mood today

Coping skills getting a real workout lately

We should all be able to breathe fire

I am obsessed with watching videos of dogs hitting word buttons to say things

Don’t skip! Post you in another country. 📍Boryeong Mud Festival, South Korea

On yesterday's violet theme, I just found this lovely new carpet of violets on the hill above the house. 💜

Keep working the feeds and this place is alright, really.

Last night the US quietly lifted sanctions on Russian oil for another month - two days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it wouldn’t happen.

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the ocean says it loves you.

Loud latenight thunderstorm Spring lullaby, a romp, a sheet of rain

“I saw the sun coming out,” said Frog. “I saw the birds sitting and singing in the tree. I saw my mother and father working in their garden. I saw flowers in the garden.”

I’m unaffiliated, not a centrist.

Hoo boy howdy

I heard an Osprey in the woods by the lake The Merlin bird app people have been posting about is going to help me be okay somehow, I can tell

Waaaaait some of you don’t have favorite dinosaurs??

My mom loves the Pope and is an unstoppable force. It’s over.

Scrolling poetry and the apocalypse Dystopia on TV just for company

I don’t feel sorry for breaking the rules. Not sorry.

Optimists.

Can someone reasonable please just take over

In (Catholic) high school they flat out told us most of us would drift away from the Church for awhile but then were very smug that we would find our way back .

Consumer sentiment hits all time low Dad buys a sports car The haves and the have nots

Ran a rule in my inbox flagging emails including “please advise” in the body with a trigger warning label so I can have some deep breaths before engaging with those types…

Trucking rates will definitely get your attention. (via Schwab)

I’m related to some of these Catholics and honestly enjoy reminding them they aren’t in the club they think they’re in, and the KKK hated them too.

I’m trying to learn French and my Spanish is making it way harder, I keep just speaking Spanish

Anyone can become disabled. Disability is not a moral failing. It’s not something that only happens to people who did “something wrong”. It’s not an anomaly. Most people will experience disability at some point in their lives. Helping us fight for better support benefits everyone.

Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against these heretics

I wouldn’t even buy the… (why is there a)… fifa collab deodorant. The stench of FIFA.

I would bet dollars to donuts that JD thinks he’s a higher ranking Catholic in America than the Cardinal

I am pretty sure the cats understand way more than they’re letting on.

Massacre upon massacre in Beirut in the last hour. AUBMC announced a “code disaster.” Over 100 airstrikes in 10 minutes across the country. One hit right behind my house. Sirens ambulances & the smell of sulphur. The city is in total chaos the people in complete panic

So is my “plant a garden” advice I think a lot people are just completely screwed I’m sorry, this sucks, I’m sorry.

huh. is that a lot? www.reuters.com/business/ene...

It’s a really special parasocial relationship when there’s someone you’ve followed for years without a follow back. like yessss that’s my friend that doesn’t know me and doesn’t want to

I love my Amato’s Italian sandwiches melded in the fridge overnight

Spring makes me smile.

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I guess the new icebreaker question is: if you were somehow teleported to a restaurant which restaurant would it be and where?

Here you go.

We need a new word for dogpile. It sounds so fun to me, all those wags and kisses.

You reminded me of our quote board currently 🥹

I am learning the language my great grandmother brought with her across a footbridge in 1915.

I am not an alarmist but I am alarmed

We are in denial about the supply chain Conversations about actual things happening are being avoided entirely, even in industries where critical inputs are being shut off — buckle up. It’s not just the price at the pump.

The way watching things fall apart feels Step outside

🔴Top Gulf aluminum producer EGA halted smelter after Iran strike.

x is populated by people who failed 11th-grade english, drove three startups into the ground, make mid-six-figures, and own two cybertrucks. bluesky is full of folks who hold two phds, have won prestigious awards in their field, can't quite consolidate their hold on fulltime work, and ride a bicycle