Chez UglyGerbil
@uglygerbil.bsky.social
Cat Lady, comedy nerd, podcast enthusiast, AuDHD & tiredAF. So GenX I saw Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, & Nirvana all in 1 show. Occasionally, existential crisis and dread permitting, I still make cute/creepy/pretty stuff outta yarn.
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So here are the kids, they’re much better behaved than I am.
So here are the kids, they’re much better behaved than I am.
I cannot stress this enough – he does not care if people die. He has no empathy, which is just a fancy word for humanity.
For those who have empathy, it’s very hard to understand, because we’ve been projecting our own humanity onto someone who has none.
He does not care if you die.
For those who have empathy, it’s very hard to understand, because we’ve been projecting our own humanity onto someone who has none.
He does not care if you die.
Every time I see the cost of insulin, I’m reminded of Banting’s proclamation when he sold the patent for insulin for ONE dollar.
“Insulin does not belong to me, it belongs to the world.”
These people should be strung up.
“Insulin does not belong to me, it belongs to the world.”
These people should be strung up.
Donald Trump has cancelled the $35 a month Insulin cap.
Prices are expected to almost instantly go back to $1500 a month.
Insulin costs $2 to make.
Prices are expected to almost instantly go back to $1500 a month.
Insulin costs $2 to make.
April 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I cannot stress this enough – he does not care if people die. He has no empathy, which is just a fancy word for humanity.
For those who have empathy, it’s very hard to understand, because we’ve been projecting our own humanity onto someone who has none.
He does not care if you die.
For those who have empathy, it’s very hard to understand, because we’ve been projecting our own humanity onto someone who has none.
He does not care if you die.
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National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day is on April 30. To celebrate, NPR wants to know how your pet has changed your life. We would also love to see photos of your purr-fect fur-ever friend.
Has a shelter pet changed your life? We want to hear about it
National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day is on April 30. To celebrate, NPR wants to know how your pet has changed your life. We would also love to see photos of your purr-fect fur-ever friend.
www.npr.org
April 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day is on April 30. To celebrate, NPR wants to know how your pet has changed your life. We would also love to see photos of your purr-fect fur-ever friend.
It’s amazing how many jobs are being slated for obsolescence by AI, while at the same time women are being forced to carry pregnancies to term, and the most draconian red states are rolling back child labor laws.
Of course, with RFK running HHS, a lot of us are slated for obsolescence as well.
Of course, with RFK running HHS, a lot of us are slated for obsolescence as well.
A cost-cutting initiative in the world of passenger aviation could see flight-deck staff reduced to just a captain, with their co-pilot replaced by AI. It may save money, but it's a risk too far, argues Paul Marks
Why pilots are worried about plans to replace co-pilots with AI
A cost-cutting initiative in the world of passenger aviation could see flight-deck staff reduced to just a captain, with their co-pilot replaced by AI. It may save money, but it's a risk too far, argues Paul Marks
www.newscientist.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It’s amazing how many jobs are being slated for obsolescence by AI, while at the same time women are being forced to carry pregnancies to term, and the most draconian red states are rolling back child labor laws.
Of course, with RFK running HHS, a lot of us are slated for obsolescence as well.
Of course, with RFK running HHS, a lot of us are slated for obsolescence as well.
This was a very good, very timely, and VERY stressful read, especially having worked at a global tech company - remotely, thank Godzilla.
Recommended.
#books
Recommended.
#books
March 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This was a very good, very timely, and VERY stressful read, especially having worked at a global tech company - remotely, thank Godzilla.
Recommended.
#books
Recommended.
#books
Age yourself with a cartoon you watched as a kid.
All the cool dogs know kung fu and are voiced by Scatman Crothers.
All the cool dogs know kung fu and are voiced by Scatman Crothers.
March 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Age yourself with a cartoon you watched as a kid.
All the cool dogs know kung fu and are voiced by Scatman Crothers.
All the cool dogs know kung fu and are voiced by Scatman Crothers.
Shaved Sasquatch spotted at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Finding Bigfoot team, assemble your nets and tranquilizers and get on it!
Finding Bigfoot team, assemble your nets and tranquilizers and get on it!
