Hosting Thanksgiving means my house is the cleanest it's been since last Thanksgiving and I'm about to cook so much of all my favorite foods that I won't have to cook anything at all if I don't wanna for most of a week. Hot take maybe? but I love to host this holiday. This is my zone.

Seems like we'll have to be extra careful about our sources for BP/ICE info because I've seen 2 or 3 false rumors in the last week. If it isn't someone you trust who saw it personally or something with reliable photo/video evidence be suspicious.Verify before you share. #nolasky

Thanks to @rudekaty.bsky.social for the link meltthem-neworleans.com?fbclid=IwdGR...

Took the kiddos to the Ren Faire today and they are passed out, happy little elves in the back seat on the way home. Honestly, the best part of Ren Faire is how much my kid loves the Ren Faire.

I did this a few days ago. Bonus: I unsubscribed from a lot of things I never see or read and my inboxes got cleaned up.

My kid's report card came in the mail and I gotta say it has me feeling a way to see all her positive feedback with As & Bs after the last school year where she was sent home for 9 months, excluded from field trips & social activities, and almost held back because of bad admin decisions.

trying to start a moral panic and the stories are all like “the ADHD meds really helped but didn’t solve everything”

FYI, New Orleans folks, I'm teaching a workshop at Mary's Rack on Sunday, November 23rd at 6pm. If you like sustainable crafts, supporting local queer-owned small businesses, and immaculate vibes you should join us! (There will also be cake!) Hit the link to buy your spot or share with a friend 🙏

#NewOrleans #NOLA "How to Report ICE" zine is up! (You can find a link to all the zines plus an assembly how-to in my bio.) drive.google.com/file/d/1K6Vv...

FYI, New Orleans folks, I'm teaching a workshop at Mary's Rack on Sunday, November 23rd at 6pm. If you like sustainable crafts, supporting local queer-owned small businesses, and immaculate vibes you should join us! (There will also be cake!) Hit the link to buy your spot or share with a friend 🙏

If you're out at Poboy Fest, New Orleans, come stop in at Mary's Rack and say hello! I'll be here til 4 and the shop is open until 6. #nolasky

Dropped my baby off for an overnight school field trip at the buttcrack of dawn this morning and now I will be lowkey stressed out until pickup tomorrow night.

look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry

You're Canadian, Kevin. He doesn't have to take your calls because you're not a constituant no matter how much money you have. 🙃

I must be doing something right because kiddo asked to control the car music, insisted that "this song goes hard" and promptly started playing "Zombie" by The Cranberries

Over here side-eyeing our Louisiana Dem party...like...we could have nice things if you would just TRY. Come on. A little democracy...as a treat?

It's been a half hour since the AP called it for Mamdani and already I see some people wringing their hands about how the cards are stacked against him, and to them I say, my friends, learn to enjoy a fucking moment, they didn't come around near enough, the man of the hour is partying, take the hint

I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-) he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit

Turns out you can turn out people to vote if you give them someone worth voting for....

Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight

Dick Cheney dies, Zohran Mamdani wins, a beaver moon shines in the sky… I just know the Etsy witches have been busy.

Dick Cheney died AND Zohran Mamdani gets elected IN THE SAME DAY?

Don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight and reclaim what they’ve taken from you

Miraculously, our employee contributions for health insurance are NOT going up in 2026 👀 so it's safe to assume that no one is getting a raise either...right?

I think we should all get the rest of the year off.

Look, the sequel to this movie is writing itself in real time 👀😅

On January 12, New Orleans will have its first new mayoral administration in eight years. MaCCNO offers five strategies to support the cultural community they can launch on Day 1.

I asked my tattoo artist friend to give me a pelican, complete with resting bitch face, and she understood the assignment 🥰

Two weeks ago my kid was the only girl invited to the Minecraft server by the other boys in her grade and this week those boys are being bullies and I have come to the conclusion that they are jealous that she is better at Minecraft than they are.

Just popping in to begrudgingly admit that taking the stupid walk for my physical and mental health did, in fact, improve my outlook on existence just a little bit.

Nothing like realizing that your dishwasher has been leaking into your 40-year-old particle board cabinets and you will be forced to reno your kitchen whether you can afford it or not.

From someone on the ground STOP USING AI

Blocking and deleting property predators again this morning begging to buy my house over text msg. 😒 How do we make it illegal for these companies to get our contact info? They should be required to show up at my door so I can tell them to fuck off in person.

💯💯💯💯 I don't want my neurospicey kid to be "normal", I just want her life not to be unnecessarily difficult.

October:

I am reading the second book in a series and it is on the bad side of mediocre. I remember enjoying the first book enough that reading the second seemed like it would be a light, fun read. But now I am just wondering if I was just reading total shit that whole year...

I feel like every day for a week I have looked at my weather app 10 day forecast and thought, "Oh yay, it's gonna cool down in a couple of days," but then a couple of days never happens. 😭

Krewe of House Floats was a pretty epic thing. After that, I have been pretty burnt out on social media tho

I just got a LinkedIn recruiter message about an exciting opportunity using my insurance/account manager experience (I am not and have never been an account manager) for a position at...the company I already work for.

yikes

Did I just impulsively email my friend to finally ask her to finally book a date for that big tattoo I have been wanting for years and years? Yesssssssss

My Republican parents sent me to New College 25 years ago because it was an affordable, excellent education even if it was kinda weird (and hey, I was weird and surely I'd grow out of it). The fascists made an example of of my alma mater but watching other schools capitulate now is depressing AF.

Universities considering capitulating to the Trump “conditions” should use this real world example to understand they will simply be destroying their own institution. bsky.app/profile/nich...

"I don't even believe in Jebus!"

Just gonna keep tapping the sign* *𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦

I may have gone overboard at the Book Barn today but I found so many treasures! I can't resist a $1 vintage paperback.

If one must travel for their grandmother's funeral at least the weather forecast in Connecticut looks pretty this weekend and I get to go to Book Barn.

I swear my entire job some days is just men asking me for reports, emailing men reports, and then spending a half a dozen emails back-and-forth summarizing the reports into smaller and smaller words that the men will bother to read because they didn't ever read the report.