fabulous series, I think I am -finally- gonna watch White Christmas this year.

this came up on my tumblr today too, and I sent it to my good friend who is that woman in her workplace, because man. I know there are people there who want her to go off, too

I had to look up several things in this post and enjoyed it very much thank you

I'm very sorry to have caught this message so late. Grendel was such a wonderful guy to see whenever you or Priscilla posted him, and I'm sorry for your loss.

nodding in agreement. this came out for me when I was in grade 8, so "grade 9" felt cool and aspirational. It was introduced to me by A Boy and that never sullied it. still know it front to back.

I literally just told my kids about this today, how early you knew the direction it was going

you will find that it's very salty when you use rotisserie chickens, and I agree you want at least two, vs. the stock you can get from a single roaster you make yourself. I also like to simmer with a hacked apart onion and vegetable leavings (carrot and celery stumps, etc), which are discarded!

Here’s the weakest part of Demsas’s argument.

Twitter *in 2021* was arguably the most influential public square we had.

Twitter *in 2025* is, by some estimates, 75% bots.

There are still some communities holding fast there. I don’t fault them for it. But let’s not pretend it’s flourishing.