Lotus
@wlotus.bsky.social
Lotus (she/her) is a photographer, musician, blogger, computer engineer, and gamer. Learn more at https://wandalotus.net .
What did we learn this day, Ms. Burglar?
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
What did we learn this day, Ms. Burglar?
"While not examined in this study, previous research links pre-trial detention to long-term recidivism due to external factors like loss of employment, damaged social relationships, and criminogenic influences from jail."
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Bail reform research shows mixed results outside city and in NYC suburbs
A John Jay College study finds NY bail reform lowered long-term recidivism, with short-term increases among high-risk defendants.
amsterdamnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"While not examined in this study, previous research links pre-trial detention to long-term recidivism due to external factors like loss of employment, damaged social relationships, and criminogenic influences from jail."
amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/11...
amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/11...
The "Black woman too burnt out to keep leaning in/pivoting in this fucked up society" pipeline needs to be studied.
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The "Black woman too burnt out to keep leaning in/pivoting in this fucked up society" pipeline needs to be studied.
This song has been on my heart for the past week.
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This song has been on my heart for the past week.
It's cool that when I am irritable I don't have to worry about playing nice in my digital dollhouse. Infants distracting the adults from finishing what's in their queue? Lock them in a room so the adult sim can't get to them and will stop dumping their queue to handle the infant. Easy. #TheSims4
November 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It's cool that when I am irritable I don't have to worry about playing nice in my digital dollhouse. Infants distracting the adults from finishing what's in their queue? Lock them in a room so the adult sim can't get to them and will stop dumping their queue to handle the infant. Easy. #TheSims4
Them: Don't mistaken isolation for safety.
Me:
Me:
a man sitting in a car with a lanyard around his neck that says dispatcher on it
ALT: a man sitting in a car with a lanyard around his neck that says dispatcher on it
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Them: Don't mistaken isolation for safety.
Me:
Me:
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I hope everyone can remember your art is more than the numbers it gets. The internet is not as kind to art as it was a decade ago. I hope everyone can keep creating even if it's just for themselves.
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I hope everyone can remember your art is more than the numbers it gets. The internet is not as kind to art as it was a decade ago. I hope everyone can keep creating even if it's just for themselves.
What do you mean the new science baby my werewolf sim had is a male werewolf? Into CAS I go as soon as SHE ages up to infant. I need more female sims in this legacy, and I am breeding out the werewolf trait. #TheSims4
November 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
What do you mean the new science baby my werewolf sim had is a male werewolf? Into CAS I go as soon as SHE ages up to infant. I need more female sims in this legacy, and I am breeding out the werewolf trait. #TheSims4
I've just uploaded my first video to DailyMotion. I'm looking for YouTube alternatives, and DailyMotion is one of them.
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Dailymotion
dai.ly
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I've just uploaded my first video to DailyMotion. I'm looking for YouTube alternatives, and DailyMotion is one of them.
dai.ly/x9u81h8
dai.ly/x9u81h8
You seriously left work early to do this? Okay then, you can do it outside. (I locked her out.)
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
You seriously left work early to do this? Okay then, you can do it outside. (I locked her out.)
Thane Family Forest: a wonderful place to walk and think.
A Walk In the Woods
Thane Family Forest: a wonderful place to walk and think.
wandalotus.net
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Thane Family Forest: a wonderful place to walk and think.
*looks out the window at the flying pigs* Well I do declare!!!
IMMIGRATION: Every now and then, the impossible happens. Water runs uphill. Pigs fly. And Donald J. Trump tells the truth. Yes, you read that right. The man famous for “alternative facts” and creative truth-telling has done something thought impossible.
Trump’s shock admission: Immigrants do the jobs Americans can’t
Donald Trump admits America lacks skilled workers, even as his $100K H-1B visa fee threatens innovation and immigrant talent.
amsterdamnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
*looks out the window at the flying pigs* Well I do declare!!!
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There is a distinction to be made between using GLP-1s for weight loss because the weight is causing health problems and because Hollywood doesnt understand there's such a thing as not having enough body mass to be healthy.
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
There is a distinction to be made between using GLP-1s for weight loss because the weight is causing health problems and because Hollywood doesnt understand there's such a thing as not having enough body mass to be healthy.
I agree with @marcylaycelle.bsky.social. If someone is standing in the way of progress because of their *behavior*, push them aside. But age isn't an indication of someone standing in the way of progress. The puppetmasters want us to think there is only so much fame/attention to go around.
Experience someone displaying ageism last night and it still gives me the ick.
Basically she went on about a popular singer who has been around like 30 yrs and basically how she needs to stop and give other younger singers the spotlight and leave the industry.
There is room for all of us.
Basically she went on about a popular singer who has been around like 30 yrs and basically how she needs to stop and give other younger singers the spotlight and leave the industry.
There is room for all of us.
November 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I agree with @marcylaycelle.bsky.social. If someone is standing in the way of progress because of their *behavior*, push them aside. But age isn't an indication of someone standing in the way of progress. The puppetmasters want us to think there is only so much fame/attention to go around.
This family's living room is all decked out for the holidays!
Room Name: Holiday Living
Packs Used: Seasons, Holiday Celebration
EA ID: wthelotus
Room Name: Holiday Living
Packs Used: Seasons, Holiday Celebration
EA ID: wthelotus
November 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This family's living room is all decked out for the holidays!
Room Name: Holiday Living
Packs Used: Seasons, Holiday Celebration
EA ID: wthelotus
Room Name: Holiday Living
Packs Used: Seasons, Holiday Celebration
EA ID: wthelotus
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As part of Scarleteen’s $40,000 fundraiser for health benefits—we’re only 57% there!—we’re reminding you (and ourselves) about all of our amazing content across thousands of articles, essays, advice columns, and more.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
As part of Scarleteen’s $40,000 fundraiser for health benefits—we’re only 57% there!—we’re reminding you (and ourselves) about all of our amazing content across thousands of articles, essays, advice columns, and more.
www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...
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Playing hide and seek with the niblings at the Juneteenth potluck really ups the fun factor.
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Playing hide and seek with the niblings at the Juneteenth potluck really ups the fun factor.
I needed this reminder to shop at our local convenience stores instead. That is a punk move.
Holy shit. They did this in the back half of November?
Capitalism must be stopped.
Capitalism must be stopped.
Walgreens ends holiday pay for hourly employees
The move will affect Christmas, Thanksgiving, and four other major holidays, costing full-time workers hundreds of dollars per year
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November 20, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I needed this reminder to shop at our local convenience stores instead. That is a punk move.
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Like, a dozen or so people have all the money and they constantly complain about everyone else not spending more.
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Like, a dozen or so people have all the money and they constantly complain about everyone else not spending more.
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Gospel music was the soundtrack of Lotus' life well into adulthood. But as she has evolved in recent years she found herself reevaluating whether it could fit into her life at all.
open.spotify.com/episode/5hs6...
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Episode 2025.19: Reevaluating Gospel Music
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November 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Gospel music was the soundtrack of Lotus' life well into adulthood. But as she has evolved in recent years she found herself reevaluating whether it could fit into her life at all.
open.spotify.com/episode/5hs6...
open.spotify.com/episode/5hs6...