decided to make the recipe amount that supposedly makes 40 cupcakes but making then as mini cupcakes...this is gonna be more than 60 cupcakes so...yay?

this is a beautiful profile of a fascinating person and an incredible reminder that trans people have ALWAYS been here

On this day in 1941 my great uncle hurt his knee quite badly while playing softball, an injury only notable because he was in the Navy and stationed in Pearl Harbor, HI. Months later he was startled to be awarded a purple heart for his injury received on December 7th.

i know not everyone is gonna est cupcakes at the birthday party, but if they want to I should have them? which means I need to make like...60 cupcakes? and the amount of butter and eggs I need feels unreal...

love to uncover 3 year old bugs in data pipelines

I'm a whimsical product manager I use animated gifs in my release notes!

oh ffs

my brain is mush for many reasons but my husband made me a cocktail and now I'm watching the Brandi Carlile tiny desk followed by the David Byrne tiny desk concerts and I feel a little better

apparently my daughter writes music now?! (I did not teach her this)

Every time I see a statement that starts with "Dear X Community" my brain immediately assumes the worst (closure, loss) thanks to how many of these messages have happened as a result of Covid. It doesn't go away even when I've already read the message and know it's OK. An immediate trigger. Fun.

It's true! We offer Discover & Go - get free and discounted admission to local museums and attractions for Berkeley residents.

And if you can buy two books today, get this one, y’all have no idea how much I want there to be more in this series and that only happens when we buy the books.

finished BURY YOUR GAYS by @chucktingle.bsky.social last night. Loved it. An homage to classic horror but brought into the present wonderfully. I loved how Misha reclaimed his narrative. And I wish I had a friend like Tara!

As someone who used to work at Ask.com - this is true we were very silly people

Farewell to a modern great Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88 www.bbc.com/news/article...

Et, in Arcadia: We shed as we pick up, like travellers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it...

Kids ran around at the park with a friend and I got knitting time! Win win

Talked about my work in audiobooks with a family member and just found out that he asked my sister if she knows who “Charles Tingle” is

lol we have so much food

The baby likes Thanksgiving dinner!

used braeburn apples instead of jonagolds in the pie and I'm digging them!

Turkey is getting literal thumbs up from the 5 year old I win (it is very juicy and delicious)

1 cowboy boot? wut

lol was that a commercial for software to fix your AI agents' mistakes?

toddler has figured out how to use her sister's booster chair as a walker, despite being a very proficient walker already. I guess if it keeps her out of trouble...

wine has been deployed

The newly minted 5 year olds has learned to say "we hate the cowboys" unprompted whenever she sees a Dallas logo. Her father is SO proud

cleaned the table of kid crafts to have space for food kid brings out all new crafts all over the table sisyphus has nothing on child-rearing

Pies are assembled and baking I am officially done with Thanksgiving prep!

drew a Thanksgiving hand turkey

"..if you measured income inadequacy today the way Orshansky measured it in 1963, the threshold for a family of four wouldn’t be $31,200. It would be somewhere between $130,000 and $150,000." Christ

I finally get to wear my derpy and sussy pj pants because I was hiding them from my child because her birthday present was also kpop demon hunters merch anyway, they're great and also I have a 5 year old!

if the ceolacanth could turn up so could nessie!

I expect nothing less from the brilliant @amalelmohtar.com, but this is gorgeous and heartbreaking in every way. You all should read it. Free Palestine.

why does this taste like stevia? oh goddammit I grabbed the 0cal version 😩

Berkeley Bowl parking lot boded ill but when I got in there it was actually fine? no wait for butcher or check out! Anyway, we have many foods now for Thanksgiving and I can rest. (until tomorrow when I start prepping)

French 75s are being deployed with extremely silly ratios of booze to champagne because husband forgot that the coupes have finite capacity

If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!

my husband and I's relationship just reached the age of majority...yesterday? I think we've got some champagne around here...

the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix

when the subtext is the text, Sesame Street edition

too bad “Hamilton” doesn’t have a song about how ordinary citizens felt when they read the Reynolds Pamphlet

I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now

There is a crossing guard and a marked crosswalk with a stop sign in front of the school down the street and every week I watch people just blow through both when school lets out also constantly parking in the marked bus drop-off spot

I did a lot of momming today and I'm exhausted but I'm officially on vacation now so it's time for weed and video games

made rice krispie treats for kiddos school birthday party a) they are so much better homemade it had been ages since I'd had one b) they are even better than that if you sprinkle some maldon salt on top like a fancy bitch

I wrote this piece because I only learned about pelvic floors a few years ago, despite having had one all my life. And then it turned out to be where I store all my issues. And then that turned out to be true for a lot of people www.wired.com/story/the-pe...

On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, let us honor the memories of those whose lives were lost in acts of violence and reaffirm our commitment to ongoing efforts to promote full inclusion of transgender individuals in Berkeley and beyond 🏳️‍⚧️ 🕯️

For today, Trans Day of Remembrance, I want to say I love my trans friends and I am sad that we need to have this important day. I want to be able to live and laugh with you now and that's the world I hope for.

Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Trans people have literally always been here; every time I see someone sneering "oh but there were no trans people when I was in high school," well. I dated a trans girl in high school, and was close friends with a trans guy.