Once again begging my body to cooperate so I don't have facial numbness everywhere EXCEPT where the dentist needs it to be, leading me to once again give up & lie & white-knuckle my way through a filling replacement.

I had to fact-check this. It is real. Move over, Florida man, Jimmy John McDaniel of Texas is on the scene.

The ghost of Robin Leach MySpace Tom Abigail Disney The kid I went to high school with who's *technically* heir to the Kesey fortune but only if like, 7 other people die first Miss Cleo (she's necessary to talk to the ghost of Robin Leach, of course)

Donations to schools are tax deductible & if your employer matches? Bonus. www.davinciptsa.org/donate

Found out tonight $10,000 is all that stands between my niece’s performing arts middle school & functioning stage equipment. Come on. We can do that. @gregdoucette.bsky.social wanna put up the bat signal for Da Vinci MS in Portland? I’m seeding this with $1,000 + a match from husband’s employer

My only concern is not the animation (gorgeous) or the soundtrack (flawless) or the cast (TOM WAITS & MAHERSHALA ALI‽‽‽) or even the story (an excellent YA coming of age piece), but how are they going to condense a 500+ page novel without sacrificing the story, esp. as it's the 1st in a trilogy.

So what I hear you saying is @scalzi.com was close to right when writing Starter Villain, and we need to keep a closer eye on our cats, just in case?

When viewed under blacklight, a platypus appears teal. Which was not known at the time that Perry the Platypus was created.

Back in my hometown for a bridal shower & some girl in a Chevy trailblazer yelled I LOVE YOUR OUTFIT as she drove past me, so I’m gonna ride that high for a while. Dress: Nordstrom Rack. Shoes: fuchsia Air Force 1s Bag: salmon mini backpack, Kate Spade Outlet

This man's legs look like hot dogs. Hot dog ass lookin pants.

I watched a video about this study this morning and it's actually really cool science! The cocaine fish & the control fish swam about the same distances (cocaine fish: faster). BUT! The fish that were given the metabolite that is created when humans do cocaine (that we then piss out)? FARTHER SWIMS!

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

Luv 2 get an EOB & a bill for a diagnostic ultrasound & follow up mammogram, when state law has prohibited the application of cost-sharing (including deductibles) to such things since 2023 & federal law prohibits as of 1/1/26. Appeal/grievance has been filed. Anthem Blue Cross is on NOTICE.

My kid had a presentation due today. His teacher told them to use AI to make the slideshow to present their papers because she "didn't have time to teach them how to do it." He isn't allowed to have his cell phone out during the school day. He's a senior & this is a dual-enrollment COLLEGE COURSE.

I know publishing schedules do not revolve around me, but it's always a fun little treat for an author whose work I enjoy to release a book ESPECIALLY FOR ME, IN THE MONTH OF MY BIRTH. Go pre-order Chuck's book so that he may continue to write books that I can then claim as birthday gifts.

How about we don't scare people off from lifesaving medical tests. Are they fun? No. But I was SO SCARED that this would be a super painful exam, big titties blah blah blah. Know what? Getting my eyebrows waxed hurt more than a mammogram. That time my dog ran his head into my kneecap hurt more.

Hands down winner winner chicken dinner @charlottereads.com "yes but WHERE on Eileen"

Got an email today for an all-day 6-credit entertainment law CLE seminar. Not my area of practice, but it includes ethics credits and "Rock & Roll Law" is fun. The promo image was AI-generated. I emailed the coordinator to tell them not cool & then blocked as spam.

I NEED THIS STICKER FOR MY CAR ***IMMEDIATELY***

My hottest take is that none of the Star Wars movies were ever that well written, you just imprinted on whichever ones hit your inner 7 year old (literal or lingering) in the chest enough that nostalgia & magic overrides your ability to feel this vast disconnect.

Disabled folks have been creating art since forever, what the hell are you talking about? My sibling in Persephone, go look at some Van Gogh paintings and reconsider your entire life.

i am audhd and i am tired of people implying that i'm too lazy and stupid and disabled to use my goddamn brain

Bestefar worked on ships in Norway & then cabinet-making once his wife made him stay on dry land after they came to the U.S. Grandpa Joe was career Navy, used the GI bill upon retirement to go to photography school & later on got his real estate license. No, I don't get seasick, if you're curious.

Wow, I just realized that Charlie Kirk hasn’t said anything racist for months. Good for him.

The post I was responding to has been deleted, and I thought this was too clever an explanation to let disappear into the abyss. The question was: Why does an input into an LLM result in a loss of attorney/client privilege? Screenshot is from a court decision 2/17/2026, US v. Heppner.

