@rooie.bsky.social
Retired, sloppily attired, just plain tired...Reader, knitter, crossword enthusiast, and dabbler in watercolors. She/her.
I said I'd post what I got in my St. Louis Art Supply mystery box. I think I got a lot luckier than my daughter, who was disappointed in hers. Anyway, here it is:
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I said I'd post what I got in my St. Louis Art Supply mystery box. I think I got a lot luckier than my daughter, who was disappointed in hers. Anyway, here it is:
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Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
Great thread here.
All right, so I have been a little busy and stressed to do the annual Christmas song explainer, but I’m laid up today without much better to do, so here you go.
Every single year, my mother complains: “nobody can write a new Christmas song anymore? It’s all the same stuff!”
She’s right. 🧵
Every single year, my mother complains: “nobody can write a new Christmas song anymore? It’s all the same stuff!”
She’s right. 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Great thread here.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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The face of a cat who snarfled up some catnip and has been sacked out (in MY chair, thank you very much) for a couple of hours.
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The face of a cat who snarfled up some catnip and has been sacked out (in MY chair, thank you very much) for a couple of hours.
This sleepy little sweetie is available for adoption at the PetSmart in Timonium, MD.
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This sleepy little sweetie is available for adoption at the PetSmart in Timonium, MD.
Did anyone else order one of the St. Louis Art Supply boxes this last round? I was happy with mine...Won't post pics for a day or two in case people might get upset about spoilers (?). My daughter's was...honestly, pretty disappointing. Chances you take, I guess.
December 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Did anyone else order one of the St. Louis Art Supply boxes this last round? I was happy with mine...Won't post pics for a day or two in case people might get upset about spoilers (?). My daughter's was...honestly, pretty disappointing. Chances you take, I guess.
I also read alt text when it’s available…to explain things, identify things…and sometimes to have an extra laugh. Some people have a very strong alt text game, I’ll tell you.
I don’t have any disability that requires that I use alt-text to describe images, but I still use it to understand pictures of people I don’t know or jokes I don’t understand. Alt-text is useful for so much. Just put it on your pictures. Please.
WTF? I come online to witness my friend being HARASSED for asking their followers to use alt text??
Well I have news:
Alt text is very useful to me, a human w/ medical trauma that causes lifelong visibility issues; it makes me feel included/welcome when I see people using it on the timeline.
Well I have news:
Alt text is very useful to me, a human w/ medical trauma that causes lifelong visibility issues; it makes me feel included/welcome when I see people using it on the timeline.
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I also read alt text when it’s available…to explain things, identify things…and sometimes to have an extra laugh. Some people have a very strong alt text game, I’ll tell you.
Continuing my reading of all the @rachelhowzell.bsky.social books I can get my hands on with Land of Shadows, which i think may be my favorite of hers so far. The main character, Elouise Norton, is one tough cookie…at least on the outside.
Really, really good.
Really, really good.
December 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Continuing my reading of all the @rachelhowzell.bsky.social books I can get my hands on with Land of Shadows, which i think may be my favorite of hers so far. The main character, Elouise Norton, is one tough cookie…at least on the outside.
Really, really good.
Really, really good.
This whole thread…this needs to be screamed from the rooftops.
This is what they've done.
This is super cool bc:
1) Many of the highest-risk conditions, like ME/CFS & Long Covid, aren't on the list
2) The best way to protect the vulnerable is to protect the population so others don't infect them
3) None of this accounts for Novavax which is not mRNA
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
1) Many of the highest-risk conditions, like ME/CFS & Long Covid, aren't on the list
2) The best way to protect the vulnerable is to protect the population so others don't infect them
3) None of this accounts for Novavax which is not mRNA
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
December 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This whole thread…this needs to be screamed from the rooftops.
@littlekittenbit.bsky.social - Some good news.
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
@littlekittenbit.bsky.social - Some good news.
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It's time for the "How to do ALT text" image again.
