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Mom, wife, lousy Catholic. Long-suffering Padres fan; San Diegan by birth, suburban Chicagoan by choice. Ex-journalist. Filipino-ish. Dissociating, chronically overwhelmed Gen-X nerd.
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The Philadelphia Eagles 🦅 have declined an invitation to the White House to celebrate their awesome victory with this shit ass piece of shit. 💩 This is really America’s team, goddamnit

It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence. - George Orwell

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau chimed in online after Canada beat the United States in the 4 Nations Face-Off final. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

I probably would be rooting for Canada anyway, as I do in all international hockey games. But I'm a little more inclined to root for Team Canada today. Not a fan of the U.S. right now. 😐

More excellent advice in difficult times.

The waste is coming from the White House. 👇

A wonderful thread. Been listening to a lot of history podcasts lately to anchor myself. Reading such nonfiction — and poetry — also helps.

The Vatican has released the text of Francis’ General Audience address scheduled for today, but canceled due to hospitalization: “For those attached to power, Jesus is not the hope to be welcomed, but a threat to be eliminated!” press.vatican.va/content/sala...

Another workday, another home office interruption from Princess Resting Bitchface.

I love this recollection so much. Happy 92nd birthday, Yoko.

i totally understand all the "now it's baseball season, all baseball all the time" posts but i do think there should be exceptions for people who are fans of teams that cause actual clinical depression

Food has replaced religion for people who need rules, a feeling of purity, and the ability to look down on others for not meeting their purity standards.

Finally got my shingles vax today. Hoped to get it yesterday but the pharmacy had just run out. I was told to come back this afternoon once a new shipment came in. Coming back in late April for the 2nd of 2 shots. I could wait, but I’m not taking a chance that Sec’y Brainworm dumps them after that.

Tonight’s TV viewing: #DanDaDan. The relationship drama is a little annoying, but it’s still entertaining. I had no idea that parenthood would end up involving so much anime nerdery. But here we are.

This native Californian is thinking A. But I’d also consider E if it involves a sourdough melt.

Wow. I didn’t know there were cereal Nazis out there. Personally, I’ve become weirdly enamored with shredded wheat. I’m talking about the large bricks you have to smush into a bowl before adding milk and brown sugar. And I’m supposed to be low carb these days. 😐

Rather relieved that I don’t have to fly anywhere anytime soon—and that the main vacation travel we’re considering this summer is a long-distance train trip.

Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.

From @catholicnewssvc.bsky.social "Vatican update on 88-year-old Pope Francis: He has a "polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract .... All the tests performed to date indicate a complex clinical picture that will require an appropriate hospital stay." Please keep him in your prayers!

Our pharmacy ran out of the shingles vaccine today, but the pharmacist said to come back tomorrow when they expect a new shipment. I suspect we’ll be seeing a run on vaccines for a while.

I just had a couple of pieces of cheese that is barely 2 years younger than our 16yo daughter. I hope that’s somehow not wrong, because I dissociate best with sharp cheddar.

It’s not you. I promise. The world is just burnt out from everything going on. People are seeking distraction offline. Their focus is scattered. Some need time away from social media and content to dissociate in private. A lot is happening outside of what you’re seeing. It’s not you.

🧵 It’s Sunday morning, and eggs are still expensive, so here’s a pro baking tip: You can replace eggs with baking soda & vinegar. This works really well for pancakes (and even cakes, muffins, and quick breads). Here’s how ⬇️ (1/4)

C and I try to be careful about our political venting around our teenager. She’s admitted to a lot of anxiety since the election.

Please come to Bluesky, Sen. Duckworth.

Just returned home after lunch w/C and taking F to her D&D session. Thought about tearing away to write at my local coffeehouse, but I’m trapped in a recliner with a cat on my lap. This may be the holiday weekend “activity” I actually need.

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

unlike, apparently, a fuckton of people, I had not forgotten how exhausting this demented son of a bitch is.

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

Trump is blocking the Associated Press from the Oval Office. Rather than stand up for freedom of the press, the rest of legacy media is taking advantage of AP's absence. When this inevitably leads to AP cutbacks, the same legacy media will lament the plight of media decline.

Great list from The Times, but still incomplete without “Stevie Nicks’ Fajita Roundup.” (1/3) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/a...

Happy #Caturday from Catara.

Nothing says winter like “obsessive snowblowing neighbor next door at 6 a.m.”

I ate six lunch-size bags of cookies that expired last month. It was that kind of work day.

Oh, look. An ad on Threads.