Carolyne Ldy
@ldy.bsky.social
She/her/them; Jill of all trades who loves theatre, graphic arts, music, cooking, computers, science, nature and animals; might be your weird aunt.
"There was something in his personality that got in the way of his actually doing anything."
Oh, why not just @ me, Douglas Adams documentary
Oh, why not just @ me, Douglas Adams documentary
June 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"There was something in his personality that got in the way of his actually doing anything."
Oh, why not just @ me, Douglas Adams documentary
Oh, why not just @ me, Douglas Adams documentary
I was today years old when I learned the car I've owned for nearly a year has heated seats.
Furthermore, I have *adamantly* denied their existence every time my spouse has inquired.
It's currently 75° here in sunny Florida and we likely won't have another cold snap until next December.
D'OH
Furthermore, I have *adamantly* denied their existence every time my spouse has inquired.
It's currently 75° here in sunny Florida and we likely won't have another cold snap until next December.
D'OH
February 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I was today years old when I learned the car I've owned for nearly a year has heated seats.
Furthermore, I have *adamantly* denied their existence every time my spouse has inquired.
It's currently 75° here in sunny Florida and we likely won't have another cold snap until next December.
D'OH
Furthermore, I have *adamantly* denied their existence every time my spouse has inquired.
It's currently 75° here in sunny Florida and we likely won't have another cold snap until next December.
D'OH
Jftr, the ADL has been having internal issues for months due to both its CEO's intense focus on Zionism (over ADL core values of countering bigotry and promoting democracy), and specifically his adoration of Musk, despite the latter's white-nationalist sympathies.
jewishcurrents.org/top-executiv...
jewishcurrents.org/top-executiv...
Top Executive Leaves ADL Over CEO’s Praise of Elon Musk
Yaël Eisenstat’s departure is the most prominent instance of post-October 7th dissent within the organization.
jewishcurrents.org
January 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Jftr, the ADL has been having internal issues for months due to both its CEO's intense focus on Zionism (over ADL core values of countering bigotry and promoting democracy), and specifically his adoration of Musk, despite the latter's white-nationalist sympathies.
jewishcurrents.org/top-executiv...
jewishcurrents.org/top-executiv...
Reposted by Carolyne Ldy
Some in Portland are completely subsumed by the moss.
January 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Some in Portland are completely subsumed by the moss.
Thought I heard a plane, so I peeped at flightradar. No plane, but I did see a private Cessna doing slow loops over the airport. Probably flight lessons, right? But then it veered off and "landed" *in a forest*.
Should I... should I tell someone?
Should I... should I tell someone?
January 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Thought I heard a plane, so I peeped at flightradar. No plane, but I did see a private Cessna doing slow loops over the airport. Probably flight lessons, right? But then it veered off and "landed" *in a forest*.
Should I... should I tell someone?
Should I... should I tell someone?
Reposted by Carolyne Ldy
On this day 12 years ago, @kcg.bsky.social posted the “This is Fine” comic.
January 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On this day 12 years ago, @kcg.bsky.social posted the “This is Fine” comic.
I'm still having a rough time with the fibro, BUT I'm the lead in a play! That hasn't happened in a long long while. And it's honestly been SUCH a lifesaver; even on days I'm dying, I will still drag my arse to rehearsal. Plus, my character doesn't have fibro, so there's weirdly some relief there
January 9, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I'm still having a rough time with the fibro, BUT I'm the lead in a play! That hasn't happened in a long long while. And it's honestly been SUCH a lifesaver; even on days I'm dying, I will still drag my arse to rehearsal. Plus, my character doesn't have fibro, so there's weirdly some relief there
Ok, my best Twitter bud died some 12 years ago, and I haven't really felt comfortable with the short-form format since. Guess that has spilled over into this space, too. Sorry! I'm still mostly alive!
January 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Ok, my best Twitter bud died some 12 years ago, and I haven't really felt comfortable with the short-form format since. Guess that has spilled over into this space, too. Sorry! I'm still mostly alive!
Good: I've been cast in a bucket list role in the first show I've auditioned for in YEARS
Better: I actually feel physically up to doing this!
Best: I lost all my healthcare
Oh wait I didn't do this right did I
Better: I actually feel physically up to doing this!
Best: I lost all my healthcare
Oh wait I didn't do this right did I
December 4, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Good: I've been cast in a bucket list role in the first show I've auditioned for in YEARS
Better: I actually feel physically up to doing this!
Best: I lost all my healthcare
Oh wait I didn't do this right did I
Better: I actually feel physically up to doing this!
Best: I lost all my healthcare
Oh wait I didn't do this right did I
Reposted by Carolyne Ldy
UBI saves a ton of public money, but its lack of cruelty sends certain people into a rage, so it’s hard to put into practice.
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:40 AM
UBI saves a ton of public money, but its lack of cruelty sends certain people into a rage, so it’s hard to put into practice.
