the-shoshanna
@the-sho.bsky.social
an "editor" or some such title
You hang out on Bluesky but the person you thought was hot turns out to live on Xwitter -- problematic homepage gap
Keep losing your body piercing jewelry?
Problematic gauge gap.
Problematic gauge gap.
Forgot exactly where in the book you found the details you’ve cited?
Problematic page gap.
Problematic page gap.
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
You hang out on Bluesky but the person you thought was hot turns out to live on Xwitter -- problematic homepage gap
I'm doing an old NYT crossword puzzle, and I've just encountered this clue:
"Famed orange troublemaker."
Five letters.
I am extremely tempted to give up on completing the words around it, just so I can fill that one in as it deserves rather than whatever the NYT wanted me to put there...
"Famed orange troublemaker."
Five letters.
I am extremely tempted to give up on completing the words around it, just so I can fill that one in as it deserves rather than whatever the NYT wanted me to put there...
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I'm doing an old NYT crossword puzzle, and I've just encountered this clue:
"Famed orange troublemaker."
Five letters.
I am extremely tempted to give up on completing the words around it, just so I can fill that one in as it deserves rather than whatever the NYT wanted me to put there...
"Famed orange troublemaker."
Five letters.
I am extremely tempted to give up on completing the words around it, just so I can fill that one in as it deserves rather than whatever the NYT wanted me to put there...
I want to know the story of this door.
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I want to know the story of this door.
OMG thank you for reskeeting this! We get it up here too! *dives to set PVR*
@velveteenrabbi.bsky.social we’re gonna need to watch this with your Sir Toby at some point…!
Heads up that this production (which also stars Lupita Nyong'o as Viola, and her brother Junior as Sebastian) will be airing on PBS on Friday night. I cannot WAIT.
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
OMG thank you for reskeeting this! We get it up here too! *dives to set PVR*
The book I'm reading just referred to "the English jet set," which would be fine except that it's discussing the 1830s.
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The book I'm reading just referred to "the English jet set," which would be fine except that it's discussing the 1830s.
Last night I saw Cheyenne Rouleau's "Fat Joke," a hilarious & absolutely wrenching 90-min monologue on fatphobia and a whole lot of other things. It's online at digitalstage.ca/fat-joke/. (NB content notes! & she also discusses traumatic, near-fatal pregnancy complications.) Highly recommended.
Fat Joke – Digital Stage
Neworld Theatre
An unfiltered, hilarious interrogation of fatphobia.
digitalstage.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Last night I saw Cheyenne Rouleau's "Fat Joke," a hilarious & absolutely wrenching 90-min monologue on fatphobia and a whole lot of other things. It's online at digitalstage.ca/fat-joke/. (NB content notes! & she also discusses traumatic, near-fatal pregnancy complications.) Highly recommended.
Math nerd Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Math nerd Halloween!
+: I made nachos for dinner
-: I have eaten way too many nachos
+: but -- nachos!
-: I have eaten way too many nachos
+: but -- nachos!
October 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
+: I made nachos for dinner
-: I have eaten way too many nachos
+: but -- nachos!
-: I have eaten way too many nachos
+: but -- nachos!
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Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership
Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025
Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...
ised-isde.canada.ca
October 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Stet at author's insistence.
Stet at author's insistence.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Document complete, product cancelled.
Document complete, product cancelled.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Archives banned making copies.
Archives banned making copies.
October 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Stet at author's insistence.
Stet at author's insistence.
I sure hope I'm not as mistaken in my belief that I'm a low-maintenance houseguest as my mother is in her belief that she is
October 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I sure hope I'm not as mistaken in my belief that I'm a low-maintenance houseguest as my mother is in her belief that she is
I am female and fem-presenting, out to dinner in a Welsh hotel & pub with a 6-ft bearded man. We order a pint of beer and a half-pint of cider. Waiter arrives with two glasses and asks, "Who had the cider?"
I really appreciate that, when they don't assume. 😍🍻
I really appreciate that, when they don't assume. 😍🍻
September 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I am female and fem-presenting, out to dinner in a Welsh hotel & pub with a 6-ft bearded man. We order a pint of beer and a half-pint of cider. Waiter arrives with two glasses and asks, "Who had the cider?"
I really appreciate that, when they don't assume. 😍🍻
I really appreciate that, when they don't assume. 😍🍻
Imminent transatlantic trip:
1. I should read trip prep material on the train to the plane.
2. I should sleep on the plane so I can stay awake all the next day.
3. @ajdemas.bsky.social drops a new book 20 minutes before we leave.
