J Tilley
@imchaotik.bsky.social
Writer, editor & producer in the Midwest
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J Tilley
@imchaotik.bsky.social
· Jan 25
When BlueSky first launched, I did what I usually do as a curious human and journalist: Started an account to check it out. My Twitter handle was already taken, so without thinking twice I used my former AOL/AIM screen name. 🧵🧶
Facebook really thinks I’m interested in zit popping videos with, for some reason, coffee-themed graphics in the background and a soundtrack of birds chirping. To be fair, I’m not NOT interested…
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Facebook really thinks I’m interested in zit popping videos with, for some reason, coffee-themed graphics in the background and a soundtrack of birds chirping. To be fair, I’m not NOT interested…
Social life in your 40s is just clicking “interested” on a bunch of events on Facebook that friends I haven’t seen in years also click “interested” on, but none of us actually go. We just know what interests whom and we can go “yeah that seems like Sarah’s thing,” because they’re all named Sarah.
September 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Social life in your 40s is just clicking “interested” on a bunch of events on Facebook that friends I haven’t seen in years also click “interested” on, but none of us actually go. We just know what interests whom and we can go “yeah that seems like Sarah’s thing,” because they’re all named Sarah.
So many hours wasted playing MASH and I still don’t have a mansion or a limo and I’m not married to Elijah Wood
September 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
So many hours wasted playing MASH and I still don’t have a mansion or a limo and I’m not married to Elijah Wood
Usually when there’s a hook on the back of a bathroom door it’s either a guy with a long nose or a boxing octopus.
September 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Usually when there’s a hook on the back of a bathroom door it’s either a guy with a long nose or a boxing octopus.
Always make sure the cat has a full charge.
September 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Always make sure the cat has a full charge.
Young people today: TikTok trends.
Us as young people: Bohemian Rhapsody in the car.
Us as young people: Bohemian Rhapsody in the car.
September 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Young people today: TikTok trends.
Us as young people: Bohemian Rhapsody in the car.
Us as young people: Bohemian Rhapsody in the car.
I haven’t been socialing much lately. It just doesn’t seem that important. But I just came to say I have Bloody Sunday stuck in my head, but specifically the George W. Bush version.
August 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I haven’t been socialing much lately. It just doesn’t seem that important. But I just came to say I have Bloody Sunday stuck in my head, but specifically the George W. Bush version.
Pro tip: If you don’t have or can’t find a back scratcher, try the bottom of a toothpaste tube.
June 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Pro tip: If you don’t have or can’t find a back scratcher, try the bottom of a toothpaste tube.
If I’m willing to watch an ad rather than pay a few bucks for extra Candy Crush lives… does it really make sense that said ad is for a Lexus?
June 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If I’m willing to watch an ad rather than pay a few bucks for extra Candy Crush lives… does it really make sense that said ad is for a Lexus?
Thanks, Facebook, for reminding me that this angel is now missing in my life! 😭
June 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Thanks, Facebook, for reminding me that this angel is now missing in my life! 😭
Facebook: A list of people who are dying of horrible diseases or have information that someone I know died.
Twitter: A list of national brands being super weird.
Instagram: A list of people selling things I don’t want.
Nextdoor: A list of walk-in shower ads.
Bluesky: Oh crap, am I old?
Twitter: A list of national brands being super weird.
Instagram: A list of people selling things I don’t want.
Nextdoor: A list of walk-in shower ads.
Bluesky: Oh crap, am I old?
June 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Facebook: A list of people who are dying of horrible diseases or have information that someone I know died.
Twitter: A list of national brands being super weird.
Instagram: A list of people selling things I don’t want.
Nextdoor: A list of walk-in shower ads.
Bluesky: Oh crap, am I old?
Twitter: A list of national brands being super weird.
Instagram: A list of people selling things I don’t want.
Nextdoor: A list of walk-in shower ads.
Bluesky: Oh crap, am I old?
There’s so much I could be using my brain for right now, perhaps to better the world. Instead, I’m staring at the ceiling and singing the “Gator Golf” jingle.
May 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
There’s so much I could be using my brain for right now, perhaps to better the world. Instead, I’m staring at the ceiling and singing the “Gator Golf” jingle.
Always good to get paid to pun. www.indystar.com/story/entert...
Put some mustard on that slaw dog. Here's what happened at the first Oscar Mayer Wienie 500
Now we know who's top dog of all the Wienermobiles.
www.indystar.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Always good to get paid to pun. www.indystar.com/story/entert...
Does anyone else remember when birth control only came in pink compacts? Because if you don’t want to make babies, SOMETHING overtly feminine HAD to be thrust upon you!
May 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Does anyone else remember when birth control only came in pink compacts? Because if you don’t want to make babies, SOMETHING overtly feminine HAD to be thrust upon you!
I’m sore because I moved three boxes to the garage yesterday without stretching. Enjoy your 40s, kids!
May 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I’m sore because I moved three boxes to the garage yesterday without stretching. Enjoy your 40s, kids!
It’s weird that I didn’t lose my phones completely before you could track it, when there weren’t smartphones. I still have all those phones in a closet and know right where they are but have lost my current phone three times today.
May 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It’s weird that I didn’t lose my phones completely before you could track it, when there weren’t smartphones. I still have all those phones in a closet and know right where they are but have lost my current phone three times today.
We’re all rooting for you, buddy. www.courier-journal.com/story/sports...
Here's how Journalism, likely Kentucky Derby favorite, got his name from a former editor
Journalism is the likely favorite for the Kentucky Derby; here's how a former sports editor of the Beverly Hills High School newspaper named him.
www.courier-journal.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We’re all rooting for you, buddy. www.courier-journal.com/story/sports...
Join my leaderboard in The New York Times Games app. We’ll be able to follow each other’s daily scores, ranks and solve times for multiple games. www.nytimes.com/crosswords/a...
Download the New York Times Games App
Play Wordle, Spelling Bee, Sudoku, The Crossword and more on iOS and Android. You'll find new puzzles daily.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Join my leaderboard in The New York Times Games app. We’ll be able to follow each other’s daily scores, ranks and solve times for multiple games. www.nytimes.com/crosswords/a...
I thought this was my cat being weird behind me in my camera view… turns out it’s a stuffed red panda.
April 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I thought this was my cat being weird behind me in my camera view… turns out it’s a stuffed red panda.
The gamer guy episode of Black Mirror made me want to play Sims again… maybe I didn’t pay enough attention.
April 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The gamer guy episode of Black Mirror made me want to play Sims again… maybe I didn’t pay enough attention.
Drive / drove.
Arrive / for some reason not arrove.
Arrive / for some reason not arrove.
April 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Drive / drove.
Arrive / for some reason not arrove.
Arrive / for some reason not arrove.
People need to quit making nearly 2-hour season finales… I’ve been up way past my bedtime the past couple of nights!
April 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
People need to quit making nearly 2-hour season finales… I’ve been up way past my bedtime the past couple of nights!
Fascists: We’re going to evaluate journalists’ search history and use it against them!
My search history: Parker posey white lotus gifs
My search history: Parker posey white lotus gifs
April 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Fascists: We’re going to evaluate journalists’ search history and use it against them!
My search history: Parker posey white lotus gifs
My search history: Parker posey white lotus gifs
I don’t spend a lot of money on shoes, as evidenced by the fact that recently I have been alternating between 10+ year old shoes and shoes my 10-year-old niece outgrew. (Yes, you read that right.) I bought myself these to make up for it.
March 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I don’t spend a lot of money on shoes, as evidenced by the fact that recently I have been alternating between 10+ year old shoes and shoes my 10-year-old niece outgrew. (Yes, you read that right.) I bought myself these to make up for it.