Kali

this has been on my to do list all week, like a ticking clock

oh that's a fun look

I did not expect to see two spiders fight today but damn that was high stakes excitement, lots of kicking, congratulations to the big bottomed orb weaver winner who sucessfully defended her web from a skinny-abdomened interloper

What a lovely message from @bookshop.org. Glad to see them growing and growing. We CAN claim back what has been taken from us by these monstrous corporations, and it starts with things like this. Grab some books these next couple days!

You can also partner with someone whose design strengths fill your gaps & vice versa, if you get a chance.

Then marry them, if it works out well that way for you.

ohhhh, fuck, that sucks, how disappointing

and hey on the topic of ID laws

do you really trust Bluesky, whose admin and c-suites physically cannot stop themselves from posting-through-it, to be able to hold onto your fucking govt ID and not leak it in a data breach like Discord?

these policies suck, they are dangerous, call your reps

It's probably a factor, yeah. Depression + high levels of introspection + being more serious than folks would expect + regularly making yourself the joke = not the IDEAL mix for a sunny brain

congratulations! a victory!

Over here looking up Halloween dad jokes for card messages

Kegan the suicide rate of clowns is so much higher than general population

I really appreciate every time I see something pop up like "oh, your kid makes messes in shared spaces? Yeah it's because they feel SAFE, you make them feel SAFE, it's because you're SUCH A GOOD PARENT"

I mean it's still a mess but it's a mess because I'm a good parent, you see.

ah, the place recently advertising to specifically men mostly 44+ with photos of young girls in their school uniforms. Join Threads, see prepubescent schoolgirls!

Very ffs.

like there aren't enough tragic stories about teens & chatbots already, let's let young children in on the mess

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yeah, solid sense of suspicion and doom, there

likewise!

oh, I read Hemlock & Silver in September also

YES

is this a shitpost

I'm sure you sitting right behind her to monitor her every interaction, as suggested, would totally solve the problem of [checks thread] you not allowing her sufficient independence to [let's see] chat with strangers while shooting things. Hm.

is it mildew?

I had a boss in an underfunded, undersupported program who spent decades SURE that if she just quietly excelled a bit more with less, they'd finally give her the money & support she needed.
It never happened, of course. They just saw that they could make bigger cuts to her program & she'd make it ok

Incredible, what a review

I remember talking with a guy I knew about my then-long dry streak of terrible dates/persistent singleness & he tried sincerely to commiserate: he was only sleeping with 3 women right then, instead of 5-6. So lonely! So alone! Such dry streak!

but the friendship! the dedication to connection! To some extent the specific game is irrelevant, no? I congratulate them for their doggedness and success.

ugh

this has happened to me repeatedly at intersections that have lights & timed crossings even, with my small children, where someone decides to graciously stop just one lane despite their green light & then yell at me for not bringing my children into the middle of the street on their say-so.

I do know someone who bulk bought cheap earbuds for this very purpose

What a piece of design truth, there.