but when the rain went from drizzle to deluge just now, we all (silently, frowning, staring at our phones) shifted over until we were shoulder to shoulder to fit a few more people under the train station awning.

Good job, MV.

#1 has to be an OSHA violation, right? www.askamanager.org/2025/09/my-o...

I am participating in a walking challenge and mostly using it as an excuse to take bee glamour shots.

PRITZKER IS IN THE ANDOR HIVE I KNEW IT

The article keeps calling these facelifts "undetectable," but I find them EXTREMELY detectable. www.thecut.com/article/unde...

Me: "Let's walk by the stream so we can see some crepuscular animals." Him: "What do you think we're going to see?" This beaver: "Hi."

This needs to come to Boston asap.

This reminded me that almost all the stuff G didn't want was designer, so I brought it to the local hipster consignment shop today, where I got a look of pity from the hipster in charge when I said I had things to consign. I v much wanted to be like,"I haven't been elderly my entire life, you know."

My childhood understanding of massachusetts politics: 1. Don't talk to a Kennedy unless you need constituent services. Don't go near them in any context where there might be alcohol. Tell them you want health care. 2. If you need someone to watch your baby, you can probably trust Mike Dukakis.

TRY NOT TO BE NEAR ANY BODY OF WATER WITH A KENNEDY DO NOT BABYSIT THEIR KIDS JUST SMILE, THANK TED FOR HIS HARD WORK, AND MOVE ON.

Wow, the ONLY 2 MA Dems who voted no were Moulton and Pressley. Guess I'll just add this to the list of things to yell at Lynch about!