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40s
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she/her
Chicago
still masks
misses WisCon book recs
knows math / ancient history just well enough for jokes
Profile pic: Girl AF Klara, of Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun (Jeff Liu)
Banner: 🙊 (nyxtastic on Tumblr)
40s
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
she/her
Chicago
still masks
misses WisCon book recs
knows math / ancient history just well enough for jokes
Profile pic: Girl AF Klara, of Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun (Jeff Liu)
Banner: 🙊 (nyxtastic on Tumblr)
I think this is the most intense "remember that AI-generated graphics is an indicator of the quality to be found within" thread I've seen since that Willy Wonka Experience.
I was looking for an anniversary gift for @jsking.bsky.social, I was served a random ad for a Star Trek advent calendar which I bought without really thinking about it. On December 1, he *really* looked at it.
"What does that say?" "To boldly go this Christmas" "Does it?" "OH." (1/?)
"What does that say?" "To boldly go this Christmas" "Does it?" "OH." (1/?)
December 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I think this is the most intense "remember that AI-generated graphics is an indicator of the quality to be found within" thread I've seen since that Willy Wonka Experience.
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To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.
December 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.
I'm a little Midwesternly proud of myself for having dressed in exactly the right layers-- that I had to pack for a trip, even-- for walking across downtown in 3F/-16C on the way home tonight.
And I could go harder! I have taller boots, warmer skirts, and warmer sweaters to layer under the parka.
And I could go harder! I have taller boots, warmer skirts, and warmer sweaters to layer under the parka.
December 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I'm a little Midwesternly proud of myself for having dressed in exactly the right layers-- that I had to pack for a trip, even-- for walking across downtown in 3F/-16C on the way home tonight.
And I could go harder! I have taller boots, warmer skirts, and warmer sweaters to layer under the parka.
And I could go harder! I have taller boots, warmer skirts, and warmer sweaters to layer under the parka.
Glanced at the animated safety announcements at the Amtrak station and caught a section playing on violently resisting an attacker??
Like, the part I caught was just practical/normal advice I'd seen before, so ultimately less bad than "if you see something, say something", but, still, what the fuck
Like, the part I caught was just practical/normal advice I'd seen before, so ultimately less bad than "if you see something, say something", but, still, what the fuck
December 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Glanced at the animated safety announcements at the Amtrak station and caught a section playing on violently resisting an attacker??
Like, the part I caught was just practical/normal advice I'd seen before, so ultimately less bad than "if you see something, say something", but, still, what the fuck
Like, the part I caught was just practical/normal advice I'd seen before, so ultimately less bad than "if you see something, say something", but, still, what the fuck
There's a wedding party slowly trickling into this hotel, and I've been trying to figure out whether it's a queer wedding or whether straight guys these days just throw around words like "power bottom".
December 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
There's a wedding party slowly trickling into this hotel, and I've been trying to figure out whether it's a queer wedding or whether straight guys these days just throw around words like "power bottom".
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Another prosecution in Chicago for assaulting federal law enforcement has fallen apart after a grand jury refused to indict storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Screenshot of linked court document: "The Government explained that the motion to dismiss the complaint was prompted after a
federal grand jury returned a “no bill” and refused to indict Mr. Griffin within the time allowed by
the Court [Dkt. 17]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4wgc32lruykyqvmnculpihn5/bafkreid5fw2sq2csioxopwh3wzq2i6yd32p3tcbw6k2m4zadphrhowraea@jpeg)
December 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Another prosecution in Chicago for assaulting federal law enforcement has fallen apart after a grand jury refused to indict storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Reading a Moomins book for the first time after years of absorbing ancient history trivia is a strange experience.
I kept having very normal thoughts like "ah, so the Moomins are like unto the Roman Penates" or "Sniff must be a northern relative of the Set animal".
I kept having very normal thoughts like "ah, so the Moomins are like unto the Roman Penates" or "Sniff must be a northern relative of the Set animal".
December 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reading a Moomins book for the first time after years of absorbing ancient history trivia is a strange experience.
I kept having very normal thoughts like "ah, so the Moomins are like unto the Roman Penates" or "Sniff must be a northern relative of the Set animal".
I kept having very normal thoughts like "ah, so the Moomins are like unto the Roman Penates" or "Sniff must be a northern relative of the Set animal".
I'm already tempted to add a word-filter mute for "Northsky".
