Burned out crone
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Just breathing my way through an anxiety attack over here. On Fridays you’ll find me softly crying in my local library. Let’s trade book recommendations.
Pinned
It’s the season for movies about generosity and kindness and the value of charity and community and sharing and being open to helping strangers.
Because it’s Christmas.
At any other time of year, that’s dangerous socialism.
Because it’s Christmas.
At any other time of year, that’s dangerous socialism.
December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It’s the season for movies about generosity and kindness and the value of charity and community and sharing and being open to helping strangers.
Because it’s Christmas.
At any other time of year, that’s dangerous socialism.
Because it’s Christmas.
At any other time of year, that’s dangerous socialism.
Am i buying this because of the product or the packaging?
Probably the packaging
Probably the packaging
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Am i buying this because of the product or the packaging?
Probably the packaging
Probably the packaging
My hunger for power is perfectly counterbalanced by my thirst for laziness.
Forever eating and drinking to balance those scales makes for very long, busy days.
Forever eating and drinking to balance those scales makes for very long, busy days.
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
My hunger for power is perfectly counterbalanced by my thirst for laziness.
Forever eating and drinking to balance those scales makes for very long, busy days.
Forever eating and drinking to balance those scales makes for very long, busy days.
Need a version of Hinge but for discussing tv shows and books with others and the snacks we ate during.
Let’s call it “Binge.”
Let’s call it “Binge.”
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Need a version of Hinge but for discussing tv shows and books with others and the snacks we ate during.
Let’s call it “Binge.”
Let’s call it “Binge.”
Pope Force One
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Pope Force One
Napping makes you a better person because it prevents you from being out in the world doing bad things.
Nap more to make the world better!
Unless you’re doing good things, in which case, I still support your right to naps.
Nap more to make the world better!
Unless you’re doing good things, in which case, I still support your right to naps.
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Napping makes you a better person because it prevents you from being out in the world doing bad things.
Nap more to make the world better!
Unless you’re doing good things, in which case, I still support your right to naps.
Nap more to make the world better!
Unless you’re doing good things, in which case, I still support your right to naps.
What’s impressive is that they pursued this investigation in the midst of an ongoing war unlike what’s happening … elsewhere
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Zelensky’s Top Aide Resigns Amid Widening Corruption Scandal
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
What’s impressive is that they pursued this investigation in the midst of an ongoing war unlike what’s happening … elsewhere
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
My version of the dementia test is to watch reality shows with people who look like each other with interchangeable but confusingly spelled names.
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
My version of the dementia test is to watch reality shows with people who look like each other with interchangeable but confusingly spelled names.
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This is Skye. She refuses to let her human leave for college. Willing to do anything to get him to change his mind about this whole "education" thing. 13/10 (IG: skye.redgoldenretriever)
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is Skye. She refuses to let her human leave for college. Willing to do anything to get him to change his mind about this whole "education" thing. 13/10 (IG: skye.redgoldenretriever)
Can’t recall my social security number accurately but I know my library card number by heart.
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Can’t recall my social security number accurately but I know my library card number by heart.
Well, guess who woke up this morning and put an insane bunch of books on hold at the library!
Happy 2025 Books We Love Day. So excited to share this with you. If you love books or you're looking for something great to read NPR has the handpicked, heartfelt recs for you! Proud to be a contributor again this year. Dig in.
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Well, guess who woke up this morning and put an insane bunch of books on hold at the library!
The time of year when everyone is having the best sale ever for crap you have never thought of buying
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The time of year when everyone is having the best sale ever for crap you have never thought of buying
The Sunday couch nap needs to be a hallowed national tradition
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Sunday couch nap needs to be a hallowed national tradition
You inevitably see something so gross that you realize you have been online far too long for one day.
November 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
You inevitably see something so gross that you realize you have been online far too long for one day.
All my most memorable mental health breakdowns happen at Trader Joe’s
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
All my most memorable mental health breakdowns happen at Trader Joe’s
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
No matter how many times I unsubscribe, emails from James Carville inevitably make their way into my inbox 🫥
November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
No matter how many times I unsubscribe, emails from James Carville inevitably make their way into my inbox 🫥
I want to adopt Sanjeev Bhaskar’s eerie calm for every occasion #taskmaster
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I want to adopt Sanjeev Bhaskar’s eerie calm for every occasion #taskmaster
My brain at 4pm these days:
“Why bother?”
My body:
“great, time to lie down!”
“Why bother?”
My body:
“great, time to lie down!”
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My brain at 4pm these days:
“Why bother?”
My body:
“great, time to lie down!”
“Why bother?”
My body:
“great, time to lie down!”
Giving myself a lifetime achievement award for getting through the day.
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Giving myself a lifetime achievement award for getting through the day.
I got the lexapro-induced sluggishness but that’s counter-balanced by the lexapro-induced indifference.
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I got the lexapro-induced sluggishness but that’s counter-balanced by the lexapro-induced indifference.
Well, gonna call it a night so I can wake up to another day of nonstop news about cruel and stupid people who also have unlimited power.
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Well, gonna call it a night so I can wake up to another day of nonstop news about cruel and stupid people who also have unlimited power.
“Thank you for this rejection letter. I don’t remember when or why I applied for this position, and had no real expectation that anything will come of it. I appreciate you thinking of me, and I hope you will keep me in mind for future rejections.”
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“Thank you for this rejection letter. I don’t remember when or why I applied for this position, and had no real expectation that anything will come of it. I appreciate you thinking of me, and I hope you will keep me in mind for future rejections.”