Very exciting--yesterday I got the wordle on my first try! It's my 2nd time ever. 🎉
October 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Very exciting--yesterday I got the wordle on my first try! It's my 2nd time ever. 🎉
Last night I told my teen daughter that all the girls will have "I'm so thankful that I live in a world where there are Octobers" on their socials today and she said, "not all the girls, only the well-read ones." 🍁
October 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Last night I told my teen daughter that all the girls will have "I'm so thankful that I live in a world where there are Octobers" on their socials today and she said, "not all the girls, only the well-read ones." 🍁
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The updated COVID/histamine link thread because people keep tagging me in to explain it and I keep intending to update the post from 2023 (synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html) and just not having the capacity because of my own health shit so here is a thread I can pin
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September 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The updated COVID/histamine link thread because people keep tagging me in to explain it and I keep intending to update the post from 2023 (synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html) and just not having the capacity because of my own health shit so here is a thread I can pin
UT governor was praying that the shooter was not a white, cis, LDS (Mormon), Utahn. And his heart was broken when all of that turned out to be the case. So problematic.
"I wish we could blame this on muslims or migrants, but turns out it was one of us." what a wild thing to say
September 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
UT governor was praying that the shooter was not a white, cis, LDS (Mormon), Utahn. And his heart was broken when all of that turned out to be the case. So problematic.
I have an appointment for my covid & flu vaccines for next week, at a CVS in Washington state.
Interested to see if anyone has info about the Novavax covid shot in this area. One of my young adult kids prefers this one over the mRNA shots.
Interested to see if anyone has info about the Novavax covid shot in this area. One of my young adult kids prefers this one over the mRNA shots.
September 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I have an appointment for my covid & flu vaccines for next week, at a CVS in Washington state.
Interested to see if anyone has info about the Novavax covid shot in this area. One of my young adult kids prefers this one over the mRNA shots.
Interested to see if anyone has info about the Novavax covid shot in this area. One of my young adult kids prefers this one over the mRNA shots.
The LDS church protects abusers. Victims' safety and rights are not important to the church. If they were, the church would change their policies, rhetoric, and legal actions regarding SA.
“A child’s safety always comes first. We never, ever, ever, ever leave a child in harm’s way, ever,” - Randy Austin, an attorney for Kirton McConkie who serves as lead outside controversy-and-crisis counsel for the [LDS] church.
Seven years of CSA in Bisbee AZ says otherwise Mr Austin.
Seven years of CSA in Bisbee AZ says otherwise Mr Austin.
August 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The LDS church protects abusers. Victims' safety and rights are not important to the church. If they were, the church would change their policies, rhetoric, and legal actions regarding SA.
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I happen to know a guy
Conversations with him lead me to believe that this YAY-who has no idea how complicated it is just to PLAN to build a nuclear reactor, let alone get it done.
Conversations with him lead me to believe that this YAY-who has no idea how complicated it is just to PLAN to build a nuclear reactor, let alone get it done.
EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon
This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.
www.politico.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I happen to know a guy
Conversations with him lead me to believe that this YAY-who has no idea how complicated it is just to PLAN to build a nuclear reactor, let alone get it done.
Conversations with him lead me to believe that this YAY-who has no idea how complicated it is just to PLAN to build a nuclear reactor, let alone get it done.
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This is what it boils down to for a lot of America Christians. "We can excuse the fascism, but why must they use such salty language??"
From Jennifer Graham, chief crackpot at the paper of record for Utah crackpots: "Trump dropping the F-bomb was offensive, sure, but we're used to it. What was really upsetting was that the media used the word when they quoted him."
www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Perspective: The other bomb Trump dropped this week — and why it matters
There's a 'new low' every month when it comes to profanity.
www.deseret.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This is what it boils down to for a lot of America Christians. "We can excuse the fascism, but why must they use such salty language??"
My kids got a cable so they could hook up our Wii. Should I restart Super Mario Galaxy?
June 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
My kids got a cable so they could hook up our Wii. Should I restart Super Mario Galaxy?
Finished knitting my first Musselburgh hat, cut the yarn, wove the end in! and then found a dropped stitch about 2.5" down from the top. 😪
June 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Finished knitting my first Musselburgh hat, cut the yarn, wove the end in! and then found a dropped stitch about 2.5" down from the top. 😪
My youngest, discussing the lovers' quarrel
June 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
My youngest, discussing the lovers' quarrel
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Our access to COVID vaccines is under attack. It’s more important than ever to make our voices heard by making public comment to the FDA by May 23 at 11:59 PM EST. Use our template available on our substack at peoplescdc.substack.com/p/vaccine-ac...
