I finally found my husbands breaking point. It’s me, singing about these teeny tiny potatoes: 🎶 ‘Baby spuds doo doo doo doo doo doo Baby spuds.’🎶 Who knew?

We have huge maple leaves that fall. When I say as big as a dinner plate, I’m not kidding. My husband has Parkinson’s and I’ve got a dodgy back but by golly he blew them into a pile and I bagged them with my grabby stick. Worked a treat. I am a genius with a back that doesn’t hurt now! 🍁🍂🎉😁

no joke Seattle: check your fucking ballots to make sure they were counted!! there are a Bunch of incomplete or invalid ballots in our age range right now, and it's a quick check to see if yours went through okay. it's not too late to fix it! info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...

Welp, that didn’t take long. Our misplaced optimism didn’t even last a whole Scaramucci.

🪡🧵🧶💕 Marry the man who will sit through 10 8-episode seasons of the Great British Sewing Bee with you. Ostensibly he is reading his book while I watch, but he was asking about godets by season 3. (Don’t worry, I’ve seen a similar amount of cowboy Kent Rollins, chuck wagon and cowboy cook.) 🤠🍳🔥

🧵 We live in an over-55 community. I sometimes joke with my kids that it’s “like summer camp, with wine.” 😉 Many clubs, many activities. There is another side, though, which remains unseen. Today I stopped at a friend’s house in the community; two Sheriff’s cars were parked in front of a 1/

With 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving being 3 weeks away and SNAP being a shit show—but with some retailers and nonprofits offering turkeys for low or no cost—I'd love to get my free cookbook #AfterTheFeast to as many folks as possible. Would you kindly share it here and elsewhere? 🙏 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...

So much of this never makes the “news”.

hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue. we’ll all subscribe en masse

The world seems like we are going backwards at the moment, so it is important to take the time to spread awareness of advances. Scientists have developed an enzyme that converts organs into universal 'O' type. This is huge. www.popularmechanics.com/science/heal...

#sewing #sewingmachine #Pfaff Said goodbye to my machine today- while maybe still repairable, it’s a long drive to the shop and I was ready to trade it in. This was my ‘new’ machine, as compared to my 1946 and 1956 Singers. “How new was it?” you ask? “Let me check- ” *Made in West Germany*

Covid 🧵 We avoided COVID for more than five years. We were careful, we masked, we avoided restaurants and unmasked crowds. We still managed to go to Europe 2x and drive more than 8k miles on US trips. Our downfall was not walking out of the room at “it’s just allergies”.😬 My husband and I both

I just did this to renew my @theflytrapmedia.com sub!! 🪴Kickstarter is great for prelaunch re$ource$, but these folks need people to resub because Kickstarter doesn't share payment info. There's a coupon code in your email! Help these fellow worker-owners out

If you are hungry and have a Sikh temple in your city, they offer langar, a free vegetarian communal meal to anyone regardless of religion or belief.

I truly believe the best thing you can do right now to support opposition is to give money to a food bank or mutual aid

I belong to some “Frugal Living” FB groups. People are terrified and wondering how they will cope once SNAP food benefits end in November. If you possibly can, donate something (money is best) to your local food bank. They will take your dollars and amplify them into help for local folks in need.

I think a good title for JFK Jr. is the MeasleMeister.

proving youre not a bot with a series of increasingly baffling and impenetrable tasks until you forgot why you were there in the first place: franz kaptcha

Back in Dallas. Tried to go to State Fair, what a fiasco! $40 to park then 2 block line 10 ppl across to enter. (Free kids day) Couldn’t get to gate to get wheelchair for hubby. So we went to NPark Neimans and had coffee and a popover to feel better. This is the most Dallas paragraph ever written.

#gourds #fall #autumn My dear friend wove me a table runner!! Welcome fall!!

PACKING TIP: You can take significantly fewer clothes on a trip if you arrange to get sick the first day and never leave the hotel room. Follow me for more travel advice.

I’m in an airport watching a father ignore his kids. Their shrill whiny voices keep on going higher and higher as they try to get his attention. He’s seated far enough away they have to yell I’m fine with kids on planes but if these are behind me acting like that the dad is going to get an earful.

Seasonal greetings for both the #bookhistory and #digitalhistory folks: a keyboard waffle iron. 🗃️

#kindleunlimited #johnscalzi John Scalzi has a new short story as part of the Kindle Unlimited choices this month! I usually don't get too excited about what's on offer, but this one is a sure bet. Got it yesterday, already finished. Excellent!

Oooooh. Colbert’s not gonna make it ‘til May. 🤣🤣

New air fryer. Who dis?

This is how we know the Universe is still capable of making good things happen.

Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right. Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!

