Out here supporting Providence Nurses! They deserve a fair contract. Honk if you drive by!

I am getting out of bed at the crack of the crack of dawn to join the Providence Nurses picket line. I’m glad to do it but WOW did I sign up for an early picket shift. I need to talk to Daytime PJ about these choices.

Forgive me if this is yours and I didn’t repost you, I tried to find where I found it and couldn’t, but I had to pass it along.

Live your life so that when you die, some joyless schmuck is annoyed that his entire social media feed is a wall of people's posts talking about how much you and your work meant to them

SHERIFF: The last time I knocked you down I felt bad about it. The next time is going to be a real pleasure.

ALBERT: (Grabs Sheriff’s collar)

You listen to me! While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I’m a naysayer and a hatchet man in the fight against violence. (1/3)

Ok so I thought I would meticulously document this whole hysterectomy experience, but apparently I’m not a meticulously-documenting kind of person. Here is a little summary:

- the surgery was supposed to take about three hours, it would up taking about 6.5, due to “frozen pelvis” and a ton of endo;

WELP just in time for surgery I got a head cold. I’m aggressively resting, trying to get rid of it by Monday. But it’s stubborn, and I’m not allowed to take any of my usual cold remedy stuff because surgery. Pray for me. I can’t deal with another six months of this uterus if I have to reschedule

Anticipating a big surgery is just such a weird feeling - you feel fine but you know you’re gonna feel WAY worse really soon but then better later.

But I keep meeting people who say their hysterectomy was the best thing they ever did, so that’s nice

One of the hardest pre-surgery instructions to follow: no ibuprofen for 7 days prior to hysterectomy. This is, understandably, difficult

Nine days to the hysterectomy. Trying not to get too nervous about it. I am having a hard time imagining that much of the post-surgical pain could be any worse than what I go through with this goshdarned organ on a regular basis. I’ve never had any pain worse than my regular pelvic pain.

I’m having this hysterectomy because of fibroids. They’ve grown to the size of a large grapefruit, an apple and a plum. They’re visible now, they poke out under my belly button. I don’t like that at all - makes me feel like I’m carrying a little alien around. Ew.

Inspired by @celiabedelia.bsky.social , I’m going to skeet about my hysterectomy that’s happening in two weeks. I’m moderately nervous, and am dealing with that by overpreparing. If you have any recommendations, I’d love to hear them.

YOU FOOLS. YOU LET MOOSE.

Is anyone else getting endless error messages when trying to deactivate their twitter account? I have been in an endless loop of two-factor authentication trying to deactivate, and it feels intentional

This is nice. I’ve missed the kind of internet where 30-50 feral hogs could happen. I feel like 30-50 feral hogs could happen here.