Laura Odelius
@lauraodelius.bsky.social
Twins mom. Whippet adjacent, plus cats. Ex-academic. Music. History. Writing. Houston. British TV. Random sciencey things I think are cool. The perils of basic marketing for small businesses. Et cetera.
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Rubio Orders State Department Braille Signage Switch To ‘Times New Roman’
December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Rubio Orders State Department Braille Signage Switch To ‘Times New Roman’
Everything on this thread looks like the
products my husband used to invent to play around with design (pumpkin spice Depends, anyone?) Except the Dolly pancake mix—our HEB actually carries that.
products my husband used to invent to play around with design (pumpkin spice Depends, anyone?) Except the Dolly pancake mix—our HEB actually carries that.
At The Salvage Store you will discover new, and ill-conceived variations on familiar products
December 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Everything on this thread looks like the
products my husband used to invent to play around with design (pumpkin spice Depends, anyone?) Except the Dolly pancake mix—our HEB actually carries that.
products my husband used to invent to play around with design (pumpkin spice Depends, anyone?) Except the Dolly pancake mix—our HEB actually carries that.
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Alt text version. Thanks for sharing Harry.
December 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Alt text version. Thanks for sharing Harry.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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screw you guys! i'm going to see robyn hitchcock!
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
screw you guys! i'm going to see robyn hitchcock!
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When I worked at a bookstore, I quickly learned that people cannot tell the difference between Xmas music and any Baroque or Elizabethan music album that doesn't get too organ-ish. I used this to my advantage.
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
When I worked at a bookstore, I quickly learned that people cannot tell the difference between Xmas music and any Baroque or Elizabethan music album that doesn't get too organ-ish. I used this to my advantage.
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
Gabrieli’s canzone for brass are my secret weapon at Christmas — I’m not alone; the Gabrieli Consort even put out a Christmas album once upon a time.
When I worked at a bookstore, I quickly learned that people cannot tell the difference between Xmas music and any Baroque or Elizabethan music album that doesn't get too organ-ish. I used this to my advantage.
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Gabrieli’s canzone for brass are my secret weapon at Christmas — I’m not alone; the Gabrieli Consort even put out a Christmas album once upon a time.
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You can get the same effect by taking a b complex vitamin, maybe some vitamin D and drinking watermelon juice or milk
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
You can get the same effect by taking a b complex vitamin, maybe some vitamin D and drinking watermelon juice or milk
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The Chartists, an enduring reminder that change is possible and vitally important, even when (at the time) you don't 'win'.
The first issue of the Chartist newspaper, the Northern Star, appeared #OnThisDay 18 November 1837. Without it, Chartism would have been a far weaker thing.
www.chartistancestors.co.uk/northern-sta...
www.chartistancestors.co.uk/northern-sta...
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The Chartists, an enduring reminder that change is possible and vitally important, even when (at the time) you don't 'win'.
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I hate that I can't Google a word and quickly find out the definition because there are 500 tech startups who've chosen that word as their stupid name
November 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I hate that I can't Google a word and quickly find out the definition because there are 500 tech startups who've chosen that word as their stupid name
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Folks I am short a bill by about $300. If you were perchance looking for holiday gifts or a treat, may I point you at my handmade goodies? Thanks.
www.peculiarityshop.com/hillary-s-co...
www.peculiarityshop.com/hillary-s-co...
Hillary's Corner | The Peculiarity Shop
The Peculiarity Shop, handmade jewelry by diverse people for diverse people, offers items by Hillary.
www.peculiarityshop.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Folks I am short a bill by about $300. If you were perchance looking for holiday gifts or a treat, may I point you at my handmade goodies? Thanks.
www.peculiarityshop.com/hillary-s-co...
www.peculiarityshop.com/hillary-s-co...
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This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
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One of the most important provisions of the ACA was eliminating pre-existing conditions exclusions from insurance plans.
Folks need to be reminded that if the ACA goes away, so does that provision.
Folks need to be reminded that if the ACA goes away, so does that provision.
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
One of the most important provisions of the ACA was eliminating pre-existing conditions exclusions from insurance plans.
Folks need to be reminded that if the ACA goes away, so does that provision.
Folks need to be reminded that if the ACA goes away, so does that provision.
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Not now, widening gyre
August 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Not now, widening gyre
My mom has suggested that since they played two whole games last night, maybe the Dodgers and Blue Jays could just meet up and flip a coin tonight and we can all get some sleep.
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
My mom has suggested that since they played two whole games last night, maybe the Dodgers and Blue Jays could just meet up and flip a coin tonight and we can all get some sleep.
At first I was pleasantly surprised that I got home from a long marching band event and baseball was still going on. But seriously, now.
October 28, 2025 at 5:26 AM
At first I was pleasantly surprised that I got home from a long marching band event and baseball was still going on. But seriously, now.
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The Trump admin has also cut off shipments of foods to foodbanks nationwide at the same time, which will be the first place many SNAP recipients will look to. They know what they need so donations of $$ is much better than random things from your pantry. Toiletries always good to give though.
This isn’t a focus in the Discourse because the loudest voices with the biggest platforms are people who have never worried about their next meal. I’ve needed SNAP; I’ve used SNAP; I’ve lost it when it mattered. This is going to be a wave of mass starvation beyond living memory in this country.
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The Trump admin has also cut off shipments of foods to foodbanks nationwide at the same time, which will be the first place many SNAP recipients will look to. They know what they need so donations of $$ is much better than random things from your pantry. Toiletries always good to give though.
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Bring back small phones! This is my iphone 13 mini. It is a perfectly-sized phone. But it's going to die - in a few years, Apple will stop supporting it w/updates. Yet there are now NO new smartphones to buy on the market that fit the human hand. www.ft.com/content/6332...
October 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Bring back small phones! This is my iphone 13 mini. It is a perfectly-sized phone. But it's going to die - in a few years, Apple will stop supporting it w/updates. Yet there are now NO new smartphones to buy on the market that fit the human hand. www.ft.com/content/6332...
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You need to see this…
Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.
Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.
October 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
You need to see this…
Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.
Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.
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Friends, I break my anonymity only to you.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
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Do Houston No Kings protesters 'hate America'? What they said. | Editorial
More than 1,000 No Kings protesters showed up in Cypress, Texas. We asked them if they 'hate America,' as House Speaker Mike Johnson claims? The flag-waiving patriots gave us a resounding 'no.'
www.houstonchronicle.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Friends, I break my anonymity only to you.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
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Order of operations is:
-Take care of self with breakfast, meds and coffee
-do the thing(s) you need to finish by noon
-send the email(s)
-eat lunch
-do the thing that has to be done by 5pm
-at 6pm, imagine flinging your work laptop out the window
-Take care of self with breakfast, meds and coffee
-do the thing(s) you need to finish by noon
-send the email(s)
-eat lunch
-do the thing that has to be done by 5pm
-at 6pm, imagine flinging your work laptop out the window
October 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Order of operations is:
-Take care of self with breakfast, meds and coffee
-do the thing(s) you need to finish by noon
-send the email(s)
-eat lunch
-do the thing that has to be done by 5pm
-at 6pm, imagine flinging your work laptop out the window
-Take care of self with breakfast, meds and coffee
-do the thing(s) you need to finish by noon
-send the email(s)
-eat lunch
-do the thing that has to be done by 5pm
-at 6pm, imagine flinging your work laptop out the window
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Some hopeful weekend reading.
“This is nature’s emergency recovery mechanism. We’ve buggered almost everything up but this will still bring them back.”
“This is nature’s emergency recovery mechanism. We’ve buggered almost everything up but this will still bring them back.”
‘Just add water’: how to bring back ancient plants in a Norfolk ghost pond
An expert team are resurrecting ice age ponds and finding rare species returning from a ‘perfect time capsule’
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Some hopeful weekend reading.
“This is nature’s emergency recovery mechanism. We’ve buggered almost everything up but this will still bring them back.”
“This is nature’s emergency recovery mechanism. We’ve buggered almost everything up but this will still bring them back.”
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Some real generational tells here to describe Christopher Lloyd like this
Go behind the scenes with Scanline VFX and Eyeline Studios as they craft Professor Orloff, played by the 'Addams Family' movie legend, for season two of the Netflix hit.
Christopher Lloyd's Disembodied Head Comes to Life in This 'Wednesday' VFX Reel
Go behind the scenes with Scanline VFX and Eyeline Studios as they craft Professor Orloff, played by the 'Addams Family' movie legend, for season two of the Netflix hit.
gizmodo.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Some real generational tells here to describe Christopher Lloyd like this
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More than 300k Black women being pushed out of the labor market while white men gained 365k more jobs is what we mean when we refer to racism as systemic.
September 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
More than 300k Black women being pushed out of the labor market while white men gained 365k more jobs is what we mean when we refer to racism as systemic.
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Historians may have words to say about this.
An abiding mystery of the French Revolution is solved — by epidemiology
The period of panic and unrest called the Great Fear was triggered by deliberately spread rumours, according to methods borrowed from pandemic playbooks.
www.nature.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Historians may have words to say about this.