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A local moms’ group challenged everyone to use ChatGPT to create images of themselves at their jobs, and all the responses are on the environmental impacts of AI as well as the insidious surveillance impacts.
Not what I expected here in Missouri, but yes.
Not what I expected here in Missouri, but yes.
February 3, 2026 at 8:19 PM
A local moms’ group challenged everyone to use ChatGPT to create images of themselves at their jobs, and all the responses are on the environmental impacts of AI as well as the insidious surveillance impacts.
Not what I expected here in Missouri, but yes.
Not what I expected here in Missouri, but yes.
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Having to spend a week's wages every time you leave the house has altered my internal monologue somewhat
April 12, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Having to spend a week's wages every time you leave the house has altered my internal monologue somewhat
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Girl math is when you study math, learn programming, get hired to work on a NASA contract, add some defensive code because you think through the whole thing, and then your code corrects an issue when the computer gets overloaded and saves the Apollo 11 landing.
Girl math is when you become one of the six operators of some new machine, help win WWII, be consulted for the design of the first programmable computer, but then for 50 years everyone sees you in photos and says you're just a model.
February 2, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Girl math is when you study math, learn programming, get hired to work on a NASA contract, add some defensive code because you think through the whole thing, and then your code corrects an issue when the computer gets overloaded and saves the Apollo 11 landing.
Drove an hour with the toddler to pick up a free, much higher quality mattress for her. Then had to drive the hour home with her screaming because she didn't understand why I wouldn't let her lie down on the mattress for the ride home and insisted she be buckled into her seat 🙃
February 2, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Drove an hour with the toddler to pick up a free, much higher quality mattress for her. Then had to drive the hour home with her screaming because she didn't understand why I wouldn't let her lie down on the mattress for the ride home and insisted she be buckled into her seat 🙃
We are home safe from our roadtrip and I have never been more glad that my toddler has childcare tomorrow 🙃
January 27, 2026 at 5:42 AM
We are home safe from our roadtrip and I have never been more glad that my toddler has childcare tomorrow 🙃
Still baffles me that when I had a major mental health crash, & the ONLY change was taking antibiotics & I immediately improved once I stopped taking antibiotics & found plenty of anecdotal evidence online of people experiencing similar things, my GP still wasn't convinced it was the antibiotics 🙃
January 26, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Still baffles me that when I had a major mental health crash, & the ONLY change was taking antibiotics & I immediately improved once I stopped taking antibiotics & found plenty of anecdotal evidence online of people experiencing similar things, my GP still wasn't convinced it was the antibiotics 🙃
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And it’s amazing to me how many adults think “I have changed my mind” and “I have done harm to you, is there something I can do to repair the harm I’ve caused?” Are the same thing.
January 26, 2026 at 6:15 PM
And it’s amazing to me how many adults think “I have changed my mind” and “I have done harm to you, is there something I can do to repair the harm I’ve caused?” Are the same thing.
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
Update: in a rural Australian country town experiencing a heatwave. It's so so hot. 41 degrees Celsius, going to get up to 46 degrees. I am so unwell from the heat I have been throwing up everything I eat. Just focusing on fluids.
January 25, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Update: in a rural Australian country town experiencing a heatwave. It's so so hot. 41 degrees Celsius, going to get up to 46 degrees. I am so unwell from the heat I have been throwing up everything I eat. Just focusing on fluids.
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You cannot detain or arrest a baby, you can only kidnap her. These people need to wear a scarlet letter, need to ring a bell to loudly declare their moral bankruptcy. Everyone must be allowed to avoid them until they have made amends.
January 24, 2026 at 12:18 AM
You cannot detain or arrest a baby, you can only kidnap her. These people need to wear a scarlet letter, need to ring a bell to loudly declare their moral bankruptcy. Everyone must be allowed to avoid them until they have made amends.
