Spirit Chrysalis (they/she/fae)
@spiritchrysalis.bsky.social
Queer, chronically ill, nonbinary, Covid-cautious, ⚪️ gamer/RPer. Mask up. Culturally Jewish; free Gaza. Interests widely and wildly range.
Looking for enrichment in my enclosure.
"Still, what she lacked in grace, she made up for in enthusiasm."
Looking for enrichment in my enclosure.
"Still, what she lacked in grace, she made up for in enthusiasm."
Pinned
Want to see me? Great! Here're 4 options:
1. Lets plan a virtual hang of some sort!
2. Briefly unmask to take a NAAT test at my place, and if negative, lets hang! (Must follow test directions beforehand.)
3. Wear a fit tested N95 or equivalent, indoors or (pref) outside.
4. Share our caution level.
1. Lets plan a virtual hang of some sort!
2. Briefly unmask to take a NAAT test at my place, and if negative, lets hang! (Must follow test directions beforehand.)
3. Wear a fit tested N95 or equivalent, indoors or (pref) outside.
4. Share our caution level.
Holy heck, am I glad I’m childfree
Huge kudos to people who wanna be parents doing that thing! Absolutely nothing wrong with that
But wow, would I have been a terrible parent if I hadn’t wanted to
Huge kudos to people who wanna be parents doing that thing! Absolutely nothing wrong with that
But wow, would I have been a terrible parent if I hadn’t wanted to
January 5, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Holy heck, am I glad I’m childfree
Huge kudos to people who wanna be parents doing that thing! Absolutely nothing wrong with that
But wow, would I have been a terrible parent if I hadn’t wanted to
Huge kudos to people who wanna be parents doing that thing! Absolutely nothing wrong with that
But wow, would I have been a terrible parent if I hadn’t wanted to
Maybe, instead, we should find out if the answer is yes
rather than lensing someone as difficult or a hassle for having boundaries
rather than lensing someone as difficult or a hassle for having boundaries
January 5, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Maybe, instead, we should find out if the answer is yes
rather than lensing someone as difficult or a hassle for having boundaries
rather than lensing someone as difficult or a hassle for having boundaries
The problem with consent-based environments that expect the person who doesn’t consent to speak up about it
Is that it:
- becomes saying no to something someone attempted, not securing an enthusiastic ’Yes!’
- can in aggregate start to paint the person expressing a boundary as negative in general
Is that it:
- becomes saying no to something someone attempted, not securing an enthusiastic ’Yes!’
- can in aggregate start to paint the person expressing a boundary as negative in general
January 5, 2026 at 4:20 AM
The problem with consent-based environments that expect the person who doesn’t consent to speak up about it
Is that it:
- becomes saying no to something someone attempted, not securing an enthusiastic ’Yes!’
- can in aggregate start to paint the person expressing a boundary as negative in general
Is that it:
- becomes saying no to something someone attempted, not securing an enthusiastic ’Yes!’
- can in aggregate start to paint the person expressing a boundary as negative in general
Yes, there are terrible people in collectivist communities/cultures who come to power, just as there are benevolent people in collectivist communities/cultures who come to power.
Yes, power will put as its #1 objective maintaining and amplifying itself.
But individualism is killing Americans.
Yes, power will put as its #1 objective maintaining and amplifying itself.
But individualism is killing Americans.
January 3, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Yes, there are terrible people in collectivist communities/cultures who come to power, just as there are benevolent people in collectivist communities/cultures who come to power.
Yes, power will put as its #1 objective maintaining and amplifying itself.
But individualism is killing Americans.
Yes, power will put as its #1 objective maintaining and amplifying itself.
But individualism is killing Americans.
From exploitative for-profit healthcare,
to staggering inequities in social systems/safety nets across the US,
to the wildly misunderstood notion of freedom of speech as freedom from consequences,
to the vast majority of the population not masking in public.
It's selfishness garnished as choice.
to staggering inequities in social systems/safety nets across the US,
to the wildly misunderstood notion of freedom of speech as freedom from consequences,
to the vast majority of the population not masking in public.
It's selfishness garnished as choice.
January 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
From exploitative for-profit healthcare,
to staggering inequities in social systems/safety nets across the US,
to the wildly misunderstood notion of freedom of speech as freedom from consequences,
to the vast majority of the population not masking in public.
It's selfishness garnished as choice.
to staggering inequities in social systems/safety nets across the US,
to the wildly misunderstood notion of freedom of speech as freedom from consequences,
to the vast majority of the population not masking in public.
It's selfishness garnished as choice.
I'm going to say it:
Individualism is a mistake.
It is sold as freedom of choice - but in practice, at least here, it is used to stabilize levers of oppression by ideologically moving us away from civic care and other collectivist means of support, and is primarily replaced by capitalist hellscape
Individualism is a mistake.
It is sold as freedom of choice - but in practice, at least here, it is used to stabilize levers of oppression by ideologically moving us away from civic care and other collectivist means of support, and is primarily replaced by capitalist hellscape
January 3, 2026 at 7:45 AM
I'm going to say it:
Individualism is a mistake.
