Serak the Preparer (she/her)
@eleanorabernathy.bsky.social
Social worker, cat mom, Certified Jewish Person, little extra spice that makes existence extra nice. The Unofficial Richmond Spiders Knitting Lady ™️ (WBB only).
Pinned
"To be fair, you can also monger cheese."
"Yeah."
[Pause]
"And whores."
"Yeah."
[Pause]
"And whores."
We bought our house in spring 2022 from an elderly and infirm person. We're going to get a holiday card in the mail for that person today. I feel bad about returning mail like that because the sender is probably also elderly and infirm but on the other hand jfc tell your friends you moved, RITA.
December 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We bought our house in spring 2022 from an elderly and infirm person. We're going to get a holiday card in the mail for that person today. I feel bad about returning mail like that because the sender is probably also elderly and infirm but on the other hand jfc tell your friends you moved, RITA.
What's great about USPS is I have a package somewhere between Eugene, Oregon and Richmond, Virginia but no one knows exactly where. Will it arrive tomorrow, as expected? Doubtful. Will it arrive in a week or a month or a year? Who knows!
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
What's great about USPS is I have a package somewhere between Eugene, Oregon and Richmond, Virginia but no one knows exactly where. Will it arrive tomorrow, as expected? Doubtful. Will it arrive in a week or a month or a year? Who knows!
Observing the minhag of wearing an ugly Hanukkah sweater to a sports game.
December 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Observing the minhag of wearing an ugly Hanukkah sweater to a sports game.
Hey just a reminder that if you're sitting in the audience at the theater EVERYONE AROUND YOU CAN HEAR YOU AND WE DON'T WANT TO.
This message is directly towards the Theater Kids™️ sitting behind us at Les Miz who thought it was normal and smart and fun to hum along with One Day More. Fuck you.
This message is directly towards the Theater Kids™️ sitting behind us at Les Miz who thought it was normal and smart and fun to hum along with One Day More. Fuck you.
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Hey just a reminder that if you're sitting in the audience at the theater EVERYONE AROUND YOU CAN HEAR YOU AND WE DON'T WANT TO.
This message is directly towards the Theater Kids™️ sitting behind us at Les Miz who thought it was normal and smart and fun to hum along with One Day More. Fuck you.
This message is directly towards the Theater Kids™️ sitting behind us at Les Miz who thought it was normal and smart and fun to hum along with One Day More. Fuck you.
The shitty part about working remotely is I don't get a snow day tomorrow. I don't even get a delayed opening. I just have to work my normal schedule like a chump.
December 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The shitty part about working remotely is I don't get a snow day tomorrow. I don't even get a delayed opening. I just have to work my normal schedule like a chump.
Tag yourself I'm Bedroom Four that's also Bathroom Three.
starting to buy into the idea that AI will make people dumber
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Tag yourself I'm Bedroom Four that's also Bathroom Three.
Your regular reminder that data centers are bad for literally everyone: www.governing.com/infrastructu...
Virginia’s Data Center Tax Breaks Cost the State $1 Billion
Data center exemptions now make up nearly 80 percent of all economic-incentive spending, even as communities raise concerns about rising power costs.
www.governing.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Your regular reminder that data centers are bad for literally everyone: www.governing.com/infrastructu...
We have started the Annual Watching of the Christmas Movies.
✅ Christmas Vacation
🔳 Home Alone
🔳 Home Alone 2
🔳 Die Hard
🔳 Batman Returns
🔳 Muppet Christmas Carol
(Side note, Muppet Christmas Carol is the definitive version of the text and I will hear no arguments about it.)
✅ Christmas Vacation
🔳 Home Alone
🔳 Home Alone 2
🔳 Die Hard
🔳 Batman Returns
🔳 Muppet Christmas Carol
(Side note, Muppet Christmas Carol is the definitive version of the text and I will hear no arguments about it.)
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
We have started the Annual Watching of the Christmas Movies.
✅ Christmas Vacation
🔳 Home Alone
🔳 Home Alone 2
🔳 Die Hard
🔳 Batman Returns
🔳 Muppet Christmas Carol
(Side note, Muppet Christmas Carol is the definitive version of the text and I will hear no arguments about it.)
✅ Christmas Vacation
🔳 Home Alone
🔳 Home Alone 2
🔳 Die Hard
🔳 Batman Returns
🔳 Muppet Christmas Carol
(Side note, Muppet Christmas Carol is the definitive version of the text and I will hear no arguments about it.)
I hate this time of year because it's nothing but endless night forever.
November 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I hate this time of year because it's nothing but endless night forever.
It's our eleventh annual Drinksgivng! Pizza, cheap wine, Sideways, and no one is invited. Best night of the year.
@josephshabbadoo.bsky.social
@josephshabbadoo.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It's our eleventh annual Drinksgivng! Pizza, cheap wine, Sideways, and no one is invited. Best night of the year.
@josephshabbadoo.bsky.social
@josephshabbadoo.bsky.social
Today's mission: make pie crust, make pie filling, make sweet potato kugel, finish pie. I've had breakfast and a tall glass of water. I'm reasonably awake. Dinner is at 4. Let's do this.
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Today's mission: make pie crust, make pie filling, make sweet potato kugel, finish pie. I've had breakfast and a tall glass of water. I'm reasonably awake. Dinner is at 4. Let's do this.
I have been tasked with making the sweet potato casserole and apple pie this year. Fortunately/unfortunately we're going to a hockey game tonight so I get to do it all tomorrow. Spare a thought for me as I attempt a butter and crisco crust for the first time.
