our current foster (getting over a URI), Jewel, is a love.

I HAVE DEFEATED THE MESH, which is to say the mesh roof for the catio has been trimmed down so it doesn't overhang. still gotta finish stapling the window screen over it, BUT. THE STUPID STABBY BITS ARE DONE.

I realise this is partly on me for not wearing gloves but jfc working with wire mesh is so many—SO MANY—tiny stab wounds and scratches.

chat is it good when the oil lines go vertical chat come back here chat stop screaming

What are the character rules for shouting words? How many letters do you include if a character is shouting? Was 8 Os enough? Too many? Needed more? Is there a comic book author on Bluesky who can advise?

it is Year 6 of Our Pandemic and I am as per usual the only person masked in this gastro office *sigh*

I would really like this story to stop needing more words, sigh. especially given there’s like another 80,000 words of fic done that we can’t publish until *this* story’s done because it sets up the other 80k. really glad I have been able to get some of the words it needs WRITTEN, though!

everyone who had your money on “it’s even dumber than anything we can come up with” for the root cause of the ongoing AO3 incident, pls see the cashier in the back for your payout, oh my god.

Also, there are multiple strains of HPV covered by the vaxx, even if you know you're positive for one strain of HPV, you should still get vaccinated! I got vaxxed a few years ago after an abnormal pap result came back as HPV.

ah yes, a friend request on Discord from a username I don't recognise and an account that was made yesterday. roundfile for you.

If you have a pet (cat, dog, or ferret) who got their last rabies vaccine since Sept 29, 2025 and you get a call from your vet about it, don't leave it hanging. There is a recall on an ineffective batch of rabies vaccine, IMRAB 3TF, 1 mL, serial number 18665 expiration date of March 12, 2027.

the world is on fucking fire, but I am finally recovered enough I managed to write ~500 words of prose for the first time in months. in the not so distant future I may actually have capacity and bandwidth, again.

The Oregon Trail reboot that the world needs right now. Postcard from my collection, no date/info.

so I started the game back up with a new save and initially was like 'huh I don't know what problems I was having with the controls, this is fine?' and then I hit the point where quest tracking kicked in. and apparently now I can no longer control Geralt with the mouse. wtaf.

Describe your favourite game poorly: disaster bi crew cope with the horrors with drinking and mutual aid

I am as glad as the next person we have draft saving now but uh, when do we get the ability to delete a draft skeet without just posting it

FREEDOM

‘HIV PreP are actually hormonal medication that we discovered after it had failed as female birth control’ and other statements I have not just unhinged my jaw and starttd screaming over like i said, my yearly hell. it is not hell because it’s a boring training going over material i know cold.

it is my yearly hell, aka bloodborne pathogens and hazardous chemicals training and i have had two hours’ sleep

my favorite part of bluesky is how we are all out of hinges all the time, but sometimes we are unhinged in the most wholesome way anyway go donate money to rent to try to win the crystal swamp monster

And if you don't use Skratch, they're AMAZING. rwrd.io/ref_LJXUHM6?c gets you $10 off a first order and me $10 in points to subsidize friends! They're excellent hydration, they don't use artificial sweeteners, and they keep me aliiiiiive

I am procrastinating on chores, ask me #DCEAUoD questions or offer prompts and I will bullshit for awhile on then after I take this shower and deal with the dishes

Any sufficiently complex system has at least one load-bearing trans fur.

Tiny bicycle thieves in 1966. Photo from my collection.

ah, self-insert wish fulfillment: what if my blorboes stalked me and also gave me all the resources to do the things I want to do while making my health problems go away.

I seriously do not get why so many people freak out when they realise my spine surgery was done from the front.

$4508! Hell yes thank you so much for the help, god I would love to get this taken care of this weekend.

well, I didn’t hit Discover but it looks like a thread of mine has wandered past the two hops of the social graph out into asshole land, wheeeee. thank you bsky for making interaction settings alterable post-facto, and also the nuclear block.

Public service announcement: Boichik Bagels, on Hollywood Blvd in L.A., is _shockingly_ legit. Like, if this place was in NYC it would be in the top ten conversation easy. I am impressed, and a little verklempt.

I’m not in the DMV area but I know a number of folks who follow me are, any of got recs for Slipper?

toss-up between Iron Man and Inglourious Basterds, though for *very* different reasons

The quoted skeet is sharing a screenshot of @elonmusk on X tweeting "You can just take a picture of your medical data or upload the file to get a second opinion from Grok". They are right, absolutely do not do this.

I am cracking the fuck up at the fact I'm willing to be fighty on social media today is SUCH a signal of how much cognitive/emotional bandwidth I've gotten back from the spine surgery.

For a show that spans multiple floors Masquerade in NYC was shockingly well planned from an accessibly standpoint. They had wheelchairs, you get a dedicated butler to position you, there are cast moments unique to the accessible path. It was wonderful!

pulling this reply up to top-level because honestly this mini-thread sums up nicely why I am so fucking over it.

look. these people care deeply about appearances and superficial appearance and I get it’s very tempting to dunk on the gap between their displays of suppposed strength and health and YOUR perception of their strength and health. but that’s just putting a different wrapper their (shit!) framework.

Baltimore crafters, if you don't know about Scrap, you absolutely need to, especially if you have stuff from five craft obsessions ago that could find a new home! (👋) baltimore.scrapcreativereuse.org

I’m drinking and talking to strangers at the bar and I recommend it

Evergreen:

...Secondary to this: If you're Europe-based (or live elsewhere that you can order from France) I *strongly* endorse the company that makes these noodles. They're all of wildly high quality. This is their page at the grocery site bienmanger.com: www.bienmanger.com/1S_Recherche...

In the stage of recovery where I have some energy and inclination to do things but I’m still under significant restrictions that either rule out the things I want to do or make them too frustrating to do for long, and I am going absolutely fucking crazy.

I don’t begrudge the neighbors the music going full blast at 6pm okay, I really don’t, but god could they blast slightly *better* mariachi music?

That’s not a typo. We now proudly serve Mack Daniels.

...yeah, so I noped out of high school so hard I literally never attended it. So, uh, no. I'm not. There's a few people from my gymnastics team I wouldn't be philosophically averse to getting *back* in touch with, but only a few.

One of the Whistle Goblins is auctioning off a beautiful piece of knitting in order to raise money to DO MORE 3D PRINTING!!!

the smol batch of whistles I request came (they probably got here sooner but I hadn't been able to get to the PO box), and the weather is actually really fucking nice, I should spend this evening or tomorrow going around my neighbourhood introducing myself and handing out whistles!

oh my god??

Big eyes.

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