Jules Stark

An incredibly sweet Thai lady named Creeya smiling wide and holding a rubber ducky Christmas ornament that's wearing a Santa hat and holding a gift.

We HAD to gift a Quacksmas duck to our favorite Good Spirits server, Creeya! She's made the BEST drinks we've had all cruise and she's been such a joy to chat with! #MerryQuacksmas #GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess

A little rubber duck Christmas ornament with a tag around its neck hanging in a Christmas tree.

A little rubber duck Christmas ornament with a tag around its neck hanging in a Christmas tree.

A tiny pink resin ducky in the palm of my hand. It's about as tall as the width of one of my fingers.

On the second day of Quacksmas, Duck Santa gave to me...
One gifted ducky and two duck ornaments in two trees!
#MerryQuacksmas #GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess

A purple crocheted little duck with a tag around its neck saying who it came from.

Thank you to Andrea and Geoff for trading ducks with me! #GetDuckedOn #CruisingDucks #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess

A little green rubber ducky with a tag around its neck hiding on the ledge behind the back of a couch.

It's right behind you! #GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess

Yes. Ours are like this on the outside and stained on the inside. You're not a slob at all. It's cast iron. It's not dirty, it's seasoned.

A yellow rubber ducky with a tag around its neck and a progress pride flag sticker ring around its wing.

A yellow rubber ducky with a tag around its neck, a progress pride flag sticker ring around its wing, and two black stars drawn on its butt.

@somersettop.bsky.social and I decorated this duck to match Leah Orleans's style and gifted it to her! Thank you, Leah for putting on such awesome shows for us this week! #GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess

A rubber ducky snowman Christmas ornament hung in a Christmas tree aboard a cruise ship.

This little snowman ornament hid in this tree for about 2 minutes before somebody found him and claimed him! #GetDuckedOn #MerryQuacksmas #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess

A. Yes you do deserve kindness. Because B. EVERYONE deserves kindness because it's not actually a thing that needs to be earned or "deserved".

So I humbly offer this short story that I read at my own adoptive dad's funeral. It brought me peace and hopefully it will for you too. tinyurl.com/yc8juvmn

I would like to see more hot takes on birthright citizenship that center the child whose future is at stake. children are completely powerless. “they get an unfair queue jump”? listen to yourselves.

A photo of my wrist on which I'm wearing a bracelet made of rainbow plastic pony beads including some square ones that read "ABOLISH ICE"

Maybe I SHOULDN'T be wearing this bracelet while I'm going through customs and border checks today. 😅

This right here 1000 times.

And I say this as somebody who to routinely needs to be reminded of this herself.

i think that if the US is going to continue to be a nation of baby buyers it definitely needs to be a nation of citizenship on demand.

and listen to people purchased as children out of #adoption “sending” countries before forming any opinions about what it takes to “earn” citizenship. imagine being bought, shipped, and then deported.

I'm very happy to have helped! 😊

A little red rubber ducky with a tag around its neck sitting on a shelf inside a glass cabinet.

This duck can see the future! .....Well, she can see the future cruise consultant's office, anyway! #GetDuckedOn #HappyBirthDuck #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess

A little pink rubber ducky with a tag around its neck has been perched between the glass tabletop and the base of the table.

Peekaboo! I see you! #GetDuckedOn #HappyBirthDuck #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess

A little green rubber ducky with a tag around its neck sitting on an outdoor bar stool facing the bar.

Pull up a chair and let this ducky buy you a drink! Her favorite is the Key West Cooler, what's yours? #GetDuckedOn #HappyBirthDuck #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess

A little blue rubber duck with a tag around its neck sitting on the wooden bench steps out on the pool deck.

Life duck on duty! He's waiting for the terrace pool to open in the morning! #GetDuckedOn #HappyBirthDuck #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess

they'll never legalize weed in japan because konbini edibles would unravel society

A photo of myself on my cruise ship balcony, the deep blue ocean visible behind me. I'm wearing a t-shirt that says "Birthday Girl" and has balloons and a rubber ducky wearing a party hat on it.

Did I group text all of my cousins in my adoptive dad's family just to wish a happy birthday to two of their spouses who have birthdays on either side of mine? Yep. Did I also include this photo? Also yep.

I'm about as subtle as a guitar solo. But, hey! At least I'm cute!

A little pink rubber ducky with a tag around its neck perched on top of a wall mounted white courtesy telephone.

Any time at all, all you've gotta do is call, and this duck will be there! (Or at least it was there last night!) #GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess

A little blue rubber ducky with a tag around its neck nestled in the mulch of a potted plant.

The cruise duck crop is coming in quite nicely! #GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess

A little pink rubber ducky with a tag around its neck sitting on a seat behind a big spotlight on a stand.

Lights! Camera! Action! This little ducky has found a seat behind one of the big spotlights in the Vista Lounge! #GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess

This is what it looks like when people actually give a damn. It is absolutely possible to say no to the Potter Money, and judging all those audiobook and TV celebrities who don't is extremely justified.

email client that pretends to generate an email with AI but actually emails the person the prompt you used instead.
From: Boss
To: Entire Team
Subject: holiday email
tell them that they're valuable and whatever and they should enjoy the holidays and family blah blah blah, make it sound sincere

a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms

you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization

This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”

A view of the inner shelves of the lectern in the Explorer's Lounge of the Grand Princess. In the uppermost and widest shelf, there's a little yellow rubber ducky with tray in front of a box of golf pencils.

Little Yellow is hoping she can be an assistant for the next game in the Explorer's Lounge. #GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess

BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.

That makes 214.

We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.