renee
@unquantifiable.bsky.social
Reads books, writes code, plays music, walks outside occasionally
I grew up riding around with a machete in the car. Not loose! In a shoebox on the floor, for fighting back when the forest tries to reclaim the path. Nobody ever let me hold the machete :((((((
Can we normalize machetes?
January 17, 2026 at 7:04 AM
I grew up riding around with a machete in the car. Not loose! In a shoebox on the floor, for fighting back when the forest tries to reclaim the path. Nobody ever let me hold the machete :((((((
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My wife has just promised to include “Survived by her wife and past lovers of all genders” in my obit
When I die make sure the newspapers know I was a bisexual
January 10, 2026 at 10:26 PM
My wife has just promised to include “Survived by her wife and past lovers of all genders” in my obit
This is so sad! I saw so many great shows here, and I didn't realize how few non-LiveNation/Ticketmaster venues are left in SF.
Breaking some news for @coyotemedia.org here.
Incredibly sad about this — some of the best nights of my life have involved this club — but I’m also so honored and grateful to Ramona, Kathleen and Lynn for trusting me with this story.
www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Incredibly sad about this — some of the best nights of my life have involved this club — but I’m also so honored and grateful to Ramona, Kathleen and Lynn for trusting me with this story.
www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Beloved SF Club Bottom of the Hill to Close at the End of 2026
One of the city’s last independent music venues, Bottom of the Hill has survived waves of gentrification, COVID closures, and more throughout its 35 years. Now, owners say it’s last call — on their ow...
www.coyotemedia.org
January 3, 2026 at 2:59 AM
This is so sad! I saw so many great shows here, and I didn't realize how few non-LiveNation/Ticketmaster venues are left in SF.
I immediately asked my wife if she wanted a taste because it was too weird not to share
I just ate a cookie that tasted just like doing dishes at my parents’ house
December 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I immediately asked my wife if she wanted a taste because it was too weird not to share
I just ate a cookie that tasted just like doing dishes at my parents’ house
December 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I just ate a cookie that tasted just like doing dishes at my parents’ house
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sweetgrass basket by 5th generation gullah sweetgrass weaver corey alston www.instagram.com/p/DR4cD1KDpe...
December 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
sweetgrass basket by 5th generation gullah sweetgrass weaver corey alston www.instagram.com/p/DR4cD1KDpe...
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Starting Dec 10, most Bay Area transit transfers will be free for two hours. If you take AC Transit to BART then transfer to Muni, your fare today is $9.10. With Clipper 2, the free AC and Muni transfers mean your fare will be just $3.90
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December 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Starting Dec 10, most Bay Area transit transfers will be free for two hours. If you take AC Transit to BART then transfer to Muni, your fare today is $9.10. With Clipper 2, the free AC and Muni transfers mean your fare will be just $3.90
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last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
bluesky has been so fun lately. we need more baseball and more left-wing political wins.
but especially more left-wing political wins.
but especially more left-wing political wins.
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
bluesky has been so fun lately. we need more baseball and more left-wing political wins.
but especially more left-wing political wins.
but especially more left-wing political wins.
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"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Fucking SAVAGE for him to invoke Mario Cuomo.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Fucking SAVAGE for him to invoke Mario Cuomo.
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This is a really lovely article. I've been reading Nicole Chung's writing on adoption since The Toast (RIP), and I am grateful for her bringing me along as her understanding of adoption has grown and changed.
If you want to understand open adoption, it makes sense to start with birth parents—yet studies of them are few. 2+ yrs ago, I began talking w/ birth mothers to try to understand what living in an open adoption is like for them, and what rights or options they might have if challenges were to arise.
When Adoption Promises Are Broken
Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.
www.theatlantic.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This is a really lovely article. I've been reading Nicole Chung's writing on adoption since The Toast (RIP), and I am grateful for her bringing me along as her understanding of adoption has grown and changed.
September 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
someone is curling their eyelashes on the 67! that’s extra hard mode
September 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
someone is curling their eyelashes on the 67! that’s extra hard mode
just spent my friday night watching math youtube videos with my wife and there’s only one thing that could make tonight even better
August 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
just spent my friday night watching math youtube videos with my wife and there’s only one thing that could make tonight even better
I spent yesterday dealing with identity theft. Not looking forward to more days like that.
