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Back on my horror bs, picking up Haunting of Bly Manor. Again, I blame @mostestghostess.bsky.social.

kiddos bday is in a week. a few things off this list would go a real long way around here. she deserves nice things. esp bc everything sucks.

I don't know what happened to my goblin genes, but I feel myself switching from darker polishes to buildable pinks, mauves, (Black girl) nudes & taupes, and milky colors. Hell, I'm about to make something happen with Funny Bunny and Put It In Neutral.

This looks like a Jack and Jill fantasy ad.

There are enough good comics out there that we don't need to platform a guy who already got a shot and blew it because he was a sex pest and a piece of shit

What a great headline

James Cameron is on record that he made the T-1000 a cop DELIBERATELY. Just saying.

I wish we could give Cynthia Erivo's voice to literally anyone else.

So when are y'all going to unban Link? Y'all know that was some bullshit.

I have two things I would really like people to internalize about the fashion industry/garment manufacturing, and they are: 1. Mass manufactured clothes are only ever intended to fit "good enough," and; 2. Everything you wear was made by actual human people.

*screaming*

It's weird how aggressive some folks can be when you decline alcohol. Like they need you to justify why you aren't drinking. Please don't be that person.

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.

@mostestghostess.bsky.social The intro for Derry led to me explaining transorbital lobotomies to my kid, why/how they were used to mange mental health (horribly), and Rosemary Kennedy being hidden in shame for decades. I’ll be damned if that Ribbon In My Hair isn’t a catchy lil tune, though. 😭

I like finding new Procreate tips & tricks. I DON'T like finding out that an artist I like(d) not only uses ChatGPT, but encourages others to do the same.

“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago

“[…]the subscription fee is refunded to the subscriber by Stripe, with me footing the bill for all of it (i.e. not just for the portion of it that I received, but the percentage that was paid to Stripe and the platform I was using). On top of this, the writer incurs a startlingly large penalty fee.”

Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back

I stopped eyeing anything from Lamy and Orly. Don’t need a Ravenclaw pen or Butterbeer cuticle foam (wtf?!?). I haven’t made any pen purchases in years (just wish lists), so I’m definitely honing in on the ones I really love. Orly? There’s OPI, Kiara Sky, Apres…I also have enough polish.

Oh, if anybody knows about mechanical keyboards, it’s our groups. It doesn’t have to be a gaming keyboard; just search for mechanical keyboard. There’s a subreddit, too, (of course there is). I think I’m on my 3rd; traded one and the other one died after years of service.

“Who all gon be there?” applies to more things besides cookouts & parties.

They needed Planck's constant and THESE kids were singing The Neverending Story!?! Listen...

Not me getting around to Stranger Things season 3 in 2025. These kids STAY going through something.

*montell jordan voice* this is how you white man

@ironspike.bsky.social mentioned not giving to Uline, too, and I agree. I have one tape gun from before I learned about how trash they were. Had it for years, but it's the only thing I own from them. Other companies have boxes & shipping supplies that aren't proud monsters.

And, also, if you run a business that regularly purchases shipping supplies: ULINE is run by some of the worst people on Earth. Get your boxes and tape elsewhere.

I see people giving the "Well, nobody knows what they'd do in the situation." Yes, I do! I know exactly what I'd do in that situation!

Hey, since Patton Oswalt was reinstated, maybe Bluesky moderation can reinstate someone who was banned for doing the exact same thing.

Black people everywhere:

It irks me when shows or movies say "the book of revelations". Revelation, no "s". People turn into that relative that keeps renaming stores & restaurants whatever the hell they want lol.

Whew, I really tried to make these long almond nails work, but my typing said, "girl, you must be new here." Even tried some rubber bumps to raise the surface, but still had to clip them down. They look more like medium coffin nails, so that's one experiment that failed up, I suppose.

It seemed to get dark all of a sudden. I thought it was raining, but no, it's just 3:30pm standard time on the Eastern seaboard in a mid-Atlantic state.

@mostestghostess.bsky.social The Theo-nightmare-jumpscare after they showed Luke getting stuck in the dumbwaiter. "Oh HELL no. Ohhhhh, he just wanted to ride the dumbwaiter and Theo didn't know it'd get stuck and ohhhhhh lil adorable Luke!"

Not too bad. Changed the 2nd b to an apple logo. Had to open up the key layout on-screen *and* place some of the keys (del, home, end, etc.) near where I pulled them from since I shuffled them around.

Today is keyboard-cleaning day. I shouldn't find anything weird or gross, but I'm always surprised at what's under the keys from everyday use.

Bluesky’s moderation really doesn’t have any rhyme or reason and it’s going to take bigger accounts speaking out about it to make it be accountable to the users

Hey Patton it would be nice if you spoke out for Link- a Black man who was a disability advocate who got a permanent ban from Bluesky for a post that was less harsh than yours.

I just remembered that dinner is garlic bread and broccoli cheddar soup (kid wanted beef chili; M gets chicken tortilla). I need comfort foods, a blanket, and my new book.

someone taught me this years ago and I still find it useful: if you are writing an email and are worried about sending it along before you've fully drafted and/or edited it, put the word "draft" (or any other word, really) in the "To" section and it will not send until you remove it.

I started watching The Haunting of Hill House. I blame It: Welcome To Derry and @mostestghostess.bsky.social. I don't know how you did it, but I know you're behind this lol.

Do you watch the BTS after the show? I love them explaining how the Indigenous people helped keep that thing away & contained.

I like doing my nails. Learning how to do them before covid hit, and getting good since, has saved me so much money. This might make me switch back to primarily continental knitting. I hold the yarn in my right hand, but I wouldn't call it throwing. Every example of throwing looks so inefficient.

Hi. I'm Greg, and odds are, you know me. If you don't know me, you've received this from someone who knows me, and who you trust. My wife is Jen. Same deal, lol. www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-fam...

I still remember the first person I muted/blocked here. They told me that they disagreed with my experience as a Black woman growing up in the Black church. I didn't even ask them to clarify. Just...no. White guy.

I haaaaaate the RSD that pops up when I haven’t heard from someone who I usually talk to often. My first thought is usually, “oh crap, I said or did something and they hate me now.” That thought doesn’t linger as much, but it’s the friggin’ worst, especially when it’s with a close friend.

Y'all let that man into the White House to decorate with Michael's coupons.

I washed and retwisted my hair, am about to do my nails, and I've been torturing myself with my viewing options throughout the day. - finished 28 Years Later - e7 of Fall of the House of Usher now - ?? Later on: - new episode of IT: Welcome To Derry

Terrible sleep, terrible dreams (thanks, hormones!). Trying to make groceries happen on this budget 😭 I’m gonna start with washing/retwisting locs, doing my nails later, putting up a new seamless pattern on the site & Etsy. That’s all I got.

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures