Paige Akin-Avera
@paigeakinavera.bsky.social
She/her, aro ace person, animal lover. I also write YA books. Current WIP: girl vs. vampire in the Deep South.
It's been just short of two months since my old lady cat Shadow had her near-death experience and she is on daily medication for her kidney disease. She gets a tube treat after to make it better if I have time.
Now her little sister/BFF Desi gets super excited if I so much as touch the meds.
Now her little sister/BFF Desi gets super excited if I so much as touch the meds.
December 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It's been just short of two months since my old lady cat Shadow had her near-death experience and she is on daily medication for her kidney disease. She gets a tube treat after to make it better if I have time.
Now her little sister/BFF Desi gets super excited if I so much as touch the meds.
Now her little sister/BFF Desi gets super excited if I so much as touch the meds.
My giant fluffball Fang is sitting in my lap while I watch Golden Girls and I think he's enjoying it as much as I am.
December 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
My giant fluffball Fang is sitting in my lap while I watch Golden Girls and I think he's enjoying it as much as I am.
I was having a great football Sunday and then my mom and brother had to get into it. Moooooootherfucker.
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I was having a great football Sunday and then my mom and brother had to get into it. Moooooootherfucker.
I love the unparalleled chaos of stores like Marshalls, Burlington, and Ross. You can find a lot in big-box stores, but a cowboy boot candle, a Barbie-branded hot cocoa set, a Corona-branded icemaker, and a 274-piece art set? Unlikely.
I didn't know these things existed! Where did they find them?
I didn't know these things existed! Where did they find them?
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I love the unparalleled chaos of stores like Marshalls, Burlington, and Ross. You can find a lot in big-box stores, but a cowboy boot candle, a Barbie-branded hot cocoa set, a Corona-branded icemaker, and a 274-piece art set? Unlikely.
I didn't know these things existed! Where did they find them?
I didn't know these things existed! Where did they find them?
Last week, I took my 15-year-old cat Shadow to the vet and she unexpectedly had to be hospitalized. She was on the brink of death due to kidney failure.
BUT SHE LIVED, BITCH.
She has end-stage kidney disease, but she fought to live a little longer and I will make our time count.
BUT SHE LIVED, BITCH.
She has end-stage kidney disease, but she fought to live a little longer and I will make our time count.
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Last week, I took my 15-year-old cat Shadow to the vet and she unexpectedly had to be hospitalized. She was on the brink of death due to kidney failure.
BUT SHE LIVED, BITCH.
She has end-stage kidney disease, but she fought to live a little longer and I will make our time count.
BUT SHE LIVED, BITCH.
She has end-stage kidney disease, but she fought to live a little longer and I will make our time count.
My mental illnesses are really going mental today, the one day I need them to NOT
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My mental illnesses are really going mental today, the one day I need them to NOT
All my bosses are out of the office, so I am working at my desk in the silliest possible way.
Which is to say it's in the standing desk position, I have my right foot on the floor, and my entire left leg is on the desk. My legs form a 90° angle. This is workable for me.
I was not made correctly.
Which is to say it's in the standing desk position, I have my right foot on the floor, and my entire left leg is on the desk. My legs form a 90° angle. This is workable for me.
I was not made correctly.
October 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
All my bosses are out of the office, so I am working at my desk in the silliest possible way.
Which is to say it's in the standing desk position, I have my right foot on the floor, and my entire left leg is on the desk. My legs form a 90° angle. This is workable for me.
I was not made correctly.
Which is to say it's in the standing desk position, I have my right foot on the floor, and my entire left leg is on the desk. My legs form a 90° angle. This is workable for me.
I was not made correctly.
Learning about the "crow man who must destroy plastic" book + me butchering every song I sing along to in the shower = I've just had a horrible, wonderful idea.
October 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Learning about the "crow man who must destroy plastic" book + me butchering every song I sing along to in the shower = I've just had a horrible, wonderful idea.
The Boondocks still looks so good 20 years later and it's still funny too.
October 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The Boondocks still looks so good 20 years later and it's still funny too.
It's spooky season in my office and we're decorating our spaces appropriately if we feel like it/aren't buried in our work. I have a pink skeleton girl and she is moving daily to new spots.
So far, she's been under my desk, on my desk, and stretching against my cubicle wall.
So far, she's been under my desk, on my desk, and stretching against my cubicle wall.
October 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
It's spooky season in my office and we're decorating our spaces appropriately if we feel like it/aren't buried in our work. I have a pink skeleton girl and she is moving daily to new spots.
So far, she's been under my desk, on my desk, and stretching against my cubicle wall.
So far, she's been under my desk, on my desk, and stretching against my cubicle wall.
So much technology is malfunctioning or crashing at my job I'm half-convinced we're under cyberattack.
And if that's not enough, MY CHAIR BROKE.
And if that's not enough, MY CHAIR BROKE.
October 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
So much technology is malfunctioning or crashing at my job I'm half-convinced we're under cyberattack.
And if that's not enough, MY CHAIR BROKE.
And if that's not enough, MY CHAIR BROKE.
Music has betrayed me today. TLOAS was bad and I was sonically assaulted in an Ulta by a Spanish song I only ever heard in 2008/2009 when my Spanish teacher played it in class. It's not a bad song, but I didn't need that blue screen-inducing flashback while looking at hair colorants.
October 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Music has betrayed me today. TLOAS was bad and I was sonically assaulted in an Ulta by a Spanish song I only ever heard in 2008/2009 when my Spanish teacher played it in class. It's not a bad song, but I didn't need that blue screen-inducing flashback while looking at hair colorants.
