Belle
@belle-weatherwax.bsky.social
Buddhist, stoic, mentor, tech worker, teacher, student, nerd, gamer, dog mom, bunny mom, poet, solo, seeker
When I saw that the FDA approved a self-screen for cervical cancer as an alternative to a trad pap smear, I was elated. The feed, tho, was lit up with suspicion, anger, & outrage. Data will be & is already collected. Please direct your focus at misuse - if & when, not at advancements in wellness.
May 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
When I saw that the FDA approved a self-screen for cervical cancer as an alternative to a trad pap smear, I was elated. The feed, tho, was lit up with suspicion, anger, & outrage. Data will be & is already collected. Please direct your focus at misuse - if & when, not at advancements in wellness.
My state's not perfect, but can I just say that I'm very grateful right now that Washington state laws include most federal laws that impact individuals on repeat so that just in case they go away as federal laws they're still laws in my state? #Washington #disabled
March 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
My state's not perfect, but can I just say that I'm very grateful right now that Washington state laws include most federal laws that impact individuals on repeat so that just in case they go away as federal laws they're still laws in my state? #Washington #disabled
Until people in control of the Democratic party are clearly not part of the problem, not implied in insider trading, not obviously preventing other people from succeeding at the cost of their own power, we are never going to convince the everyman on the right that we're actually working for them.
January 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Until people in control of the Democratic party are clearly not part of the problem, not implied in insider trading, not obviously preventing other people from succeeding at the cost of their own power, we are never going to convince the everyman on the right that we're actually working for them.
The chaos goblin is in the dead center of my nap zone. 🫤 Also, I'd love to get thoughts about what breeds you think he's made of. We did a genetic test - it came up with 1% Siberian & 3% Burmese. He has fluffy pantaloons Tufts between his toes & his back is higher than front. #catsky
January 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The chaos goblin is in the dead center of my nap zone. 🫤 Also, I'd love to get thoughts about what breeds you think he's made of. We did a genetic test - it came up with 1% Siberian & 3% Burmese. He has fluffy pantaloons Tufts between his toes & his back is higher than front. #catsky
Just because I'm really tired of the incorrect history being spouted everywhere and I need to say it. They didn't just hate ✡️. They were ◻️ supremacists. They eliminated anyone who was in their way or different. They killed millions of non-✡️. You do not have to hate ✡️. to be a 🤬 or like 🤬 stuff.
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January 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Just because I'm really tired of the incorrect history being spouted everywhere and I need to say it. They didn't just hate ✡️. They were ◻️ supremacists. They eliminated anyone who was in their way or different. They killed millions of non-✡️. You do not have to hate ✡️. to be a 🤬 or like 🤬 stuff.
You know it's really refreshing to just unflinchingly block bot/scam accounts. The number of [first name + first name + number] totally human real actual men who follow me & try to get me into conversations about cryptocurrency is boggling. #tryharder #notnew #blockhappy #scammyscammers #bots #nope
January 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
You know it's really refreshing to just unflinchingly block bot/scam accounts. The number of [first name + first name + number] totally human real actual men who follow me & try to get me into conversations about cryptocurrency is boggling. #tryharder #notnew #blockhappy #scammyscammers #bots #nope
This is what happens when the cat decides he actually wants some attention. (Screens smudged out for privacy purposes) Flutternutter dog does not like sharing his person.
January 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is what happens when the cat decides he actually wants some attention. (Screens smudged out for privacy purposes) Flutternutter dog does not like sharing his person.
You cannot change the world from behind your phone screen. Smaller and smaller numbers of people actually get involved. Because they show up governments think they are the only ones who care. You have to do the work. Get off your butts and go to a city or county council meeting. Get involved!
January 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
You cannot change the world from behind your phone screen. Smaller and smaller numbers of people actually get involved. Because they show up governments think they are the only ones who care. You have to do the work. Get off your butts and go to a city or county council meeting. Get involved!
To survive as a species & reach our full potential, rather than fighting over finite resources, we must realize that we are all a wondrous part of the patterns of the greater universe. We could be more - much greater than primates squabbling over shiny rocks. There is beauty, if we reach for it.
January 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
To survive as a species & reach our full potential, rather than fighting over finite resources, we must realize that we are all a wondrous part of the patterns of the greater universe. We could be more - much greater than primates squabbling over shiny rocks. There is beauty, if we reach for it.
A picture of my glorious pup. His ears are almost 100% and he was happy to get out of the vets office. ❤️🐶🐾
January 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
A picture of my glorious pup. His ears are almost 100% and he was happy to get out of the vets office. ❤️🐶🐾
Taking Gus to the vet today to make sure his earache has cleared up. Glued to BlueSky, making a to-do list to strengthen my support of underserved folks. I'm debating offering a curriculum of life skills and critical thinking. Anyone have thoughts?
January 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Taking Gus to the vet today to make sure his earache has cleared up. Glued to BlueSky, making a to-do list to strengthen my support of underserved folks. I'm debating offering a curriculum of life skills and critical thinking. Anyone have thoughts?
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Idiom Origin
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
January 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Idiom Origin
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
“pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible.
A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on.
This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.
Hot Take: Tiktok is doing exactly what it was designed to do. It was always intended to be Instagram+Temu. But, because it hit when it did during Covid & people needed a way to connect, it became something else magical but I unintended. It was always just meant to be an engine for megaprofit.
