Sherry
@owlsticks.bsky.social
Deeply unserious. Tech writer. Copy editor. PhD.
It's weird, on the professional site, that a lot of things have become fodder for engagement and attempts to gain status. A junior-level someone did something silly in an interview? Post. Someone wore, said, did something in the office? Post.
Can we not? It's gross.
Can we not? It's gross.
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
It's weird, on the professional site, that a lot of things have become fodder for engagement and attempts to gain status. A junior-level someone did something silly in an interview? Post. Someone wore, said, did something in the office? Post.
Can we not? It's gross.
Can we not? It's gross.
Of the 86 Dems who voted to denounce "the horrors of socialism," tell me what you think that means and when you'll be opting out of socialist practices embedded in the society you live in because, you know, the horrors.
Each vote comes with its own pearl necklace and libertarian flag.
Each vote comes with its own pearl necklace and libertarian flag.
November 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Of the 86 Dems who voted to denounce "the horrors of socialism," tell me what you think that means and when you'll be opting out of socialist practices embedded in the society you live in because, you know, the horrors.
Each vote comes with its own pearl necklace and libertarian flag.
Each vote comes with its own pearl necklace and libertarian flag.
If we stop giving the Pedo of the US acknowledgment for every asinine thing barfed out of his mouth or fatly typed, will he turn to dust, starved of attention like any other useless, common narcissist?
November 23, 2025 at 5:03 AM
If we stop giving the Pedo of the US acknowledgment for every asinine thing barfed out of his mouth or fatly typed, will he turn to dust, starved of attention like any other useless, common narcissist?
If I were a cat, this would be a vacant box, challenging me to sit in it.
The first book in my series, Late Tudor and Stuart Drama: Readings in Feminist Theories and Histories, is out! Please, friends, spread the word about the book (ask your libraries to buy it) but also about the series. I'd love to read your manuscript! More info in my pinned post. #EarlyModern
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
If I were a cat, this would be a vacant box, challenging me to sit in it.
Clothing signals group belonging (or not). This is sociologically true.
If you don't like what someone is wearing, stfu, de-center your delusional main character energy, and find your people because that person isn't it nor do they want to be.
If you don't like what someone is wearing, stfu, de-center your delusional main character energy, and find your people because that person isn't it nor do they want to be.
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Clothing signals group belonging (or not). This is sociologically true.
If you don't like what someone is wearing, stfu, de-center your delusional main character energy, and find your people because that person isn't it nor do they want to be.
If you don't like what someone is wearing, stfu, de-center your delusional main character energy, and find your people because that person isn't it nor do they want to be.
Reposted by Sherry
In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
CDC backpedals on vaccines and autism, despite earlier assurances from RFK Jr.
The CDC, under the direction of an unqualified health secretary, is now promoting claims that flunk Logic 101.
www.ms.now
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
When reason fails, allow me to introduce malicious compliance.
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
When reason fails, allow me to introduce malicious compliance.
If you worked on this keyboard, you should be embarrassed. The swipe to text is more incompetent than a lawyer using AI hallucinations in court filings.
November 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
If you worked on this keyboard, you should be embarrassed. The swipe to text is more incompetent than a lawyer using AI hallucinations in court filings.
Not all heroes wear capes. Some are out here making risotto, minding our business.
one of the people in my PhD cohort was just inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
in other news, tonight i’ll be making my famous pressure-cooker risotto. stay tuned for pics!
in other news, tonight i’ll be making my famous pressure-cooker risotto. stay tuned for pics!
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Not all heroes wear capes. Some are out here making risotto, minding our business.
Quite frankly, I'm deeply unsettled that as I age, the people that have existed in the world for my entire life are leaving. Not people I personally know but staples of pop culture. And the I am Legend-quality strangeness hits a little too hard.
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Quite frankly, I'm deeply unsettled that as I age, the people that have existed in the world for my entire life are leaving. Not people I personally know but staples of pop culture. And the I am Legend-quality strangeness hits a little too hard.
There are only two types of lipstick: hydrating, silky, gone in five minutes or less and wall paint, Sahara sand, can't be removed with surgery.
November 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
There are only two types of lipstick: hydrating, silky, gone in five minutes or less and wall paint, Sahara sand, can't be removed with surgery.
The real hoax is that we have a government.
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The real hoax is that we have a government.
Power Automate: flow runs!
Great! Run.
Did it!
...did you? You didn't fail, but the thing you were supposed to do didn't happen.
Great! Run.
Did it!
...did you? You didn't fail, but the thing you were supposed to do didn't happen.
prince is sitting on a couch in a black and white photo with his eyes closed and a chain around his neck .
