EMc2
@zabe8.bsky.social
Chicago mom, feminist, former SciFi conrunner, traveler, geek, scuba, gamer. Likes oceans, cephalopods and corvids. Head cook at Waffle House for cats. Loves kindness. No AI.
She/Her.
She/Her.
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Plugging again for @minnesotareformer.com, which is free to read with no paywalls or ads. You don't even have to "make an account."
It's still a small team, but worth adding to your list of media.
It's still a small team, but worth adding to your list of media.
January 13, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Plugging again for @minnesotareformer.com, which is free to read with no paywalls or ads. You don't even have to "make an account."
It's still a small team, but worth adding to your list of media.
It's still a small team, but worth adding to your list of media.
This day.
Satan cat has to go to vet in 2 hrs, gave Gaba to calm her. I have to act chill or she catches on. Moved carrier into place 2 days ago, this is Mission Impossible level shit.
Now chonky cat is in that carrier, sleeping and Satan is inaccessible to me, hiding to enjoy her inc high 🤦♀️
Satan cat has to go to vet in 2 hrs, gave Gaba to calm her. I have to act chill or she catches on. Moved carrier into place 2 days ago, this is Mission Impossible level shit.
Now chonky cat is in that carrier, sleeping and Satan is inaccessible to me, hiding to enjoy her inc high 🤦♀️
January 13, 2026 at 12:59 PM
This day.
Satan cat has to go to vet in 2 hrs, gave Gaba to calm her. I have to act chill or she catches on. Moved carrier into place 2 days ago, this is Mission Impossible level shit.
Now chonky cat is in that carrier, sleeping and Satan is inaccessible to me, hiding to enjoy her inc high 🤦♀️
Satan cat has to go to vet in 2 hrs, gave Gaba to calm her. I have to act chill or she catches on. Moved carrier into place 2 days ago, this is Mission Impossible level shit.
Now chonky cat is in that carrier, sleeping and Satan is inaccessible to me, hiding to enjoy her inc high 🤦♀️
Now in middle age, shocked by lack of education (70s/80s) I received about anything that wasn't white and european. Tulsa Race Massacre, Black Panthers, Tuskegee Experiment not to mention authors, activists and inventors.
Great (poc run) docs and podcasts now help rectify that lack of knowledge.
Great (poc run) docs and podcasts now help rectify that lack of knowledge.
I watches a doc about Fred Hampton and the work the Black Panthers did in Chicago. Really enlightening and really horrible what was done to him
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Now in middle age, shocked by lack of education (70s/80s) I received about anything that wasn't white and european. Tulsa Race Massacre, Black Panthers, Tuskegee Experiment not to mention authors, activists and inventors.
Great (poc run) docs and podcasts now help rectify that lack of knowledge.
Great (poc run) docs and podcasts now help rectify that lack of knowledge.
"Organized gangs of wine moms"
You know this is fake because if you know ANY wine moms you know that it takes almost 6 weeks for them to find a single night they are all free and have childcare.
Signed, a former wine mom.
You know this is fake because if you know ANY wine moms you know that it takes almost 6 weeks for them to find a single night they are all free and have childcare.
Signed, a former wine mom.
January 12, 2026 at 12:43 PM
"Organized gangs of wine moms"
You know this is fake because if you know ANY wine moms you know that it takes almost 6 weeks for them to find a single night they are all free and have childcare.
Signed, a former wine mom.
You know this is fake because if you know ANY wine moms you know that it takes almost 6 weeks for them to find a single night they are all free and have childcare.
Signed, a former wine mom.
Cancer claimed another family member last night, she leaves behind young children. Someone who fought for people's rights legally.
The world keeps turning.
Bad shit keeps happening.
Hug your people, spread kindness and practice giving others the respect and understanding you wish from them. 💔
The world keeps turning.
Bad shit keeps happening.
Hug your people, spread kindness and practice giving others the respect and understanding you wish from them. 💔
January 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Cancer claimed another family member last night, she leaves behind young children. Someone who fought for people's rights legally.
The world keeps turning.
Bad shit keeps happening.
Hug your people, spread kindness and practice giving others the respect and understanding you wish from them. 💔
The world keeps turning.
Bad shit keeps happening.
Hug your people, spread kindness and practice giving others the respect and understanding you wish from them. 💔
I wonder what the world would look like if you replaced Elon with Mackenzie, Thiel with Melinda, Miller with a scented candle...
January 11, 2026 at 12:06 PM
I wonder what the world would look like if you replaced Elon with Mackenzie, Thiel with Melinda, Miller with a scented candle...
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Need I say more?
January 10, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Need I say more?
Satan cat declined breakfast - worrisome.
Satan cat 2 hrs later - demanding breakfast: "I slept in. Feed me off schedule my little food servant or I start destroying your stuff."
This evil in this house is not me.
Satan cat 2 hrs later - demanding breakfast: "I slept in. Feed me off schedule my little food servant or I start destroying your stuff."
This evil in this house is not me.
January 9, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Satan cat declined breakfast - worrisome.
Satan cat 2 hrs later - demanding breakfast: "I slept in. Feed me off schedule my little food servant or I start destroying your stuff."
This evil in this house is not me.
Satan cat 2 hrs later - demanding breakfast: "I slept in. Feed me off schedule my little food servant or I start destroying your stuff."
This evil in this house is not me.
Thanks brain! Standard 'living in dumbest timeline' nightmares last night but adding in Air Supply, Lost in Love, as a soundtrack really livened up the dark and dreary feelings with fresh horror (I don't mind the song, just this application of it).
Also left me with a persistent 👂🪱...
Also left me with a persistent 👂🪱...
