On a train today and I've noticed one of the differences between Brits and I. Even if someone is sitting in their seat, Brits will often debate even bringing it up, where I'm always the "American" just walking up saying, "I believe you're in my seat," and people just look at me shocked.

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IT IS TIME.

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Raccoons are dogs with lil hands and opposable thumbs to grasp and clasp

New post up within my Enhancing Your Privacy project on techwitch.space/projects/enh... If you want to see the rest of this series (and a reference to They Live): techwitch.space/projects/enh...

⁺‧₊˚ Holy Death ˚₊‧⁺

I was going through some old photos the other day, and I kind of hope this block is still safe in the loft.

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

In my continuation of watching horror movie documentaries, tonight's documentary is The Exorcist Untold.

And then I didn't even get to connect with the person I made the long commute in for. 😭

For many individuals, this is how memes or other images get interpreted if #alt-text is missing

Some Minnesota music for your enjoyment. tidal.com/browse/track...

I can't help but feeling social media is just getting worse.

So 8 am commuters are way more chill than those 7 am commuters. Hoping it stays that way.

I'm just so fucking irritable today. 😤 Maybe I needed another day of holiday.

Painting my nails white and I'm feeling like calling them ghost nails. 👻

If it's not yet the Halloween season, why am I doing a chthonic jig on the roof of the old barn as the Silver Shamrock theme plays?

The Halloween grub will pupate in a bed of candy corn under the earth on Halloween night, and he will transform into something beautiful and incomprehensible.

This text is buried in a larger bill. Don’t want Marco Rubio to be personally responsible for revoking people’s passports based on thought crimes? Call your reps about it!

Back to some knitting and watching the NFL.

Harold Davis, 2020 Iceland poppy

Blocking is self care

🍂 The hoodies are here 🍂 There are some new designs and some of the popular designs are back and all of them are now more ethical and sustainable 🌿 haeslwrid.teemill.com (Also the shop is a lot easier to use than the old one!)

🍂 Hoodies will be coming back tomorrow 🍂 These ones are more sustainable than your average hoodie. Made from 50% recycled materials and 50% organic cotton and when you have worn it to breaking point you can send it back to this supplier for it to be recycled again! This makes me happy 🍂

"Autumn" by Vadim Smirnov Linocut, 1958

Every gen-x'r on bluesky closed their eyes and got momentarily nostalgic

A documentary on Hulu/Disney+ does a decent dive re: the Germanic origins of the European witch hunts. Witches: Truth Behind the Trials Weird like me folks will know a lot of it but even I'm learning a few new details. It's well done.

In other news, I'm excited I have convinced my friend we're going for a canal pub crawl and picnic when we're visiting them later this month.

I had a big day today and I'm not sure how I feel about it.

Morning sunshines!! Its Bandcamp Friday! If you PURCHASE music from bandcamp drop a screenshot and a link so can follow you and check out your music collection bandcamp.com/EatKS

We're at $25/$500 for our goal and that's a great start. Please RT for reach. You can support here: C: $Lockdownyourlife V: lockdownyourlife www.ko-fi.com/lockdownyour...

The culture of working in tech these days is being constantly worried about being overworked or unemployed. Take care of yourselves. We are replaceable cogs to our employers but irreplaceable to our family and friends.

As usual, it’s women (reminder they were young girls) who are disbelieved, not the corrupt assholes who gloat about crimes. No pity for anyone who is comfy in the misogyny bog trying to silence women. P.S. image confidently stolen but contains alt text this time.

It's dangerous to go alone! Take this. 🔥 🧙‍♂️ 🔥 🍄

The psychologist in me is loving Mindhunter on Netflix.

My first pumpkin spice latte of the season has been consumed and I can feel my powers increasing.

I realised something at work today, that after nearly a year of software engineering, I'm going to need to stop hiding behind the "I'm new" persona and trusting myself more to dive in, do my own analysis and start deciding what changes need to be made (vs mostly being led to the solution.)

me clickety clacking at my laptop all day

Urban walls, sidewalks, and even utility meters are the unlikely canvases behind this clever collection of genius street art. From an illusion of a zebra being striped to a sidewalk creature with a real rock for a head, these eight works turn... 👇

The Green and Purple Collection

New blog post up, I'm slowly working on this privacy awareness project: www.techwitch.space/projects/enh...

it is most charming !

The new stickers are here 🥰

Some people are just facebook funny and you know exactly what I mean by that

I'm not the biggest "sports" person, but I do sometimes miss having the NFL on in the background while knitting or chilling, so I'm happy there is a new free option for watching it this season in the UK. (For at least 2 games a week.) www.nfl.com/news/5-partn...

i’m terrible at fantasy football but my team name, hail mary poppins, will never be beaten.