🏳️🌈TamLyn12🏳️🌈
@tamlyn12.bsky.social
Broke Gen X queer atheist autistic geek (they/she)
Don’t follow me, I’m boring. 😂
Don’t follow me, I’m boring. 😂
Well this sucks. 😐
A federal judge ruled against the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust suit alleging that Meta had stifled competition by buying up its rivals. n.pr/3LNMPmo
Judge sides with Meta in antitrust trial, will not spin off WhatsApp and Instagram
A federal judge ruled against the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust suit alleging that Meta had stifled competition by buying up its rivals.
n.pr
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Well this sucks. 😐
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
On weeks like this I sorta wish I could have a ‘trending’ list without sports.
I don’t begrudge the sports people their entertainment, I’m just not interested.
But I guess it’s culturally important and I should at least passively participate.
I don’t begrudge the sports people their entertainment, I’m just not interested.
But I guess it’s culturally important and I should at least passively participate.
October 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM
On weeks like this I sorta wish I could have a ‘trending’ list without sports.
I don’t begrudge the sports people their entertainment, I’m just not interested.
But I guess it’s culturally important and I should at least passively participate.
I don’t begrudge the sports people their entertainment, I’m just not interested.
But I guess it’s culturally important and I should at least passively participate.
The power is out, so I’m drinking alone in the cold dark bored out of my mind and ruminating on how much life before electricity fucking sucked for night people. 😐
October 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The power is out, so I’m drinking alone in the cold dark bored out of my mind and ruminating on how much life before electricity fucking sucked for night people. 😐
One of my favorite photo contests of the year. 😂
Stop scrolling and go to bed! But first look at the comedy wildlife photo finalists from this year www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/fina...
These images are for viewing only and must not be copied :: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards - Conservation through Competition
www.comedywildlifephoto.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
One of my favorite photo contests of the year. 😂
The fact that this headline is accurate for me says…something…since I’m close to much of my extended family and some of those family members are very interested in genealogy.
🤓😂
🤓😂
Area Man Has Far Greater Knowledge Of Marvel Universe Than Own Family Tree https://theonion.com/area-man-has-far-greater-knowledge-of-marvel-universe-t-1819571080/
October 9, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The fact that this headline is accurate for me says…something…since I’m close to much of my extended family and some of those family members are very interested in genealogy.
🤓😂
🤓😂
Oh god, Seattle Politics is trending. 😬😂
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Oh god, Seattle Politics is trending. 😬😂
Explain your user name:
A portmanteau of my first and middle names that’s also a reference to a long time favorite story. Plus my favorite number that’s incidentally my last initial.
A portmanteau of my first and middle names that’s also a reference to a long time favorite story. Plus my favorite number that’s incidentally my last initial.
Explain your user name:
Tea is my first (nick) name, I like Teaberry Gum and Berry-Blue Jell-o, and I have been using this as a handle since college, that’s really all there is to it.
Tea is my first (nick) name, I like Teaberry Gum and Berry-Blue Jell-o, and I have been using this as a handle since college, that’s really all there is to it.
Explain your user name:
Our original last name had no vowels so we chose a more pronounceable (but still Jewish) one when they let us in here. And that’s my handle because I need to be findable online for professional reasons.
Our original last name had no vowels so we chose a more pronounceable (but still Jewish) one when they let us in here. And that’s my handle because I need to be findable online for professional reasons.
October 7, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Explain your user name:
A portmanteau of my first and middle names that’s also a reference to a long time favorite story. Plus my favorite number that’s incidentally my last initial.
A portmanteau of my first and middle names that’s also a reference to a long time favorite story. Plus my favorite number that’s incidentally my last initial.
What movie did you rewatch the most during its initial theater release?
I’m pretty sure it’s either Return of the Jedi or The Jewel of the Nile…I remember seeing both multiple times but if I kept track I’ve forgotten.
I’m pretty sure it’s either Return of the Jedi or The Jewel of the Nile…I remember seeing both multiple times but if I kept track I’ve forgotten.
What movie did you rewatch the most during its initial theater release?
For me: No contest. Raiders. My all-time fave.
Empire: I was primed for multiple rewatches.
Spider-Man 2: I was an adult w/ a bank account + it was Spider-Man 2.
Spider-Verse: AMC Stubs + skin in the game.
5th place: Star Wars.
For me: No contest. Raiders. My all-time fave.
Empire: I was primed for multiple rewatches.
Spider-Man 2: I was an adult w/ a bank account + it was Spider-Man 2.
Spider-Verse: AMC Stubs + skin in the game.
5th place: Star Wars.
September 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
What movie did you rewatch the most during its initial theater release?
I’m pretty sure it’s either Return of the Jedi or The Jewel of the Nile…I remember seeing both multiple times but if I kept track I’ve forgotten.
I’m pretty sure it’s either Return of the Jedi or The Jewel of the Nile…I remember seeing both multiple times but if I kept track I’ve forgotten.
Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid
September 29, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid
What movie do you consider “perfect”?
September 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
What movie do you consider “perfect”?
Seals and Crofts
September 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Seals and Crofts
Definitely…and I rarely fuck it up the same way twice in a row. 🤦🏼
Hello, I'm a professional author and I can never spell permanently or camouflage on the first try.
Come, make me feel better and share your nemesis words.
Come, make me feel better and share your nemesis words.
September 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Definitely…and I rarely fuck it up the same way twice in a row. 🤦🏼
Oh look…it *was* the usual suspect. 🙄🤬
September 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Oh look…it *was* the usual suspect. 🙄🤬
Yikes! 😂🤣
‘Find Him, Fix Him’ App Helps Seattle Men Who Need Therapy Find Women Who Should Know Better: tinyurl.com/59v24vtb
September 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Yikes! 😂🤣
David Bowie
Sound + Vision tour
second row of an open admission concert
It’s one of my favorite memories and an experience I’m *very* glad I had as a teenager because I’d die if I tried that shit now. 😂
Sound + Vision tour
second row of an open admission concert
It’s one of my favorite memories and an experience I’m *very* glad I had as a teenager because I’d die if I tried that shit now. 😂
What is your biggest concert flex?
August 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
David Bowie
Sound + Vision tour
second row of an open admission concert
It’s one of my favorite memories and an experience I’m *very* glad I had as a teenager because I’d die if I tried that shit now. 😂
Sound + Vision tour
second row of an open admission concert
It’s one of my favorite memories and an experience I’m *very* glad I had as a teenager because I’d die if I tried that shit now. 😂
I bought this book figuring it would be another in a very long list of interesting social sciences books I’d read over the years and nothing more. Instead I cried my way through long sections of it having never had anyone describe my experience of life so accurately.
10 years ago today, Steve Silberman's groundbreaking book NeuroTribes was published. It changed how the world discussed autism and inspired many autistic people to write their own books.
Stay tuned for information on a 10th anniversary edition coming very soon.
Stay tuned for information on a 10th anniversary edition coming very soon.
August 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I bought this book figuring it would be another in a very long list of interesting social sciences books I’d read over the years and nothing more. Instead I cried my way through long sections of it having never had anyone describe my experience of life so accurately.
Individually or as a group?
Because if the latter sports is clearly the answer simply by virtue of numbers.
But if we’re judging by individuals, comics fans have a real shot at the top spot. 😒
Because if the latter sports is clearly the answer simply by virtue of numbers.
But if we’re judging by individuals, comics fans have a real shot at the top spot. 😒
still debating who is worse: sports fans or comics fans
August 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Individually or as a group?
Because if the latter sports is clearly the answer simply by virtue of numbers.
But if we’re judging by individuals, comics fans have a real shot at the top spot. 😒
Because if the latter sports is clearly the answer simply by virtue of numbers.
But if we’re judging by individuals, comics fans have a real shot at the top spot. 😒
Today? Mini Thins! 🤧
What's ONE single thing you miss about the 90s ?
August 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Today? Mini Thins! 🤧
The Original Grimms’ Fairy Tales. I found the book on my grandparents’ shelf when I was 6 or 7 and it ruined the Disney animated versions. 😂
Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.
I'll start: John Gardner's Grendel.
I'll start: John Gardner's Grendel.
August 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The Original Grimms’ Fairy Tales. I found the book on my grandparents’ shelf when I was 6 or 7 and it ruined the Disney animated versions. 😂
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for my specific style of Totally Normal Brain, a person acting weirdly fawning and inexplicably congratulatory like an llm would make me immediately skeptical of anything they say, so llms emulating that behavior as an intentional design choice is like wow i fucking hate this.
August 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
for my specific style of Totally Normal Brain, a person acting weirdly fawning and inexplicably congratulatory like an llm would make me immediately skeptical of anything they say, so llms emulating that behavior as an intentional design choice is like wow i fucking hate this.
I’m pretty sure that this is the first sci-fi (as opposed to fantasy) I ever read. I think I read it the year it was published, which would mean I was 7 or 8.
August 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I’m pretty sure that this is the first sci-fi (as opposed to fantasy) I ever read. I think I read it the year it was published, which would mean I was 7 or 8.
Legend
Ridiculously 80s but still some of the best classical fantasy visuals I’ve ever seen on film. Plus Tim Curry playing the devil.
Ridiculously 80s but still some of the best classical fantasy visuals I’ve ever seen on film. Plus Tim Curry playing the devil.
A quick question for anybody who wants to answer, just because I'm trying to get my creative juices flowing...
What's your favorite movie or movies that was a box office flop? I'm not talking about like "Man of Steel made $700 million rather than $1 billion," I'm talking about movies that bombed.
What's your favorite movie or movies that was a box office flop? I'm not talking about like "Man of Steel made $700 million rather than $1 billion," I'm talking about movies that bombed.
August 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Legend
Ridiculously 80s but still some of the best classical fantasy visuals I’ve ever seen on film. Plus Tim Curry playing the devil.
Ridiculously 80s but still some of the best classical fantasy visuals I’ve ever seen on film. Plus Tim Curry playing the devil.
How likely it is to contain potato. 😁
what is the difference between a pierogi and a pot sticker ?
August 3, 2025 at 5:41 AM
How likely it is to contain potato. 😁
This was, inevitably, under a story about gaming as a girl…but damn if it doesn’t put something into good words that I’ve been flailing at for years.
American society has long recognized all KINDS of genders outside of Man and Woman, such as "girl who doesn't count because we see her as a person," "not a real man because he washes his ass," and "fat." But when people start trying to pick their own genders, the binary is sacred now? Smh
August 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This was, inevitably, under a story about gaming as a girl…but damn if it doesn’t put something into good words that I’ve been flailing at for years.