Facebook is so problematic but it felt like the best place to reach the broadest spectrum of people in my life. Since I’ve basically been MIA for the past year - a health update. www.facebook.com/share/p/1BYW...

This is the most Liz Topic Ever and she excels! I can’t count how many times we wandered into this territory on @veritypodcast.bsky.social and it was always smart and entertaining. How could a whole book be anything less than amazing?

So much fun recording my first podcast in over a year! (I’d say it was like riding a bike but I had to ask @legopolis.bsky.social how to actually *record* the thing. Cancer Brain is real, yo). Anyway, if you like silly games and a silly villain check it out. www.theincomparable.com/gameshow/261/

I struggle with carbonation these days so why, with the wisdom of all my years, did I order a coke - from McDONALD’s? Sweet Jesus. The price for that sweet hit was too high.

I should be heading to the airport, on my way to @gallifreyone.bsky.social and some of my favorite people in the whole world. Unfortunately, this year cancer made other plans. I’ll miss connecting with friends, @veritypodcast.bsky.social listeners and basking in the shared joy that is #gally1

On indefinite leave from work as I prepare for Significant Surgery. Finally combing through my “low stress, low risk” media list. First up “All Creatures Great and Small”. So charming! Anne of Green Gables is next in the queue. (Did I mention low stress?). Have any low stress media recs? LMK!

Oh, hey, ICYMI, @veritypodcast.bsky.social dropped an ep about Joy to the World veritypodcast.wordpress.com/2024/12/31/s...

To any fellow knitters/fibercraft folk - have you ever had a project that was just too infused with sadness to finish? I had a yarn that was bought during a not-great holiday, started knitting as stress relief during a Bad Time, set aside then picked up again a week before the election. 1/2

This has been a year of serious health issues but I swear - fall allergies (which I’ve NEVER had) as a result of the drought have laid me out. The coughing is the worst and I’m incredibly cranky. The climate change gloom is real.

Serious question- where are we going to for accurate, unbiased news these days? (I know, I’m laughing at that sentence too). My faith has been shaken but I want to be informed without being blatantly rage-baited.

I am being FELLED by allergies this week. I’m going curl up on the couch with a cup of tea and check out this Doctor Odyssey thing. (Posting about dumb TV = contributing to the Bluesky Vibe, right?)

This is a “break glass and watch this for emergency serotonin boost” vid. Trust me.

And I don't tell anyone else how to navigate social media, but with the torrent of refugees arriving from Twitter, I me personally myself am preparing to block the shit out of people who aim to replicate its forever war experience here.

And that’s it. I’m not going to add to doomscroll fodder here. We all know what things are horrific and likely to get worse (if you’re celebrating this win a) why are you here? and b) fuck all the way off). I care, deeply, about my friends and family and will work, boots on the ground, to help. 1/2

“It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis. Published 1935. Add it to “The Handmaid’s Tale” dystopian fascist starter pack. Read this in high school as curious, antique relic. *laughs in naivety*

“Huh, who could have seen that coming?” A phrase I will be overusing for the next four years.

Complete Dem PA Voter Package: “I Voted” sticker, double strand of pearls and a Wawa coffee.

My personal Tom Holland Umbrella Moment: if I scroll past the 2010 movie RED I will stop and watch. Every. Single. Time. Dumb fun and I love every minute of it. #sickday

Fantastic first day of #gally1 so far. Great conversation on the Podcast panel, smart interviews and a stellar @radiofreeskaro.bsky.social live. BUT the best is yet to come - tonight is Fan Video Happy Hour! #FVHH

I freakin’ love this movie. I’m so pleased I had the opportunity to share that love!

I love Jacqueline King’s interview regarding her decision not to have children - honest and real - but a man would NEVER have to justify that decision. #gally1

Love hearing Amanda-Rae Prescott interview costume designer Ray Holman. So glad she asked him about the role he has in helping along the next generation of costume designers, loved his answer too. #gally1

Gally pre-flight coffee at the ass end of the airport. What are those single digit gates like? I’ve never met one.

I like this revival of Starlight Express!

Usher is melting!

There’s a whole lot of Jesus up in this Super Bowl. I don’t know, maybe Jesus would appreciate feeding the poor with all that ad money?

In less than a week Erika, @debstanish.bsky.social, @xanister.bsky.social and @lizbethmyles.bsky.social will be at #gally1. We hope to see you on Sunday for one of our very favorite Verity! panels: In Defense Of.... Do you have what it takes to defend the indefensible? 😮

GUESS WHO JUST FIGURED OUT HOW TO CREATE AN (UNOFFICIAL) FEED FOR #gally1 if you're going to the con or just want to follow along with fellow Bluesky folks, follow bsky.app/profile/did:... oh my god I can't believe that worked

*throws open curtains* Will I be the first to use #gally1 on the Blue? Little over a week away! So - who will I see there?

I was temporarily locked out of this account because I had the AUDACITY to load the app on my Mac and try to stay logged in on two devices. Anyway - upvote for desktop access.

“What did you think of Threads?”

First day home after a miserable* (for me) vacation. Sitting on the couch with coffee, tissues and an Indiana Jones marathon in process. All is well, all is well, all shall be well. *I went on vacation and all I got was a lousy sinus infection and pneumonia.

Coming back after a long social media break and finding out your shitty landlord changed the locks after he already trashed the apartment.