Midwest Procrastinator
@ctinalk.bsky.social
Perennially online millennial, ace, she/her, I read and yell at words for a living.
I exist in the Venn diagram of law/politics-sky, LGBTQ+ rights, ADHD, and the Good Omens fandom.
I exist in the Venn diagram of law/politics-sky, LGBTQ+ rights, ADHD, and the Good Omens fandom.
Sexy (checks notes)
Ah yes
Sexy ethics of university tenure professor research publication requirements.
No I’m not fun at parties why do you ask?
Ah yes
Sexy ethics of university tenure professor research publication requirements.
No I’m not fun at parties why do you ask?
October 25, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Sexy (checks notes)
Ah yes
Sexy ethics of university tenure professor research publication requirements.
No I’m not fun at parties why do you ask?
Ah yes
Sexy ethics of university tenure professor research publication requirements.
No I’m not fun at parties why do you ask?
Behold, my robot army.
They do their best.
They do their best.
October 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Behold, my robot army.
They do their best.
They do their best.
I cannot begin to describe how saturated that left rainbow looks in person. It’s like you could physically walk into it and be blanketed in color.
October 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I cannot begin to describe how saturated that left rainbow looks in person. It’s like you could physically walk into it and be blanketed in color.
There is a highly specific point of culture that happened about 16 years ago that keeps showing up on FB memories and clearly needs to be studied extensively.
October 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
There is a highly specific point of culture that happened about 16 years ago that keeps showing up on FB memories and clearly needs to be studied extensively.
It rained here for the first time in weeks (months? who knows anymore) and people are reacting appropriately.
October 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
It rained here for the first time in weeks (months? who knows anymore) and people are reacting appropriately.
Started shuffling my music stand to clear a bit off and damn if this isn’t a perfect representation of me.
October 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Started shuffling my music stand to clear a bit off and damn if this isn’t a perfect representation of me.
Spoiler for Clues by Sam, I guess, but too good not to share.
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Spoiler for Clues by Sam, I guess, but too good not to share.
I mainly remember do it only because mine yells at me if I don’t because I have the setting turned on, lol.
October 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I mainly remember do it only because mine yells at me if I don’t because I have the setting turned on, lol.
Alt because the text was far too much for a single post 👾
October 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Alt because the text was far too much for a single post 👾
Welcome to my primary experience with traffic jams.
October 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Welcome to my primary experience with traffic jams.
Ok wow very bad but also… wut??
What does the TSA ban have to do with any of this?
What does the TSA ban have to do with any of this?
September 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Ok wow very bad but also… wut??
What does the TSA ban have to do with any of this?
What does the TSA ban have to do with any of this?
I imagine it’s just something like this repeating 5,500 times.
September 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I imagine it’s just something like this repeating 5,500 times.
Hell yeah, Crunchberries!
(Milk consumption required for participation) (I don’t eat my cereal with milk, soggy cereal is weird and I don’t like milk anyway)
but…. but Crunchberries
(Milk consumption required for participation) (I don’t eat my cereal with milk, soggy cereal is weird and I don’t like milk anyway)
but…. but Crunchberries
September 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Hell yeah, Crunchberries!
(Milk consumption required for participation) (I don’t eat my cereal with milk, soggy cereal is weird and I don’t like milk anyway)
but…. but Crunchberries
(Milk consumption required for participation) (I don’t eat my cereal with milk, soggy cereal is weird and I don’t like milk anyway)
but…. but Crunchberries
Oh good, at least I bought the non-explode-y one!
September 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Oh good, at least I bought the non-explode-y one!
There are cat trees galore. There are blankets everywhere. They are allowed on the comfy furniture.
And yet her favorite “pillow” is a plastic chair leg while laying on the floor.
And yet her favorite “pillow” is a plastic chair leg while laying on the floor.
September 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
There are cat trees galore. There are blankets everywhere. They are allowed on the comfy furniture.
And yet her favorite “pillow” is a plastic chair leg while laying on the floor.
And yet her favorite “pillow” is a plastic chair leg while laying on the floor.
Oh my god
(The “I’m the best” is very inaccurate, “efficiency is king” is off, and “commercial value in art” I’m conflicted on whether that means ‘all art has value’ (true) or ‘art must be profitable to be worth doing’ (false), but I can see how they’d be logically connected to the innate stuff.)
(The “I’m the best” is very inaccurate, “efficiency is king” is off, and “commercial value in art” I’m conflicted on whether that means ‘all art has value’ (true) or ‘art must be profitable to be worth doing’ (false), but I can see how they’d be logically connected to the innate stuff.)
September 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Oh my god
(The “I’m the best” is very inaccurate, “efficiency is king” is off, and “commercial value in art” I’m conflicted on whether that means ‘all art has value’ (true) or ‘art must be profitable to be worth doing’ (false), but I can see how they’d be logically connected to the innate stuff.)
(The “I’m the best” is very inaccurate, “efficiency is king” is off, and “commercial value in art” I’m conflicted on whether that means ‘all art has value’ (true) or ‘art must be profitable to be worth doing’ (false), but I can see how they’d be logically connected to the innate stuff.)
I’ve been having a VPN/remote drive issue for like a month, multiple tickets with them all being like “hmmm probably a machine issue.”
Now the literal dept IT director has it happening so I have proof it’s not just me, & probably a networking or VPN thing LIKE I’VE SAID ALL ALONG
#iampatientzero
Now the literal dept IT director has it happening so I have proof it’s not just me, & probably a networking or VPN thing LIKE I’VE SAID ALL ALONG
#iampatientzero
September 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I’ve been having a VPN/remote drive issue for like a month, multiple tickets with them all being like “hmmm probably a machine issue.”
Now the literal dept IT director has it happening so I have proof it’s not just me, & probably a networking or VPN thing LIKE I’VE SAID ALL ALONG
#iampatientzero
Now the literal dept IT director has it happening so I have proof it’s not just me, & probably a networking or VPN thing LIKE I’VE SAID ALL ALONG
#iampatientzero
When the meanest, most annoying old man with the worst attitude on the town FB group has a personal page filled with anti-Trump, anti-Musk, anti-RFK Jr., anti-Russia, pro-protest, pro-Luigi, and all the other left support you can imagine:
September 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
When the meanest, most annoying old man with the worst attitude on the town FB group has a personal page filled with anti-Trump, anti-Musk, anti-RFK Jr., anti-Russia, pro-protest, pro-Luigi, and all the other left support you can imagine:
Aaaaaand that’s when that website lost all credibility to me.
Also clearly not written by an oboist, as it says the reed is a secondary hurdle, as if we don’t regularly curse at our reeds at all hours of the day. Fingering and breathing are static skills, but each reed is slightly different.
Also clearly not written by an oboist, as it says the reed is a secondary hurdle, as if we don’t regularly curse at our reeds at all hours of the day. Fingering and breathing are static skills, but each reed is slightly different.
August 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Aaaaaand that’s when that website lost all credibility to me.
Also clearly not written by an oboist, as it says the reed is a secondary hurdle, as if we don’t regularly curse at our reeds at all hours of the day. Fingering and breathing are static skills, but each reed is slightly different.
Also clearly not written by an oboist, as it says the reed is a secondary hurdle, as if we don’t regularly curse at our reeds at all hours of the day. Fingering and breathing are static skills, but each reed is slightly different.
Almond Sugar Cookies
1.5 cups powdered sugar
1 cup butter (or 1/2 butter & 1/2 margarine)
1 egg
2t. vanilla flavor
2 t. Almond flavor
2 ½ cup flour
Cream butter & powdered sugar
Add egg & flavors
Mix well, then add flour till well combined
Chill
Roll out
Bake 8-10 minutes @ 375F
1.5 cups powdered sugar
1 cup butter (or 1/2 butter & 1/2 margarine)
1 egg
2t. vanilla flavor
2 t. Almond flavor
2 ½ cup flour
Cream butter & powdered sugar
Add egg & flavors
Mix well, then add flour till well combined
Chill
Roll out
Bake 8-10 minutes @ 375F
August 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Almond Sugar Cookies
1.5 cups powdered sugar
1 cup butter (or 1/2 butter & 1/2 margarine)
1 egg
2t. vanilla flavor
2 t. Almond flavor
2 ½ cup flour
Cream butter & powdered sugar
Add egg & flavors
Mix well, then add flour till well combined
Chill
Roll out
Bake 8-10 minutes @ 375F
1.5 cups powdered sugar
1 cup butter (or 1/2 butter & 1/2 margarine)
1 egg
2t. vanilla flavor
2 t. Almond flavor
2 ½ cup flour
Cream butter & powdered sugar
Add egg & flavors
Mix well, then add flour till well combined
Chill
Roll out
Bake 8-10 minutes @ 375F
Dad brought by a couple of boxes of stuff from my old room and behold, the dichotomy of being a teenager in the 90s:
August 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Dad brought by a couple of boxes of stuff from my old room and behold, the dichotomy of being a teenager in the 90s:
(insert dog war flashback gif here)
I still remember the day Cracker Barrel fell the first time. I still have a shirt.
They’ll find a way to complain about everything.
I still remember the day Cracker Barrel fell the first time. I still have a shirt.
They’ll find a way to complain about everything.
August 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
(insert dog war flashback gif here)
I still remember the day Cracker Barrel fell the first time. I still have a shirt.
They’ll find a way to complain about everything.
I still remember the day Cracker Barrel fell the first time. I still have a shirt.
They’ll find a way to complain about everything.
In the midst of the horrorsTM, find time for small joys.
Like naming your seemingly indestructible eufys after well-known difficult dog breeds. Welcome to the family Belligerent Sausage.
Like naming your seemingly indestructible eufys after well-known difficult dog breeds. Welcome to the family Belligerent Sausage.
August 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
In the midst of the horrorsTM, find time for small joys.
Like naming your seemingly indestructible eufys after well-known difficult dog breeds. Welcome to the family Belligerent Sausage.
Like naming your seemingly indestructible eufys after well-known difficult dog breeds. Welcome to the family Belligerent Sausage.
muttering to myself: if you don’t have anything non-petty to say, don’t say anything at all.
my mouth:
my mouth:
August 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
muttering to myself: if you don’t have anything non-petty to say, don’t say anything at all.
my mouth:
my mouth: