Lynn Lara

I so wish I'd seen this 25 years ago. I hope I've taught my kids this.

I'm gay because I sold rainbow mittens at my store when the kids were little. Turned the whole family gay, just like that random lady said.

I just got an mmr booster. I don't know what the recommended age range for this is, but apparently I'm in it. With the increased risk of measles due to the outbreak in Texas, and the confirmed case at the LAX airport, if you haven't had an mmr shot since the 80s, you might want to ask.

YouTube video by Katie Couric “Democracy Is Fragile” and Trump’s Threat to Us All, With Heather Cox Richardson

Thank you @katiecouric.bsky.social
And @hcrichardson.bsky.social

The librarian side of me is horrified. The home side of me is very comfortable.

I know we've been told that 250 years is the average duration of an empire. Not saying it's not time, but I did not think we'd be quite this on the nose.

I'm glad that America is doing real classic end of empire stuff. A king who is visibly losing his mind declaring a war based on a dream he had. Greedy courtiers feuding over access to the treasury. Some looks are timeless.

As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽‍💻

Anyone remember Big Hair by the Chenille Sisters? (Yeah I'm dating myself, whatever)

We used all the water for useless AI projects. Sorry, the Christmas photo filters were too much fun.

Mine fishy

I don't have a lot of recipes, but I use beans, lentils and tvp to stretch what I'm already doing. So reduce the meat in your burgers and meat loaf by subbing in TVP for a third of it. Add lentils to your chicken soup, and black beans to your tacos and enchiladas, etc.

A slightly judgey orange cat sits on a gey couch and looks soulfully at the camera. There is a lamp and the corner of a window with a vase on the sill in the background.

Cheddar Cat wants to know if you did your art practice today.

Welcome to ADHD, lol. My ex used to wonder why it took me so long to read, and where I was getting my extra content. Meanwhile I'm over here thinking "what do you mean, you just read all the words on the page in one go?"

Orange cat on a grey carpet with a scratching post in the background. Cat lifting his head.

I wasn't sleeping. What are you doing?

I was practicing on the couch, but got up to check on dinner. The space has been reclaimed by the rightful owner, obviously.

I listened to the audiobook on Libby. It's good enough for a fluffy read when I'm doing something else, but I don't get the hype either.

Cuts to the humanities and the arts education and research funding are happening all over the place - yet people love watching drama, visiting museums, listening to history podcasts etc etc. Where will the next generation of artists, writers, curators and musicians come from?

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It is harder for me to self regulate the ADHD portion, so I think it's the opposite for me. I can control for the environmental sensitivities, I'm around people who actually enjoy my info-dumping, my job is not public facing so I don't have to navigate social cues. The ADHD stuff is harder

Until you drop off your notes and drafts at the archives 🤣 (hot tip from a collection manager, go through your papers now, before your heirs dump all your medical records and unsavory correspondence in with your drafts and drop it off)

Cats, pratchett and snark. All my favorite things.

But did you sing it? Parents are supposed to be embarrassingly extra.

The pickle tray.

Maybe not everything. The cheese is pretty good.

Ginger cat creeps over the back of a couch to demand pets, a pale hand reaches up behind a sweatered shoulder to oblige and help stabilize.

Mr "I don't want to cuddle but you should still pet me."

I love that bluesky is apparently both a "liberal echo chamber" and a cat photo gallery. Definitely in the right place. Please contribute to one or the other. Or both.