Cloudy with a chance of tea

The image is of a comic. Panel one depicts Santa Claus. He says, "Have you been naughty or nice?" Panel two depicts a happy dog. He says, "I am ALWAYS a good boy." Santa responds "Very nice!" Panel three depicts Santa again. He says "...And you?" Panel four depicts an orange cat climbing a Christmas tree, turning his head to look back at Santa.

The fear of someone's life being made moderately easier by accident has prevented us from making a lot of peoples lives livable on purpose.

Read for filth

I don't know if anyone else gets anxious about phone calls but a little tip I've learned is: if there is a phone call that I don't want to make, before I start dialing the number, I carefully hold the phone in my hand & toss it gently into a lake. I hope this advice helps others.

“So, what did you do wrong?” | Lyric Essay November 2025 is the first National Care Leavers Month, so here is a piece about the question I get asked most when people find out I grew up in care.

“I grew up in care, not prison. I say it like a fact, like my phone number, recited without thinking. But none of that matters, because they want an answer.

‘So, what did you do wrong?’”

This is a great piece of writing by @matt-taylor.bsky.social

Rati Mehrotra

New story! "The Teleporting Disaster Fairy" by Rati Mehrotra! buff.ly/Ks9xF1R

Hey CGM users: Abbott Labs is recalling a bunch of Freestyle 3/3+ sensors for false lows. The one I'm wearing right now is one, which explains the mysterious reasons. :(

Check your serial number and get a replacement at www.freestylecheck.com

This is my favourite photo from my favourite Bluesky account. Hysterical

Yes! I only got blue and yellow today.

And yes, I too contributed to the Google search counts lol

I got blue and yellow and failed the other two.

This is Jack for a timeline cleanse.

But first, a quest.

I swear that Ewa is actually trapped in a Truman Show like sitcom that you can only access on the dark web.

I think this is a big part of why every serious writer, be it movies, shows, books, whatever, rolls their eyes or has to restrain themselves when someone says 'i have this great idea for a' without any attempted implementation.

Maybe it's the best idea ever, but -use it-! That's the tricky bit.

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:

Kangaroo
Cockatoo
Dolphin
Kea
Eastern brown snake

I was so confused too! Like, what is cereal doing on the top of a yummy dinner. (I’m in Australia, US thanksgiving traditions are a bit opaque to me)

This is just to say

I have binned
the condiments
that were in
the back of the fridge

and which
we could not possibly
have been saving
for any discernible purpose

I ask no forgiveness
They were antique
so cold
and so impossibly past their use-by dates.

Truth coming out of her cup o’noodles to shame mankind

1 like equals one clove of garlic going into my dish

Threatening Weather, 1929 #surrealism #renemagritte

'After the Bath' - Joaquín Sorolla (1908)

Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind

We should replace “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” with “give yourself uppies”