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Effective Nancy
@effectivenancy.bsky.social
(She/her) Trying to remember the fun things about existential dread. Jane-of-some-trades. Toastie 🍞 ✶ Followback/crypto/AI accounts, religious/political proselytizers, low post accounts, & transphobes blocked on sight ✶ old friends pls DM for Signal/email
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new followers: no posts of your own = instant block; i’m not here for bots or fundraisers to pad followback numbers. if you’re following 10k accounts you don’t really want me in your feed. if we’ve never had a conversation, i will block you. don’t get it twisted bc it’s literally not personal
i sure wish i knew which creatures attack me at night; thought it was (admittedly a longshot) carpet beetle larval hairs embedded in my clothes but i’ve done all the abatement work and am still afflicted. back to hating on the yellow sac spiders again
February 19, 2026 at 3:51 AM
just enjoyed the mel brooks two-parter on hbo with this little gem
February 19, 2026 at 1:31 AM
replying “eat farts” to every last unsolicited political fundraising text
February 18, 2026 at 5:04 PM
who is keeping wolves as pets up there in the dolomites
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
February 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
do me a solid by writing in against these two proposals (all info in link below)
Public comment on Dr Oz's proposed rules to ban gender-affirming care for youth closes 2/17

One rule bans hospital-based care, the other eliminates Medicaid/CHIP coverage

Together they'd make care virtually unavailable nationwide, including in shield law states

www.patreon.com/posts/149210...
February 16, 2026 at 6:37 PM
just took out the recycling wearing a t-shirt and no jacket and nearly ate it on the 3” thick ice floe that’s still covering the alley gangway
February 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM
today i am thirteen and forty years old and i do not need this whole endealment of my agonies, pls assist
a cartoon of a chicken nugget and a cup with a straw in it
Alt: adult swim cartoon of a chicken nugget and a cup with a straw in it on a tennis court, and the cup says i am 30 or 40 years old and do not need this
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:21 PM
gonna double-feature if i had legs i’d kick you and nightbitch
February 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
obvious, but: The Princess Bride
Ok, let’s hear your favorite cinematic or televisual adaptations of books!
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 5d
Little Women (2019), Blade Runner (1982) and more favorites from NPR staff.
February 15, 2026 at 12:50 AM
my kingdom for locked accounts
February 15, 2026 at 12:42 AM
i, uh, had to watch with the sound off in order to see the head shakes bc i didn’t consciously perceive them; like, i Did Not See the gesture—it bypassed directly into emotional sincerity as intensifiers of his spoken meaning
I have a friend from that area who has the exact same head shake mannerisms. Is this a regional thing?
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM
when you stub your toe among people who frown on blasphemy
February 13, 2026 at 11:02 PM
lacing my giant water with tart cherry juice just to feel something
February 13, 2026 at 6:38 PM
so what should i binge watch when i turn covid positive? all of star wars in chrono order? wall-to-wall ken burns docs? it’s always sunny?
February 13, 2026 at 1:11 PM
watching while you were sleeping because it’s perfect and i need a little perfect rn
February 13, 2026 at 3:50 AM
covidspouse has decamped to a hotel in hopes of not infecting me and teen, but the damage may already be done. time will tell. wish us luck bc i need for us not to be sick again!
February 12, 2026 at 10:51 PM
guess who has two thumbs, always wears a mask out of the house, hardly ever goes out anymore except to see her family and doctors, and is about to get a third round of covid as her birthday present from her husband
February 12, 2026 at 5:28 AM
at the point in my migraine recovery where i’ve made an unholy cocktail of pineapple skratch and a pellegrino fruit “essence” fizzy water
February 11, 2026 at 3:23 PM
migraine robbing me of browsing your skeets, so unfair
February 10, 2026 at 3:15 PM
my teenager just laughed at me because i described bad bunny as wholesome just now after we reviewed the halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 10:10 PM
tfw when you have been fed and are now listening to the classical station
February 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
this used to be a real country, with ads actually worth your attention
Honda The Cog HD
YouTube video by amadaras
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Reposted by Effective Nancy
Who will win the Super Bowl??? Well let's see what the animal kingdom thinks.

First off, Wilbur the binturong at the Nashville Zoo predicts the Seahawks will win. Makes you think, huh...
February 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
just dropped a shedload of cash at the pharmacy, shout out to my fellow high maintenance girlies who spend it all on self-care (medical) and have nothing left over for self-care (colloquial)
February 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
idk why 30ml of milk in my morning coffee makes such a difference but it’s just not happymaking without (i’ve got a fasting blood draw in two hours)
February 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM