When I was in elem school, my teacher gave us a recurring assignment called Current Events Clip a newspaper article. Write a short summary — who, what, when, where, why, how. Present it in class & answer 2-3 Qs from classmates about the article The average adult today would struggle to do this

He looks like Robbie Rotten from Lazy Town

Oh my god My clothes snagged on one of the stitches in my skin and ripped it out It sent me to outer space for a minute

public goods do not post gains or losses because they are not corporations

Those and the ICE ads have ramped up for me, and all of the political content I watch on YT is pro-Palestine, pro-liberation I try to block those ads every time they pop up, but they’ve made some of the ads unblockable

I just spent 3.5 hours editing a single slide of a slide deck with someone in California and someone in Ireland, all because an exec kept changing their mind about what they wanted to say It took 4 brains working on this, just to end up back where we started — at my initial recommendation 😵‍💫

When we say "recession indicator" it's not a joke

Every time I hear something new about Ethan Klein, he has unlocked new depths of evil and delusion

Today’s random cringeworthy memory is when I was 8 and my teacher told me “zip your pants discreetly” and I didn’t know what discreetly meant so I stood up and went to the corner to zip my pants 🤦🏾‍♀️ Thanks, brain.

I support the LGBTQ community but I am very slightly annoyed that "giving tuesday" is now ambiguous

One of my problems with the slogan is that dems refuse to define and build a strong floor What is it? Universal basic income? Universal healthcare? Reliable social benefits? Ensuring due process? No nazis or oligarchs? Because they’re not doing any of these things. The floor is quicksand

“Why tf are they in my gdoc?”

I still occasionally see a post that’s so out of pocket, it makes me block the person instantly

If you see this, qts with a pic from your gallery to describe your mental health

This is EXACTLY how I want my membership fees used

“Do you design those boring trainings we have to take every year?” I do design training but NEVER the shitty ones w stock photos & a billion buttons to click, or that hold you hostage til you’ve clicked everything or spent X seconds on the page All of that defies learning science & people hate it

Got invited to a xmas party where you have to bring $20 (or a dish) + a bottle + blankets + a finished gingerbread house Have to pick up the gingerbread kit from cousin’s house & build it before the party. But can’t eat it bc it’s already expired 😭 I love a good themed party but this is overboard

The bond. I went all the way to the other side of the world and got the head nod. We really look out for each other, acknowledge each other, and communicate volumes without words.

I need about 4 more days of weekend

If this is real, it’s excessive and unhealthy

Having an idea is the bare minimum and they can’t even do that?

Throwback to 9 years ago when I finished crocheting this sweater

Dry & flavorless, as crusty as her soul

I haven’t seen it and the answer is still no.

This makes me wonder — of all Trump supporters, how many of them have a hard line where they would stop supporting him? Of those who do have a hard line, what is it? I didn’t expect someone’s hard line to be the r word in 2025 after we all saw him mock that disabled reporter in 2015

Just let me adore you like it’s the only thing I’ll ever do

90s too. I was 9, babysitting my brother who was 2, and the only way I could reach my mom was paging her. She said to page her the number 911 if it was important 💀

Men are so weird My parents were married for 22 years & have been divorced for 16 My mom saw my dad & his 2nd wife from afar in the grocery store. When he saw my mom, he literally started moving weird. Like stopped walking normally, started doing a dance-walk thing & swinging his arms

We have an unprecedented shortage of air traffic controllers and he’s worried about some slippers

Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old

@ my uterus being a Menace II Me

It’s like if Twitter + LinkedIn + Facebook had a baby Absolutely not

Can rappers stop talking to us ??!??

My mom is a school bus driver She noticed some elem kids wanted to learn to tie their shoes So she set up a shoe-tying mentorship thing, pairing a big kid w a lil kid. 2 kids have just learned to tie their shoes while on the bus. Mentor & mentee get a prize She goes above & beyond for her kids 🥰

Nah bc the way my iron levels are set up, I will pass out and then everybody will keep starving

Thinking about my old students today

I have a strange feeling about something Can’t tell if it’s worry or intuition I hope it’s worry. I fear it’s intuition

I love living somewhere warm but sometimes I miss real fall and winter clothes A chunky scarf and a structured peacoat. Tall boots over warm socks and tights

Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.

evergreen

Well well well.

We about to have to revert back to talking jive

The last several years have convinced me that what zombie apocalypse stories are really missing to emphasize their realism is granola moms and twitter bros screaming YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO as they sprint outside and hug the nearest zombie while filming with a selfie stick

*just woke up, looking around the room with one eye open* Husband: good morning what are you thinking about? Me: when to open my other eye. it’s bright in here H: mmm yes, simple thoughts

So glad it’s Friday. If anyone says anything to me about work this weekend, I will scream and then evaporate

The small government people want to tell everyone what to wear at an airport

I keep jasmine and long grain parboiled on deck at all times