: Scaling back on social media has made me feel worse about society, because I don’t know what anybody …
: I’m keeping this photo handy for every time I start feeling bad about what the skin of my stomach …
: Watched: Obsession 🎬 I liked this! I enjoy most stories with this kind of villain, really.
: I’m keeping my main Bluesky account deactivated for the time being, but I’m considering creating a …
: Today I’m attending SEIU’s Strike School, and getting one step closer to living my childhood dream …
: Finished reading: Kin by Tayari Jones 📚I was surprised to find myself pretty unhappy at the end. We …
: I love how these half-frame photos on the beach turned out
: Watched (about eight times): Kindergarten Cop 🎬 My daughter loves this movie, which came out more …
: ♟️ My brother and I have been playing Chess960 lately, it makes me feel like I have a bit more of a …
: The Mudita Kompakt doesn’t have a great camera but I do like how they turn out in the right lighting
: 📷 I’m trying to get into film photography but it’s been so long since I took my photos and I still …
: It’s pretty shocking how many children’s toys that are being sold in normal stores are just loot …
: Finished reading: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante 📚 I read all four books, 1500 pages of this …
: It sucks it’s so hard to convince people to switch to Signal because even ignoring the privacy angle …
: Yesterday I got this little camera to take along to the family vacation. I actually forgot to take …
: Switching from Proton Mail to Fastmail mostly because of their right wing-associate scandal(s), but …
: Reading: Dungeon Crawler Carl A LitRPG/Gamelit Adventure by Matt Dinniman 📚 My dislike of this genre …
: I can’t stop buying my daughter those super cute seasonal dresses they sell at Costco for like $12
: The two kinds of non-endorsement
: I think I won my war on Plex today. I’ve had to move my server twice and it was not a fun experience …
: My daughter is very exceptionally “knitworthy”, not only does she make requests but lately they’ve …
: I just closed up my PC after hours trying to get a new HDD installed (it’s a CyberPower case with …
: I’ve been having my daughter help repair our Plex server, and she understands we can’t watch certain …
: Our computer repair attempts were not successful today (I’m missing a data cable I need to pick up …
: My favorite pictures so far taken with the #MuditaKompakt 📷
: I am on a post on /r/nanny where a parent is saying she’d forbid her nanny to take their kid to …
: Finished reading: Circle of Days by Ken Follett 📚 This was fun! You can get through it in a day or …
: It feels like the honeymoon period is over on my ICL surgery. Now I’m kind of annoyed by the minor …
: 🧶 I’m so close to closing up this monster of a #musselburgh hat. I’ve been knitting it since last …
: Last weekend I touched grass so hard it made the news (I briefly appeared in the introduction to a …
: Staying off social media might become a kind of self-reinforcing habit because the kind of random …
: One thing I am grateful for is I was extra sure not to be smug when I was the parent of only one …
: Hot off the needles, these baby socks took me an absurd amount of time, like six months. They still …
: I will never understand Gavin Newsom’s (lack of?) political instincts.
: Watching: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 🍿 Going through these movies with our oldest …
: Reading on Micro.blog definitely makes me rethink my habits of “engaging” with a post via like or …
: My sister surprised me with a Mudita Kompakt and I am definitely intrigued.
: I’m getting a new hard drive for Mother’s Day! 💽 Can’t wait to load that bad boy up with junk I find …
: I desperately want to make myself a pair of striped summer socks but I promised myself to get at …
: Someday, maybe years from now, I’m going to need to do some calculating and I won’t have my phone …
: I’m becoming enough of a #chess sicko that I find myself looking forward to matches against much …
: Unexpected consequence of permanent contacts* is I’m having trouble sleeping. I had gotten used to …
: 🌱 My favorites from today’s bonsai show (put on by the Sacramento Bonsai Club.
: Shopping locally is kind of stressful. One specific guy makes our favorite yogurt. So much is riding …
: Just tested at 20/20. Wow! I’m not in any pain either. Next eye is Tuesday! (After it’s all over I …
: Watched: Elio 🍿 This was cute but evidence of its time in development hell is pretty obvious. Major …
: Waiting to get wheeled into the OR for my (left) eye procedure! 😱
: I have a 48 day streak on chess.com and I think with playing everyday and doing three puzzles most …
: My ICL surgery was delayed but only by 48 hours, and so it didn’t make sense to last-minute change …
: We are home from San Francisco, but had a really great time!
: My micro.blog Reading List display is just irrevocably screwed up for some reason. Doesn’t matter if …
: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman 📚 Wow. I read this in an evening and I’m not …
: My new watch didn’t really help me use my phone less, because I love it so much I became briefly …
: Step 1: Set the kids up in front of the TV so I can organize the toys in their room Step 2: Become …
: Bonsai show today 🌱 Courtesy of the American Bonsai Association
: A Blast from the Past: “Looks just aren’t as Important Online as IRL”. This blog post really took me …
: Ugh why is chess.com premium so expensive (this is whining I actually expect it’s reasonable for the …
: The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick A Novel by Ariel Lawhon 📚 Historical fiction, pretty …
: My children will know analog time
: My baby is an excellent walker for 12 months but has suddenly realized that’s not always to his …
: Took the family out to #NoKings Sacramento this morning
: The Caves Of Steel The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov 📚 This was a childhood favorite of mine, I hadn’t revisited in …
: Watched: The Incubus 🍿 Perhaps the most incredible attempt at (what I think is) a Southern accent …
: Booked my eye surgery for next month! Technically I can still turn back but I don’t think I’m going …
: My daughter is now in that mega-cute stage where she talks like me and my husband do but with some …
: Testing out the crossposting features of micro.blog. I believe I’ll get replies in this other app 🤔 …
: I’m trying out this new service! I love trying out services. (Not sarcasm.)
: Artie can walk now! And Dede can drum. And other updates. Artie has been pulling to stand since a very early age, and in fact would do it repeatedly, like he …
: Family Vacation To Sonora. My husband took Dede for a weekend away when I was still pregnant with Artie, or maybe he had just …