Writing a perfect ALT text is impossible, but please try 💚!
Visually impairment is a wide spectrum and doesn't keep people from loving the visual arts.
🐡 #art #kleinekunstklasse #artadventcalendar
Writing a perfect ALT text is impossible, but please try 💚!
Visually impairment is a wide spectrum and doesn't keep people from loving the visual arts.
🐡 #art #kleinekunstklasse #artadventcalendar
December 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It's time for the "How to do ALT text" image again.
Writing a perfect ALT text is impossible, but please try 💚!
Visually impairment is a wide spectrum and doesn't keep people from loving the visual arts.
🐡 #art #kleinekunstklasse #artadventcalendar
Writing a perfect ALT text is impossible, but please try 💚!
Visually impairment is a wide spectrum and doesn't keep people from loving the visual arts.
🐡 #art #kleinekunstklasse #artadventcalendar
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When I see myself in the bathroom mirror first thing in the morning.
December 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
When I see myself in the bathroom mirror first thing in the morning.
@mayormcfrumples.bsky.social - Lotsa Sekiro talk here!
I bought Sekiro. I know Souls games are too hard for me. But I bought it anyway. I’m a button smasher. You can’t be a button smasher in Sekiro. So I’ve spent like an hour in the training temple trying to figure this shit out. Am I having fun? I don’t know. Probably not. But I’m STUBBORN.
December 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
@mayormcfrumples.bsky.social - Lotsa Sekiro talk here!
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I can’t believe that in this day and age, people are still wearing fir.
December 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I can’t believe that in this day and age, people are still wearing fir.
I cannot put into words just how much I loathe these people.
December 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I cannot put into words just how much I loathe these people.
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A really good (and hilarious) essay on the problems of people using AI as search engines
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
A really good (and hilarious) essay on the problems of people using AI as search engines
Fraxinus Excelsior is a great name for a character!
@mayormcfrumples.bsky.social - Quote-posted to you for inspiration. I find it very memorable, much like Pummuliort. (Okay, I don’t always remember how to spell that damn horse’s name.)
@mayormcfrumples.bsky.social - Quote-posted to you for inspiration. I find it very memorable, much like Pummuliort. (Okay, I don’t always remember how to spell that damn horse’s name.)
This morning I've been reading about trees, and have learned that the ash's scientific name is Fraxinus Excelsior, which is now the name I will take if I ever go questing. I have also learned that there's a yew tree in Belgium called Caesarsboom, because Julius Caesar once took a nap under it.
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Fraxinus Excelsior is a great name for a character!
@mayormcfrumples.bsky.social - Quote-posted to you for inspiration. I find it very memorable, much like Pummuliort. (Okay, I don’t always remember how to spell that damn horse’s name.)
@mayormcfrumples.bsky.social - Quote-posted to you for inspiration. I find it very memorable, much like Pummuliort. (Okay, I don’t always remember how to spell that damn horse’s name.)
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This is abhorrent and the state should be sued for every penny ever needed for this child's care.
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This is abhorrent and the state should be sued for every penny ever needed for this child's care.
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Please signal boost. Need a wheelchair tech who can help troubleshoot in Silver Spring, MD.
My wheelchair won't turn on and a wheelchair technician won't be available until the 15th...
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Please signal boost. Need a wheelchair tech who can help troubleshoot in Silver Spring, MD.
So, if one doesn't want to support Amazon, where you do go to buy CDs? Any suggestions?
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
So, if one doesn't want to support Amazon, where you do go to buy CDs? Any suggestions?
@rachelhowzell.bsky.social - I’m about 2/3 of the way through Fog and Fury and am going to look for more of your books at the library today. I love Sonny Rush. Despite her trauma and anxiety she’s so much braver than I could fathom being.
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
@rachelhowzell.bsky.social - I’m about 2/3 of the way through Fog and Fury and am going to look for more of your books at the library today. I love Sonny Rush. Despite her trauma and anxiety she’s so much braver than I could fathom being.