niqaeli torres, child of disaster
@niq.aeli.net
herein you will find: a plexiglass 4th wall, whining, cats, fannishness, occasional intersectional social commentary. she/they. blocks for bad vibes and fuckshittery. 0.00000015% of a Hugo Award Winner.
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this disaster is terrible
and we may not survive it
our descendants may not survive it
but we are children of disaster
the ones that made us and the ones that nearly unmade us but did not
so we might
and we may not survive it
our descendants may not survive it
but we are children of disaster
the ones that made us and the ones that nearly unmade us but did not
so we might
spanish guitar is a new one for hold music for me.
January 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM
spanish guitar is a new one for hold music for me.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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…is anyone else having trouble with bsky’s login servers and/or external embeds? my ipad logged me out and I can’t log back in (but I’m fine to use it on my phone) and Discord’s not pulling embeds when I link posts.
January 14, 2026 at 9:23 PM
…is anyone else having trouble with bsky’s login servers and/or external embeds? my ipad logged me out and I can’t log back in (but I’m fine to use it on my phone) and Discord’s not pulling embeds when I link posts.
tfw you have to sit on your hands not to infodump
Unsolicited Advice on someone complaining about a covid vaccine reaction. (I have asked if they want advice, but now I have to sit on my hands while I wait for their reply. And possibly after, if they just want to complain and don’t want advice.)
Unsolicited Advice on someone complaining about a covid vaccine reaction. (I have asked if they want advice, but now I have to sit on my hands while I wait for their reply. And possibly after, if they just want to complain and don’t want advice.)
January 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM
tfw you have to sit on your hands not to infodump
Unsolicited Advice on someone complaining about a covid vaccine reaction. (I have asked if they want advice, but now I have to sit on my hands while I wait for their reply. And possibly after, if they just want to complain and don’t want advice.)
Unsolicited Advice on someone complaining about a covid vaccine reaction. (I have asked if they want advice, but now I have to sit on my hands while I wait for their reply. And possibly after, if they just want to complain and don’t want advice.)
my hubris knows no bounds, I had a dark beer and potstickers (with soy sauce) for lunch and did not spill any on myself
January 14, 2026 at 7:39 PM
my hubris knows no bounds, I had a dark beer and potstickers (with soy sauce) for lunch and did not spill any on myself
living dangerously (wearing a white top)
January 14, 2026 at 6:44 PM
living dangerously (wearing a white top)
"...an entire album? I don't even have to pick a single *song*?" says the ADHD woman with subclinical autistic tendencies whose sanity is not at risk in the slightest.
Anyway, Black Parade probably.
Anyway, Black Parade probably.
If someone put $1,000,000 on the table and said you had to listen to one album on repeat for 48 hours straight…
what album are you risking your sanity for?
what album are you risking your sanity for?
a hand is holding a discman device in front of a table
ALT: a hand is holding a discman device in front of a table
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January 13, 2026 at 11:06 PM
"...an entire album? I don't even have to pick a single *song*?" says the ADHD woman with subclinical autistic tendencies whose sanity is not at risk in the slightest.
Anyway, Black Parade probably.
Anyway, Black Parade probably.
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It depends on the individual store, but a lot of Ace Hardware stores are employee owned cooperatives, too!
On you list of real af businesses that deserve unyielding support because they provide it to us, please include Ace Nicollet Hardware:
January 13, 2026 at 10:41 PM
It depends on the individual store, but a lot of Ace Hardware stores are employee owned cooperatives, too!
ah, yes, the headache gets worse if I lay down for too long. just what I fucking wanted.
January 13, 2026 at 9:41 PM
ah, yes, the headache gets worse if I lay down for too long. just what I fucking wanted.
I have given up and taken some benadryl and a salt bomb about my fucking bladder. The IC continues to be my single most annoying goddamn MCAS symptom.
January 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I have given up and taken some benadryl and a salt bomb about my fucking bladder. The IC continues to be my single most annoying goddamn MCAS symptom.
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the one real problem with my portable TENS unit is that I only have two pucks for it, grumble grumble. (I am not buying another set until I see how I'm doing once I've recovered from surgery.)
January 13, 2026 at 2:31 AM
the one real problem with my portable TENS unit is that I only have two pucks for it, grumble grumble. (I am not buying another set until I see how I'm doing once I've recovered from surgery.)
today’s work fit, as I’ve finally dug my jewellery out and put it away in the new armoire so it’s actually all findable.
January 13, 2026 at 12:15 AM
today’s work fit, as I’ve finally dug my jewellery out and put it away in the new armoire so it’s actually all findable.
body, a day before I have to come off the NSAIDs is NOT THE FUCKING TIME for you to start up again with the fucking costochrondritis
January 12, 2026 at 9:13 PM
body, a day before I have to come off the NSAIDs is NOT THE FUCKING TIME for you to start up again with the fucking costochrondritis
love to be scolded for not doing something that I did in literally my last message in the group chat I am being scolded in. your inability to read your fucking texts does not constitute a failure to communicate on MY part.
January 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
love to be scolded for not doing something that I did in literally my last message in the group chat I am being scolded in. your inability to read your fucking texts does not constitute a failure to communicate on MY part.
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Yeah watching this on repeat it’s pretty much going to be the rest of my day.
January 12, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Yeah watching this on repeat it’s pretty much going to be the rest of my day.
Ah, we have now achieved knots of “fuck you” that the muscle relaxants, the pain meds, the heated massage pad, the massage ball, the chirp wheel, AND the massage gun on high can barely control. The TENS unit can distract from it while it’s going but doesn’t really touch it either.
January 12, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Ah, we have now achieved knots of “fuck you” that the muscle relaxants, the pain meds, the heated massage pad, the massage ball, the chirp wheel, AND the massage gun on high can barely control. The TENS unit can distract from it while it’s going but doesn’t really touch it either.
I would really like my bad hip’s hip flexor to stop Existing Loudly At Me. Yes, hip flexor, I *know* we haven’t been doing aerial and handstands. This is not something you need to remind me of by screaming about being existential.
January 11, 2026 at 6:36 PM
I would really like my bad hip’s hip flexor to stop Existing Loudly At Me. Yes, hip flexor, I *know* we haven’t been doing aerial and handstands. This is not something you need to remind me of by screaming about being existential.
Sleep has, at least, reset the fucking headache down to a bearable level. Still, y’know. Present and unignorable, but bearably so.
January 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Sleep has, at least, reset the fucking headache down to a bearable level. Still, y’know. Present and unignorable, but bearably so.
you know, i have a lot of symptoms that are really bad about this neck fuckshit, but i think the one that is absolutely wearing me out the most is the goddamned headache that never. fucking. ends.
January 10, 2026 at 3:08 AM
you know, i have a lot of symptoms that are really bad about this neck fuckshit, but i think the one that is absolutely wearing me out the most is the goddamned headache that never. fucking. ends.
timed mutes when, bluesky. timed mutes fucking WHEN.
January 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
timed mutes when, bluesky. timed mutes fucking WHEN.
I would apologise for being back on my Batfamily bullshit but I’m a) not sorry, b) most of you knew what you were getting when you followed me anyway, c) this is better for all of us than doomscrolling would be anyway
apparently today @rahaeli.bsky.social and I will be amusing ourselves by gender flipping various Robins. AFAB cis girl Dick is too depressing to contemplate for long, but trans woman who transitions in her 20s Dick is actually not! (or even in her teens, although that’s definitely *messier*)
January 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I would apologise for being back on my Batfamily bullshit but I’m a) not sorry, b) most of you knew what you were getting when you followed me anyway, c) this is better for all of us than doomscrolling would be anyway
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Film noir goddess. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
January 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Film noir goddess. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
apparently today @rahaeli.bsky.social and I will be amusing ourselves by gender flipping various Robins. AFAB cis girl Dick is too depressing to contemplate for long, but trans woman who transitions in her 20s Dick is actually not! (or even in her teens, although that’s definitely *messier*)
January 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
apparently today @rahaeli.bsky.social and I will be amusing ourselves by gender flipping various Robins. AFAB cis girl Dick is too depressing to contemplate for long, but trans woman who transitions in her 20s Dick is actually not! (or even in her teens, although that’s definitely *messier*)
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By request: an baby
January 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
By request: an baby