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Higher Ed. Knitting, quilting, embroidery, gardening. Cats and dogs. Left of Dem. Crohn’s and parenting. So, so tired.
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One of the most frustrating things about both parenting and politics is that it takes at least ten times longer to clean up a mess than to make the mess in the first place.
December 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
One of the most frustrating things about both parenting and politics is that it takes at least ten times longer to clean up a mess than to make the mess in the first place.
I’ve lost #whamageddon because my dick husband thought it was fucking funny to play it for me 😡😡😡
December 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I’ve lost #whamageddon because my dick husband thought it was fucking funny to play it for me 😡😡😡
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i'm glad that stem colleagues now care that university administrators' claims of departmental "profitability" are all bullshit now that it's coming for them but a little solidarity while the humanities endured this for decades would've been cool
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
i'm glad that stem colleagues now care that university administrators' claims of departmental "profitability" are all bullshit now that it's coming for them but a little solidarity while the humanities endured this for decades would've been cool
Why am I the way that I am? Why can I only get anything, ever, only 50-89% right? Why do I just quietly, softly, fail?
December 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Why am I the way that I am? Why can I only get anything, ever, only 50-89% right? Why do I just quietly, softly, fail?
Not my Spotify wrapped telling me I’m 82 😭
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Not my Spotify wrapped telling me I’m 82 😭
I was literally just sitting on the couch and my lower back seized up. I needed my husband’s help standing. 😅 am I old now?
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I was literally just sitting on the couch and my lower back seized up. I needed my husband’s help standing. 😅 am I old now?
I made pie.
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I made pie.
In twenty years of knowing him, I’ve never heard my husband say “I’m sorry.”
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
In twenty years of knowing him, I’ve never heard my husband say “I’m sorry.”
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
What if I just scream a lot, all of the time. Would that help?
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
What if I just scream a lot, all of the time. Would that help?
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The piss tank on the ISS is now 25% full.
November 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The piss tank on the ISS is now 25% full.
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Red and Blue Composition, by Ad Reinhardt, 1941 (flipped), 📸 by Andrew Mordzynski
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Red and Blue Composition, by Ad Reinhardt, 1941 (flipped), 📸 by Andrew Mordzynski
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After exhausting all other options, I’ve decided to lose my shit.
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
After exhausting all other options, I’ve decided to lose my shit.
The busiest week of the year and my guts have decided to throw a partial blockage at me. Cross your fingers I can stay out of the OR.
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The busiest week of the year and my guts have decided to throw a partial blockage at me. Cross your fingers I can stay out of the OR.
I took an hour out of my day for a haircut and got 28 emails in that time. 🫠
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I took an hour out of my day for a haircut and got 28 emails in that time. 🫠
Latergram: kiddo eschewed being another Rumi in favor of being a Viking warrior for Halloween.
November 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Latergram: kiddo eschewed being another Rumi in favor of being a Viking warrior for Halloween.
Least favorite day of the month.
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Least favorite day of the month.
Expect me to be panicked inside from now until January 2.
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Expect me to be panicked inside from now until January 2.
Have moved on to the Strong Songs on Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart”, which, to this day, remains a *fucking banger*.
October 31, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Have moved on to the Strong Songs on Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart”, which, to this day, remains a *fucking banger*.
On a road trip, listening to the Song Exploder about the Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris”. The *chokehold* that song had on pop culture!
October 31, 2025 at 1:19 AM
On a road trip, listening to the Song Exploder about the Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris”. The *chokehold* that song had on pop culture!
Explaining to my sobbing nine year old why she can’t have Grateful Dead sunglasses
October 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Explaining to my sobbing nine year old why she can’t have Grateful Dead sunglasses
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This is Duncan. He's used to being the biggest dog at the vet. But apparently not today. 14/10 for both (TT: animalimaging)
October 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This is Duncan. He's used to being the biggest dog at the vet. But apparently not today. 14/10 for both (TT: animalimaging)