There's a lot of new followers here, so let me reintroduce myself.
I'm Seamus/Shea a trans masc non-binary, autistic parent of an autistic young man. We live with his prescribed orange emotional support cat, Professor Pumpkin Cat and a supernatural nuisance we call The Shadow Thing.
Hey just FYI, if you post your Halloween costume and you're in blackface, I will screen shot it and send it to your job and whatever church you attend.
The nightly news or any news, especially breaking news needs better closed captioning. The captions always lag, skip sentences so reports don't read complete, and have so many spelling errors.
It reads like someone slapping a keyboard that gets cut off at commercial.
It takes at least a good 15 to 20 minutes after I wake up to be able to function enough to sit up and think about getting out of bed.
And it takes a good hour after I get up for my body to stop moving like a rusted robot that hasn't been turned on in a decade.
I bought a little clamshell of cut celery, so Agent K could grab a piece or two without me having to supervise knife use for a quick snack.
Anyway he just walked in with an empty container and his bottle of ranch, and was like, "Thanks, Shea! That was delicious."
I didn't even get a single rib.
When I tell you I'm keeping you in my good thoughts, I mean that when you come to mind I think, "That person is awesome and I hope great things are happening for them. I'm glad I know them."
If you aren't in my good thoughts, then I'm actively wishing you into a corn field.
This little pumpkin family by Gregor Forster (rep'd by Lemonade Illustration Agency) looks like they're having the best walk! 🎃🍂✨
Check out this artist's #portfolio 👉 childrensillustrators.com/GregorForste...#childrensillustrators#childrensbooks#kidlitart
Day 26 of #inktober2026, and the prompt word is ZIP.
(A bit of blatant propaganda tonight!)
#Inktober#Inktober_ZIP#ecology#environment#kidlitART#kidlitUK
I'm having a bad auditory processing disorder day. Every time I close my eyes I get dizzy because my brain isn't processing any of the sounds related to moving my body and it freaks out when the visual information cuts out.
Was talking about my stiff hands with someone and another younger woman broke in with, "As someone of your advancing age-."
We were both triggered like fucking sleeper agents. Chewed her right the fuck up.
Didn't even know that phrase would bother me.
My advancing age, my ass. Hush.
My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today.
Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.
This week is a heavy grocery week. I used affirm for the ShopRite side, so I can use out cash at Costco.
We need to get paper towels, toilet paper, eggs, and water bottles.
I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.
I'm going to a college friend's grown up Halloween party. I went last year and spent a lot of the night petting her dog.
This time I'm aiming to be more social.
🍀🤞🏻
I guess something clicked because this time I didn't hide out.
I shook hands. I hugged people. I sat at the fire pit and talked a lot.
I have a social hangover, though. All the hangover symptoms without any of the drinking. I also missed breakfast because I slept through it.
Agent K went to his Dad's American Legion Halloween party. Him, dad, and his stepmom did a group costume. He was a donut, and they were Dunkin employees. They won the costume contest.
I'm going to a college friend's grown up Halloween party. I went last year and spent a lot of the night petting her dog.
This time I'm aiming to be more social.
🍀🤞🏻
I had an awesome cheeseburger brought to me by a friendly server, and then I saw Wildwood, which was even better than I had hoped.
It was a good night.
People keep randomly asking about the ring on my right hand. It's just a simple, thin stainless steel band with the word 'queer' stamped into it.
Every once in a while I darken up the text with a black Sharpie.
Agent K is off with Dad. I have the Wildwood stop motion movie at 630 PM.
I have zero desire to make myself dinner. So I have between now and then to figure out where I want to go, that's diabetic friendly.
This is terrifying.
A bird flu outbreak has been raging uncontrolled on a mink farm for months. Experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. And officials are refusing to act.
What a story from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
In MAGA, parental estrangement is a big issue — and parents are held out as blameless victims.
I suspect that's one reason why Vivek Ramaswamy ran an ad celebrating Amy Acton's vile mother.
And why MAGA — including Vance and Trump — are backing him.
www.salon.com/2026/10/23/r...