Worf's Aunt Masha from Babruysk
@mashamasha.bsky.social
This is my hometown in the pfp. I immigrated to the US in 97. Gen X, mother to two millennials. I now have two cats! One was my son's but now he's all mine. I write code for a living. Hope for my country of birth to lose the war to 🇺🇦 soon.
Not me, I'm playing the long game here. Going to wait a few weeks, post a pic of latkes, and wait to see what he has to say
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Not me, I'm playing the long game here. Going to wait a few weeks, post a pic of latkes, and wait to see what he has to say
Just when we all thought it couldn't get any worse than it had been in the last century, it somehow did
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Just when we all thought it couldn't get any worse than it had been in the last century, it somehow did
Dude's been here six hours. Barely put his bags down and taken his traveling shoes off. And look at him already achieving bluesky fame. Damn.
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Dude's been here six hours. Barely put his bags down and taken his traveling shoes off. And look at him already achieving bluesky fame. Damn.
I love cream. I love mushrooms. I tried to love this soup when we first came here, but it was pretty hard to love.
I love green beans too and am not putting that thing on them.
I love green beans too and am not putting that thing on them.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I love cream. I love mushrooms. I tried to love this soup when we first came here, but it was pretty hard to love.
I love green beans too and am not putting that thing on them.
I love green beans too and am not putting that thing on them.
Please don't tell me how great my life was in the country where I was supposed to fuck my friend's husband if I wanted to buy, with my own money, at above market rate, a goddamn futon to sleep on. /End
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Please don't tell me how great my life was in the country where I was supposed to fuck my friend's husband if I wanted to buy, with my own money, at above market rate, a goddamn futon to sleep on. /End
"I'll see what I can do. Btw my wife took the kids to visit her parents for two weeks. I'm on my own for two weeks. I'm going to stop by later today"
His wife was my friend.
He knocked and rang the doorbell, I didn't come to the door.
My fiance moved in a month later. We slept on the floor 4/
His wife was my friend.
He knocked and rang the doorbell, I didn't come to the door.
My fiance moved in a month later. We slept on the floor 4/
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"I'll see what I can do. Btw my wife took the kids to visit her parents for two weeks. I'm on my own for two weeks. I'm going to stop by later today"
His wife was my friend.
He knocked and rang the doorbell, I didn't come to the door.
My fiance moved in a month later. We slept on the floor 4/
His wife was my friend.
He knocked and rang the doorbell, I didn't come to the door.
My fiance moved in a month later. We slept on the floor 4/
They went as far as calling him into our office and telling him he had to help me out. He knew the right people and could set me up with some tables and futons on sale.
We got in his car and he drove me to a couple empty stores in the area.
On the drive back, he hinted that he could help me 3/
We got in his car and he drove me to a couple empty stores in the area.
On the drive back, he hinted that he could help me 3/
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
They went as far as calling him into our office and telling him he had to help me out. He knew the right people and could set me up with some tables and futons on sale.
We got in his car and he drove me to a couple empty stores in the area.
On the drive back, he hinted that he could help me 3/
We got in his car and he drove me to a couple empty stores in the area.
On the drive back, he hinted that he could help me 3/
My parents were willing to spot me the cash, if I could find any furniture on sale anywhere. But I couldn't. You had to know the right people and I didn't. Furniture store was empty.
Women at my work pointed me to a guy at work who'd just finished furnishihg his new place and had connections. 2/
Women at my work pointed me to a guy at work who'd just finished furnishihg his new place and had connections. 2/
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
My parents were willing to spot me the cash, if I could find any furniture on sale anywhere. But I couldn't. You had to know the right people and I didn't. Furniture store was empty.
Women at my work pointed me to a guy at work who'd just finished furnishihg his new place and had connections. 2/
Women at my work pointed me to a guy at work who'd just finished furnishihg his new place and had connections. 2/
And doesn't bring new people into this world that their fathers aren't prepared to raise (because nothing will convince me that someone who's "in trouble" is going to do a stellar job raising a large family)
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
And doesn't bring new people into this world that their fathers aren't prepared to raise (because nothing will convince me that someone who's "in trouble" is going to do a stellar job raising a large family)
Then, at the last holiday dinner dad was able to make to when he was alive (Thanksgiving 2012), I somehow got distracted and failed to stop him from delivering a monologue to my two sons, myself, and my mom, on how the white race will soon stop being the majority and isn't it just awful 🤦🏼♀️
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Then, at the last holiday dinner dad was able to make to when he was alive (Thanksgiving 2012), I somehow got distracted and failed to stop him from delivering a monologue to my two sons, myself, and my mom, on how the white race will soon stop being the majority and isn't it just awful 🤦🏼♀️
At least my parents got burned enough times early on to learn that not everyone in the ex-soviet mini ghetto is to be trusted.
But dad's best college friend ended up in Israel, they found each other online, friend sent dad enough fwd emails to radicalize dad.
I had to ban politics at dinners
But dad's best college friend ended up in Israel, they found each other online, friend sent dad enough fwd emails to radicalize dad.
I had to ban politics at dinners
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
At least my parents got burned enough times early on to learn that not everyone in the ex-soviet mini ghetto is to be trusted.
But dad's best college friend ended up in Israel, they found each other online, friend sent dad enough fwd emails to radicalize dad.
I had to ban politics at dinners
But dad's best college friend ended up in Israel, they found each other online, friend sent dad enough fwd emails to radicalize dad.
I had to ban politics at dinners
Maybe now we'll be able to put the old idea to rest that wealth means wisdom and people who have a lot of assets are deserving of it somehow in ways the rest of us are not.
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Maybe now we'll be able to put the old idea to rest that wealth means wisdom and people who have a lot of assets are deserving of it somehow in ways the rest of us are not.