Having my credit frozen kept things from being much worse.
You should freeze your credit! It’s free, and you can always schedule a thaw if you plan on applying for a loan or a new credit card.
Having my credit frozen kept things from being much worse.
You should freeze your credit! It’s free, and you can always schedule a thaw if you plan on applying for a loan or a new credit card.
August 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I spent yesterday dealing with identity theft. Not looking forward to more days like that.
Having my credit frozen kept things from being much worse.
You should freeze your credit! It’s free, and you can always schedule a thaw if you plan on applying for a loan or a new credit card.
Having my credit frozen kept things from being much worse.
You should freeze your credit! It’s free, and you can always schedule a thaw if you plan on applying for a loan or a new credit card.
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Go opt-out now! Be sure to check your 'official' name & everyday name...
August 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Go opt-out now! Be sure to check your 'official' name & everyday name...
Everyone on Project Runway S21E1 keeps looking at the camera (outside confessionals) and the first challenge was chosen for maximum interpersonal drama. I miss the seasons where the the producers focused more on the process of making the clothes
August 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Everyone on Project Runway S21E1 keeps looking at the camera (outside confessionals) and the first challenge was chosen for maximum interpersonal drama. I miss the seasons where the the producers focused more on the process of making the clothes
I (a word nerd) am excited to share this with my dad (a bird nerd)
There's a whole constellation of gr-/kr- roots that mean harsh bird cries (imitative obviously).
They give us, "crow", "raven", "heron", "egret", "crane", etc. (and "cormorant" of course!)
circumvent bsky image compression: www.aidanem.com/images/word_...
They give us, "crow", "raven", "heron", "egret", "crane", etc. (and "cormorant" of course!)
circumvent bsky image compression: www.aidanem.com/images/word_...
August 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I (a word nerd) am excited to share this with my dad (a bird nerd)
Good for Amy Sherald! But I'm sad for the people who will miss out on her retrospective—I was so moved by it at SFMOMA.
The artist, best known for her portrait of Michelle Obama, said the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery wanted to keep her portrait of a trans woman out of the exhibition American Sublime.
Artist Amy Sherald has canceled her upcoming show at the Smithsonian
The artist, best known for her portrait of Michelle Obama, said the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery wanted to keep her portrait of a trans woman out of the exhibition American Sublime.
n.pr
July 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Good for Amy Sherald! But I'm sad for the people who will miss out on her retrospective—I was so moved by it at SFMOMA.
I burned out hard from having the same conversation over and over with retired white women about how (1) Black people aren’t scary, and (2) trans women aren’t trying to take anything away from you.
That conversation is vital when bringing in new folks but I couldn’t smile through it any more
That conversation is vital when bringing in new folks but I couldn’t smile through it any more
I’ve said this before. Orgs that undergird movements need a new members committee. The people with tender hearts and endless patience can work with the “butwhatabouts” — the neophytes. The hard cores can keep their (useful) callouses.
I’m not an activist, but as someone who reports on people who are, I see some activists sneering at people who are late to a cause they’ve fought hard for. Surely the point of activism is pitching to the centre to make change? Not alienating or mocking those whose minds you surely wanted to change?
July 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I burned out hard from having the same conversation over and over with retired white women about how (1) Black people aren’t scary, and (2) trans women aren’t trying to take anything away from you.
That conversation is vital when bringing in new folks but I couldn’t smile through it any more
That conversation is vital when bringing in new folks but I couldn’t smile through it any more
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A good way to think about the housing crisis is landlords pocketing essentially all the consumer surplus the last 40 years
Between 1980 and 2024 the basket of 50 basic commodities become cheaper and more abundant. To be precise 70 per cent cheaper and 238 per cent more abundant. If we hadn’t messed up housing costs we’d be collectively very well off. Source: buff.ly/U8lZZkc
July 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A good way to think about the housing crisis is landlords pocketing essentially all the consumer surplus the last 40 years