Rosemary Q
@rosequeue.bsky.social
running on typos and coffee fumes • she/her • 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 • queer parent • polyam • partner to @ethanquinsey.bsky.social
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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hello. if you’ve been super plugged in and activated lately, if you woke up this morning and went from 0-100, i want to be the real hippie friend and invite you to be in your body for a few minutes with me
i just did this meditation, maybe you can too. take some breathes. drink some tea.
i just did this meditation, maybe you can too. take some breathes. drink some tea.
Vagus Nerve Reset Meditation | Somatic Practice for Deep Nervous System Renewal
YouTube video by Wendy Jones | Guided Meditations
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 1:28 PM
hello. if you’ve been super plugged in and activated lately, if you woke up this morning and went from 0-100, i want to be the real hippie friend and invite you to be in your body for a few minutes with me
i just did this meditation, maybe you can too. take some breathes. drink some tea.
i just did this meditation, maybe you can too. take some breathes. drink some tea.
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I kinda wish more creators felt comfortable to put up patreons (or similar) and offer nothing guaranteed in return.
Like, I like the stuff you make, and I'd like you to have slightly better financial stability to be able to make more. I don't need a new thing every month to justify that.
Like, I like the stuff you make, and I'd like you to have slightly better financial stability to be able to make more. I don't need a new thing every month to justify that.
January 15, 2026 at 3:13 AM
I kinda wish more creators felt comfortable to put up patreons (or similar) and offer nothing guaranteed in return.
Like, I like the stuff you make, and I'd like you to have slightly better financial stability to be able to make more. I don't need a new thing every month to justify that.
Like, I like the stuff you make, and I'd like you to have slightly better financial stability to be able to make more. I don't need a new thing every month to justify that.
Every kid in the school is within a 1.5 km (1 mile) radius and there's no car drop off area.
It makes sense, and we're only about 1km away from the school, but it's just a long round trip when we have other drop offs to do in the morning!
(We bike in nice weather but not in the snow)
It makes sense, and we're only about 1km away from the school, but it's just a long round trip when we have other drop offs to do in the morning!
(We bike in nice weather but not in the snow)
January 15, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Every kid in the school is within a 1.5 km (1 mile) radius and there's no car drop off area.
It makes sense, and we're only about 1km away from the school, but it's just a long round trip when we have other drop offs to do in the morning!
(We bike in nice weather but not in the snow)
It makes sense, and we're only about 1km away from the school, but it's just a long round trip when we have other drop offs to do in the morning!
(We bike in nice weather but not in the snow)
And I get why the school has a "walk to school only" policy but he is such a slow walker 😭
January 14, 2026 at 11:54 PM
And I get why the school has a "walk to school only" policy but he is such a slow walker 😭
Oh I'm so sorry 😭
Our Thursdays are better but still not great because kindie is in a different catchment for reasons??
8:30: drop off J (25 min round trip)
8:52: bus drop-off for M
3:05: pick up J (25 min walk)
3:45: meet M's bus
5:15-6: swim for M
6:45-7:15: swim for J
Gahhhh
Our Thursdays are better but still not great because kindie is in a different catchment for reasons??
8:30: drop off J (25 min round trip)
8:52: bus drop-off for M
3:05: pick up J (25 min walk)
3:45: meet M's bus
5:15-6: swim for M
6:45-7:15: swim for J
Gahhhh
January 14, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Oh I'm so sorry 😭
Our Thursdays are better but still not great because kindie is in a different catchment for reasons??
8:30: drop off J (25 min round trip)
8:52: bus drop-off for M
3:05: pick up J (25 min walk)
3:45: meet M's bus
5:15-6: swim for M
6:45-7:15: swim for J
Gahhhh
Our Thursdays are better but still not great because kindie is in a different catchment for reasons??
8:30: drop off J (25 min round trip)
8:52: bus drop-off for M
3:05: pick up J (25 min walk)
3:45: meet M's bus
5:15-6: swim for M
6:45-7:15: swim for J
Gahhhh
yeah this is why I can't read most historical fiction because I am constantly going "what about the DRAINS"
My other pet peeve is writers of queer historic fiction who have clearly never picked up a book on historic queer identities, and their bibliographies show it.
My other pet peeve is writers of queer historic fiction who have clearly never picked up a book on historic queer identities, and their bibliographies show it.