January 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Hot Take: Tiktok is doing exactly what it was designed to do. It was always intended to be Instagram+Temu. But, because it hit when it did during Covid & people needed a way to connect, it became something else magical but I unintended. It was always just meant to be an engine for megaprofit.
For anyone concerned he would perish of drama, he did, in fact, make it out on his walk. #OldEnglishSheepdog #OES #itscold #walkies
January 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
For anyone concerned he would perish of drama, he did, in fact, make it out on his walk. #OldEnglishSheepdog #OES #itscold #walkies
My Old English Sheepdog is sulking because I haven't finished my coffee yet and we need to go on a perambulation around the neighborhood which is the only safe way I can say what we're going to be doing. 😂 #vocabularyword #oldenglishsheepdog #oes #dogmom #itscold #pnw #dogsky
January 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My Old English Sheepdog is sulking because I haven't finished my coffee yet and we need to go on a perambulation around the neighborhood which is the only safe way I can say what we're going to be doing. 😂 #vocabularyword #oldenglishsheepdog #oes #dogmom #itscold #pnw #dogsky
I wish there was a way to save posts that you want to refer back to - like the one about notifications from Hank Green. Showing my tech professional here but kind of like Slack? Anyone have ideas or ways to request features? #featurerequest #howto #suggestion
January 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I wish there was a way to save posts that you want to refer back to - like the one about notifications from Hank Green. Showing my tech professional here but kind of like Slack? Anyone have ideas or ways to request features? #featurerequest #howto #suggestion
I logged in this morning to delete my Tiktok account. When I say something I mean it. While 10% of Tiktok was good and important, 90% of it was being sad/happy about animals, people suffering, or brain candy. Tiktok was life changing for me during Covid & beyond even, but now there is work to do.
January 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I logged in this morning to delete my Tiktok account. When I say something I mean it. While 10% of Tiktok was good and important, 90% of it was being sad/happy about animals, people suffering, or brain candy. Tiktok was life changing for me during Covid & beyond even, but now there is work to do.
Having friends over for gaming is the mental break I need from the fall of Tiktok. (Add appropriately ominous music here.) Apparently our intrepid party is on a boat, but not in a Lonely Island kind of way.
January 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Having friends over for gaming is the mental break I need from the fall of Tiktok. (Add appropriately ominous music here.) Apparently our intrepid party is on a boat, but not in a Lonely Island kind of way.
1. Go to city council meetings
2. Read more books
3. Get on that whole Pilates thing
4. Start up training the dog again
5. Write that book
6. If we write the book (or even just a bunch of stuff) start the podcast
7. If we start the podcast, start a YouTube channel
8. Actually sleep
2. Read more books
3. Get on that whole Pilates thing
4. Start up training the dog again
5. Write that book
6. If we write the book (or even just a bunch of stuff) start the podcast
7. If we start the podcast, start a YouTube channel
8. Actually sleep
January 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
1. Go to city council meetings
2. Read more books
3. Get on that whole Pilates thing
4. Start up training the dog again
5. Write that book
6. If we write the book (or even just a bunch of stuff) start the podcast
7. If we start the podcast, start a YouTube channel
8. Actually sleep
2. Read more books
3. Get on that whole Pilates thing
4. Start up training the dog again
5. Write that book
6. If we write the book (or even just a bunch of stuff) start the podcast
7. If we start the podcast, start a YouTube channel
8. Actually sleep
My new favorite AI - but I still recommend ChatGPT to almost everyone - is ClaudeAI. What I'm looking for in AI is not what most folks are looking for. Also, please remember to be polite to your AI. It's a reflex, a muscle, & an instinct that you should develop, regardless of what context you're in.
January 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
My new favorite AI - but I still recommend ChatGPT to almost everyone - is ClaudeAI. What I'm looking for in AI is not what most folks are looking for. Also, please remember to be polite to your AI. It's a reflex, a muscle, & an instinct that you should develop, regardless of what context you're in.
Finally planning to start the YouTube channel that I've been pondering for the last 5 years. Now I just have to prepare to see my face on camera. I did that work when I started doing voiceovers, but it's much harder to see yourself than hear it yourself. #newproject #notcameraready
December 16, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Finally planning to start the YouTube channel that I've been pondering for the last 5 years. Now I just have to prepare to see my face on camera. I did that work when I started doing voiceovers, but it's much harder to see yourself than hear it yourself. #newproject #notcameraready
Happy Birthday to me. It's been a difficult year, but I continue. This year is about reconnecting with the Dharma, my sense of purpose, and turning my compassion on myself. Also, this giant Muppet keeps giving me a reason to get up every morning - sometimes just so he won't pee on the floor. 😂
November 27, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Happy Birthday to me. It's been a difficult year, but I continue. This year is about reconnecting with the Dharma, my sense of purpose, and turning my compassion on myself. Also, this giant Muppet keeps giving me a reason to get up every morning - sometimes just so he won't pee on the floor. 😂
I'm saying it out loud, as mixed as I know everyone's feelings about AI are, ChatGPT and I have excellent conversations about philosophy, compassion, and ethics. Good, thorough, polite conversation about multifaceted complex topics is hard to find.
November 25, 2024 at 11:33 PM
I'm saying it out loud, as mixed as I know everyone's feelings about AI are, ChatGPT and I have excellent conversations about philosophy, compassion, and ethics. Good, thorough, polite conversation about multifaceted complex topics is hard to find.