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Tex-pat living in Charlotte. Dog-haver and weird plane appreciator. Gig ‘em, go Gators, and up the Reds!

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Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 20h

that French guy, and his Monegasque cousin who also went to A&M, are at it again

From The Athletic’s Pulse newsletter, a blurb about Valentin Vacherot (a Monegasque tennis player who attended Texas A&M) upsetting Novak Djoković, and Vacherot’s cousin Arthur Rinderknech (a French tennis player who also attended Texas A&M) upsetting Daniil Medvedev in the Shanghai Open, both advancing to face each other in the finals.

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 20h

my favorite of their tweets, from years ago, was “freshman cadet caught vaping in section 128, warned and released to a senior cadet”

if I’d been caught vaping in uniform at a televised game, I’d sooner have dealt with the cops than my own upperclassmen

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 1d

too full of fried food, gotta sleep off the Stummy Hurt

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 2d

my gut says Popeyes, but my head says Cook-Out

that drive-thru menu is already disorienting to look at, imagine trying to figure out which liquor to add to one of forty shake flavors

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 2d

many thanks to @surber.bsky.social for advising patience when it came to pruning my once-leggy camellias

it was so hard to fight the urge to prune them too soon or too aggressively, but they’re all blooming now and they’re SO PRETTY

A small Camellia sasanqua “Autumn Sunrise” shrub. Two of its deep pink flowers are wide open, and the shrub is loaded with buds.

A close-up of two densely-petaled white flowers on a Camellia sasanqua “Autumn Rocket” shrub.

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 2d

there’s a clip at the back so you can convert them to sort of a racerback/X-back configuration, but the spots where the straps attach to the band and cups are fixed

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 2d

one of my favorite bras, the Cate bra from Elomi, also comes in a wire-free version, but I’ve only ever used the underwire version and can’t speak to the support or comfort of the wire-free version

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 2d

Sugar Candy! their bras use a pair of fabric slings inside each cup instead of wires, and they give just enough natural-looking support while still being extremely comfy
www.sugarcandybra.com

Wire-Free Bras for Fuller Busts | Sugar Candy Bra

Wireless bras for fuller busts, dedicated to people with F cup and up boobs. Experience Sugar Candy's game-changing support. Shop now!

www.sugarcandybra.com

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 3d

thoroughly enjoying the mental image of HUNTR/X singing a cover of “Amarillo By Mornin’”

The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 3d

As you’re picking out your Rumi costume for Halloween, know that the voice behind the character is a Texas Hold ‘Em champion from Amarillo.

Here's why if you haven’t seen “K-Pop Demon Hunters” by now, it may be time ⬇️

We’re Claiming Arden Cho of ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ as a New Texas Icon

As you’re picking out your Rumi costume for Halloween, know that the voice behind the character is a Texas Hold ‘Em champion.

thebarbedwire.com

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 5d

thank you! she’s recovering really quickly, and her doctors are very confident they got it all, so it really has gone about as well as a cancer diagnosis can, but it’s been a rough few weeks

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 5d

was it awkward to have someone else move and squish my boobs and armpit meat for the mammograph? extremely!

but I’d still rather deal with that discomfort every year for the rest of my life than let a cancer go undetected until it’s too late

GET. SCREENED.

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 5d

Mom’s breast cancer was caught SUPER early, and her options for treatment were

1. multiple lumpectomies with follow-up radiation (which has serious potential side effects), or
2. double mastectomy

either way, that is a LOT of surgery! and this was about as close to the best case as it gets!

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 5d

now that I’ve returned home from helping my mom recover from surgery and have just had my first mammogram, a PSA:

GET YOUR CANCER SCREENINGS

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 5d

also, if you think the Kalmyks have a neat history, look into the Mari people - they’re the only ethnic group in Europe who have retained a shamanistic faith and were never fully converted to Christianity or Islam

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 5d

I have a treat for you: an animated retelling of a Kalmyk folktale called The Horned Khan

(it’s in Russian, but don’t worry, it’s subtitled in English)

Гора самоцветов - Рогатый Хан (The Horned Khan) Калмыцкая сказка

YouTube video by Гора самоцветов (Mountain of Gems)

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 6d

my family often got breakfast on Saturdays at Mexican restaurants when I was growing up, and when my brother was about six, he’d order pancakes and then top them with salsa from the dispenser on the table

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 6d

get their asses, Zelda

(also, who the FUCK thought she would want to see AI slop of her dad? what is WRONG with you?)

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 6d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 6d

I was at the LFC-Man U match at Williams-Brice! it was a fun atmosphere with a packed crowd (despite the absolutely hellish thunderstorm that hit five minutes before they opened the stadium gates), and they even had Cocky dancing to Sandstorm with the full light show during halftime

A photo of Williams-Brice stadium shortly before kickoff of the LFC-Man U preseason match in August 2024, taken from near the top of the bleachers on the northeast side. The stadium is packed with red-clad fans, and the stormy gray-blue sky is lit by a brilliant orange sunset just behind the scoreboard.

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 9d

turns out there are two different Residence Inns in Midtown, one on each Peachtree Street, LESS THAN A MILE APART

A Google Maps screenshot showing the two Residence Inns in midtown Atlanta. One is on Peachtree Street NW near the Midtown MARTA station. The other is about 3/4 of a mile north of the first on Peachtree Street NE, closer to the Arts District station and a bit further off the I-75/85 connector.

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 9d

I once traveled to Atlanta for an event, and told a friend who was also traveling from out-of-state for the event that I was staying at the Residence Inn in Midtown on Peachtree in case she wanted to stay at the same hotel and carpool

Ghoulnemer @guynemer.bsky.social · 9d

Jesus Christ there really are two Peachtree Streets next to each other

Atlanta, this is no way to run a society

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 9d

“Microsoft says its Agent Mode in Excel has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in SpreadsheetBench”

Ada Lovelace would beat some asses if she found out someone took the Difference Engine she programmed and made it bad at math

The Verge @theverge.com · 13d

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word

Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.

Reposted by Kacie

Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · 10d

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right)
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy?
What the hammer that hath hewn it
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee,
Or an external franchisee?

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 10d

thank you for introducing the phrase “low-flying ankles” to my vocabulary

as someone who cannot walk in heels over 2”, I’m gonna get some mileage out of it

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 10d

MR POPE

even my circuit-rider’s-great-granddaughter, Methodiscopalian, dirtbag ass knows that’s not how you address the Pope

worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 11d

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

Pope Leo XIV
Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal

Austin
I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says

Kacie @kacienr.bsky.social · 10d

THIS

this is how you deal with Nazis and bigots

Queer Satanic @queersatanic.bsky.social · 11d

Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play

go fuckin Huskies

Nazi UW students fuck off