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I'm such a sympathetic crier because all these skaters at Skate America are getting to me as they cry at the end of their programs.

We all are really collectively going through it.

A painting of a bird beside the text "i'm fuckin exhausted from being angry all the time"

It's nearly 2026 do we really need to remind folks to mute their speakers on calls/meetings?

Gorgeous red and green aurorae over a lighted city below.

Gorgeous picture of red and green aurorae over a lighted city below.

I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.

If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.

...it was in the 70s yesterday and today we had a snow flurry. We've barely had the heat on this past month and the gas bill went up $100.

It's going to be an interesting winter.

Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."

A painting of a bird beside the text "dipshit season starts earlier every year"

I see Senate Dems decided to sink themselves to honor the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

3 panel comic Panel 1: A desperate, panicking Blue Guy screams into his phone: Come Quickly! The AI companies are in trouble! Panel 2: A Pink Guy, also on the phone, replies: Oh Shit! I’m on my way! Panel 3: Pink Guy is relaxing in his living room, having a lovely cup of tea. He has no intention of going to help save the AI sinking slop ship.

me when the AI bubble bursts

I'm not sure how the rest of this very busy work day is going to go, but I've only been up for 20 minutes and have already stepped in cat shit, spilled about a 1/4 of a water pitcher over my work uniform when the top came off, and walked into a spiderweb. It feels like a warning to stay home.

The crowd has gone silent at Cuomo's party.

roses are red
big laughs are hearty

Floral portraits of four of Fëanors sons. Celegorm with blonde hair smiling faintly, Curufin, lightly tanned with dark hair, portrayed as a trans man, staring sternly, Maedhros with red hair in small wraps, and Maglor with three thick plaits

Sons of Fëanor

I feel like that is normal--the deeper you get into the knowledge of a language--even your native tongue-- the less you feel like you actually know it BECAUSE you understand so much more of it.

Why I am a sucker for pretty much every Robin Hood adaptation out there?

(Disney and Mel Brooks remain my favs for vastly different reasons, but I'm really liking this new MGM one so far.)

Ugh. I'm so sorry it's hit you again. Sending lots of good healing vibes your way

Talking about shipping with someone who never fought in fandom trenches is so funny. "These two never even had a moment together in canon!" Brother, what even is canon if I have the power of fanart and delusion on my side.

A painting of a bird beside the text "this has got to be the stupidest shit in the history of shit"

effinbirds.com/post/7810072...

Cold and rainy outside so time for a Hill House rewatch.

Today was also our first 'cold' morning in months and while the 40s-hot flashes me appreciates that very much, the 40s-achy joints me and my knees are screaming on the inside.

Is it truly an NBC aired gymnastics broadcast if you don't hear at least one 'fly high and stick the landing.'

an illustration of a devil's bridge, in the foreground an angel and a fairy duel with rapiers. the illustration is framed by a border of birds

lover's spar at the devil bridge🥀

I saw the #xicheng signal in the sky and I came with my humble offering 😌🤲💙💜

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

I think one of the saddest things about being a millennial is remembering a time when technology was advancing in a way that made life better and easier and more exciting instead of actively, intentionally worse

Can you just imagine trying to tell an early 90s kids that 30 years later MTV would no longer exist? I'm definitely feeling all my years today.

My pharmacist did say most people aren't having as bad a reaction to the current Covid vaccine as they have in the past. I just didn't want to wait because multiple coworkers keep getting sick and I REFUSE to go through another bout of either illness.

A woodcut of a bird beside the text "don't forget to be a fuckin' human being"

Got both my flu shot and Covid booster today and it's already kicking my ass. So I'm going to be in a blanket burrito for the next day but it's FAR better than actually getting sick.

got more job rejections in the email soo shares are appreciated!

three women in white suits are dancing in a room Alt: three women in white suits are dancing in a room

Of all the celebrities I expected, Diane Keaton wasn't even on the list. #rip