Anna Holmes

With alt text, because why shouldn’t everyone appreciate (abhor) this booktok boss babe

Pro tip: generally, if you have to hide a set of your beliefs to sell books, it’s not the audience that’s at fault here! Might just be your devotion to the openly racist, misogynistic, queerphobic, ableist, pro-pedophile death cult.

Kid on the train, probably about 3: mummy I will check the weather Is handed phone, then looks up Kid: mummy how do I get to the weather She shows him, he looks it over somberly. Kid, with great gravity: it is going to rain forever

I just found out that people make resin jewelry preserving snowflakes and I have never wanted something so badly

I grew up in San Diego. Snow was something you had to travel to see. I think it’s magic.

I just found out that people make resin jewelry preserving snowflakes and I have never wanted something so badly

God, there is so, so little support for disabled people and very little for nondisabled people trying to do right by disabled people in the worst situations. Sorry for the vaguepost. I try not to, but this is ongoing. We have to get better at caring on a societal level or none of this changes.

My cousin just lamented that he turned 40 and now has to be a “daily pill taker”. It’s one. One pill a day. His first prescription. Meanwhile, I have been taking an entire pharmacy’s worth since my 20s. He’s joking about pill organizers. For his one pill. I can’t even.

OMG, Scottish people facing flooding (maybe northern England too): NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODWATER. Even if you think you see the bottom. Just saw a sedan up to its door handles and the driver was STILL TRYING to drive through it.

Think of it this way—you know your neighbor who doesn’t pick up after his dog and spits on the ground and doesn’t keep rubbish from flying out of his bins? That water has all that and more in it.

OMG, Scottish people facing flooding (maybe northern England too): NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODWATER. Even if you think you see the bottom. Just saw a sedan up to its door handles and the driver was STILL TRYING to drive through it.

Astrid has two modes of engaging with me. The first, which we call “Mother”, is how she acts 75% of the time—aloof, vaguely irritated by the imposition of order, other people’s needs, gravity. 25% of her interactions with me, I’m “Mommy”. She nestles in my armpit or my hip and buzzes.

She also sometimes attempts to nurse on everything from blankets to fingers to the air. But only when she is seeking Mommy type interaction. She has been DEEP in Mommy territory this weekend, between the wind and our upstairs neighbor’s dog panic barking.

Abled people will claim ignorance because they don’t see what disabled people have to go through, but god help you if you try to tell them.

Historical costuming page comments: Wow I wish I had money Um actually [completely ahistorical notion of past, usually the Victorians’ fault] Why are they wearing GLASSES; can’t they take this more seriously Why do you all dress like fancy people most people were peasants [straight up racism]

Oh, look. A good German. He literally tries the “just following orders” thing. He is terrorizing a whole town, a REGION, but sure, he feels real bad.

“I don’t like it” Then stop fuckin doing it. What the hell is wrong with you?

Oh, look. A good German. He literally tries the “just following orders” thing. He is terrorizing a whole town, a REGION, but sure, he feels real bad.

And overnight, it’s winter. Between the clock change and the wind removing all the leaves, it’s kind of eerie.

Please say that y’all remember that we do the opposite of what this walking staph infection says, right? He opposes wearing a mask, so wearing a mask is therefore… Good. Wear a goddamn mask. It scares the guy who works out in blue jeans.

The health authorities here are starting to refer to “American COVID” to differentiate it, because apparently this one is a kick in the teeth, and it’s spreading like wildfire. Protect others and yourself.

Please say that y’all remember that we do the opposite of what this walking staph infection says, right? He opposes wearing a mask, so wearing a mask is therefore… Good. Wear a goddamn mask. It scares the guy who works out in blue jeans.

There’s been a soccer ball/football in the back garden for some time. It just flew past my window. What’s next, Margaret Hamilton on a bicycle?

I have been seeing a lot of “if it’s on the internet, you should expect it to be scraped” posts lately, and as practical advice, sure. It is also thoroughly okay to be mad about this fact! We SHOULD be able to use devices and services without accidentally signing over souls.