And the thing is largely that's not necessarily unreasonable. But when you DO know about those things it's impossible not to see the gaps in people's awareness Absolutely Everywhere
January 14, 2026 at 9:07 PM
yeah this is why I can't read most historical fiction because I am constantly going "what about the DRAINS"
My other pet peeve is writers of queer historic fiction who have clearly never picked up a book on historic queer identities, and their bibliographies show it.
My other pet peeve is writers of queer historic fiction who have clearly never picked up a book on historic queer identities, and their bibliographies show it.
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I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here:
Ban X/Twitter in Canada
I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ban-x-twitter-in-canada/?source=f...
you.leadnow.ca
January 14, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here:
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The Whisky War, which lasted 49 years, is my favorite international conflict.
![From wikipedia: Conflict: In 1984, Canadian soldiers visited the island and planted a Canadian flag, also leaving a bottle of Canadian whisky.[10] The Danish Minister of Greenland Affairs came to the island himself later the same year with the Danish flag, a bottle of schnapps, and a letter stating "Welcome to the Danish Island" (Velkommen til den danske ø).[11][12][13] The two countries proceeded to take turns planting their flags on the island and exchanging alcoholic beverages.[14] In 2005 a Canadian man and an unknown source on the Danish side also posted advertisements on Google to "promote their claims"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:plike46pn6bnig6vfoo6tzzj/bafkreibeyq7qdlfswkh6zr7fzuh5mk2dccsgd3fal26ofb4ha4cfcglbb4@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM
The Whisky War, which lasted 49 years, is my favorite international conflict.
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On the right's diehard belief in finding a switch they can flip that will make everyone hateful, Gamergate, and why the vibes aren't shifting.
episodes.ghost.io/vibe-shift/
episodes.ghost.io/vibe-shift/
January 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
On the right's diehard belief in finding a switch they can flip that will make everyone hateful, Gamergate, and why the vibes aren't shifting.
episodes.ghost.io/vibe-shift/
episodes.ghost.io/vibe-shift/
Yeah, I'm an oldest daughter too and just ... it's a lot.
January 14, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Yeah, I'm an oldest daughter too and just ... it's a lot.
(also, just to clarify, I know many people who are raising large families and thriving -- my point is just that expectations for parents to supervise, monitor and engage their kids are really high these days, and it's hard)
January 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM
(also, just to clarify, I know many people who are raising large families and thriving -- my point is just that expectations for parents to supervise, monitor and engage their kids are really high these days, and it's hard)
Yeah, like, grandparents aren't available to help because grandparents are still working full-time because they can't afford to retire.
January 14, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Yeah, like, grandparents aren't available to help because grandparents are still working full-time because they can't afford to retire.
It can maybe work with specific sets of circumstances and personalities, but yeah, as one of four, married to one of five, agreed.
January 14, 2026 at 7:40 PM
It can maybe work with specific sets of circumstances and personalities, but yeah, as one of four, married to one of five, agreed.
Yeah, "the older ones will raise the younger ones" can really mess up the older kids, and we know that now.
January 14, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Yeah, "the older ones will raise the younger ones" can really mess up the older kids, and we know that now.
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I'm gonna say this with all the kindness in my heart: you aren't going to survive if you don't let your life have room for other things.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
January 14, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I'm gonna say this with all the kindness in my heart: you aren't going to survive if you don't let your life have room for other things.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
yeah I'm still thinking about people who shame parents for taking the bins out while their kids are sleeping because "something could happen to them"
Very few people could raise a large family under that kind of pressure.
Very few people could raise a large family under that kind of pressure.
We expect more out of parents than we did 200, 100, or even 50 years ago (which is good!). Both parents are expected to be emotionally engaged with all of their children and actively participating in their lives. My taciturn, emotionally locked-down grandpa couldn't have raised 6+ kids that way.
January 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
yeah I'm still thinking about people who shame parents for taking the bins out while their kids are sleeping because "something could happen to them"
Very few people could raise a large family under that kind of pressure.
Very few people could raise a large family under that kind of pressure.
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Everyone has that one unique talent that makes them a very special princess and mine is sending things off to print with typos after reading it 100 times making sure there were no typos.
