Emory

I've made a very firm rule on our discord now that nothing is a distraction. Everything is happening! If you are getting distracted by something that is a YOU problem and firmly within your power to fix!

The rest of us can multi-task.

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

I love the compression gloves I have!

People would rather spread misinformation scaring the fuck out of disabled people than delete a post — we're just so fucked.

SAME. Maybe hold a mitten

Please block that garbage content aggregator if you haven’t yet. Even when the Tennessee Holler isn’t lying, they’re stealing from actual journalists, and they have no accountability.

I have that one - you get 4 times and you can tell it how many little "servings" (I can't remember how much it is, it's small though) to give at each time. I can feed 2 cats from one feeder with no problem, but you could easily do 1 cat.

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I don't know what to do.

Niko's surgery is in 8 days. Less than.

He's 3. He has cerebral palsy, he's autistic, he will be in another state, he will be having MAJOR surgery, he needs his mama.

And I can't seem to get any traction for their crowdfund.

$2,300 still needed: spot.fund/k7g9nj4sc

A square burgundry graphic with "SAVE THE DATE" at the top in like a serial killer scrapbook collage font. below it is a sassy green rat with a crown and a smirk and his hands on his hips. The text says: The Poster's Madness Rat King Special 2026 A Fundraiser For Mutual Aid Supporting Communities Under Attack Tuesday, February 24th 8:30 - 11 pm EST (5:30 - 8 pm PST)

ATTENTION BLUESKY

you don't want to watch the State of the Union next week

you want to watch a PowerPoint party telethon of your favorite Bluesky super posters delivering their most unhinged hot takes to raise money for mutual aid in Twin Cities and Portland

Poster's Madness for a good cause!!!!

Your writing is great and your thoughts are valuable and whatever you’re reporting is insightful and will illuminate my thoughts, but I won’t read it because you posted it on the transphobic Nazi blog network

Y'know, I have been following/mutuals with you both for how long now and have *just* learned you are related??

I saw someone post “new liver, same eagles”. I think that’s my new go-to response for “how’s it going?”

Relooted, a game about retrieving stolen African artifacts, is available on Steam now at an introductory price of $13.49!

Hey. HEY!

#Relooted is out now!

At under $15! It’s basically…

A steal. 😎

@nyamakop.co.za deserves our support! Pick it up and LEAVE A REVIEW.

#BlackGamersky #Blacksky #Gamersky

My two will just.... not say a thing if I forget to feed them! Not a peep! It's baffling. I finally set up an auto feeder because I occasionally forget and then feel awful! My last pair were the epitome of loud "dinner is in one hour and we are wasting away" Victorian waifs on a daily basis.

A black cat and a tortoiseshell cat are curled up together on the carpet.

Just wanted to throw something out here that I *am* still alive, just been trying to be more present for stuff physically (mixed results) and dealing with medical stuff (extremely mixed results, very pissed at some medical folks who I think caused some of today's issue).

Here's an opportunity to support the other journalist arrested today; Georgia Fort, who will have far fewer resources available to her than Don Lemon.

Bogi Takács's review of Last Night in Nuuk Contemporary queer fiction set in Greenland by a Greenlandic Indigenous author. I liked it - the anger, the uneasy fit with the world, the dynamism that pushes against conventional narrative framings....

*looks at the news*

Um, if anyone wants to read a queer book from Greenland, I recommend Last Night in Nuuk!

I wrote about it on Goodreads a while ago -

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I get those all the time and it's always jarring. Especially obnoxious is if I have an audiobook or podcast going and the sound kicks in.

Marietta, GA's Big Chicken! Nothing like a giant animatronic chicken building that used to be made of wood, I think.
www.marietta.com/attractions/...

A forlorn tabby cat who is filled with ennui

Alas it has been 30 years* since Möther last petted me, I am so alone, will no one take pity on a poor neglected tiger?”

*seconds

This Brazilian woman hates AI

Person on Threads asks for help pronouncing my last name. My reply: The reason there are like eight different pronunciations of Nguyễn proffered to English speakers is because there are several sounds we know they can’t really hear, let alone repeat. So most of us kinda cobble together sounds we know they can make.

The Nguyễn pronunciation question!

The fourth pic is definitely my Pelican experience 🤣 (in the SCA, the highest recognition/organization for service is the Order of the Pelican and I became part of it a week and a half ago)

“but since they are Canadian, I would not rule out treachery” is such an unhinged line i initially thought it had to be a joke. but it’s not a joke. graeme wood is serious.

and he sounds like a southpark side character.

whether or not you use AI personally, it is making computer Worse and there’s nothing you can do about it

I've used it in cake and it worked well (the recipe was specifically for this), but I can't imagine something like eggnog.

people have FOMO about parties but i have FOMO about homeownership

The running theme between the Epstein story, banning trans healthcare for minors, religious homeschooling and the complaints about adult children estranging themselves is a fundamental American belief that children are property with no rights of their own