For the geeks among us, interesting Is Life a Form of Computation? thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-life-a-fo... #Biology #Computation via @mitpress.bsky.social

If you follow me and would like to do something nice - please repost this link to my son’s new iPhone/iPad app! It’s a drum/sound machine app that is pretty sophisticated and a lot of fun. More technical specs can be seen at “Punchline Drum Machine” in the App Store. 🙏 Charles.pizza/punchline

#music #drums #drum-machine #app #apps Here’s a cool new app! It turns your iPhone or iPad into a drum/sound machine. And now you can add import/export and ability to adjust the effects. If you like making music, check it out! And please, REPOST so all can play! 🥁🎶 charles.pizza/punchline/

i think every girl should be issued an obedient murder of crows upon reaching the age of 12

#music #drums #drum-machine #app #apps My (adult) son made a cool app! It’s versatile and lots of fun. It turns your iPhone/iPad into a drum/sound machine. Only 8.99 and worth every penny.😉 Read about it below! And please, REPOST to spread the beat far and wide Thanks! charles.pizza/punchline/

ATTN WASHINGTON STATE RESIDENTS RE: COVID VACCINATIONS: It will be easy to get your shots. LINK BELOW TO LETTER YOU TAKE TO SHOW YOUR PHARMACIST OR COVID SHOT PROVIDER: doh.wa.gov/sites/defaul... also available in Spanish and other languages AND YES I AM YELLING I AM HAPPY ABOUT THIS 😀💉

I have officially reached Crabby Old Lady status. In the store, a young woman was looking at lipsticks. Opening each one and drawing on her hand. I just looked over at her and said “Really?” I’m done with people. 🤦‍♀️🤣

#wheelchairusers #wheelchair #disabled #disability Ummm, okaaay???

#music #drums #drum-machine #app #apps My (adult) son made a cool app! It’s versatile and lots of fun. It turns your iPhone/iPad into a drum machine. Only 8.99 and worth every penny.😉 Read about it below. And please, REPOST to spread the beat far and wide! Thanks! charles.pizza/punchline/

How does rapid, transparent sharing accelerate #Parkinsons research? 🧪 Kicking off our #OpenScienceWeek highlights, Cole Sitron, PhD (@pelletfraction.bsky.social) of CRN Team Harper, explains how Open Science lays the foundation for faster, more equitable discovery ⬇️ #ScienceForAll

It's Monday, & you're wondering: "Why should I care about eels?" Well...in addition to being great fodder for memes, eels are super-important to stream ecologies! Historically, eels have made up as much as 50% of the total fish biomass in lower reaches of US & European rivers. 🗃️🧪

Do you have the beat?😀 My son made a cool app! It’s pretty versatile and lots of fun. It turns your iPhone or iPad into a drum machine. Only 8.99 and worth every damn penny.😉 Read about it below. And please, share and repost to spread the beat far and wide! Thanks! charles.pizza/punchline/

Re-upping to make sure this gets seen- My son made a cool drum machine app! In two days it’s already broken into the top 25 of paid music apps.😃 It’s a drum machine and audio effects plugin for iPhone and iPad, only 8.99 and worth every damn penny.😉 Read about it here- charles.pizza/punchline/

🧪 Calling PD cohort leads: Help map immune-focused PD cohorts. Your responses will shape funding, enable collaboration, and inform the immune biomarker strategy. Eligible cohorts include PD/at-risk participants who have immune data/samples. 🗓️ Survey closes September 17 👉 Take: bit.ly/3JR1fkN

Hey! My son made an app! 😱😀🥁🪘🎶🎶🎧 It’s a drum machine and audio effects plugin for iPhone and iPad; it’s extremely versatile and extremely fun! You can read all about it at the link below. charles.pizza/punchline/

My son made an app! It’s neat! It was made in Berlin, where all the cool kids live! 😉 It turns your iPhone or iPad into a seriously useful (and fun) drum machine. Truly, if you love music and/or beats, check it out- And REPOST please!! 😄 🥁🪘🎶🎵🥁 charles.pizza/punchline/

Good excuse to post my favourite Onion headline.

Better link- My son made an app! It’s neat! It was made in Berlin, where all the cool kids live! 😉 Srsly, if you love music and beats, check it out- charles.pizza/punchline/

y! My son made an app! 😱😀🥁🪘🎶🎶🎧 It’s a drum machine and audio effects plugin for iPhone and iPad; it’s extremely versatile and extremely fun! You can read all about it at the link below. Reposting to help get the word out would be so appreciated! Thanks! charles.pizza/punchline/

Hey! My son made an app! 😱😀🥁🪘🎶🎶🎧 It’s a drum machine and audio effects plugin for iPhone and iPad; it’s extremely versatile and extremely fun! You can read all about it at the link below. Reposting to help get the word out would be so appreciated! Thanks! apps.apple.com/us/app/id674...

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