Star Simpson
@starstar.bsky.social
Who wants to be first to welcome me back to SF?
October 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Who wants to be first to welcome me back to SF?
Watched a loud group of American tourists from Massachusetts (“which is in the United States”) break into the conversation of a group of Norwegians at the next table at the cafe, to ask “how much did your sweaters cost?” with each side proceeding to entirely fail to comprehend each other
September 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Watched a loud group of American tourists from Massachusetts (“which is in the United States”) break into the conversation of a group of Norwegians at the next table at the cafe, to ask “how much did your sweaters cost?” with each side proceeding to entirely fail to comprehend each other
Someone (I can’t find it now) responded to a prompt asking how to describe the internal experience of autism, without relying on external gaze / inconvenience to others, and gave “the desire to observe without being observed” and I loved that.
What’s the ADHD edition of this?
What’s the ADHD edition of this?
September 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Someone (I can’t find it now) responded to a prompt asking how to describe the internal experience of autism, without relying on external gaze / inconvenience to others, and gave “the desire to observe without being observed” and I loved that.
What’s the ADHD edition of this?
What’s the ADHD edition of this?
Ólafur Darri is no longer the telecom’s voice for a wrong number in Iceland, I’m so disappointed that I no longer get to be gently laid straight by his crackly booming baritone. 🥲
September 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Ólafur Darri is no longer the telecom’s voice for a wrong number in Iceland, I’m so disappointed that I no longer get to be gently laid straight by his crackly booming baritone. 🥲
If I could redesign bathrooms with unlimited budget —
Floors would have a lot more texture and not be slippery when wet tile
General purpose sink? No, I want a car wash for my hands. I want some kind of actuator-driven terry cloth end-effector thing, like a massage chair but for suds.
Floors would have a lot more texture and not be slippery when wet tile
General purpose sink? No, I want a car wash for my hands. I want some kind of actuator-driven terry cloth end-effector thing, like a massage chair but for suds.
August 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If I could redesign bathrooms with unlimited budget —
Floors would have a lot more texture and not be slippery when wet tile
General purpose sink? No, I want a car wash for my hands. I want some kind of actuator-driven terry cloth end-effector thing, like a massage chair but for suds.
Floors would have a lot more texture and not be slippery when wet tile
General purpose sink? No, I want a car wash for my hands. I want some kind of actuator-driven terry cloth end-effector thing, like a massage chair but for suds.
A dear friend (one of my roommates in an apartment during undergrad, we kept in touch) passed away this Sunday. I’m heartbroken, my sleep has been wrecked. I’ve also discovered that he scrubbed himself from the social networks, which I respect but find surprisingly upsetting.
August 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A dear friend (one of my roommates in an apartment during undergrad, we kept in touch) passed away this Sunday. I’m heartbroken, my sleep has been wrecked. I’ve also discovered that he scrubbed himself from the social networks, which I respect but find surprisingly upsetting.
fun 🍬 idea — I know it’s early to think about Halloween 🎃 but if anyone wants a big bag full of Icelandic candy to hand out this year HMU, I’m thinking of importing a pile of it myself.
August 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
fun 🍬 idea — I know it’s early to think about Halloween 🎃 but if anyone wants a big bag full of Icelandic candy to hand out this year HMU, I’m thinking of importing a pile of it myself.
Bluesky is definitely better than all the other posting text things at this point. So glad we’re all still here.
August 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Bluesky is definitely better than all the other posting text things at this point. So glad we’re all still here.
My 3.5-year old read story books to me for an hour yesterday before bedtime. I’m astonished. To be clear, he learned how to read while I feel like I did very little to actively encourage it. There’s so little guidance about how to be a good & supportive parent to a kid like this.
August 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My 3.5-year old read story books to me for an hour yesterday before bedtime. I’m astonished. To be clear, he learned how to read while I feel like I did very little to actively encourage it. There’s so little guidance about how to be a good & supportive parent to a kid like this.
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Autistic people trying to flirt
August 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Autistic people trying to flirt
Who do I know in Toronto?
June 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Who do I know in Toronto?
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I left Ireland and moved to New York in 1997. Decades on, what the US has become has broken my immigrant heart.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
June 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I left Ireland and moved to New York in 1997. Decades on, what the US has become has broken my immigrant heart.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
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Anyone still looking for a place to stay at Airventure? One of our roommates backed out. If you’re going to Oshkosh and looking, contact me or @starstar.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Anyone still looking for a place to stay at Airventure? One of our roommates backed out. If you’re going to Oshkosh and looking, contact me or @starstar.bsky.social
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The former Governor of Maryland seems to be mistaking stars for drones. From x.com/MatthewCappu... / @matthewcappucci.bsky.social
December 14, 2024 at 6:32 AM
The former Governor of Maryland seems to be mistaking stars for drones. From x.com/MatthewCappu... / @matthewcappucci.bsky.social
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Not Gabor Maté describing his own compulsive book-buying addiction as a symptom of his ADHD no no no nope
December 13, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Not Gabor Maté describing his own compulsive book-buying addiction as a symptom of his ADHD no no no nope
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Brutally owned by a complete stranger
Here are my book recommendations for the new year:
Read the books you already bought.
Read the books you already bought.
December 11, 2024 at 4:37 AM
Brutally owned by a complete stranger
If all the people on Earth lived in countries of no greater population size than Iceland there would be over 21,000 countries.
December 10, 2024 at 10:01 PM
If all the people on Earth lived in countries of no greater population size than Iceland there would be over 21,000 countries.
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I’m finding the discourse over the attractiveness of the shooter to be REALLY annoying. Don’t get me wrong, I love mess! But it is erasing the incredibly important conversation about our deeply unjust system and why folks are, in this case, sympathetic to a murderer and apathetic about the victim.
December 10, 2024 at 4:04 PM
I’m finding the discourse over the attractiveness of the shooter to be REALLY annoying. Don’t get me wrong, I love mess! But it is erasing the incredibly important conversation about our deeply unjust system and why folks are, in this case, sympathetic to a murderer and apathetic about the victim.
Does anyone know where I can buy a whole / not-ground nutmeg in Iceland?
December 10, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Does anyone know where I can buy a whole / not-ground nutmeg in Iceland?
Post someone you’ve been told you look like who you definitely don’t look like.
December 7, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Post someone you’ve been told you look like who you definitely don’t look like.
He turned 3 and we got dinosaurs and that means it’s time for me to learn how the heck to pronounce Parasaurolophus. Parenting books never cover the real facts you need to know.
November 30, 2024 at 9:10 AM
He turned 3 and we got dinosaurs and that means it’s time for me to learn how the heck to pronounce Parasaurolophus. Parenting books never cover the real facts you need to know.
Americana at Brand Memes is here!! 🥲
Happy Annual Lighting of the 405 Christmas Lights!
November 29, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Americana at Brand Memes is here!! 🥲
Claude for therapy is like Soylent for meals: not a true replacement but better than the alternative, which is actually just not having it, and the lack of friction is probably a huge part of what makes it so useful especially while experiencing depression.
November 28, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Claude for therapy is like Soylent for meals: not a true replacement but better than the alternative, which is actually just not having it, and the lack of friction is probably a huge part of what makes it so useful especially while experiencing depression.
Why is the ‘p’ in pterodactyl silent but not in helicopter
November 26, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Why is the ‘p’ in pterodactyl silent but not in helicopter