My heat is so useless in my new place. All windows closed, heats on. I’m wrapped in 3 blankets, a shall, and a robe. A wool blanket and comforter on me. Pajamas, socks, sweater. And I remain freezing.

Hello From Our New Managing Editor: Cirien Saadeh, Ph.D.: https://streets.mn/2025/08/27/hello-from-streets-mn-new-managing-editor/ Our new managing editor brings experience in community journalism and education and will broaden the voices represented on the site.

I couldn't be happier that @cmiriam.bsky.social will succeed me as managing editor at @streets.mn. She is uniquely positioned to broaden our scope and to diversify our readership and contributor base.

My grandma’s having heart surgery today. Valve replacement (and an angioplasty last Monday). She’s one of my favorite people on the planet.

Things are so hard with this move and so financially tight. And tomorrow is my grandma’s heart surgery, my birthday (ick) on Thursday, and the anniversary of my Hannah’s (RIP, I miss you baby) gotcha day on Friday. I feel like crying so deeply.

An individual I work with has heard my name pronounced probably 2 dozen times (including from me), and has mispronounced my name about 2 dozen times. Today, for the first time, I corrected him (this coworker talks about my work as "social buzzwords" so I had no problem correcting him publicly).

I named my Focus Friend “Steven the Beanen” and I regret nothing @hankgreen.bsky.social

Wow she seems really smart let’s all listen to her and give her presents and cake

Spent over an hour today looking for my cat because she had a vet appointment - Lucy has never hidden from me before. I’m desperately looking, and panicking, and all of a sudden she just strolls into the room I was in.

In Jordan. My grandma hasn’t stopped feeding me - we’ve fought over it twice. My uncle steps in “she could stand to eat less anyway” (in Arabic). Fuck you sir.

Working on a cookbook for my college this summer and the food photography and cooking has been so much fun.

Strawberry custard pie. For my mother. It’s amazing. Next time I’ll thicken the custard just a bit more. But as a whole this was amazing.

Tucker James turns 10 today … and it’s the first birthday since Hannah Milo passed away. He’s such a good boy - before Hannah passed, he took such care of his sister, he was so happy-go-lucky, and he loved to bounce. Now he’s much more quiet - the grief remains almost a year later for all of us.

I move out of state soon which means I really only get my favorite Saturday morning ritual-of-sorts 5 more times (I move in August but I spend all of July on the road) and I’m really feeling some kinda way about it.

Big life update!

RAINN, the largest organization devoted to survivors of sexual abuse, has eliminated all resources for LGBTQ, immigrants, and other marginalized groups. They're failing their core purpose. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/w...

Happy birthday to my favorite person in the world!!! @dramypsyd.rmh-therapy.com

Really glad autism databases are getting pushback but really sad that it’s necessary www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I think this has been the hardest year I’ve ever had as a teacher. It’s nobody at the college’s fault - it’s a horrendous time, but as program lead I don’t really get a break and I am beat and heartbroken in ways I cannot put into words.

Fuck you, make me.

Not surprised but filled with RAGE

Happy World Penguin Day apparently! 🐧 In 2023 @actuallyowltistic.com made Slipper the Penguin come to life. Slipper helps kids learn it’s ok to be different even if some things are hard for you. www.slipperthepenguin.com

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I think The Pitt might be the best show I have ever watched, by far and away. It’s phenomenal, just absolutely jaw-dropping, heartbreakingly incredible. I learned about the Freedom House Ambulance via The Pitt and I’m in shock that I didn’t know about this before. youtu.be/SvOHFMQRgAY?...

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next.

Look at Lucy’s little paw on the window sill! And Tuckie loves his sock. Check out my profile bio @dramypsyd.rmh-therapy.com - your niece and nephew say hi!

I’m convinced American exceptionalism is a big part of what made us vulnerable to Trump. We’re so used to thinking of ourselves as the Special Freedom Country that a lot of people find it inconceivable we could rapidly collapse into shabby despotism even as they watch it happen.

I think I need to put “best friends with @dramypsyd.rmh-therapy.com” in my bio so that when people see me commenting on her posts they realize I’m commenting on my best friend’s posts with over 2-decades of shared history and not a famous psychologist’s posts, lol

“The freest country in the world,” I repeat to myself as I make my 10th call to my reps this week begging them not to execute my friends or me

Today’s blog is about burger battle! I have definitively determined what is and is not a burger. resiliencymentalhealth.com/2025/01/28/a...

Oh my, I’m so so curious to know who Dorothy is going to be in Wicked: For Good. Imagine being that actress and not being able to say anything about the part or the film.

God *that* scene at the Ozdust Ballroom just absolutely kills me. It’s so tender.

I love Wicked and one of the pieces I love so more after watching this movie several times is Dancing Through Life. The choreo is killer and Bailey just absolutely knocks it out of the park. His charisma is magnetic. But in truth it’s the whole scene: the cinematography, the energy, it’s all A+.

Lucy is enjoying her new cat tree.

Started my seasonal baking last night: homemade apple butter, homemade vanilla extract, Oreo truffles, cream cheese cookies, oatmeal cranberry cookies, sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies, and chocolate bark. Still more to go but I think I made a good start.

Wicked (part 1) was so perfect. I’ll need to see it at least twice more.

mahmoud almadhoun, a palestinian chef who ran a soup kitchen in gaza, was murdered yesterday by an israeli drone.

As one of approximately 30 goals I set for Nov. 1 - Dec. 20, I wanted to write 30,000 words in November related to the community journalism research and project that is my life’s work.

So much this. Bluesky loves links. As @hankgreen.bsky.social says "people click on stuff and they leave the site, they leave! and they read articles!". I love how excited we all are about the open web. Our timeline is healing. Click on the video, and enjoy it on hankschannel! youtu.be/D4ghgVq9z4M

Lucy was willing to play with some yarn with me as long as I didn’t get too close! Progress is being made.

The cat had learned how to meow at us and is making her presence known by running back to the house to yell at us every so often

Hannah - my dog that died in September - never had any patience for being made to wait to go potty. She demanded comfort at all times. When she got sick, that choice to have accidents became a bodily demand. The day after she died a cat showed up at her house with the same markings

yeah i think it's pretty understandable that people trying to survive a genocide and a famine, communicating in a non-native language, with an app a lot of them aren't familiar with probably aren't going to be up for doing alt text! this is my disabled ass saying i think we can let this one slide

Since the bottom feeders at Autism Speaks have found their way to BlueSky here is the heads up for those unaware that they are *loathed* in the Autism community for good reason

It used to be punishment for my parents to send me to bed at 7:30pm and now it's my life goal.

"Nobody wants an abortion" is straight bullshit. I've never had to have an abortion, but I've definitely had moments when I thought I might need one, and I absolutely wanted one. Not even a question.