Amanda
@tacittaciturn.bsky.social
nobody in particular | EC, WI
Text from my spouse
November 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Text from my spouse
Some excerpts from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article on the "table flipping" incident. Note the last sentence in the second image: "[Professor Alvergue] recalled the people at the table snickering at him, which he believed was because he wore a T-shirt and pin promoting transgender rights."
October 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Some excerpts from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article on the "table flipping" incident. Note the last sentence in the second image: "[Professor Alvergue] recalled the people at the table snickering at him, which he believed was because he wore a T-shirt and pin promoting transgender rights."
Also worth mentioning: the costume that’s seemingly just “rainbow-bedecked Gay at a No Kings rally”.
I don’t know why they had to drag Gandalf into this.
I don’t know why they had to drag Gandalf into this.
October 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Also worth mentioning: the costume that’s seemingly just “rainbow-bedecked Gay at a No Kings rally”.
I don’t know why they had to drag Gandalf into this.
I don’t know why they had to drag Gandalf into this.
College Republicans at our local (University of Wisconsin system) university, UW-Eau Claire, hosted a Halloween party and costume contest on campus. One of their members dressed as an ICE agent and staged an “arrest” for a photo op.
October 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
College Republicans at our local (University of Wisconsin system) university, UW-Eau Claire, hosted a Halloween party and costume contest on campus. One of their members dressed as an ICE agent and staged an “arrest” for a photo op.
He's always kinda been like this.
October 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
He's always kinda been like this.
I had to be under conscious sedation for a medical procedure today and, afterwards, in recovery, spent like 10 minutes laboriously composing this text to my husband.
Really thought I was acing coherency.
Really thought I was acing coherency.
October 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I had to be under conscious sedation for a medical procedure today and, afterwards, in recovery, spent like 10 minutes laboriously composing this text to my husband.
Really thought I was acing coherency.
Really thought I was acing coherency.
My 17-year-old’s Algebra II teacher is GOING THROUGH IT.
Parents/guardians of every student in the class got this at 11:00pm on a Sunday.
“I wanted to send out a quick note…”
Parents/guardians of every student in the class got this at 11:00pm on a Sunday.
“I wanted to send out a quick note…”
October 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
My 17-year-old’s Algebra II teacher is GOING THROUGH IT.
Parents/guardians of every student in the class got this at 11:00pm on a Sunday.
“I wanted to send out a quick note…”
Parents/guardians of every student in the class got this at 11:00pm on a Sunday.
“I wanted to send out a quick note…”
The instocklabels dot com paradox
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The instocklabels dot com paradox
We brought the dog along to pick him up (because she was mopey as hell for weeks after he left) and I think she gave him the brush-off.
October 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We brought the dog along to pick him up (because she was mopey as hell for weeks after he left) and I think she gave him the brush-off.
Our late dog, Pippi, would have been five years old today. Here she is as a little puppy, soon after we welcomed her home in 2020.
She died just short of her fourth birthday.
I don’t think I’ll ever forgive myself for failing her.
She died just short of her fourth birthday.
I don’t think I’ll ever forgive myself for failing her.
October 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Our late dog, Pippi, would have been five years old today. Here she is as a little puppy, soon after we welcomed her home in 2020.
She died just short of her fourth birthday.
I don’t think I’ll ever forgive myself for failing her.
She died just short of her fourth birthday.
I don’t think I’ll ever forgive myself for failing her.
That was a lovely piece of writing; thank you for sharing it.
I just revisited CMBYN last night, on a whim, and took this screenshot. I’d never stopped to scrutinize what was written in the notebook. And what a precious detail.
I just revisited CMBYN last night, on a whim, and took this screenshot. I’d never stopped to scrutinize what was written in the notebook. And what a precious detail.
October 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
That was a lovely piece of writing; thank you for sharing it.
I just revisited CMBYN last night, on a whim, and took this screenshot. I’d never stopped to scrutinize what was written in the notebook. And what a precious detail.
I just revisited CMBYN last night, on a whim, and took this screenshot. I’d never stopped to scrutinize what was written in the notebook. And what a precious detail.
