I wonder how many years it will take before I don't rage spiral into a blackout any time I see the face of that poor actor who played Fitz on Scandal.

we all deserved a little dose of space nerds, as a treat

Someone with the handle @velocity69.bsky.social is sharing a video with the caption: "The highest quality video of the moon was just released… so beautiful * Artemis II" It's gone viral, but it's not from Artemis II. If you've shared it, you might want to un-share.

welp. our 13 year old dishwasher is going to cost $500 to repair and I don't think that is a smart use of money, so. lol I guess time to start researching dishwashers and doing the budget.

Artemis II today.

I am happy to allow a path to redemption. Call me the day a single one of these fuckers actually steps onto it instead of driving their dirt bike back through the garden and popping a vindicated wheelie.

well these are just fuckin' adorable

for the last 24 hours I have been getting a string of USPS delivery notifications from December, and it is pretty odd

idk why I am trying to make a thread that requires context today when bluesky is only working 7% of the time, gonna delete that so I don't accidentally discourse mid-thread because I can't finish my thought. LOL

"married at 45" felt like such a piece of non-data to me (ever married by 45? only married exactly at 45? what about cohabitation w/o marriage) that I clicked through to the study and found out they did in fact compare these various scenarios.

I love that almost 700,000 people are watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-j1...

I guess this sent from my purse while I was getting my eye exam. LOLOL The eye doc is the only doctor that is always a breeze for me. This time she made me look at pictures of my eyeballs which were so beautiful I didn't even need dilation. I have perfect blood vessels I guess? I got an A+ in eyes

Who broke bluesky, y'all. I can't wait for my eye doctor under these conditions

We were driving through rural Alabama to get to my eye doctor appointment and saw "No Data Center" law signs, which made us very happy.

Editor @brianlyman.bsky.social writes that the Alabama Legislature's attempt to silence public outrage over the state's region-leading electricity bills has a major weakness that gubernatorial candidates in both parties can exploit. ow.ly/8UAQ50YCTka

In spite of how religiously I watch space shows, and loved seaquest, I am not going any place where I'll die if I open the door.

the main reason I am not going to read the thread on how trump has a convoluted master plan to generate an excuse to invade his own country to do a coup is that he is already invading his own country and has also already done a coup. I honestly don't think he feels the need to have an excuse??

Very excited that folks tagged me so I'm now aware of this book!! I'm already lurking on Rebecca's website and eyeing that tiny focaccia recipe. I may have to do a bread cult science for all of you who wanted focaccia, but less! 👀

On Tuesday I am going to ask my surgeon if I can start trying to knit again. I had to give up knitting almost exactly twenty years ago, so I am super super excited that I might be able to do it again! (not that I was ever very good, but it was a nice TV activity)

The shop is open again!!!! So if you were looking at this, I have TWO IN STOCK right now! thebrokencircle.etsy.com

sometimes I'm forced to consider that if only 5-10 republicans found their spines, they could take the gun from this toddler and potentially avert a complete global economic collapse, and instead we're stuck flirting with apocalyptic disaster because the idea that they would seems ridiculous to us

Poor Mr. Bree. Our dishwasher crapped out & I currently can not help him wash the dishes because I've still got stitches in my right hand and am not supposed to be submerging it in water/getting it wet more than strictly necessary, so it's on him. Hoping the repair folks can fix it tomorrow!!!

We also found strawberries on sale this week, so I wanted to make some strawberry jam. But my hand is still really not chop a lot of strawberries recovered, so I broke out the little slap top thing. Holy crap that worked so good. 😂

I am feeling a little icky today so I got up and drank NyQuil and made myself some fancy ice cream with the Ninja Creami that I had been dragging my feet on trying out for months. Honestly my expectations were sort of low, but this is some freaking amazing ice cream??? Wild!

It's always a good morning when the president has posted something so fucking unhinged (derogatory), my timeline is a string of people going, "I just went to truth social and it's actually real"

I hate how true it is that we'll probably find out because of polymarket fraud or something

I really need someone who understands Jesus better than I do to explain all the narrative implications if it happens on each of the remaining Easter days

I really need a version of the Pitt that just the show, but every time there's something medical or bloody on it they just cover it with rainbows and kittens.

“Don't be self-conscious. Post in your usual shit-poster voice” sounds like the unofficial motto of Bluesky

Lori Fisher works as the lure for an extradimensional angler fish, serving as bait so the monster tied to her can prey on worse monsters. It’s queer YA Science Fiction with a big cast of misfits. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

i have a brand and my brand is living my life in a way that everyone wonders what I'm about to do next, and no one can guess but they all know it'll probably be unhinged

let's be real, I have not kept the freeze dryer very secret lolol

the number of people who have followed me for months (or longer) without realizing that I am also half of Kit Rocha (and half of Moira Rogers lolol) is IMPRESSIVE. and that's partly on me for not posting under my penname. I can't really suggest that, but It's Complicated and works for me. 🤣

In other news, I have gotten SO MUCH DONE today and I'm typing on the keyboard again and using my mouse and doing most basic stuff (except lifting things!!!) with my hand. Cross your fingers that on Tuesday I get to have these stitches out and start my new bandage-free-hand life! 💃

🚨 Christina Koch has officially become the farthest any woman has ever traveled from Earth

btw this book is the only time I have ever gotten on the internet and asked an author what texture their cover had. the sensory book HAS A SENSORY COVER, pure genius

tonight is the first time some of you are realizing I write books. lol

Post regularly! I've been posting about my books and workshops on the internet for almost two decades and - People only notice books and workshops when they're ready to. - I could be mutuals with someone for years and they'll ask where to buy my books (when they suddenly decide to).

(I almost quote posted that person earlier but I did not because it didn't seem like an opinion that needed wide exposure, but now that it has it, well. It's not a great opinion! Now if you have a bluesky account that is NOTHING but links to your books? That's a different convo.)

my deep dark secret that I have spent many years unpacking with my therapist is that I am, in actual fact, weirdly good at capitalism. I just try to mostly use these skills to convince people to help fund whistle covens or wacky voting rights auctions and, on rare occasions, my books. lolol

If you get self-conscious about posting repeated promo, let me give you all my long-standing promo-hack, for free. (I'm not currently using it, but I will be soon! lol) This is a site without an algo, but also one that does not punish links. So what you want to do is make a strategic thread.

I enjoy our dress rehearsals as much as anyone, but don't actually believe things that are not sourced!

Because I co-write novels, I had to learn this early. There was one New Year's Eve where Donna & I were drinking champagne & lightly yelling at each other because something had happened off page and we had opposite ideas of what it was, and ended up having to throw out 25,000 incoherent words. 😂

yes to everything in this thread. and man, I had real mixed feelings on Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (it was not the book for an era of no media literacy) but Sunrise on the Reaping was so exquisitely brutal in the context of this thread.

Ok, #BreezeDryer hijinks are afoot! I'm gonna mix up a dozen first to see how many fit per tray. 👀

It's a little warm for me, but the weather still fairly nice outside. So here are some puppies enjoying the sun with me.

I desperately need to get the overdraft covered before it cascades & starts amassing more fees. Please, please, please help if you can. #HelpSky #MutualAid

once again reminding my fellow Alabama folks that the Dick Tator Grandma was in FAIRHOPE

I hope whoever came up with basket accounting steps on a Lego seven times a night every night forever

I feel like I wasn't as clear as I meant to be here. I definitely am not agreeing with the premise of OP's conclusion. But I was disagreeing much more strongly with their conclusions. Bluesky has surprisingly robust tools for curating your experience w/o changing other people's behavior. Use them?