BeccaM
@becca.net
I do not consent. (she/her)
Dreamer of Weird Dreams, Writer, Technowitch Crone Elder, Chronically Underestimated Chaos Maven, Frequently Decribed as 'Problematic'
Still dealing with the aftermath of a tragic personal loss
Dreamer of Weird Dreams, Writer, Technowitch Crone Elder, Chronically Underestimated Chaos Maven, Frequently Decribed as 'Problematic'
Still dealing with the aftermath of a tragic personal loss
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BeccaM
@becca.net
· Jun 6
Yeah... decided to switch to a new/old PFP for a while. It's not recent, but one of my more flattering favorites. (Mattie the Wonder Horse from the last one deserves a li'l break time back at the barn...)
It and I am old enough that we used to call them 'avatars,' kids.
It and I am old enough that we used to call them 'avatars,' kids.
I love this so effin' much. Absolutely brilliant piece of writing, with the repeated 'remember' exhortation both pulling it all together, almost a call-and-response, and explicitly engaging the reader or listener.
The closing—"Remember this: Try"—still sends shivers down my spine.
The closing—"Remember this: Try"—still sends shivers down my spine.
January 18, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I love this so effin' much. Absolutely brilliant piece of writing, with the repeated 'remember' exhortation both pulling it all together, almost a call-and-response, and explicitly engaging the reader or listener.
The closing—"Remember this: Try"—still sends shivers down my spine.
The closing—"Remember this: Try"—still sends shivers down my spine.
Some days, I'm doing and feel okay and fine, generally contented even. Other days can feel like I'm holding myself together with duct tape, patch kits, random lengths of wire, and force of will. Or somewhere in between.
January 18, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Some days, I'm doing and feel okay and fine, generally contented even. Other days can feel like I'm holding myself together with duct tape, patch kits, random lengths of wire, and force of will. Or somewhere in between.
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Is it enough, yet, America?
#resist
@raskin.house.gov @ericswalwell.bsky.social @reptedlieu.bsky.social @repmoskowitz.bsky.social
@algreen.house.gov
@repbradsherman.bsky.social
#resist
@raskin.house.gov @ericswalwell.bsky.social @reptedlieu.bsky.social @repmoskowitz.bsky.social
@algreen.house.gov
@repbradsherman.bsky.social
16-year-old Arnoldo Bazan and his father were getting McDonald’s before school when immigration agents pulled them over.
They slammed his father to the ground and put the teen in a chokehold. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” he said.
Read the full story: https://propub.li/4qSnVkQ
They slammed his father to the ground and put the teen in a chokehold. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” he said.
Read the full story: https://propub.li/4qSnVkQ
January 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Among my strongest motives for surviving as a relatively recent widow is the list* I have of those I want to outlive and probably can.
* = Obviously does not and never did include my spouse, who had the same wish, but didn't make it, so I'll do it for us both.
* = Obviously does not and never did include my spouse, who had the same wish, but didn't make it, so I'll do it for us both.
January 15, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Among my strongest motives for surviving as a relatively recent widow is the list* I have of those I want to outlive and probably can.
* = Obviously does not and never did include my spouse, who had the same wish, but didn't make it, so I'll do it for us both.
* = Obviously does not and never did include my spouse, who had the same wish, but didn't make it, so I'll do it for us both.
You're looking here at a man who views violence (both domestic and not) against women for being "smug" and "uppity" and "disrespectful" and "disobedient" as entirely justified—up to and including being shot to death in the face.
Makes me want to throw up. I thought we were beyond this.
Makes me want to throw up. I thought we were beyond this.
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 14, 2026 at 1:49 AM
You're looking here at a man who views violence (both domestic and not) against women for being "smug" and "uppity" and "disrespectful" and "disobedient" as entirely justified—up to and including being shot to death in the face.
Makes me want to throw up. I thought we were beyond this.
Makes me want to throw up. I thought we were beyond this.
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"As within, so without, as above, so below, as the universe, so the soul."
