Erika Bakse
@erikabakse.bsky.social
I like knitting and parrots and data. she/her
Gonna have to pass this around at Shakespeare class tonight lol (not even mad shakespeare should be watched not read and yeah the audience was drunk so there's a lot of repetitive exposition in this essay I will...)
Kelsi Jo C2E2 I-02!@kelsijosilva.bsky.social · 2d agoEveryone stop and look at this negative review of Romeo and Juliet I found. "Shakespeare's pretentious ass writing style" is SENDING me 😂
Everyone stop and look at this negative review of Romeo and Juliet I found. "Shakespeare's pretentious ass writing style" is SENDING me 😂
If you're looking for ME because you're looking for Matthew, well, they got banned. Details here: shouldntneedtobealawyer.com/posts/ralph-...
Ralph de la Torre, Steward Health Care CEO, Is A Murderer (And I've Been Banned By BlueSky) | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
nb. I have been suspended from BlueSky. Patreon — now with new, easier URL, ShoudntNeedToBeALawyer.com or ShouldntNeed.com — is the best pla
shouldntneedtobealawyer.com
Chiron was known to be well-versed in medicine (having learned it from Apollo) making him the original Centaur for Disease Control
Me to Emily Wilson, Susan Orlean, Joyce Carol Oates, etc: Ladies, ladies! I know how we can settle this! I've got this golden apple, see ...
I think I'm just bad at following along with tutorials. I can either watch them, or paint on my own, but trying to paint while watching them is very stressful to me and frustrating. I learn a lot of good things so I think I'll still watch them!
INTO THE DROWNING DEEP by Mira Grant is only $2 in US eBook format today! That's less than half the cost of a cup of decent coffee for hours and hours of meticulous marine biology research leading you to the horrors of the deep!
I'm reading a book that seems like it should be something I'd enjoy and it *almost* is which is why I haven't DNF'd it. I can't figure out what exactly is making it so hard to get into. And that is actually bugging me the most. Usually I know WHY I'm bouncing off a book!
The story that inspired this amazing post is INCREDIBLE
Amanda Mull@amandamull.bsky.social · 5d agoMLB players are the thoroughbred horses of the human world in that if you take your eye off them for a second they will get loose and find some completely novel Looney Tunes way to suffer a catastrophic injury
This story about a college bio lab fuckup is fucking wild from start to finish arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
College lab class ends with 32 people on antibiotics for deadly germ exposure
Lab students were supposed to ID a mild germ. They all identified a deadly pathogen.
arstechnica.com
lol "absolute madness" to make our streets safer and more climate friendly because it might impact some businesses even though time and time again we've seen that moving to more pedestrian friendly business districts improves business outcomes.
The Berkeley Scanner@berkeleyscanner.com · 7d agoDespite a sharply divided public, Berkeley has approved protected bike lanes on Hopkins Street. CM Shoshana O'Keefe (who reps the district) called it "absolute madness." "This is about more than just a bike lane," countered CM Mark Humbert.
*toddler throws cheerios around like confetti - steals my phone while I clean them up* I wanted housecleaners to come every 2 weeks but noooo, monthly is fiiiiine
I masked off this sketch for painting months ago which means it might not lift off 😬 . But it's OK because it's just a tutorial (is what I'm telling myself). And at least I'm painting again.
Took the kids to the local park and the gardener was there and we got an impromptu lesson on some cool native plants and butterflies
First day of vacation and we're all cuddling on the couch watching bat wheels in our jammies. Could be worse!
The battle of Hopkins bike lanes are back, the final battle, and I got a lot to say. I haven't attended a Berkeley city council meeting in 7 years, but on Tuesday I'll be there, and I hope you will too. darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-final-...
The Final Battle of Hopkins Bike Lanes
One of the most important climate actions goes to Berkeley City Council.
darrellowens.substack.com
Revisiting Julius Caesar with my friend for our Shakespeare class, but this time as Brutus. Still love that messy bitch, Cassius, with all my heart.
Took kiddo to the library "im so excited we're going on a beautiful walk the birds are singing the sky is blue" and we stopped for lollipops on the way home
Editorial cartoon: Schrodinger's McConnell. With thanks to @neolithicsheep.bsky.social for alerting me to this phrase :)
Made my triumphant return to karaoke after....at least half a decade. Brought good vibes to all. The song selection was laser focused on 2003 TRL so it turns out bluesky is not the only place where everyone is 39.
SQUIRREL OF THE DAY! SQUIRREL OF THE DAY! MOTHERFUDGING ART LESSON SQUIRREL OF THE DAY!
Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 2w agoArt historians refer to this effect as Chiarosquirrelo
My husband texted me "IT HAPPENED" but it turned out to be about LeBron going to the 76ers. I had 2 minutes of beautiful serenity.
"Mentat, left join the orders table onto the users table." "Yes, my liege." "Why is it taking so lo—mentat! Kill the current query and redo it, but filter by date greater than or equal to 01-01-10191!" "Sending the kill message my liege... waiting for a response my liege..."
Being a kid from a rich or "normal" family doesn't make you those things. It makes you a wholly-controlled person whose parents can exert power over something as small as a sandwich.
