L Klinger
@spidersocks.bsky.social
Educator, cat person, smartass, photographer of insects and spiders, USian living in China, unapologetically fat
One of the worst sounds to wake up to is a cat horking in your bed
June 26, 2026 at 12:09 PM
One of the worst sounds to wake up to is a cat horking in your bed
I can't imagine having enough health insurance to see half that many doctors (not in the US, anyway)
June 11, 2026 at 1:29 PM
I can't imagine having enough health insurance to see half that many doctors (not in the US, anyway)
Had a boss who lied so often that I saved and printed his emails just to prove he really said what he immediately denied saying.
June 11, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Had a boss who lied so often that I saved and printed his emails just to prove he really said what he immediately denied saying.
Never mind that by definition gaslighting is hard-to-impossible to prove and that perpetrators target people that nobody listens to anyway. How could such a study possibly underestimate the problem?
June 11, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Never mind that by definition gaslighting is hard-to-impossible to prove and that perpetrators target people that nobody listens to anyway. How could such a study possibly underestimate the problem?
Not just CA. One of my cats in Louisiana frequently left dead lizard gifts (sometimes only half the lizard).
June 11, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Not just CA. One of my cats in Louisiana frequently left dead lizard gifts (sometimes only half the lizard).
Sure, they were saying "Boo-urns"
June 9, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Sure, they were saying "Boo-urns"
Others can't do it either? Good. That gives me a combination of satisfaction and relief, like when a piece of tech that I can't use visibly fails to work as someone tries to show me how "easy" it is.
March 2, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Others can't do it either? Good. That gives me a combination of satisfaction and relief, like when a piece of tech that I can't use visibly fails to work as someone tries to show me how "easy" it is.
Young Frankenstein, not Blazing Saddles
February 13, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Young Frankenstein, not Blazing Saddles
The musicians would say they were performing John Cage's "Silence" piece.
December 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The musicians would say they were performing John Cage's "Silence" piece.
makes me wonder about lawful horny and neutral horny
December 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
makes me wonder about lawful horny and neutral horny
The Cabaret-style intro in the song makes sense considering the political vibes in the current administration.
December 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The Cabaret-style intro in the song makes sense considering the political vibes in the current administration.
There is a cookbook called Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South by Marcie Cohen Ferris with-- yes-- a recipe for kosher gumbo.
October 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
There is a cookbook called Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South by Marcie Cohen Ferris with-- yes-- a recipe for kosher gumbo.
Disobedient clones would demonstrate that genetics aren't everything. Can't have the offspring getting ideas without permission.
October 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Disobedient clones would demonstrate that genetics aren't everything. Can't have the offspring getting ideas without permission.
nope, not in Prometheus
September 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
nope, not in Prometheus
and of course the designers did not program it to provide necessary reproductive (and parasite-removal) health care
September 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
and of course the designers did not program it to provide necessary reproductive (and parasite-removal) health care
Also, when Data doesn't know the answer to a question, he says so. He doesn't make things up.
September 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Also, when Data doesn't know the answer to a question, he says so. He doesn't make things up.