January 6, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Thanks brain! Standard 'living in dumbest timeline' nightmares last night but adding in Air Supply, Lost in Love, as a soundtrack really livened up the dark and dreary feelings with fresh horror (I don't mind the song, just this application of it).
Also left me with a persistent 👂🪱...
Also left me with a persistent 👂🪱...
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Everything I need to know about American politics I learned by being in an abusive relationship 🙃
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Everything I need to know about American politics I learned by being in an abusive relationship 🙃
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Wanted to give a Shout Out to this awesome Chicago business! It's great to see people starting to understand the connections between mental health struggles and laundry, cleaning, donating, decluttering, etc.
Hire them for your (local) needs! And support their work if you can!
www.trashfriends.com
Hire them for your (local) needs! And support their work if you can!
www.trashfriends.com
Trash Friends
www.trashfriends.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Wanted to give a Shout Out to this awesome Chicago business! It's great to see people starting to understand the connections between mental health struggles and laundry, cleaning, donating, decluttering, etc.
Hire them for your (local) needs! And support their work if you can!
www.trashfriends.com
Hire them for your (local) needs! And support their work if you can!
www.trashfriends.com
IUD put in, took a bunch of Advil due to bad pain, went out with a visiting friend that night. A lot of saké happened. Forgot about the Advil (+ booze= me violently ill).
At home, ran to the newly reno'd bathroom to hurl, ended up missing edge of new shorter vanity, fell on toilet, broke 2 ribs.
At home, ran to the newly reno'd bathroom to hurl, ended up missing edge of new shorter vanity, fell on toilet, broke 2 ribs.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
😅
😅
January 5, 2026 at 9:59 PM
IUD put in, took a bunch of Advil due to bad pain, went out with a visiting friend that night. A lot of saké happened. Forgot about the Advil (+ booze= me violently ill).
At home, ran to the newly reno'd bathroom to hurl, ended up missing edge of new shorter vanity, fell on toilet, broke 2 ribs.
At home, ran to the newly reno'd bathroom to hurl, ended up missing edge of new shorter vanity, fell on toilet, broke 2 ribs.
Stumbled across a 2 yr old comment (on a friend's blog) from someone I follow on here and it was so spot on. Gave me a big smile. 100% correct.
January 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Stumbled across a 2 yr old comment (on a friend's blog) from someone I follow on here and it was so spot on. Gave me a big smile. 100% correct.
I think, with a bit of planning, I can rig up a piece of yarn to the ceiling fan and force Satan cat (more energy than the sun) into running a circuit of sofa>chair>sofa>coffee table, repeat, until she's so tired I'll be allowed to finish this email. 🙄
January 5, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I think, with a bit of planning, I can rig up a piece of yarn to the ceiling fan and force Satan cat (more energy than the sun) into running a circuit of sofa>chair>sofa>coffee table, repeat, until she's so tired I'll be allowed to finish this email. 🙄
Starting pilates again today after a 2 yr(!) absence - squee. Noticed while marching last year my endurance has taken a hit and I suspect there will be more of that. Plus, the hour focusing on small movements and not being online will also be great.
Slow and steady, no injuries. 🤞
Slow and steady, no injuries. 🤞
January 5, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Starting pilates again today after a 2 yr(!) absence - squee. Noticed while marching last year my endurance has taken a hit and I suspect there will be more of that. Plus, the hour focusing on small movements and not being online will also be great.
Slow and steady, no injuries. 🤞
Slow and steady, no injuries. 🤞
Today was the balm I needed for my soul. My teen and I ate fondue, played indoor mini golf and then we had a surprise Olivia Newton John sing along in the car on the way home. So much laughter!
I love these times with them and am so grateful for each one. 🥰
I love these times with them and am so grateful for each one. 🥰
January 5, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Today was the balm I needed for my soul. My teen and I ate fondue, played indoor mini golf and then we had a surprise Olivia Newton John sing along in the car on the way home. So much laughter!
I love these times with them and am so grateful for each one. 🥰
I love these times with them and am so grateful for each one. 🥰
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If Trump gets his way you'd have substandard chicken in the UK food chain but it would also be much cheaper so UK poultry farms - which are built and regulated to those much higher standards - would be royally screwed.
It would benefit nobody apart from US farmers.
It would benefit nobody apart from US farmers.
January 4, 2026 at 9:03 AM
If Trump gets his way you'd have substandard chicken in the UK food chain but it would also be much cheaper so UK poultry farms - which are built and regulated to those much higher standards - would be royally screwed.
It would benefit nobody apart from US farmers.
It would benefit nobody apart from US farmers.
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It's this but then the exterminator sends you text messages asking for more money every 3 hours for the rest of your life
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 4, 2026 at 3:46 AM
It's this but then the exterminator sends you text messages asking for more money every 3 hours for the rest of your life
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Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
Ordered pizzas (leek béchamel, bacon, white cheddar, shaved potato - "I Feel Like Bacon Love" for me, "Cheezus, Mary & Joseph" ricotta, white cheddar, parmesan, smoked mozzarella, minced garlic, oregano for teen) because I can and because today sucked and because I don't trust myself around 🔪.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Ordered pizzas (leek béchamel, bacon, white cheddar, shaved potato - "I Feel Like Bacon Love" for me, "Cheezus, Mary & Joseph" ricotta, white cheddar, parmesan, smoked mozzarella, minced garlic, oregano for teen) because I can and because today sucked and because I don't trust myself around 🔪.
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Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
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Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
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none of this is legal. none of this is normal. feel free to tell anyone who says otherwise to fuck off.
January 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
none of this is legal. none of this is normal. feel free to tell anyone who says otherwise to fuck off.