Etsy started as an opposition to EBay. Maybe we individual artists and creators need a new place in opposition to AI (Etsy) - like a verifiable handmade actual marketplace online… am I nuts?

I really dislike the way no matter what horrible tragedy has played out companies still send texts and emails like hey don’t you want to buy a sweater - because that will make things better… we can’t shop our way out of tyranny.

Insult to humanity, that is

I’m the type of artist who was criticized for using too much color in my artwork and now that there’s a whole big mess of a mess regarding a company’s #coloroftheyear I’m proudly going to make sure I use MORE color in my work. (I’m team white is a dog whistle and I’m not here for it)

After rudolf (cute) Reba (no thanks) and cheerleading mockumentary (barf) I’ve never been more happy to see @lesterholtnbc.bsky.social in my life #dateline

Excited for tonight and just sitting here wondering what we gotta do to be a @datelinenbc.bsky.social ambassador with Irene, Kieth, and @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social

Pro tip: watching the Macys Parade on mute greatly improves the vibe

Daily painting has given me back a part of myself I didn’t know I’d lost.

Happy Halloween #dateline fam! Irene, Keith, @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social and I are here for a very spooky episode!

I painted this today

Oh look I painted again and I’m not so bad I think. Time will tell.

Was too sleepy to watch #dateline season premiere last night so watched it today. Class act @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social for calling out the tech companies that could have saved a life. Also - 20/20 same story same night? Like can two networks make a phone call? Glad that dateline is my #1.

Hi Kansas City #dateline fan here. Um, I see that an all new episode is airing tonight at 9 central …. So they are just going to stop the football game, right? ….. RIGHT?

No shade to the English teachers out there but the music teachers deserve some love too

Just finished Hulus Mr and Mrs Murder - very good but now I have to rewatch and listen to the @datedateline.bsky.social recap of the great @datelinenbc.bsky.social Denniside: Secrets at Lake Seminole because Miss Cheryl and her pigtails had more to say about this story.

It’s #Dateline night so that means forced family fun with Irene the chihuahua I’m convinced is in witness protection…

Soaking up summer with Irene

One of my dogs has been on hunger and potty strike all day hiding in the bathroom. The other has been blissfully unconcerned by the explosions. The former is a big scary pitbull and the latter a feral 7lb chihuahua. Happy 4th to all the pets and pets only.

Everything is horrible but I need to know what this sign even means

“Thank you for your attention to this matter” <— 🤯🤯🤯

Oh good it’s fireworks season in #kcmo 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

I’ve never been hit by a car but I have been bit badly by a dog and those marks on the arm… woof #dateline

Oh how I love Dennis sighting #dateline

I’m not sure I’ve ever bought wall paint from a person who mixes it without some level of condescension… is it like a job requirement?

I’m just casually watching the #sopranos for the first time and lo and behold who do I spot as a bellman… that’s a young scrappy and hungry Lin-Manuel Miranda

Decided to celebrate #nokingsday with thousands of my neighbors in #kansascity. Super peaceful and great vibes but I had to get out of there because I reached my threshold of people-ing

The crowd is growing! So are the best signs ever #nokingskc

Love my city #nokingskc

I’m here at #nokingskc it’s pretty rad how full it is even before it starts

This is one of my favorite things I ever made. Happy #pride month and make a list already! laureningrahamshop.etsy.com/listing/1262...

Funeral party favors - red flag you caused the death #dateline “the women knew” 🙄🚩🚩🚩

Repeat shreepeat says Irene we are here for a Mankisode #dateline this was a good one

Peewee was a massive influence on my childhood and am so grateful to the filmmakers for the hbo doc #peeweeashimself

Watched the #peeweehbo doc (part 1) today and I found it lets just say magnificent

I love TV so much. I’m in a current binge first watch of The Sopranos and simultaneously watching The Last of Us in real time. Ralphie?!?!? Omg kudos to the actor. Kudos to all the actors, writers, producers etc. I love tv.

Took a break from my Sopranos binge (only saw last season in real time) to watch Four Seasons on Netflix today. I like it. Is that ok? I think it’s a good story updated from 1981.

I’m late! But it’s my birthday and I’m here with my besties Irene, Keith, and @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social for Friday #dateline and nothing could be better 💕😁

This thing I found in my yard definitely looks like a dog

Togetherness for another Mankisode #dateline

It’s Mank thirty o’clock and this throuple is here for it! #dateline @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social @datedateline.bsky.social

Just finished #whitelotus gonna have to rewatch max’s The Staircase just to get my fill of Parker Posey, the Schwarzenegger kid, and those precious North Carolina accents

Ok one more special fake meal 🥹

Favorite part of spring break was my elderly chihuahua thinking it’s dinner time literally every time he wakes up from a nap and sees me. GET OFF THE COUCH WOMAN IM HUNGRY

Andrea’s face is all of us, Katie? The killer? #dateline

Oh excited for #dateline to take on the #littlemissinnocent case with our queen Andrea! I am still undecided

I hope Stevie Nicks made a lot of money from the medicine commercial that replays Landslide 50000 times a day making my eyes get all teary while I’m just trying to enjoy some true crime - like stop making me sad already

I’m identifying too much with Parker Posey

I hiked at a trail called Fox Hollow and I saw zero foxes. The trail was a good workout for someone like me who does not work out- plenty of oh god what did i do moments #swopepark #kansascity

Can’t stop thinking about watching some guy steal food from price chopper and the security guard tried to stop him but the guy just casually grabbed his bags of stolen food and left. Nobody did anything including me. (I will feel guilt over literally anything)

Dancing with the stars? No ma’am. No no nah nope no thank you #dateline seriously no - not ever - at all - NOOOO