People who meet me in the summer have a very different impression of me than people who meet me in the winter. I'm pretty tomboy-ish in the summer, scraped knees & tan, then full goth white by October & full cozy lump of blankets from Nov 1st-April.

Eryn@eryn.bsky.social · 27m ago

I wish I could show y'all the way my leg got fucked up by sedge grass at the river this weekend. One single blade grabbed me, outter upper midthigh, & took skin off in a giant scrape clear to my inner ankle. Happened in a second. I got the "touch grass" directions wrong & the grass touched me 😭

I wish I could show y'all the way my leg got fucked up by sedge grass at the river this weekend. One single blade grabbed me, outter upper midthigh, & took skin off in a giant scrape clear to my inner ankle. Happened in a second. I got the "touch grass" directions wrong & the grass touched me 😭

My house is getting a little out of control again & I started my "clean the kitchen like mad while waiting for the coffee to brew" back up & it is annoying how much difference even a couple focused minutes makes.

People will be chomping at the bit for these!

One Hot Mess AK@libbybakalar.bsky.social · 3h ago

What in the limited edition My Little Pony Las Vegas Exotic Dancer™️ is happening here

FYI: Mute Perez Hilton's name. Self harm. Do not google it.

Long distance calling. 40 years ago, my little home town had to call long distance for police or fire. 911 has DEFINITELY improved. Lord, the indoor smoking! Cars: mileage, emissions, crash safety, etc Cancer prevention & treatment (the HPV shots alone!) Global child mortality has dropped by ~60%

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 21h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

We spent 4 hours at the river yesterday & couldn't see or otherwise sense the smoke until we got out from on the water. Today, there is no mistaking it. My lungs are gross, my eyes itch, we're all exhausted. We're in a heat wave & won't be able to open the windows. And this has been a "GOOD" year.

Puppy Court is now in session!

Okay I can see why this is fun! www.maptap.gg August 3 97🔥 91👑 85😁 93🏆 98🎯 Final score: 931

The other day, I yelled at an app "I don't work for you!" This person is my energy sister.

Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash!@standplaatskrk.pl · last wk.

It’s caterpillar season!

We all hate the guy but this is a good article on the situation. newrepublic.com/post/213760/...

How the Democrats Can Benefit From Missing Mitch

Amid the former Senate majority leader’s mysterious hospitalization, some are placing unreasonable demands on Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear. Let’s sort this out.

newrepublic.com

The street my dad grew up on in Spokane is on fire. This fire is terrifying. Hoping everybody evacs safely & without delay & fire crew stays safe. Eastern WA & OR are having a terrible fire season

For the past few weeks I've been in and out of Ocean Springs, MS reporting on the community's search for Nolan Wells: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... @rollingstone.com

Inside the Desperate Search for Nolan Wells

Before the teenager’s July 4 disappearance became national news, friends, family, and volunteers from the United Cajun Navy tried to find the teen

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Gift alert if you have a dad in your life to shop for! I think they're only for sale through August. It was a real missed opportunity that they didn't make this a gift set with a tiny can. And maybe the tiny holster. But it's still fun & useful.

This cis straight woman is not scared of trans women. I have DOZENS of trans women in my life & the most I've ever had to worry about with any of them is that sometimes they compliment me too much & I get embarrassed by the attention. 🫣 Being shitty to trans people means you are a shitty person.

Just took the cat to the vet by a bike without a cargo bike, and though it worked, nobody enjoyed it. Granted, I also would scream if someone stuck me in a bag and then took me to have my anal glands expressed.

@samkalensky.com Have you watched The East Palace on Netflix? I think it's right up your alley, if not.

Hey #NOLAsky please share widely.

Please don't get a freaking HOUND as a pet if you're just going to lock it outside in an outdoor kennel all day every day 😭 That poor dog & poor everybody in the neighborhood! He's also setting off every other dog for blocks. Stand down, Twilight Bark, false alarm!

Rhubarb plum jam? Yea or nay? And what spices?

My kids grew up homeschooled with 99% home cooked meals. In order to give them a less regimented education & fewer "processed foods", they would've had to be outside naked & eating bugs all day. In order to not have ADHD, they would have needed different parents & grandparents: ones without ADHD.

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.

“While traits of ADHD undeniably exist – the question is why they exist. Is ADHD actually a neurodevelopmental disorder? Do people with ADHD have differently wired brains? Or does our world – with…processed food, and regimented education – serve as the catalyst for certain…patterns of behaviour?”

First gallon of plums picked & in the fridge. Trying to catch them before they fall & we'll make the first batch of jam this weekend. I want plum jam to be our group gift to everybody this year.

Cached US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies of God's Junk Drawer by @peterclifford1.bsky.social, which I *have* and *have read* and *have enjoyed* and *have given out before*. I highly recommend it -- it is, essentially, Land of the Lost. The original.

Had the idea that, now we're going back to a physical office 3x a week, maybe I can take mixed transit: bike -> bus -> bike. Not as fast as car: 12min, but not as slow as all-bus: 75min, and less intimidating than all-bike. What kind of laptop carrier works well for this kind of mixed commute?

I hung it up IMMEDIATELY when we got home. In the antechamber of the kids' bedrooms & the 2nd bathroom. (No, I didn't take down the original Romeo+Juliet movie poster to do so, my kid set it there while rearranging their wall art. I thrifted it & framed it for them for their 19th bday)

Eryn@eryn.bsky.social · last wk.

OMG OMG OMG. Look at this fine art I just scored 😭 #ErynThrifts

OMG OMG OMG. Look at this fine art I just scored 😭 #ErynThrifts

At our VBS, we got McDonalds Orange Drink! We didn't know how good we had it. (We didn't. I used to go home crying every day. Those old ladies were freaking mean. But we got a whole stack of Hydrox!)

Lisa@ellceegee.bsky.social · last wk.

Bottled water at VBS. No Kool-aid. We used to be a proper country.

The best thing about this movie for me is that my big brother & I saw it in theaters the first time my parents left us home alone when they went out of town. I was 10, he was 18. In contrast, I think we just ordered a shitton of pizza & stayed up til 2am, but we COULDA gone crazy! ;)

Josh Crews@joshcrewsreally.bsky.social · last yr.

Keith Coogan might not be the most famous actor ever, but he was in some good stuff and said one of my all-time favorite lines.