Whit EM
@whittyrem.bsky.social
“Madam Facilitator” I like cooking, travel, history, ridiculously large brooches, old buildings, romance novels, baseball, and cats (she/her)
Go Phils
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Whit EM
@whittyrem.bsky.social
· Jan 31
I should’ve put 🧵 on this but forgot so let’s try this again
In 2017 I decided to make taking a square of TP from Salisbury cathedral a family tradition
In 2017 I decided to make taking a square of TP from Salisbury cathedral a family tradition
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Went to Giant for a Thanksgiving cake tonight and this is all they had left 😂😭
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Went to Giant for a Thanksgiving cake tonight and this is all they had left 😂😭
I adore Jim
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I adore Jim
Time to make the Scarborough Fair rolls
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Time to make the Scarborough Fair rolls
Glitter Thanksgiving is a go!
First up is cranberry sauce - I used a combo of red and gold, and it’s hard to photograph but I assure you it’s very sparkly in person
Also I am already covered in glitter
First up is cranberry sauce - I used a combo of red and gold, and it’s hard to photograph but I assure you it’s very sparkly in person
Also I am already covered in glitter
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Glitter Thanksgiving is a go!
First up is cranberry sauce - I used a combo of red and gold, and it’s hard to photograph but I assure you it’s very sparkly in person
Also I am already covered in glitter
First up is cranberry sauce - I used a combo of red and gold, and it’s hard to photograph but I assure you it’s very sparkly in person
Also I am already covered in glitter
The difference between cradle Catholics and adult converts is that cradle Catholics also disagree with the pope it’s just they don’t run their mouths about it- they nod along and go about their business
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The difference between cradle Catholics and adult converts is that cradle Catholics also disagree with the pope it’s just they don’t run their mouths about it- they nod along and go about their business
Me, 45 minutes ago: Just have to get more celery at the grocery store and then WHEW all finished shopping
Me, now: what do you mean the coffee maker I ordered to replace the one that died doesn’t come with a reusable filter
Me, now: what do you mean the coffee maker I ordered to replace the one that died doesn’t come with a reusable filter
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Me, 45 minutes ago: Just have to get more celery at the grocery store and then WHEW all finished shopping
Me, now: what do you mean the coffee maker I ordered to replace the one that died doesn’t come with a reusable filter
Me, now: what do you mean the coffee maker I ordered to replace the one that died doesn’t come with a reusable filter
Big day for people wandering about the grocery store like they’ve never been in one before
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Big day for people wandering about the grocery store like they’ve never been in one before
Had a friend coffee date with a new neighbor and let me tell you that explaining my husband’s parent’s many marriages remains the best icebreaker
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Had a friend coffee date with a new neighbor and let me tell you that explaining my husband’s parent’s many marriages remains the best icebreaker
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
This went by a dozen times before I saw the name
I thought people were being mean about her face!!
I thought people were being mean about her face!!
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This went by a dozen times before I saw the name
I thought people were being mean about her face!!
I thought people were being mean about her face!!
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I've seen people say that getting attached to ChatGPT is like "believing the stripper really loves you", but that's not true. It's more like believing that the dryer personally composed that little jingle on a lonely sockless night just to win your affections.
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I've seen people say that getting attached to ChatGPT is like "believing the stripper really loves you", but that's not true. It's more like believing that the dryer personally composed that little jingle on a lonely sockless night just to win your affections.
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About 99.9% of you who pirate books live in an area with a public library, and that library almost certainly has some sort of digital ebook platform. Go get a library card and a Libby account and just wait your six weeks for your free copy to borrow like the rest of us.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
About 99.9% of you who pirate books live in an area with a public library, and that library almost certainly has some sort of digital ebook platform. Go get a library card and a Libby account and just wait your six weeks for your free copy to borrow like the rest of us.
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The fact more people don't know about shoofly pie and that it should be available everywhere year round but you only find it in this tiny pocket of Pennsylvania Dutch country is a shame. When I left Philly my favorite baker made me a shoofly pie to go and I ate the whole thing at the airport
This got me thinking….how do we as a society normalize pumpkin pie as a breakfast option at restaurants year round? Who will be the change we want to see in the world?
It turns out Mina and I have identical pie takes (literally had home made pumpkin pie for breakfast this morning before kids woke up).
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The fact more people don't know about shoofly pie and that it should be available everywhere year round but you only find it in this tiny pocket of Pennsylvania Dutch country is a shame. When I left Philly my favorite baker made me a shoofly pie to go and I ate the whole thing at the airport
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LISTEN UP!
December 1 is Monday.
This means I only have another 6 days to get an advent calendar to you.. Those days include Thanksgiving and a Sunday.
I will be doing a post office drop tomorrow! This is your last chance. I can't guarantee it'll get there by Monday, but it could!
SquidFacts.net
December 1 is Monday.
This means I only have another 6 days to get an advent calendar to you.. Those days include Thanksgiving and a Sunday.
I will be doing a post office drop tomorrow! This is your last chance. I can't guarantee it'll get there by Monday, but it could!
SquidFacts.net
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
LISTEN UP!
December 1 is Monday.
This means I only have another 6 days to get an advent calendar to you.. Those days include Thanksgiving and a Sunday.
I will be doing a post office drop tomorrow! This is your last chance. I can't guarantee it'll get there by Monday, but it could!
SquidFacts.net
December 1 is Monday.
This means I only have another 6 days to get an advent calendar to you.. Those days include Thanksgiving and a Sunday.
I will be doing a post office drop tomorrow! This is your last chance. I can't guarantee it'll get there by Monday, but it could!
SquidFacts.net
Had a really strong migraine come on out of nowhere this afternoon so I took meds and laid down on my office couch. Woke up and thought whew it’s still light out at least I didn’t sleep long! And it turns out it’s just my monitors are super bright
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Had a really strong migraine come on out of nowhere this afternoon so I took meds and laid down on my office couch. Woke up and thought whew it’s still light out at least I didn’t sleep long! And it turns out it’s just my monitors are super bright
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A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
My edible glitter has arrived and while I intended it to go into drinks I’ve just realized I could make all of the thanksgiving meal with glitter
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
My edible glitter has arrived and while I intended it to go into drinks I’ve just realized I could make all of the thanksgiving meal with glitter
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Every American should have this in their wallet:
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Every American should have this in their wallet:
Today in texts from my aunt she’s sending me pictures from my baptism making a face that I definitely still do in meetings
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Today in texts from my aunt she’s sending me pictures from my baptism making a face that I definitely still do in meetings
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Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
lmfao help
you are the chief executive of "is it turned on?"
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
lmfao help
I’ll tell you what I love about Joel- I asked him if I could take a video of him saying Manos the Hands of Fate so I could send it to my brother in law and he happily did it
Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I’ll tell you what I love about Joel- I asked him if I could take a video of him saying Manos the Hands of Fate so I could send it to my brother in law and he happily did it
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
So I just read a Lorraine Heath novella that destroyed me
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
So I just read a Lorraine Heath novella that destroyed me
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
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November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this