Like king midas. Except everything I touch turns to typo. 💀
Like king midas. Except everything I touch turns to typo. 💀
January 13, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Everyone has that one unique talent that makes them a very special princess and mine is sending things off to print with typos after reading it 100 times making sure there were no typos.
Like king midas. Except everything I touch turns to typo. 💀
Like king midas. Except everything I touch turns to typo. 💀
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This sort of thing drives me bonkers.
Women had two major roles: domestic and ceremonial. Oh, and also manufacturing a product that was a load-bearing part of the region's economy, which is totally not a third important thing because it's a fiber and therefore definitionally domestic.
Women had two major roles: domestic and ceremonial. Oh, and also manufacturing a product that was a load-bearing part of the region's economy, which is totally not a third important thing because it's a fiber and therefore definitionally domestic.
![screenshot of a line from a wikipedia entry:
There were two major roles for Samnite women: domestic and ceremonial. Women would weave, which likely played an important role in the economy.[59][129][65] They also likely](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b6qa67q2qrr77rcetegdfbfe/bafkreibuzmhp6qmgr7uffrax2vkof3nrcqmrow5jsdo2hl6p3xanzkyfn4@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This sort of thing drives me bonkers.
Women had two major roles: domestic and ceremonial. Oh, and also manufacturing a product that was a load-bearing part of the region's economy, which is totally not a third important thing because it's a fiber and therefore definitionally domestic.
Women had two major roles: domestic and ceremonial. Oh, and also manufacturing a product that was a load-bearing part of the region's economy, which is totally not a third important thing because it's a fiber and therefore definitionally domestic.
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historically accurate☑️
January 12, 2026 at 5:32 AM
historically accurate☑️
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"transgender ideology" doesn't turn kids transgender. The unicorn in human form crying out "I can feel this body dying all around me!" in the Rankin-Bass animated adaptation of THE LAST UNICORN turns kids transgender. know the difference.
"transgender ideology" doesn't turn kids transgender. Sitting in the final hours of Day 3 of Majora’s Mask, after failing to save the sun’s mask for Kafei, and letting Koji Kondo’s impossibly beautiful lament wash over you turns kids transgender. know the difference.
"transgender ideology" doesn't turn kids transgender. unlocking Paine's special dressphere Full Throttle in Final Fantasy X-2 turns kids transgender. know the difference.
January 14, 2026 at 12:25 AM
"transgender ideology" doesn't turn kids transgender. The unicorn in human form crying out "I can feel this body dying all around me!" in the Rankin-Bass animated adaptation of THE LAST UNICORN turns kids transgender. know the difference.
We had all these things. Including the very generous government baby bonuses.
The government supports made it possible to have the # of kids we wanted, when we wanted, without going into debt.
There is absolutely no amount of money/support they could give us that would make us have a third kid.
The government supports made it possible to have the # of kids we wanted, when we wanted, without going into debt.
There is absolutely no amount of money/support they could give us that would make us have a third kid.
leftist plan to increase the birthrate:
- universal health care
- free child care
- better paid family leave
- better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear"
ok i did it
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
- universal health care
- free child care
- better paid family leave
- better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear"
ok i did it
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
As birthrates tumble, some progressives say the left needs to offer ideas and solutions
The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in.
www.npr.org
January 13, 2026 at 11:15 PM
We had all these things. Including the very generous government baby bonuses.
The government supports made it possible to have the # of kids we wanted, when we wanted, without going into debt.
There is absolutely no amount of money/support they could give us that would make us have a third kid.
The government supports made it possible to have the # of kids we wanted, when we wanted, without going into debt.
There is absolutely no amount of money/support they could give us that would make us have a third kid.
Cathy definitely lodged into my brain in a lot of ways.
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Cathy definitely lodged into my brain in a lot of ways.
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A reminder that my strip took over Dilberts vacant spot in the Washington Post after they dropped his ass. 😎
www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...
www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...
How a St. Louis cartoonist replaced 'Dilbert' in the Washington Post
"Heart of the City" replaced "Dilbert" in the Washington Post.
www.stlpr.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
A reminder that my strip took over Dilberts vacant spot in the Washington Post after they dropped his ass. 😎
www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...
www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...
But also I didn't watch TV so our local newspaper was the closest thing I had to understanding current culture.
January 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
But also I didn't watch TV so our local newspaper was the closest thing I had to understanding current culture.