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berkeleyredhead.bsky.social
Half-German, lapsed Southerner, Californian by choice, bibliophile, economist, mama, wife, goofball, enthusiast, home cook.
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TRUMP: *fires black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; fires female chief of naval operations; hires unqualified replacement, a white man* NYT:

Yeaah, I said it. #WomenInSTEM 🧪 💙📚

“Be yourself. Love freely, even if you are likely — almost guaranteed — to be hurt, betrayed.... And never be afraid to admit that you just don’t know, you just don’t fucking know, how you’re going to make it. That’s when the help — the human and the divine help — shows up.” —Tennessee Williams 🌱📷

Seen in Berkeley. #legend

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are tearing down this country one good American at a time.

I am going to say something radically optimistic: The ONLY way we get through this is by countering individualism with enduring community. And I believe that most people want to be in communities that care for each other.

lol and in case the class forgot..... Parents, Veterans, Disabled people, low-income people, returning students, immigrants (of all kind), English is a Second Language, first generation, and the list goes on.

DOOMERISM ISN'T A STRATEGY.

Red beans and rice for dinner and homemade coconut macaroons for dessert. Comfort for this Thursday evening. 🍽️ #food #whaticooked #whatiate

My dog and I came across this pitiful boy on our walk this morning 😂 #cute #dogs

it’s perfect, like a guided tour through the mentions of anyone who’s ever had a post go viral

Daughter’s 14th bday cake—she asked for sunflowers. I’m pretty pleased with the result, produced minutes after I googled “how do you pipe buttercream sunflowers?” 🍽️ #baking #birthdaycake

Christmas dinner: roast duck, red cabbage, and potato dumplings. Plus a slice of bûche de Noël for dessert. 🍽️ #christmasdinner #holidaycooking #baking #christmas

Bûche de Noël with marzipan mushrooms (and a little almond hedgehog) made by me and my 8 yo assistant. 🍽️ #christmas #yulelogcake #baking

Well done RollingStone for reporting it accurately.

On the one hand, I love being older and wiser and not giving a shit about trivial dumb stuff anymore, but on the other hand I had two glasses of wine with a festive dinner with friends last night and have a gnarly hangover. Just not able to metabolize alcohol anymore. #perimenopause #nomorewine #meh

I constantly marvel at the fact that my IKEA bed and Costco mattress is more comfortable, clean, and private than anything even royalty slept on until approximately 100 years ago. Medieval kings literally slept on straw mattresses.

Can confirm.

Making 5 gallons of Glühwein (mulled wine), as one does. 🍽️🍷🎄🇩🇪 #glühwein #christmas #weihnachten #weihnachtsmarkt #schoolfundraiser

Yep.

Comfort food for hump day: beef stew with mushrooms and potatoes. Plus I baked my husband’s birthday cake for tomorrow morning (we always do birthday breakfast) 🍽️ #cooking #baking

Is it a craft or is it a food? I’m going to say craft since construction grade gingerbread is nearly inedible (unless you’re my 8 year old, who is willing to break a tooth in pursuit of a sweet). #crafts #gingerbreadhouse #baking 🧶

Made these with my 8 year old—the crafts store didn’t have pointy cone forms, but I think the snowflake topper works. 🧶 #crafts #easycrafts #christmas

Here are some nice mushrooms

During my 40’s I’ve lost my ability to metabolize alcohol, which really sucks because I could really use a cocktail or two everyday for the next four years.

Those 3 weeks of school between Thanksgiving and Christmas are the worst three weeks of parenting I do on an annual basis and it’s not even close

@goodwilllibrarian.bsky.social

🌱A garden is never complete, gardening completes the gardener.

I’m really glad Georgie won—Dylan is an adorable pirate cutie, but honestly I was rooting for Georgie. Christian is lovely, but he’s high concept in a way that doesn’t always work. Georgie just absolutely nailed her show stopper when it counted most. #gbbo

This is the time of year I wish I had a second fridge. I’ve got stuff stored in two friends’ fridges and I still can barely close the door of mine. If you have a second fridge, know I envy you. #fridgenvy #Thanksgivingprep

This is what demographic panic looks like. When people are this uninformed, democracy faces serious headwinds. from @jvl.bsky.social

Someone gave a hot tip to soak my pecans in bourbon for a week and then toast them—and here I was thinking you can’t improve upon classic pecan pie. #thanksgiving #pecanpie #bourbon #recipes

"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting. Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC

this was the first weird medieval guy to ever go viral 🥰🥰

Let's not fix what isn't broken...

All of this.