Rose McGrath
@rmcgrathwrites.bsky.social
🐇 Professional Escapist.
📑 Part-time writer.
🌲 A partial PNW stereotype.
📍PDX-ish
📑 Part-time writer.
🌲 A partial PNW stereotype.
📍PDX-ish
Reposted by Rose McGrath
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
Reposted by Rose McGrath
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50 DAYS TIL HALLOWEEN
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50 DAYS TIL HALLOWEEN
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September 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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50 DAYS TIL HALLOWEEN
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50 DAYS TIL HALLOWEEN
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Too tired to function for no good reason (other than pregnant), but I have meetings and a career-related exam today. Ugh. I shouldn’t be drinking more caffeine but desperate times call for desperate measures
August 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Too tired to function for no good reason (other than pregnant), but I have meetings and a career-related exam today. Ugh. I shouldn’t be drinking more caffeine but desperate times call for desperate measures
Feel like I need sticks to keep my eyelids open. How the hell am I supposed to make it another hr and 20 minutes? Also feeling like how tf am I supposed to make it through yoga later?
August 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Feel like I need sticks to keep my eyelids open. How the hell am I supposed to make it another hr and 20 minutes? Also feeling like how tf am I supposed to make it through yoga later?
33 weeks pregnant. I miss running so badly right now I want to cry. Maybe I’ll see what I’m capable of later today if I have the energy. It has been a couple weeks.
August 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
33 weeks pregnant. I miss running so badly right now I want to cry. Maybe I’ll see what I’m capable of later today if I have the energy. It has been a couple weeks.
I see big glitter on the faces of a lot of long distance runners on social media. First person I saw doing it was Callie Vinson. Now it seems to be on everyone. I wonder who started it.
August 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I see big glitter on the faces of a lot of long distance runners on social media. First person I saw doing it was Callie Vinson. Now it seems to be on everyone. I wonder who started it.
I feel like my writing creativity has been sucked dry from me all year. With the shifting season, I almost am starting to yearn for a new project.
August 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I feel like my writing creativity has been sucked dry from me all year. With the shifting season, I almost am starting to yearn for a new project.
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Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.
Ozzy Osbourne Farewell Show Was The Highest-Grossing Charity Concert Of All Time
On July 5, Ozzy Osbourne put on a farewell concert, performing as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath for the last time in the band’s hometown of Birmingham, UK. Billed as the “Back To The Beginning”...
www.stereogum.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.
Happy thing of the day: new Lord Huron album is just as enjoyable as I hoped it would be
July 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Happy thing of the day: new Lord Huron album is just as enjoyable as I hoped it would be
Super disappointed that a song I found and liked turned out to be AI. Feels a bit unethical of that band. The scariest thing is that there is no way I would have known except they advertise themselves as a “synthetic music project” of human-directed ai.
July 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Super disappointed that a song I found and liked turned out to be AI. Feels a bit unethical of that band. The scariest thing is that there is no way I would have known except they advertise themselves as a “synthetic music project” of human-directed ai.
Such a blessing to be able to eat fresh nectarines. Love that about summer. So good.
July 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Such a blessing to be able to eat fresh nectarines. Love that about summer. So good.
I have a poor attitude today, and I guess I should turn it around. I don’t need to be mad nor do I need to be sad. The problem is that I don’t know how to just let it go when the cause is not going to just go away
July 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I have a poor attitude today, and I guess I should turn it around. I don’t need to be mad nor do I need to be sad. The problem is that I don’t know how to just let it go when the cause is not going to just go away
I kind of wish human centipede was never created. It still grosses me the fuck out every time I think about it, even after all these years
July 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I kind of wish human centipede was never created. It still grosses me the fuck out every time I think about it, even after all these years
Reposted by Rose McGrath
An Oklahoma City TV station says it's weather radar was damaged by an individual and that an anti-government militia took responsibility, claiming that radar is used to control the weather. (via @kosuradio.bsky.social)
News 9 radar damaged in apparent attack by anti-government militia group
Oklahoma City television station News 9 is reporting an anti-government militia group targeted its weather radar system.
