A Shiny Blue Thing Collected By A Bird
@shinybluething.bsky.social
Ugly bird girl.
Angry. Parent. Artist. Nonbinary, She/Her.
Not anyone of note. Cat pictures happen here. I block image scrapers.
Basically a chubby trash panda with anxiety, autism, untreated ADHD and a couple chronic diseases. You've been warned.
Angry. Parent. Artist. Nonbinary, She/Her.
Not anyone of note. Cat pictures happen here. I block image scrapers.
Basically a chubby trash panda with anxiety, autism, untreated ADHD and a couple chronic diseases. You've been warned.
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People who are following me and have fundraisers: I do not have any money to spare, that's why I've had a little fundraiser to help pay for taking basic care of some street cats who live under my porch.
My roof leaks, my car is 22 years old. I don't have anything to give you but cat photos.
My roof leaks, my car is 22 years old. I don't have anything to give you but cat photos.
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"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
Spent an hour at the food pantry doing prep for the distribution tomorrow.
We have easily half again as many clients signed up now as we did in summer.
We have easily half again as many clients signed up now as we did in summer.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Spent an hour at the food pantry doing prep for the distribution tomorrow.
We have easily half again as many clients signed up now as we did in summer.
We have easily half again as many clients signed up now as we did in summer.
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if a teenager desperate for money asks you for money you don't actually have to rape them and act like that's just a transaction, you can just give them money.
'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
if a teenager desperate for money asks you for money you don't actually have to rape them and act like that's just a transaction, you can just give them money.
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"He only raped children who were at least 13 years old" really, really isn't the "gotcha" you seem to think it is.
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"He only raped children who were at least 13 years old" really, really isn't the "gotcha" you seem to think it is.
If you see this post your bird art
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM
If you see this post your bird art
I don't know who needs to know this, but if you are cleaning squash for cooking and want to roast the seeds for extra food, use a fork to pull the fully developed ones out of the squash and *then* clean it out with a spoon. So much easier.
Allrecipes has a lot of roasted pumpkin seed recipes.
Allrecipes has a lot of roasted pumpkin seed recipes.
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I don't know who needs to know this, but if you are cleaning squash for cooking and want to roast the seeds for extra food, use a fork to pull the fully developed ones out of the squash and *then* clean it out with a spoon. So much easier.
Allrecipes has a lot of roasted pumpkin seed recipes.
Allrecipes has a lot of roasted pumpkin seed recipes.
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I think there's a lot of people out there who quietly used to love things.
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I think there's a lot of people out there who quietly used to love things.
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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.
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I need $1000 to escape an abusive and exploitive living situation, please share and help me escape!
I am moving Dec 1, about 200 miles back to metro detroit with my Vampire Boyfriend. The moving truck and movers will cost about $4000. I have $3000 of it. I am short about $1000. Anything extra will go to gas and snacks. Please help me escape! Thank you!
I gratefully accept tips, donations, whatever you want to call them
Cshpp $ThreeRaccoonsInACoat
Vnm @ Sarah-Moose-Moose
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Cshpp $ThreeRaccoonsInACoat
Vnm @ Sarah-Moose-Moose
Kofi Ko-fi.com/moosefriend
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I need $1000 to escape an abusive and exploitive living situation, please share and help me escape!
I feel like today is an appropriate occasion to repost this.
Also, were still getting bills and not-a-bills from when Spouse was hospitalized in July because a routine scope was botched.
Some of them are ... turning my hair gray. Even with the VA footing the bill.
Also, were still getting bills and not-a-bills from when Spouse was hospitalized in July because a routine scope was botched.
Some of them are ... turning my hair gray. Even with the VA footing the bill.
So today we were pulling the very last of the 1940s steel kitchen cabinets (to move them down to the basement workshop) and I found ... This.
It's advertising a fabulous supplemental medical expense protection plan from the 1950s.
There are pencil calculations.
The numbers make me a little sad.
It's advertising a fabulous supplemental medical expense protection plan from the 1950s.
There are pencil calculations.
The numbers make me a little sad.
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I feel like today is an appropriate occasion to repost this.
Also, were still getting bills and not-a-bills from when Spouse was hospitalized in July because a routine scope was botched.
Some of them are ... turning my hair gray. Even with the VA footing the bill.
Also, were still getting bills and not-a-bills from when Spouse was hospitalized in July because a routine scope was botched.
Some of them are ... turning my hair gray. Even with the VA footing the bill.
