Casual reminder: We have a phrase that means “I’m pretty specific about how I want things done” and it’s “anal retentive.” It’s *not* “OCD,” specifically because OCD and the traumatizing thoughts associated with it is a *real* thing that millions of people deal with all the time.

Have you ever considered that the dog “isn’t breathing” bc it’s dark and you’re looking at the butt end, not the head end? Follow for more tips and tricks about intrusive thoughts.

Ironically, it’s a little like Trek characters going back in time to 2022 LA and people not knowing the Vulcan salute. Just. Com’on. You know.

Okay, starting the Lazarus Project and is it just me, or is this the Anti-Trek? Don’t get me wrong, there are redeeming qualities (it’s very pretty), but the idea that humans are so *spectacularly* bad at averting world ending cataclysm is completely antithetical to humanistic utilitarianism.

I’m so tired of living in a country where kids desperately want to die because adults get paid to make clever arguments. Kids who know they exist only in most people’s minds as theoretical props on the rhetorical stage where these charlatans perform.

It’s after 2am: let’s yell at clouds about how Gavin Newsom is an actively terrible Democratic candidate for president. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMGH6v21/

This time the Wednesday Addams of it all was on purpose: getting ready on day 27 of my birthday month #grwm #day27 #wednesdaynetflix #halloween youtube.com/shorts/6a6Rj...

I did worse! I made a video! getting ready on day 31 of my birthday month HAPPY HALLOWEEN #grwm #day31 #fairycore #corgilife youtube.com/shorts/Qgrbc...

Day 29-Doom #Tolktober2025 #tolktober #lotr #middleearth #jrrtolkien

One quick and easy way to sound less misogynistic… For more on YouTube: youtu.be/hnljmcSY56g?...

Wow. Everyone, it gets better. Don’t let anyone sell you on cheap frames because they’ll give you a rebate on contacts.

I’m having a hard time fully claiming my Chauncey hater status, but I don’t think that’s fair *to me.* Casual fandom has been so depressing that I haven’t watched a game in years.* … but if he was throwing games, it turns out that’s on him too!

Coming from a union family, it’s interesting to see how people treat gig workers: Someone on a dog walking app, got mad at me for not showing up to a meeting, when they’d already given the job away to someone else. 🧵

Day 20-Hobbits #Tolktober2025 #tolktober #lotr #middleearth #jrrtolkien

Define your music taste with eight artists Led Zeppelin U2 Lady Gaga Kendrick Lamar Lizzo The Beatles Mendelssohn Electric Light Orchestra (In my case, I had to stretch to 8—BUT included a Romantic composer, so I don’t know if that makes me more or less pretentious than @spacerarian.bsky.social)

“are you concerned that your staff is keeping you informed about naked bike rides and not allegations of domestic abuse among your members?” is something you could say

Day 16-Wraith #Tolktober2025 #tolktober #lotr #middleearth #jrrtolkien

This whole interview with @lindseyboylan.bsky.social is amazing, but we need to shout this from the rooftops. There's this message that abusive men like to send that's something like "yeah, I'm an abuser, but I'm a strong man who can get things done." And no, he isn't.

"Pablo" is picking oranges in Woodlake, CA. He shares, "We fill around 5 bins in a 6 hour work day. The work is very hard on the bodies as they have to go up and down a 16 foot ladder while carrying a sack of oranges that weighs 60lbs-80 lbs." #WeFeedYou

I’m doing a GRWM thing over on YouTube. Here’s a timely reminder for those of us approaching winter: It’s always a good day to kill invasive plants! 🌱 youtube.com/shorts/CooT8...

I want a trampoline room that pipes in soap bubbles. Not foam—bubbles.

Day 12-Dwarrowdelf #Tolktober2025 #tolktober #lotr #middleearth #jrrtolkien

Noirs are power fantasies for sadbois, and should only be “enjoyed” in that context.

Day 9-Isildur #Tolktober2025 #tolktober #lotr #middleearth #jrrtolkien #artsky

Day 7-Galadriel #Tolktober2025 #tolktober #lotr #middleearth #jrrtolkien #artsky

If you’re in Oregon, Medicaid is called “the Oregon Health Plan.” If you, like me, are on OHP, you are on Medicaid. Being on Medicaid allowed me to be self-employed as dementia caregiver during the pandemic*. It also allowed me to peruse a PhD while working as special education assistant.