ALT: prince is sitting on a couch in a black and white photo with his eyes closed and a chain around his neck .
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Power Automate: flow runs!
Great! Run.
Did it!
...did you? You didn't fail, but the thing you were supposed to do didn't happen.
Great! Run.
Did it!
...did you? You didn't fail, but the thing you were supposed to do didn't happen.
The rarest gift of all is having a normal conversation with me at work.
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The rarest gift of all is having a normal conversation with me at work.
Nothing says totally private and secure like having your identity stolen and then repeatedly having to give that same information to strangers on the phone to prove who you are.
Is the data breach coming from inside the house?
Is the data breach coming from inside the house?
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Nothing says totally private and secure like having your identity stolen and then repeatedly having to give that same information to strangers on the phone to prove who you are.
Is the data breach coming from inside the house?
Is the data breach coming from inside the house?
New unfounded theory: Percy bored the fuck out of Mary Shelley with his magnet obsession. Frankenstein is a retaliatory work of both escapism and warning about being subjected to the pedantry of men.
I will accept no notes on this.
I will accept no notes on this.
Meanwhile, on twitter, did you know that Mary Shelley never could have written Frankenstein (which is about magnets as you know) because her boyfriend was really into magnets?
In fact, when you think about it, that's why women in general don't write great literature (chicks aren't into magnets).
In fact, when you think about it, that's why women in general don't write great literature (chicks aren't into magnets).
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
New unfounded theory: Percy bored the fuck out of Mary Shelley with his magnet obsession. Frankenstein is a retaliatory work of both escapism and warning about being subjected to the pedantry of men.
I will accept no notes on this.
I will accept no notes on this.
Reposted by Sherry
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I see there are a number of people who have no spine and/or brains. That's neat.
You're not a good fit, and we'd like to go on a different direction. Please vacate the party.
You're not a good fit, and we'd like to go on a different direction. Please vacate the party.
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I see there are a number of people who have no spine and/or brains. That's neat.
You're not a good fit, and we'd like to go on a different direction. Please vacate the party.
You're not a good fit, and we'd like to go on a different direction. Please vacate the party.
Any AI argument where the premise is "Dont! It makes you dumb," without acknowledging that employers dgaf about your ability to read, absorb, & synthesize the snail mail way isn't worth entertaining. They care about output & reducing time to produce. Are you solving for the core problem? K.
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Any AI argument where the premise is "Dont! It makes you dumb," without acknowledging that employers dgaf about your ability to read, absorb, & synthesize the snail mail way isn't worth entertaining. They care about output & reducing time to produce. Are you solving for the core problem? K.
Do more with less is the whole tech industry vibe until they realize they have too little and things start breaking.
It's like cutting your own bangs too short.
You want to glue those back on or wait?
It's like cutting your own bangs too short.
You want to glue those back on or wait?
November 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Do more with less is the whole tech industry vibe until they realize they have too little and things start breaking.
It's like cutting your own bangs too short.
You want to glue those back on or wait?
It's like cutting your own bangs too short.
You want to glue those back on or wait?
"Due to" and "because of" aren't interchangeable.
November 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
"Due to" and "because of" aren't interchangeable.
Are younger generations lazy or are they bombarded with the relentless crush of expected output and productivity under capitalism so they're scrounging for leisure and a modicum of rest through shortcuts?
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Are younger generations lazy or are they bombarded with the relentless crush of expected output and productivity under capitalism so they're scrounging for leisure and a modicum of rest through shortcuts?
I'm curious about the reasoning behind approving WA Cares to be invested. We dump in an insane amount of our paycheck, way more than we'll ever be allowed to use if the need arises, and now we want to extra fund it? Why tho?
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I'm curious about the reasoning behind approving WA Cares to be invested. We dump in an insane amount of our paycheck, way more than we'll ever be allowed to use if the need arises, and now we want to extra fund it? Why tho?
I've just gone on a journey on my day off to learn about the pedagogical benefits and drawbacks of sentence case headers in digital learning environments.
...😐 You can leave academia, but the obsessive need to know things will never leave you.
...😐 You can leave academia, but the obsessive need to know things will never leave you.
November 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I've just gone on a journey on my day off to learn about the pedagogical benefits and drawbacks of sentence case headers in digital learning environments.
...😐 You can leave academia, but the obsessive need to know things will never leave you.
...😐 You can leave academia, but the obsessive need to know things will never leave you.
That's just the sequel to the Crusades. Can we not?
November 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
That's just the sequel to the Crusades. Can we not?