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The existence and popularity of sport fishing on earth, where you lure, catch, reel in, display, and then throw back a fish, is what makes me believe in alien abduction
If we’re doing it to fish it’s not a stretch to imagine another bigger stronger smarter species doing it to us
If we’re doing it to fish it’s not a stretch to imagine another bigger stronger smarter species doing it to us
July 9, 2024 at 5:47 PM
The existence and popularity of sport fishing on earth, where you lure, catch, reel in, display, and then throw back a fish, is what makes me believe in alien abduction
If we’re doing it to fish it’s not a stretch to imagine another bigger stronger smarter species doing it to us
If we’re doing it to fish it’s not a stretch to imagine another bigger stronger smarter species doing it to us
Made 2 batches of tamales (chicken with green chilies and chicken with extra garlic and fresh roasted jalapenos from my garden).
Spouse is taking some to work and I told him "this doesn't mean I'm the tamale lady."
Spouse is taking some to work and I told him "this doesn't mean I'm the tamale lady."
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Made 2 batches of tamales (chicken with green chilies and chicken with extra garlic and fresh roasted jalapenos from my garden).
Spouse is taking some to work and I told him "this doesn't mean I'm the tamale lady."
Spouse is taking some to work and I told him "this doesn't mean I'm the tamale lady."
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you know what's fun? the growing realization that a lot of Americans have no idea what rabies is
November 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
you know what's fun? the growing realization that a lot of Americans have no idea what rabies is
I'm in my office/studio doing some rare-these-days desk work.
My mom's dog has settled in atop my feet just as my late doggo used to do.
It's been 6 years since there was an old dog under my desk on my feet, and it's very odd.
My mom's dog has settled in atop my feet just as my late doggo used to do.
It's been 6 years since there was an old dog under my desk on my feet, and it's very odd.
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I'm in my office/studio doing some rare-these-days desk work.
My mom's dog has settled in atop my feet just as my late doggo used to do.
It's been 6 years since there was an old dog under my desk on my feet, and it's very odd.
My mom's dog has settled in atop my feet just as my late doggo used to do.
It's been 6 years since there was an old dog under my desk on my feet, and it's very odd.
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me at the end of class: here's a little speculative exercises; imagine you wake up from cryosleep in 2085. what's the kind of tech-society r/ship you'd like to see around you?
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM
me at the end of class: here's a little speculative exercises; imagine you wake up from cryosleep in 2085. what's the kind of tech-society r/ship you'd like to see around you?
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
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This is what national failure looks like. small children worried about secret police.
"[Chicago mom] Andrea Soria... overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: 'We have to be good or ICE will get us.'"
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns
In Chicago, children and families have been traumatized by an immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.
apnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This is what national failure looks like. small children worried about secret police.
Trying to write a narrative paper for eng 102. I think maybe I shouldn't have picked an exploration of how my youngest sister resents me and always has, to the point of violence on her part.
I'm just sad now.
I'm just sad now.
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Trying to write a narrative paper for eng 102. I think maybe I shouldn't have picked an exploration of how my youngest sister resents me and always has, to the point of violence on her part.
I'm just sad now.
I'm just sad now.
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A game where you are the DJ of a rock n roll radio station in a small mid west city in the 70s.
WKRPG
WKRPG
October 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A game where you are the DJ of a rock n roll radio station in a small mid west city in the 70s.
WKRPG
WKRPG
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AI art always makes me think of the line "almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea"
November 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
AI art always makes me think of the line "almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea"
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I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
Today's Poob is Salad Cat.
He's very curious about my food leaves and so gets some, which seems to (unrelatedly) reduce plant vandalism.
He's very curious about my food leaves and so gets some, which seems to (unrelatedly) reduce plant vandalism.
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today's Poob is Salad Cat.
He's very curious about my food leaves and so gets some, which seems to (unrelatedly) reduce plant vandalism.
He's very curious about my food leaves and so gets some, which seems to (unrelatedly) reduce plant vandalism.
Why am I eating this candy
I don't even like sweets
Help
I don't even like sweets
Help
November 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Why am I eating this candy
I don't even like sweets
Help
I don't even like sweets
Help
Watching The Radicalization of Luke Skywalker today.
November 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Watching The Radicalization of Luke Skywalker today.
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Steinbeck discussed this almost a century ago.
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Steinbeck discussed this almost a century ago.
My eldest offspring dressed up for the holiday and scared little children while giving them candy and glow bracelets
November 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
My eldest offspring dressed up for the holiday and scared little children while giving them candy and glow bracelets