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The GOP is willing to let people lose paychecks and starve and panic to keep this list secret. That's the "pro-life" "America first" party for you.
Call your reps. And at their local offices!! ESPECIALLY if you have GOP reps.
Call your reps. And at their local offices!! ESPECIALLY if you have GOP reps.
The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
October 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The GOP is willing to let people lose paychecks and starve and panic to keep this list secret. That's the "pro-life" "America first" party for you.
Call your reps. And at their local offices!! ESPECIALLY if you have GOP reps.
Call your reps. And at their local offices!! ESPECIALLY if you have GOP reps.
I graduated high school 13 years ago, but between then and now, the one thing that's never changed is that the football team is consistently terrible. No playoffs, constant losing seasons. I find that strangely comforting.
October 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I graduated high school 13 years ago, but between then and now, the one thing that's never changed is that the football team is consistently terrible. No playoffs, constant losing seasons. I find that strangely comforting.
My job deals a not-insignificant amount with the government and another coworker's entire department deals with the government, so it'll be interesting to see how the shutdown affects our work. I wasn't working last time Republicans pulled this shit, but my coworker was.
October 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My job deals a not-insignificant amount with the government and another coworker's entire department deals with the government, so it'll be interesting to see how the shutdown affects our work. I wasn't working last time Republicans pulled this shit, but my coworker was.
Few things will make you as confidently incorrect about anything as dyslexia.
September 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Few things will make you as confidently incorrect about anything as dyslexia.
If I'm too tired to scoop the cats' litter box or let the amount of litter get too low, one of the cats files a complaint with management.
And by that, I mean one of them pees or shits in the center of my bed. Dead center. They get their message across very clearly.
And by that, I mean one of them pees or shits in the center of my bed. Dead center. They get their message across very clearly.
September 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If I'm too tired to scoop the cats' litter box or let the amount of litter get too low, one of the cats files a complaint with management.
And by that, I mean one of them pees or shits in the center of my bed. Dead center. They get their message across very clearly.
And by that, I mean one of them pees or shits in the center of my bed. Dead center. They get their message across very clearly.
It's a good thing my grandfather lives too off the grid and unaware of social media to know there was supposed to be a Rapture today or he'd be very disappointed.
Not like he'd be one of those yanked up to Heaven but shhhhhh
Not like he'd be one of those yanked up to Heaven but shhhhhh
September 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It's a good thing my grandfather lives too off the grid and unaware of social media to know there was supposed to be a Rapture today or he'd be very disappointed.
Not like he'd be one of those yanked up to Heaven but shhhhhh
Not like he'd be one of those yanked up to Heaven but shhhhhh
Most of my job when closing old files is very normal stuff handling various documents from transactions for the average person or maybe some local leaders at best, but every now and then I get something a major celebrity was involved in completely out of left field and I turn into Matt LeBlanc.
a man is sitting at a table in a kitchen with his hands folded .
ALT: a man is sitting at a table in a kitchen with his hands folded .
media.tenor.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Most of my job when closing old files is very normal stuff handling various documents from transactions for the average person or maybe some local leaders at best, but every now and then I get something a major celebrity was involved in completely out of left field and I turn into Matt LeBlanc.
Three years ago, two men murdered one of my dad's coworkers on company grounds and traumatized much of the office staff who went to help him. After a unique trial, one got a light sentence and one got life. The lifer appealed and I found out today the charges and sentence were affirmed.
September 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Three years ago, two men murdered one of my dad's coworkers on company grounds and traumatized much of the office staff who went to help him. After a unique trial, one got a light sentence and one got life. The lifer appealed and I found out today the charges and sentence were affirmed.
Reposted by Paige Akin-Avera
All the people being fired for telling the truth about Charlie Kirk—many of them women—in the aftermath of his death demonstrates that his legacy was never one about universal free speech.
It was only ever about about straight, white, conservative Christian men spouting bigotry without consequence.
It was only ever about about straight, white, conservative Christian men spouting bigotry without consequence.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
All the people being fired for telling the truth about Charlie Kirk—many of them women—in the aftermath of his death demonstrates that his legacy was never one about universal free speech.
It was only ever about about straight, white, conservative Christian men spouting bigotry without consequence.
It was only ever about about straight, white, conservative Christian men spouting bigotry without consequence.
So I saw the Demon Slayer movie this weekend and found out the two coworkers sitting nearest me are also Demon Slayer fans. Sweeeeeeet.
September 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
So I saw the Demon Slayer movie this weekend and found out the two coworkers sitting nearest me are also Demon Slayer fans. Sweeeeeeet.
My brother's kitten is heinously sexist. She only likes men. My dad and brother are out of town, so she's left surrounded only by women. The poor girl is confused and beside herself.
September 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
My brother's kitten is heinously sexist. She only likes men. My dad and brother are out of town, so she's left surrounded only by women. The poor girl is confused and beside herself.
My favorite pair of heels broke because the bottom part of the heel disappeared entirely. It now sounds like I have a peg leg when I walk.
Now I have to replace them, but I've had them so long I don't remember where I got them 😭
Now I have to replace them, but I've had them so long I don't remember where I got them 😭
September 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My favorite pair of heels broke because the bottom part of the heel disappeared entirely. It now sounds like I have a peg leg when I walk.
Now I have to replace them, but I've had them so long I don't remember where I got them 😭
Now I have to replace them, but I've had them so long I don't remember where I got them 😭