- Hermetic philosophy aphorism
Those of us who grew up under abusive circumstances recognize the larger picture of what's going on in the US right now: The epitome of an abusive relationship. (more)
- Hermetic philosophy aphorism
Those of us who grew up under abusive circumstances recognize the larger picture of what's going on in the US right now: The epitome of an abusive relationship. (more)
January 12, 2026 at 1:01 AM
"As within, so without, as above, so below, as the universe, so the soul."
- Hermetic philosophy aphorism
Those of us who grew up under abusive circumstances recognize the larger picture of what's going on in the US right now: The epitome of an abusive relationship. (more)
- Hermetic philosophy aphorism
Those of us who grew up under abusive circumstances recognize the larger picture of what's going on in the US right now: The epitome of an abusive relationship. (more)
"As within, so without, as above, so below, as the universe, so the soul."
- Hermetic philosophy aphorism
Those of us who grew up under abusive circumstances recognize the larger picture of what's going on in the US right now: The epitome of an abusive relationship. (more)
- Hermetic philosophy aphorism
Those of us who grew up under abusive circumstances recognize the larger picture of what's going on in the US right now: The epitome of an abusive relationship. (more)
January 12, 2026 at 1:01 AM
"As within, so without, as above, so below, as the universe, so the soul."
- Hermetic philosophy aphorism
Those of us who grew up under abusive circumstances recognize the larger picture of what's going on in the US right now: The epitome of an abusive relationship. (more)
- Hermetic philosophy aphorism
Those of us who grew up under abusive circumstances recognize the larger picture of what's going on in the US right now: The epitome of an abusive relationship. (more)
I'm sure it happens elsewhere, but New Mexico has this speciality where one day you can have a winter storm warning with reports of up to 6-12" above 7500ft*, and a severe thunderstorm warning the very next day.
* = I lucked out, just a few inches overnight, now gone due to today's rain.
* = I lucked out, just a few inches overnight, now gone due to today's rain.
January 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
I'm sure it happens elsewhere, but New Mexico has this speciality where one day you can have a winter storm warning with reports of up to 6-12" above 7500ft*, and a severe thunderstorm warning the very next day.
* = I lucked out, just a few inches overnight, now gone due to today's rain.
* = I lucked out, just a few inches overnight, now gone due to today's rain.
The thought that keep running through my head this evening, echoing:
"It didn't have to be this way. It doesn't have to be this way. This needs to f*cking stop."
"It didn't have to be this way. It doesn't have to be this way. This needs to f*cking stop."
January 8, 2026 at 5:54 AM
The thought that keep running through my head this evening, echoing:
"It didn't have to be this way. It doesn't have to be this way. This needs to f*cking stop."
"It didn't have to be this way. It doesn't have to be this way. This needs to f*cking stop."
This was an act of cold-blooded, deliberate, state-sponsored and -encouraged murder.
January 7, 2026 at 10:37 PM
This was an act of cold-blooded, deliberate, state-sponsored and -encouraged murder.
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Google the video & see for yourself.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
January 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Google the video & see for yourself.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
I love that last term: "Memetic fascism."
So perfect, and aligns with my personal theory that via online interactions and social media, malignant ideas and false beliefs have become dangerously virulent.
So perfect, and aligns with my personal theory that via online interactions and social media, malignant ideas and false beliefs have become dangerously virulent.
"Maduro’s arrest is connected to a new kind of politics I’ve spent the last year struggling to describe. A profoundly embarrassing collision of violent nationalism, illiterate social chatter, and memetic fascism that’s been spreading across the globe since the pandemic."
Read this.
Read this.
The rise of the troll state
Read to the end for a crab tureen
www.garbageday.email
January 5, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I love that last term: "Memetic fascism."
So perfect, and aligns with my personal theory that via online interactions and social media, malignant ideas and false beliefs have become dangerously virulent.
So perfect, and aligns with my personal theory that via online interactions and social media, malignant ideas and false beliefs have become dangerously virulent.
