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the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches

Oh no, my mother accidentally activated my uncle who thinks he can fix anything, but can be a bit of a bodge-jobber sometimes. He is now desperate to discuss the toilet problem & will probably be at my door any minute now. Maybe I should put the blinds down.

My toilet pump has decided this nice quiet Sunday when I have a million things I want to putter around doing is the PERFECT day to randomly stop working. How do mechanical things always know it’s the weekend?!

I’ve been having intense, nearly intractable anxiety at night lately & one of the few things that’s helped has been breaking my sleep hygiene rules & watching The Last Homely House on YouTube. Not for everyone, I’m sure, but Kate has the best midwife energy & makes things with so much joy.

🚨I IMPLORE YOU to use alt-text when you post any image, screen cap, or post of a screed/tidbit from this or a different site. Otherwise people using screen readers are seeing a steady flow of "OMG" "This seems bad" "👀" "Well that's not good" with no context & that is INCREDIBLY ANXIETY-INDUCING

In the wake of all the news coming out of the US and the amount of shouting at the TV I've done, I thought everyone else might benefit from one of my favourite photos from 2017 to break up the doom scrolling. I cannot fix the big things, so here's a small thing.

Emergency kitten- Retro Jimmie

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

Eddie the emergency kitten, reporting for duty.

Republicans got where they are by never tempering a single expectation & never shutting up about stuff they wanted that sounded BONKERS at the time. They said them so much it normalized their terrible ideas. We can & should do the same about accountability for these bastards.

Okay. Well. That certainly is the news. Yes indeed. Yes. Mmm. Not exactly what I was looking for in a new year, if I’m being completely honest.

Me: Maybe I’ll try needlepoint this winter! Me, after seeing the price of needlepoint kits: I will not be trying needlepoint in this lifetime!

Humans are built to do things with their hands. Making bread, knitting, carpentry, puzzles, painting, chop wood, carry water... I suspect this is also why I find writing long hand so soothing. We're doing less and less of this, and it's shown up in our mental health.

Happy New Year from the Izu Shaboten Zoo!

today is for the ladies to have fun. its new years eve not new year's steve

i have very rapidly become incapable of thinking about anything that isn’t this video

pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written

Well the reward for my long wait was having my favorite radiologist on, so that was a nice surprise! And I’ve finished the 2 years of checks on my questionable areas (lol) so now I’m having pizza to celebrate.

I need an ADHD accommodation of NOT HAVING TO WAIT THIS LONG AAAGGGGGGHHHH 😭

Honestly, the worst part of a mammogram & ultrasound is all the waiting. And there’s only one radiologist on today so my chances of getting out of here swiftly are…not good.

Ending this piss-shit sort of year by having strangers shove my boobs into a smash-flat contraption. Apt.

Oh and I have TWO sewing machine maintenance issues, because my Grammy’s Baby Lock has a slight tension issue & the stitching isn’t all in line. I could borrow my mother’s machine but A) I’m scared of it B) I’m clearly cursed & don’t want to mess that machine up too.

Sewing machine is probably going to have to go into the shop because I can’t loosen the part I need to loosen for love or money. Maddening to know how to fix something yourself but not be able to do it. Now looking balefully at the printer that needs fixing.

I have an incredibly long to-do list today, including two somewhat complicated small appliance repairs, a ton of cleaning & reorganizing, new planner set-up & outside errands. And I’m just…sitting here. Listening to the wind howl.

Every installment of this MTG rehabilitation tour feels like “Nice Scorpion Regrets Past Stings, Needs Help With River Crossing!”

i do not regret to inform you that biscuit loves her new house. she refuses to leave it

Some local kids write & sell their own newspaper called The Morning Moustache every few months. Last edition, I wrote a letter to the editor about a fruit & veg safari. This edition, they printed the letter & followed up with some replies from the editorial team. An extremely fun correspondence.

The timing went slightly out on my sewing machine & so I decided to try my Grammy’s 25 year old Baby Lock while I wait to fix mine & see if it still works. Um. IT DOES. It’s so…smooth. And quiet. And has auto-thread cutting which feels like magic. It feels like driving a luxury car!

The only correct answer is Pippin in the Mines of Moria after he knocks the skeleton down the well saying, quietly but with feeling into the subsequent horrified silence, “Fuck.”

Tufted Titmouse - little, spicy crested bird with intense eyes 🪶

Seasons greetings.

Nutty and buttery, but conversational skills need work

Finally got my induction hot plate & OH MY GOD. I don’t think I’ve ever had water boil that fast in my life. My electric kettle could never.

Merry Christmas. Please enjoy the best text I've ever received.

Merry Christmas! 🎄

People talk very loudly & all at once & really feel that they should not do this.

Not staged. Found him like this late last night before bed. 🎄❤️🎄 #bachshund #dachshundsofbluesky #merrychristmas #santaweenie

Finished the hat!! Yaaay! Have a migraine! Booooo!!! Honestly, my body is such an asshole. I just want to have a nice Christmas day? You could have waited? *sigh* At least I had a nice morning!

Found my wrist brace, which was for lifting heavy things after rehab, but seems to help with knitting. I’ve managed to very slowly & carefully get a few more rounds done on this hat. I’m one cable row, 3 regular rows & 4 decrease rows from done. Agonizing to be so close & yet so far.

Don’t know what it’s like further out, but southern coastal Maine & the NH seacoast are SLICK. Fluffy snow on top, deadly layer of slush-then-ice underneath. Please be extra careful if you’re headed out.

I don’t think my package IS in transit to the destination, actually. I think it’s just sitting in the Post Office until after Christmas & you should just level with me about that, Mr USPS Tracking.

The people who showed up to vote for a write-in dem candidate in a Trump+50 special election 2 days before Christmas are democracy's strongest soldiers.

Me: I will knit instead of being on Bluesky! Also me: *has tendonitis now*

I missed #Caturday but this cat belongs on your timeline regardless of the day!

Those thumps I heard on the roof earlier make sense now 😂 Washing my hands, minding my own business when I hear aggressive squeaking on glass noises. Looked up to see these two raccoons rubbing their paws on the glass lol

My gift to you this holiday is a cuddly fuzz baby

A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols