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amanda. pushing 40, queer af, handcrafted meme artisan. not a top just a capricorn. you cannot misgender me in any way that matters. eldritch Victorian boat narrative enthusiast, 'too powerful, capable of great menace' - @juliankjarboe
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gentle reminders to myself for the rest of the year
cozy reading time before dinner
January 4, 2026 at 9:26 PM
cozy reading time before dinner
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Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
January 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
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Perennially enraged that when onscreen, nobody *ever* closes doors behind them. (Especially painful in Christmas movies. Is it even December if somebody’s dad doesn’t yell “Shut the door, we can’t afford to heat the whole outside!”?)
#FilmSky, a quick question; what is the pettiest thing you have had to be annoyed at a film? I ask because I am watching The Gift from 2000, and the main character does divination with Zener Cards, which are not the same thing as Tarot at all. Why go for a more boring looking option?
January 4, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Perennially enraged that when onscreen, nobody *ever* closes doors behind them. (Especially painful in Christmas movies. Is it even December if somebody’s dad doesn’t yell “Shut the door, we can’t afford to heat the whole outside!”?)
"Old Midan, who had been my uncle's huntsman when I was the girl-child Thecla..." Severian just throwing these out for free now
January 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
"Old Midan, who had been my uncle's huntsman when I was the girl-child Thecla..." Severian just throwing these out for free now
we got work to do
My #Oscars predictions watch progress!
Best Pic ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
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Best Actor ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛
Sup. Actress ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛
Sup. Actor ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
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#oscaround
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My #Oscars predictions watch progress!
Best Pic ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
Best Actress 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
Best Actor ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛
Sup. Actress ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛
Sup. Actor ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
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Best Int'l 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
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#oscaround
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January 4, 2026 at 8:12 PM
we got work to do
My #Oscars predictions watch progress!
Best Pic ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
Best Actress 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
Best Actor ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛
Sup. Actress ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛
Sup. Actor ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
Best Animated ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛
Best Int'l 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
Directing ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
#oscaround
oscaround.com
My #Oscars predictions watch progress!
Best Pic ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
Best Actress 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
Best Actor ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛
Sup. Actress ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛
Sup. Actor ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
Best Animated ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛
Best Int'l 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
Directing ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
#oscaround
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THE CHRISTMAS MOVIES ARE OUT AND THE YEAR IS CLOSED SO WE’RE PREDICTING THE OSCAR NOMS WITH @joereid.bsky.social AND GETTING THE JUMP ON OUR WATCHLIST! Join us!
Happy New Year! Are you getting excited for the Oscar nominations January 22nd? We are!
At Oscaround we've teamed up with movie expert @joereid.bsky.social of the podcast This Had Oscar Buzz to curate shortlist of 2025's predicted contenders—so you can get the jump on award season!
oscaround.com
At Oscaround we've teamed up with movie expert @joereid.bsky.social of the podcast This Had Oscar Buzz to curate shortlist of 2025's predicted contenders—so you can get the jump on award season!
oscaround.com
oscaround
Track the Oscar nominations you've watched, predict who will win, share with friends, compare how you've done!
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January 4, 2026 at 8:06 PM
THE CHRISTMAS MOVIES ARE OUT AND THE YEAR IS CLOSED SO WE’RE PREDICTING THE OSCAR NOMS WITH @joereid.bsky.social AND GETTING THE JUMP ON OUR WATCHLIST! Join us!
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We're not having a mid-life crisis, we're having a mid-crisis life
Me, sitting in front of my computer, overwhelmed, under-rested, with a brain that's being slowly poisoned by a constant infusion of infuriating, terrifying news and clumsy fascist propaganda masquerading as news.
"Boy, I'm having a lot of trouble focusing today!"
"Boy, I'm having a lot of trouble focusing today!"
January 4, 2026 at 7:28 PM
We're not having a mid-life crisis, we're having a mid-crisis life
listened to an SVSSS audiobook and did some journaling..... this shit is relaxing as fuck, an excellent new year hobby
January 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM
listened to an SVSSS audiobook and did some journaling..... this shit is relaxing as fuck, an excellent new year hobby
Also, you'll sound better - or, you know, SHOW UP - on any recordings!
