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Books I am reading in 2025: a thread!
Finally finished THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON by Kelly Barnhill. Gorgeous MG fantasy that made me laugh, weep, and read bits out loud bc the prose is so good.
Finally finished THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON by Kelly Barnhill. Gorgeous MG fantasy that made me laugh, weep, and read bits out loud bc the prose is so good.
Today I did so many small town things! Queer Craft Fair, barbershop holiday show at the UMC, took my 87yo choir friend to the near new grocery store in town. Now I just chill while waiting for my houseguest to arrive. (I'm getting a Yeats!!)
December 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Today I did so many small town things! Queer Craft Fair, barbershop holiday show at the UMC, took my 87yo choir friend to the near new grocery store in town. Now I just chill while waiting for my houseguest to arrive. (I'm getting a Yeats!!)
THIS PERSON IS A TRUE HERO.
the best Christmas special of all time!!!
the best Christmas special of all time!!!
It's that time of year when everyone watches the best Christmas special there is, Muppet Family Christmas.
But there are a lot of versions out there and deciding which one to watch can be hard.
So here is our subjective ranking of 22 different versions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
But there are a lot of versions out there and deciding which one to watch can be hard.
So here is our subjective ranking of 22 different versions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Muppet Family Christmas Rankings
docs.google.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
THIS PERSON IS A TRUE HERO.
the best Christmas special of all time!!!
the best Christmas special of all time!!!
YIKES the roads are bad out there. Just attempted an airport pickup, made it one exit on the highway, and turned back home. It's super cold so I thought the snow would have more traction but it's slippery like a banana peel out there. (Mom will get a hotel. This is what credit cards are made for!)
December 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
YIKES the roads are bad out there. Just attempted an airport pickup, made it one exit on the highway, and turned back home. It's super cold so I thought the snow would have more traction but it's slippery like a banana peel out there. (Mom will get a hotel. This is what credit cards are made for!)
I bricked my phone with an actual physical brick (getbrick.app) and oh, man, it is Very Good. I didn't brick blue sky bc I already curate this so heavily. But since I did brick YouTube, this means I can see links to the Benoit Blanc muppets sketch but cannot click on it, sigh!
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I bricked my phone with an actual physical brick (getbrick.app) and oh, man, it is Very Good. I didn't brick blue sky bc I already curate this so heavily. But since I did brick YouTube, this means I can see links to the Benoit Blanc muppets sketch but cannot click on it, sigh!
My first full week of unemployment started today and I leaned alllll the way in: pjs, pasta, Christmas lights, 7 hours of The Pitt.
I have a job interview next Tuesday, which is great! But I will not start any new job until the new year. My body is decompressing so hard I can feel it in my bones.
I have a job interview next Tuesday, which is great! But I will not start any new job until the new year. My body is decompressing so hard I can feel it in my bones.
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
My first full week of unemployment started today and I leaned alllll the way in: pjs, pasta, Christmas lights, 7 hours of The Pitt.
I have a job interview next Tuesday, which is great! But I will not start any new job until the new year. My body is decompressing so hard I can feel it in my bones.
I have a job interview next Tuesday, which is great! But I will not start any new job until the new year. My body is decompressing so hard I can feel it in my bones.
When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health.
A twofer:
A twofer:
November 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health.
A twofer:
A twofer:
Morning of prosecco and White Christmas and friends with knitting and warm cats. Later, small business shopping while bundled up and drinking cocoa!
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Morning of prosecco and White Christmas and friends with knitting and warm cats. Later, small business shopping while bundled up and drinking cocoa!
💚💚💚🐢🐢🐢🥬🥬🥬
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
💚💚💚🐢🐢🐢🥬🥬🥬
No one believes me when I say I have bad spatial reasoning but this proves it: I have been plotting how to get both cars into my garage for two months, and a friend (with great spatial reasoning!) moved things around for four minutes and THEY ARE BOTH IN.
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
No one believes me when I say I have bad spatial reasoning but this proves it: I have been plotting how to get both cars into my garage for two months, and a friend (with great spatial reasoning!) moved things around for four minutes and THEY ARE BOTH IN.
12-hour choral workshop/concert went really well. I had a solo. People were very nice about it and gave me many compliments! But all I can think of was how red and sweaty I looked. If only I could stop being physically perceived, sigh. I'm great in audio and/or written form! #bodyissues
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
12-hour choral workshop/concert went really well. I had a solo. People were very nice about it and gave me many compliments! But all I can think of was how red and sweaty I looked. If only I could stop being physically perceived, sigh. I'm great in audio and/or written form! #bodyissues
Have my phone back after leaving it at the bar after my celebratory end-of-work party. Literally filled only with people who have already quit, or who desperately want to quit. So, so many congratulations.
Also kind of nice to have 12 hours off from my phone!?
Also kind of nice to have 12 hours off from my phone!?
November 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Have my phone back after leaving it at the bar after my celebratory end-of-work party. Literally filled only with people who have already quit, or who desperately want to quit. So, so many congratulations.
Also kind of nice to have 12 hours off from my phone!?
Also kind of nice to have 12 hours off from my phone!?
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Part 100! of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap.
This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap.
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Part 100! of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap.
This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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You guys the work drama is wiiiiiiiild right now but also my last day is Wednesday!?! Pray for me!!
Also I may make a few HR calls on my way out because holy moly!
Also I may make a few HR calls on my way out because holy moly!
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
You guys the work drama is wiiiiiiiild right now but also my last day is Wednesday!?! Pray for me!!
Also I may make a few HR calls on my way out because holy moly!
Also I may make a few HR calls on my way out because holy moly!
This is awful.
PBS NEWS WEEKEND has been cancelled and 34 jobs will be cut at WETA in Washington D.C.
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
WETA to cut staff, cancel ‘PBS News Weekend’ and close News Hour West bureau
The restructuring includes the elimination of 34 positions, following another round of cuts made in September.
current.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is awful.
Not really? Without Andrew, who wants a FB part 2! Literally no one wants to see just Zuck being weirder and more distanced from reality. NYSM films, otoh, are a HOOT to watch and, I assume, to make.
Totally wild that Jesse Eisenberg said no to the Zuckerberg sequel but signed up for a third Now You See Me film.
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Not really? Without Andrew, who wants a FB part 2! Literally no one wants to see just Zuck being weirder and more distanced from reality. NYSM films, otoh, are a HOOT to watch and, I assume, to make.
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florence pew: thread
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
florence pew: thread
Sometimes I worry that I should not have quit my job, and other times I sit in a meeting and think OH BOY HOWDY THANK GOD NEXT WEEK IS MY LAST WEEK.
Also, men really love Joseph Campbell, wow. They are all heroes on their journeys!
Also, men really love Joseph Campbell, wow. They are all heroes on their journeys!
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Sometimes I worry that I should not have quit my job, and other times I sit in a meeting and think OH BOY HOWDY THANK GOD NEXT WEEK IS MY LAST WEEK.
Also, men really love Joseph Campbell, wow. They are all heroes on their journeys!
Also, men really love Joseph Campbell, wow. They are all heroes on their journeys!
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
I don't tend to be too political on main but I am honestly baffled at this Senate vote. We are Charlie Brown and the GOP are Sally with the football - how are Dems so credulous after all this time?? They won't bring a separate vote on ACA once they've won! They just won't! Argh!
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I don't tend to be too political on main but I am honestly baffled at this Senate vote. We are Charlie Brown and the GOP are Sally with the football - how are Dems so credulous after all this time?? They won't bring a separate vote on ACA once they've won! They just won't! Argh!
Hey New Englanders - does Salem count as Boston? Asking for Reasons.
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Hey New Englanders - does Salem count as Boston? Asking for Reasons.
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You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
NYC and VA and NJ brought their A-game tonight but as a Nerdfigher this result makes me equally happy. IYKYK!
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
NYC and VA and NJ brought their A-game tonight but as a Nerdfigher this result makes me equally happy. IYKYK!
Thought I was feeling much better today but after two hours of Doing Things I have put myself down for a nap on the couch. It's like I ran a marathon, but the marathon was just 'put on clothes, eat breakfast, check emails'.
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Thought I was feeling much better today but after two hours of Doing Things I have put myself down for a nap on the couch. It's like I ran a marathon, but the marathon was just 'put on clothes, eat breakfast, check emails'.
My choir has a workshop in THREE WEEKS and I am supposed to have a flyer ready for handout by 1pm tomorrow, but I could not get info out of my fellow Board members all day PLUS I am SICK and blah blah I am working at 8pm (feels like 9pm) on a Sunday on a volunteer project and being grumpy about it.
November 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
My choir has a workshop in THREE WEEKS and I am supposed to have a flyer ready for handout by 1pm tomorrow, but I could not get info out of my fellow Board members all day PLUS I am SICK and blah blah I am working at 8pm (feels like 9pm) on a Sunday on a volunteer project and being grumpy about it.