Dr Patricia Dark
@therealdrdark.bsky.social
Knower of random things. Teller of interesting tales. Keeper of transpontine receipts. Interested in almost everything. Lover of books, caffeine, patisserie. The best cross-cultural communication is food. All opinions personal.
Pronouns: she/sie/ella
Pronouns: she/sie/ella
They are great! So cheery and pleasing! So easy to keep! (Except when you accidentally knock a leaf off and it sails across the room.)
September 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
They are great! So cheery and pleasing! So easy to keep! (Except when you accidentally knock a leaf off and it sails across the room.)
Aww, lookit us! So young! So full of trivia! So fricking nerdy! 🥰
(Also, thanks: you made my husband squee. 😁)
(Also, thanks: you made my husband squee. 😁)
September 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Aww, lookit us! So young! So full of trivia! So fricking nerdy! 🥰
(Also, thanks: you made my husband squee. 😁)
(Also, thanks: you made my husband squee. 😁)
We managed to make, and then eat, dinner (roast squash, red onion, and fig salad with maftoul and peanut dressing) early, so our #ConfinedCocktail is a Velvet Rob Roy (2 parts Scotch, 1 part Pedro Ximénez, orange bitters), garnished with a blackberry from my allotment.
September 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We managed to make, and then eat, dinner (roast squash, red onion, and fig salad with maftoul and peanut dressing) early, so our #ConfinedCocktail is a Velvet Rob Roy (2 parts Scotch, 1 part Pedro Ximénez, orange bitters), garnished with a blackberry from my allotment.
Slightly experimental dessert #ConfinedCocktail: the affogato martini! Equal parts vanilla vodka, Kala, and Nespresso caramel espresso concentrate (the Curator could no longer resist the siren call of the Co-op clearance bin), over vanilla ice cream.
August 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Slightly experimental dessert #ConfinedCocktail: the affogato martini! Equal parts vanilla vodka, Kala, and Nespresso caramel espresso concentrate (the Curator could no longer resist the siren call of the Co-op clearance bin), over vanilla ice cream.
And #ConfinedCocktails are these... equal parts (vanilla infused, in our case) vodka, Cointreau, and pêche de vigne, with a garnish of (involuntarily dried) mint from the back of the fridge. Perhaps an Ahlberg, after the recently deceased author of EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM?
August 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
And #ConfinedCocktails are these... equal parts (vanilla infused, in our case) vodka, Cointreau, and pêche de vigne, with a garnish of (involuntarily dried) mint from the back of the fridge. Perhaps an Ahlberg, after the recently deceased author of EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM?
Beat from a day at work, and then a late afternoon spent putting together another Thing From IKEA (relationship and all four shins intact, even!)
Dinner was potato, beet, and feta salad with beans from my allotment (citation: trust me, bro)
Dinner was potato, beet, and feta salad with beans from my allotment (citation: trust me, bro)
August 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Beat from a day at work, and then a late afternoon spent putting together another Thing From IKEA (relationship and all four shins intact, even!)
Dinner was potato, beet, and feta salad with beans from my allotment (citation: trust me, bro)
Dinner was potato, beet, and feta salad with beans from my allotment (citation: trust me, bro)
Reposted by Dr Patricia Dark
If you’re the party of “government works,” it matters that you keep sight of the question “for whom?”
And that is something Dems have consistently tried to find a middle ground on between the big money and the base. And that middle does not exist nor should it be pursued
And that is something Dems have consistently tried to find a middle ground on between the big money and the base. And that middle does not exist nor should it be pursued
July 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If you’re the party of “government works,” it matters that you keep sight of the question “for whom?”
And that is something Dems have consistently tried to find a middle ground on between the big money and the base. And that middle does not exist nor should it be pursued
And that is something Dems have consistently tried to find a middle ground on between the big money and the base. And that middle does not exist nor should it be pursued
All I'll say is that changing your system language has hilarious results in YouTube.
July 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
All I'll say is that changing your system language has hilarious results in YouTube.
Ooh, "It's from #Riverford" is all the endorsement I need. Thank you!
July 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Ooh, "It's from #Riverford" is all the endorsement I need. Thank you!
Looks delicious! What's in it, besides kohlrabi, and (I spy with my little eye) some carrot?
July 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Looks delicious! What's in it, besides kohlrabi, and (I spy with my little eye) some carrot?
Reposted by Dr Patricia Dark
Medicaid isn’t some handout.
It’s how your grandma gets dialysis.
How your neighbor’s autistic kid speaks their first word.
It’s the reason a single mom with breast cancer can keep the lights on.
But sure, tell me more about “personal responsibility.”
#SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies
2/7
It’s how your grandma gets dialysis.
How your neighbor’s autistic kid speaks their first word.
It’s the reason a single mom with breast cancer can keep the lights on.
But sure, tell me more about “personal responsibility.”
#SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies
2/7
July 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Medicaid isn’t some handout.
It’s how your grandma gets dialysis.
How your neighbor’s autistic kid speaks their first word.
It’s the reason a single mom with breast cancer can keep the lights on.
But sure, tell me more about “personal responsibility.”
#SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies
2/7
It’s how your grandma gets dialysis.
How your neighbor’s autistic kid speaks their first word.
It’s the reason a single mom with breast cancer can keep the lights on.
But sure, tell me more about “personal responsibility.”
#SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies
2/7