Avidan (she/her)
@avidangerzone.bsky.social
Tired dad, nerd, and trans lady. 🏳️⚧️ She/her.
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Welcome new followers! A bit about me:
- I like to cook and bake
- I'm a huge nerd
- I write song parodies for fun
- I'm a software engineer
- I'm a dad to twins
- I'm a trans woman
- I'm an Orthodox Jew
- I like to cook and bake
- I'm a huge nerd
- I write song parodies for fun
- I'm a software engineer
- I'm a dad to twins
- I'm a trans woman
- I'm an Orthodox Jew
Started watching Amazing Race for the first time in a long time and when the title sequence hit I immediately started singing @lindaholmes.bsky.social's lyrics: It's! A! Race! Amazing Race, so try! To come in first, not last. Your taxi must be fast..... Phil's handsome!
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Started watching Amazing Race for the first time in a long time and when the title sequence hit I immediately started singing @lindaholmes.bsky.social's lyrics: It's! A! Race! Amazing Race, so try! To come in first, not last. Your taxi must be fast..... Phil's handsome!
@seananmcguire.bsky.social I'm rereading earlier October Daye books and I totally forgot Quentin dated Katie. Is it ever stated if he's bi or pan or something?
I'm also remembering that he didn't like Alex in A Local Habitation but that might just be a Gean-Cannah since Alex was seducing Toby?
I'm also remembering that he didn't like Alex in A Local Habitation but that might just be a Gean-Cannah since Alex was seducing Toby?
October 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
@seananmcguire.bsky.social I'm rereading earlier October Daye books and I totally forgot Quentin dated Katie. Is it ever stated if he's bi or pan or something?
I'm also remembering that he didn't like Alex in A Local Habitation but that might just be a Gean-Cannah since Alex was seducing Toby?
I'm also remembering that he didn't like Alex in A Local Habitation but that might just be a Gean-Cannah since Alex was seducing Toby?
Will Branner is so good in The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals: Reprised
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Will Branner is so good in The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals: Reprised
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social Look what I found when I was going through my bookshelves the other day
October 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social Look what I found when I was going through my bookshelves the other day
Why yes I did sponsor a desk chair AND a post it note at @maximumfun.org today because I wanted to be both mortalized AND immortalized.
I only wish I had got there before the toilets sold out. It's much harder to replace fixtures.
I only wish I had got there before the toilets sold out. It's much harder to replace fixtures.
October 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Why yes I did sponsor a desk chair AND a post it note at @maximumfun.org today because I wanted to be both mortalized AND immortalized.
I only wish I had got there before the toilets sold out. It's much harder to replace fixtures.
I only wish I had got there before the toilets sold out. It's much harder to replace fixtures.
@damnyouwillis.bsky.social I blame Daisy
Indiana University orders school paper to cease print edition and fires director of student media | Indiana | The Guardian share.google/tmYEJIcBs37w...
Indiana University orders school paper to cease print edition and fires director of student media | Indiana | The Guardian share.google/tmYEJIcBs37w...
Indiana University orders school paper to cease print edition and fires director of student media
Editors at the Indiana Daily Student say administration’s move to control news content amounts to censorship
share.google
October 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
@damnyouwillis.bsky.social I blame Daisy
Indiana University orders school paper to cease print edition and fires director of student media | Indiana | The Guardian share.google/tmYEJIcBs37w...
Indiana University orders school paper to cease print edition and fires director of student media | Indiana | The Guardian share.google/tmYEJIcBs37w...
I've said sometimes that I wish I was a librarian but what I really mean is I wish I had a job where I get to help people find cool books and then give them even more cool books.
October 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I've said sometimes that I wish I was a librarian but what I really mean is I wish I had a job where I get to help people find cool books and then give them even more cool books.
A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The line in the Rosh Hashanah liturgy that goes "who will live and who will die" in the coming year really really hits hard.
It's really hard to get into the spirit of Rosh Hashanah when every day there's a new terrible thing happening.
September 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The line in the Rosh Hashanah liturgy that goes "who will live and who will die" in the coming year really really hits hard.
It's really hard to get into the spirit of Rosh Hashanah when every day there's a new terrible thing happening.
September 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It's really hard to get into the spirit of Rosh Hashanah when every day there's a new terrible thing happening.
Oh look, it's another day of "I don't want to live in the United States but also everywhere sucks ass so guess I'll have to hope for the best"
September 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Oh look, it's another day of "I don't want to live in the United States but also everywhere sucks ass so guess I'll have to hope for the best"
My kids poked their heads into my room before 6 am
Kids: Who won the [Eagles] game last night?
Me: (mumbling because I'm still half asleep) The Eagles
Kids: Woohoo!
(Cc @wing2j.bsky.social @maggiesox.bsky.social )
Kids: Who won the [Eagles] game last night?
Me: (mumbling because I'm still half asleep) The Eagles
Kids: Woohoo!
(Cc @wing2j.bsky.social @maggiesox.bsky.social )
September 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
My kids poked their heads into my room before 6 am
Kids: Who won the [Eagles] game last night?
Me: (mumbling because I'm still half asleep) The Eagles
Kids: Woohoo!
(Cc @wing2j.bsky.social @maggiesox.bsky.social )
Kids: Who won the [Eagles] game last night?
Me: (mumbling because I'm still half asleep) The Eagles
Kids: Woohoo!
(Cc @wing2j.bsky.social @maggiesox.bsky.social )
@wing2j.bsky.social My son wishes to know why the Eagles are playing the Chiefs today if they are in opposite "halves"
September 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
@wing2j.bsky.social My son wishes to know why the Eagles are playing the Chiefs today if they are in opposite "halves"
I just did a honey audit ahead of Honeypalooza 2025:
Christmas Berry, Forest Honey, Sunflower, Lemon, Cranberry, Blackberry, Lavender - full
Raspberry, Hawaiian wildflower - 2/3 full
Lucerne, Italian orange - half
Blueberry, Coriander - 1/3
Azahar, Wild foam, Acacia - small amount
Christmas Berry, Forest Honey, Sunflower, Lemon, Cranberry, Blackberry, Lavender - full
Raspberry, Hawaiian wildflower - 2/3 full
Lucerne, Italian orange - half
Blueberry, Coriander - 1/3
Azahar, Wild foam, Acacia - small amount
September 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I just did a honey audit ahead of Honeypalooza 2025:
Christmas Berry, Forest Honey, Sunflower, Lemon, Cranberry, Blackberry, Lavender - full
Raspberry, Hawaiian wildflower - 2/3 full
Lucerne, Italian orange - half
Blueberry, Coriander - 1/3
Azahar, Wild foam, Acacia - small amount
Christmas Berry, Forest Honey, Sunflower, Lemon, Cranberry, Blackberry, Lavender - full
Raspberry, Hawaiian wildflower - 2/3 full
Lucerne, Italian orange - half
Blueberry, Coriander - 1/3
Azahar, Wild foam, Acacia - small amount
Yes, the President said that one of the reasons he's moving Space Command to Alabama from Colorado is because Colorado has mail in ballots.
September 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Yes, the President said that one of the reasons he's moving Space Command to Alabama from Colorado is because Colorado has mail in ballots.
Re last repost: September/October of this year is chock full of Jewish holidays that fall during the week, including the High Holidays. Please, please, please be cognizant of the schedule.
September 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Re last repost: September/October of this year is chock full of Jewish holidays that fall during the week, including the High Holidays. Please, please, please be cognizant of the schedule.
Reposted by Avidan (she/her)
PUT 👏🏻 JEWISH 👏🏻 HOLIDAYS 👏🏻 IN 👏🏻 YOUR 👏🏻 CALENDARS
The head of my org is Jewish. I have the Jewish holidays calendar on my work calendar so I don't schedule meetings during important holidays! I don't want him to have to do that calculus!
The head of my org is Jewish. I have the Jewish holidays calendar on my work calendar so I don't schedule meetings during important holidays! I don't want him to have to do that calculus!
NASA scheduled a major workshop for early career researchers during the most important week of the Jewish calendar, during two of the most important days of that week and expects me to accept that this was “difficult scheduling conflicts”
That’s what casual antisemitism sounds like
That’s what casual antisemitism sounds like
September 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
PUT 👏🏻 JEWISH 👏🏻 HOLIDAYS 👏🏻 IN 👏🏻 YOUR 👏🏻 CALENDARS
The head of my org is Jewish. I have the Jewish holidays calendar on my work calendar so I don't schedule meetings during important holidays! I don't want him to have to do that calculus!
The head of my org is Jewish. I have the Jewish holidays calendar on my work calendar so I don't schedule meetings during important holidays! I don't want him to have to do that calculus!
Today's escapades in the kitchen: a lemon squash Bundt cake and a homemade pizza
August 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today's escapades in the kitchen: a lemon squash Bundt cake and a homemade pizza
Every now and then I think about escaping the US but then I can't think of where I would go that's particularly welcoming of a Jewish transgender woman.
August 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Every now and then I think about escaping the US but then I can't think of where I would go that's particularly welcoming of a Jewish transgender woman.
After the Super Bowl last year, my kids said they wanted to watch more football. Ysterday, I mentioned the season was starting soon & did they want to watch?
Kid 1: Only the ending
Kid 2: Except maybe games with the Eagles
Kid 1: Yeah, they're a good team
@maggiesox.bsky.social @wing2j.bsky.social
Kid 1: Only the ending
Kid 2: Except maybe games with the Eagles
Kid 1: Yeah, they're a good team
@maggiesox.bsky.social @wing2j.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
After the Super Bowl last year, my kids said they wanted to watch more football. Ysterday, I mentioned the season was starting soon & did they want to watch?
Kid 1: Only the ending
Kid 2: Except maybe games with the Eagles
Kid 1: Yeah, they're a good team
@maggiesox.bsky.social @wing2j.bsky.social
Kid 1: Only the ending
Kid 2: Except maybe games with the Eagles
Kid 1: Yeah, they're a good team
@maggiesox.bsky.social @wing2j.bsky.social
Best take on the Swift/Kelce engagement
August 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Best take on the Swift/Kelce engagement
In the wake of some sad news I received this morning, I'd like to take this opportunity to say FUCK CANCER. FUCK IT RIGHT IN THE EAR.
August 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In the wake of some sad news I received this morning, I'd like to take this opportunity to say FUCK CANCER. FUCK IT RIGHT IN THE EAR.
Guess who's under a boil water advisory for at least the next two days!
August 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Guess who's under a boil water advisory for at least the next two days!
So Trump started with an announcement that the World Cup draw will take place at the Kennedy Center and then deviated for a solid five minutes about DC crime rates.
August 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
So Trump started with an announcement that the World Cup draw will take place at the Kennedy Center and then deviated for a solid five minutes about DC crime rates.