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4 Jan

I am pondering the possibility of a gratitude list that truly reflects where I often am. It will be filled with things like "I showered and I didn't throw up" which is my primary accomplishment today.

I am well trained.

Sound on for the escalation to huffing and then grumbling. And for my capitulation.

Also just realized I huffed first. I LEARNED IT FROM YOU, DAD! I LEARNED IT FROM YOUUU.

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alix e. harrow

@alixeharrow.bsky.social

the year is 2030 and i no longer consume anything that isn't personalized to me. every game, every book, every movie extends to the limits of my own imagination and no further. i haven't been surprised in five years. i cry softly, in bewilderment, if i see a word i don't know

Bugs 🔜 MC Atlanta@bugsmaytrix.bsky.social

maybe i'm old fashion but the coolest thing about video games is being taken to new worlds that i hadn't thought up and experiencing something exciting that the artists behind the game want to show me

Pregnancy is confirmed and it looks like a big litter. Darwin's niece should be coming home for Christmas!

Jowls for days.

It wasn't the first thing to really scare me, that was Big Bird Goes to Japan. But the most memorable is the absolute fever dream that is ... Well. Really the entirety of The Adventures of Mark Twain. But especially the part where they meet Satan.

Sleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃🐎@sleepingvillage.bsky.social

In honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?

Darwin has been scaring the shit out of me by putting his ears directly in the route of my office chair wheels.

I have come up with a creative solution. #knitting

I am having the absolute worst Monday-y Monday ever. Just absolute garbage. I want to go back to bed forever. But I just got a @peculiarityshop.bsky.social delivery so I guess reality can stay a little longer. <3

AM I GOING TO HAVE WEIRD BODY FEELINGS ABOUT THIS SELFIE. ALSO YES. Fuck it, doing it anyway!

I look better than this guy, and given the day I've had, that's an achievement.

I am going to add the two new necklaces and just wear three necklaces today. It's my life, I do what I want.

@katietiedrich.bsky.social

Does it look ridiculous? Probably! Am I going to let it stop me? No.

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Katie Tiedrich

10 Sept

Replying to @katietiedrich.bsky.social

THUS SPAKE BOB

bobsbbq3.bsky.social@bobsbbq3.bsky.social

Bob here. I still have the original pencil drawing I did of the pig. Scanned it and sent it to my daughter who converted it to the logo with photoshop. My goal was to make it simple and recognizable. (Guess it worked out)

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Katie Tiedrich

@katietiedrich.bsky.social

8 Sept

I’m not the first person to make this observation but the prevalence of nauseating ai-generated business logos means stuff like this hits CRAZY for me now

Things I was frightened of as a child: The upstairs of my house which was very much like the upstairs in the Avi book Something Upstairs which I read roughly a million times. The basement. My dad made up "the basement monster" thinking this would help somehow? It didn't. My mom was not amused. 😆

Nome@nome.bsky.social

Things I was frightened of as a child: The Sharp Tooth from Land Before Time The Ocean The closet door, in the room in the house where I first saw a shadow person, which was a yawning pit when left open but still infinitely preferable to seeing the things in the mirrored doors when it was closed.

I remember being traumatized by The Bamboo Princess thing at the end of Big Bird Goes To Japan.

Also. The banshee in Darby O'Gill and the little people. I'm realizing I was very susceptible to scary things in books and movies.

Nome@nome.bsky.social

The book "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" and those fuckin' terrifying illustrations. This is now complementary, the art in those books is amazing.

The problem with the interaction between Darwin and my OCD is that if he has any reason to actually BE miserable, I will immediately decide that for the first time in his life, his "weight of the world" expression is actually because he is very sad and not just because that is his face.

He went to the vet today. As far as Darwin is concerned, the vet is fucking DISNEYLAND. It is his favorite place on earth. I am not being sarcastic. My dog has to be sedated for the vet because it is the one place where he cannot chill even a little bit for even a second.

When I picked him up the vet was like "I know he's sick because you brought in the vomit and stool sample, but I would never have guessed those were from this dog."

He's been sick basically all week. And by sick, I mean, his body is doing a thing and his soul does not care. He does not know he is sick. He thinks post-diarrhea hosedown is actually "backyard zoomie" time.

I have a smart watch, and I clocked my highest steps day ever a few days ago without even leaving my own property because of taking Darwin out every hour or so and then chasing him around the backyard to try and clean him up.

Assuming that the pregnancy took and the litter has at least one girl ... I am bringing home a Darwin niece right around Christmas. 😭

The common guidance for how much water to drink overshoots what's necessary for most people and situations. But in addition to reasonable questions about the motivation for this article, a significant portion of the population is now taking a GLP-1.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com

You don’t need to make drinking water a part-time job since too much of it doesn’t have any real health benefit. 🔗: on.wsj.com/4hUsBWd

Sometimes evidence based guidance changes, and telling people they don't need to drink more than their body indicates via thirst is dangerous advice for >11% of the population of the US. Article is paywalled & I'm not giving them a dime to read it, but it's important information either way.

Stop telling people they can trust their thirst signals to tell them how much to drink unless you are their doctor and know their medical history and what medications they're on.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com

You don’t need to make drinking water a part-time job since too much of it doesn’t have any real health benefit. 🔗: on.wsj.com/4hUsBWd

rollingstone.comTurning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination LibraryCore team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

In addition to making your stomach feel full longer, there's also some evidence it actively suppresses thirst signals. I take a GLP-1 for an inflammatory skin condition and have to use some ridiculous contingencies to make sure I don't get clinically, dangerously dehydrated.

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Rolling Stone

@rollingstone.com

25 Aug

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

This arrived yesterday from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social and I have been wearing it ever since. It reminds me of a CTR ring I had in my misguided Mormon youth, and replacing that memory with a symbol of life feels right.

In an "I told you so" that I wish I wasn't dealing with ... My insurance has stopped covering GLP-1s for the purpose of weight loss and since they have been attributing all the other benefits to weight loss, I am now paying out of pocket so that I won't go back to having non-stop painful abscesses.

Trick of the light@trickofthelight.bsky.social

My medical record says I'm on them for "morbid obesity" because that was the only way to get insurance to cover it.

If you see this, we implore you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

Cass Morris@cassmorriswrites.com

If you see this, we implore you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

@skyladawn.ca Got two books I ordered from you today and I am not only very excited to read them, but they're both so beautiful!

7 Aug

Truly one of the most bizarre interactions I've ever had. Doing nothing for my aversion to opening the door if I'm not expecting anyone and I'm home alone.

Trick of the light@trickofthelight.bsky.social

Someone shilling for AI ignored my no solicitors sign and when I didn't answer my door he fully--I shit you not--decided to take a nap flat on his back in front of my door. Found him there like 30-40 minutes later. Had to shake him awake. He literally told me he decided to take a quick nap.

6 Aug

This is far from a unique experience, but it still boils my blood when I think about it I went to the doctor scared and worried because I was losing weight at a rapid rate without any effort at all. When I stepped on the scale the doctor goes "Congratulations!"

Heather Hill@rollin-academic.bsky.social

A question from Reddit that I'll answer here: "What's the most unhinged thing a doctor has said to you with a straight face?"

6 Aug

And for the finisher, after describing my symptoms of being so exhausted that any more than about 5 minutes on my feet left me shaking and nauseous, she told me it was because I was fat and I needed to lose weight.