Midwest Procrastinator
@ctinalk.bsky.social
Perennially online millennial, ace, she/her, I read and yell at words for a living.
I exist in the Venn diagram of law/politics-sky, LGBTQ+ rights, ADHD, and the Good Omens fandom.
I exist in the Venn diagram of law/politics-sky, LGBTQ+ rights, ADHD, and the Good Omens fandom.
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ITS SHUT THE FUCK UP FRIDAY
This is a very important message you should share with the people in your life that may be hitting the streets to protest: never talk to the police! WATCH:
This is a very important message you should share with the people in your life that may be hitting the streets to protest: never talk to the police! WATCH:
Or as they may have said in the 1790’s: “Ferme ta gueule.*”
Me, wandering the kitchen wondering why absolutely nothing sounds good after only having a protein coffee & rice crispy treat for breakfast: What the fuck?
Me, realizing my anti-depressant got swapped to the manufacturer that kills my appetite for like 10 hours: What the fuck?
Me, realizing my anti-depressant got swapped to the manufacturer that kills my appetite for like 10 hours: What the fuck?
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Me, wandering the kitchen wondering why absolutely nothing sounds good after only having a protein coffee & rice crispy treat for breakfast: What the fuck?
Me, realizing my anti-depressant got swapped to the manufacturer that kills my appetite for like 10 hours: What the fuck?
Me, realizing my anti-depressant got swapped to the manufacturer that kills my appetite for like 10 hours: What the fuck?
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Welp apparently the kick in the pants I needed to get over my “I don’t want to do anything, not even read AO3” is for some idiot democrats selling out the rest of us after the message we sent on Tuesday. At least my MFL list is still going strong.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Welp apparently the kick in the pants I needed to get over my “I don’t want to do anything, not even read AO3” is for some idiot democrats selling out the rest of us after the message we sent on Tuesday. At least my MFL list is still going strong.
I barely think about the job anymore, but I just realized how bullshit of an excuse Wells Fargo used to not let us do work from home (“information too private/sensitive”) compared to, uh, what I do and review completely from home now.
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I barely think about the job anymore, but I just realized how bullshit of an excuse Wells Fargo used to not let us do work from home (“information too private/sensitive”) compared to, uh, what I do and review completely from home now.
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I can’t wait for the day I wake up and it’s finally the funniest day on the internet
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I can’t wait for the day I wake up and it’s finally the funniest day on the internet
I’m trying to look up actual reviews of the AI software being presented next week so I can go armed against it, but the first 3 results pages either link to it directly or are just sycophantic hype pieces about AI.
I just want examples of the mistakes I KNOW it makes.
I just want examples of the mistakes I KNOW it makes.
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I’m trying to look up actual reviews of the AI software being presented next week so I can go armed against it, but the first 3 results pages either link to it directly or are just sycophantic hype pieces about AI.
I just want examples of the mistakes I KNOW it makes.
I just want examples of the mistakes I KNOW it makes.
Ok fine
This just might be the thing to make visit Boston for the first time since I lived there for law school.
Not alumni events.
Not Mike’s.
Not accessible public transit.
The slide that embarrassed a cop.
This just might be the thing to make visit Boston for the first time since I lived there for law school.
Not alumni events.
Not Mike’s.
Not accessible public transit.
The slide that embarrassed a cop.
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Ok fine
This just might be the thing to make visit Boston for the first time since I lived there for law school.
Not alumni events.
Not Mike’s.
Not accessible public transit.
The slide that embarrassed a cop.
This just might be the thing to make visit Boston for the first time since I lived there for law school.
Not alumni events.
Not Mike’s.
Not accessible public transit.
The slide that embarrassed a cop.
Work: You’re going to get an invite to test this AI thing.
Me: Oh you mean the email I reported as Phishing? Nah.
Me: Oh you mean the email I reported as Phishing? Nah.
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Work: You’re going to get an invite to test this AI thing.
Me: Oh you mean the email I reported as Phishing? Nah.
Me: Oh you mean the email I reported as Phishing? Nah.
Somehow walked away from a dentist visit (*with* X-ray) with a “good job flossing, I can tell” and an otherwise clean bill of health.
My teeth have always sucked but maybe there is something to this whole nanohydoxyappetite toothpaste thing.
My teeth have always sucked but maybe there is something to this whole nanohydoxyappetite toothpaste thing.
November 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Somehow walked away from a dentist visit (*with* X-ray) with a “good job flossing, I can tell” and an otherwise clean bill of health.
My teeth have always sucked but maybe there is something to this whole nanohydoxyappetite toothpaste thing.
My teeth have always sucked but maybe there is something to this whole nanohydoxyappetite toothpaste thing.
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The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
Realized the “mild jazz” channel I was using as background noise was probably AI enhanced/animated so I went looking elsewhere.
The channels that have “No Ads, No AI” in their thumbnails really know their target audience (and the caption disclaims AI too).
The channels that have “No Ads, No AI” in their thumbnails really know their target audience (and the caption disclaims AI too).
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Realized the “mild jazz” channel I was using as background noise was probably AI enhanced/animated so I went looking elsewhere.
The channels that have “No Ads, No AI” in their thumbnails really know their target audience (and the caption disclaims AI too).
The channels that have “No Ads, No AI” in their thumbnails really know their target audience (and the caption disclaims AI too).
I watched a video game POV for 30 seconds too long and now everything from videos to scrolling to standing up too fast keeps my motion sickness meter at a solid “mild headache and slight dizziness” state…
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I watched a video game POV for 30 seconds too long and now everything from videos to scrolling to standing up too fast keeps my motion sickness meter at a solid “mild headache and slight dizziness” state…
It is wild that the speediest trial I have heard of in years is over an officer who got offended by lunch meat.