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I have been tasked with making the sweet potato casserole and apple pie this year. Fortunately/unfortunately we're going to a hockey game tonight so I get to do it all tomorrow. Spare a thought for me as I attempt a butter and crisco crust for the first time.
Long story which I will explain in more detail another time, but I've been digging through a list of every college sports nickname in the US and it is a fascinating journey through the American psyche.
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Long story which I will explain in more detail another time, but I've been digging through a list of every college sports nickname in the US and it is a fascinating journey through the American psyche.
It took Xfinity FIVE DAYS to complete a "one-day" project. This morning I gave up and refused to leave when they shut off the network. I burned two hours of leave but I also got a jumpstart on laundry, ran the dishwasher, and finished a tricky bit of a sweater, so I'll call that a win.
Update: day 3 was unsuccessful, onto day 4. Xfinity generously credited us $18 for our troubles. I'm losing my mind sitting in an empty office for 9 hours at a time. If anyone knows an exec at Xfinity please tell them I wish them nothing but pinkeye for the rest of their miserable lives.
Xfinity has been doing some kind of huge maintenance project in our neighborhood for the last couple of days, meaning I had no internet at home during the day. I've been working from my mostly empty office and it sucks. I just want to do my silly email job in comfortable pants with a cat on my lap.
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It took Xfinity FIVE DAYS to complete a "one-day" project. This morning I gave up and refused to leave when they shut off the network. I burned two hours of leave but I also got a jumpstart on laundry, ran the dishwasher, and finished a tricky bit of a sweater, so I'll call that a win.
Sending this to my boss who is all in on using LLMs at work.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Sending this to my boss who is all in on using LLMs at work.
I think a lot of this country's problems would be solved if every 18 year old had to do two years of civil service, followed by a year in retail and a year in a restaurant.
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I think a lot of this country's problems would be solved if every 18 year old had to do two years of civil service, followed by a year in retail and a year in a restaurant.
Update: day 3 was unsuccessful, onto day 4. Xfinity generously credited us $18 for our troubles. I'm losing my mind sitting in an empty office for 9 hours at a time. If anyone knows an exec at Xfinity please tell them I wish them nothing but pinkeye for the rest of their miserable lives.
Xfinity has been doing some kind of huge maintenance project in our neighborhood for the last couple of days, meaning I had no internet at home during the day. I've been working from my mostly empty office and it sucks. I just want to do my silly email job in comfortable pants with a cat on my lap.
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Update: day 3 was unsuccessful, onto day 4. Xfinity generously credited us $18 for our troubles. I'm losing my mind sitting in an empty office for 9 hours at a time. If anyone knows an exec at Xfinity please tell them I wish them nothing but pinkeye for the rest of their miserable lives.
Xfinity has been doing some kind of huge maintenance project in our neighborhood for the last couple of days, meaning I had no internet at home during the day. I've been working from my mostly empty office and it sucks. I just want to do my silly email job in comfortable pants with a cat on my lap.
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Xfinity has been doing some kind of huge maintenance project in our neighborhood for the last couple of days, meaning I had no internet at home during the day. I've been working from my mostly empty office and it sucks. I just want to do my silly email job in comfortable pants with a cat on my lap.
After watching the student section at two VT games this weekend, it's clear that VCU needs to step up their game. VT has wacky inflatable tube men, giant cardboard heads, and guys willing to swear at the opposition for two hours straight. VCU just has a really good pep band.
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
After watching the student section at two VT games this weekend, it's clear that VCU needs to step up their game. VT has wacky inflatable tube men, giant cardboard heads, and guys willing to swear at the opposition for two hours straight. VCU just has a really good pep band.
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This was all @eleanorabernathy.bsky.social's idea. She wanted to experience the vibe of the Enter Sandman entrance, and it's not exactly a difficult prospect to get me going to watch college basketball.
November 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This was all @eleanorabernathy.bsky.social's idea. She wanted to experience the vibe of the Enter Sandman entrance, and it's not exactly a difficult prospect to get me going to watch college basketball.
We're going to a couple basketball games at Virginia Tech this weekend. To prepare, I've been watching videos of the notorious Enter Sandman intros. I have to say, seeing one of those in person might be the only possible reason I'd want to go to a football game.
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We're going to a couple basketball games at Virginia Tech this weekend. To prepare, I've been watching videos of the notorious Enter Sandman intros. I have to say, seeing one of those in person might be the only possible reason I'd want to go to a football game.
I'm trying to read a really interesting article about banning child marriage but I can't get past the fact that the New Hampshire House of Representatives has FOUR HUNDRED members.
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I'm trying to read a really interesting article about banning child marriage but I can't get past the fact that the New Hampshire House of Representatives has FOUR HUNDRED members.
"I require attention."
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"I require attention."
At a basketball game and the people next to me have apparently never heard of standing up to let someone else pass by them. It's like they've never been in public before, ever.
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
At a basketball game and the people next to me have apparently never heard of standing up to let someone else pass by them. It's like they've never been in public before, ever.
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Happy Gotcha Day to Sid and Sebastian, my alien girl and my big dumb soft boy.
@eleanorabernathy.bsky.social
@eleanorabernathy.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Happy Gotcha Day to Sid and Sebastian, my alien girl and my big dumb soft boy.
@eleanorabernathy.bsky.social
@eleanorabernathy.bsky.social