If only they were both beasts that were only rumored to exist
March 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Shaved Sasquatch spotted at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Finding Bigfoot team, assemble your nets and tranquilizers and get on it!
Finding Bigfoot team, assemble your nets and tranquilizers and get on it!
Rollin’ into the weekend like…
March 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Rollin’ into the weekend like…
Yeah, your mother-in-law won’t complain because she’s got a billionaire in the family who will take care of her.
Maybe withholding food and money from people who need it isn’t the best idea in this “eat the rich“ environment. Especially while there’s a new season of Yellowjackets playing. 🤔😏
Maybe withholding food and money from people who need it isn’t the best idea in this “eat the rich“ environment. Especially while there’s a new season of Yellowjackets playing. 🤔😏
😱 Commerce Sec’y Lutnick (worth $2-4B): “Let’s say Social Security didn’t send out their checks…my mother-law, who’s 94, she wouldn’t call and complain…a fraudster always makes the loudest noise, screaming and yelling and complaining”
March 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Yeah, your mother-in-law won’t complain because she’s got a billionaire in the family who will take care of her.
Maybe withholding food and money from people who need it isn’t the best idea in this “eat the rich“ environment. Especially while there’s a new season of Yellowjackets playing. 🤔😏
Maybe withholding food and money from people who need it isn’t the best idea in this “eat the rich“ environment. Especially while there’s a new season of Yellowjackets playing. 🤔😏
Robert Evans iwriteok.bsky.social , I agree with you on most things, but I must take exception to you referring to the 55 year-old woman that LRH had thrown off his boat as “elderly”.
On behalf of my aged but not elderly brethren, I challenge you to a wrestle. Winner throws the loser off a boat .
On behalf of my aged but not elderly brethren, I challenge you to a wrestle. Winner throws the loser off a boat .
March 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Robert Evans iwriteok.bsky.social , I agree with you on most things, but I must take exception to you referring to the 55 year-old woman that LRH had thrown off his boat as “elderly”.
On behalf of my aged but not elderly brethren, I challenge you to a wrestle. Winner throws the loser off a boat .
On behalf of my aged but not elderly brethren, I challenge you to a wrestle. Winner throws the loser off a boat .
Yesterday, I loaned my neighbor a quarter for laundry.
When I got up this morning, something that had been stuck to my butt fell to the floor, and… It was a quarter.
Whether it was karma, the universe, or simply my magical butt, I’ll take it. ✨🍑🪙
When I got up this morning, something that had been stuck to my butt fell to the floor, and… It was a quarter.
Whether it was karma, the universe, or simply my magical butt, I’ll take it. ✨🍑🪙
March 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Yesterday, I loaned my neighbor a quarter for laundry.
When I got up this morning, something that had been stuck to my butt fell to the floor, and… It was a quarter.
Whether it was karma, the universe, or simply my magical butt, I’ll take it. ✨🍑🪙
When I got up this morning, something that had been stuck to my butt fell to the floor, and… It was a quarter.
Whether it was karma, the universe, or simply my magical butt, I’ll take it. ✨🍑🪙
On this week‘s Linoleum Knife, I was delighted to learn that Dave is a cat guy. Finx was unmoved. 😆
March 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
On this week‘s Linoleum Knife, I was delighted to learn that Dave is a cat guy. Finx was unmoved. 😆
Post your favorite Doctor Who. WRONG ANSWERS ONLY.
March 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Post your favorite Doctor Who. WRONG ANSWERS ONLY.
I had a dream once that I was in a smallish puddle jumper with a few other passengers. Michael J Fox came from the cockpit & moved down the aisle handing something out. When he got to me, he put a small yellow pill in my upturned palm as he was saying…
i had a dream once that Christina Ricci was disassembling a doorknob. she looked directly into my eyes and said "social media is not for social people"
March 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I had a dream once that I was in a smallish puddle jumper with a few other passengers. Michael J Fox came from the cockpit & moved down the aisle handing something out. When he got to me, he put a small yellow pill in my upturned palm as he was saying…
OK everybody calm down, apocalypse averted. And by everybody I mean me – only having a nodding acquaintance with news and social media these days, I found out about the lunar blood moon eclipse by taking my dog out for a 3 AM piddle. 😆😅
March 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
OK everybody calm down, apocalypse averted. And by everybody I mean me – only having a nodding acquaintance with news and social media these days, I found out about the lunar blood moon eclipse by taking my dog out for a 3 AM piddle. 😆😅
There is something that looks suspiciously like a bloody thumbprint on the full moon tonight. Checked my weather app, the moon is indeed full, humidity is at 68%, nothing about a bloody thumbprint.