Well-played, @milwaukeerecord.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Well-played, @milwaukeerecord.bsky.social
Me, to my husband: “I read this article the other day. Well, maybe ‘article’ is straining credulity…”
September 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Me, to my husband: “I read this article the other day. Well, maybe ‘article’ is straining credulity…”
It’s our one-year Lottie-versary! From an inauspicious start, abandoned by the side of the road with her mom and six (!) sisters to a stupidly charmed life that definitely involves sleeping in/somehow monopolizing most of our bed: we’re sure in love with her!
September 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It’s our one-year Lottie-versary! From an inauspicious start, abandoned by the side of the road with her mom and six (!) sisters to a stupidly charmed life that definitely involves sleeping in/somehow monopolizing most of our bed: we’re sure in love with her!
Lee Pace, speaking to my point 💅🏻
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A: Oh my gosh. There's really some not-safe-for-work answers to this question.
Q; We welcome all of those answers.
A: What is the sluttiest thing? The answer is different for everyone, isn't it? I guess what comes to mind is less clothes… but that's not even that slutty. It's just like, a body. There's nothing slutty about a body. It's what people do with it. [Laughs]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v7e2mavuqgjnludex7csmdhn/bafkreiabgdu6q357wejwacsfa6gcl6dnq34ygntfqcin45z6lzavxqm2ti@jpeg)
September 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Lee Pace, speaking to my point 💅🏻
Is “saved owner’s life” a quote from the puppy?
September 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Is “saved owner’s life” a quote from the puppy?
And we weren’t surprised when we received a marketing email follow-up about the host firm’s consulting services to guide us in litigation-proofing ourselves by, essentially, complying with EOs.
No thanks; delete message.
THEN, earlier this week, we got THIS from the same firm.
Grim. [2/2]
No thanks; delete message.
THEN, earlier this week, we got THIS from the same firm.
Grim. [2/2]
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September 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
And we weren’t surprised when we received a marketing email follow-up about the host firm’s consulting services to guide us in litigation-proofing ourselves by, essentially, complying with EOs.
No thanks; delete message.
THEN, earlier this week, we got THIS from the same firm.
Grim. [2/2]
No thanks; delete message.
THEN, earlier this week, we got THIS from the same firm.
Grim. [2/2]
I’ve finally convinced @cullenryanwisco.bsky.social to watch All of Us Strangers, only to be met by this somber warning.
September 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I’ve finally convinced @cullenryanwisco.bsky.social to watch All of Us Strangers, only to be met by this somber warning.
If I had a nickel for every time my kids said “Nobody wants two different nightstands” …
(You guessed it: zero nickels)
(You guessed it: zero nickels)
September 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
If I had a nickel for every time my kids said “Nobody wants two different nightstands” …
(You guessed it: zero nickels)
(You guessed it: zero nickels)
Cullen was watching Police Story and I must point out Brigitte Lin’s (right) outfit from the final scene. It is very cute; would wear.
September 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Cullen was watching Police Story and I must point out Brigitte Lin’s (right) outfit from the final scene. It is very cute; would wear.
The blue category in question, now shared with impunity.
Specifying *pleather* seems a little bitchy.
Specifying *pleather* seems a little bitchy.
September 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The blue category in question, now shared with impunity.
Specifying *pleather* seems a little bitchy.
Specifying *pleather* seems a little bitchy.
Trying to turns proverbial lemons into lemonade by googling “fun pill organizers”. And you know what doesn’t instill confidence in this product? The illustration of pills spraying everywhere, out of the open container.
Although maybe that’s the “fun” element: that it’s spring loaded.
Although maybe that’s the “fun” element: that it’s spring loaded.
September 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Trying to turns proverbial lemons into lemonade by googling “fun pill organizers”. And you know what doesn’t instill confidence in this product? The illustration of pills spraying everywhere, out of the open container.
Although maybe that’s the “fun” element: that it’s spring loaded.
Although maybe that’s the “fun” element: that it’s spring loaded.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections puzzle: who else got the purple category right away?
August 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Yesterday’s NYT Connections puzzle: who else got the purple category right away?