The kraken coasters are back again! One of my favorite sets, in all of my favorite colors! thebrokencircle.etsy...

Wait, Janet Mills announced and then deleted the tweet??? SO WHAT IS HAPPENING? LOL

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

I love how optimistic Windows 10 is that I'm going to buy an entirely new computer if they keep yelling at me that my current one doesn't meet Windows 11's standards. lol

It is @totallydonna.kitrocha.com's birthday today and all she asked me for was rice krispie treats so I made her some. 💓 Happy birthday to my BFF, 25 years after we first met!

YES! makerworld.com/models/1123805 Prints fast (I do 10 at a time), is tiny, and is LOUD.

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We did jam again! I was much more confident with my cooking of jam and the water bath situation, but being confident means I was cocky and now I have two boiling jam related burn incidents, so that is less than ideal. 🤣 I gave my teeny tiny jars a test run & I'm ready for tiny bread/jam gifting.

Yes, the world may feel like a dumpster fire some days, but you can keep this cute mini version close to hand and click it to relieve your stress. It will just sound like you're busily at work, typing away! thebrokencircle.etsy...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

LRT: in spite of my catholic school adventures, I actually did not know what was going on. reading @clairewillett.bsky.social's thread was very illuminating. Also the point that I keep thinking of: Catholics have been allowed to be white for like 37 minutes of US history and the dynamics are A LOT

this is more than just marching in full regalia to Broadview and praying outside of it this is very deftly trapping ICE into the position of having to literally - LITERALLY, to them - turn Christ away from the door any Catholic ICE officer was probably shook, I’m really not exaggerating

Photogs at Broadview doing a fine job in tough situation. Ashlee Rezin of @suntimes.bsky.social took this now viral image of Rev David Black 9/19. Part of new story abt judge banning chemical irritants/projectiles (which I saw cops still carrying at Broadvw btw) chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Locally, in recent weeks especially, our communities have been very well served IMO by @blockclubchi.bsky.social @thetriibe.com @southsideweekly.bsky.social @unraveledpress.com @chicago.suntimes.com @wbez.org They are on the ground doing good work on the daily, give them support/$$ if you are able 💚

I have fucking had it with the edgelord leftists who quote post my shit with incitements to violence, like I'm sorry either you're the fucking feds or you're somehow even dumber than they are. the frogs & the wine moms are doing 100x the work y'all are by dooming and posting nonsense.

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

Okay, I was going to do this a while ago but, you know, DEADLINEEEEES. But! I rescued my defunct site from having been hacked (lol) and I am going to slowly be adding all my previous hyperfocus adventures over there, as well as posting about them going forward! www.breebridges.com

I'm usually not a fan of spiders, but this weaver themed ancient tome book box is the exception. I hand painted this in several different shades of blue, with an iridescent sheen. And this is the only book box with gilded pages! thebrokencircle.etsy...

Art is going to be so bad when only privileged wealthy people can afford to make it.

I do NOT have the fanciest vacuum sealer, but it has been working fine for me and if you want it, it is apparently on sale right now for $27 with a coupon! amzn.to/3IJT3Tk (reviews say the bag cutter isn't great, I never use it as I use pre-cut bags only, pretty much)

Yeah I really need help with this . I’m gonna go hyperventilate into a bag but this has gone bad quickly

We have not been able to get ground pork at our local stores for a while and we actually eat a lot of pork! So I have been working the budget so we can do a big meat purchase and now we have like 24 meals worth of carnita meat + 8lbs ground pork! (For $43 which is NOT TOO BAD)

Yes thank you

Yes please, will read. (also there is a YA romance on the list at that link?? Intrigued!)

Toggles that let us opt out of Discover and other feeds would be HUGE There has never been a time when one of my posts is just displayed to randos without context and I've thought "wow that added value to my life"

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If you make a mistake a post genAI bullshit and then take it down once someone points it out to you, that's fair. If you don't acknowledge your mistake & refuse to take down the post, that's what the block button is for. The stakes are too high right now. Spreading disinfo is not okay.

My favorite part of social media is getting deeply invested in things I knew nothing about 27 minutes ago just because it is fun to experience big events with other people 😂

I can't believe I've now seen a video of this statement and I'm even more confused now 😂🤣😂

DID YOU DO IT GUYS YOU'RE ALL JUST YELLING INCOHERENTLY AND SWEARING LOL

Okay what I need you to know is that we won this series in ‘95 and our catcher from then, Dan Wilson, is now the pitching coach, and the guy who hit the double that won the game, Edgar Martinez, is the hitting coach, and the guy who scored that run, Ken Griffey Jr, is there tonight. IT’S MADE FOR TV

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I've never been this invested in something I'm not watching and don't understand

Ok how does the guy who didn't catch a ball fit in, is he even in the game ?? 🤣

When will my husband return from the Mariner’s game

I both want to understand and want to never understand 😂😂😂

AND ALL THE MYSTERIOUS BUNTING POSTS LOLOL

Is baseball like tennis where you have to win by enough or they keep making you play forever????

Tonight there is a game that is going on longer than games can go on and also it's either very exciting if very boring or very nerve-wracking and also maybe someone failed to catch a ball and idk if it was a player or some rich person we hate

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

The Northern Lights flexi cubes are some of my favorites! These make an amazing sound as you fiddle with them, and the colors are beautiful! (Also each cube gradient starts & stops in a different place, so you'll get a unique look!) thebrokencircle.etsy...

I worked for Brueggers Bagels and I'm not walking into this trap. 😂 😂 😂

is there any way to block anyone who has a blue wave emoji in their bio 😭

While my bread rises today I did a little FREEZER ADMIN (🤣) and one task was putting the cookies into a bag so I can reuse the cookie souper trays. I honestly love these things, I swear to god. Sure I could roll out cookies to freeze but these are so perfect.

I had to bump my second root canal due to waiting for our dental insurance (lol) to reset, so next week I have a day where I have to get a root canal at 9am and then go to the doctor for one of my 4x a year "please keep treating my ADHD" appointments at 3pm. Unnecessarily ridiculous day.

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do. In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap. Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

The Trump administration is apparently pulling some disability-related shenanigans and disability checks got pulled without explanation. They’re in dire need and if you have the ability to help, the GoFundMe is here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-shada...

They know they are ridiculous people and the thing they hate most is being laughed at. They want everyone terrified and intimidated by how MANLY and LETHAL they are, not laughing because they got got by a grating frog.

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

We worked from 9am to 3:30am and we are way too old for 18 1/2 hour days but that fuckin book is going to copyedits. 😂