@emmylis.bsky.social
Rushed, sloppy, irritated, and alive. She/her/hers.
Back on my bullshit (going deep into perfume discussion forums and review sites to find the weirdest and best descriptions of scents).
November 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Back on my bullshit (going deep into perfume discussion forums and review sites to find the weirdest and best descriptions of scents).
Delighted to learn that ADHD symptoms can be exacerbated by PMS and perimenopause and that my brain is not, in fact, shriveling to the size of a single pea.
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Delighted to learn that ADHD symptoms can be exacerbated by PMS and perimenopause and that my brain is not, in fact, shriveling to the size of a single pea.
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My most unhinged, yuck your yum, NIMBY opinion is no Christmas music until the day after Thanksgiving.
Come on man, you can’t blast out the Christmas playlist all day in early November.
November 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
My most unhinged, yuck your yum, NIMBY opinion is no Christmas music until the day after Thanksgiving.
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
I cannot express my opinion for these monsters without risking a visit from these monsters
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Our Rude Boy Rudy is missing and my heart is broken. 💔 We realized our basement door was open (probably for hours) after we got back from my birthday dinner last night. Please share all the positive stories and statistics of indoor cats finding their way home safely after escaping!
November 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Our Rude Boy Rudy is missing and my heart is broken. 💔 We realized our basement door was open (probably for hours) after we got back from my birthday dinner last night. Please share all the positive stories and statistics of indoor cats finding their way home safely after escaping!
One of my favorite Pittsburgh artists (and self-proclaimed curmudgeon) @alternatehistories.bsky.social knows that AI “art” is garbage and an existential threat to humanity and the planet. Help spread the word and #StopTheSlop
October 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
One of my favorite Pittsburgh artists (and self-proclaimed curmudgeon) @alternatehistories.bsky.social knows that AI “art” is garbage and an existential threat to humanity and the planet. Help spread the word and #StopTheSlop
Question for the under-40 crowd: If you went to a Halloween party and saw someone dressed like this photo, would you know who they were?
October 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Question for the under-40 crowd: If you went to a Halloween party and saw someone dressed like this photo, would you know who they were?
It makes me sad and sick that so people around me are eager to outsource their creativity—and humanity—to AI platforms.
It’s really devastating to see the devaluation of so many things (reading, writing, critical thinking) that I have always thought were paramount.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | A.I. Threatens Our Ability to Understand the World
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It makes me sad and sick that so people around me are eager to outsource their creativity—and humanity—to AI platforms.
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When SNAP runs out on Nov. 1st, hundreds of thousands of people in Pittsburgh and across SWPA will struggle to afford food. I compiled (with the help of community members) a non-exhaustive list of where people can find help, including sites in Pittsburgh & outer counties.
Please spread this.
Please spread this.
Here's where to get help with food in southwestern Pennsylvania
When SNAP benefits expire because of the federal government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of Western Pennsylvanians will struggle to afford food.
www.cbsnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
When SNAP runs out on Nov. 1st, hundreds of thousands of people in Pittsburgh and across SWPA will struggle to afford food. I compiled (with the help of community members) a non-exhaustive list of where people can find help, including sites in Pittsburgh & outer counties.
Please spread this.
Please spread this.
Unrealistic dialogue.
4. What are your pet peeves when reading a book?
October 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Unrealistic dialogue.
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43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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Libraries are political!!!!!!!! !!!!
You want your library's doors open? - Funding
You want more open hours? - Funding
You want better pay? - Funding
You want bigger collections? - Funding
You want more services? - Funding
BUT - Funding = Politics
#library #libraries #libraryfunding #libraryadvocacy #librarianship
You want more open hours? - Funding
You want better pay? - Funding
You want bigger collections? - Funding
You want more services? - Funding
BUT - Funding = Politics
#library #libraries #libraryfunding #libraryadvocacy #librarianship
October 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Libraries are political!!!!!!!! !!!!
Perfect. No notes.
October 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Perfect. No notes.
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He announced wanting a ballroom months ago and the Dems announced today they want to know what's going on. WTF too late. It's always late. Every Dem should be shouting "HE IS BUILDING A BALLROOM WHILE CHILDREN STARVE". Where are they?
October 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
He announced wanting a ballroom months ago and the Dems announced today they want to know what's going on. WTF too late. It's always late. Every Dem should be shouting "HE IS BUILDING A BALLROOM WHILE CHILDREN STARVE". Where are they?
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Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
October 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
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"It's YOUR BBC. It's Google's YouTube" also work for PBS!
Love this simple framing for people about public goods. IT'S YOURS. YOU OWN IT.
Love this simple framing for people about public goods. IT'S YOURS. YOU OWN IT.
I'm not sure if it's anyone with an account on their website or just fools like me who pay their license fee to keep the BBC funded, but they also send you a survey where they find out what the public wants from them and then try to act on it.
It is YOUR BBC. It's Google's YouTube. Remember that.
It is YOUR BBC. It's Google's YouTube. Remember that.
October 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"It's YOUR BBC. It's Google's YouTube" also work for PBS!
Love this simple framing for people about public goods. IT'S YOURS. YOU OWN IT.
Love this simple framing for people about public goods. IT'S YOURS. YOU OWN IT.
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Call me a luddite if you like - but I don't want a bed that stops working when Amazon Web Services goes down.
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto
The AWS outage caused chaos for owners of Eight Sleep’s Pod3 mattresses as they had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures.
www.dexerto.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Call me a luddite if you like - but I don't want a bed that stops working when Amazon Web Services goes down.
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
This. Is. The. People’s. House. Something about what he’s done to the White House and rose garden gets to me in a different way than every other travesty. It feels like a violation; like he broke into my own home and trashed it.
shocked to learn that the president lied about this and also this is a horrible defacing of a building that belongs to the people of the United States, not donald trump
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
October 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This. Is. The. People’s. House. Something about what he’s done to the White House and rose garden gets to me in a different way than every other travesty. It feels like a violation; like he broke into my own home and trashed it.
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Well this sure feels on the nose www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Well this sure feels on the nose www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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In addition to all the grandmas and normies at No Kings I was very happy to see a lot of Columbus' venerable benign weirdos. Bagpipes guy. One of those dudes with hundreds of action figures glued to his 1994 Saturn SL3. Those kinds of folks.
Weirdos are an important part of the municipal fabric.
Weirdos are an important part of the municipal fabric.
October 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
In addition to all the grandmas and normies at No Kings I was very happy to see a lot of Columbus' venerable benign weirdos. Bagpipes guy. One of those dudes with hundreds of action figures glued to his 1994 Saturn SL3. Those kinds of folks.
Weirdos are an important part of the municipal fabric.
Weirdos are an important part of the municipal fabric.
“The only Donnie we listen to is Donnie Iris!”
I am here for the region-specific insults. No Kings Pittsburgh.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“The only Donnie we listen to is Donnie Iris!”
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There is not a single reason to outsource your creativity to a computer.
Not one.
To do so removes the very point of being creative in the first place.
Not one.
To do so removes the very point of being creative in the first place.
October 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
There is not a single reason to outsource your creativity to a computer.
Not one.
To do so removes the very point of being creative in the first place.
Not one.
To do so removes the very point of being creative in the first place.
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As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
October 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.