n.pr
July 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
An Oklahoma City TV station says it's weather radar was damaged by an individual and that an anti-government militia took responsibility, claiming that radar is used to control the weather. (via @kosuradio.bsky.social)
Reposted by Rose McGrath
An “anti-government militia” is “targeting Oklahoma weather radars, days after a man vandalized News 9’s weather radar
Meteorologists are trying to explain that weather radars do not control the weather
Meteorologists are trying to explain that weather radars do not control the weather
'Anti-government militia' says it’s targeting Oklahoma weather radars
An “anti-government militia” called ‘Veterans on Patrol’ told News 9 on Tuesday that it is “targeting” Oklahoma weather radars, days after an individual vandalized News 9’s weather radar.
www.news9.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
An “anti-government militia” is “targeting Oklahoma weather radars, days after a man vandalized News 9’s weather radar
Meteorologists are trying to explain that weather radars do not control the weather
Meteorologists are trying to explain that weather radars do not control the weather
Reposted by Rose McGrath
They are discussing decreasing crime rates on @npr.org, & no one has mentioned the effects of removing lead from the environment on crime rates.
The EPA's work lowered crime!
There is a ton of research on this. This paper isn't paywalled & is pretty readable www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The EPA's work lowered crime!
There is a ton of research on this. This paper isn't paywalled & is pretty readable www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The lead-crime hypothesis: A meta-analysis
Does lead pollution increase crime? We perform the first meta-analysis of the effect of lead on crime, pooling 542 estimates from 24 studies. The effe…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
They are discussing decreasing crime rates on @npr.org, & no one has mentioned the effects of removing lead from the environment on crime rates.
The EPA's work lowered crime!
There is a ton of research on this. This paper isn't paywalled & is pretty readable www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The EPA's work lowered crime!
There is a ton of research on this. This paper isn't paywalled & is pretty readable www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
On my dog walk this morning before work I noticed blackberries are starting to ripen. Had a little midwalk snack. Love the PNW (even if these bad boys are actually invasive 😔)
July 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
On my dog walk this morning before work I noticed blackberries are starting to ripen. Had a little midwalk snack. Love the PNW (even if these bad boys are actually invasive 😔)
Reposted by Rose McGrath
Well, this is all incredibly disturbing. And yes, the guy who killed his dad did it because his dad was “left wing” and a federal employee, which made him “a traitor.” abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Man charged with beheading father says he was trying to perform a citizen's arrest
A Pennsylvania man accused of killing and beheading his father testified in his defense
abcnews.go.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Well, this is all incredibly disturbing. And yes, the guy who killed his dad did it because his dad was “left wing” and a federal employee, which made him “a traitor.” abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Thought I’d go for a run, do laundry, and pack up for a backpacking trip when I got home. I passed out on the couch for 3 hrs instead. Humbling. #thirdtrimester
July 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Thought I’d go for a run, do laundry, and pack up for a backpacking trip when I got home. I passed out on the couch for 3 hrs instead. Humbling. #thirdtrimester
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Was so brain dead yesterday evening that at my waxing appt I told my waxer I had 2 months to go in my pregnancy. She was surprised at how “small” I was. I guess it was wishful thinking because girl I have a whole 3 months left. 🤦🏻♀️
July 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Was so brain dead yesterday evening that at my waxing appt I told my waxer I had 2 months to go in my pregnancy. She was surprised at how “small” I was. I guess it was wishful thinking because girl I have a whole 3 months left. 🤦🏻♀️
Boo, sciatica is back. Need to be more disciplined about my PT exercises
July 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Boo, sciatica is back. Need to be more disciplined about my PT exercises
Having access to regular, reliable public transportation is such a blessing
June 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Having access to regular, reliable public transportation is such a blessing
Update on the prenatal yoga classes - they’ve been so great! Even met a cool person from class already
June 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Update on the prenatal yoga classes - they’ve been so great! Even met a cool person from class already
I keep thinking about the Liver King drama. I wonder what the hell caused this mental break. I mean, I guess spending $11k a month on steroids and duping the internet that eating raw testicles was responsible for insane muscles was kind of a hint he wasn’t totally mentally stable
June 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I keep thinking about the Liver King drama. I wonder what the hell caused this mental break. I mean, I guess spending $11k a month on steroids and duping the internet that eating raw testicles was responsible for insane muscles was kind of a hint he wasn’t totally mentally stable