River Knight

No context grad school:

"White Castle is indeed grotesque, but I think the title you're looking for the first Gothic story is The Castle of Otranto."

It's that time of year where I wonder how Wolverine manages to function in winter with a whole metal-covered skeleton because I have a 2" metal plate in my wrist that makes my whole arm hurt in the cold if I don't bundle it properly 🤔

Can we talk about how Dr. Finkelstein in Nightmare Before Christmas is perfectly capable of giving himself working legs but chooses to stay in a wheelchair, instead making his surroundings accessible (that ramp up his tower for one)?

Disability Icon.

Hot take everyone in Leverage (2008-2012) is autistic except Nate, who is instead the 'Tism Whisperer™️

#thisisthehilliwilldieon

No context grad school:

"Medea is on the list of society's most complex mothers. Like Mother Gothel from Tangled."

No context grad school:

"Now most people - and correct me if I'm wrong and this has happened to you - most people aren't born with dragons or wings or whatever."

#phdstudent

Timeline cleanse: Bowie's favorite game right now is to push her empty kiddie pool around the backyard. It was $8 so I'm not worried about the damage 🤣

And I love the symbolism of her holding back the idiot protestor with Captain America's shield haha

Okay so we're at a vendor market supporting an LGBTQ+ organization

And there's a protestor

And it's raining

So I lent my umbrella to the organizer blocking the protestor

It's my Captain America shield umbrella

Listening to *How Sweet It Is* by Dylan Newton wherein a horror writer falls in love with a wedding planner and it is the FLUFFIEST THING I love it.

It hasn't been spicy yet - unclear if it will be - but listening to these dorks fall on love is so fun haha.

(Yes I have Libby but there's always a hold on what I want. And I refuse to pay for audible. So I have access to two libraries' worth of books on CDs and Playaways instead.)

I get that Playaway™️ devices prevent piracy but damn if they aren't the WORST way to listen to an audiobook in the car 😭

Yes I'm GOING to be cringe about how I'm starting my PhD this week!

So basically yes I have always been pro-dinosaur 🤣

My dad loves to tell the story of when he and my mom took me to see Jurassic Park when I was about 2 years old. Apparently I slept through most of it and woke up just in time to see the raptor crash headlong into the kitchen counter. Then I said, "oh no, poor dinosaur bonk his head."

My new hourly job: We're having a jeans week to celebrate a successful Q2!
Me, a former teacher:

Update I got my original $15 back but ended up $30 in the hole overall 🤣

Right? Tell me you didn't do the reading in high school without telling me you didn't do the reading, JD 🙄

Husband and I are listening to an Emily Henry audiobook on our road trip and making bets as to what happens next 🤣

So far I'm $15 in the hole, but I'm confident in my romance novel expertise!

A black cat sits on a wooden kitchen chair that is pulled up to a screen door. The backyard, which currently has men building a fence, is visible through the screen doors.

Timeline cleanse if you need it: my cat supervising the guys putting in our fence (they know she's watching too haha)

Love it! Should get one for my dad haha

The cover of the book Women in Early Modern England by Sara Mendelson and Patricia Crawford. The cover is red, the text of the title is white, and the title is accompanied by a Renaissance painting of a noblewoman and her two children.

Reminded that research often counts as #writing today.

Had stagnated on a WIP but this text is offering a FLOOD of ideas and possibilities!

Thank you!

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

A blue caterpillar with a red head and yellow stripe down its side crawls on a green leaf that already has many holes in it.

Hey gardeners of bluesky, are my Brussels Sprouts a lost cause? These guys are alllll in them 😭 and there's a TON of eggs

I'm all for feeding the pollinators but I also wanted to feed myself 😔

#gardening #gardeningquestion

Short people - you know.

Side note, measuring and cutting are my LEAST favorite parts of sewing 😬

But I need a 28" inseam because I have short legs and GOOD LUCK FINDING THEM

I'm greysexual which means I am attracted to exactly 2 people: my husband and Ilona Maher.

Flowers from my resistance garden!

Update: the container now has some bedraggled bee balm in it 🤣 we got a thunderstorm almost immediately after I planted it

Are foods labelled as "organic" necessarily safe? NO! The term "organic" is not a guarantee of food safety. Use good hygiene practices no matter how /our Tood is abelled

🌱 Organic?
Plant-based?
Looks clean?
Safe? 🤔

Not so fast.

No matter what you eat, good hygiene and safe practices always matter.

Safe food starts with informed choices — every step of the way.

Food safety is everyone’s business.