Old Wizened Maiden
@lenaatnight.bsky.social
Not as tall as I think I am.
She/her
Second coming of Christ decidedly underwhelming
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Second coming of Christ decidedly underwhelming
The real diagnosis doesn't happen in a psychiatrist's office. The real diagnosis comes when you tell your friend who's known you since the first day of high school, and she goes "oh shit, that makes so much sense!"
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The real diagnosis doesn't happen in a psychiatrist's office. The real diagnosis comes when you tell your friend who's known you since the first day of high school, and she goes "oh shit, that makes so much sense!"
Having direct experience of reporting sexual offending to the cops, as well as personal interactions with cops who work on sexual offence cases (who did not know my history), I can tell stories that would make your hair instantly turn grey. The system is rotten af.
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Having direct experience of reporting sexual offending to the cops, as well as personal interactions with cops who work on sexual offence cases (who did not know my history), I can tell stories that would make your hair instantly turn grey. The system is rotten af.
The first row of Connections this morning 👀👀👀
October 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The first row of Connections this morning 👀👀👀
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Autumn is not a mourning for summer. Autumn is not a fear of winter. The witch holds each season sacred, harvests joys and magics from them all. To be defined by a sense of loss and anxiety about is what to come is not the way to walk fiercely in the now. – #EmilyCBanting #ReenchantmentIsResistance
October 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Autumn is not a mourning for summer. Autumn is not a fear of winter. The witch holds each season sacred, harvests joys and magics from them all. To be defined by a sense of loss and anxiety about is what to come is not the way to walk fiercely in the now. – #EmilyCBanting #ReenchantmentIsResistance
Me: "why have they rendered this document in ultra-HD?? It looks so weird and sharp!"
Also me: *is wearing my glasses for the first time in ages*
Also me: *is wearing my glasses for the first time in ages*
October 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Me: "why have they rendered this document in ultra-HD?? It looks so weird and sharp!"
Also me: *is wearing my glasses for the first time in ages*
Also me: *is wearing my glasses for the first time in ages*
This is truly monstrous. Increased likelihood of offending and increased likelihood of incarceration ARE DIRECT CONSEQUENCES OF THE TRAUMA OF THE ABUSE. This is LITERALLY punishing survivors for experiencing effects of the abuse they endured.
October 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This is truly monstrous. Increased likelihood of offending and increased likelihood of incarceration ARE DIRECT CONSEQUENCES OF THE TRAUMA OF THE ABUSE. This is LITERALLY punishing survivors for experiencing effects of the abuse they endured.
I remember learning that Oscar Wilde was sent to Reading Gaol, which I assumed was a place you were sent to read a pile of books, and therefore hoping that I'd one day get sent to Reading Gaol.
Reading, the town, needs to change it's name. To much confusion with reading a book
October 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I remember learning that Oscar Wilde was sent to Reading Gaol, which I assumed was a place you were sent to read a pile of books, and therefore hoping that I'd one day get sent to Reading Gaol.
Took a walk down the back of the yard and hooboy I am not well enough for that sort of exertion yet. But the wild freesias are out so it was almost worth it.
October 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Took a walk down the back of the yard and hooboy I am not well enough for that sort of exertion yet. But the wild freesias are out so it was almost worth it.
That's enough light fluffy YA fiction about young ppl escaping unspeakable trauma by allying with the dark fae. Time for some proper serious literature about a man searching for a woman he once saw on a train.
October 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
That's enough light fluffy YA fiction about young ppl escaping unspeakable trauma by allying with the dark fae. Time for some proper serious literature about a man searching for a woman he once saw on a train.
I've been getting, at best, half an hour between vicious coughing fits, so sleep has not been my friend. But I've been doing yoga nidra guided meditations when I can & it's actually a bit incredible how rejuvenating even a short burst is.
October 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I've been getting, at best, half an hour between vicious coughing fits, so sleep has not been my friend. But I've been doing yoga nidra guided meditations when I can & it's actually a bit incredible how rejuvenating even a short burst is.
Getting my period when I already have pneumonia & RSV seems a bit much. I've reached the age where they no longer bother asking if I might be pregnant before taking X-rays, why am I still menstruating?