This is why most regular consumer automatic bread and rice makers do not cook right where I currently live, also 'slow cookers' will boil their contents. Low air pressure = water boils at 198F/92C here.
I've had to find workarounds and adaptations.
I've had to find workarounds and adaptations.
![Comic. [Instructions on package] High Altitude Cooking Instructions: 3,500-6,500 ft: Add ½ cup water, increase cook time to 12 minutes. 6,500-9,500 ft: Add ¼ cups water, increase cook time to 18 minutes. 250,000-450,000 ft: Orient reentry vehicle for aerodynamic stability. Deploy parachutes at 10,000 ft. Descend, keeping crew capsule tightly covered, for 3-4 minutes. After splashdown, follow sea level cooking instructions.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreibv5te47jncpebx4vihxhudiyzveoxffo5234lpanhsp2aq3lrb5a@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 1:21 AM
This is why most regular consumer automatic bread and rice makers do not cook right where I currently live, also 'slow cookers' will boil their contents. Low air pressure = water boils at 198F/92C here.
I've had to find workarounds and adaptations.
I've had to find workarounds and adaptations.
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I probably shouldn't laugh maniacally when people ask me if I have New Years plans.
youtu.be/BfaC77y7qoo?...
youtu.be/BfaC77y7qoo?...
The Good Place - Great Weekend Plans - Pass Out On Top Of A Vibrator
YouTube video by Carlo De Bernardo
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I probably shouldn't laugh maniacally when people ask me if I have New Years plans.
youtu.be/BfaC77y7qoo?...
youtu.be/BfaC77y7qoo?...
I probably shouldn't laugh maniacally when people ask me if I have New Years plans.
youtu.be/BfaC77y7qoo?...
youtu.be/BfaC77y7qoo?...
The Good Place - Great Weekend Plans - Pass Out On Top Of A Vibrator
YouTube video by Carlo De Bernardo
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I probably shouldn't laugh maniacally when people ask me if I have New Years plans.
youtu.be/BfaC77y7qoo?...
youtu.be/BfaC77y7qoo?...
For what it's worth, on the other side of the aisle so to speak, I almost never say no to this request unless (1) the person has been creepy/skeevy (I trust my instincts) or (2) I believe they'll confuse open friendliness for interest (a common encounter problem for many women).
Hey, #UglyDogs!
I'm grateful for you all.
Wishing you a peaceful, healthy New Year that amplifies all your victories and improves all the things you want to improve!
PS: There's a story I keep meaning to share with you. It's so simple and tiny in, but literally changed my life. Wanna hear it?
I'm grateful for you all.
Wishing you a peaceful, healthy New Year that amplifies all your victories and improves all the things you want to improve!
PS: There's a story I keep meaning to share with you. It's so simple and tiny in, but literally changed my life. Wanna hear it?
December 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
For what it's worth, on the other side of the aisle so to speak, I almost never say no to this request unless (1) the person has been creepy/skeevy (I trust my instincts) or (2) I believe they'll confuse open friendliness for interest (a common encounter problem for many women).
Sorry I seem out-of-sorts, because there's no 'seems' about it right now. Despite a number of positive events in my recent life, I'm still dealing with the grief of losing a spouse with whom I'd been together over 28 years (married about 18mo less than that).
December 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Sorry I seem out-of-sorts, because there's no 'seems' about it right now. Despite a number of positive events in my recent life, I'm still dealing with the grief of losing a spouse with whom I'd been together over 28 years (married about 18mo less than that).
Recent personal discovery: It's probably a testament to my compensatory and masking skills that I can score extraordinarily well on tests intended to detect ADHD-related cognitive deficits.
Not sure my mental health professional realizes this. She now thinks it's not a struggle at all. Oh well.
Not sure my mental health professional realizes this. She now thinks it's not a struggle at all. Oh well.
December 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Recent personal discovery: It's probably a testament to my compensatory and masking skills that I can score extraordinarily well on tests intended to detect ADHD-related cognitive deficits.
Not sure my mental health professional realizes this. She now thinks it's not a struggle at all. Oh well.
Not sure my mental health professional realizes this. She now thinks it's not a struggle at all. Oh well.
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So strange how the closest comparison the last two decades is when people were losing their houses
December 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
So strange how the closest comparison the last two decades is when people were losing their houses
Time for another photo from the collection... A view from the Sandia Crest, next to Albuquerque, New Mexico, looking south. Altitude: Over 11k feet. Not a problem if you're locally acclimated, rather more difficult if you're not.
December 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Time for another photo from the collection... A view from the Sandia Crest, next to Albuquerque, New Mexico, looking south. Altitude: Over 11k feet. Not a problem if you're locally acclimated, rather more difficult if you're not.
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“Fashion is always retro, but always on the basis of the abolition of the passé (the past): the spectral death and resurrection of forms. Its proper actuality (its 'up-to-dateness', its 'relevance') is not a reference to the present, but an immediate and total recycling.”
- Symbolic Exchange & Death
- Symbolic Exchange & Death
December 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“Fashion is always retro, but always on the basis of the abolition of the passé (the past): the spectral death and resurrection of forms. Its proper actuality (its 'up-to-dateness', its 'relevance') is not a reference to the present, but an immediate and total recycling.”
- Symbolic Exchange & Death
- Symbolic Exchange & Death
Oh my…This may seem like a non-sequitur, but fans of Babylon 5 will recall that, in a pivotal time, Kosh shows Sheridan "one moment of perfect beauty."
This is that, again. One moment of perfect beauty in a place one least expects it. If you're feeling down, give them a call, you won't regret it.
This is that, again. One moment of perfect beauty in a place one least expects it. If you're feeling down, give them a call, you won't regret it.
this is not our customer service number. it’s just my voicemail inbox.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Oh my…This may seem like a non-sequitur, but fans of Babylon 5 will recall that, in a pivotal time, Kosh shows Sheridan "one moment of perfect beauty."
This is that, again. One moment of perfect beauty in a place one least expects it. If you're feeling down, give them a call, you won't regret it.
This is that, again. One moment of perfect beauty in a place one least expects it. If you're feeling down, give them a call, you won't regret it.
Ruh-roh...
Winter Weather Advisory issued November 22 at 8:05PM MST until November 24 at 12:00AM MST by NWS Albuquerque NM
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Ruh-roh...
Oh, there's a ton of that in my most recent work. In fact, at one point, a different set of characters wonder just what the F the earlier ones were thinking when they did something assessed by the 2nd group to be potentially lethally stupid.
Lots of theorizing, some accurate, some wrong. It's fun!
Lots of theorizing, some accurate, some wrong. It's fun!
A lot of agents love when characters "theorize"—when they wonder, hope, fear what might happen next. This can efficiently show personality, stakes, context, and possible outcomes.
In any given moment, what does your character HOPE will happen? What are they AFRAID will happen? ✨ #WritingCraft
In any given moment, what does your character HOPE will happen? What are they AFRAID will happen? ✨ #WritingCraft
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Oh, there's a ton of that in my most recent work. In fact, at one point, a different set of characters wonder just what the F the earlier ones were thinking when they did something assessed by the 2nd group to be potentially lethally stupid.
Lots of theorizing, some accurate, some wrong. It's fun!
Lots of theorizing, some accurate, some wrong. It's fun!
Oops. My ability to manage my own social calendar remains completely FUBAR'd. Thought I'd have lunch w/someone today, turns out it's tomorrow.
Put away the good clothes, schlub back down. Visit the ocean to take care of something important.
Put away the good clothes, schlub back down. Visit the ocean to take care of something important.
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Oops. My ability to manage my own social calendar remains completely FUBAR'd. Thought I'd have lunch w/someone today, turns out it's tomorrow.
Put away the good clothes, schlub back down. Visit the ocean to take care of something important.
Put away the good clothes, schlub back down. Visit the ocean to take care of something important.