New addition to the Chattanooga airport: the train horn as the baggage carousel starts up. 😄

@seananmcguire.bsky.social Seanan I love our students and they’re getting ready for an event and they’re all helping each other out and they’re super cute and it’s SO NICE having more wordcount space to enjoy these little slice of life moments 💖

AI is profoundly unpopular. A recent NBC News poll found that among 18-34 year-olds, AI's net favorability rating is -44. *Negative 44*. Those are basically serial killer numbers. It's not much better among women 18-49. (Men over 50 and upper class are the only ones who like AI, and just barely.)

Chilly conference rooms would never have occurred to me! Everyone is being so helpful and nice, thanks y’all. 😄

ACES friends who have done the IRL conference thing before...I need to pack tomorrow, what do people wear to these things? 😅I've only ever attended the VCONs, and that was all jeans and jammies depending on time of day. Not sure that'll fly here. #ACES2026 #ACESAtlanta

#TenMinMerlin today while doing a park walk in Tacoma. Thanks to @skwinnicki.bsky.social for the idea! 😄

Dr. Robby said “when I was in med school” and everyone of my approximate age said “yes we remember, we were watching then too” And Noah Wyle wrote that episode so you know that was intentional 😄 #ThePitt

Medication is a frackin miracle. “Two weeks on” started Monday morning. Last night I didn’t even think about it until my phone reminder. Cleared up that fast. I am resolved to stay on top of it and hopefully get the bastard knocked down enough that the next “two weeks off” isn’t such a misery.

"There's no reason in the world that needs to be an en dash. Come on." (glad nobody is in close proximity, I forgot to use my inside-my-brain voice and the scorn was audible 😅) #AmEditing

Honestly in awe of the training the astronauts must have undergone to not just bust out with THIS IS SO FUCKING AWESOME every time they’re on mic. You can still tell they’re thinking it. 😄

Hearing NASA talk to Artemis II like "Amaze Amaze Amaze" ROCKY YOUR IMPACT

My brain who's supposed to be getting stuff done today: NO WORK ONLY SPACE

The captions in the new season of Daredevil are, quite often, noticeably different from what’s actually being spoken. Starting to bug me. I use them as backup for when my ears aren’t fast enough or there’s too much ambient noise, but if they’re not saying the same thing, there’s not much point.

The silver pattern in the cloak has been waiting so patiently for me to fill in the green underneath it, and today it finally gets to be finished. 😄 #CrossStitch

Betrayal at Trader Joe’s: they moved the refrigerated pasta AND they didn’t have my favorite kind

Instead of the deranged post everyone is sharing, please notice this thoughtful Easter message from NASA astronaut Victor Glover, pilot of Artemis II, flying toward the Moon today. “Whether you celebrate it or not, whether you believe in God or not…” 🌎 🌕 youtu.be/WdgsAtjrxq4

I was thinking about this one the other day for unfathomable reasons

And then I went to see Project Hail Mary on the big screen. Lots of space going on today, both fictional and (gloriously) non. 😄

SUCH chills watching Artemis II go up. Now listening to "Golden." :D

Eczema flare has been so aggressive this week that I’m resorting to the old chickenpox trick of wearing gloves to bed so I can’t scratch in my sleep. (I have medication but we’re on a break under doctor’s orders. Gonna BATHE in the stuff when I’m allowed again.)

What if it actually does happen tomorrow but nobody believes it

Taking the train to work today was very cool. I got to read instead of fighting traffic, the lake crossing is gorgeous, the mountain was out, I got some nice walks in. Unfortunately it also meant I was out of the house for 12 solid hours. So probably a sometimes food and not an everyday commute.

This isn’t complicated. “Every Harry Potter book, movie, video game, stage show ticket, theme park pass, and piece of merchandise that’s sold puts money into Rowling’s pocket, which she can use to keep her crusade against trans people going.”

Good to see the new train connection has been blessed!

ah yes, the endless struggle between "do I _really_ need my headphones to turn off after 10 minutes of no activity" and "do I _really_ want to deal with being headphone-less for an extended period if the battery dies"

My brain on Pokopia: They increased the octopus comfort level!

Anyone who is tempted to crow about their GLP experience in a restroom where people can’t easily get away from you maybe could you fucking not

OK but right now it’s raining a LOT, what’s up with that www.instagram.com/reel/DRnfUJG...

Language is not a collection of rules and facts. It is a process. A big, squishy chaotic process of figuring out what you want to say and how to say it, of negotiating how others are saying things and understanding them.

Your butt gets good wifi.

Stitching on a sunny Sunday after taking myself out for pancakes. 😄 #CrossStitch

First chunk of choral numbers is done, now keeping one eye on the lead singer for my first backing number, because as long as she’s still in this room I know I’m not supposed to be somewhere else. 😄

I am off work today and one thing I would really like to do is go get a frickin’ Starbucks. Someday, when the jerks in charge come around, I will once again enjoy a silly over-flavored latte and a bacon Gouda breakfast sandwich. Someday.

TONIGHT! ChoralSounds Northwest presents Pigments of Our Imagination #SeattleSings https://seattlesings.org/event/pigments-of-our-imagination-2762/

How very Corinthian. (But this is extremely cool and bodies are heckin’ weird y’all)

Due to high geopolitical tensions, sports fans are temporarily required to contextualize their posts, for example: ❌ OH GOD OH NO OH FUCK ✔️ OH GOD OH NO OH FUCK how did he make that basketball go in the hole

I am destined never to visit Strixhaven, it seems…the original set prereleased in April 2021 when I wasn’t attending live events for obvious reasons, and Secrets is happening while I’m out of town. Someday!

On two of my three “background vocals” songs, my score aligns with the original key. The third is in E major when the original is in C. Which is fine except that I am very much a muscle memory learner, and the notes, while correct relative to the lead singer, are gonna _feel_ different.

Probably the only day this week I get to do this—choir stuff going on every other weekday. #CrossStitch

Oh *that's* where Wallace is

They were looking for one more APAS donor today (platelets and plasma) and my screener was so excited when she saw in my chart that I’d done that before and was eligible to do it again. 😄 Local supplies of O-neg and B-neg are in the red, and every pint is needed—consider helping out if you can. 💖

Ahh the delightful experience of a live online yoga class with the dulcet tones of chainsaws in the background (from my neighbors’ yard that also lost a tree in the storm).

Bummer followup to this. It fell in a way that didn’t damage anything, the fire department cut it up since it was in the road, and a lot of the tree is still standing, but there’s a gaping wound in the trunk and the tree people who stopped by yesterday think it’s unlikely to survive. :(

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My ornamental plum tree: It must be nearly time for spring, I think I’ll burst into full bloom! Winter, not giving up yet: THE DEVIL YOU SAY Bon Hiver and what the heck! (I’m pretty sure it’s Bon Hiver anyway, I don’t think we’ve had a single flake at my house all season.)

Today in Too Much Good Media Oh No, I am way behind on new TV because you see there’s this new video game where I get to be a weird Ditto person

Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?

Sometimes you get to do unexpected fun things when you join a community choir. Like singing background vocals on Pink Pony Club. 😆 (The soloist sounds GREAT, she’s gonna cause a scene)

Welcome back, post-work daylight, I missed you a LOT. #CrossStitch