I also feel BAD about complaining that I can’t get my brand name brain worky med, when there’s folks out here who can’t get their lifesaving meds. I know it’s not the Suffering Olympics, and I have just as much right to effective treatment for my disability, but still… can’t help feeling churlish.

Well, I can’t afford the $240/mo for the brain worky meds, but on the flip side, I can also cut my energy use so that I can… pay more for power too!

It feels like it’s getting harder to justify getting out of bed in the morning.

Oh YAY! Apparently my insurance is now a "mandatory generic program" - a change I wish had been COMMUNICATED in any fucking way at all. So now we pay the (high) brand name copay AND the difference between the allowable charge for the brand and the generic. Fuck these people so much.

Oh hey here we go again! It’s the beginning of the month, time to fight the Vyvanse fight! Please send @alannatriste.bsky.social all your sympathy and cat pictures as she braves the insurance company again. This month it’s a whole new incomprehensible amount after the pharmacy put in the claim!

Hour and a half meeting to start my work week not my favorite. Seeing @templinjay.bsky.social definitely favorite:

What’s almost worse than the TWO AND A HALF HOURS of annual cybersecurity training (in 30 convenient modules!) is the constant barrage of all-staff reminder emails from the annoying guy in charge of it.

I've been dabbling in Palia lately, and while I find it mostly quite chill and enjoyable, it really irks me that all of the NPCs you can try to strike up a romantic relationship with are the younger ones (well, and a robot, I do like that.) Some of the older characters are much more interesting.

I visited FB briefly yesterday (checking on the local secondary backpack market - abysmal) and saw a paranoia-riddled Fauci rant from an old friend of my wife’s and came closer than I have in years to engaging. I just moved on to the backpacks and closed the tab, but I’m weirdly still mad at it. 1/

I need a new backpack for my daily bag (I have a messenger I love, but carry too much crap and the uneven weight distro is Bad Back News.) Pretty sure what I actually want is a Tom Bihn Synik, but justifying that spend is hard. Got any recs?

‘They say, “We’ve been looking for illegal immigrants, can we check your car?” I say, “It’s funny, I think we were on the same boat back in 1694…” It’s fine, this song’s not 30 years old or anything.

Shame On You by Indigo Girls on Apple Music

Song · 1987 · Duration 4:00

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Is wishing mold the same as wishing harm? Asking for a friend…

Apparently Scottie likes sleeping under the covers. I stayed up after Alanna went to bed, and when I slipped under the quilt I was like, “wow, this sheet is quite warm by my knee... oh. That’s fur.” Not even bothered by me, she just sprawled out a little more. Very cute. (Also very warm.)

So @garaktailor.com inspired me to start using Finch again over a month ago - apparently I’m sticking with it for a while and Bubbles could use some more friends! My friend code is GEG1T4EDC34 or here’s a referral link if you want a little Birb friend. finch.go.link/fCZo9?adj_la...

Finch - Your New Self-Care Best Friend

Finch - Your New Self-Care Best Friend

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The only negative side effect of my Vyvanse prescription is TRYING TO GET THE DAMN THING FILLED. Ugggghhhh. I hate this "wellness" shit so much.

Miles Klee 🦉@milesklee.bsky.social · last wk.

Across social media, through paid influencer partnerships, wellness brands are pushing nootropic supplements for ADHD by claiming that stimulant medications like Adderall and Vyvanse cause a host of negative side effects. Specialists say it’s an exploitative, potentially dangerous pitch:

Me: I can't wait for @meggoart.bsky.social to post this month's patreon commissions on bsky, there's a worgen who looks like @templinjay.bsky.social ! Wife: uh... how? <shows her image from discord> Wife: oh, yeah, ok, fair...

One must remember that Republicans can never fail, they can only be failed. And that is why they’re the Party of Personal Responsibility™️! 👍

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

NEWSMAX: Where do you think things stand in terms of the war with Iran? REP. JACK BERGMAN: Boy, that's a multi-thousand year old question. I'm not going to blame Jimmy Carter, but ...

Sometimes you get a mystery package from a guild member who knows how much you love otters… and refreshing beverages. Don’t anyone tell the carrier what was IN that box, m’kay? And many thanks to the Otter Water Gotter (who is not on Bsky, I don’t think.)

This is what happens when I try to take pictures of the cats most of the time:

I had an hour or two window there where I could go to sleep early. Unfortunately the limited time offer appears to have expired prior to my having been reawakened. I am now AWAKE again.

I love the sound of rain on foliage through the open window.

What are all these BIRDS doing here?!

My buddy, via discord: Hey, what EV do you guys own? I think I might test drive a Hyundai Kona later. Me: a Hyundai Kona. (He likes it, is going to go buy it tomorrow. Chalk up another win for, "damn that's so fun to drive!")

Woke up in the middle of the night after bizarre/real dream. Attempted to make notes about on phone. Looking forward to what waking brain makes of both dream and notes!

Me: damn the fucking gas grass* grew like a foot overnight, we need it to not rain so we can mow before the city sends a nastygram… The Weather:

I get several scam calls per day telling me about the ‘status of your loan application’ - the name of the supposed caller changes but the format is basically the same. Today’s version used my actual cousin’s actual name, and that annoyed me considerably more than usual.

I miss enjoying thunderstorms. I’ve always loved them, but the dog is so miserable, I just want them to go away now.

They’re a bony fidy traveler! Everyone knows you have to help bony fidy travelers seeking sucker!

Burrow erupted feral from the woods $30/200@burrow.northsky.social · 3w ago

Hey everyone, I know I've been but please HELP ME GET HOME to Chicago from WA state. ANYTHING HELPS, even sharing. I run out of meds Sunday & MUST BE HOME THEN CA: $adorabelle V: @Adora_Belle PP: @kreutzk #Helpsky #MutualAid💕💸 #CrowdFund #HelpFolksLive #MAVoid #DisabiltyCrowdfund #transcrowdfund

I used to tell a joke about Zeno, but it never landed.

Be Jay, Do Crimes.@templinjay.bsky.social · 3w ago

I told a joke about Medusa, but the crowd just sat there, stone-faced.

You do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to Amazon, but I just talked my parents into a same-day delivery on a decent air purifier, and I don’t care if they just did it to make me feel better… if so, it worked, I do!