Lauren Maleen
@janthina.bsky.social
Kid: Can I go toilet?
Me: Yes, just don't go on a side quest again
5 min later
Kid: I'm back! I bumped into [friend] he gave me this. *holds up squishy ball*
Me: DON'T THROW IT AT THE CEILING!
Kid: Oh. My bad. It'll come down on its own, right?
Other kid: Wow, he did go on a side quest
Me: Always
Me: Yes, just don't go on a side quest again
5 min later
Kid: I'm back! I bumped into [friend] he gave me this. *holds up squishy ball*
Me: DON'T THROW IT AT THE CEILING!
Kid: Oh. My bad. It'll come down on its own, right?
Other kid: Wow, he did go on a side quest
Me: Always
December 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Kid: Can I go toilet?
Me: Yes, just don't go on a side quest again
5 min later
Kid: I'm back! I bumped into [friend] he gave me this. *holds up squishy ball*
Me: DON'T THROW IT AT THE CEILING!
Kid: Oh. My bad. It'll come down on its own, right?
Other kid: Wow, he did go on a side quest
Me: Always
Me: Yes, just don't go on a side quest again
5 min later
Kid: I'm back! I bumped into [friend] he gave me this. *holds up squishy ball*
Me: DON'T THROW IT AT THE CEILING!
Kid: Oh. My bad. It'll come down on its own, right?
Other kid: Wow, he did go on a side quest
Me: Always
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A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
Kid: Miss, spelling has no rizz.
Me: Um... yeah, I can't argue with that. Spelling has no rizz. You still need to learn it.
Me: Um... yeah, I can't argue with that. Spelling has no rizz. You still need to learn it.
September 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Kid: Miss, spelling has no rizz.
Me: Um... yeah, I can't argue with that. Spelling has no rizz. You still need to learn it.
Me: Um... yeah, I can't argue with that. Spelling has no rizz. You still need to learn it.
Me: This film is a parody
Child: It has parrots in it?
Child: It has parrots in it?
June 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Me: This film is a parody
Child: It has parrots in it?
Child: It has parrots in it?
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Yf tech billionaires reallye reade their Tolkien thei wolde understande that it was the obsessive searche by Sauron for selfish immortalitye and individual power above all othir thinges that broughte disaster to Middle Earthe.
May 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Yf tech billionaires reallye reade their Tolkien thei wolde understande that it was the obsessive searche by Sauron for selfish immortalitye and individual power above all othir thinges that broughte disaster to Middle Earthe.
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May 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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I feel like we are seeing what the French Revolution would have been like if (a) Marie Antoinette had actually said “let them eat cake” and (b) then the entire French Court had repeated it for weeks on end anytime someone complained of hunger.
Bessent says that little girls who are sad about having fewer dolls should just have it explained to them that they will have a better life for it
May 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I feel like we are seeing what the French Revolution would have been like if (a) Marie Antoinette had actually said “let them eat cake” and (b) then the entire French Court had repeated it for weeks on end anytime someone complained of hunger.
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Ich love my catte so much. Ich kan be full of worryes and anxietye and sadnesse, but then thys litel guy just hoppeth up onto the sofa and doth begin to starte purringe.
April 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Ich love my catte so much. Ich kan be full of worryes and anxietye and sadnesse, but then thys litel guy just hoppeth up onto the sofa and doth begin to starte purringe.
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America: where having an autism awareness tattoo means you're an MS-13 gang member, but having a swastika tattoo just means you're a German history buff
April 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
America: where having an autism awareness tattoo means you're an MS-13 gang member, but having a swastika tattoo just means you're a German history buff
One of Jasper's worst sins was to pee powerfully and liberally over the edge of a litterbox... onto the bottom shelf of a bookcase, ruining multiple books. 😱😭
At least these days we have enzymatic cleaners.
At least these days we have enzymatic cleaners.
The scribe of this book has written, “Here is nothing missing, but a cat urinated on this during a certain night. Cursed be the pesty cat that urinated over this book… because of it many others did too. And beware not to leave open books at night where cats can come.”
April 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
One of Jasper's worst sins was to pee powerfully and liberally over the edge of a litterbox... onto the bottom shelf of a bookcase, ruining multiple books. 😱😭
At least these days we have enzymatic cleaners.
At least these days we have enzymatic cleaners.
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Autism is not an "epidemic" because it's not a disease. Saying we don't know what "causes" it is absurd. It's genetic and, what's more, NORMAL FOR HUMAN BRAINS TO BE DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER.
April 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Autism is not an "epidemic" because it's not a disease. Saying we don't know what "causes" it is absurd. It's genetic and, what's more, NORMAL FOR HUMAN BRAINS TO BE DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER.
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my HORRIFYING cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books
April 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
my HORRIFYING cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books
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@catsofyore.bsky.social Back in the 1950s when the National Archives of Australia was pretty newly formed & still called the Commonwealth Archives Office, the Victorian branch had TWO cats on staff, to control rodents. Thankfully, we have photos - please enjoy Archie (tabby) & Coco (orange?/white)
April 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
@catsofyore.bsky.social Back in the 1950s when the National Archives of Australia was pretty newly formed & still called the Commonwealth Archives Office, the Victorian branch had TWO cats on staff, to control rodents. Thankfully, we have photos - please enjoy Archie (tabby) & Coco (orange?/white)
On the bus back from camp, we watched Moana, and at the end the kids worried we might not finish it.
Me: We're at the climax now, so we'll get to see the important bits.
*pause*
Kid 1: Miss, this isn't an English lesson.
Kid 2: Yeah, why are you talking about, like, "narrative structure" and stuff?
Me: We're at the climax now, so we'll get to see the important bits.
*pause*
Kid 1: Miss, this isn't an English lesson.
Kid 2: Yeah, why are you talking about, like, "narrative structure" and stuff?
March 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
On the bus back from camp, we watched Moana, and at the end the kids worried we might not finish it.
Me: We're at the climax now, so we'll get to see the important bits.
*pause*
Kid 1: Miss, this isn't an English lesson.
Kid 2: Yeah, why are you talking about, like, "narrative structure" and stuff?
Me: We're at the climax now, so we'll get to see the important bits.
*pause*
Kid 1: Miss, this isn't an English lesson.
Kid 2: Yeah, why are you talking about, like, "narrative structure" and stuff?
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One problem with the idea of reserving due process for law-abiding people is that due process is how we figure out which people are law-abiding.
March 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
One problem with the idea of reserving due process for law-abiding people is that due process is how we figure out which people are law-abiding.
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March 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Per @yarotrof.bsky.social:
“The sea shift in the mood in Europe — including the UK — may not be evident to Americans. Here is the cartoon in yesterday’s The Times of London.”
“The sea shift in the mood in Europe — including the UK — may not be evident to Americans. Here is the cartoon in yesterday’s The Times of London.”
March 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Per @yarotrof.bsky.social:
“The sea shift in the mood in Europe — including the UK — may not be evident to Americans. Here is the cartoon in yesterday’s The Times of London.”
“The sea shift in the mood in Europe — including the UK — may not be evident to Americans. Here is the cartoon in yesterday’s The Times of London.”
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Yet another is that Canada does not want to be annexed, and I think that the people who planned this are TRULY flummoxed by that, because I think they imagined Canada would be flattered and shit, like “oh, yes, we want to give up our health care in exchange for a shit sandwich under a dictator!”
March 9, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Yet another is that Canada does not want to be annexed, and I think that the people who planned this are TRULY flummoxed by that, because I think they imagined Canada would be flattered and shit, like “oh, yes, we want to give up our health care in exchange for a shit sandwich under a dictator!”
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This is really fun.
This guy, @albertburneko.bsky.social, is a genius. Please read his brilliant article on Elon Musk's deranged and morally repugnant Mars colonisation schtick. defector.com/neither-elon...
Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector
Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the red planet can stop right there, but of course it never does. Do you have a low-cost plan for, uh, creating a gigantic ac...
defector.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is really fun.
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This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.
March 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.
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I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️🌈💖
June 14, 2024 at 2:19 AM
I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️🌈💖
My latest response to hearing "What the sigma?" is to go "Pff, that's so 2024". Unexpectedly, this is being taken as a sick burn.
February 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
My latest response to hearing "What the sigma?" is to go "Pff, that's so 2024". Unexpectedly, this is being taken as a sick burn.
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Thinking about the tepid responses of some of our elected representatives to the current crisis, I recalled this line from Ada Palmer in her book Terra Ignota:
“Our modern moths have bounced so many times off lightbulbs, they aren’t prepared for torches, and forget that wings can burn.”
“Our modern moths have bounced so many times off lightbulbs, they aren’t prepared for torches, and forget that wings can burn.”
February 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Thinking about the tepid responses of some of our elected representatives to the current crisis, I recalled this line from Ada Palmer in her book Terra Ignota:
“Our modern moths have bounced so many times off lightbulbs, they aren’t prepared for torches, and forget that wings can burn.”
“Our modern moths have bounced so many times off lightbulbs, they aren’t prepared for torches, and forget that wings can burn.”
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Tens of thousands of people turned out across Australia today to protest the transphobic decision by the Queensland government to suspend access to puberty blockers and gender affirming hormone treatment for people under 18. (Warning: video is LOUD)
#transjustice #transrights #protecttranskids
#transjustice #transrights #protecttranskids
February 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Tens of thousands of people turned out across Australia today to protest the transphobic decision by the Queensland government to suspend access to puberty blockers and gender affirming hormone treatment for people under 18. (Warning: video is LOUD)
#transjustice #transrights #protecttranskids
#transjustice #transrights #protecttranskids