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A 5 year old is practically a baby. He probably can't communicate completely clearly. He very well may need to wear pull-ups at night, he may still be taking naps, he probably needs help getting dressed, and might not be independent in the bathroom yet. It's child abuse, plain and simple
January 21, 2026 at 11:17 PM
A 5 year old is practically a baby. He probably can't communicate completely clearly. He very well may need to wear pull-ups at night, he may still be taking naps, he probably needs help getting dressed, and might not be independent in the bathroom yet. It's child abuse, plain and simple
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i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good
August 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good
Holiday is going well, but with usual level of toddler chaos. Sitting by myself in the holiday park laundry room while our clothes wash and my husband puts baby girl down for a nap feels like the most relaxing moment I have had so far 😄
January 19, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Holiday is going well, but with usual level of toddler chaos. Sitting by myself in the holiday park laundry room while our clothes wash and my husband puts baby girl down for a nap feels like the most relaxing moment I have had so far 😄
Not a restaurant but a cafe - called Black Sheep - in inner city Brisbane where a group of friends and I met regularly on Thursday mornings to write, co-work or study together. Those people ended up becoming some of my best friends (and my sister in law, and my husband) +
Sunday night timeline cleanse
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
January 19, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Not a restaurant but a cafe - called Black Sheep - in inner city Brisbane where a group of friends and I met regularly on Thursday mornings to write, co-work or study together. Those people ended up becoming some of my best friends (and my sister in law, and my husband) +
It was a long bedtime but we survived. Now to explore all the playgrounds in this Australian country town (all two of them)
But currently we are trying to put a 2.5 year old who has spent most of the day in the car to bed in a strange location, and it is NOT going well. Thoughts and prayers.
January 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM
It was a long bedtime but we survived. Now to explore all the playgrounds in this Australian country town (all two of them)
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2016 was a weird year for me, and feels like longer than ten years ago. But here's what I looked like back then:
January 16, 2026 at 8:05 AM
2016 was a weird year for me, and feels like longer than ten years ago. But here's what I looked like back then:
Husband, toddler and I drove six hours from Sydney to rural Australia to visit a friend who is pastoring an extremely small church in an extremely small town. Very different vibes to our usual rhythm of life, bur a positive one I hope! My husband is preaching for our friend this weekend and next +
January 16, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Husband, toddler and I drove six hours from Sydney to rural Australia to visit a friend who is pastoring an extremely small church in an extremely small town. Very different vibes to our usual rhythm of life, bur a positive one I hope! My husband is preaching for our friend this weekend and next +
2016 was a weird year for me, and feels like longer than ten years ago. But here's what I looked like back then:
January 16, 2026 at 8:05 AM
2016 was a weird year for me, and feels like longer than ten years ago. But here's what I looked like back then:
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"I don’t have to carry anyone– they are racing each other across uneven pavement (still just as prone to falling down and screaming bloody murder, though). It isn’t the cold exercise sending a surge of warmth to my heart." New post from @amycolleen.bsky.social today: www.the-pom.com/p/i-promise-...
I Promise It Will Get Easier
It takes us thirty minutes to walk three blocks. But we walked them.
www.the-pom.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
"I don’t have to carry anyone– they are racing each other across uneven pavement (still just as prone to falling down and screaming bloody murder, though). It isn’t the cold exercise sending a surge of warmth to my heart." New post from @amycolleen.bsky.social today: www.the-pom.com/p/i-promise-...
Today I am packing for our 12 day road trip we leave for tomorrow, and I am getting so overwhelmed by how many decisions I have to make.
January 14, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Today I am packing for our 12 day road trip we leave for tomorrow, and I am getting so overwhelmed by how many decisions I have to make.
The Magic of the Third Christmas
Or, why Baby's First Christmas is overrated
searchingforgrace.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:40 AM
I am at a co-working day hosted by a women's Theological college in my city and the vibes are truly excellent
January 14, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I am at a co-working day hosted by a women's Theological college in my city and the vibes are truly excellent
We have survived the heatwave. The temperature dropped NINETEEN DEGREES overnight, which feels crazy. Yesterday had a top of 42 degrees Celsius and today is only a top of 23 degrees? The weather is crazy.
Also hoping the drop means those battling bushfires in various places have an easier time.
Also hoping the drop means those battling bushfires in various places have an easier time.
January 10, 2026 at 9:30 PM
We have survived the heatwave. The temperature dropped NINETEEN DEGREES overnight, which feels crazy. Yesterday had a top of 42 degrees Celsius and today is only a top of 23 degrees? The weather is crazy.
Also hoping the drop means those battling bushfires in various places have an easier time.
Also hoping the drop means those battling bushfires in various places have an easier time.
Surviving the heat (juat) by hunkering down inside with fans etc, but predictably my toddler is absolutely feral and I am not coping at all
January 10, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Surviving the heat (juat) by hunkering down inside with fans etc, but predictably my toddler is absolutely feral and I am not coping at all
Look I know there is so much going on elsewhere, but if you have a moment to pray for me please do: it is going to get up to 40 degrees Celsius here in Sydney today and we don't have air con and I am just dreading such a long hot day. It's not even 9am yet, and it is 32 degrees Celsius.
January 9, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Look I know there is so much going on elsewhere, but if you have a moment to pray for me please do: it is going to get up to 40 degrees Celsius here in Sydney today and we don't have air con and I am just dreading such a long hot day. It's not even 9am yet, and it is 32 degrees Celsius.