Meryl Schumacker
@waybackgen.bsky.social
Certified Genealogist, children's television writer, and owner of We Go Way Back®. Love the Cubs, native plants/gardening, and books.
Well this looks awesome
Emma Mitchell@silverpebble2.bsky.social · 1h agoMy new botanical & bird illustration & mental health workshops are now live-29 Aug & 4 Sep.Learn to draw plants or birds & how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to alleviate anxiety & lift mood. Incl 10% off beautiful materials & infinite access to zoom recording: workshops.emmamitchell.uk
People with medical degrees really are just out there, in the world, saying shit
Video Game Watcher@ashstoneman.bsky.social · 24h agoHe asked what vitamins I take and he told me they don’t do anything which I get, some are a scam, but then he followed it with “see the elephant? the strongest animal. no supplements.” I said “that’s an elephant. I’m a person”
"trans rage" found by chance in a Hamilton wood type specimen book from 1895
Ron asked Pat Hughes what he thought of Cookie Monster singing the seventh inning stretch at the Cubs game, and Pat deadpanned: "Enthralling."
I'm not usually a "there are two kinds of people" person, but there is something to the fact that strangers/bots trying to flatter me makes me immediately suspicious, and clearly a LOT of other people feel the opposite.
If you haven't faked your own death threats bc of cast drama, are you actually a theater kid
Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterdayin insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...
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one of the coolest things about the internet is that you can tell a writer/artist/etc that you like their stuff, and they'll probably see it
After 103 years of devout Catholicism, my grandma had built up a massive collection of statues, medals, and other religious tchotchkes, so we had a big table at the funeral reception for people to take things home, and I tell you what, people LOVE funeral favors
imagine if the bennet sisters had experienced garlic bread
For anyone else trying to watch the new women's pro baseball league: The website makes a big deal that you can watch on ESPN, but it's actually only available through this special streaming-only(?) ESPN add-on called ESPN Select that costs an additional $13/month. support.espn.com/hc/en-us/art...
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For anyone else trying to watch the new women's pro baseball league: The website makes a big deal that you can watch on ESPN, but it's actually only available through this special streaming-only(?) ESPN add-on called ESPN Select that costs an additional $13/month. support.espn.com/hc/en-us/art...
ESPN Select or Unlimited Plans and Prices
To view the latest prices and offers for ESPN Select and Unlimited, click on the plan link below: ESPN Select Monthly Subscription $12.99/Month ESPN Select Annual Subscription $129.99/Year E...
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Are you saying the DOJ withdrew that pool vandalism indictment… upon reflection?
For writers worried that they won't be able to "prove" their work isn't Spicy Autocomplete--worry not. You thought about every choice and will be able to talk about those choices easily and clearly. Folks who used the slop machine didn't make choices and won't have anything to say about why
Let's be real, there's no way I'm not convalescing at that TB sanitarium on Long Island.
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d agoEnough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
Visited the new Chicago Brand Museum today. It's fascinating. (It's not a museum of just Chicago brands; it's a museum of lots of brand, which happens to be located in Chicago.) Fans of typography, graphic design, package design, and more will love it.
The great thing about today's Nazis is that they burn books for both ideology AND profit
Shiro Sirius@shirosiri.us · last wk.I don’t want to be too sensationalist about this but also I’m the least violent person in the world and I think if someone said this to my face I’d hit them
Just finished a book. In the first sentence of the acknowledgements, the author thanked their editor... and spelled their name wrong.
Careful before you hit that new "looks like AI slop" button on LinkedIn.
rm [-r] lininger@0xdaeda1a.bsky.social · 6d agoMy assumption is that it’s using LinkedIn readers to train Copilot to write better slop. I would love to read some investigation on that.
someone in our neighborhood is having their trees trimmed today and the truck out front says TREE’S COMPANY
I wish newsletter platforms like Beehiiv and Buttondown made discoverability easier *for readers*! As far as I can tell, you need an account to browse their full slate of newsletters, and I've never had beehiiv show up on Google or DDG. Like I WANT to support non-substacks, why won't you let me??!
This guy kept talking to me at this bar and asked me what I did and I mumbled “writer” and then asked him what he did and he said he was a private equity lawyer and I said “oh so you’re responsible for the decay of the world” and then he left the bar
the ideal academic life is being an eccentric Victorian lord. Invent a stamp licking machine at 22. Get elected to the Royal Academy for counting the beetles on your estate. Die in an arsenic explosion. The perfect life.
do a deer my kids aren't here re i'm estranged from my son me the named in this lawsuit fa i'm driving on the run so my ex-wife wants me dead la i'm running from the feds ti a drink to clear my head that will bring us back to do!
Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · last wk.Only Illinois residents can claim a roadkill deer, according to state law. The only stipulation is the resident claiming the deer cannot be delinquent on child support payments.