Reposted by Carolyne Ldy
Block grants = cuts is a REALLY critical thing to understand
November 24, 2024 at 4:13 AM
Block grants = cuts is a REALLY critical thing to understand
Tonight's fare:
Wtaf
(Also, this link syntax sucks and I can't help that, sorry)
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Wtaf
(Also, this link syntax sucks and I can't help that, sorry)
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House
How to describe Nobuhiko Obayashi’s indescribable 1977 movie House (Hausu)? As a psychedelic ghost tale? A stream-of-consciousness bedtime story? An episode of Scooby-Doo as directed by Mario Bava? An...
search.app
November 24, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Tonight's fare:
Wtaf
(Also, this link syntax sucks and I can't help that, sorry)
search.app?link=https%3...
Wtaf
(Also, this link syntax sucks and I can't help that, sorry)
search.app?link=https%3...
Reposted by Carolyne Ldy
finally a reasonable take
November 23, 2024 at 6:50 PM
finally a reasonable take
I didn't expect to appreciate this as much as I do
Motherfucker, this shit is fucking soothing.
Anyway…
Here’s a visualization of all the curse words being used on Bluesky in real time.
Each word is a cute fluffy little profane cloud.
It’s oddly soothing.
H/t @bagpuss.org
#SwearSky
swearsky.bagpuss.org
Here’s a visualization of all the curse words being used on Bluesky in real time.
Each word is a cute fluffy little profane cloud.
It’s oddly soothing.
H/t @bagpuss.org
#SwearSky
swearsky.bagpuss.org
November 24, 2024 at 12:01 AM
I didn't expect to appreciate this as much as I do
Reposted by Carolyne Ldy
The thing that keeps getting me about all the pieces fretting about Bluesky being too insular is that the argument seems to be that those of us who are most likely to be abused by the right (BIPOC people, trans people, queer people, etc) must put up with being abused for the sake of public discourse
November 23, 2024 at 10:20 PM
The thing that keeps getting me about all the pieces fretting about Bluesky being too insular is that the argument seems to be that those of us who are most likely to be abused by the right (BIPOC people, trans people, queer people, etc) must put up with being abused for the sake of public discourse
I would rather assume the best about people and be wrong, than assume the worst and be right.
November 23, 2024 at 8:09 PM
I would rather assume the best about people and be wrong, than assume the worst and be right.
I've been an Anglophile my whole life. All the Britcoms & dramas, and, for music, Top of the Pops and Old Grey Whistle Stop were regular standbys. Wtaf is this "2Gs and The Pop People"?! It's real but it feels so freaking AI because only 6 episodes exist. Watch this obscure shit while you can.
November 19, 2024 at 4:24 AM
I've been an Anglophile my whole life. All the Britcoms & dramas, and, for music, Top of the Pops and Old Grey Whistle Stop were regular standbys. Wtaf is this "2Gs and The Pop People"?! It's real but it feels so freaking AI because only 6 episodes exist. Watch this obscure shit while you can.
Hot take: The Tyson/Paul fight was entirely fabricated in order to encourage and normalize sports betting by people who usually don't
November 15, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Hot take: The Tyson/Paul fight was entirely fabricated in order to encourage and normalize sports betting by people who usually don't
Hey, y'all, it's nice to be back
I mean, I'm back because everything's on fire again
Anyway, how are you?
I mean, I'm back because everything's on fire again
Anyway, how are you?
November 14, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Hey, y'all, it's nice to be back
I mean, I'm back because everything's on fire again
Anyway, how are you?
I mean, I'm back because everything's on fire again
Anyway, how are you?
September 29, 2023 at 1:45 PM
I have often walked
Down the street before,
But the pavement always stayed
Beneath my feet before
All at once am I
Several stories high,
And that's the way
We all became
The Brady Bunch
Down the street before,
But the pavement always stayed
Beneath my feet before
All at once am I
Several stories high,
And that's the way
We all became
The Brady Bunch
August 4, 2023 at 10:41 PM
I have often walked
Down the street before,
But the pavement always stayed
Beneath my feet before
All at once am I
Several stories high,
And that's the way
We all became
The Brady Bunch
Down the street before,
But the pavement always stayed
Beneath my feet before
All at once am I
Several stories high,
And that's the way
We all became
The Brady Bunch
Reposted by Carolyne Ldy
Today's secret word is "FUCK CANCER."
July 31, 2023 at 5:11 PM
Today's secret word is "FUCK CANCER."
Reposted by Carolyne Ldy
It rules that Barbenheimer only existed because they were supposed to counterprogram each other but everyone wanted to see both because we’re all gay history nerds gripped by existential dread now
July 31, 2023 at 2:24 AM
It rules that Barbenheimer only existed because they were supposed to counterprogram each other but everyone wanted to see both because we’re all gay history nerds gripped by existential dread now