Commiserations, and farewell
07.07.2025 20:28 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@tamaraprotassow.bsky.social
Writer, poet, writing & creativity mentor (there is no one right way, just your own way), mother of shapeshifter, Nazis not welcome, terribly woke lefty, covid is airborne + not over. She/her
Commiserations, and farewell
07.07.2025 20:28 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0π In a twist of the tale, I was first dx, then my kids, and then we all side-eyed my parents together!
07.07.2025 11:14 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Just booked the next boob squish today, thank you
07.07.2025 11:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Oh my god Iβm back.
2 months of being logged out, my password manager not working as expected & various 2fa systems being obstreperous.
Did I miss much?
Morning Rob & Yarndi βοΈ
Iβd be choosing to do a bush wee tbh
Good morning Rob & Yarndi βοΈ
Had a sleep in this morning!
A very fluffy ginger cat lies on his back staring at the ceiling. You can only see his top half, and the photo is taken from the side so you can see his profile. His front paws are relaxed, like t-rex arms.
Gilbert II joins the contemplations.
26.04.2025 22:42 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iconic trolling from Charlene Kaye - complete with replies from insulted men in the thread below.
Iβd pay to watch her do this on a livestream.
The best Iβve ever mustered is a mild & surprising βIβm not hating thisβ
And Iβve done pilates for years.
Itβs also why I do an early morning virtual class. I have to get up bc I committed to the class & itβs taught live, but Iβm only awake for the last half hour. Thatβs bearable.
I bet that set off the memory-engine!
I remember The Times of the Barred Owls!
Morning Rob! βοΈ
β¦thatβs quite the story! π³π€¦ββοΈπ
Me too. Heβs no genius.
All the geniuses I know have an excess of empathy & compassion too. Almost crippling in this day & age
Good morning! Our smallest cat is the loudest. The big one has a tiny voice π€£
23.04.2025 22:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0linkedin post screenshot: Ken Cheng - I want to connect with you, emotionally) Al will never be able to write like me. Why? Because | am now inserting random sentences into every post to throw off their language learning models. Any Al emulating me will radiator freak yellow horse spout nonsense. 1 wiite all my emails, That's Not My Baby and reports like this to protect my data waffle iron 40% off. 1 suggest all writers and artists do the same Strawberry mango Forklift. The robot nerds will never get the better of Ken Hey can | have whipped cream please? Cheng. We can tuna fish tango foxtrot defeat Al. We just have to talk like this. All. The. Time. Piss on carpet
unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
23.04.2025 06:35 β π 45644 π 11606 π¬ 708 π 972Itβs a miracle that any art happens under capitalism & patriarchy.
Humans really are amazing.
βI know what this is missing!β
*types furiously*
*reads next paragraph*
ββ¦oh.β
I heard the audio on that video and expected the MASH theme to start! π€£
23.04.2025 21:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yep, seed will get you a roulette of genes just like human reproduction. No idea what fruit will be like until it fruits!
Cuttings = clones so are exact copies.
Sometimes! And oftentimes not, and sometimes I use honey too. Itβs meant to be similar in effect to rooting hormone powder.
23.04.2025 03:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Youβve got us here as backup!
22.04.2025 12:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Initially read this as βNo one wants to see your duckβ and spent a confused minute feeling concerned that there were people who disliked ducks that much that they had written a whole book.
22.04.2025 12:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Good morning!
21.04.2025 22:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Australian here and I had to examine my own pronunciation bc I have only ever said it eye-talics π³
21.04.2025 22:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ooof. Much easier to do Eastern Orthodox midnight mass: stay up late, He rises at midnight, home for feasting, sleep in.
19.04.2025 23:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Morning Rob & Yarndi!
Hope you have some chocolate today. βοΈ
Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?
19.04.2025 02:34 β π 13356 π 3139 π¬ 157 π 113100% yes!
We used to call going away βparenting in exotic locationsβ (exotic meaning βnot at homeβ lol) bc itβs just same stuff but harder
Going with no-kid friends was always easier, up until the kids were older. Then it was βborrow your childβs bestieβ for the easiest holiday.
Morning Rob & Yarndi! βοΈ
18.04.2025 23:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I was abducted by aliens. They made me wash my hands, clean my room, and eat my vegetables.
Turns out I was on the mothership.
Awwww
Scrolling past I thought, βThat looks like Robβs Yarndi!β
Scrolled back to check and it was! π