Melissa Kaercher
@chebutykin.bsky.social
Queen of the Lizard People, a benevolent despot.
I also like dogs.
I also like dogs.
The soundtrack was a banger.
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The soundtrack was a banger.
(PSA: that gesture is an actual official help signal. If you see someone using it, they are clandestinely asking for help.)
![During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were extensive lockdowns which kept people at home. As people then mainly communicated by social media, in 2020, the Canadian Women's Foundation (CWF) devised a hand signal called the Signal for Help which women could use to secretly indicate that they were at risk of domestic violence or victims of human trafficking and so needed assistance.
The CWF signal has the palm outward with the thumb across it.[4] The fingers are then closed over the thumb to symbolize that one is being held or hurt.
Knowledge of this signal spread through social media such as TikTok. In 2021, a girl in Kentucky used the signal when she had been kidnapped, and people who saw it alerted the local police who rescued her.[5][6] As a result, the Women's Signal for Help is an option that allows those who feel abused to discreetly ask for help without alerting the abuser or leaving a digital record of their request. [7]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o2uirgvudwqnbimieybvg7ay/bafkreidf457shzn6v7d7wvl6yk6k3235mqyhuna64xl6sh5doyv52bqz24@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
(PSA: that gesture is an actual official help signal. If you see someone using it, they are clandestinely asking for help.)
UGH. I am so sorry.
You do rock those tops, though.
You do rock those tops, though.
October 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
UGH. I am so sorry.
You do rock those tops, though.
You do rock those tops, though.
Oh god, that’s horrifying.
October 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Oh god, that’s horrifying.
The man is distilled dapper.
October 31, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The man is distilled dapper.
Does Tom Conway have an album? I don’t think so, but Google’s AI thinks he’s not only alive but also a rock musician.
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Does Tom Conway have an album? I don’t think so, but Google’s AI thinks he’s not only alive but also a rock musician.
It might not surprise any of you that I own this album on vinyl.
October 31, 2025 at 12:43 AM
It might not surprise any of you that I own this album on vinyl.
Let’s Truman Show him.
October 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Let’s Truman Show him.
Also, I clearly cannot count or proofread today.
October 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Also, I clearly cannot count or proofread today.
Two times I immediately mash the buy button on a book:
* When it is written by a friend (I left those folks off the list because of personal bias)
* When it is written by Mary Roach, who I really wish was my friend
* When it is written by a friend (I left those folks off the list because of personal bias)
* When it is written by Mary Roach, who I really wish was my friend
October 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Two times I immediately mash the buy button on a book:
* When it is written by a friend (I left those folks off the list because of personal bias)
* When it is written by Mary Roach, who I really wish was my friend
* When it is written by a friend (I left those folks off the list because of personal bias)
* When it is written by Mary Roach, who I really wish was my friend
You probably heard me cackling, because goddamn, that was so hilarious to me.
October 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
You probably heard me cackling, because goddamn, that was so hilarious to me.
The Pain of Lakes PACs
October 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Pain of Lakes PACs
