Heather
@itsashrubbery.bsky.social
Exhausted middle aged queer Jersey bitch.
This just unlocked a core memory from my childhood in Oswego County, NY.
...the sap in trees can freeze so hard it makes them EXPLODE???
January 21, 2026 at 3:32 PM
This just unlocked a core memory from my childhood in Oswego County, NY.
My kids NJ middle school did the same yesterday.
Passed a middle school a few minutes ago. Hundreds of students protesting ICE.
Middle school students.
Middle school students.
January 21, 2026 at 12:50 PM
My kids NJ middle school did the same yesterday.
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"A tattoo on a woman is like putting a bumper sticker on a classic car."
If you've never seen an illuminated manuscript, just say so. If you've never gently touched vellum in an act of worship, you can just say that! I was down at the scriptorium and nobody knew your sorry ass!
If you've never seen an illuminated manuscript, just say so. If you've never gently touched vellum in an act of worship, you can just say that! I was down at the scriptorium and nobody knew your sorry ass!
January 17, 2026 at 2:49 PM
"A tattoo on a woman is like putting a bumper sticker on a classic car."
If you've never seen an illuminated manuscript, just say so. If you've never gently touched vellum in an act of worship, you can just say that! I was down at the scriptorium and nobody knew your sorry ass!
If you've never seen an illuminated manuscript, just say so. If you've never gently touched vellum in an act of worship, you can just say that! I was down at the scriptorium and nobody knew your sorry ass!
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It is perfectly reasonable and, in fact, moral to be shaken, bereft and enraged by that woman’s murder. And all that her murder represents. Let the hurt wear you out.
But also, let the hurt push you to reach out and connect with people in your life who get it. Do NOT allow the hurt to isolate you.
But also, let the hurt push you to reach out and connect with people in your life who get it. Do NOT allow the hurt to isolate you.
I am STRUGGLING Saeed.
January 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
It is perfectly reasonable and, in fact, moral to be shaken, bereft and enraged by that woman’s murder. And all that her murder represents. Let the hurt wear you out.
But also, let the hurt push you to reach out and connect with people in your life who get it. Do NOT allow the hurt to isolate you.
But also, let the hurt push you to reach out and connect with people in your life who get it. Do NOT allow the hurt to isolate you.
Welp. Left another message for Kim telling him what a disappointment he is. And that if you vote for fascists, I'm left with the belief that you're one too.
16 Democratic senators joined Republicans in confirming a close ally of Elon Musk as head of NASA:
Baldwin
Cantwell
Durbin
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Kaine
Kelly
Kim
King
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
Baldwin
Cantwell
Durbin
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Kaine
Kelly
Kim
King
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
December 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Welp. Left another message for Kim telling him what a disappointment he is. And that if you vote for fascists, I'm left with the belief that you're one too.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
Can't even say I'm shocked. Tad obvious tho. Not that they care about all that anymore.
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Can't even say I'm shocked. Tad obvious tho. Not that they care about all that anymore.
Yesterday actually, my trainer told me I'm one of her success stories. This after I said I felt like I wasnt doing my best.
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Yesterday actually, my trainer told me I'm one of her success stories. This after I said I felt like I wasnt doing my best.
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We wanted to understand how women are ruining the workplace. So we talked to three unemployed Joe Rogan fans at a White Castle in Toms River.
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
We wanted to understand how women are ruining the workplace. So we talked to three unemployed Joe Rogan fans at a White Castle in Toms River.
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We have a term for this: GenX
(I say this as a member of of GenX, please do note. But christ we are a fucked up cohort some vastly more than others but yikes)
(I say this as a member of of GenX, please do note. But christ we are a fucked up cohort some vastly more than others but yikes)
We gotta have a clear term for people so cynical they become gullible.
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We have a term for this: GenX
(I say this as a member of of GenX, please do note. But christ we are a fucked up cohort some vastly more than others but yikes)
(I say this as a member of of GenX, please do note. But christ we are a fucked up cohort some vastly more than others but yikes)
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good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
3 of my besties are (NJ and Bronx women) Scorpios. I am loved and protected.
We are loyal and loving. Ask anyone a Scorpio adores. Don't ask anyone we hate though, they're biased
Maury: The lie detector determined…that was a lie.
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
3 of my besties are (NJ and Bronx women) Scorpios. I am loved and protected.
My kids godmother called Aunt. My husband ex-sister in law is his Titi forever. My best friends are Aunties. And Prima covers more people than I can possibly count who aren't cousins.
Wait, are people really upset that Mamdani spoke about his “aunt,” and it was actually his father’s cousin and not his father’s sibling?
Because that is an extremely normal thing a lot of cultures do. Including a lot of large Jewish families!
Because that is an extremely normal thing a lot of cultures do. Including a lot of large Jewish families!
In a bit of a tense moment, one of the La Mega co-hosts presses Mamdani on why he "lied" about his "aunt" having been scared to ride the subway after 9/11 while wearing a hijab.
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
October 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
My kids godmother called Aunt. My husband ex-sister in law is his Titi forever. My best friends are Aunties. And Prima covers more people than I can possibly count who aren't cousins.
Donated this morning, received email that they could buy 60 dozen eggs with what I gave. Those of us who can, should.
I just donated to my local food bank. If you can, you should too. People are already suffering but next month, in particular, is going to be so difficult.
October 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Donated this morning, received email that they could buy 60 dozen eggs with what I gave. Those of us who can, should.
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Gross. No thank you.
June 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Gross. No thank you.
As a Union County driver...yes. It's bad bad here.
You know how when shelters get dogs that have been abused, the dogs always have food aggression and if you touch their food bowl while they’re eating, they might your hand off?
That’s how NJ drivers are about the lane they’re driving in.
Only it’s worse. . .
That’s how NJ drivers are about the lane they’re driving in.
Only it’s worse. . .
May 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
As a Union County driver...yes. It's bad bad here.
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King Leopold: We must end human suffering in the Congo.
what
*NETANYAHU: WE MUST PREVENT HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA
*NETANYAHU: WE MUST PREVENT HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA
May 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
King Leopold: We must end human suffering in the Congo.
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deep dish communion wafers are going to be a bitch
May 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
deep dish communion wafers are going to be a bitch
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Is AI a good thing?
May 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Is AI a good thing?
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
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Booker is trying to break the Senate record previously held by Strom Thurmond for confirming Republican nominees.
Booker's protests and speeches are basically meaningless if he's going to keep voting like this
These Dems just joined the GOP to vote to advance David Perdue as ambassador to China:
Booker
Coons
Duckworth
Gallego
Hassan
Kim
King
Klobuchar
Peters
Reed
Rosen
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
Booker
Coons
Duckworth
Gallego
Hassan
Kim
King
Klobuchar
Peters
Reed
Rosen
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
April 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Booker is trying to break the Senate record previously held by Strom Thurmond for confirming Republican nominees.
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I can’t watch Gayle go to space for things-I-saw-in-the-fourth-grade reasons.
April 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I can’t watch Gayle go to space for things-I-saw-in-the-fourth-grade reasons.
My kid is named after a bird, and my cat is named Steve.
White people will name a child Moonbeam and then have a cat named Earl.
April 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
My kid is named after a bird, and my cat is named Steve.