Tarah Walsh
@tarahwalsh.bsky.social
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✨ Writing: absurdgirl.com
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✨ Writing: absurdgirl.com
Reposts are not endorsements.
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Tarah Walsh
@tarahwalsh.bsky.social
· Jul 28
Political violence is unacceptable in a democracy.
Violence is a tool for fascism, regardless of who wields the weapon.
#charliekirk #protectdemocracy #noviolence
Violence is a tool for fascism, regardless of who wields the weapon.
#charliekirk #protectdemocracy #noviolence
September 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Political violence is unacceptable in a democracy.
Violence is a tool for fascism, regardless of who wields the weapon.
#charliekirk #protectdemocracy #noviolence
Violence is a tool for fascism, regardless of who wields the weapon.
#charliekirk #protectdemocracy #noviolence
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Well, well, well: in a court filing, Google finally admits 'the web is in rapid decline.' Sharply at odds' with executives' public comments this year www.theverge.com/news/773928/...
Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’
One Google exec recently said the web is “thriving.”
www.theverge.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Well, well, well: in a court filing, Google finally admits 'the web is in rapid decline.' Sharply at odds' with executives' public comments this year www.theverge.com/news/773928/...
As I slept, the words did creep, chasing me round and round in my sleep.
I tried to grab them, but like sand through grasping hands, they eluded me.
I prayed to the gods of writers gone, asking for their grace, but all I heard in response were whispers: “This is how it’s meant to be.”
(1/2)
I tried to grab them, but like sand through grasping hands, they eluded me.
I prayed to the gods of writers gone, asking for their grace, but all I heard in response were whispers: “This is how it’s meant to be.”
(1/2)
August 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
As I slept, the words did creep, chasing me round and round in my sleep.
I tried to grab them, but like sand through grasping hands, they eluded me.
I prayed to the gods of writers gone, asking for their grace, but all I heard in response were whispers: “This is how it’s meant to be.”
(1/2)
I tried to grab them, but like sand through grasping hands, they eluded me.
I prayed to the gods of writers gone, asking for their grace, but all I heard in response were whispers: “This is how it’s meant to be.”
(1/2)
ONE
Every story begins with an opening line. I tried: “It’s going to rain tonight.”
And seven worlds tumbled out. Some stayed small. Some went strange. They all came from the same cloud.
These are their shapes.
#absurdgirl #writingprompt #flashfiction #shortystory #mircrofiction
Every story begins with an opening line. I tried: “It’s going to rain tonight.”
And seven worlds tumbled out. Some stayed small. Some went strange. They all came from the same cloud.
These are their shapes.
#absurdgirl #writingprompt #flashfiction #shortystory #mircrofiction
August 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
ONE
Every story begins with an opening line. I tried: “It’s going to rain tonight.”
And seven worlds tumbled out. Some stayed small. Some went strange. They all came from the same cloud.
These are their shapes.
#absurdgirl #writingprompt #flashfiction #shortystory #mircrofiction
Every story begins with an opening line. I tried: “It’s going to rain tonight.”
And seven worlds tumbled out. Some stayed small. Some went strange. They all came from the same cloud.
These are their shapes.
#absurdgirl #writingprompt #flashfiction #shortystory #mircrofiction
🌺Hummingbird
Found this one while waiting for the hummingbird to visit. Started reflecting on life and aging. Where does time go?
#poem #poetry #writing #absurdgirl
Found this one while waiting for the hummingbird to visit. Started reflecting on life and aging. Where does time go?
#poem #poetry #writing #absurdgirl
August 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
🌺Hummingbird
Found this one while waiting for the hummingbird to visit. Started reflecting on life and aging. Where does time go?
#poem #poetry #writing #absurdgirl
Found this one while waiting for the hummingbird to visit. Started reflecting on life and aging. Where does time go?
#poem #poetry #writing #absurdgirl
🌙 Night Hour
I wrote this sitting on my back porch watching evening turn to night.
I hope I was able to catch some of the serenity I felt amidst the comforting chaos of night. ✨
#poetry #poem #writing #absurdgirl
I wrote this sitting on my back porch watching evening turn to night.
I hope I was able to catch some of the serenity I felt amidst the comforting chaos of night. ✨
#poetry #poem #writing #absurdgirl
August 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🌙 Night Hour
I wrote this sitting on my back porch watching evening turn to night.
I hope I was able to catch some of the serenity I felt amidst the comforting chaos of night. ✨
#poetry #poem #writing #absurdgirl
I wrote this sitting on my back porch watching evening turn to night.
I hope I was able to catch some of the serenity I felt amidst the comforting chaos of night. ✨
#poetry #poem #writing #absurdgirl
August 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
🎂What if a birthday candle desperately wanted to grant you a wish?
This is the story of the birthday candle who cared for a little boy and his dreams.
Next time it’s your birthday,
make a wish.
The absurd is waiting ✨
#absurdgirl #flashfiction #shortstory #happybithday
This is the story of the birthday candle who cared for a little boy and his dreams.
Next time it’s your birthday,
make a wish.
The absurd is waiting ✨
#absurdgirl #flashfiction #shortstory #happybithday
July 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🎂What if a birthday candle desperately wanted to grant you a wish?
This is the story of the birthday candle who cared for a little boy and his dreams.