It is sold as freedom of choice - but in practice, at least here, it is used to stabilize levers of oppression by ideologically moving us away from civic care and other collectivist means of support, and is primarily replaced by capitalist hellscape
Individualism is a mistake.
It is sold as freedom of choice - but in practice, at least here, it is used to stabilize levers of oppression by ideologically moving us away from civic care and other collectivist means of support, and is primarily replaced by capitalist hellscape
I realize I'm coming into an age where I'll find out that more and more of my friends have died.
But this seems like an awful lot of people, and suddenly, compared to what I expected.
. . .
Anyway, I mask in public, so
But this seems like an awful lot of people, and suddenly, compared to what I expected.
. . .
Anyway, I mask in public, so
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 AM
I realize I'm coming into an age where I'll find out that more and more of my friends have died.
But this seems like an awful lot of people, and suddenly, compared to what I expected.
. . .
Anyway, I mask in public, so
But this seems like an awful lot of people, and suddenly, compared to what I expected.
. . .
Anyway, I mask in public, so
So now, the thing I always carry with me -- or almost always -- is my phone
Yes, I live with my spouse. But we sleep very different schedules, and if I needed help and couldn't get to him, I could set off the phone SOS
Just trading one mitigation strategy for another
Yes, I live with my spouse. But we sleep very different schedules, and if I needed help and couldn't get to him, I could set off the phone SOS
Just trading one mitigation strategy for another
January 3, 2026 at 4:48 AM
So now, the thing I always carry with me -- or almost always -- is my phone
Yes, I live with my spouse. But we sleep very different schedules, and if I needed help and couldn't get to him, I could set off the phone SOS
Just trading one mitigation strategy for another
Yes, I live with my spouse. But we sleep very different schedules, and if I needed help and couldn't get to him, I could set off the phone SOS
Just trading one mitigation strategy for another
I was stunned for a bunch of reasons, not the least of which was the fact that she was _always_ online. We hadn't talked much recently for various reasons, but I was stunned she didn't message someone
I found out she fell in a rare moment when she didn't have her phone on her.
I found out she fell in a rare moment when she didn't have her phone on her.
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 AM
I was stunned for a bunch of reasons, not the least of which was the fact that she was _always_ online. We hadn't talked much recently for various reasons, but I was stunned she didn't message someone
I found out she fell in a rare moment when she didn't have her phone on her.
I found out she fell in a rare moment when she didn't have her phone on her.
Over time and compensatory measures, I started to get used to having one or more off, for charging or other reasons. Sometimes I just took them off because they didn't feel good on at the moment
Then (cw: death) I found out a friend of mine died suddenly in her apartment, where she lived alone.
Then (cw: death) I found out a friend of mine died suddenly in her apartment, where she lived alone.
January 3, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Over time and compensatory measures, I started to get used to having one or more off, for charging or other reasons. Sometimes I just took them off because they didn't feel good on at the moment
Then (cw: death) I found out a friend of mine died suddenly in her apartment, where she lived alone.
Then (cw: death) I found out a friend of mine died suddenly in her apartment, where she lived alone.
When I was diagnosed with chronic illness that impacts cardiac behavior, I wore two devices (for different reasons) that measured my HR: a FitBit, and an Apple Watch
I hated to take them off. I felt exposed without them, like in the shower. What if I had an episode when I couldn't track them?
I hated to take them off. I felt exposed without them, like in the shower. What if I had an episode when I couldn't track them?
January 3, 2026 at 4:43 AM
When I was diagnosed with chronic illness that impacts cardiac behavior, I wore two devices (for different reasons) that measured my HR: a FitBit, and an Apple Watch
I hated to take them off. I felt exposed without them, like in the shower. What if I had an episode when I couldn't track them?
I hated to take them off. I felt exposed without them, like in the shower. What if I had an episode when I couldn't track them?
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CBS News filmed but DIDN'T air this interview in which NYC Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss defends NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, clarifying that Mamdani is opposed to Zionism and Israel's genocide but he's NOT antisemitic. A Jewish rabbi praising a Muslim Mayor. I wonder why they didn't air it? 🤔 #USPolitics
January 2, 2026 at 9:51 PM
CBS News filmed but DIDN'T air this interview in which NYC Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss defends NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, clarifying that Mamdani is opposed to Zionism and Israel's genocide but he's NOT antisemitic. A Jewish rabbi praising a Muslim Mayor. I wonder why they didn't air it? 🤔 #USPolitics
Thank you! It was the last of our bread, so I tried making french bread in our breadmaker for the first time. Not bad, but I think the recipe needs more water than it claims.
January 2, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Thank you! It was the last of our bread, so I tried making french bread in our breadmaker for the first time. Not bad, but I think the recipe needs more water than it claims.
It turned out pretty well!
January 2, 2026 at 7:50 AM
It turned out pretty well!
I am looking forward to this.
Also, we made a beef stew yesterday!
Also, we made a beef stew yesterday!
January 2, 2026 at 7:37 AM
I am looking forward to this.
Also, we made a beef stew yesterday!
Also, we made a beef stew yesterday!
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Jan 1: this is the year of new Me
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
January 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Jan 1: this is the year of new Me
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
I am:
- still here
- relatively healthy, for my version
- housed in a home I adore
- married to my irreplaceable spouse
- chuffed by folks who thought of me/I thought of as the year turned
- in possession of things I look forward to
- still grateful
- still fighting
Happy 2026.
Don’t let them win.
- still here
- relatively healthy, for my version
- housed in a home I adore
- married to my irreplaceable spouse
- chuffed by folks who thought of me/I thought of as the year turned
- in possession of things I look forward to
- still grateful
- still fighting
Happy 2026.
Don’t let them win.
January 1, 2026 at 9:41 AM
I am:
- still here
- relatively healthy, for my version
- housed in a home I adore
- married to my irreplaceable spouse
- chuffed by folks who thought of me/I thought of as the year turned
- in possession of things I look forward to
- still grateful
- still fighting
Happy 2026.
Don’t let them win.
- still here
- relatively healthy, for my version
- housed in a home I adore
- married to my irreplaceable spouse
- chuffed by folks who thought of me/I thought of as the year turned
- in possession of things I look forward to
- still grateful
- still fighting
Happy 2026.
Don’t let them win.
Happy New Year!
January 1, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Happy New Year!
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For those of us who pay quarterly taxes or any other payment by December 31, this unheralded change in postal policy can bite you in the butt. This could have other unforeseen consequences (e.g., mail-in balloting), but for now, this is more timely.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
For those of us who pay quarterly taxes or any other payment by December 31, this unheralded change in postal policy can bite you in the butt. This could have other unforeseen consequences (e.g., mail-in balloting), but for now, this is more timely.
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As we experience a huge surge of flu cases, a reminder that the widespread usage of masks at the start of the COVID pandemic wiped out a strain of the flu.
If you haven’t been masking up lately, now would be a great time to restart.
If you haven’t been masking up lately, now would be a great time to restart.
The Covid-19 pandemic killed off one strain of the flu, and that will change the next vaccines | CNN
For 10 years, Americans have had access to flu shots that protect against four strains of the virus: two A strains and two B strains. Starting this fall, however, all the flu shots distributed in the ...
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December 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
As we experience a huge surge of flu cases, a reminder that the widespread usage of masks at the start of the COVID pandemic wiped out a strain of the flu.
If you haven’t been masking up lately, now would be a great time to restart.
If you haven’t been masking up lately, now would be a great time to restart.
[2/2?], sadly without pic of Christmas Day Chinese food.
December 26, 2025 at 4:38 AM
[2/2?], sadly without pic of Christmas Day Chinese food.
How It’s Going: Image Edition
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December 26, 2025 at 4:33 AM
How It’s Going: Image Edition
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The holidays are as tough as they are great, highlighting feelings of isolation and loss.
Please don’t underscore it with comments like, ‘You won’t come see us/let us see you,’ or repeating, ‘Maybe someday you’ll visit again.’
They likely miss you too. Work with them to meet their caution level. 🫶🏻
Please don’t underscore it with comments like, ‘You won’t come see us/let us see you,’ or repeating, ‘Maybe someday you’ll visit again.’
They likely miss you too. Work with them to meet their caution level. 🫶🏻
December 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The holidays are as tough as they are great, highlighting feelings of isolation and loss.
Please don’t underscore it with comments like, ‘You won’t come see us/let us see you,’ or repeating, ‘Maybe someday you’ll visit again.’
They likely miss you too. Work with them to meet their caution level. 🫶🏻
Please don’t underscore it with comments like, ‘You won’t come see us/let us see you,’ or repeating, ‘Maybe someday you’ll visit again.’
They likely miss you too. Work with them to meet their caution level. 🫶🏻
As we spend time this holiday season, I'd like to offer a gentle reminder of this post.
This time, I follow it with a resource -- the Guide to Support Your COVID Cautious Loved One: drive.google.com/file/d/1CqXc...
This time, I follow it with a resource -- the Guide to Support Your COVID Cautious Loved One: drive.google.com/file/d/1CqXc...
December 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
As we spend time this holiday season, I'd like to offer a gentle reminder of this post.
This time, I follow it with a resource -- the Guide to Support Your COVID Cautious Loved One: drive.google.com/file/d/1CqXc...
This time, I follow it with a resource -- the Guide to Support Your COVID Cautious Loved One: drive.google.com/file/d/1CqXc...
Date Night: Homemade pierogis and butternut squash soup, #MetaphorReFantazio, bubble tea, #Persona3Reload, and #criticalrole! 💞
December 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Date Night: Homemade pierogis and butternut squash soup, #MetaphorReFantazio, bubble tea, #Persona3Reload, and #criticalrole! 💞