[Explaining the vaguepost: because I only ever see mentions in the context of drama/discourse fights already started around it, not because I disagree with the goal of the project. If this is the first you're hearing of it, move along.]
[Explaining the vaguepost: because I only ever see mentions in the context of drama/discourse fights already started around it, not because I disagree with the goal of the project. If this is the first you're hearing of it, move along.]
December 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I'm already tempted to add a word-filter mute for "Northsky".
[Explaining the vaguepost: because I only ever see mentions in the context of drama/discourse fights already started around it, not because I disagree with the goal of the project. If this is the first you're hearing of it, move along.]
[Explaining the vaguepost: because I only ever see mentions in the context of drama/discourse fights already started around it, not because I disagree with the goal of the project. If this is the first you're hearing of it, move along.]
I'll have to remember this one next time I'm being too hard on myself for how often I start sentences with filler words.
He liked the way she began her fierce, scornful sentences so often with a weak, conciliatory 'well.' She cut the ground out from under them before they ever got going, let them hang unsupported in the void. She had courage, great courage.
December 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I'll have to remember this one next time I'm being too hard on myself for how often I start sentences with filler words.
Looking through my Letterboxd account for ones where the reason isn't just "because it's bad" and settled on Okja.
Like I enjoyed watching it. Not a film nerd, but I remember it being clever and touching. But fuck are portrayals of what it's portraying rough, even for my high rough stuff tolerance.
Like I enjoyed watching it. Not a film nerd, but I remember it being clever and touching. But fuck are portrayals of what it's portraying rough, even for my high rough stuff tolerance.
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Looking through my Letterboxd account for ones where the reason isn't just "because it's bad" and settled on Okja.
Like I enjoyed watching it. Not a film nerd, but I remember it being clever and touching. But fuck are portrayals of what it's portraying rough, even for my high rough stuff tolerance.
Like I enjoyed watching it. Not a film nerd, but I remember it being clever and touching. But fuck are portrayals of what it's portraying rough, even for my high rough stuff tolerance.
It's been weird watching the Deltarune fandom on Tumblr.
By July they'd largely settled on fanon interpretations of Dess. Since then I've seen elaborate theories involving everyone from Jockington to Ramb, and even venting over characterization of FRIEND, who isn't so much a character as a filename
By July they'd largely settled on fanon interpretations of Dess. Since then I've seen elaborate theories involving everyone from Jockington to Ramb, and even venting over characterization of FRIEND, who isn't so much a character as a filename
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It's been weird watching the Deltarune fandom on Tumblr.
By July they'd largely settled on fanon interpretations of Dess. Since then I've seen elaborate theories involving everyone from Jockington to Ramb, and even venting over characterization of FRIEND, who isn't so much a character as a filename
By July they'd largely settled on fanon interpretations of Dess. Since then I've seen elaborate theories involving everyone from Jockington to Ramb, and even venting over characterization of FRIEND, who isn't so much a character as a filename
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"And that concludes our intensive three-week sales pitch"
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"And that concludes our intensive three-week sales pitch"
In five years (at most) these'll all be shuttered, won't they.
Why are there FIVE car washes around me? Maybe because private equity loves them.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Why Are There Suddenly So Many Car Washes?
Fueled by private equity and a subscription-based business model, the auto wash industry is flooding the US with new outlets. Some towns and cities have had enough.
www.bloomberg.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
In five years (at most) these'll all be shuttered, won't they.
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Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
Sorry for being Like This (I blame the month), but I watched eXistenZ the other night, and now I wonder if Deltarune chapter 3 was influenced by this movie.
The way it keeps repeating that the game is "by Antenna", the Odd Controller, the weird relationships between players and their characters...
The way it keeps repeating that the game is "by Antenna", the Odd Controller, the weird relationships between players and their characters...
December 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Sorry for being Like This (I blame the month), but I watched eXistenZ the other night, and now I wonder if Deltarune chapter 3 was influenced by this movie.
The way it keeps repeating that the game is "by Antenna", the Odd Controller, the weird relationships between players and their characters...
The way it keeps repeating that the game is "by Antenna", the Odd Controller, the weird relationships between players and their characters...
This includes if they have said something that you know you could dunk on so bitingly. Your followers' lives are made worse by seeing your clever dunk, because they'll also spend part of their one wild and precious life reading at least the original bad take and maybe even clicking through for more.
