Duff aka GirlReaction
@duff.bsky.social
Hi, it me. Not the Duff you think you know.
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Coming to a theater near you, How The Grinch Made Your Christmas More Expensive This Year.
Starring Trump and his chaotic tariffs.
Starring Trump and his chaotic tariffs.
November 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Coming to a theater near you, How The Grinch Made Your Christmas More Expensive This Year.
Starring Trump and his chaotic tariffs.
Starring Trump and his chaotic tariffs.
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Snowy owls flying at dusk in Chicago
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Snowy owls flying at dusk in Chicago
Graphic novels are reading. Audiobooks are reading. Being read to is reading.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Graphic novels are reading. Audiobooks are reading. Being read to is reading.
Co-sign.
I have held this as long as a body can hold it. I need to live my truth: morning people are annoying af.
Thank you.
Thank you.
October 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Co-sign.
I rewatch Baby Boom all the time.
I rewatched 1987’s “Baby Boom” in the wake of Diane Keaton’s passing and a thing that’s so consistent when you watch even middlebrow stuff from the 80s and 90s is that it plays like a masterpiece compared to so much of what gets made today because the scripts and exiting are TIGHT
Official Trailer BABY BOOM (1987, Diane Keaton, Sam Sheppard, Harold Ramis, Charles Shyer)
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October 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I rewatch Baby Boom all the time.
What five events defined your childhood? (Literature edition)
1. Bobbsey Twins
2. Cherry Ames
3. Elsie Dinsmore
4. Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain
5. Dragonriders of Pern
1. Bobbsey Twins
2. Cherry Ames
3. Elsie Dinsmore
4. Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain
5. Dragonriders of Pern
What 5 events defined your childhood? (GAMING EDITION)
1. Pokemon Gold & Silver (Gameboy Color)
2. Sly Cooper
3. Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2
4. Fight Night Round 3
5. N64, XBOX (OG), PS2, Sega Dreamcast
1. Pokemon Gold & Silver (Gameboy Color)
2. Sly Cooper
3. Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2
4. Fight Night Round 3
5. N64, XBOX (OG), PS2, Sega Dreamcast
What 5 events defined your childhood
1. Challenger blowing up live on TV at school
2. Discovering WHFS radio
3. Mom telling me I couldn't be in the school band because there was no possibility I had musical talent and it would be a waste of time
4. 5 schools in 5 years
5. Reading Lord of the Rings
1. Challenger blowing up live on TV at school
2. Discovering WHFS radio
3. Mom telling me I couldn't be in the school band because there was no possibility I had musical talent and it would be a waste of time
4. 5 schools in 5 years
5. Reading Lord of the Rings
October 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What five events defined your childhood? (Literature edition)
1. Bobbsey Twins
2. Cherry Ames
3. Elsie Dinsmore
4. Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain
5. Dragonriders of Pern
1. Bobbsey Twins
2. Cherry Ames
3. Elsie Dinsmore
4. Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain
5. Dragonriders of Pern
What 5 events defined your childhood? (Music edition)
1. Bobby Darin
2. Shawn Cassidy
3. Jethro Tull
4. AC/DC
5. Loverboy
1. Bobby Darin
2. Shawn Cassidy
3. Jethro Tull
4. AC/DC
5. Loverboy
What 5 events defined your childhood? (GAMING EDITION)
1. Pokemon Gold & Silver (Gameboy Color)
2. Sly Cooper
3. Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2
4. Fight Night Round 3
5. N64, XBOX (OG), PS2, Sega Dreamcast
1. Pokemon Gold & Silver (Gameboy Color)
2. Sly Cooper
3. Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2
4. Fight Night Round 3
5. N64, XBOX (OG), PS2, Sega Dreamcast
What 5 events defined your childhood
1. Challenger blowing up live on TV at school
2. Discovering WHFS radio
3. Mom telling me I couldn't be in the school band because there was no possibility I had musical talent and it would be a waste of time
4. 5 schools in 5 years
5. Reading Lord of the Rings
1. Challenger blowing up live on TV at school
2. Discovering WHFS radio
3. Mom telling me I couldn't be in the school band because there was no possibility I had musical talent and it would be a waste of time
4. 5 schools in 5 years
5. Reading Lord of the Rings
October 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
What 5 events defined your childhood? (Music edition)
1. Bobby Darin
2. Shawn Cassidy
3. Jethro Tull
4. AC/DC
5. Loverboy
1. Bobby Darin
2. Shawn Cassidy
3. Jethro Tull
4. AC/DC
5. Loverboy
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ICE unleashed tear gas on the street in Chicago’s Logan Square today and I tried to find meaning among the fog and my own anger about, well, everything. dansinker.com/posts/202…
October 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
ICE unleashed tear gas on the street in Chicago’s Logan Square today and I tried to find meaning among the fog and my own anger about, well, everything. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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50 masked bastards rolling through downtown on a beautiful Sunday to snatch a handful of street vendors
In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'
The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.