Always use the mic at a conference even if you’re loud. People who can’t hear you *can’t hear you * when you ask if you can hear them in the back. Some of us went to one too many hardcore shows in our youth without ear plugs and our hearing ain’t what it used to be 🥺
#SICB2026
#SICB2026
January 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Also, you'll sound better - or, you know, SHOW UP - on any recordings!
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Always use the mic at a conference even if you’re loud. People who can’t hear you *can’t hear you * when you ask if you can hear them in the back. Some of us went to one too many hardcore shows in our youth without ear plugs and our hearing ain’t what it used to be 🥺
#SICB2026
#SICB2026
January 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Always use the mic at a conference even if you’re loud. People who can’t hear you *can’t hear you * when you ask if you can hear them in the back. Some of us went to one too many hardcore shows in our youth without ear plugs and our hearing ain’t what it used to be 🥺
#SICB2026
#SICB2026
i have two ttrpg games that meet almost weekly and three ttrpg games that meet biweekly, my cup runneth over in 2026
January 4, 2026 at 6:07 PM
i have two ttrpg games that meet almost weekly and three ttrpg games that meet biweekly, my cup runneth over in 2026
my work library books are due back on Monday but I don't have to go into work until Wednesday so I accept these fines, I did it, throw me in the clink
January 4, 2026 at 6:05 PM
my work library books are due back on Monday but I don't have to go into work until Wednesday so I accept these fines, I did it, throw me in the clink
putting a sprint at the end is DIABOLICAL and did work on me
January 4, 2026 at 5:03 PM
putting a sprint at the end is DIABOLICAL and did work on me
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it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
January 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
has to unfollow not one but TWO people on tumblr for having a stranger things crashout
January 4, 2026 at 4:39 PM
has to unfollow not one but TWO people on tumblr for having a stranger things crashout
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Oh, and the 2026 Nerd Olympics just started too.
Games Done Quick, running all week for cancer prevention charity and good times.
Check out the full schedule here:
gamesdonequick.com/schedule/62
Games Done Quick, running all week for cancer prevention charity and good times.
Check out the full schedule here:
gamesdonequick.com/schedule/62
GamesDoneQuick - Twitch
AGDQ 2026 Pre-Show benefiting Prevent Cancer Foundation !donate !schedule
www.twitch.tv
January 4, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Oh, and the 2026 Nerd Olympics just started too.
Games Done Quick, running all week for cancer prevention charity and good times.
Check out the full schedule here:
gamesdonequick.com/schedule/62
Games Done Quick, running all week for cancer prevention charity and good times.
Check out the full schedule here:
gamesdonequick.com/schedule/62
@littlerabbitheart.bsky.social can you pop onto the The Between scheduler when you get the chance? thanks!!
January 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM
@littlerabbitheart.bsky.social can you pop onto the The Between scheduler when you get the chance? thanks!!
there's a conference in france most of the lab is at this week, and they have started to arrive, and BUT OF COURSE then the problems with their hotels + hotel payments have begun. ugh.
a man is sitting in front of a bunch of monitors with the words " logging on now " on the bottom
Alt: a man is sitting in front of a bunch of monitors with the words " logging on now " on the bottom
media.tenor.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:37 PM
there's a conference in france most of the lab is at this week, and they have started to arrive, and BUT OF COURSE then the problems with their hotels + hotel payments have begun. ugh.
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Reminder for everyone operating at situationally-diminished capacity.
January 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Reminder for everyone operating at situationally-diminished capacity.
dnd got canceled, which sucks, but I did wake up real late so now I can go to the movies. probably. maybe. at least A movie.
January 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
dnd got canceled, which sucks, but I did wake up real late so now I can go to the movies. probably. maybe. at least A movie.
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Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
In the midst of all their nonsense, Ilya is very nice and understanding with Shane - I do want a version of Ilya who meets Shane, realizes the boy couldn't catch a social cue any less obvious than a puck to the face, and bulldozes over him
January 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
In the midst of all their nonsense, Ilya is very nice and understanding with Shane - I do want a version of Ilya who meets Shane, realizes the boy couldn't catch a social cue any less obvious than a puck to the face, and bulldozes over him
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the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
time improoooovement
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
time improoooovement