What white people think of as the most common working class: White guy who is 43 with an oversized wrench in overalls saying 'git er done' What is actually more representative: Single mother WOC doing eldercare and gig work in the gaps who ironically lacks healthcare herself

I look a little younger than I am, especially when I'm scruffy and casually dressed. This has led my landlords' preferred contractor to view me as a daughter/niece figure. I don't have the heart to tell him he's only 7 years older than me.

The plumbers have been. My stop? Cocked. My co— *I am dragged off screen by a rabid bear*

One of my favourite bits of Peter Alliss golf commentary - aside from the time he said "bollocks" live on air of course - was during a tournament in St Andrews, at dusk, when the camera zoomed in on some bats, & he announced, "Ah, Christopher Lee & his friends have had enough & are heading home."

Sometimes I wonder what I'd be like today if I'd spent, say, 85% less time on social media over the past decade.

The plumbers have been. My stop? Cocked. My co— *I am dragged off screen by a rabid bear*

gosh

gosh

a doo doo doo a dah dah dah That's all I want to say to you.

Who Tiddles? Oh he wouldn’t hurt a fly…

not now kitten, mommy is going through some rapid character growth

i got turned into a frog, jerry. athena turned me into a frog for my opulent impudence. homer wrote me into the iliad. jerry you gotta help me.

Two year anniversary of when I first posted this comic

a doo doo doo a dah dah dah That's all I want to say to you.

I suddenly thought earlier about the many women - always women - who told me smugly throughout my 30s that I would regret not having kids. Nearly 45, zero regrets. (This isn't an attack on parents, my dudes. I hope your choices have been the best and happiest for you, too!)

Thinking again about my night shift on surgery rotation in med school where my attending and I were walking across a balcony and she said “Sometimes I just want to throw myself off that balcony” and that was the *only thing she said to me* the entire 36 hour shift

Willy didn't know much, but he knew that income inequality had grown to unsustainable levels. The solution? Sink every goddamn yacht he could find

in our constantly changing times be the soup you want to see in the world

I cackled.

if you have a cat-sized cardboard box you can cut holes for the head and tail and put it on your cat. they won't wear it like you thought, scooching around like a tank, but they will squeeze halfway through the head hole and skitter around like a Junji Ito snail creature before falling down a step

Saw a Reddit post where someone talked about the evils of "corporeal punishment" and I think that's a fantastic misspelling.

Memorably (derogatory), one woman who seemed pretty cool until she made this comment told me, "Your life will be meaningless until you have children." I beg your pardon, my good bitch?

I suddenly thought earlier about the many women - always women - who told me smugly throughout my 30s that I would regret not having kids. Nearly 45, zero regrets. (This isn't an attack on parents, my dudes. I hope your choices have been the best and happiest for you, too!)

At least a plumbing crisis gives me an excuse to wander around muttering "stopcock" and giggling like a teenager.

Also TURN YOUR ELECTRICITY OFF AT THE MAINS IMMEDIATELY. (I did this, proving that I have occasional insights.)

Hey, so, stop whatever you're doing right now and ensure that a) you know where your water mains are and b) you are able to easily turn them off. Because if you don't know, and your landlord doesn't know, and then you find it after an hour but the valve is jammed, you're a bit fucked.

Also TURN YOUR ELECTRICITY OFF AT THE MAINS IMMEDIATELY. (I did this, proving that I have occasional insights.)

Hey, so, stop whatever you're doing right now and ensure that a) you know where your water mains are and b) you are able to easily turn them off. Because if you don't know, and your landlord doesn't know, and then you find it after an hour but the valve is jammed, you're a bit fucked.

There is a movie about your life. It contains a scene in which the protagonist weeps in the rain. What song is playing? (For extra fun, if you like, who's playing you in this movie?)

There is a movie about your life. It contains a scene in which the protagonist weeps in the rain. What song is playing? (For extra fun, if you like, who's playing you in this movie?)

never grow up never go home never give up never get old ⚔️✨

This summer is a good time to read and discuss books about organizing and resistance. Let This Radicalize You is presently 40% off if you purchase it through Haymarket.

Looking everywhere and still can't find your car parts? Bottles? Cutlery? YOU may be entitled to compensation: you could have a bjork. Bjorks will throw small household items into the ocean, usually in early morning. They only do this when they're stressed, so watch out. DO NOT approach the bjork

Moisturised, hydrated, staying in my lane. (My lane = lying in bed reading up on infectious diseases.)

What's your most anxiety-driven* habit? Mine is keeping my keys in my front door at night so that I can immediately let myself out in the event of a fire.

Long ago I read books and thought that demons would be more interesting than this scary or even sexy and elegant and smart aren’t you supposed to be seductive demon why does my brain feel like it is encased in a marshmallow jello confection from McCarthy’s 1950s.

What's your most anxiety-driven* habit? Mine is keeping my keys in my front door at night so that I can immediately let myself out in the event of a fire.

This is really the meme about how men will try everything but therapy.

My promise, if you choose me as your president, is that anyone who gets into their car to leave a busy parking lot, where others are queuing to park, and then faffs unnecessarily for long minutes, will spontaneously combust along with their cars.

Mostly I obey the rules of the rules of the road because I want to try keep myself and others safe. Sometimes, though, I obey the road rules purely out of spite and to occupy the moral high ground, if only in my own mind.

Absentmindedly wandered into the pharmacy without a mask (it was in my pocket) and discovered that the pharmacist doesn't recognise me without a mask. 🫠💀

One day I'm going to write an essay about how contestants' families on The Voice USA showcase beautifully how diversity represents the country at its best.

Cosmic Howling Wolf Totem 🐺🪐✨ My upcoming piece for Every Day Original inspired by Carl Sagan's Cosmos and the Voyager missions. This will be available 7/14 at 9:30am PT. If you'd like first dibs during the pre-sale, sign up for their newsletter before then! everydayoriginal.com #art #pottery

blocking accounts that post ragebait, misinformation, and AI slop is still good hygiene and you should practice it! stop funking up the skyline dunking on internet sewage. Oregon Trail is an app now if you have a hankering for dysentery!

I've posted it before but I'll post it again for #WyrdWednesday. Paul Hardy illustration for 'The Story Hunters' by E R Suffling, 1896. 'Skellington' is a much better word than 'skeleton' I've always thought. #ghosts #Gothic #skeletons #skellingtons #BookChatWeekly

I'm extremely glad I don't have a job right now because I have been cut off at the knees by grief after my stripey dog's death and I can't imagine most organisations grant compassionate leave for pet deaths.

As much as I can be deeply misanthropic I do appreciate how amiable South Africans are in traffic department queues.

Oh, England. Never change. (Please change.)