Karen, yeah, that’s right, Karen
@vermiciousknits.bsky.social
Knitter, reader, alt-u me is a volcanologist. Cis. she/her
Karen, but not one of those Karens; Boomer, but not one of those Boomers.
No, I'm not interested in all your links or your 0F.
Karen, but not one of those Karens; Boomer, but not one of those Boomers.
No, I'm not interested in all your links or your 0F.
My Fairy Beefmother has struck again. A box of Portillo's Italian beef was delivered today with nothing in the gift message. This happens a few times a year. I have my suspicions as to the culprit, but no one will own up to it.
December 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My Fairy Beefmother has struck again. A box of Portillo's Italian beef was delivered today with nothing in the gift message. This happens a few times a year. I have my suspicions as to the culprit, but no one will own up to it.
By a cruel quirk of scheduling, my annual check-in with my cardiologist falls after Thanksgiving and my birthday *and* smack in the middle of all the stress of Christmas.
Because the stress of existing in this time and place isn't enough, I guess.
Because the stress of existing in this time and place isn't enough, I guess.
December 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
By a cruel quirk of scheduling, my annual check-in with my cardiologist falls after Thanksgiving and my birthday *and* smack in the middle of all the stress of Christmas.
Because the stress of existing in this time and place isn't enough, I guess.
Because the stress of existing in this time and place isn't enough, I guess.
That Kansas City game is going about the way I expected.
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
That Kansas City game is going about the way I expected.
Had a terrific time at Really Pleasant Gaming Weekend 2025. They ran more than 100 sessions over two and a half days. I maxed out my schedule with seven games, all on new-to-me platforms. Great game runners and engaged players mad for a fantastic time.
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Had a terrific time at Really Pleasant Gaming Weekend 2025. They ran more than 100 sessions over two and a half days. I maxed out my schedule with seven games, all on new-to-me platforms. Great game runners and engaged players mad for a fantastic time.
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a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
I am doomed.
I am doomed.
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
I am doomed.
I am doomed.
Son conquered the Linux conversion late last night. I told him we can get me settled in with it today as I didn't think 1AM was a particularly good time to expect much retention by my brain.
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Son conquered the Linux conversion late last night. I told him we can get me settled in with it today as I didn't think 1AM was a particularly good time to expect much retention by my brain.
Son is converting my laptop from Windows 10 to Linux. He assures me I'll do fine.
Does he even know me??
Does he even know me??
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Son is converting my laptop from Windows 10 to Linux. He assures me I'll do fine.
Does he even know me??
Does he even know me??
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I know plenty of y’all are still on Substack. Moving away was very easy. And check out how nice my new site is! ScienceForEveryone.science.
The folks at ghost.org are great hosts, don’t take a %, and give you a personal concierge service for the move. Even subscriptions move over seamlessly.
The folks at ghost.org are great hosts, don’t take a %, and give you a personal concierge service for the move. Even subscriptions move over seamlessly.
Science For Everyone
The practical challenges we face as human beings doing science. Careers, grad school, publishing, getting funded, mentoring, equity and justice, collaboration, teaching, running a lab, and so on.
ScienceForEveryone.science
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I know plenty of y’all are still on Substack. Moving away was very easy. And check out how nice my new site is! ScienceForEveryone.science.
The folks at ghost.org are great hosts, don’t take a %, and give you a personal concierge service for the move. Even subscriptions move over seamlessly.
The folks at ghost.org are great hosts, don’t take a %, and give you a personal concierge service for the move. Even subscriptions move over seamlessly.
Talking with Spouse and I realized that Roger Marshall and Trump form a weird sort of ouroubos where Trump's hand is up Marshall's ass like a puppet but Marshall's head is up Trump's ass.
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Talking with Spouse and I realized that Roger Marshall and Trump form a weird sort of ouroubos where Trump's hand is up Marshall's ass like a puppet but Marshall's head is up Trump's ass.
Aside from all the truly whackadoodle stuff here... Hasn't Joliet Correctional been closed for years?
Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Aside from all the truly whackadoodle stuff here... Hasn't Joliet Correctional been closed for years?
Our Pathfinder party encountered a poltergeist last night. It had some help as it threatened the PCs.
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Our Pathfinder party encountered a poltergeist last night. It had some help as it threatened the PCs.
Spouse was able to help with my post-op eye drops. I can't see well enough out of the eye to ensure getting drops into it, but the eye is fairly disturbingly bloody so he was unsure about helping. Hoping I can solo soon. One-day check was very good.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Spouse was able to help with my post-op eye drops. I can't see well enough out of the eye to ensure getting drops into it, but the eye is fairly disturbingly bloody so he was unsure about helping. Hoping I can solo soon. One-day check was very good.
A whopping 29% of Americans support killing people with no cause (murder).
Only 29% of Americans support using the U.S. military to kill suspected drug traffickers without a judge or court being involved, a rebuke of President Donald Trump's strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A whopping 29% of Americans support killing people with no cause (murder).
I had a vitrectomy done today - high myopia is such a joy - and Nurse Arthur has taken his duties seriously.
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I had a vitrectomy done today - high myopia is such a joy - and Nurse Arthur has taken his duties seriously.
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The new Republican plan same as the old Republican plan: Fucking die already.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The new Republican plan same as the old Republican plan: Fucking die already.
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Hey @democrats.senate.gov , you just lost my affiliation. I hope every one of you gets primaried out and I will work to see that that happens. You have betrayed the American people.
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Hey @democrats.senate.gov , you just lost my affiliation. I hope every one of you gets primaried out and I will work to see that that happens. You have betrayed the American people.
Damn, I don’t want to stay registered Dem but in Kansas, the other options are shit, too, near as I can tell. DSA isn’t an option Or I’d be all over it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Damn, I don’t want to stay registered Dem but in Kansas, the other options are shit, too, near as I can tell. DSA isn’t an option Or I’d be all over it.
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Finally admitting he's not a Democrat
Schumer: "However this vote turns out, this fight will and must continue. Democrats must fight."
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Finally admitting he's not a Democrat
So now the USDA (Trump) has directed states to “undo” anything they’ve done to make November’s SNAP payments.
Starving Americans because he can’t take away their healthcare.
Starving Americans because he can’t take away their healthcare.
November 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
So now the USDA (Trump) has directed states to “undo” anything they’ve done to make November’s SNAP payments.
Starving Americans because he can’t take away their healthcare.
Starving Americans because he can’t take away their healthcare.
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Men will literally destroy the planet to build an AI to create weird images of girls to tell them that they're loved instead of going to therapy.
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Men will literally destroy the planet to build an AI to create weird images of girls to tell them that they're loved instead of going to therapy.
You can't shoot praying people with pepper balls if you don't let them pray in the first place.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
You can't shoot praying people with pepper balls if you don't let them pray in the first place.
Spare a thought for our dog groomer - It's Doodle Day. (Ours is a Spoo, not a doodle.)
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Spare a thought for our dog groomer - It's Doodle Day. (Ours is a Spoo, not a doodle.)
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.