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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 13m

It sounds so cute!

I hope it works out, but if it doesn't I bet that house secretly sucked anyway 😉

Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 20h

They understand but they're still hopeful I'll pull off a miracle (I said I'd try if I could get 8's done in time) and I guess their faith in me is actually a good sign that they DON'T feel like I routinely dismiss their desires, but ugh. I hate it. Why is giving a shit about your kids so hard??? 😭

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 20h

(I asked about costumes in August to give myself lead time, they said they wanted to reuse last year's, and I budgeted all my costuming time for me and 8 based on that answer, and then they decided weeks later that they wanted a very complicated Ceruledge costume they couldn't even walk in instead).

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 20h

Ugh. I probably won't be able to also make 10 the costume of their dreams this year, and I KNOW intellectually that it is NOT my fault, but it's really bringing back all sorts of memories about how dismissive my mom's "Halloween? Go grab some cat ears from the drawer I guess 🤷" approach felt 🙁

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 1d

It's the worrrrrst! I'm not even doing anything in them! Just walking! But my feet are ridiculous and if I don't invest in the right shoes I pay for it later.

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 1d

My husband does both (commute and racing) and it's ridiculous. I gotta give credit to the $250 helmet that definitely saved his life a couple years ago, though, it's the one bike cost I will never even jokingly complain about again.

That made me go look at what football helmets cost and holy shit 😬

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 1d

Are we counting cycling? Because even if you don't count the bike, it can be absurdly fucking expensive for serious hobbyists.

I usually have to pay $80-$100 for decent walking shoes, though, if I can't find a good clearance deal. Sports are fucking expensive, even when it's barely sport-adjacent

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, she definitely would

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 1d

Soapie, whyyyyyyy???

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 1d

I'm seeing a lot of this too, in small talk scenarios where politics usually don't get brought up and in posts from friends who usually keep things light. Even my boomer aunt who only posts on fb about cat shelters is posting ice alerts now. Chicago is fucking pissed, across the board

Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1d

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 1d

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 1d

@harebrained.bsky.social has a preorder going with $8/shirt going to Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (and several good stickers, pins, etc that are already available)

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 1d

her little cat headphones 😀

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 1d

I love crafting with adhd because every time I sit there staring at the super glue and thinking to myself "you should really go get gloves so you don't glue yourself to your project, dude," and then I still just carry on super gluing myself to my project instead.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1d

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 1d

A friend recently told me that the Art Institute of Chicago has a program like this for kids, where they can pre-select a few paintings to find and focus on during their visit. I haven't tried it yet but she said it worked really well for her kid.

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 2d

This is THE best adhd costume project, every step of this jacket makes a dramatic difference in how much it looks like Rumi's. So much instant gratification. I think it's almost chains time!

Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 3d

I'm making progress but holy shit, that gold sequin trim I was gonna use to outline the patch sure is a major pain in the ass to work with 😅. I don't want to spend even more money on an alternative so maybe I'll do something *incredibly* out of character and look up instructions for using this shit.

the corner of a black sequined jacket, with a double band of gold sequined trim across the shoulder and down the sleeve and a flower patch sewn onto the shoulder

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 2d

He is the night 🦇

Two bats, hanging from the top of a cage. One of them is hanging from both feet, wrapped in his wings in stereotypical bat fashion. The other is hanging from one foot, and contorted into an undignified bat pretzel so he can lick his other foot with his long pink tongue

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 3d

10 just asked me out of NOWHERE whether that weird song at the end of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is real, is there some genetic component to being mildly haunted by MacArthur Park???

Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 4d

I don't know why getting midnight texts about the cake in MacArthur Park would even be a surprise to someone who's known me for 28 years 🤷

A text exchange screenshot

11:39pm

Me: Honestly, the fact that the cake left out in the rain in this song is GREEN is the hardest to process
Husband: Omg

Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 3d

Oh no, don't say that out loud! Last fic I read that had something like that in the end note didn't update for 5 years 😅😂

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 3d

I acknowledge the weirdness but I stand by my assertion that this sandwich was life changing 😂. It still haunts me over 20 years later. It was probably THE best sandwich I've eaten in my life. You put me back in that environment mentally and it's all I'll be able to think about 😉

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 3d

My laptop and phone are on permanent mute, I am strictly text/caption based, and suddenly I feel an intense need to go watch some of this shit with the volume on to see what the fuck is happening....

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 3d

I had the best egg salad sandwich of my life at the Trondheim train station on my way to Bodø a very long time ago, so prepare for a mix of relevant fic comments and me crying about wanting egg salad. I unfortunately cannot be normal about that sandwich.

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 3d

Every time a long fic I haven't read is near the end and the author posts a chapter with "This is a fun one!" I immediately have to go peek at the last chapter and see if it's ready enough for me to read 😂 (my memory is just too bad to read along with too many long fics and keep things straight)

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 3d

Those hands are gonna be the art equivalent of when you write an essay for school and have to go back and add mistakes to make a fake first draft because your teacher insisted on seeing one 🤣

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Feeshie @feeshieofetheria.bsky.social · 3d

The problem is that from my early-40s perspective, moms are either peers or 80 😭. But that doesn't preclude appreciating her from a non-milf perspective, I definitely have peers I can.... appreciate...

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