TheDorc
@thedorc.bsky.social
Kenyan. Proud Neighborhood Auntie. An intermittently thawing curmudgeon.
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TheDorc
@thedorc.bsky.social
· Feb 20
May our brave ALWAYS be bigger than the terror.
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A sib got on my nerves all year round. Their kid asked for a drum set for Christmas.
Me:
Me:
a cartoon of grinch saying yes on a blue background
ALT: a cartoon of grinch saying yes on a blue background
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A sib got on my nerves all year round. Their kid asked for a drum set for Christmas.
Me:
Me:
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welcome to the Second Annual Bluesky Christmas Eve Snowball Fight!
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
it’s Christmas Eve morning and apparently Bluesky is in a fightin’ mood today.
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
December 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
welcome to the Second Annual Bluesky Christmas Eve Snowball Fight!
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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What episodes do you tell people to watch if they want to get a feel for Doctor Who? I usually go with Blink, Vincent and the Doctor, and The Eleventh Hour.
September 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
What episodes do you tell people to watch if they want to get a feel for Doctor Who? I usually go with Blink, Vincent and the Doctor, and The Eleventh Hour.
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I mean women’s loneliness has been a joke for decades- the cat lady with her bags. I’ve heard that threat- if ur not careful ur gonna wind up a cat lady! Since I was a kid.
I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
December 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I mean women’s loneliness has been a joke for decades- the cat lady with her bags. I’ve heard that threat- if ur not careful ur gonna wind up a cat lady! Since I was a kid.
Me: can you please go bother your other auntie for a minute?
Semi-resident toddler: No, thank you!
😫
*She has been poking and prodding me for 2+ hours
Semi-resident toddler: No, thank you!
😫
*She has been poking and prodding me for 2+ hours
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Me: can you please go bother your other auntie for a minute?
Semi-resident toddler: No, thank you!
😫
*She has been poking and prodding me for 2+ hours
Semi-resident toddler: No, thank you!
😫
*She has been poking and prodding me for 2+ hours
come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed.
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed.
To call myself beloved
To feel myself beloved on the earth
To feel myself beloved on the earth
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed.
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed.
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If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
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I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
To call myself beloved
To feel myself beloved on the earth
To feel myself beloved on the earth
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
To call myself beloved
To feel myself beloved on the earth
To feel myself beloved on the earth
I have lost two really interesting books I was reading on Metro this week.
This is a new level of disappointment.
This is a new level of disappointment.
December 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I have lost two really interesting books I was reading on Metro this week.
This is a new level of disappointment.
This is a new level of disappointment.
My sib is running a purse exchange for all the nieces. Get one. Leave one.
I love this village.
I love this village.
November 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
My sib is running a purse exchange for all the nieces. Get one. Leave one.
I love this village.
I love this village.
The semi-resident toddler is now 3 and she talks a mile a minute.
Today…
I want Bantakes (pancakes)
And swimming.
Me:
Today…
I want Bantakes (pancakes)
And swimming.
Me:
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The semi-resident toddler is now 3 and she talks a mile a minute.
Today…
I want Bantakes (pancakes)
And swimming.
Me:
Today…
I want Bantakes (pancakes)
And swimming.
Me:
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The problem with living in Kenya is the National Parks.
As a citizen, that is actually my forest and those are indeed my monkeys.
As a citizen, that is actually my forest and those are indeed my monkeys.
November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The problem with living in Kenya is the National Parks.
As a citizen, that is actually my forest and those are indeed my monkeys.
As a citizen, that is actually my forest and those are indeed my monkeys.
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The science of storytelling with author and humanist Kurt Vonnegut 😅❤️
Kurt was born #OnThisDay 1922.
Kurt was born #OnThisDay 1922.
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The science of storytelling with author and humanist Kurt Vonnegut 😅❤️
Kurt was born #OnThisDay 1922.
Kurt was born #OnThisDay 1922.
Sib 1 accidentally transferred $$ into sib 2’s account.
The family chat has not known peace since 6:15 am.
Me, I am voting we all divide it up so everyone gets $12 for the emotional distress this whole thing has caused.
The family chat has not known peace since 6:15 am.
Me, I am voting we all divide it up so everyone gets $12 for the emotional distress this whole thing has caused.
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Sib 1 accidentally transferred $$ into sib 2’s account.
The family chat has not known peace since 6:15 am.
Me, I am voting we all divide it up so everyone gets $12 for the emotional distress this whole thing has caused.
The family chat has not known peace since 6:15 am.
Me, I am voting we all divide it up so everyone gets $12 for the emotional distress this whole thing has caused.
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Boosting! This would be a great nonprofit or social entrepreneurship idea for someone.
(Allergens and special diets are also an issue for food relief programs. It’s complicated!)
(Allergens and special diets are also an issue for food relief programs. It’s complicated!)
i really wish there were meal kits that catered to people with allergies. All the ones i’ve checked don’t have gluten free or dairy free, or only have one when i need both. i can’t have seafood either.
November 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Boosting! This would be a great nonprofit or social entrepreneurship idea for someone.
(Allergens and special diets are also an issue for food relief programs. It’s complicated!)
(Allergens and special diets are also an issue for food relief programs. It’s complicated!)
Dear Grammarly,
You are doing too f*#%ing much.
All your beta suggestioms are carrion wrapped in rotting bananas, dipped in old milk.
Sincerely,
An old head.
You are doing too f*#%ing much.
All your beta suggestioms are carrion wrapped in rotting bananas, dipped in old milk.
Sincerely,
An old head.
October 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Dear Grammarly,
You are doing too f*#%ing much.
All your beta suggestioms are carrion wrapped in rotting bananas, dipped in old milk.
Sincerely,
An old head.
You are doing too f*#%ing much.
All your beta suggestioms are carrion wrapped in rotting bananas, dipped in old milk.
Sincerely,
An old head.
The number of random Kenyan/ Afghanistan/ Ethiopian/Zimbo kids who call me auntie.
*weeps for Mamdani’s aunt*
*weeps for Mamdani’s aunt*
October 29, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The number of random Kenyan/ Afghanistan/ Ethiopian/Zimbo kids who call me auntie.
*weeps for Mamdani’s aunt*
*weeps for Mamdani’s aunt*
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My momma bestie is my auntie
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
October 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
My momma bestie is my auntie
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
Another ending in Y.
Another day to fund the expensive teenager*
Teenager = high schooler who has a job, but refuses to spend his own money.
😤
Another day to fund the expensive teenager*
Teenager = high schooler who has a job, but refuses to spend his own money.
😤
October 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Another ending in Y.
Another day to fund the expensive teenager*
Teenager = high schooler who has a job, but refuses to spend his own money.
😤
Another day to fund the expensive teenager*
Teenager = high schooler who has a job, but refuses to spend his own money.
😤
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Note 8) If you know you got pets that's welcome in the kitchen... stop offering to cook
October 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Note 8) If you know you got pets that's welcome in the kitchen... stop offering to cook
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Note 3) if you struggle with reading comprehension... now is not the time to make that struggle our meal
October 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Note 3) if you struggle with reading comprehension... now is not the time to make that struggle our meal
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Good morning, beloved.
Never use your thoughts & prayers as substitutes for your commitment & action.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Never use your thoughts & prayers as substitutes for your commitment & action.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
October 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Good morning, beloved.
Never use your thoughts & prayers as substitutes for your commitment & action.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Never use your thoughts & prayers as substitutes for your commitment & action.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.