I cannot stress enough that is some rando responds to something you reposted trying to draw you into a “but have you considered” discussion of it, they are not acting in good faith, and you just block. Please, embrace the blue sky way. block. block. block.
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This includes if they have said something that you know you could dunk on so bitingly. Your followers' lives are made worse by seeing your clever dunk, because they'll also spend part of their one wild and precious life reading at least the original bad take and maybe even clicking through for more.
Problematically shy Tendaqueers
chickentendiesqueer
goaltenderqueer
December 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Problematically shy Tendaqueers
It's heartening that I've only seen two Spotify Wrappeds this week, one of which had a "yeah, I know, I'm moving elsewhere" disclaimer.
Dunno how much is people dropping Spotify vs. just feeling ashamed about posting it, but, like, I've seen more from friggin' YouTube Music, which is unprecedented.
Dunno how much is people dropping Spotify vs. just feeling ashamed about posting it, but, like, I've seen more from friggin' YouTube Music, which is unprecedented.
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It's heartening that I've only seen two Spotify Wrappeds this week, one of which had a "yeah, I know, I'm moving elsewhere" disclaimer.
Dunno how much is people dropping Spotify vs. just feeling ashamed about posting it, but, like, I've seen more from friggin' YouTube Music, which is unprecedented.
Dunno how much is people dropping Spotify vs. just feeling ashamed about posting it, but, like, I've seen more from friggin' YouTube Music, which is unprecedented.
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Go to bed; tired is stupid.
December 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Go to bed; tired is stupid.
This is either LeGuinBot plays Deltarune or LeGuinBot plays Slay the Princess, depending on what voice you read it in.
I made myself a vessel. I know its shape. But not the clay. Life danced me. I know the dances. But I don't know who the dancer is.
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is either LeGuinBot plays Deltarune or LeGuinBot plays Slay the Princess, depending on what voice you read it in.
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Chicagoans will pay $76 per person this year for police misconduct settlements.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Chicagoans will pay $76 per person this year for police misconduct settlements.
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the thing about online queer discourse is unless you dig into things it's hard to tell if someone is speaking from a place of nuance and decades of lived experience or whether you're reading the untested absolutes of the most 15-year-old alive
December 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
the thing about online queer discourse is unless you dig into things it's hard to tell if someone is speaking from a place of nuance and decades of lived experience or whether you're reading the untested absolutes of the most 15-year-old alive
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As you consider Bandcamp Friday here's a 'what the...well, why not?' option. (It is indeed a collection of Autechre covers on guitar.)
Autechre Guitar, by Shane Parish
10 track album
shaneparish.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
As you consider Bandcamp Friday here's a 'what the...well, why not?' option. (It is indeed a collection of Autechre covers on guitar.)
My home has inherited some fancy audio equipment (we'd been in "cheap bluetooth speakers with a standalone transmitter" land til now).
In particular, the DAC and analog input-switching "preamp" boxes each have a "signal ground" on/off switch; the dedicated amp has a similar "chassis ground" switch.
In particular, the DAC and analog input-switching "preamp" boxes each have a "signal ground" on/off switch; the dedicated amp has a similar "chassis ground" switch.
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
My home has inherited some fancy audio equipment (we'd been in "cheap bluetooth speakers with a standalone transmitter" land til now).
In particular, the DAC and analog input-switching "preamp" boxes each have a "signal ground" on/off switch; the dedicated amp has a similar "chassis ground" switch.
In particular, the DAC and analog input-switching "preamp" boxes each have a "signal ground" on/off switch; the dedicated amp has a similar "chassis ground" switch.
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Now at $645 of $925 LATE rent. That means we’re over 2/3 of the way there! You are all ✨amazing.✨
If I pay by tomorrow, 12/5, I’ll avoid punitive fees—and can take more than a few deep, grateful breaths. Thank you so much for helping.
If I pay by tomorrow, 12/5, I’ll avoid punitive fees—and can take more than a few deep, grateful breaths. Thank you so much for helping.
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Now at $645 of $925 LATE rent. That means we’re over 2/3 of the way there! You are all ✨amazing.✨
If I pay by tomorrow, 12/5, I’ll avoid punitive fees—and can take more than a few deep, grateful breaths. Thank you so much for helping.
If I pay by tomorrow, 12/5, I’ll avoid punitive fees—and can take more than a few deep, grateful breaths. Thank you so much for helping.