are tractor beams real. I don’t want to ask google anything anymore
We Bought a Zoo was marketed differently in Spain. just thought people should know
I live in LA because you can be crying on the freeway when you look up and notice a sublime partly-cloudy golden hour passing over the face of the Minion
speaking my truth as a Delighted Laugher…sorry to all the laugh misers who have interpreted an instinctive response to the pleasures of existence as mockery and scorn but that’s no way to live
Marie (same one)@marieberd.bsky.social · 4w agosome people only laugh when they find something funny and other people laugh when they find something delightful; the former group thinking the latter group is being disrespectful drives a nonzero amount of mutually baffling social friction
some people only laugh when they find something funny and other people laugh when they find something delightful; the former group thinking the latter group is being disrespectful drives a nonzero amount of mutually baffling social friction
Stepped onto the elevator at work this morning and a woman already on was engrossed in an ebook on her tablet. Didn’t even look up. She was much shorter so I could see that the whole page was a cunnilingus scene
the woman next to me at the nail salon is an occasional soap actress getting ready for the Emmys. we are so back
Marie (same one)@marieberd.bsky.social · last mo.overhearing a vintage dumb-dumb LA lunch bon mot in 2026 like “Movies don’t always get the best poster. But they usually get the poster they deserve” instead of 2 zoomer guys getting Serious about AI…like seeing a Bengal tiger in the Sundarbans
overhearing a vintage dumb-dumb LA lunch bon mot in 2026 like “Movies don’t always get the best poster. But they usually get the poster they deserve” instead of 2 zoomer guys getting Serious about AI…like seeing a Bengal tiger in the Sundarbans
sitting in the dark listening to droll antiquities professors talk about the spartan political system feels so good when no one thinks you should be at the club anymore
Marie (same one)@marieberd.bsky.social · 2mo agoas my adult development reaches full flower I find myself at an exciting and charged tipping point. I thought I’d be a napoleonic wars guy but I might be turning into an ancient civilizations guy instead. I’ll check in after 16 more hours of bbc radio programmes about Crete
as my adult development reaches full flower I find myself at an exciting and charged tipping point. I thought I’d be a napoleonic wars guy but I might be turning into an ancient civilizations guy instead. I’ll check in after 16 more hours of bbc radio programmes about Crete
unfortunately I have limited compassion for men who feel this way. I gotta put in several extra hours per week on my appearance but you guys should be dusting the baseboards
Marie (same one)@marieberd.bsky.social · 2mo agoI can’t BELIEVE I have to keep cleaning this stupid apartment until I die. I have a whole ass other job
I can’t BELIEVE I have to keep cleaning this stupid apartment until I die. I have a whole ass other job
Marie (same one)@marieberd.bsky.social · 2mo agoDoes anyone enjoy cleaning their home or do some people simply hate it less
Does anyone enjoy cleaning their home or do some people simply hate it less
giving myself psychic damage by checking out goodreads reviews of real books
when a “rarely” guy trots out a “seldom”…pick a lane
more than ten years ago a gust of wind blew my wrap dress open and a man locked eyes with me, marched up to where I stood hastily retying my dress, and asked me for directions to the nearest Chipotle. some things really stay with you
what’s up gang odysseus here i just landed on another kickass island, to get my ass kicked
“I like your skirt” it’s a dress “I like your dress” it’s a skirt “I like your skirt” it’s a dress “I like your dress” it’s a sk
watched 7 minutes of soccer in the lunch room and saw 2 goals in that time so I’m on board with the pace and excited to continue following this sport
I work full time writing product marketing copy and software documentation for a B2B SaaS platform and have never used AI once
Jonathan Bernstein@jonbern.bsky.social · 5mo agothis is not true, and this guy doesn't speak for me! nymag.com/intelligence...
this and some laudanum and a luggage cart with 12 ostrich leather hatboxes >>>>>>>>
Marie (same one)@marieberd.bsky.social · 5mo agoI was ambivalent about kids *before* my life’s course veered violently away from even having the option so it doesn’t matter but you can’t deny that I should have had a hysterically attached son to travel the Continent with. Huge missed opportunity
has anyone made a website or google maps plugin or something that tells you whether a hotel has TCM or not
I was ambivalent about kids *before* my life’s course veered violently away from even having the option so it doesn’t matter but you can’t deny that I should have had a hysterically attached son to travel the Continent with. Huge missed opportunity
Netflix gave an East of Eden adaptation to Elia Kazan’s grandkid to direct…this information is a malicious energy ray pointed directly at my head to weaken me but I will overcome it
not sure why it took me so long to google the concept of “some kind of clip for skirt that is slightly too big so it will sit at my waist like I want” but it turns out they make those
frantically motioning for this guy to pull over to ask “so what kind of music do you like”
when the 1930s dance movie lists a “Marine Advisor” in the credits >>>>>>>>>>
ME: Guerlain? she had taste. and get a load of her measurements… MY CRASS, WISECRACKING PARTNER: ooh la la officer fairy ME: I don’t expect you to understand but show some respect. I barely have to look at the criterion blu-rays to know this woman was special. whoever did this… will pay
Marie (same one)@marieberd.bsky.social · 5mo agoI’ve been home sick for a week which is long enough to really get into The Detective Game, wherein I carefully examine my own apartment from the POV of a hardboiled noir protagonist who’s searching for clues to my murder and falling in love with me in the process