Spirit Chrysalis (they/she/fae)

BIG WHITE NEMESIS
A BOMBOGENSIS
EVERYBODY SHOVEL
WHEN THE SNOW COMES HOME

Panel 1: genie says 3 rules no wishing for death, no falling in love, no bring back dead people Panel 2 person says I want Reeses cups to moan when I take their littles panties off Panel 3 genie sez, there are 4 rules

Okay time for fun.

Go into your photo roll or whatever, and post the first image that makes you laugh literally out loud.

Here's mine.

Also: Of all the hand and wrist injuries I thought I would potentially develop as I age as a white collar worker

I really thought it'd be carpal tunnel

. . . and not De Quervain's tenosynovitis??

Likely brace time for me!

Date Night: A mix of French Cambodian and American pub fare leftovers, Princess Peach: Showtime, bubble tea, and #CriticalRole! 💞

In actuality conflating Jewish people with the state/govt of Israel is itself antisemitic

By the way, the belief that Israel has committed genocide is a belief held by 4 in 10 American Jews - higher than the percentage of American Jews who identify as Zionists. (Sources: www.timesofisrael.com/poll-nearly-... www.jta.org/2026/02/05/u...)

A series of seven photos in collage: The Palia game logo, rouleaux, Crevettes et Pâtes de Riz Fraîches, a bit of Polenta Et Canard Braisé Aux Champignons, Le Péché au Chocolat, A Critical Role episode, a box of Burdicks chocolates, and a bubble tea.

A little joy amidst the darkness.

Valentine’s Day: How It’s Going

a cartoon cat is holding a pink party hat and making a funny face . ALT: a cartoon cat is holding a pink party hat and making a funny face .

Our Internet is back!

It's a Valentine's Day miracle!

I can’t imagine why in the past 5 years so many more construction mistakes and car accidents and concussions in HS football would be happening OH WAIT

So our Internet is still out

Someone severed a Fios feeder line Wednesday evening. It’s a bundle of 400 cables and each line has to be spliced _by hand_

The issue also started with 1 ticket and now is on a 2nd with the original closed, which may mean it became more complicated

Date Night, Still No Effing Internet Edition: American comfort food, FFVII (old school version), bubble tea, and Sagrada.

We’ll have to catch up on Critical Role when our Internet is back.

Still no Internet, and probably not all day.

I also wasted way more time with Verizon phone and chat support than I ought, enough that the woman with 25+ years of experience on loan from the Business department is going to give a debrief on how awful this was.

Ronan Farrow on X: "(1/10 🧵) If you live in NY, you may see a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing. https://t.co/LMSktFeEoN" / X (1/10 🧵) If you live in NY, you may see a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing. https://t.co/LMSktFeEoN

Fun, ‘dynamically set’ by AI pricing based on our shopping data.

Even more ways to squeeze every penny from consumers.

x.com/ronanfarrow/...

How It’s Going: No Internet Edition

(The game is Sagrada.)

Major line cut due to probably local construction; no Internet for the night

Taking a standard precaution isn’t extreme.

‘We stole the Super Bowl audience’: how In Living Color pulled off the greatest heist in US TV history Turning Point USA is plotting its own half-time broadcast in defiance of Bad Bunny – but one of TV’s Blackest shows already perfected the alt-cast in 1992

time to remind everybody that the Super Bowl halftime show only exists in this grandiose fashion because a tv show called "In Living Color" stole the ratings from the NFL; the execs notoriously said, "get me Michael Jackson's agent" and thus began all the pomp

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Date Night: Vietnamese food, #Expedition33, bubble tea, and #CriticalRole! 💞

We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

. . . hm, that may be a good idea.

Court Filings: ICE Uses “Mobile Fortify” To Identify Protesters — Global Entry and PreCheck Get Revoked - View from the Wing ICE is using a smartphone app called “Mobile Fortify” to scan faces and capture contactless fingerprints, instantly pulling back names and biographical data — and court filings say the same encounters...

"ICE is using a smartphone app called “Mobile Fortify” to scan faces and capture contactless fingerprints, instantly pulling back names and biographical data — and court filings say the same encounters are being followed by revocations of Global Entry and TSA PreCheck."

This

on top of receiving a letter written 12/9 saying my clinician was leaving in February of next year _last week_, nearly _2 months_ after it was written

says a lot about how the medical sector is doing right now.

It also puts the patient in the _incredibly_ awkward role of having to choose between accurately reporting their experiences and thoughts, and 'being polite' to the new clinician who _isn't you_ and may get them wrong!

Do NOT add another layer of miscommunication to a patient/doctor relationship.

Setting up a structure where your patient can only report to you directly to _correct any misunderstandings a new clinician has about your symptoms or care_ leads to 2 major faults:
- putting medical training over patient care
- leaving the patient feeling like they have no continuity of care.

I know that the medical sphere is a mess right now, with way too many patients to be covered by doctors.

I know that many clinicians have a model of 'chaining' their appointments so that they can see more people in a day.

I know that training newer clinicians is essential.

This isn't about that.

As a person with complex health needs, one of my very least favorite models of appointment structure is:

Meet a completely new to me, less experienced clinician every appointment, and play a game of telephone where they sum up your report to the clinician, who replies to you directly.

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

Please let this be an extinction burst

Please let this not especially well thought out idea ported from individual psychology be true

Boston friends: