Returning from a Maha Shivaratrii celebration which translates to "The Great Night of Shiva," is one of the most significant festivals in Hinduism, celebrated annually to honor Lord Shiva. And the food was awesome

Mario says happy Valentine’s Day. May you all catch that pesky mouse.

I think about this Stringer Bell quote weekly “Ain't nobody got nothing to say about a 40-degree day.”

snorting ⚫️cocaine ⚫️off ⚫️of ⚫️toilet ⚫️seats.

It would be hard to leave Athens’s Town Dear™️ but tempting

Appalachian Ohio has the good kind of ice, but definitely fuck that other ice. #abolishice

Got out and about in SE Ohio today. Beautiful, sunny, and 🥶

Omg Rolf

It’s so cold it turned this wild man into a lap cat. A bright orange delight in the darkness of winter

I grew up in this and it’s true: zero contradiction with white male liberty and none for anyone else.

My nerves are on edge. What’s next? How bad will it be? At least it is #caturday

This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...

Whose up pissed that our right to peaceful protest is effectively over because maga thugs and their Dear Leader have pre-decided that if we disagree with them, death is a totally justified?

MAGA=pedo #asmr #can

A lil bit of calm for #caturday. Off to the protest because it looks like the federal government had decided it’s fine to kill anyone for any reason

Never forget. I sure won’t.

I’ve been binging @deathpanel.bsky.social the last few days and getting so much strength and determination from the wisdom of @reallandsend.bsky.social. Also, I’m so excited and happy to learn of their baby. What joy, all around!

Mario is perplexed. He says he’s only a cat, but he is sure maga was against unnecessary wars up until today. #caturday

Can’t hurt to reprise the New Year’s Day food for good measure.

Landline in effect! That’s my dad’s old office phone.

Absurd indeed. I had a mystery virus this fall that took me OUT for nearly 2 months. Spring 2025 was my first covid infection. It’s not even worth bringing this up with a medical professional—they will deny a connection AND consider me mentally ill.

Happy New Year! We went to a 7:00 pm ball drop at Bigcat in Raleigh and are now doing a Simpsons marathon. I’ll be going to bed way before midnight, as is my tradition.

It is completely true that the media you consume manipulates your thinking. It’s not conspiracy thinking. You are what you watch, read, and listen to.

In my hometown #roanokeva for Christmas. It’s warm and sunny! Glad we got to go by Grandin Court, even tho a movie was vetoed by my kid.

there is nothing more reassuring than finding out someone is a cat person

Mario is a savage when awake, sweet as can be when asleep. 😂 #caturday

That’s what I’m talking about.

Strange indeed.

Special edition Christmas kitty #caturday Evie peeking out from inside the tree!

It’s my birthday & a Cooper’s hawk banged into the big window over my meditation alter. Cooper's Hawk represents clarity, courage, leadership, and adaptability, often appearing as guides or omens for important life changes. I no longer have an academic job as of next week (contract ended). TY hawk.

This isn’t the easiest action, but hell yes. It’s resistance! Also—fun!!

Easy upgraded home #ramen: use bone broth granules, miso paste, and soy sauce to make the broth. Frozen spinach , leftover chicken, gf noodles, and a jammy egg. Top with Sriracha. High protein, fermented, and greens. So! Good!

At the 5th grade choir concert they sung a patriotic song about respecting our military. It is surreal to see public school still teaching that we care about or support the military. We need songs about how the people respect the military and it’s an abomination that the president doesn’t.

My cooking turns out way worse if I’m wearing noise canceling headphones.

Eugenics is absolutely baked in to US culture. Still is. Don’t assume it’s of the past.

wtf is this, and why? Too many people are getting accommodations? And it’s bad? I see their argument that it’s mostly rich kids (and a prof where I teach is quoted in this article). But just, no. Give people what they need if they say they need it. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Hygge is upon us.

I’m usually pretty good at dark cold weather, but it’s been a tough season already and it isn’t even officially winter yet. But yes, the solstice is coming up soon!

This is probably Evie’s first Christmas tree—she was a two year old shelter cat when we got her New Year’s Eve 2024. I’m glad she has found this cozy spot on #caturday

Mario loves his toys more than any car I’ve ever seen. Happy #caturday!

I go around and take shots of plates around the thanksgiving tables before folks dig in. Was blessed with friends who made homemade lasagna (noodles and all), gnocchi, and a curried turkey! Guess which ones are children’s plates. 😂

The only dog that ever bit me had 3 acres of land with a fancy dog house on it for his eternal resting place.

Went to order meds I’ve been on for over 15 years and instead of 0, they are now $365. Of course, it’s another mystery of the machinations of insurance. 😡 Sharing pic of the thanksgiving boxes my daughter’s Girl Scout troop put together this weekend—a small amount of positivity in the bleakness.

Watching Oh God! , I just realized I really thought George Burns was God when I was a kid.

I want people to displace the imaginary depictions of *revolutions* that they have come to create in their heads with the actual small revolutionary acts that happen daily. We might get closer to revolution that way.

A child could dismantle this absurd “argument.”

The ambient sounds at the @ohiouniversity school of music are extra experimental tonight. 🫶🏻

God I hope they are as careless and bad at this as everything else.

Steering my #ev is bringing back the muscle memory of those precisely calibrated hand micro movements needed to keep a video game race car exactly in the lane.

bet it feels good as fuck to be a fungus using enzymes to break down detritus in order to absorb the nutrients