May 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our access to COVID vaccines is under attack. It’s more important than ever to make our voices heard by making public comment to the FDA by May 23 at 11:59 PM EST. Use our template available on our substack at peoplescdc.substack.com/p/vaccine-ac...
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Vance is a genuine asshole, but I think he also sees assholery as a part of a winning political persona. What he misses is that lots of people see Trump as a *fun* asshole and that's why they like his schtick. But there's nothing fun about JD Vance and never will be.
JD Vance's reaction to Biden's cancer diagnosis: "Whether the right time to have this conversation is now or some time in the future, we really do need to be honest about whether the former president was capable of doing the job."
May 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Vance is a genuine asshole, but I think he also sees assholery as a part of a winning political persona. What he misses is that lots of people see Trump as a *fun* asshole and that's why they like his schtick. But there's nothing fun about JD Vance and never will be.
To me, the parable of the Good Samaritan is about loving and being kind to people that aren't in the groups that you're in. That's what Jesus said we should do. It's so important.
When JD Vance tried to claim Catholic teaching justifies MAGA policies, Pope Francis responded that Vance needs to meditate more on the Parable of the Good Samaritan.
In this exchange, @mattpolprof.bsky.social is very good on Catholicism and MAGA cruelty:
newrepublic.com/article/1950...
In this exchange, @mattpolprof.bsky.social is very good on Catholicism and MAGA cruelty:
newrepublic.com/article/1950...
May 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
To me, the parable of the Good Samaritan is about loving and being kind to people that aren't in the groups that you're in. That's what Jesus said we should do. It's so important.
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my most conservative-coded trait these days is that i honestly think that the worst possible thing that can happen for young men is for the entire society to coddle them. what they need to hear is that they have one life to live and they have to take responsibility for it.
Young men don't open bank accounts. They are too expensive. They download coin base or Robinhood app and buy crypto. That's their savings
If one party pushes that number higher. They vote for em. Gensler/Biden caused those savings to go down. The demo with the biggest change was young men
If one party pushes that number higher. They vote for em. Gensler/Biden caused those savings to go down. The demo with the biggest change was young men
This is legit the dumbest thing I've ever seen him say
March 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
my most conservative-coded trait these days is that i honestly think that the worst possible thing that can happen for young men is for the entire society to coddle them. what they need to hear is that they have one life to live and they have to take responsibility for it.
Great news!
In case you, like me, are a high-anxiety human who missed this piece of moderately reassuring news:
Despite many broken things, the FDA *did* make a flu shot recommendation for this fall.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/h...
Despite many broken things, the FDA *did* make a flu shot recommendation for this fall.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/h...
After canceling meeting of independent advisers, FDA issues 2025-26 flu vaccine recommendations | CNN
The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the upcoming respiratory virus season, but without input from its independent vaccine ...
www.cnn.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Great news!
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Southern Living is putting up egg free recipes because reasons I guess www.southernliving.com/breakfast-re...
32 Egg-Free Breakfast Recipes To Start The Day
Whether you simply ran out of eggs or have a dietary restriction, these egg-free breakfast recipes prove the most important meal of the day is still delicious without them.
www.southernliving.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Southern Living is putting up egg free recipes because reasons I guess www.southernliving.com/breakfast-re...
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OK, I wrote my “who’s going to enforce it?” piece. It’s a lengthy read, trying to respond to a lot of questions I’ve gotten over the past three weeks, but it’s about democracy so I decided it was worth it to lay out in depth, with examples, what I’ve been talking about here and elsewhere.
Don't let Donald Trump and Elon Musk talk us out of democracy
Trump and Musk are testing the limits, trying to sell America on being an authoritarian state — but they can’t do it unless we allow them to do so.
www.lawdork.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
OK, I wrote my “who’s going to enforce it?” piece. It’s a lengthy read, trying to respond to a lot of questions I’ve gotten over the past three weeks, but it’s about democracy so I decided it was worth it to lay out in depth, with examples, what I’ve been talking about here and elsewhere.
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Machine quilting in progress:
January 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Machine quilting in progress:
I finished up the back for the blue quilt yesterday and got it basted & ready to quilt.
January 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I finished up the back for the blue quilt yesterday and got it basted & ready to quilt.
I made around 26 heart blocks every month in 2021, and finished this quilt on Valentine's Day 2022.
January 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I made around 26 heart blocks every month in 2021, and finished this quilt on Valentine's Day 2022.
Quilt top I finished last week for a donation campaign in my area. I made a very labor intensive franken-batting for this and will be making a pieced back as well.
January 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Quilt top I finished last week for a donation campaign in my area. I made a very labor intensive franken-batting for this and will be making a pieced back as well.