Alex G. Howard
@selfindulgentclaptrap.com
Providence-born, bred and based guy. Recovering nonprofit fundraiser. Novice finance worker. Writer of HowToEatACity.com and SelfIndugentClaptrap.com 🥑
I love you, Saga, but you are a devious little child.
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I love you, Saga, but you are a devious little child.
Subtle hints in body language let me know that Saga is ready for a walk
November 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Subtle hints in body language let me know that Saga is ready for a walk
Rectifying the issue of having a lot of pictures of my dog, but not enough of me with my dog
October 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Rectifying the issue of having a lot of pictures of my dog, but not enough of me with my dog
Same energy, tbh
September 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Same energy, tbh
March, April, and May.
August 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
March, April, and May.
The office is getting real strict about conference room usage, there's now a guard dog
August 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The office is getting real strict about conference room usage, there's now a guard dog
This is incitement
August 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is incitement
Every day a reminder of money well spent on this bed (she actually does use it the intended way, but she does this a LOT)
August 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Every day a reminder of money well spent on this bed (she actually does use it the intended way, but she does this a LOT)
The numbers speak for themselves, frankly. Utter lawlessness thanks to Trump
August 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The numbers speak for themselves, frankly. Utter lawlessness thanks to Trump
Wednesdays are for telling @govdanmckee.bsky.social to save @ripta.com from these absurd cuts with @pvdstreets.bsky.social, the SaveRIPTA coalition and my fellow bus riders
August 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Wednesdays are for telling @govdanmckee.bsky.social to save @ripta.com from these absurd cuts with @pvdstreets.bsky.social, the SaveRIPTA coalition and my fellow bus riders
I mean, pretty hard to imagine there's any danger of that when her list of gripes with the GOP is essentially "they're not indulging *MY* insane ideas."
August 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I mean, pretty hard to imagine there's any danger of that when her list of gripes with the GOP is essentially "they're not indulging *MY* insane ideas."
High quality plant content, take a break from doom scrolling with Mister Slithers the snake plant. Bought him from the local co-op grocery back in mid-March. A real glow up!
July 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
High quality plant content, take a break from doom scrolling with Mister Slithers the snake plant. Bought him from the local co-op grocery back in mid-March. A real glow up!
We are NOT enjoying this flash thunderstorm
July 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
We are NOT enjoying this flash thunderstorm
I found this article as frustrating as anyone else, but this explains a lot about why an ex thought that breaking up with me two weeks later was a simpler option than just having a conversation with me two hours later.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/m...
![Whatever was happening between us went on for about six weeks, [begin highlight] at which point I became annoyed that he was withholding something from me, though I couldn’t say what exactly, and he became anxious about annoying me, and I accused him of coldness, and he accused me of being unfair, and so on. The familiar “female demand-male withdraw” pattern descended over us like a polarizing spell, making me more goading and accusatory, him more defended and reserved. [End highlight] Unlike other, similar exchanges in my past, this one had an oddly mechanical quality, as though rather than venting real passions, we were locked into some tiresome, bewitched choreography.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vdn6maljydkcvbgrnmalyz2j/bafkreigrpia2mmt7n5limknpw4kfjidei26sx2dqlswb3g4grjh6gndy4q@jpeg)
July 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I found this article as frustrating as anyone else, but this explains a lot about why an ex thought that breaking up with me two weeks later was a simpler option than just having a conversation with me two hours later.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/m...
Put me in the game, coach
July 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Put me in the game, coach
Truth social rn:
July 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Truth social rn:
Surely it'd be embarrassing to see a Times' Public Editor whose Bluesky timeline was just this sixteen times a day:
July 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Surely it'd be embarrassing to see a Times' Public Editor whose Bluesky timeline was just this sixteen times a day:
"Common sense" metastizes. You can propose simple to understand policies that are popular, as long as voters never consider the specific outcomes. "People on Medicaid should work." Easy. Okay, but should they not get medical treatment if they can't work? Harder.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
June 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"Common sense" metastizes. You can propose simple to understand policies that are popular, as long as voters never consider the specific outcomes. "People on Medicaid should work." Easy. Okay, but should they not get medical treatment if they can't work? Harder.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Feel like I'm going to be using this one a lot and just updating the time.
June 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Feel like I'm going to be using this one a lot and just updating the time.
Wild to make a dril tweet your business strategy, but that appears to be what they've done.
June 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Wild to make a dril tweet your business strategy, but that appears to be what they've done.
Me as a Rhode Islander watching our legislature consider cuts to vital services:
June 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Me as a Rhode Islander watching our legislature consider cuts to vital services:
Here's the patient recuperating at home, as a non-AI slop palate cleanse.
June 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Here's the patient recuperating at home, as a non-AI slop palate cleanse.
I cannot tell you how little I need Instagram's AI to imagine the sick dog limping around my apartment for me.
Hellscape stuff
Hellscape stuff
![Picture of an Instagram chat relating to a sick dog. The last message reads, "Limping around the place looking sad when she's not [sleeping]." Under that IG has added "Tap and hold to imagine with AI. Try it."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vdn6maljydkcvbgrnmalyz2j/bafkreihhemj3y4tq732v42mcsedbwwhkrcfr42cwpoxqmouda6putwxy2q@jpeg)
June 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I cannot tell you how little I need Instagram's AI to imagine the sick dog limping around my apartment for me.
Hellscape stuff
Hellscape stuff