Burned out crone
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Just breathing my way through an anxiety attack over here. On Fridays you’ll find me softly crying in my local library. Let’s trade book recommendations.
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Sometimes I think it’s not mercury… it’s me! I am always in retrograde
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Sometimes I think it’s not mercury… it’s me! I am always in retrograde
Couples who flirt with each other on LinkedIn…
Ugh
Ugh
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Couples who flirt with each other on LinkedIn…
Ugh
Ugh
“You do chores, I do snores!”
— me to my partner this morning
— me to my partner this morning
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“You do chores, I do snores!”
— me to my partner this morning
— me to my partner this morning
Yesss. As a certain mayor-elect said the other day, let this be the last time we have to utter Kim Davis’s name ever again
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Yesss. As a certain mayor-elect said the other day, let this be the last time we have to utter Kim Davis’s name ever again
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
How is that the last episode of the Gilded Age moved on so quickly from a high stakes shooting to endless conversations about who will attend a ball?
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
How is that the last episode of the Gilded Age moved on so quickly from a high stakes shooting to endless conversations about who will attend a ball?
Oh shit, the Duke of Buckingham on Gilded Age was also the Christmas Prince!
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Oh shit, the Duke of Buckingham on Gilded Age was also the Christmas Prince!
That feeling when you are a person of color in a predominantly white space and you know at least one or two of the people around is just waiting for the opportunity to scold you or discipline you in some way to prove themselves more superior.
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
That feeling when you are a person of color in a predominantly white space and you know at least one or two of the people around is just waiting for the opportunity to scold you or discipline you in some way to prove themselves more superior.
Watching “I love LA” on HBO. I feel like I have seen this show before but not specifically this show…
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Watching “I love LA” on HBO. I feel like I have seen this show before but not specifically this show…
Reading Katabasis and loving it but it also reminds me how obnoxious grad students can be (and I say that as a former grad student).
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Reading Katabasis and loving it but it also reminds me how obnoxious grad students can be (and I say that as a former grad student).
I see Ross is asking all the important questions this week
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I see Ross is asking all the important questions this week
Never not surprised by how quickly corporate feminists will embrace fascism if it serves their purpose.
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Never not surprised by how quickly corporate feminists will embrace fascism if it serves their purpose.
Hire an etsy witch or become an etsy witch?
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hire an etsy witch or become an etsy witch?
DOGE: Department of Government Empathy
(In an alternate universe)
(In an alternate universe)
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
DOGE: Department of Government Empathy
(In an alternate universe)
(In an alternate universe)
Tomorrow’s NYT opinion piece from David Brooks:
“Have people of color ruined everything for white people?”
“Have people of color ruined everything for white people?”
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Tomorrow’s NYT opinion piece from David Brooks:
“Have people of color ruined everything for white people?”
“Have people of color ruined everything for white people?”
I am ready for a spin off show called “Real Lisas of Housewives.”
Rinna, Vanderpump, Barlow, Hochstein.
Assemble
Rinna, Vanderpump, Barlow, Hochstein.
Assemble
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I am ready for a spin off show called “Real Lisas of Housewives.”
Rinna, Vanderpump, Barlow, Hochstein.
Assemble
Rinna, Vanderpump, Barlow, Hochstein.
Assemble
I would love to ruin and lay waste to all my workplaces like some kind of corporate Ozymandias.
“Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
“Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I would love to ruin and lay waste to all my workplaces like some kind of corporate Ozymandias.
“Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
“Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
At least five people on LinkedIn today have been thrilled to announce the launch of their newsletter.
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
At least five people on LinkedIn today have been thrilled to announce the launch of their newsletter.
Okay, who is writing the romance novel with the MMC and FMC being very thinly veiled representations of Zohran and Rama????
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Okay, who is writing the romance novel with the MMC and FMC being very thinly veiled representations of Zohran and Rama????
Imagining a secret cabal of women’s fashion retailers conspiring to make pant sizes confusing and demoralizing.
“This year, let’s make the hips small, the waist even smaller, but the legs should be huge… like a barrel!”
“This year, let’s make the hips small, the waist even smaller, but the legs should be huge… like a barrel!”
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Imagining a secret cabal of women’s fashion retailers conspiring to make pant sizes confusing and demoralizing.
“This year, let’s make the hips small, the waist even smaller, but the legs should be huge… like a barrel!”
“This year, let’s make the hips small, the waist even smaller, but the legs should be huge… like a barrel!”
Last night was also a win for aloof wives
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Last night was also a win for aloof wives
Truly though, last night was also a victory for well-crafted, thoughtful, representational political oratory unlike the weird word salad that has become our norm
November 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Truly though, last night was also a victory for well-crafted, thoughtful, representational political oratory unlike the weird word salad that has become our norm
Nobody wants this: The Andrew Cuomo Story
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Nobody wants this: The Andrew Cuomo Story
Reposted by Burned out crone
Congratulations on your re-election, Mayor Wu - the best mayor in America. You proved once more that Boston can't be bought and won't be bullied.
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Congratulations on your re-election, Mayor Wu - the best mayor in America. You proved once more that Boston can't be bought and won't be bullied.
Will a certain ex-governor finally take no for an answer?
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Will a certain ex-governor finally take no for an answer?
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM