Susan
@sugarpop.bsky.social
Middle-aged lady who loves birds and books and pollinator-friendly gardens.
@bethinsac.bsky.social, you posted a while back, a thing about how we're asking so much more of kids than we used to in terms of executive function, and I seriously think about that every day now.
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
@bethinsac.bsky.social, you posted a while back, a thing about how we're asking so much more of kids than we used to in terms of executive function, and I seriously think about that every day now.
Twelve hundred pieces of candy handed out tonight. (We do two per customer, plus I always offer parents some. Still a good busy Halloween.)
November 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Twelve hundred pieces of candy handed out tonight. (We do two per customer, plus I always offer parents some. Still a good busy Halloween.)
Trick-or-treating teenagers are utterly delightful.
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Trick-or-treating teenagers are utterly delightful.
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Middle aged guy think piece:
There is no such thing as monoculture anymore
Every kid across America right now:
Six sevennnn!
There is no such thing as monoculture anymore
Every kid across America right now:
Six sevennnn!
October 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Middle aged guy think piece:
There is no such thing as monoculture anymore
Every kid across America right now:
Six sevennnn!
There is no such thing as monoculture anymore
Every kid across America right now:
Six sevennnn!
This game might be my new favorite thing.
October 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
This game might be my new favorite thing.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Fat Bear Week is starting early this year!
www.npr.org/2025/09/19/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/19/n...
Fat Bear Week is here early, and the bears are fat and playful
The famous bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are enjoying an abundance of salmon, and even some playtime, as they pack on pounds to prepare for the winter.
www.npr.org
September 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Fat Bear Week is starting early this year!
www.npr.org/2025/09/19/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/19/n...
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Skype a Scientist executive director Sarah McAnulty had told her cats that people without an eel facts advent calendar may one day be at a “deleterious deficit of eel information” compared to those who do not participate in eelvent in 2025.
(EelFacts.net)
(EelFacts.net)
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told analysts that people without smart glasses may one day be at a "significant cognitive disadvantage" compared to those who do use the tech: https://cnn.it/47L2Y5a
September 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Skype a Scientist executive director Sarah McAnulty had told her cats that people without an eel facts advent calendar may one day be at a “deleterious deficit of eel information” compared to those who do not participate in eelvent in 2025.
(EelFacts.net)
(EelFacts.net)
A while back I saw a post here that referred to their phone as "the anxiety machine that lives in my pocket" and I think about that daily ... and yet somehow don't take the hint.
September 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A while back I saw a post here that referred to their phone as "the anxiety machine that lives in my pocket" and I think about that daily ... and yet somehow don't take the hint.
The cat has informed me that I cannot go to work today, I must stay home and pet him.
September 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The cat has informed me that I cannot go to work today, I must stay home and pet him.
I wish there was a way to summon a Mister Softee to your block.
August 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I wish there was a way to summon a Mister Softee to your block.
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"GPT-5 is the first time that it really feels like talking to an expert in any topic, like a PhD-level expert."
August 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"GPT-5 is the first time that it really feels like talking to an expert in any topic, like a PhD-level expert."
Following @sarahmackattack.bsky.social is making me wish I lived in Philadelphia, a feeling I have never had before in my life.
July 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Following @sarahmackattack.bsky.social is making me wish I lived in Philadelphia, a feeling I have never had before in my life.
My kid has gotten obsessed with a gaming podcast and just spent nearly an hour explaining to me, in depth, the lore and controversies of a game franchise neither of us has played or will ever play. Please send help.
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
My kid has gotten obsessed with a gaming podcast and just spent nearly an hour explaining to me, in depth, the lore and controversies of a game franchise neither of us has played or will ever play. Please send help.
We've had this cat for six months and he's just this morning discovered the axolotl tank. We are carefully monitoring this development.
June 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We've had this cat for six months and he's just this morning discovered the axolotl tank. We are carefully monitoring this development.
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Look I'm having a pretty crap day, but then there's this guy with his cute little feet.
April 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Look I'm having a pretty crap day, but then there's this guy with his cute little feet.
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This is the most Gen X mood thing I’ve seen for a long while. I don’t care if it’s not originally of the period. It is the bullseye.
April 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
This is the most Gen X mood thing I’ve seen for a long while. I don’t care if it’s not originally of the period. It is the bullseye.
Friday off from school and everyone was like, have a restful weekend! Meanwhile I spent the day baking: bread for next week, pizza for dinner, strawberry cupcakes and lemon cookies for one family event this weekend, three flavors of rugelach for another one.
April 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Friday off from school and everyone was like, have a restful weekend! Meanwhile I spent the day baking: bread for next week, pizza for dinner, strawberry cupcakes and lemon cookies for one family event this weekend, three flavors of rugelach for another one.
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
@maryrobinettekowal.com We are just starting the Fluent Pet buttons with our cat! You and Elsie have been inspiring. 😀
March 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
@maryrobinettekowal.com We are just starting the Fluent Pet buttons with our cat! You and Elsie have been inspiring. 😀
It's been so long since I read a book at the beach that I forgot what sand does to mass market paperbacks.
March 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It's been so long since I read a book at the beach that I forgot what sand does to mass market paperbacks.
I do think the gharial might be my favorite predator. At least at this zoo.
March 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I do think the gharial might be my favorite predator. At least at this zoo.
Saturday morning at the zoo.
March 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Saturday morning at the zoo.
No offense to my real life or anything, but I would prefer to stay on vacation forever.
February 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
No offense to my real life or anything, but I would prefer to stay on vacation forever.