Me spending way too much time thinking "are they talking about Facebook or LinkedIn" and then realizing it doesn't even matter - cuz it's basically "people who traumatized you in high school" vs. "people who traumatized you in the workplace."

Okay, ya'll . . . (and this is more cuz I need everyone to read what @regardsalxndra.bsky.social wrote than what I wrote) but we were both kinda late on the whole #Wednesday100 thing but we unintentionally bookended each other. So if you like #SVU and EO, here we go!

Dear @fepblue.bsky.social cuz now I'm going to call you out. I sent a very carefully worded email that said . . . "look these are my frustrations - here's where I think you could improve" I appreciate the autoreply and will give it the same consideration you gave my email.

Dear My Health Insurance Provider. 1) Do better - it'd be awesome if I didn't have to submit a personal claim every time I see a mental health provider. 2) This is now the umpteenth time that I've submitted the same claim for the same provider - HOW OFTEN am I going to have to manually enter it?

Between toxic masculinity and CTE when are we just going to cancel football? (I've more thoughts (3 year old with BIG FEELINGS) about how it might be the epicenter of the US's decline into tribalism (which has bled into politics) and the unhealthiness of sports betting) but too few characters.

"My name is Gary with Member Services." "Thanks, Gary. I'm a member of a lot of organizations, which one, exactly do you represent?" "Yes, I'm Gary, with member services."

My study buddy is better than yours.

My study buddy is better than yours.

Literally, if I were to write a book of my life right now, the public would reject it as too unrealistic . . . 1) I'm in recovery for 3 catastrophic orthopedic injuries and a second foot surgery 2) I'm in recovery for an eating disorder 3) I work for the federal government (nuff said)

Some thoughtful person provided a link to a non-paywalled version of this article: gcaptain.com/drowning/

America is celebrating it's 250th and #1776 isn't getting a Broadway revival?? This really is the worst timeline.

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I love that I'm LITERALLY reading this at my 3AM waking phase (and yes, I know this is super niche being an English reply to a Deutsch skeet.

"Mayor attends huge local sporting event and doesn't even get comped seats or sit in the best spot" is such a hilarious way to try to burn someone, really nypost.com/2026/05/22/u...

I am posting this both so I can find it, but also because others might need the inspiration. 3AM thoughts are really THE BEST THOUGHTS. And my next Toastmasters talk (which has to be on a "project") will be about how the project is myself. Which will also satisfy homework from my therapist!

Why is #CanadianTraitors so addictive . . . I know only the Survivor players and yet it doesn't matter . . .

Hey, #FrederickCityRecycling 1) Congratulations on your social media award (so why aren't you on BSKY 2) I know I'm not supposed to put cardboard out on rainy days . . . BUT a) just hold on to it for another two weeks & pray it doesn't rain THEN b) hope it's a telework day and stalk the truck??

I wasted 90 minutes of my life yesterday in a training on incorporating AI into my job . . . my takeaway was if I'm going to spend THAT much time trying to come up with the PERFECT prompt and THEN reviewing that AI spit out, I'm going to 1) do the job myself 2) hopefully save on my electric bill

And that, friends, is called toxic shock syndrome and the reason you should change your tampon at a minimum like every eight hours.

Why eman is currently exploring more and more countries that are advertising "come work here!" opportunities. I am childless, and likely to remain that way, but I also know that a willingness to embrace those benefits is a signal of how open a company is to other work/life balance things.

No notes. #FrederickNewsPost Absolutely ZERO NOTES #FNP The front page photo of this ABSOLUTELY DISENGAGED DUDE framed by the rabid fans??? This (THIS) is why I voluntarily pay for local journalism. PS any #Fredericktonian with an in, tell the FNP they need to be on bsky!!

On a call about how to integrate AI into my job, and I want to die . . . the degree to which I have to THINK about what AI wants to know and CREATE the PERFECT request could just be spent DOING THE DAMNED TASK myself . . . (and also it'd make my electricity bill lower).

