Gidget
@thatgalgidget.bsky.social
Happiness is driving on a twisty bit of blacktop in the middle of nowhere | sometimes inappropriate | perpetually sleepy | she/her | queer 💖💜💙 | let me drive your cars | #SaveTheManuals
PFP: me w. my hair covering my face
Banner: a winding road in Cali
PFP: me w. my hair covering my face
Banner: a winding road in Cali
Rax, is this how you won his heart (and glorious head of hair)?
February 14, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Rax, is this how you won his heart (and glorious head of hair)?
I stole this elsewhere from @benbranch.bsky.social, who’s never on here, but I feel like a few of you could relate
February 13, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I stole this elsewhere from @benbranch.bsky.social, who’s never on here, but I feel like a few of you could relate
Out of my wheelhouse so can someone clarify: do “meal cards” work the same way—money deducted from a paycheck & put on the card? Or are they essentially being given a ~$14k/yr “raise” to cover the $39/day, which they’d then have to pay taxes on? (Shifting tax burden to soldiers or is it tax free?)
![The Army will open a new dining hall at one of its largest bases later this month, which the service has close] modeled off cafeterias on college campuses. Soldiers will be given $39 worth of what the Army is calling
"freedom dollars."
Freedom dollars is the term the Army is using to refer to the funds that are taken out of soldiers' paychecks to go toward meals at dining facilities. Typically, soldiers can only get a set number of food items per meal card swipe.
Now, individual items are assigned…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2iywzxunav4tcdhcn2velsr/bafkreiakjzgenhkzakb7wq5xt3wkaiehkkvfmbbe7pyoscnwufhybbfena@jpeg)
February 13, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Out of my wheelhouse so can someone clarify: do “meal cards” work the same way—money deducted from a paycheck & put on the card? Or are they essentially being given a ~$14k/yr “raise” to cover the $39/day, which they’d then have to pay taxes on? (Shifting tax burden to soldiers or is it tax free?)
“I did not summon the den or the lion but I did summon the moan of the vacant heart, which led to my wandering in the dark.”
February 8, 2026 at 12:55 AM
“I did not summon the den or the lion but I did summon the moan of the vacant heart, which led to my wandering in the dark.”
Find someone who looks at you like…uh…never mind
February 7, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Find someone who looks at you like…uh…never mind
“These results, which do not account for any of immigration’s indirect, tax-revenue-boosting effects on economic growth, represent the lower bound of the positive fiscal effects. Even by this conservative analysis, immigrants may have already prevented a fiscal crisis.”
February 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
“These results, which do not account for any of immigration’s indirect, tax-revenue-boosting effects on economic growth, represent the lower bound of the positive fiscal effects. Even by this conservative analysis, immigrants may have already prevented a fiscal crisis.”
Here’s Boo for your trouble. A feral cat who’s been a visitor in my yard for 10 years, who I started trying to build trust with maybe 5 years ago, and who finally let me pet her late last summer. Now she visits almost daily and it’s the best part of my day when she shows up for pets 🧡
February 5, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Here’s Boo for your trouble. A feral cat who’s been a visitor in my yard for 10 years, who I started trying to build trust with maybe 5 years ago, and who finally let me pet her late last summer. Now she visits almost daily and it’s the best part of my day when she shows up for pets 🧡
Celebrating the end of the month on this 237th day of January :)
(I love these so much)
(I love these so much)
February 1, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Celebrating the end of the month on this 237th day of January :)
(I love these so much)
(I love these so much)
🎶Well, we all shine on. Like the moon and the stars and the sun🎶
January 30, 2026 at 1:25 AM
🎶Well, we all shine on. Like the moon and the stars and the sun🎶
Congress.gov states int’l airports are the “functional equivalent” of a border, although they don’t appear to specify a radius. Lack of specificity, the equivalency to the standard border rules, and just the way these assholes conduct themselves makes me think the radius is whatever they say it is
January 27, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Congress.gov states int’l airports are the “functional equivalent” of a border, although they don’t appear to specify a radius. Lack of specificity, the equivalency to the standard border rules, and just the way these assholes conduct themselves makes me think the radius is whatever they say it is
Your exchange came up in my feed like this and I was so confused
January 26, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Your exchange came up in my feed like this and I was so confused
But also this reminder about guilty pleasures
January 21, 2026 at 2:13 AM
But also this reminder about guilty pleasures
They better drive this fuckin’ thing
January 4, 2026 at 1:49 AM
They better drive this fuckin’ thing
As is tradition: NYD is spent with a Twilight Zone marathon and Mr. Henry Bemis.
Every year I tell myself I'll stop watching right here. Every year I fail miserably 😭😭😭
Every year I tell myself I'll stop watching right here. Every year I fail miserably 😭😭😭
January 2, 2026 at 2:39 AM
As is tradition: NYD is spent with a Twilight Zone marathon and Mr. Henry Bemis.
Every year I tell myself I'll stop watching right here. Every year I fail miserably 😭😭😭
Every year I tell myself I'll stop watching right here. Every year I fail miserably 😭😭😭
Goodnight, sweet princes 🫡🥹
December 31, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Goodnight, sweet princes 🫡🥹
And taxes. I found a site that has this info, which could be helpful (but also means mailing things that require “date proof” during business hours which don’t always align with work schedules)
December 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
And taxes. I found a site that has this info, which could be helpful (but also means mailing things that require “date proof” during business hours which don’t always align with work schedules)
People continue to give me good life advice. Which I’m passing along to you should you need it :)
December 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
People continue to give me good life advice. Which I’m passing along to you should you need it :)
There, i fixed it for ya 😌
December 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
There, i fixed it for ya 😌
When my niece visits, we play with cars (and other stuff, too). She likes to line them up then race them across the floor. There’s lots of giggling. Anyway, this last visit Dad took note, and got her a few of her own for Christmas. I'm an excellent influence on the children in my life 😌🤭
December 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
When my niece visits, we play with cars (and other stuff, too). She likes to line them up then race them across the floor. There’s lots of giggling. Anyway, this last visit Dad took note, and got her a few of her own for Christmas. I'm an excellent influence on the children in my life 😌🤭
I made coquito. Merry Christmas to me :)
December 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I made coquito. Merry Christmas to me :)
This popped up while I was looking for something and made me chuckle all over again.
December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This popped up while I was looking for something and made me chuckle all over again.