Layla Al-Bedawi
@frauleinlayla.bsky.social
A human being. A writer type person.
City dweller with a hiker’s heart. Makes the absolute best eggplant lasagna. Tired but attentive. Forgetful, but will never forget you.
City dweller with a hiker’s heart. Makes the absolute best eggplant lasagna. Tired but attentive. Forgetful, but will never forget you.
In case this is relevant to you: I just learned that a person’s “amount” of willpower/self-control depends in part on their belief about whether or not willpower is actually a limited/depletable resource, which compelling research seems to show it’s not, at least not in the way I thought it was.
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In case this is relevant to you: I just learned that a person’s “amount” of willpower/self-control depends in part on their belief about whether or not willpower is actually a limited/depletable resource, which compelling research seems to show it’s not, at least not in the way I thought it was.
Feels like fall in Houston today, which feels miraculous. Might have to find a body of water to walk near, later today.
October 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Feels like fall in Houston today, which feels miraculous. Might have to find a body of water to walk near, later today.
It is a somewhat uncomfortable thing, admitting that I miss the Olden Days of Social Media, so/but here I am, giving posting-without-overthinking a go. We shall see if it lasts, and whether my eventual downfall and return to hermitdom will be brought about by my chronic over- or underthinking. Hi!
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It is a somewhat uncomfortable thing, admitting that I miss the Olden Days of Social Media, so/but here I am, giving posting-without-overthinking a go. We shall see if it lasts, and whether my eventual downfall and return to hermitdom will be brought about by my chronic over- or underthinking. Hi!
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NYT needs to correct this disinformation right away. Its reporters are apparently clueless about what's actually going on out there. People with valid visas and green-card holders ARE ABSOLUTELY being deported right now for speech, and without criminal convictions.
Currently on the front page of the New York Times.
April 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
NYT needs to correct this disinformation right away. Its reporters are apparently clueless about what's actually going on out there. People with valid visas and green-card holders ARE ABSOLUTELY being deported right now for speech, and without criminal convictions.
The elevator in our building has been out for 6 weeks. After having to take the stairs daily & the burning in my legs not getting better even a little bit, & knowing how much easier they were before last summer, I’m coming to terms with it really being a long COVID thing. www.npr.org/sections/hea...
A discovery in the muscles of long COVID patients may explain exercise troubles
Long COVID patients can experience severe energy crashes after physical exertion. New research provides clear evidence that there's a biological basis for the symptoms.
www.npr.org
March 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The elevator in our building has been out for 6 weeks. After having to take the stairs daily & the burning in my legs not getting better even a little bit, & knowing how much easier they were before last summer, I’m coming to terms with it really being a long COVID thing. www.npr.org/sections/hea...
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Finished s5 of Lower Decks recently & have preserved this snapshot of the show on to my phone because it is a visual poem that speaks to me on a molecular level
February 21, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Finished s5 of Lower Decks recently & have preserved this snapshot of the show on to my phone because it is a visual poem that speaks to me on a molecular level
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"No one ever thought this would happen" is dishonest and journalists not pointing that out are doing you all a disservice. Many people said word for word this would happen. You just didn't respect those people. And you need to be honest instead of the feigned surprise for sympathy.
February 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"No one ever thought this would happen" is dishonest and journalists not pointing that out are doing you all a disservice. Many people said word for word this would happen. You just didn't respect those people. And you need to be honest instead of the feigned surprise for sympathy.
Emailed in a final paper after an all-nighter, almost signed it “Love you”
May 6, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Emailed in a final paper after an all-nighter, almost signed it “Love you”
I don’t know anymore how they’re dealing with it these days,
but I deal with it by not picking up the phone, feeling enormous guilt, and writing upsetting fiction.
but I deal with it by not picking up the phone, feeling enormous guilt, and writing upsetting fiction.
Who else out there is NOT the child your parents ordered, and how do you and your parents deal with it?
November 6, 2023 at 10:29 PM
I don’t know anymore how they’re dealing with it these days,
but I deal with it by not picking up the phone, feeling enormous guilt, and writing upsetting fiction.
but I deal with it by not picking up the phone, feeling enormous guilt, and writing upsetting fiction.
It is actually cold out! You better believe I’m keeping these windows open until my toes fall off.
October 30, 2023 at 9:37 PM
It is actually cold out! You better believe I’m keeping these windows open until my toes fall off.
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Wow wow wow. It should not have taken this kind of devastation but wow.
Half a million people in London right now. Jewish activists in New York last night. Polls in both countries overwhelmingly support a ceasefire in Gaza. Cannot imagine this level of support even five years ago. Whatever happens, the Palestinians are no longer alone.
October 28, 2023 at 5:36 PM
Wow wow wow. It should not have taken this kind of devastation but wow.
Joking aside, this current project is the first time (of many attempts!) that I feel a novel *working* for me, and that’s largely due to allowing myself my very nonlinear, disjointed, fluid writing process. And not letting demands for outlining freeze me.
“Any point of a rhizome can be connected to anything other, and must be”
… is what I shall yell the next time a CW prof tells me I should try making a linear outline.
… is what I shall yell the next time a CW prof tells me I should try making a linear outline.
October 26, 2023 at 4:43 PM
Joking aside, this current project is the first time (of many attempts!) that I feel a novel *working* for me, and that’s largely due to allowing myself my very nonlinear, disjointed, fluid writing process. And not letting demands for outlining freeze me.
I’m a grown-ass adult & I currently insist on falling asleep with a specific soft fuzzy blanket every night because petting it reminds me of my cat.
Feelings are a riot, grief sucks, be kind to your weird little inner children everyone.
Feelings are a riot, grief sucks, be kind to your weird little inner children everyone.
October 26, 2023 at 4:37 AM
I’m a grown-ass adult & I currently insist on falling asleep with a specific soft fuzzy blanket every night because petting it reminds me of my cat.
Feelings are a riot, grief sucks, be kind to your weird little inner children everyone.
Feelings are a riot, grief sucks, be kind to your weird little inner children everyone.
“Any point of a rhizome can be connected to anything other, and must be”
… is what I shall yell the next time a CW prof tells me I should try making a linear outline.
… is what I shall yell the next time a CW prof tells me I should try making a linear outline.
October 25, 2023 at 12:23 AM
“Any point of a rhizome can be connected to anything other, and must be”
… is what I shall yell the next time a CW prof tells me I should try making a linear outline.
… is what I shall yell the next time a CW prof tells me I should try making a linear outline.
I guess I’ll say it here where there’s only 3.5 people listening, so I’ll have a little place to shout about it when needed: it appears I am working on a novel. My god.
October 24, 2023 at 1:48 PM
I guess I’ll say it here where there’s only 3.5 people listening, so I’ll have a little place to shout about it when needed: it appears I am working on a novel. My god.
Anyone else have a weird fussy “fancy” food you will randomly make without any sort of special occasion, just for yourself?
Mine is deviled eggs and I will not apologize for it.
Mine is deviled eggs and I will not apologize for it.
October 22, 2023 at 5:16 PM
Anyone else have a weird fussy “fancy” food you will randomly make without any sort of special occasion, just for yourself?
Mine is deviled eggs and I will not apologize for it.
Mine is deviled eggs and I will not apologize for it.
It’s been 5 days in this catless apartment and I hate it. I don’t like that this is reality. When we lost Desmond last year, Linus helped us through it so much. To have neither of them feels cruel and bad and wrong.
October 21, 2023 at 12:18 AM
It’s been 5 days in this catless apartment and I hate it. I don’t like that this is reality. When we lost Desmond last year, Linus helped us through it so much. To have neither of them feels cruel and bad and wrong.
God I’ve missed being in a place where I actually get shown people’s posts. Feels very 2010.
October 20, 2023 at 3:24 PM
God I’ve missed being in a place where I actually get shown people’s posts. Feels very 2010.
But what if I just sat in my parked car all day?
October 19, 2023 at 1:59 PM
But what if I just sat in my parked car all day?
Everything is sad everywhere but at least they finally let me into this place?
October 19, 2023 at 12:31 AM
Everything is sad everywhere but at least they finally let me into this place?