October 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Getting my period when I already have pneumonia & RSV seems a bit much. I've reached the age where they no longer bother asking if I might be pregnant before taking X-rays, why am I still menstruating?
Pneumonia x RSV - this year's hottest spring colab
October 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Pneumonia x RSV - this year's hottest spring colab
Could not recommend having a panic attack whilst also having an asthma attack less!
October 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Could not recommend having a panic attack whilst also having an asthma attack less!
Proper sick for the first time since I had covid in July 2022. Wild that it used to be normal for me to feel like this at least once a year, and probably a couple of times.
October 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Proper sick for the first time since I had covid in July 2022. Wild that it used to be normal for me to feel like this at least once a year, and probably a couple of times.
The last couple of months have been the most consistently rainy times since we moved here which means a) everything is growing at incredible rates and b) finding a break in the weather to deal with the weeds & lawn is extremely tricky.
I fear the entire church may be engulfed at current rates.
I fear the entire church may be engulfed at current rates.
October 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The last couple of months have been the most consistently rainy times since we moved here which means a) everything is growing at incredible rates and b) finding a break in the weather to deal with the weeds & lawn is extremely tricky.
I fear the entire church may be engulfed at current rates.
I fear the entire church may be engulfed at current rates.
Just thought I'd have a lil comforting sghetti on toast for lunch, but somehow there was a catastrophe and now there is spaghetti all over the block of cheese, the floor, my feet. The toast is shattered. The grater beyond repair. In the distance, sirens. Somewhere a small child cries.
September 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Just thought I'd have a lil comforting sghetti on toast for lunch, but somehow there was a catastrophe and now there is spaghetti all over the block of cheese, the floor, my feet. The toast is shattered. The grater beyond repair. In the distance, sirens. Somewhere a small child cries.
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"I get asked “what can I do?” by others often and by no means am I a socio-political expert, I’m a Witchcraft teacher of healing and consciousness, but these are the helpful things I’ve come across or had shared with me..."
More in the full article below:
christopherpenczak.com/2025/09/09/t...
More in the full article below:
christopherpenczak.com/2025/09/09/t...
Things to Do to Be Ungovernable - Christopher Penczak
Article on practical steps to mitigate harm in these difficult times.
christopherpenczak.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"I get asked “what can I do?” by others often and by no means am I a socio-political expert, I’m a Witchcraft teacher of healing and consciousness, but these are the helpful things I’ve come across or had shared with me..."
More in the full article below:
christopherpenczak.com/2025/09/09/t...
More in the full article below:
christopherpenczak.com/2025/09/09/t...
Nothing has ever described my idea of witchery better than the fictional 40-year-old writings of a fictional witch from a fictional land
To enter a witch's sacred space one merely has to walk outside. She is enfolded by the hallowed for she is of the land. The woods give her green temples, hedges a feral pharmacy. Everywhere a wild communion of spirits. Everywhere an offering of omens. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
September 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Nothing has ever described my idea of witchery better than the fictional 40-year-old writings of a fictional witch from a fictional land
Look maybe this is outside my lane & you can tell me to shush. But have we collectively forgotten that autism isn't always "someone whose brain works a lil differently" & is sometimes someone who is non-communicative &/or requires a very high level of life-long support?
September 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Look maybe this is outside my lane & you can tell me to shush. But have we collectively forgotten that autism isn't always "someone whose brain works a lil differently" & is sometimes someone who is non-communicative &/or requires a very high level of life-long support?
If this post gets one (1) like, I will buy a drum machine
September 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
If this post gets one (1) like, I will buy a drum machine
Very upset to learn that Sam Reich is seven years younger than me, and then I realised that I'm nearly 50 and now I'm very upset about that too
September 17, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Very upset to learn that Sam Reich is seven years younger than me, and then I realised that I'm nearly 50 and now I'm very upset about that too
Too much koala poo in the courtyard is both a pleasing and a gross problem to have
September 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Too much koala poo in the courtyard is both a pleasing and a gross problem to have
If this was 50 bucks, I would absolutely get it for the bit.
September 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
If this was 50 bucks, I would absolutely get it for the bit.