A jazz musician once told me “If I make a mistake while performing I make sure to do it at least twice more, so people will assume I’m just being avant garde.”
These cats are obsessed with peacock feathers. I want to think it's bc they're biodegradable! but I know they're drawn to the swish and crunching them like tiny bones
Anyway now I have dozens of extra long peacock feathers from costume supply and my living room looks like the day after mardi gras
there should be a rating for puzzles beyond simply how many pieces they have- like, 'Average Solves Per Minute' or something, a way to measure the satisfaction/difficulty ratio
I learned yesterday that Shannen Doherty was without health insurance for at least a year because of the 2013 SAG/AFTRA strike, and went without cancer treatment all that time - and that without that lapse, she might still be here.
If I wanted I could get myself into hypothesis generating mode that kitties actually just have a rapidly decaying value representation (relative to like dogs) and high exploration bc their evolutionary foraging setup was for critters that could show up anywhere at anytime
orrr,,
Fuzzy empty head 🥰
Watching my cats be curious is hilarious bc in science we are highfalutin about "curiosity" as a way to resolve uncertainty about a world we think we have a handle on. But these cats have a handle on nothing. Head empty no models. What's under this blanket that hasn't moved and been there for weeks
is it a hot take to say that maybe antiblackness and transmisogyny are both present in this space, and most of the inner-community issues we’ve historically had here stem from picking one to riot about and dismissing the other as a non-issue
I'm glad the cats have each other to play Most Dangerous Game with early in the morning while I'm desperately trying to sleep off a migraine. In a way there's three of us enjoying an early morning psychological thriller
you see your pets twitching their little limbs in their sleep and say to your partner "look, it is running through a field in its sleep", you are wrong: your pet is in a casino: throwing dice, playing slots and video poker, walking on two legs and betting large on a blackjack table
“Hey your shoelace is untied.”
15 year old me: “oh thanks; let me just balance on one foot while I tie it.”
25 year old me: “oh thanks; let me find a foot rest so I can tie it.”
38 year old me: “it’s on my agenda.”
KOKO THE GORILLA: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
So…I’m currently writing a book about Black mediamakers and US democracy. I have interviewed many inc. current+former employees of you know where. I’ve done years of research. I just want to say: you have no f-ing idea from the outside the fight these folks are fighting to try to save you chill out
KOKO THE GORILLA: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
The FIFTH Black In Neuro Week is just a few weeks away. Here’s a sneak peak at our day themes, and keep an eye out for registration details. #BINW24#BlackInSTEM#Neuroscience 🧪
You arrive in a quiet glade filled with dappled sunlight and the sounds of a nearby burbling brook. The knight holds up a hand and turns to address the war weary group he is leading: "Let us study and relax here for 12 hours."
It's incredibly sad that we've all lost out on such a vital and effective self-promo tool, but simultaneously, it's validating to know that, no, it's not just me.
Twitter/X is utterly useless, now. Broken beyond repair.
boringstorybook.com/break-up-wit...
And again, for 100th time: some of the romance authors tried to draw a line and say NO NO WE'RE NOT PORN WE'RE OK UNLIKE PORN
And it didn't work. It never works. Stop throwing sex-work/porn under the bus like they'll agree that the line belongs just on the other side of wherever you're standing.
Let's talk about my crippling addiction to brand name grapes. Currently it's Candy Snaps but I'm still seeking Cotton Candies. I got two bags in the cut (fridge)