I’m sure it’s fine. Everything‘s fine now.
I’m sure it’s fine. Everything‘s fine now.
March 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
There is something that looks suspiciously like a bloody thumbprint on the full moon tonight. Checked my weather app, the moon is indeed full, humidity is at 68%, nothing about a bloody thumbprint.
I’m sure it’s fine. Everything‘s fine now.
I’m sure it’s fine. Everything‘s fine now.
Today on walkies: not a cloud in the sky, the birds were singing, and the observatory was observing.
March 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Today on walkies: not a cloud in the sky, the birds were singing, and the observatory was observing.
Too soon? 😳🤯
I’m not one to believe in a higher power or signs from the universe, but a beloved star being hantavirus resurgence adjacent WHILE the CDC is being gutted is a little on the nose.
And I cannot stress this enough, 😳😳😳
I’m not one to believe in a higher power or signs from the universe, but a beloved star being hantavirus resurgence adjacent WHILE the CDC is being gutted is a little on the nose.
And I cannot stress this enough, 😳😳😳
March 13, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Too soon? 😳🤯
I’m not one to believe in a higher power or signs from the universe, but a beloved star being hantavirus resurgence adjacent WHILE the CDC is being gutted is a little on the nose.
And I cannot stress this enough, 😳😳😳
I’m not one to believe in a higher power or signs from the universe, but a beloved star being hantavirus resurgence adjacent WHILE the CDC is being gutted is a little on the nose.
And I cannot stress this enough, 😳😳😳
I had to pause this delightful episode to give shoutout to the bit about Vanilla Ice, and an extra ^5 to River Butcher for shouting out his Shit Eating Grin as he demonstrates the 1 note difference between his dealio & the masterpiece Under Pressure. I’ve been saying that for 20 years, dagnabbit. 😆🤘
NEW EPISODE! Last night, Darth Vader came down from Planet Vulcan and told us that if we didn't take Lorraine out, that he'd melt our brain. In which we go Back to the Future with @riverbutcher.bsky.social.
a man wearing sunglasses says " whoa " on the bottom
ALT: a man wearing sunglasses says " whoa " on the bottom
media.tenor.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I had to pause this delightful episode to give shoutout to the bit about Vanilla Ice, and an extra ^5 to River Butcher for shouting out his Shit Eating Grin as he demonstrates the 1 note difference between his dealio & the masterpiece Under Pressure. I’ve been saying that for 20 years, dagnabbit. 😆🤘
I saw some lovely sprouts in the yard this morning, the window is open, and the girl and I went for walkies wearing a sweater instead of a parka. I’m declaring it spring, but then we got down to the lake, and the geese have some notes.
March 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I saw some lovely sprouts in the yard this morning, the window is open, and the girl and I went for walkies wearing a sweater instead of a parka. I’m declaring it spring, but then we got down to the lake, and the geese have some notes.
Stupid spring forward. My wall clock told me I got up before noon. My phone told me, yeah, no… You lazy bum.
a group of goats standing on top of a pile of hay with the words `` spring forward '' written below them .
ALT: a group of goats standing on top of a pile of hay with the words `` spring forward '' written below them .
media.tenor.com
March 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Stupid spring forward. My wall clock told me I got up before noon. My phone told me, yeah, no… You lazy bum.
I tried out a vanilla wacky cake recipe, and what the hell, I’ll try that cooked ermine frosting as well. The frosting is definitely less sweet as advertised, but maybe not quite sweet enough, I’ll make some cranberry mandarin marmalade and… You know what? I may be stress baking.
March 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I tried out a vanilla wacky cake recipe, and what the hell, I’ll try that cooked ermine frosting as well. The frosting is definitely less sweet as advertised, but maybe not quite sweet enough, I’ll make some cranberry mandarin marmalade and… You know what? I may be stress baking.