NEW:
Jury chews over fate of 'sandwich guy,' who became a D.C. hero after chucking a sub at a federal officer
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury chews over fate of 'sandwich guy,' who became a D.C. hero after chucking a sub at a federal officer
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury chews over fate of 'sandwich guy,' who became a D.C. hero after chucking a sub at a federal officer
Defense attorney Sabrina Shroff told the jury that "a footlong from Subway could not and certainly did not inflict bodily harm."
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It is wild that the speediest trial I have heard of in years is over an officer who got offended by lunch meat.
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so many good pictures out there
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
so many good pictures out there
Légère reeds are so good they are nearly single-handedly making my bands’ double-reed sections sound better. First me, now the bassoon is board too. If only they weren’t $100+ each…
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Légère reeds are so good they are nearly single-handedly making my bands’ double-reed sections sound better. First me, now the bassoon is board too. If only they weren’t $100+ each…
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It wasn't easy at all, Bill, but we did it. theonion.com/de-blasio-we...
De Blasio: ‘Well, Well, Well, Not So Easy To Find A Mayor That Doesn’t Suck Shit, Huh?’
NEW YORK—Clucking his tongue with mock disappointment, Bill De Blasio announced to New Yorkers that “It’s not so easy to find a mayor that doesn’t suck shit after all, huh?” during a press conference ...
theonion.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
It wasn't easy at all, Bill, but we did it. theonion.com/de-blasio-we...
The smile that I got when I saw the Mamdani news should be studied as a new source of renewable energy.
Let’s have a good night tonight, friends.
Let’s have a good night tonight, friends.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The smile that I got when I saw the Mamdani news should be studied as a new source of renewable energy.
Let’s have a good night tonight, friends.
Let’s have a good night tonight, friends.
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Bluesky rn
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Bluesky rn
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What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?
This.
This is what you get.
This.
This is what you get.
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?
This.
This is what you get.
This.
This is what you get.
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Apparently people I have never met are voting for me via write-in and this whole “accidental mayor” thing is getting far too close to reality for comfort…
November 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Apparently people I have never met are voting for me via write-in and this whole “accidental mayor” thing is getting far too close to reality for comfort…
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Y’all remember in season 2 when Crowley mentioned he can feel the Bentley ok so uh well-that’s what’s going on uh-when two ineffable dads love each other they-ok I’m gonna leave this here and skedaddle love you bye 🏎️🏎️🏎️
#goodomens #goodomensfanart #ineffablehusbands #aziracrow #imsorry #slightlynsfw
#goodomens #goodomensfanart #ineffablehusbands #aziracrow #imsorry #slightlynsfw
November 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Y’all remember in season 2 when Crowley mentioned he can feel the Bentley ok so uh well-that’s what’s going on uh-when two ineffable dads love each other they-ok I’m gonna leave this here and skedaddle love you bye 🏎️🏎️🏎️
#goodomens #goodomensfanart #ineffablehusbands #aziracrow #imsorry #slightlynsfw
#goodomens #goodomensfanart #ineffablehusbands #aziracrow #imsorry #slightlynsfw
Iowa State also did this. Central campus is gorgeously geometric because of this.
When in was in school there was one students were making that grounds desperately tried to stop. Fence, chains, the works. Last time I walked campus, it had finally been formalized with a sidewalk.
In the end we won.
When in was in school there was one students were making that grounds desperately tried to stop. Fence, chains, the works. Last time I walked campus, it had finally been formalized with a sidewalk.
In the end we won.
desire paths are cool and fascinating mass psychology.
one neat thing about the main campus of the University of Houston is that the planners knew about them so when the campus was originally built, they didnt do many walkways. they waited for desire paths to form and then paved them. very clever!
one neat thing about the main campus of the University of Houston is that the planners knew about them so when the campus was originally built, they didnt do many walkways. they waited for desire paths to form and then paved them. very clever!
This picture tells a story about who we are as humans:
we're monkeys that want to see the view from the hill, because it might be pretty, surprising, or neat.
We're driven by discovery, novelty, curiosity.
But you'll also notice how uniform the patterning is.
Let's talk about Desire Paths.
we're monkeys that want to see the view from the hill, because it might be pretty, surprising, or neat.
We're driven by discovery, novelty, curiosity.
But you'll also notice how uniform the patterning is.
Let's talk about Desire Paths.
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Iowa State also did this. Central campus is gorgeously geometric because of this.
When in was in school there was one students were making that grounds desperately tried to stop. Fence, chains, the works. Last time I walked campus, it had finally been formalized with a sidewalk.
In the end we won.
When in was in school there was one students were making that grounds desperately tried to stop. Fence, chains, the works. Last time I walked campus, it had finally been formalized with a sidewalk.
In the end we won.
I’m noticing that even very small local non-partisan candidates, who are definitely backed by the D party, are just as smarmy as the ones at the top.
Maybe stop with the boilerplate and show some personality and authenticity.
Look where boilerplate got us and adjust fucking course.
Maybe stop with the boilerplate and show some personality and authenticity.
Look where boilerplate got us and adjust fucking course.
November 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I’m noticing that even very small local non-partisan candidates, who are definitely backed by the D party, are just as smarmy as the ones at the top.
Maybe stop with the boilerplate and show some personality and authenticity.
Look where boilerplate got us and adjust fucking course.
Maybe stop with the boilerplate and show some personality and authenticity.
Look where boilerplate got us and adjust fucking course.
If I ever actually have a heart attack I’m probably going to end up assuming it’s just a phantom gall bladder attack. So that’s fun.
November 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If I ever actually have a heart attack I’m probably going to end up assuming it’s just a phantom gall bladder attack. So that’s fun.