Becky Allen
@allreb.bsky.social
Writer, human, generally a little anxious. Lover of bright colors and brunch.
Nonbinary; they/them.
http://beckyallenbooks.com
Nonbinary; they/them.
http://beckyallenbooks.com
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Becky Allen
@allreb.bsky.social
· Jun 17
Having a real "want to lay face-down on the floor, forced to keep writing Jira tickets" afternoon
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people think of generative AI as Janet from The Good Place but it’s actually the clam chowder fountain from The Good Place
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
people think of generative AI as Janet from The Good Place but it’s actually the clam chowder fountain from The Good Place
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If you have PTO, sick days etc TAKE THEM if they don’t rollover. “USE YE ALL OF THOU BENEFITS, BEFORE THY END OF YEAR COMES.” — Corporations 13:33
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If you have PTO, sick days etc TAKE THEM if they don’t rollover. “USE YE ALL OF THOU BENEFITS, BEFORE THY END OF YEAR COMES.” — Corporations 13:33
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
I just checked the AGDQ schedule to see when Silksong would be on (because obvs it has to be somewhere) and yeah, not shocked it's the final bonus game to bring in big money at the end 😂
December 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I just checked the AGDQ schedule to see when Silksong would be on (because obvs it has to be somewhere) and yeah, not shocked it's the final bonus game to bring in big money at the end 😂
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Forgot to post here!
Asked Mamdani for comment on the anti-ICE mobilization that sabotaged a major ICE raid last wkd.
Mamdani described the action as people exercising their free speech, that he looks forward to protecting that right.
He has not previously commented on the community defense.
Asked Mamdani for comment on the anti-ICE mobilization that sabotaged a major ICE raid last wkd.
Mamdani described the action as people exercising their free speech, that he looks forward to protecting that right.
He has not previously commented on the community defense.
December 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Forgot to post here!
Asked Mamdani for comment on the anti-ICE mobilization that sabotaged a major ICE raid last wkd.
Mamdani described the action as people exercising their free speech, that he looks forward to protecting that right.
He has not previously commented on the community defense.
Asked Mamdani for comment on the anti-ICE mobilization that sabotaged a major ICE raid last wkd.
Mamdani described the action as people exercising their free speech, that he looks forward to protecting that right.
He has not previously commented on the community defense.
I should take a walk but it's so cold, so I should go to the gym and walk on the treadmill but I can't tell you how much I don't waaaaaanna.
(This "should" is because it helps manage my stupid joint pain. So like. I genuinely really should. But.)
(This "should" is because it helps manage my stupid joint pain. So like. I genuinely really should. But.)
December 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I should take a walk but it's so cold, so I should go to the gym and walk on the treadmill but I can't tell you how much I don't waaaaaanna.
(This "should" is because it helps manage my stupid joint pain. So like. I genuinely really should. But.)
(This "should" is because it helps manage my stupid joint pain. So like. I genuinely really should. But.)
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I can't listen to the song without thinking of
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I can't listen to the song without thinking of
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Massive cheese recall! It’s a lot of shredded cheese sold under store brands so please check carefully.
www.allrecipes.com/cheese-recal...
www.allrecipes.com/cheese-recal...
FDA Announces Recall on More Than 1.5 Million Bags of Cheese for Potential Metal Contamination
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a cheese recall impacting more than a million bags of shredded cheese. The recalled cheese was produced by Great Lakes Cheese Co. Inc. and may b...
www.allrecipes.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Massive cheese recall! It’s a lot of shredded cheese sold under store brands so please check carefully.
www.allrecipes.com/cheese-recal...
www.allrecipes.com/cheese-recal...
ACK, I forgot we were about to get Metroid Prime 4, I still have to finish Silksong!!! Which is very slow going, if you haven't noticed!! Hmm well at least now I have winter break plans.
December 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
ACK, I forgot we were about to get Metroid Prime 4, I still have to finish Silksong!!! Which is very slow going, if you haven't noticed!! Hmm well at least now I have winter break plans.
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YES
Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix
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December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
YES
Some World AIDS Day reading, literally - a post about recommending books about HIV (with a link to a book list!): www.thebody.com/hiv/literatu...
Literature That Shows AIDS as One Part of a Larger Story
Looking for a thoughtful new book to read? Writer/advocate Ted Kerr dives into his reading list of literature that weaves AIDS into a bigger narrative.
www.thebody.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Some World AIDS Day reading, literally - a post about recommending books about HIV (with a link to a book list!): www.thebody.com/hiv/literatu...
I woke up from a very long dream about going in to work at an office after a few days off and desperately needing coffee, except there was a line for the coffee maker, and then there were no mugs, and then the coffee pot was gone, and then...
Anyway totally ready to go back to work today for sure.
Anyway totally ready to go back to work today for sure.
December 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I woke up from a very long dream about going in to work at an office after a few days off and desperately needing coffee, except there was a line for the coffee maker, and then there were no mugs, and then the coffee pot was gone, and then...
Anyway totally ready to go back to work today for sure.
Anyway totally ready to go back to work today for sure.
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New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
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Grandma Thankfully Dies Before Sister’s Girlfriend Arrives https://theonion.com/grandma-thankfully-dies-before-sisters-girlfriend-arrives/
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Grandma Thankfully Dies Before Sister’s Girlfriend Arrives https://theonion.com/grandma-thankfully-dies-before-sisters-girlfriend-arrives/
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I contain multitudes
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I contain multitudes
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
I went out for lunch so I probably shouldn't order dinner but hear me out: what if I do anyway?
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I went out for lunch so I probably shouldn't order dinner but hear me out: what if I do anyway?
First real job was at a magazine...which went out of business a year before all the other magazines did so it was still possible to get hired.
Applied to a website b/c of my late 90s/early 00s basic HTML and CSS skills (learned to make Sailor Moon fansites), got hired, stayed in digital forever.
Applied to a website b/c of my late 90s/early 00s basic HTML and CSS skills (learned to make Sailor Moon fansites), got hired, stayed in digital forever.
November 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
First real job was at a magazine...which went out of business a year before all the other magazines did so it was still possible to get hired.
Applied to a website b/c of my late 90s/early 00s basic HTML and CSS skills (learned to make Sailor Moon fansites), got hired, stayed in digital forever.
Applied to a website b/c of my late 90s/early 00s basic HTML and CSS skills (learned to make Sailor Moon fansites), got hired, stayed in digital forever.
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Remember: the only way to save New York City from Donald Trump’s wrath is electing Andrew Cuomo.
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Remember: the only way to save New York City from Donald Trump’s wrath is electing Andrew Cuomo.
I am pleased with how some pottery things are turning out but I can't share pictures because, you know, Chanukah presents 😀 (This is particularly nice after I've had to pivot to handbuilding because some of my joints decided to stop working this summer so I can't sit at the wheel, SIGH.)
November 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I am pleased with how some pottery things are turning out but I can't share pictures because, you know, Chanukah presents 😀 (This is particularly nice after I've had to pivot to handbuilding because some of my joints decided to stop working this summer so I can't sit at the wheel, SIGH.)
Not to subtweet but it's taken me a bit to work through why I had a kneejerk unhappy reaction to the post going around that's (gently) laughing about someone asking if the fae are open source after reading a few romantasy books.
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Not to subtweet but it's taken me a bit to work through why I had a kneejerk unhappy reaction to the post going around that's (gently) laughing about someone asking if the fae are open source after reading a few romantasy books.
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Happy Friday, here’s a little excerpt from this week’s Fix The News for you ♥️
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Happy Friday, here’s a little excerpt from this week’s Fix The News for you ♥️
When I visited Japan last year, I loved being a tourist. I tried to take the tourist home with me to NYC, where I've lived for nearly 20 years. It turns out even my home block is full of beauty and wonder when you look at it with fresh eyes!
People who feel bad at being called tourists are without doubt the most tedious people on earth to get stuck next to on a plane and it isn't close to close
Tourists are an interesting group in that they consistently deny what we all know they are. I can’t think of anything that screams tourist more than reducing each experience down to charm bracelet size and wearing it around. If tourism is your thing, just embrace it!
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
When I visited Japan last year, I loved being a tourist. I tried to take the tourist home with me to NYC, where I've lived for nearly 20 years. It turns out even my home block is full of beauty and wonder when you look at it with fresh eyes!
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