Alyshelchi

When public opinion firms reach out to me with a survey: sorry, I'm not gonna do surveys unless I'm being paid
When they offer a $5 gift card: sounds like a scam. I'm not clicking that.

The Etsy store where I ordered the custom all cats are beautiful pencils for my kid's preschool teacher just sent me an all caps "THANK YOUR FOR YOUR ORDER AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU" message and I feel pretty confident they don't know what all cats are beautiful means

Really funny how "blue no matter who" seems to not apply to Mamdani. Guess that's only for making left wing voters vote for conservative Democrats

Found out our local PD killed the car seat inspection program because it was costing $45k a year in overtime. Out of their $250 million+ budget

One small thing I'm doing about food safety as an immunocompromised person living under RFK Jr. is I'm heating my lunch meat to 140 degrees before eating. It's very quick to do in the microwave, it's based on the recommendations for pregnant people, and I actually like it better hot it turns out.

I bet abled people could walk 5 miles to the grocery store and carry it all back if they tried harder, but they give up and use a car as an accessibility aid. What's that? You might be able to do it, but it would take you all day and leave you in pain for 2 days? Sounds like you can do it then.

Community college was in fact the worst of the three experiences for me, as a disabled person needing accommodations. The CA system believes that extended time on assignments when sick is illegal and fundamentally alters the nature of the course. Tried multiple, they all believed that

My daughter got it Friday night. Found out a fee hours ago it was actually norovirus. I am in hell. Just hoping my husband manages to stay healthy for a few more hours at least so we can tag team parenting.

One might argue it was not new to them and that people have been warning about this for a while.

I floundered in the large public university I attended and then did great at a small private college. I actually saved money, because I needed a reduced course load, and I was paying for a full course load at UCB. Then switched to paying by the unit at Pacific Oaks College

The one good thing to come out of this administration is that it seems to have permanently killed my imposter syndrome

When my daughter was first born I sensibly got her 12 pairs of identical socks. But then I grew weak and fell for the allure of cute socks. And now this basket of laundry has 8 lone socks.

I named my pet rabbits Hazel and Fiver. It was a formative book for me too, definitely gave me a lifelong love of rabbits.

I hope the woman who smiled at me and said "you're doing great mama" as my toddler was screaming and thrashing on the ground as we were trying to leave the fair is having a good day.

Experienced some confusion today due to confusing Tim Kaine with Tim Poole

I mean, we could be doing the same in the US but our system is so broken.

I don’t know if Kilmar Abrego Garcia has any history of domestic abuse. I do know the government has never argued that’s the impetus for deporting him and I also know an administration that’s 75% rapists doesn’t actually care if he does.

I think what’s most striking about the last few months is how rarely anyone in the GOP applies this simple test. A lot of checks and balances rely on this kind of worrying about precedent but it’s now totally absent, as if they don’t think they’ll ever be out of power again.

It looks like someone has hacked a crosswalk button in Palo Alto to deliver at least two different messages in the voice of Elon Musk.

(They are not complimentary)

Ad on my news podcast: "does this podcast make you happy? Of course it does!"
Me: "I mean not really"
Ad: "but don't you wish it came out more than once a week?"
Me: "well it's a daily show so no"

I was getting ready to do a big decluttering purge for my mental health but now that stuff is gonna be so much harder to replace if I turn out to need it again. My role in the apocalypse is just gonna be the person with all the craft supplies I guess. It's my hour, I say as I step over my piles.

Something else to bear in mind is that

*no amount of policy*

will give us everything we need.

Coffee won’t grow here. Cacao (chocolate) will grow in Hawaii, but not the mainland, and they can’t meet our demand. 97% of the gadolinium in the Earth (which is used for MRI scans) is in China.

We Tested 41 Baby Formulas for Lead and Arsenic - Consumer Reports CR tested over 40 baby formulas for heavy metals as well as lead, arsenic, BPA, and other potentially harmful contaminants. Here's what you should know.

My daughter was adopted during the formula crisis and we had to feed her whatever formula was most consistently available. The way I held my breath while reading this article, only to breathe a sigh of relief when it made the "best" list.

www.consumerreports.org/babies-kids/...

What's your least favorite part of knitting with dpns and why is it constantly losing the needle not in use?

When the "mom knows where everything is" powers come through:

Husband: "hey you don't by any chance know where my new rpg book is, the one that was on the dining room table a couple weeks ago?"
me: "I know exactly where it is. it's on top of the rabbit kibble bin, under some old mail"

If Hamas had killed 7 Israelis inside of Israel this week, it would be one of the biggest stories in the world, & all over the US media.

But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.

My two year old fulfilled her life's dream today and managed to catch a chicken and give it a biiiiig hug.

My stepdad's first social security check didn't arrive today, like it was supposed to. That's not great.

Yes, I would be!

my rheumatologist told me to practice taking breaths that maximally expand my chest cavity, because I have ankylosing spondylitis in my ribs and sternum. They can become rigid and prevent deep breaths. Well, something just popped and then I could expand my chest more. Weirdly satisfying and hopeful.