When do the pop tarts come out?

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

“Can you jump on a call real quick?”

Curling seems like a sport custom made for lesbians due to the constant hours-long verbal processing required to be a successful team.

My wife did NOT like that I made Socks’ medicine calendar say RADIOACTIVE in neon green for three days after every chemo treatment. Whereas, in my opinion, it’s simply a good way to track when he has potential to get his superpowers.

“His body’s a little more Wario than Yoshi, so in my opinion, he needs some some skis with more traction like Sponge tires with the Splat Buggy.” - me contributing vital commentary to Olympic downhill skiing

Sticker Ninja’s got a deal going where if your artwork is anti-ICE, they’ll give you 50 extra stickers in your order for free.

I will seriously never stop being bewildered by the magnitude of kindness and generosity from people who read my writing. To everyone who signed up for a paid newsletter subscription to support Socks, you covered his entire first six months of chemo. Thank you from the deepest place in my heart.

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The Winter Olympics:

“Yes, chef!” - me moving the pepperonis around on my frozen pizza so they’re evenly dispersed

Socks’ oncology appointment went so great. Thank you to everyone for being so kind to me in the lead up, and to everyone who signed up for a paid Cattywampus subscription to help support his chemo. 🥹🧡

Last night I was having a terrible nightmare. This dream guy was like “You and Kah played great last night” and I skidded to a stop and said “Wait Kah as in Kahleah Copper? I am good enough at basketball that I play with Kahleah Copper?” Which is how I knew I was dreaming and woke up.

"It bothers me that people often don’t even blink at what I share, glossing over the serious ramifications of what one SARS-CoV-2 infection did to my life. I hold years of knowledge, research, & pain inside me." Powerful new essay by @wanderingkayli.bsky.social 🙌 thesicktimes.org/2026/02/02/s...

The time has come: I couldn't contain it any longer and I have finally written about #SchoolSpirits! I can't wait to see what the rest of the season brings. www.autostraddle.com/school-spiri...

I’ve had to fill out the same questionnaire twice a year since 2017 to get my six-month continuous birth control prescription filled. Sometime since July they’ve added POTS to the common patient diagnoses checklist. #LongCOVID

The state attorney general's office is training monitors to document ICE activities in New York: gothamist.visitlink.me/rZeiGD

My biggest surprise of the year so far is that Lemon-Ups are my favorite Girl Scout cookie???

This is so cool. The genius and creativity of the Long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis communities continues to blow me away.

This is the story of my magic cat Socks and his many miracles, with a discount code at the bottom of the post if you'd like to get 20% off a new annual subscription to my newsletter and support him through his chemo journey, which starts tomorrow. bit.ly/4ketwzL

they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit

One of my friends was like “Do you literally never get bored?” and, like, I grew up reading every word on the back of the cereal box, every morning. Now I’ve got a slab of plastic in my pocket that has every book imaginable inside it. How in the world could I get BORED?

Standing by two youths at the crosswalk. Youth 1: Ash can go fuck herself! Youth 2: Ash is nonbinary now, bro. Youth 1: Sorry yeah I forgot, my bad. Ash can go fuck themself!

Me: *agonizing for 45 minutes about a polite way to decline an ask due to my cat’s oncology appointment on Wednesday* Meanwhile, my wife on the phone: “Wednesday? No. Discussion over.”

I’m working on a story for @thesicktimes.org about things people with Long Covid and other energy-limiting illnesses (as well as their caregivers) can do to protect themselves and their communities from ICE. I’d love to speak with any of the following: (1/3)

New doctor: Do you know your blood type? Me: Lesbian. Doc: No, blood type. Me: Right, lesbian. If I need blood, only lesbian blood will do. Doc: Me: Just kidding. Doc: Oh gosh, whew, okay, I was— Me: Any queer and/or trans blood is fine. Do not put straight blood in my body.

Two primary care doctors at my medical practice fighting over who’s in charge of my care is wild! Like fellas, please, I have plenty of chronic conditions to go around. There’s enough for both of you, and some.

When I was in elementary school, our local weatherman was supposed to fly his weather helicopter to my school for a big event. We made windsocks and went outside and waited and waited and waited, and he never came! My grandma is still mad with me. 😌

Renee Montgomery asks Marina Mabrey about the Crashout Jar and people holding up money for it, Marina freaks out a bit when she finds out she got a tech during the game but says any money in the crashout jar will be donated to support Minneapolis

Incredible night for women’s basketball!

My neighbors texted to ask if I was okay I was screaming so loud.

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

PetPaw Pharmacy: Hello, Heather Hogan. You are number one Me: Thank you, I needed— PetPaw Pharmacy: in line to speak to our pharmacist. Please continue to hold.

These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée

The VERY MEAN AND NASTY Jesus Christ flipped over a bunch of tables in the temple and assaulted our fine money changers with a whip! HE WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH THIS. Jesus is a well-known leftist who has NO RESPECT for the businesses that make our houses of worship great!

“ICE agents’ tactics often seem to be modeled off what they’ve seen in movies or imbibed via TV shows or video games...ICE agents aren’t moving with a tactical focus; they’re doing what they think will look cool and intimidating in photographs.”

Wife: Hey, babe. Wake up. You’re thrashing around, I think you’re having a bad dream. Me: It’s not a dream! I’ve got to take this healing potion from the apothecary goose to A’ja Wilson before the Portal of Doom opens and—hang on. Yeah. Yeah, okay. Thank you for waking me up.

This is exactly why I've been watching a lil BL or GL almost every night for the past six years. Gentle queer stories with HEAs, or as I have said all along: romance novels on my tv.

I am so tired of seeing all the silly takes and absurd questions about why people love Heated Rivalry. You love it because Romance, as a genre, is freaking awesome — and it's especially important for gay people, who usually have to watch TV braced for impact. bit.ly/4a2tHJT

Fans chant following the national anthem and before puck drop at the Vancouver vs. Frost game: "Ice out now!"

Mayor Mamdani called out political rivals for gross fiscal mismanagement, saying their decisions have left NYC with a $12 billion budget gap that should be addressed by raising taxes on the wealthy: gothamist.visitlink.me/XpHCcz

One of the worst things about Long COVID is that stress makes your symptoms flare like heck and symptom flares make you more stressed which makes you flare more which makes you more stressed!

This is some of the best reporting I've read in years.

LET'S HELP EACH OTHER & SOCKS TOO📣📣📣💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

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If I get six more paid subscribers to my newsletter by the end of the month, it’ll open up some good sponsorship opportunities for me, which would come at a perfect time because my cat Socks is starting chemo for small cell lymphoma next week. theheatherhogan.substack.com/subscribe

As if we aren’t already on every kind of government list from all the info Meta, Apple, Microsoft, etc. have turned over to the govt. We’ve been living in fascist surveillance culture for years. Anyway I’ll send an 8K video they can put up in Times Square with ICE ENEMY on it, I don’t give a fuck.

SCOOP Meta has started blocking links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram and Threads www.wired.com/story/meta-i...

I cannot emphasize enough how important it is that we get rid of Miller. His race war fantasies have informed the vision behind the federal assaults on US cities, as I discussed here.