chicago.suntimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
50 masked bastards rolling through downtown on a beautiful Sunday to snatch a handful of street vendors
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Sure, sex is great. But, have you ever appeared in 12 LinkedIn searches?
September 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Sure, sex is great. But, have you ever appeared in 12 LinkedIn searches?
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“Hey there, we saw you from across the bar and want to do mountains of coke with you while making the biggest soft rock album of all time”
September 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“Hey there, we saw you from across the bar and want to do mountains of coke with you while making the biggest soft rock album of all time”
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The year is 2027. America is a disease-ridden wasteland. Escalators are forbidden and have been removed from all public spaces. Only one television channel offering one program remains: Trump TV. And this is where our story begins…
September 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The year is 2027. America is a disease-ridden wasteland. Escalators are forbidden and have been removed from all public spaces. Only one television channel offering one program remains: Trump TV. And this is where our story begins…
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Those poor people, calling the rapture’s manager to complain that it didn’t show up again
September 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Those poor people, calling the rapture’s manager to complain that it didn’t show up again
If only this morning’s storms could come back and provide a reason for why I failed to walk over to the pool today. Oh wait—“I just didn’t want to get wet” works anyway hahahahahahaha. Good thing I crack myself up.
September 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
If only this morning’s storms could come back and provide a reason for why I failed to walk over to the pool today. Oh wait—“I just didn’t want to get wet” works anyway hahahahahahaha. Good thing I crack myself up.
Hey @charliejane.bsky.social I read your latest last night and this morning and it was so very very good. Thanks for a fantastic reading experience.
September 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey @charliejane.bsky.social I read your latest last night and this morning and it was so very very good. Thanks for a fantastic reading experience.
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:
Best pie: rhubarb
Best ice cream: Change the Whirled
Best donut: pistachio
Best bar: snickers
Best cake: chocolate sheet cake
Best other: Girl Scout cookie Samoas
Best pie: rhubarb
Best ice cream: Change the Whirled
Best donut: pistachio
Best bar: snickers
Best cake: chocolate sheet cake
Best other: Girl Scout cookie Samoas
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:
Best pie: sour cherry lattice
Best ice cream: mint chocolate chip
Best donut: the bear claws from Roesers
Best bar: chai butterscotch bar
Best cake: hazelnut with mocha buttercream
Best other: tiramisu
Best pie: sour cherry lattice
Best ice cream: mint chocolate chip
Best donut: the bear claws from Roesers
Best bar: chai butterscotch bar
Best cake: hazelnut with mocha buttercream
Best other: tiramisu
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:
Best pie: Pecan
Best ice cream: Butter Pecan or Coffee sorbet
Best donut: warm glazed
Best bar: turtles
Best cake: German chocolate
Best other: grilled peaches with ice cream
Best pie: Pecan
Best ice cream: Butter Pecan or Coffee sorbet
Best donut: warm glazed
Best bar: turtles
Best cake: German chocolate
Best other: grilled peaches with ice cream
September 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:
Best pie: rhubarb
Best ice cream: Change the Whirled
Best donut: pistachio
Best bar: snickers
Best cake: chocolate sheet cake
Best other: Girl Scout cookie Samoas
Best pie: rhubarb
Best ice cream: Change the Whirled
Best donut: pistachio
Best bar: snickers
Best cake: chocolate sheet cake
Best other: Girl Scout cookie Samoas
This is a bummer but I would still rather know the truth, bummers and all
If I see the salt truck video one more time I'm going to lose my fucking mind.
They're not being used to block the city off from ICE. They're walling off the Taste of Chicago. The city uses salt trucks as temporary infrastructure.
