what did I do today? well I went to the doctor for my biweekly fifty-odd injections and as he stuck a series of massive needles into my jaw, neck, arm, wrists, and thumb, we discussed civilian casualties in Iran. then I went home and lay down for a few hours, watching clips of GoT s7 on youtube. 👍

I heard there was a secret cord that David kept in his cable hoard but he can never find it when he needs it

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 496 euge! ver adest et sol lucet (Hooray! Spring is here and the sun is shining). Silvius in ramulo salicis sedet, amenta lanata spectans (Silvius is sitting on a willow twig, looking at the furry catkins).

Is this anything?

This one's better

currently riding the holy grail of subway cars (95% of the still-too-many ads were made by humans, not AI) 🙏🤩

a man who knows his humanities

feverish and also zonked

Food poisoning is bad enough, I don’t need the Goo Goo Dolls spontaneously stuck in my head, too.

back in bed, sucking on a pedialyte pop, suffering

EpiPen, probably.

I have ~food poisoning~ for the first time. I am Displeased. 0/10 — nothing at all to recommend the experience.

watching the powerpuff girls episode “moral decay” (buttercup knocks out villains’ teeth and puts them under her pillow) and thinking about Titmuss’ seminal text on the “gift of blood” — the vital importance of altruism in blood donation and the material evils of transactional systems (as in the US)

new haircut is very hot.

is he gonna nuke them?

fuck me for being this person, i guess, but public universities are a civic good and shouldn’t be run like businesses. and if you’re going to insist on running them like so, at least do some market research. students like their professors; they don’t want MOOCs taught by ChatGPT.

his smoke is horrible to inhale, and inhale it you must, and not only that, but you must live in it for the time

hanging out with a fifth grader for two hours (childcare fell through so he’s stuck with me!) he doesn’t have a book or anything else to occupy him, so I took pity and asked him what his favorite dessert is now we’re co-authoring poetry inspired by tetanus shots

just passed a teenager sitting on the steps of the subway packing a dollar bill in lieu of rolling paper

my best haircut ever — also my first in two years, done in twenty minutes, right before I had to catch the train for work? I guess I must be Gifted.

Is 4 years too soon for me to commission another portrait of myself? In oil— or perhaps watercolor this time? I wonder.

When the main theme of the 1995 Pride & Prejudice suddenly, spontaneously gets stuck in my head… I know that it’s time to hurl myself into a full rewatch, responsibilities be damned!

never marry a man with a title. if you desire a dependent, adopt an animal— they won’t get you into nearly as much debt, and they’ll be far more devoted. follow me for practical, broadly accessible advice!

I want to pay someone to paint my dog, sprawled on the rug after a long day of play, in the style of the Minoan bull frescos. I think that would be a charming and clever addition to our little art collection.

Do you think Trump calls Putin every night? Kind of like in a bedtime story way, only when the story is over and Trump says “I love you” before dozing off, Putin replies with helpful suggestions like “if you really loved me you’d start a war that would benefit me almost exclusively…”

memory shot her crystals as the clear ice most forms of noiseless twilights

pretty fucking insane that I have to institute a digital gambling ban in middle school after school library

Forest with Sunlit Clearing in the Background, 1907 https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/24780

just smashed the door, opening inwards, into my cheekbone… once again my students will be asking me if I’m in a fight club— sorry, kids! this here librarian is just chronically ill in a way that limits her spatial awareness and makes black-and-blue mountains out of molehills!

Is it just me or is there something wryly amusing about Passover starting on April fools this year?

‘my queen! the most beautiful girl! god is good! god is a new yorker!’ - guy on broadway to me

as an author, I can’t ask “why are there no good* ROMANCE novels set in ancient Rome” but I can and will ask why I don’t know they exist !!! *modern and decently well-researched plz&thnx

The actual case being made here, that AI can be a kind of sounding board or conceivably a tutor, is already satisfied by working with other human beings, which in addition brings benefits AI cannot bring. Also, I am tired of the blanket assertions AI is here "forever."

anyone else’s allergies just fucking insane right now?

persepolis parts 1 and 2 are some of the most checked out books in the middle school library this week. we have several copies of each and I couldn’t keep any of them on the shelves for more than what felt like minutes.

ah yes my nightly fit of silent scream-sobbing.

Recorded some of Greene’s Catullus translations. Still need to figure out how to put these recordings up somewhere private / invite-only for friends to listen to when they feel like hearing me recite poetry (never? often? don’t really care, mostly just having fun performing my favorite poetry)

wow I am far too much of a narcissist already to hear my new dentist assume I had braces because of how neat and nice my teeth are— when I have never had any kind of orthodontic work done!

no cavities! just TMJ. also, yet another x-ray showing less bone than there should be? this time it’s “weird! your second premolar roots all turn inward and that one specifically is just stubby — a third of the length it should be, huh” but nothing’s ~wrong~ and there’s nothing I can DO :)

It is, of course, all gender. We're doing War-as-Gender-Affirming-Care. Some men get hair transplants, some buy a too-expensive car, Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth accidentally-on-purpose tank the global economy killing thousands in an idiot war. bsky.app/profile/prom...

the new Chris Fleming special is diabolically good

I did my own research (vaguely remember something a guy next to me at a restaurant was saying last year)

drain the swamp? nah, let’s flood DC with iced coffee. it’ll be a party :)

FUCK SCOTUS FOR PROTECTING REPUBLICAN-FAVORED CONGRESSIONAL MAPS IN NY AND PREVENTING GOLDMAN FROM CHALLENGING MALLIOTAKIS AND LEAVING HIS FORMER SEAT OPEN FOR LANDER — as was the fucking plan — AND NOW FORCING TWO GOOD DEMOCRATS THAT I LIKE!!! TO FACE OFF OVER (frankly) IDEOLOGICAL TECHNICALITIES

omg did not bring a snack to work I’m sooooo hungry

rapid cycling depressive episode is hell hell hell

With a regime that starts illegal wars, abducts people without warrants, and kills its own citizens for peaceful protest, it is collaboration in advancing fascism. (3/3)

assaulted by a delivery biker last night. he almost killed my dog running red. we yelled. he followed us home, tried to fight my partner but I put myself between them. he shoved his bike onto me. one muddy tire pressed into my chest; the other, my leg. called me a stupid bitch. wanted to do worse.

Hi friends. As I previously noted, the U. of Iowa is planning to get rid of African American studies; Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, & the Classical Languages major—along with others. If you wish, please sign the classics petition: www.change.org/p/keep-the-c.... I will add more as I find out.