WELL THEN.
1. I should read trip prep material on the train to the plane.
2. I should sleep on the plane so I can stay awake all the next day.
3. @ajdemas.bsky.social drops a new book 20 minutes before we leave.
WELL THEN.
September 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Imminent transatlantic trip:
1. I should read trip prep material on the train to the plane.
2. I should sleep on the plane so I can stay awake all the next day.
3. @ajdemas.bsky.social drops a new book 20 minutes before we leave.
WELL THEN.
1. I should read trip prep material on the train to the plane.
2. I should sleep on the plane so I can stay awake all the next day.
3. @ajdemas.bsky.social drops a new book 20 minutes before we leave.
WELL THEN.
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Does Not Rhyme
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Does Rhyme
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August 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Does Not Rhyme
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Does Rhyme
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Today I crossed twenty-three items off my to-do list, and added only eight! 🎉
August 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Today I crossed twenty-three items off my to-do list, and added only eight! 🎉
The Harrad Experiment
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 1:52 PM
The Harrad Experiment
I frigging love gate-checking bags. Pay $50 to have my bag disappeared into a poorly tracked hell dimension & wait ages at bag claim, hoping? Hump it down a crowded aisle and cram it into a too-shallow bin? How 'bout I don't have to finagle it at all but it's never > 50 yards from me, for free?
July 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I frigging love gate-checking bags. Pay $50 to have my bag disappeared into a poorly tracked hell dimension & wait ages at bag claim, hoping? Hump it down a crowded aisle and cram it into a too-shallow bin? How 'bout I don't have to finagle it at all but it's never > 50 yards from me, for free?
Took a load of donations to the thrift shop today and therefore also got to go shopping—and made out like a bandit! Shorts, three cute summer dresses, one long dress, and a Columbia™️ rain jacket that was only $10. I rarely wear dresses but maybe I will now…
July 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Took a load of donations to the thrift shop today and therefore also got to go shopping—and made out like a bandit! Shorts, three cute summer dresses, one long dress, and a Columbia™️ rain jacket that was only $10. I rarely wear dresses but maybe I will now…
"What weighs seventy kilos?"
[Original skeet graphic from @wwxwashere.bsky.social but apparently you can't add alt text when reskeeting]
[Original skeet graphic from @wwxwashere.bsky.social but apparently you can't add alt text when reskeeting]
July 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"What weighs seventy kilos?"
[Original skeet graphic from @wwxwashere.bsky.social but apparently you can't add alt text when reskeeting]
[Original skeet graphic from @wwxwashere.bsky.social but apparently you can't add alt text when reskeeting]
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Nobody ever forgets or thinks it's weird the vegetarian family members need a restaurant with veg options, and that is right and just
But someone always forgets that the COVID-cautious family members need to eat on the outdoor patio, & someone always thinks it's weird they won't just lighten up
But someone always forgets that the COVID-cautious family members need to eat on the outdoor patio, & someone always thinks it's weird they won't just lighten up
June 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Nobody ever forgets or thinks it's weird the vegetarian family members need a restaurant with veg options, and that is right and just
But someone always forgets that the COVID-cautious family members need to eat on the outdoor patio, & someone always thinks it's weird they won't just lighten up
But someone always forgets that the COVID-cautious family members need to eat on the outdoor patio, & someone always thinks it's weird they won't just lighten up
"One quick question..."
Quote this with your most spine-chilling three-word phrase in the English language. I bet you can't beat "replacement bus service" or "family fun day".
June 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"One quick question..."
this month's free ebook from U Chicago Press is Jason Orne's "Boystown: Sex and Community in Chicago." Get it at press.uchicago.edu/books/freeEb... (UCP will not use your email address to spam you). No connection to UCP, haven't read the book yet myself, but thought some folks might be interested!
New free ebook every month from the University of Chicago Press ebook
Get a new free ebook every month from the University of Chicago Press. We publish over 5000 ebook editions.
press.uchicago.edu
June 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
this month's free ebook from U Chicago Press is Jason Orne's "Boystown: Sex and Community in Chicago." Get it at press.uchicago.edu/books/freeEb... (UCP will not use your email address to spam you). No connection to UCP, haven't read the book yet myself, but thought some folks might be interested!
Cat purr.
What phrase is the opposite of "nails on a chalkboard"?
May 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Cat purr.