Rain or shine, ABQ shows up

I-40 west of Albuquerque to the Route 66 Casino is shut down so salt tracks can treat the icy conditions. #NMwx

Ah, yes, an active shooter barricade in action. Just like my kids were taught in elementary school. When guys with guns show up, block the entrance!

Kid finally home safe and we saw a little video of a moose which somehow turned into needing to look up if wolves eat them and the answer is yes.

Listening to cars spinning out and anxiously waiting for my kid to get home. Regretting not listening to my own weather instincts and insisting he come home early today.

it's doin a weather down here in Albuquerque #NMwx

Verdict: it worked but not well enough to be life changing. Came out a little soggy and mushy. Would probably be fine for butternut or acorn squash. Spaghetti squash does much better roasted in an oven.

And the roads in my hood went from damp to sheet of ice in a matter of minutes. Which has resulted in the need to make rapid emergency transit plans for my kid.

And i have 3/8" hail stones coming down. In January. I don't remember hail ever being a regular winter thing before we broke the climate?

Before I turned 15 I was hostess in a diner and could handle situations that would make a cop shit his pants.

Excellent News: new oven is ordered!

Oven repair guy finally came and he agrees it's a safety hazard. Bad news: still no cooking at my house. Good news: this will probably convince the landlord to spring for a new one.

Am more seriously considering a dash cam. Anyone have advice for purchasing one? Experiences setting it up? Suggestions for stuff I should know?

One of the best weekends I ever spent was a first aid & cpr class.

Am more seriously considering a dash cam. Anyone have advice for purchasing one? Experiences setting it up? Suggestions for stuff I should know?

That poor guy they shot in the hotel in Arizona really drove this home

One of the best weekends I ever spent was a first aid & cpr class.

No gesture toward building a beloved community is too small, or too insignificant.

This.

Puppy! Can I pet it?

USA has been breaking treaties for a few hundred years. The entire history of land stolen from Native Americans is an endless trail of Uncle Sam's word being trash.

Got up and did stuff this morning and now it's 10:30 and I need it to be nap time already.

I feel like it says multiple things about New Mexico that TWO of these are ours. The Santa Fe New Mexican is the paper that dared the headline "UN-AMERICAN."

6 packages of dogs, 5 of buns gives 60 of each.

Is there something Very Libra about the fact that I often can be fixed by eating an apple?

Pretty sure this is one of those time when you butter the bread rather than oil the pan.

I would really like to read follow-up on these stories over time. How did/does that burnout still impact moms? What is the spill over from that on to kids?

In New Mexico, "all the charts are showing a rapid increase in flu-related numbers," New Mexico Department of Health spokesperson David Barre said in an email.

Currently I just really want a functional stove & oven again. Crockpot, toaster oven & electric kettle are keeping me alive in the meantime. But the rice cooker & good knife set & favorite pans & magnet organizers also deserve mention. And silicon spatulas & gamma lid buckets & bread maker....

@mayorkeller.bsky.social please take notes here it IS possible to just grab a shovel and fix things

This

One (1) day back from break and I feel ill and I hate driving and this is no way to live fts. I had to do stupid things like put gas in the car to sit in traffic going nowhere for 10 minutes. I'm tired and my throat hurts and everything is awful.

I hiked down from Acoma Pueblo bec all my young classmates were doing it. That was in 2018. My knees are still angry.

I think they missed the point that this is an EVIL horse. It would want you to plug that heater into the 3rd of 4 power strips daisy-chained together. It desires human sacrifice, the bloodier and more burnt the better.

But the scariest was coming across images taken of women in the street, digitally stripped by Grok. Thought you could keep yourself safe by never, ever posting a picture online? Forget it. Anyone with a phone who walks or drives past you can create pornography of you now.

This is absolutely horrifying. ChatGPT recommended “Sam take twice as much cough syrup so he would have stronger hallucinations. The AI tool even recommended playlists to match his drug use… Turner-Scott is now left mourning her only son, and shocked by what this new technology did to him.”

I feel this

Glad everyone is OK! Gas is evil. Go electric.

I really need a grilled cheese sandwich and my stupid stove won't be fixed until at least Thursday. I can cook a lot of amazing, delicious food with a crockpot but grilled cheese is not on the list.

I feel like this cat is setting a good example for us today. @nuclearanthro.bsky.social

Minimizing driving is an intentional choice-we have a car! But #NoBloodForOil and helping the climate all in one, what's not to love?

This is true even about small things like bus fare enforcement. All the enforcement of eligibility to access public goods is EXPENSIVE.

Kid2 and I took the bus to church this morning. Riding the bus is a great way to DO something that concretely & visibly reduces fossil fuel dependence. And we got to connect w community where people are DOING things that HELP.

One of my top Surviving Hell tips is take long Talking Walks. The pacing & wandering part is key to it being both calming & connecting. And really listen to that voice! Focus on the little pauses & tones & nonverbal sound cues of someone talking. Are they feeling someway they aren't saying?

Actually I can't stress enough, and I know this is hella millennial coded, but especially talk on the phone. Not a video call, the phone, where you pace and wander and listen to the voice of someone you like/love. I think a lot of us have forgotten this simple pleasure. It's seriously calming.

When my grandma was still with us she took FULL ADVANTAGE of her old white lade privilege to say things that would shrivel my ears in public. I can absolutely see her getting out her crochet hook to make replacement parts for people who can't find any.

This was exactly Biden's platform.

Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.