This city has a lot of fuckin' nerve calling Pioneer Courthouse Square "Portland's Living Room" & then allowing a concert promoter to charge 70 goddamn dollars for tickets. That's A-lister at the Edgefield pricing, not @themountaingoats.bsky.social & The Hold Steady in the LITERAL PUBLIC SQUARE.

Listening to a podcast about the Rajneeshees (Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes), and it's mostly great, except the host keeps pronouncing The Dalles like it rhymes with pails. It does not. It rhymes with pals or gals. She's a professional voice actor, this is ridiculous.

Have used the form on the library's website to request @multcolib.bsky.social get this one in all three formats. You can do the same with your library! Support libraries *and* cool authors *at the same time*!

🎶 West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country r̶o̶a̶d̶s̶ robes 🎶

Long program: Killing in the Name, presuming this magic wand also whisks away all those pesky broadcast profanity rules. The Chain if decency rules still apply. Short program: People of the Sun or Your House

Pressing zero repeatedly often just disconnects you now Asking for "customer service" or "representative" or "agent" has a 50/50 success rate And my accent is all funky (Oregonian raised by New Yorkers, I fuckin' talk funny, ok), so these fucking trees never understand what I'm saying

I love everyone in Starfleet Academy, and how much they compete to see who can chew the most scenery, but Paul Giamatti in prosthetic makeup is the om nom nomniest one and you cannot make me hate that space pirate.

In my tiny-ass hometown, where there is only one high school, more than 20% of the student body walked out in protest of ICE & in support of their classmates. They got coal-rolled & yelled at by adults & stood strong anyway. If you're not at LEAST as brave as a rural teenage girl? Do better.

I learned about the DJIA in math class in 7th grade in COQUILLE, OREGON in 1994. I knew more, as a rural-dwelling TWELVE YEAR OLD in the pre-internet era, about the fucking stock market, how it works, how the DJIA is calculated, etc. than THE CURRENT ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED GODDAMNED STATES.

Great thread. Another possibility: In a world where one species can orgasm from ear contact, another is a sentient shape-shifting goo creature, another is basically a parasite that inhabits a series of physical forms, perhaps this cadet's species has "legs" that don't bear weight like human legs do.

Derek's focused on Eric's boots (and rightly so), but Brassy Bondi over there is just as inappropriate. Pammy Jo's got on the same outfit as my septuagenarian mother-in-law would wear for a day shopping in Naples before heading to Barefoot Beach to (get drunk on wine coolers and) watch the sunset.

I grew up in a hella small town, which may influence things generally, but yeah. With very few exceptions, people I was close to as a kid remain a solid part of my life (hi @onlyrainyday.bsky.social ! I love you!)

Be the neighborhood witch the children need to see in the world.

Friends, a yearly membership is $40. If you have the funds, please join. This place is a treasure we must protect.

A banger that's not in English has been requested. As an offering, I present Shakira's Donde Estan Los Ladrones, the entire fucking album, part of the soundtrack to my senior year (1999-2000), thanks to señor McCaslin playing it for us in class & making us sing along to Ciega Sordomuda every day.

Likewise, “climbing the walls” is not metaphorical.

Sorry not sorry, but anyone who thinks that the 47th president is an outlier in terms of how horrifically racist he is (and he is horrifically racist, make no mistake) needs to open a single history book. Multiple enslavers. Trail of Tears. Operation [slur] in 1954. RONALD REAGAN.

Within this INCREDIBLE thread is a sub-thread, wherein the transcript of this hearing is found and dissected like a creature in a 7th grade biology lab (bsky.app/profile/clap...). This attorney needs to be studied by science, for his COMPLETE lack of shame and self-awareness defies all reason.

*kachow*

See also: Sarah Bareillis “Love Song,” Pink “Don’t Let Me Get Me,” Pink Floyd “Have a Cigar” & “Welcome to the Machine,” among others.

Dr Glaucomflecken, an actual ophthalmologist, with helpful instructions for dealing with pepper spray to the face. youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...

If Congress refuses to dissolve the agency that was only created ≈ 25 years ago, fine. But officers can't have weapons anymore. No firearms, tasers, chemical munitions, flashbangs, billy clubs, pepper spray, NOTHING. You're a glorified process server, you don't need weapons.

TIME TO BRING OUT THE VUVUZELAS

You do not have to watch government-generated snuff films to know what is going on in the world, to be angry about it, to take action to help your neighbors. Turn off autoplay & if you saw something you weren't prepared for, play at least 20 minutes of tetris, bubble sort, or similar game ASAP.

HRT for perimenopause has changed my fucking LIFE and if the pharmacy would get some goddamn patches in stock so I could go back on the estrogen that would be GREAT.