Is it time for Led Zeppelin I or II? Silly question for the girl who’s slipping into the identity collapse of long term unemployment: Clearly it’s both of them, followed by IV.

I think the only thing I remember from this movie is Data dying. I’ve been reliably informed that I’m under no obligation to rewatch Nemesis as an adult.

The downside of being unemployed as my tuition fees are increasing by twice what my university promised is self-evident. The upside? Well, I have some thoughts and feelings about how Americans should view Charlie Kirk’s death: youtu.be/it8cb7i3Yyw?...

While tuition costs rise to a point where I might not be able to afford them, it’s still a good time to be unemployed and *honest* about what I think Charlie Kirk’s legacy should be: youtu.be/4nEu36DvDIo?...

can more of y'all point out: they want to find out the "cause" of autism because they do not want us to exist finding out the "cause" is rooted in a deep hatred of autistic folks if they cared about us, they would offer us supports instead of impotently daydreaming about our eradication

The weird part about the recent enshittification of Outlook spellcheck is that, for the first time in twenty years, I’m actually forced to check my own spelling.

Portland’s PBS classical music station is so metal. From what I just heard implied, they don’t stop their membership drive UNTIL they reach their funding goal. Granted, pledge “week” is a lot easier to take when they talk to you for less than two out of every fifteen minutes. But still.

This is my favorite thing I’ve seen all year. bsky.app/profile/bolo...

What if what unites us as a country* is continuing to quote skeet our favorite silly jokes? *of punk bar attendees that block n**is on sight

With this information (and literally nothing else except a graduate psych degree in a different sub-discipline) I would highly recommend that people who are good at TETRIS and want to do this start at a higher level. Or at least invent new rules to make things harder for yourself.

PSA!! (It’s also the tl:dr of a recent a bit fruity podcast youtu.be/wJt6T1MG5gA?...)

A thing about me is I’m The Person Who Deals With Pests. Another is that I’m an unemployed student on a deadline. So, when I’m home alone and a mouse SKITTERS INTO MY OCCUPIED (ALL DAY!) ROOM, it is *I* who must look past this personal violation to protect the family.

Loving that I’ve cut four inches (really three) off my hair, and I feel like I’ve done something major, but the theoretical possibility that I could sit on my hair still exists.* *In my ex, it’s actually really hard to sit on your own hair.

Ooooo! What if asexuality and aromanticism don’t challenge Christianity, they challenge patriarchy, and that’s really why Christians engage with aphobia. 🧵

cw: chicken death Reason ♾️ to take raccoons seriously as species competition: They are mean enough to kill MULTIPLE chickens in a coop. *We* don’t even come for chickens where they live! We have to divide and conquer, then take them back to our lair! We’re such pathetic predators…

Hold on guys. I found out/remembered that the next Knives Out movie is titled after a U2 song. I can already tell that I’m going to be insufferable until Dec. (While we’re on the topic: Justice for Pop. It’s def a “times like these” album—& this is your not-at-all subtle hint to listen to it STAT.)

I’m the kind of sick that thinks, “yeah, that’s about right.” Now, do I also think IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!? Clearly, yes, but I’m not going to get my hopes up, since ethical billionaires don’t exist.

Sometimes, when the parasociality is strong, and a podcaster jokes that the audience needs to show out for a special announcement, you take them seriously. Would you believe me if I said that the Wednesday Addams vibe was totally unintentional? My hair was already in the braids.

As much as I’m ab.so.lute.ly. not interested in studying intrinsic v extrinsic motivation, BOY would distance learning PhD students be a good population to work with if I did.

One of the weirdest things about living in a semi-rural community is 5,500+ people drive past my house every day (our town has 18,000+), but I still have to pay extra for the pool.

Who wants to elect a woman as president? Clearly not conservative white women. I discuss why that might be, what we can do to make change, and why that’s not going to happen by listening to progressive (mostly men’s) opinions about women—white ones, specifically. youtu.be/hnljmcSY56g

Sampling bias, famously, has no relevance to science; therefore scientists have no reason to think creatively about what might lead to it in their own work or others’. /s

Google’s AI overview says that Flonase (fluticasone propionate, for off-brand girlies like me) is a corticosteroid. I will be doing no further research. Never been so excited that my year-round “seasonal” allergies aren’t sufficiently treated by any antihistamine tablet I’ve ever taken.