Took me several years and a comment from a friend to see the similarities myself! And I was in my early 30s, with connections outside of the immigrant community and fluent English. My parents were in their late 50s with no friends outside of community and no English.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Took me several years and a comment from a friend to see the similarities myself! And I was in my early 30s, with connections outside of the immigrant community and fluent English. My parents were in their late 50s with no friends outside of community and no English.
I've seen Click and yes! I've been thinking about that movie a lot lately.
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I've seen Click and yes! I've been thinking about that movie a lot lately.
And, like, I get it why people don't believe us. They don't know us. We're a bunch of letters and numbers on their screen. I also get why people are reluctant to trust the sources. The sources haven't given us enough reason to trust them, and that's before AI took them over.
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
And, like, I get it why people don't believe us. They don't know us. We're a bunch of letters and numbers on their screen. I also get why people are reluctant to trust the sources. The sources haven't given us enough reason to trust them, and that's before AI took them over.
Oh wow I'm sorry to hear. Though my children's father also moved in the same direction over time. But his family is in West Ukraine and they keep him somewhat in check.
My own dad went full "I'm against USSR, so as a US voter, I need to be to the right of the GOP" in the last ten years of his life.
My own dad went full "I'm against USSR, so as a US voter, I need to be to the right of the GOP" in the last ten years of his life.
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Oh wow I'm sorry to hear. Though my children's father also moved in the same direction over time. But his family is in West Ukraine and they keep him somewhat in check.
My own dad went full "I'm against USSR, so as a US voter, I need to be to the right of the GOP" in the last ten years of his life.
My own dad went full "I'm against USSR, so as a US voter, I need to be to the right of the GOP" in the last ten years of his life.
All the types!
Was inspired to make this post after I just spent 5 min of my morning trying to find info on why we didn't see many homeless on the streets growing up, from a source that my opponent would approve of, and then was like "wait. I'm running late. Why am I wasting my time on this?"
Was inspired to make this post after I just spent 5 min of my morning trying to find info on why we didn't see many homeless on the streets growing up, from a source that my opponent would approve of, and then was like "wait. I'm running late. Why am I wasting my time on this?"
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
All the types!
Was inspired to make this post after I just spent 5 min of my morning trying to find info on why we didn't see many homeless on the streets growing up, from a source that my opponent would approve of, and then was like "wait. I'm running late. Why am I wasting my time on this?"
Was inspired to make this post after I just spent 5 min of my morning trying to find info on why we didn't see many homeless on the streets growing up, from a source that my opponent would approve of, and then was like "wait. I'm running late. Why am I wasting my time on this?"
My takeaway from the whole failed experiment was that greed and power will always exist, and that the combination of scarcity & putting a small number of people in charge of everyone else's access to everything, guarantee that greedy, power-hungry people are going to thrive and rise to the top.
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
My takeaway from the whole failed experiment was that greed and power will always exist, and that the combination of scarcity & putting a small number of people in charge of everyone else's access to everything, guarantee that greedy, power-hungry people are going to thrive and rise to the top.
of being on the waitlist. That was how they found out that, in the 19 years on the list, they'd moved several places *back* in line.
Everyone else I knew had already given the mgr in charge of phone installations the box of chocolates (that was the going rate), and were enjoying their home phones.
Everyone else I knew had already given the mgr in charge of phone installations the box of chocolates (that was the going rate), and were enjoying their home phones.
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
of being on the waitlist. That was how they found out that, in the 19 years on the list, they'd moved several places *back* in line.
Everyone else I knew had already given the mgr in charge of phone installations the box of chocolates (that was the going rate), and were enjoying their home phones.
Everyone else I knew had already given the mgr in charge of phone installations the box of chocolates (that was the going rate), and were enjoying their home phones.
My parents both held management positions, earned decent money, and had nothing, because as engineers they didn't have access to the goods. Also because they didn't give bribes.
They got on a waitlist for a landline home phone in 1977. When leaving for the US in 1996, they had to provide proof...
They got on a waitlist for a landline home phone in 1977. When leaving for the US in 1996, they had to provide proof...
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My parents both held management positions, earned decent money, and had nothing, because as engineers they didn't have access to the goods. Also because they didn't give bribes.
They got on a waitlist for a landline home phone in 1977. When leaving for the US in 1996, they had to provide proof...
They got on a waitlist for a landline home phone in 1977. When leaving for the US in 1996, they had to provide proof...
Yep. I've been saying it on here that it was Scandinavian-type socialism for the few on top, feudalism for the rest.
You had to know the right people to be able to buy clothes ffs, or to furnish your apartment. People lived in absolutely wild survival mode.
You had to know the right people to be able to buy clothes ffs, or to furnish your apartment. People lived in absolutely wild survival mode.
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Yep. I've been saying it on here that it was Scandinavian-type socialism for the few on top, feudalism for the rest.
You had to know the right people to be able to buy clothes ffs, or to furnish your apartment. People lived in absolutely wild survival mode.
You had to know the right people to be able to buy clothes ffs, or to furnish your apartment. People lived in absolutely wild survival mode.
Setting up a small business would've been punishable by jail time where I grew up! That's why the country pivoted (albeit badly) to capitalism so hard in the 90s. People were tired of the absurdity that centralized economy + insistence that govt own *all* means of production, turned out to be.
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Setting up a small business would've been punishable by jail time where I grew up! That's why the country pivoted (albeit badly) to capitalism so hard in the 90s. People were tired of the absurdity that centralized economy + insistence that govt own *all* means of production, turned out to be.
Don't know if she is or isn't, but because she was a criminal lawyer for 15 years and a public defender for three of those, she very well might be.
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Don't know if she is or isn't, but because she was a criminal lawyer for 15 years and a public defender for three of those, she very well might be.