They're not being used to block the city off from ICE. They're walling off the Taste of Chicago. The city uses salt trucks as temporary infrastructure.
September 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is a bummer but I would still rather know the truth, bummers and all
Good news = it’s not Covid.
Bad news = I feel like trash nonetheless.
Bad news = I feel like trash nonetheless.
September 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Good news = it’s not Covid.
Bad news = I feel like trash nonetheless.
Bad news = I feel like trash nonetheless.
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If I see the salt truck video one more time I'm going to lose my fucking mind.
They're not being used to block the city off from ICE. They're walling off the Taste of Chicago. The city uses salt trucks as temporary infrastructure.
They're not being used to block the city off from ICE. They're walling off the Taste of Chicago. The city uses salt trucks as temporary infrastructure.
September 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
If I see the salt truck video one more time I'm going to lose my fucking mind.
They're not being used to block the city off from ICE. They're walling off the Taste of Chicago. The city uses salt trucks as temporary infrastructure.
They're not being used to block the city off from ICE. They're walling off the Taste of Chicago. The city uses salt trucks as temporary infrastructure.
A classic pronoun antecedent error in instruction.
My therapist suggested that I write letters to all the people who have wronged me and then throw them into a big fire.
I did that, and I do feel better, but I don’t know what I am supposed to do with all these letters.
I did that, and I do feel better, but I don’t know what I am supposed to do with all these letters.
August 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
A classic pronoun antecedent error in instruction.
No one: What song mysteriously started playing in your head when you got off the bus tonight?
Me; “And she was.”
Yeah. No idea.
<i>The world was moving, she was right there with it, and she was.</i>
Me; “And she was.”
Yeah. No idea.
<i>The world was moving, she was right there with it, and she was.</i>
August 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
No one: What song mysteriously started playing in your head when you got off the bus tonight?
Me; “And she was.”
Yeah. No idea.
<i>The world was moving, she was right there with it, and she was.</i>
Me; “And she was.”
Yeah. No idea.
<i>The world was moving, she was right there with it, and she was.</i>
If you could get a crib in five cities (five cribs) if your choice in the world, which would you choose?
Me: Chicago, New York, London, Melbourne, San Francisco.
Aka I’m boring.
Me: Chicago, New York, London, Melbourne, San Francisco.
Aka I’m boring.
If you could get a crib in five cities (five cribs) of your choice in the world, which would you choose?
Me:
Osaka, Brisbane, Dundee, Plum Island (MA), Uppsala
Me:
Osaka, Brisbane, Dundee, Plum Island (MA), Uppsala
If you could get a crib in any five cities (five cribs) of your choice in the world, which would you choose?
Me:
Kotzebue, AK
Anchorage, AK
Madison, WI
Somewhere in New Zealand, maybe Wellington for access to both islands
NYC (mostly bc I want to spend more time there)
Me:
Kotzebue, AK
Anchorage, AK
Madison, WI
Somewhere in New Zealand, maybe Wellington for access to both islands
NYC (mostly bc I want to spend more time there)
August 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If you could get a crib in five cities (five cribs) if your choice in the world, which would you choose?
Me: Chicago, New York, London, Melbourne, San Francisco.
Aka I’m boring.
Me: Chicago, New York, London, Melbourne, San Francisco.
Aka I’m boring.
The two worse things on the planet right now: 1) Kristi Noem’s YouTube ads; 2) Israel’s “we aren’t starving anybody” YouTube ads. I honestly hate both those things worse than Trump himself right now.
August 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The two worse things on the planet right now: 1) Kristi Noem’s YouTube ads; 2) Israel’s “we aren’t starving anybody” YouTube ads. I honestly hate both those things worse than Trump himself right now.
Three way tie: 1) Speed, 1) Point Break, and 1) Constantine
August 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Three way tie: 1) Speed, 1) Point Break, and 1) Constantine
I just jump-roped for about 35 seconds and I either want to die or am actually dead, not sure I can tell the difference.
Jump-roped? Jumped rope?
Jump-roped? Jumped rope?
August 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I just jump-roped for about 35 seconds and I either want to die or am actually dead, not sure I can tell the difference.
Jump-roped? Jumped rope?
Jump-roped? Jumped rope?