Me, weightlifting 2x per week, biking as my main method of transit, and working a very active job: why am I so goddamn hungry all the time

There is an active propaganda campaign to convince you that Oakland is dangerous and broken, and it is 1000000% a power grab by VC and corporate landlords money to convince you progressive policies make you unsafe.

Okay so last night I met a guy who identified as conservative, and who said “I don’t even know how much money I take home, my wife handles all that,” and said apparently when they first got married she took full control and gave him an allowance of $20 a day

One of the things I’ve noticed myself growing out of in my 30’s is the patience with people for whom self hatred is a prominent personality trait

Hi I would like to ask for a favor if you ever come across me bartending or being social in the wild: please for the love of god do not whip out your phone and start recording me without asking

Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19

I don’t want to say I started relying entirely on a relationship for my self esteem but because of Bad Year I kinda started to let myself forget that I am cherished outside of it. So the current kick I’m on of new friend immersion feels very nice

There’s a Chinese food place in North Beach that advertises itself as “MSG free” and I’m always like “got it, tastes like shit then”

they should make a pride flag for bartenders who date non-bartenders

Guy doing magic card tricks at the queer leather happy hour told me he was straight but “not sure, I mean I’ve never questioned it”, I asked if he’d ever sucked dick, and the answer was basically no but wouldn’t be totally opposed

My two coworkers behind the bar are a 69-year-old Vietnamese refugee who’s been there for 42 years and a late-50’s gay Chinese man who’s nearing 15. And the dynamic between the two is what I can only describe as, imagine Pinky and the Brain but they both think they’re Brain

Okay so because I clearly must give this lesson to the masses: we do not check your ID’s because we are trying to make your life difficult. We are checking your ID’s so we don’t get the bar shut down and/or go to jail

What is with this obsession people have with Bailey’s, why do you crave your adult chocolate milk so badly that you ask your bartender “why?” when we say we don’t have it. It’s giving Disney Adult but for boozy ice cream

Last night this guy tried to order a martini, and he says, “I have a question: what’s ver-mouth (pronounced like the facial feature mouth)?”

I lived this life for over a decade, changing apartments if not cities from ages 18-29 and it was not aspirational it fucking sucked

Wow a lot of people love a 9/11 orgy shirt and hate a “My Partner Cheated On Me at Puddle” shirt which I think is frankly hilarious

Just to be clear we’re still making the concept horny. So we’re all on the same page here

I had to drop my bike off to get aligned and the brakes fucked with and not having it feels like not having legs. Especially on an 80+ degree day when I need to get a ton of shit done and run around the city

Ty to all the Oakland leatherdykes my god you all are so beautiful

Elon Musk is unambiguously calling for a violent race war. This is far from unprecedented. The Rwandan Genocide was stoked and enabled by Felicien Kabuga, the wealthy owner of the RTLM radio station that helped coordinate the genocide and used euphemisms like "go to work" to signal attacks.

@tpgroberts.bsky.social is right; this is a pogrom. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Learning about California state politics as a transplant is wild. This state is truly obsessed with wholly unnecessary bureaucracy and confusion

it is my birthday today! if you might plausibly have bought me a drink if we were in the same locality, please consider sending that money to the Transgender Law Center instead: transgenderlawcenter.org

Lowkey been stressed about BART’s new funding tax not getting passed bc if they have to cut service, I have to ask my job to radically alter my hours, take a big chunk of my savings to purchase a car, or move. And the angel @cara.city says “okay so we’ll get a group together to canvass for BART!”

BRO IF I AM RIDING MY BIKE NEXT TO YOU AND YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR TURN SIGNAL ON DO NOT JUST FUCKING. START SWERVING LIKE AN INCH AWAY FROM ME IN THE INTERSECTION

Puddle’s organizers went through a *lot* of discussion before settling on the sliding scale model we currently have. The tier starts at $25, which for a party like what we do is astronomically cheap. And we still have had people show up at the door asking if we can just let them in

If you are not the kind of person who can stay consistent day after day for incremental gains you are not suited for online sex work, and if you have problems with direct communication and being assertive you should not go anywhere near in person work

Pictured below: the encapsulation of the reason why I’ve left a bunch of leftist/mutual aid orgs over the years

I’m going to start reacting to MAGA people who have never lived in a city the same way they react to me telling them where I live: “What do you *mean* you live 45 minutes from the nearest hospital and it isn’t even open overnight? You’re going to some guy’s backyard party in a field, is that safe?”

We got the “bisexuality is inherently transphobic and racist” and the “can the bi woman’s cishet boyfriend come to Pride” discourses served in a two for one special right on schedule, happy Pride

Not to be an SSRI shill but Prozac has been an absolute life changer thus far

HELP @cara.city JUST DID THE PSPSPS THING AT ME TO GET ME TO COME OVER LIKE A CAT

Happy International Whores’ Day, give $$$ to every SW’er in your life today

Idc if you are a fellow dyke and idc if you’ve tipped me well before, if you start slurring and borderline falling onto the bar when you come in I’m not serving you. And throwing a tantrum won’t help your case

It has come to the point that my sapphic sex party needs an accountant. Soooo if you know anyone in the Bay who’s a registered CPA and maybe works with other event production companies, lmk! @cara.city’s been an amazing CFO but we need assistance lol

Pride just feels weird now if I’m being real

Bartending in a large corporate structure pros: - Union security and hourly rate - Support staff = I can leave regardless of if the guests leave Cons: - My coworkers have been here so long they’re insane

I have way too many thoughts about the puppygirl piece

Puddle Folsom Friday theme hint: 🌹🌱🥀💐🌳

This is twice now I’ve had to explain to people that no, you cannot take your speakerphone FaceTime call at full volume in the bar

Admittedly getting my drivers license when gas is set to hit $8 per gallon was a bit of poor timing on my part but at least I can now *legally* steal my girlfriend’s car

Driving test day

I know a couple naturally gifted teachers in my life, and the thing I think many people forget is that teaching is, in and of itself, a skill. You can be amazing at doing a thing, bad at imparting that knowledge to others

Next on me and @cara.city’s watch list: Obsession. Yes we have heard the content warnings about the cat thing

This ebike has saved me close to $50 this week alone I am never going back

If the porn and the kink disappeared tomorrow, those men would still act like that

One of these days I’m going to open the floodgates on the queer age gap relationships conversation and I will have the Correct Take

Awhile back I had to set a boundary with my now-ex and a friend that extends generally now, which is: any conversation involving weight, calories, or weight loss meds, I will walk out of