Microbiologist, knitter, reader, dog lover. Resist todayβs GOP, trump for prison. COVID is real, vaccinate and mask. RFK Jr will kill more people than Trump did.
Give me all the coffee!
Fellow introverts, how do you get time to yourself when you're ALWAYS surrounded by people, both at home and at work? Most of the time I can manage it but right now, if I have to say one more word to one more person, I'm going to scream.
#introvert#INeedTimeAlone
Just had the weirdest experience. Phone call from "Amazon Delivery Service". I answered, ready to deflect a scam, but he just asked if it was okay to deliver the package because he was held up and it was really late.
I didn't know that they did that!
Early Voting is continuing in Virginia.
Do not listen to the people that say mid terms will go blue.
If you fail to VOTE
They Win. Can not let them win.
V O T E B L U E
Citing the growing popularity of unpasteurized milk and the damage it can do to children, the nationβs largest professional group of pediatricians is seeking a nationwide ban on the sale and distribution of raw dairy products.
I read a lot. 5-6 audiobooks and 2-4 print books a week. I tend to hyperfixate on a genre-mysteries,thrillers,police procedurals. Will read a single genre for months, then switch. Current fixation is gay romances set in the world of professional sports. There are surprisingly many, many such books.
Unfortunately, I don't keep a reading list and there was one that has stuck with me that I wanted to re-read but couldn't remember the title or author. Audible just suggested a book and, I thought, that sounds great so bought it. IT'S THE BOOK!!! Now I have Kindle and Audible versions. #reading
Watched the 1976 version of @stephenking.bsky.social Carrie. Saw it in the theater when I was 15. The lovely Piper Laurie looked age-appropriate for Carrie's mother at the time. Now, 50 yrs later, I'm struck by how young she looks.
#movies#carrie
Week Three has started for Early Voting in Virginia.
Early Voting is going on in most states.
Time to send a message to Washington we will not stand by idle ignoring οΏΌwhat is happening
VOTE NOW.
Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
It is the start of Banned Books Week and as such it's an EXCELLLLENT moment to donate to @authorsabb.bsky.social.
We are laser focused on tbe single issue of fighting book bans. It's hard work, and we've done it with all volunteers for about 3 years-- and now we finally have a program manager.
I hate the way we have to watch #baseball in the streaming era. I miss watching the #yankees on WPIX. Always the same channel. Now, streaming here, there, everywhere. I donβt even know how many services I have just to watch sports-on top of subscriptions to #MLB, #NFL,and#NHL
Hubs and I finally went out for our anniversary. Sit down restaurant but not fancy. One other diner dressed in a leather vest over bare skin. I really donβt want to see belly and armpit hair while Iβm eating. He was 60, give or take. Pic below is not him but how he was dressed. #dinner
I just woke up from a couple hours sleep after my overnight. The older I get, the harder working overnight is. I'm tired, sleepy, my body doesn't know what time it is or what it wants. I don't want to sleep more now or I won't sleep tonight.
I do know that my belly regrets my Hardee's breakfast.
I survived my overnight computer watch for the update. Rewarding myself with a terribly unhealthy bacon, egg, and cheese from Hardeeβs and sleeping all day.
#overnight#healthcarehours
I survived my overnight computer watch for the update. Rewarding myself with a terribly unhealthy bacon, egg, and cheese from Hardeeβs and sleeping all day.
#overnight#healthcarehours
Yankees on fire all of a sudden in the 6th!!!!
Hoping for a fast game - have to go in to work for a computer update and I'm afraid I'll miss the end of the game.
#baseball#Yankees
It's 04:47 and I'm still awake. Usually fall asleep in 2 min flat (staying asleep is a whole 'nother thing). Finally figured out that I took Excedrin instead of acetaminophen. #sleep#caffeine
Finally got my COVID booster (insurance hadn't added it to their formulary when I tried a few weeks ago) and I was also due for a tetanus shot. Got both. Forgot how much tetanus makes my arm hurt.
Totally worth it. 10/10 would get jabbed again.
#vaccine#covid#tetanus
As more states Early Voting period starts
R E M E M B E R
Early voting is a powerful way to make your voice heard and ensure your schedule doesn't get in the way of participating, check your registration status, review sample ballots get out and vote
Virginia second full week going on
They finally actually looked at the receipt instead of insisting that I only ordered one order. Called me back to apologize and just delivered the second dinner.
Absolute worst service from Mi Rancho in Staunton. Ordered online for delivery - $60.00 total for 2 orders of burritos deluxe. Order arrived w/ only 1 order. Restaurant absolutely refuses to work with us to either give a refund or deliver the 2nd order. Have been eating there for years π€
Absolute worst service from Mi Rancho in Staunton. Ordered online for delivery - $60.00 total for 2 orders of burritos deluxe. Order arrived w/ only 1 order. Restaurant absolutely refuses to work with us to either give a refund or deliver the 2nd order. Have been eating there for years π€
Virginians can vote on THREE ballot amendments this fall to protect our freedom. Early in-person voting is open!
These amendments give Virginians the final say about:
Who can vote
Who we can marry
What decisions we can make about our own bodies.
Vote YES on all three amendments!
#Pinks#Vote π
The major platformsβFacebook, YouTube, and Xβare all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress.
Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare.
This should be a national outrage.
βAt least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.β
H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
If you're sitting at traffic light is skipping the left turn through cycle after cycle, how long would you wait before you run the red? The lady in front of me waited more than 10 min. She finally went through when a pickup screamed through the intersection from the far right lane. #traffic
Through the end of August 2026, the House was in session for roughly 383 hours total. Thatβs an average of about 48 hours per month. Their average monthly floor time is well below the 80-hour monthly threshold the same Congress imposed on Medicaid recipients.