so much clothing is marketed as "conversation starters" but as an introvert, i want "conversation enders." no more talking. let me go home.

Sitting a stewing in frustration isn't nearly as cathartic as just designing a poster. Let's see how often I remember that in 2026.

Oh sure let’s match those symbols to the ones on the pillar. That’s your answer to everything.

I avoided it for long enough... today the thrift store decrees I *will* be reading Gideon the Ninth

A cauldron is actually a very practical kitchenware item if you're ok with people making certain assumptions about you

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Summer lovin' Had me a blast (Fires aren't nearby, just the smoke)

It is 40 degrees (celsius) and my cat will not stop trying to sleep on the sill of a window that gets full afternoon sun Why does she want to be baked like a focaccia so bad???

Let me carry every item I find. I need them. For stuff

Chasing mayak gyeran with mint brownies was... not an experience I recommend

The Works of Vermin by @hironennes.bsky.social Finished it, went "how did I not realise???" and then immediately read it again It was even better the second time, getting to really enjoy all the world building and see just how well everything is put together. I am absolutely feral about it

So the storygraph wrap up cover collage doesn't quite work if you've read too much. Unless you really like scrolling 📚💙

The library finally got the next two murderbot books back on the ebook app, happy new year to me 📚💙

Saw someone talk about materials literacy and I can’t stop thinking about it. Its the thing that has made people believe all tshirts are the same and should be $5

Accidentally read twenty books this month so I forced myself to go play a video game instead, which feels a bit backwards

Good news everyone, I have found my old cd wallet full of albums I burned as a teen Bad news, my copy of I Brought You My Bullets is absolutely scratched to hell and now sounds like a bad dance remix

So I'm gonna go out on a limb and say one of my neighbours got an electric guitar for christmas

It feels deeply unfair that I cannot read a book and do a second activity at the same time. Let me second screen a novel! (Yes I know audiobooks exist. They do nothing for me)

Australians - there is a survey here from Sweltering Cities, with questions about coping in heatwaves. There are some specific questions for those dealing with chronic illness and/or disability. It doesn't take too long to do. swelteringcities.org #AusPol #NEISVoid #ME/CFS #LongCovid #Disability

The Works of Vermin is a strong contender for my favourite book this year, but definitely my favourite acknowledgements

*tries to answer the phone casually like this is something i do all the time* <red tailed hawk screech>

Surprise

Aggressively picking out the perfect gifts for loved ones. That's right fucko. It's incredible. I looked within your soul and saw what it would take to temporarily fill the emptiness that exists at your core. You can softly weep if you'd like.

My body is acting a little ungrateful given all the treats I’ve been feeding it

When life gives you lemons (a broken door and a replacement with no safety decals) you make infernal lemonade

One foot was quite uncomfortable walking around so I checked to remove what I assumed would be a small pebble only to find a fair bit of blood, and after digging around with tweezers... glass 🙃

At a point with my reading where it's possible for me to finish 100 books this year, which thanks to the gremlins which run my brain, means I will now have to do that

i don't want to have to second guess if every image is ai!! i don't want to edit with ai!! i don't wait to generate anything!!!! i don't want to talk to an ai chatbot!!! go away omg

Would like to have a word with me of three hours ago, who decided against halving the monkey bread recipe knowing full well that I and I alone would be eating it There's just... so much sugary bread now

Love this so much. 💜

Bloodywood and Babymetal are touring together next year and chances of me being well enough to go are basically zero and I'm handling it sooooo well you guys

Unfortunately I cannot love GDT's Frankenstein bc it doesn't feature my favourite scene from the book: victor running from his lab in terror at what hes created, coming back hours later and upon seeing it's gone, going "phew, thank god thats over, there will definitely be no consequences to this"

HOT LIBRARY INTEL: you can ask your library to purchase specific titles for their collection, usually right through the library's website. Librarians can't know every single new title, nor can they mind-read what their patrons might want to check out. Give it a shot!

Reading old sci-fi written by straight white dudes is always such a gamble. Like sure, "what if society refused to let you die?" is an interesting concept, but I don't think it needed "and also the nurses jerk you off" Like the story would have been fine without that

"I just don't know why I feel so agitated today" says local woman after consuming roughly half a kilo of halloween candy for breakfast

I love that Australia is embracing Halloween but someone has to tell these kids to wait until dusk. You're trick or treating at 5pm in broad daylight. That's not spooky. That's just going for a walk

i want my friends to remember me fondly. and my enemies to remember me as The Creature

Those of you still on Twitter because of potential reach, even that is going out the window when this is implemented.

My reason for “making shit” varies but my general attitudes towards making anything creative is that I have a quirk in the brain where not creating things makes me feel like I’m dying

Begging literally every social media feed to give me the option to not see AI, if only to let them know I don't fucking want it

Everything may be terrible but the DVD shelves at the thrift shop have been excellent

Local big box store has removed half of the Halloween displays and replaced it with Christmas decorations already

Caught my cat stretching her toes in the afternoon sun

After thirty years of not having any mould problems I have discovered that someone painted over mould on the ceiling in *several* rooms in my new place and you guys weren't kidding about how much this sucks

Thought I would dip my toe back into reading and read a bit in bed before I go to sleep and now it's two am and the book is finished and my sleep schedule is ruined

I've been living opposite a construction site for the last month and while most of the noise is mildly irritating at best there is a truck driver who is currently doing a fifty point turn and I'm going to rip the reversing siren out of the vehicle with my bare hands

My brother (a woodworker and gamer) helped me moved my PC from one room to another today and his look of utter disgust upon seeing what furniture I've been sitting a fairly expensive set up on was the closest thing I've ever experienced to the "damn bitch, you live like this?" meme

“You lot call everything ableism” That’s because an awful lot of things are ableist… and society itself is set up in a way that harms disabled people. So yeah… most stuff is ableist imo.

yeah i’m a tradwife: unable to keep up with basic daily tasks due to suspected psychiatric issues, so i will eventually be lobotomized