Athena

I was at the point where I had to stop knitting too and regaining that was _so good_

(Didn’t do surgery in my case but it was years I had to give up knitting to avoid a flare up until I decided to look into it)

I actually love hearing other languages. There are so many of them and they’re beautiful.

Getting mad about it is a skill issue. And to be clear, that skill is empathy.

Yeah for sure! Should have put it in quotes. Definitely more of a jibe at him not even trying to live up to catholic ideals than a jibe at said catholic ideals

Jesus said love your neighbor. So of course the catholic jd Vance response is “okay they won’t be my neighbors”

Ugh okay so I was hopeful and clicked. Big mistake

The problem isn’t with screens in and of themselves. Big glass slabs. Whatever

The problem is that the ubiquity of screens constantly pulls us away from living in the moment

I don’t want a screenless future. I want a distractionless one!

I have backed so many games because of you 😂

So apparently my 6yo knows the 6-7 intonation. (I did not know this intonation before today)

This whole thread, especially the part where the reasonable videos are the start of the pipeline.

I have mentioned the struggle I am having as I get into freeze drying & pantry organization with the algo always trying to get me on the crunchy -> alt-right pipeline.

But they rarely start crazy!

Will do! So far it’s just been cute (she’s added Mac n cheese and, very specifically _uncooked_ popcorn)

I have given the 6yo power to put stuff on the shared grocery list. This may be my best or my worst idea ever

Of course it is. Hope it is mild and you and your family recover quickly!

After ten years of making this one particular cheesecake in a water bath, I figured out how to keep it from getting soggy (bend the foil over the top rim so it doesn’t condense inside)

This is now my (one, single, twice yearly) superpower. Feels amazing

I taught people board games last night and one of them told me it was a good teach. I’d been intimidated for so long and sort of waiting / hoping someone else will teach.

This is going to unlock so many of those board games I’d have been too shy to get to the table otherwise.

“Sent from my”

These are delightful. The knobby neck one in particular is great when I’m all big ball of stress in my shoulders

Oh interesting! I’ll have to try it thank you! I totally want to have the good parts of sous vide (hands off, not super time sensitive) :D

I’m so curious how you do boiled eggs. I’ve managed to pasteurize but I end up with too runny whites when I try boiled. Any tips?

That was sweet customer service. I’d just missed backing Food Truck Race, reached out to the creator to let him know his marketing worked, I was just too slow, but keeping an eye out for when it comes to retail

He reached out personally to send me a preorder link

How could I not? #boardgamesky

Right? There’s something about this that screams personality. She’s way better at putting on the eyes than I ever was haha

Peanut butter and jelly sandwich cut out in the shape of a gingerbread man with red jam and candy eyes slathered on top

I put eyes on her PBJ _once_

I’ve gone from hesitantly playing Minecraft with my daughter only because she wants me to, to spending my whole evening exploring / fishing / mining iron to fill up a chest with goodies for my daughter when she wakes up

Haha yes I love she’s not afraid to speak her mind

Journal page, on the left “I’m sorry I killed you in Minecraft” in adult handwriting. On the write “I will not axsept the sorry hmph. I’m mad at you so much” with a big drawing of an angry girl in kid handwriting

The 5yo and I just started playing #minecraft survival. Mistakes have been made

Seriously. The show streamlined the books in a way that was amazing.

Took four tries and many false starts but finally beat The LOOP solo! Great game, great solo. Just flows from one action to another

Also funny artwork and tongue in cheek humor. Curious how it plays with more people

Only bad thing, think it’s OOP. I got lucky and found a copy randomly at my LGS

Screenshot of chat message “In Wordle today, I got it in two guesses, and it was all my own words that’s so wicked I will beat you because I beat everyone else”

My 5yo has learned to trash talk my husband over Wordle 😂

What DOGE gets wrong about tech and government Lessons learned by civic tech, forgotten by DOGE

New, from me:
The DOGE project was sold as tech disruptors who would revolutionize government. To try to understand why DOGE has failed, I point to lessons that other technologists who worked in government learned, but DOGE ignored. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-doge-...

Loving the naming pattern of these cozy books. Keep em coming!!

In a few short weeks (months?) kiddo has gone from randomly putting cake everywhere to building structures + blowing up rocks with TNT to make gigantic waterfalls

Oh also almost burning down her house in Minecraft

Trump on Day One: Your costs will be lower immediately.

Trump on Day 100: Your kids will now have fewer toys and also you're going to pay higher prices.