Next time it’s your birthday,
make a wish.
The absurd is waiting ✨
#absurdgirl #flashfiction #shortstory #happybithday
This is the story of the birthday candle who cared for a little boy and his dreams.
Next time it’s your birthday,
make a wish.
The absurd is waiting ✨
#absurdgirl #flashfiction #shortstory #happybithday
July 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
⚠️THIS IS YOUR ORACLE SPEAKING:
PREPARE FOR DANGER!
‼️ My fellow citizens—it is time to follow our emergency activation plans and abandon all sense.
🌧️My dreamweaver is almost always accurate at predicting the speed of clouds.
#absurdgirl #satire #flashfiction #oraclereading #weatherforecast #poem
PREPARE FOR DANGER!
‼️ My fellow citizens—it is time to follow our emergency activation plans and abandon all sense.
🌧️My dreamweaver is almost always accurate at predicting the speed of clouds.
#absurdgirl #satire #flashfiction #oraclereading #weatherforecast #poem
July 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
⚠️THIS IS YOUR ORACLE SPEAKING:
PREPARE FOR DANGER!
‼️ My fellow citizens—it is time to follow our emergency activation plans and abandon all sense.
🌧️My dreamweaver is almost always accurate at predicting the speed of clouds.
#absurdgirl #satire #flashfiction #oraclereading #weatherforecast #poem
PREPARE FOR DANGER!
‼️ My fellow citizens—it is time to follow our emergency activation plans and abandon all sense.
🌧️My dreamweaver is almost always accurate at predicting the speed of clouds.
#absurdgirl #satire #flashfiction #oraclereading #weatherforecast #poem
July 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
💌Price of Me - final poem in a three-part series on love and the fear of being known by the person you need most.
written by me aka Absurd Girl ✨
🔗 absurdgirl.com
#poem #poetry #writing
written by me aka Absurd Girl ✨
🔗 absurdgirl.com
#poem #poetry #writing
July 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
💌Price of Me - final poem in a three-part series on love and the fear of being known by the person you need most.
written by me aka Absurd Girl ✨
🔗 absurdgirl.com
#poem #poetry #writing
written by me aka Absurd Girl ✨
🔗 absurdgirl.com
#poem #poetry #writing
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parallel structure and sets of three are just good writing I am going to eat my phone
Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
July 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
parallel structure and sets of three are just good writing I am going to eat my phone
June 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
WTF!?
"Wall Street is once again creating and selling securities backed by everything—the more creative the better...Data-center bonds are backed by lease payments from companies that rent out computing capacity."
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
They Crashed the Economy in 2008. Now They’re Back and Bigger Than Ever.
Wall Street expects to sell more than $335 billion in asset-backed debt this year. Remember that conference in ‘The Big Short’? It just drew a record 10,000.
www.wsj.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
WTF!?
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Every mainstream attempt to grapple with the rise of Tate and other misogynist ideologues have posed them as a product of men’s despair. Few have posited them as an assault on women’s safety and dignity.
We need to talk more about how it feels to be a woman amidst this sudden onslaught of “reclaiming masculinity,” celebrating male aggression and violence, and vanishing smart experienced women from positions of power.
February 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Every mainstream attempt to grapple with the rise of Tate and other misogynist ideologues have posed them as a product of men’s despair. Few have posited them as an assault on women’s safety and dignity.
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I love how certain subsets of the media still have a fixation on Millennials Who Do Things In An Annoyingly Different Way.
At least we're actually challenging how the world works, Frank.
At least we're actually challenging how the world works, Frank.
March 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I love how certain subsets of the media still have a fixation on Millennials Who Do Things In An Annoyingly Different Way.
At least we're actually challenging how the world works, Frank.
At least we're actually challenging how the world works, Frank.
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former colleagues from 18F have asked me to share this open letter widely - please pass on 🙏 🇺🇸 💻💪 18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
former colleagues from 18F have asked me to share this open letter widely - please pass on 🙏 🇺🇸 💻💪 18f.org
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All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.
February 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.
Reposted by Tarah Walsh
This Valentine’s Day, treat her to something rare and valuable
February 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
This Valentine’s Day, treat her to something rare and valuable
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I am going to be so pissed if--after everything--I do, in fact, die of dysentery.
February 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I am going to be so pissed if--after everything--I do, in fact, die of dysentery.
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80m as it stands now. Anyone interested in sports and integrated AI summaries, still goes there for scores and more in-depth summaries.
The sooner @bsky.app adds those features, the more users twitter loses, lowering the number of users @bsky.app needs to supplant Twitter as the first app opened
The sooner @bsky.app adds those features, the more users twitter loses, lowering the number of users @bsky.app needs to supplant Twitter as the first app opened
Mark how many users do you think Bluesky needs to be considered a peer competitor to X? I was thinking about 50 million.
February 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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told my gf about wapo's insane 200 million paid subscriber goal and she just rolled her eyes and said "they're going to bundle it as part of a prime subscription and then say they reached the goal" and im honestly mad i didnt think of that move
January 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
told my gf about wapo's insane 200 million paid subscriber goal and she just rolled her eyes and said "they're going to bundle it as part of a prime subscription and then say they reached the goal" and im honestly mad i didnt think of that move