I was living in PA when the Superbowl was Steelers vs. SeaHawks. For my school's "black and yellow" day, I went in SeaHawk colors. I don't even watch football, Steeler fans were just particularly obnoxious to be around.

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Anyone else notice that even writers using AI never express an interest in *buying* books generated with AI? Almost like they know they aren't worth the money. #booksky

Told my husband we HAVE to watch the Super Bowl halftime show. I don't even know any Bad Bunny songs, I just wanna make sure it's viewership is higher than the Turning Point version.

No exceptions. If you use Gen A I in any capacity whatsoever, you suck. Yes, the way you're using it too. You're not special. "She probably doesn't mean me" I do.

I wanna know what Mel Brooks thinks about all these dildo-throwing, glitter-filled protests against ICE. He was one of the first ones to suggest that the best way to criticize fascists was to mock the hell out of them and make them look stupid. It's all in his honor, really.

My biggest problem with astrology is that I'm apparently supposed to be a walking inferno of fury with no patience. I almost never read a description of Aries and think "Yes, that's me."

Another book review is here! Check out my review for "A Colder Home," by Jillian Maria. #booksky #bookreview #bookblog

Sometimes I think about the tragedy of Vladimir Nabakov. Imagine using your own memories of child abuse to write a horror novel about a pedophile, only for mainstream media to call it a romance. I would rise from the grave just to throw hands. #booksky

The latest taste test is here! Let's talk about Kobo. #booksky #booktube

Every author worth their salt has at least a half dozen WIPs that they were obsessed with at one point and only later learned they were too terrible to ever see the light of day. It's TRADITION. #amwriting

Sherlock Holmes is a Mary Sue. There, I said it. His method of "look for evidence and assume the most probable cause" only works because the narrative is designed for him to win. Just once I wanna see a story where his shit gets thrown out of court from reasonable doubt.

Sometimes time blindness likes to come out of nowhere like "Yes, you do all these tasks most nights, BUT TONIGHT THERE IS INEXPLICABLY NO TIME."

Soon. #booksky #booktube

I love that all the fake sugar daddy DMs on UpScrolled offer the same dollar amount per week. I appreciate that they've all agreed on a going sugar baby rate to keep the market simple.

The "cozy" subgenre feels like all the characters were raised by gaslighting parents who told them their feelings were too needy. "You really should keep a better handle on your emotions, darling. You don't want the reader to feel poorly just because you do." #booksky

Saw a post from Facebook about a female reader turned on by ICE agents. And I don't get why people are surprised by that. The number of dark romance readers who want that stuff to happen IRL has always been low, but never zero. #booksky

Dear Diary, I fear I'm stuck in Pallet Town. The wilds are filled with animals that can only be pushed back with other tamed animals that attack for you. And I can't get any of my own because the only dealer in town already gave his supply to a bunch of fucking ten year olds.

No one ever tells you the biggest downside of having such a distinctive personal style: People will recognize you way sooner than you can recognize them. 😅

UpScrolled's situation proves why BlueSky was right to go invite only at first. At least when the right-wingers tried to pull the same shit here, there were standing tools and community to corral them and/or chase them off entirely.

Realized I didn't buy a single piece of clothing in January. Promptly decided I'm on a clothing no buy.

Rowling's people inviting Epstein to a dinner and a performance of The Cursed Child, long after he was convicted of child sexual abuse... exquisite.

Reminder: If someone goes on rants like "You mean St. Hallmark's Day? 😏😏😏" in February and *doesn't* make the same argument around every other holiday, then it's not actually the capitalism they have a problem with.

The problem with UpScrolled is that it's having its mass migration a la Bluesky in November 2024 without getting enough of the necessary "weirdos just hanging out in their niche little corner" era. Also it's an Instagram clone with microblogging getting pushed as a TikTok replacement.

Read my first Freida McFadden book and I do not get the hype. #booksky

Saw a post that said "If you want butterflies, you need to live with caterpillars." It was literally about gardening, but damn if that isn't my ideology around indie books. *Someone* has to be willing to take a risk on the unknown indies or the big literary shakeups don't happen. #booksky

Thinking about when my sister and I would dress up and pretend we were background characters in movies as we watched them. You would not *believe* the gossip we heard during the party scene in Shrek 2.

The Mindful Consumption Book Haul is here! Let's discuss how much money I spent on books and how many of them I've actually read so far. #booksky #booktube #mindfulconsumption

Dropping off crafting supplies to someone in my Buy Nothing group would feel a lot more altruistic if I wasn't desperately trying to get my stash down. #crochetsky #sewsky

Showed a third grader the School House Rock skip counting videos. He tried to act like it was "so old" but I caught him singing along. 😂

Also, the "WE'RE THE GOOD APP THIS IS THE WHOLESOME PLACE EVERYTHING IS SO GOOD ON THIS APP" is giving me Spoutible flashbacks.

I'm trying to give Upscrolled a fighting chance, but literally the first comment I got on my intro post is "follow for follow?" 💀

Me thinking I found the TikTok alternative super early. @bookspotlight.bsky.social is already there. 😂 @MargaretAdelle on UpScroll btw

Showed my husband this and told him I knew where I wanted our donation money to go to this month.

How is anyone surprised that Minnesota became the cultural epicenter of current political activism? They did the exact same thing less than 6 years ago. The epicenter of BLM Summer becoming the epicenter for ICE Out Winter is the least surprising thing.

No, but I've been trying to write one for forever. I keep getting lost in the weeds with worldbuilding. 😭😭😭

As someone who can get completely overwhelmed/shut down from loud noises: USE THE WHISTLES The comfort of the neurodivergent is not worth human lives lost. We have coping strategies and different ways to help. Keep doing what keeps people safe.

Reminds me of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, who was arrested for civil rights activism in 1961 and put under a psych eval because authorities couldn't fathom why a white woman was fighting for someone else's civil rights.

At the end of every month, my husband and I split the leftover money in our bank account in halves, one to debt, the other to savings. This month he suggested thirds, with one third going to Minnesota. I married the right one. ❤️

This is so sweet, thank you so much! That was such a fun video to make.

I put cinnamon on mac n cheese to review a book. #booksky #booktube #bookreview #foodie

The C-suites of major companies admitting the genAI backlash is working will never not be funny to me. Did no one ever tell them you're not supposed to admit the haters are getting to you? 😂

I have that kind of neurodivergence where I have no food sensory issues until I suddenly have all of them.

The new video is here! I played Notebook Roulette, letting a spinner wheel pick what notebooks I should write in. #amwriting

Praise be to the Midwestern gods, my car started. 🙌🏻

The review for "The Epic History of Macaroni and Cheese" is here! #booksky #bookblog #bookreview

School is officially cancelled for tomorrow. And we're usually the "don't call it till the last second" kind of district. Oof, this is gonna be a big one.

Also: 1. Towels at the bottom of the door block cold air coming in under 2. Thick socks and hats help the most with body heat retention 3. If possible, stick to the smaller rooms of your house 4. DO NOT SIT/LAY CLOSE TO SPACE HEATERS

The Indie Ink Awards judges portal opened 7 minutes ago and I already have my two reservations. That's gonna be a hard record to beat. 😂 #booksky #IndieInkAwards

This sounds weird, but I'm looking to read a book that *didn't* make it past the voting round of the Indie Ink Awards. (I need to fulfill the "entrant" prompt for HRCYED.) So if that's your book, please comment here or send me a DM! #booksky #IndieInkAwards