Oh I could be so much hipper
And wear pants with a zipper
if I only had a waist

- The Middle Aged Scarecrow

Welcome to Bluesky, but Maybe Take it Down a Notch? “Over the past week, Bluesky’s growth has exploded, more than doubling to 15 million-plus users as people seek alternatives to X, Facebook, and Thr...

@miriamjayaratna.bsky.social and @kathrynbaecht.bsky.social speak for all of us in this @mcsweeneys.net piece

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wel...

I think you’re the core demographic here

My superpower is that friends are never sure if I’m being sarcastic or serious.

Romantic texts from my husband of 25 years

ok i’ll stop trying to make Skeets happen but i’m gonna be so mad if it takes off at some later point 🐑

Yes but have you tried Skeets?

a man in a white suit is sitting on a couch in a living room talking to a woman and a man . ALT: a man in a white suit is sitting on a couch in a living room talking to a woman and a man .

Me rejoining Bluesky and finding my writer friends well entrenched here

Oh great, I’ve been trying to reduce my incessant worrying for decades (it’s had terrible health impacts on my body) and now you’re saying it’s back on the menu 😄

Dusting off this app I joined in August 2023 and then forgot about to see if I need to be here.

it was like that on Threads for a couple days at the beginning… here’s hoping

Abby , mazal tov on her birthday and here’s to many many more 🩵🩵

good i reopened this app or i’d have missed this, pleas add me :)

same same

I had so much fun writing this with @wendiaarons for The Belladonna !

thebelladonnacomedy.com/at-cover-you...

Here’s me in my Sukkah with two challahs reminding you to FEEL IT ON THE FIRST. I’m a breast cancer pre-vivor AND survivor who is understandably obsessed with breast cancer prevention. 🙌🏻

Oh great, now all I can think about is the Roman Empire.

unique AND moving. send me the preorder link at once

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

It’s ok to quit a book or show you’re not enjoying, even if many others seem to be raving about it.

Life is short.

I would not be surprised if my phone served up a ‘memories’ photo montage set to sentimental music where all the pix are of cement pillars in parking lots with signs like “Orange Lot, Level 2, Row J” painted in a large, blocky font.

this articulates what i’ve long thought

is WHAT??

I thought I didn’t have it in me to join one more social platform but here I am, learning new things about myself 🫠

same!