If anyone is smarter at @sumsung.bsky.social Smart TV than I am . . . We cord cut about 6 months ago. Since then, we have YET to be able to figure out how to get rid of the damned forced smart TV app.

this is infuriating. utterly infuriating

Dear @sumsung.bsky.social I LITERALLY (literally) removed your app from my TV AND YET (AND YET!!) it has somehow come back and whenever I turn my TV on, I'm subjected to some inane content at 1000x volume. How to remove the damned Samsung streaming FOREVER?? #KTHXBYE

How do I report sexual harassment by my own pets??

Our community is having a photo contest based on pictures at our potting shed. So, Teri drove me up today to take a few pics. Did well with my macro lens, but gonna have to work on being a bit more aware of lighting.

This is just eugenics bullshit at this point . . . Also the number of times I've said "bullshit" today DESPITE being on an SSRI is proof that we're living in either a simulation or the bad place.

Today I was told that my hands are as shitty as my feet arthritically, had a giant needle shoved into my thumb, and walked (limped) away with yet another brace.

"I did this."

I hate that I can't give more than 👎, 👍, or 👍👍 on @netflix.com shows... Coz I (says the k drama and certain Hallmark stuff addict), like soapy and predictable, especially when I'm multitasking. But there's a point when we move from soapy and predictable to bullshit level reductive...

Does anyone that works on the administrative side of healthcare rather than the side that I work on know what difference it makes if I refuse to answer the fucking survey I keep getting for my recent surgery. Like, yes, I get that HRSA, CMS, and everyone grade the hospitals.

My 82 year old, refuses to retire father is back in the hospital for sepsis for the second time in 3 weeks. But sure, from 800 miles away, I'll explain to the hospital doctor what a gerontologist is and why I'd like my dad to see one. Sure . . .

Damn . . . this is so painfully accurate

"The FBI has not found the fragment that pierced a Secret Service officer’s bulletproof vest at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, leaving investigators unable to say for certain whether the armed attacker shot the officer or how he was injured..." www.ms.now/news/three-d...

Shoutout to bsky for suspending me for three days over that dumb post-war time travel idea I had the other night. I guess the transparency policy doesn't extend to explaining how they decided it was apparently one threat level below a permaban or even responding to my appeal?

Current work from home set up...

Wait how does this work

Oh, thank heavens I renewed mine last year!

💖 cats just wanna have fun 💛💙🩷🤎 #caturday 💛💚🩷💜

Fucking grim. Great lede, though…

Vaccines cause adults. (This is a heartbreaking story of a parent who lost a child too young to be vaccinated to measles complications several years AFTER infection - this is why herd immunity matters) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

Is there any feeling of success greater than cutting your 15 month old Shepsky's nails? Coz I feel like I just PRed in a marathon!

She won't tell me what I did wrong. Apparently, I should know already. #PitbullsOfBsky #RescueDog

Two more Congressional Hearings today for HHS Sec RFK Jr. These are Senate committees. Follow along as we try our best to be snarky, rage against the insanity, and support democracy.

Is there a 3rd option in the Maryland Sixth race . . . Cuz right now I'm pretty much fed up between Nepo-Wife and Entitled White Man.

I'm a consummate #podcast addict. And, as such, I truly walk the line between acknowledging that the creators deserve to be paid for their work and finding advertising invasive. There are a few select creators for which I have subscribed mostly independent patreon creators.

I knew I was going to be a part of the #SandwichGeneration I just thought I'd have more warning (maybe there was, I just failed to pick up on it). I also thought that maybe the XYs in my family who were more geographically proximate to our 80 year old father would be there - but no . . .

It's cute how the @orioles.com think they're going to get me to buy a ticket package after they fucked me over as a 7-year season ticket holder (and I have no compunction about publicly calling them out given that I said as much to my rep when they asked why I didn't renew).