niqaeli torres, child of disaster
@niq.aeli.net
herein you will find: a plexiglass 4th wall, whining, cats, fannishness, occasional intersectional social commentary. she/they. blocks for bad vibes and fuckshittery. 0.00000015% of a Hugo Award Winner.
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this disaster is terrible
and we may not survive it
our descendants may not survive it
but we are children of disaster
the ones that made us and the ones that nearly unmade us but did not
so we might
and we may not survive it
our descendants may not survive it
but we are children of disaster
the ones that made us and the ones that nearly unmade us but did not
so we might
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This hit me straight in the feels
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This hit me straight in the feels
a list that just blocks people for using the phrase “petite bourgeoisie” in earnest
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
a list that just blocks people for using the phrase “petite bourgeoisie” in earnest
amazingly, I did not want to set him on fire, he acknowledged PT could do fuck and all about the mechanical problem, and he was very cautious about not wanting to make anything worse with the exercise or the soft tissue work he did.
i have pt in half an hour, what odds are we giving that i want to drown the pt within five minutes
December 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
amazingly, I did not want to set him on fire, he acknowledged PT could do fuck and all about the mechanical problem, and he was very cautious about not wanting to make anything worse with the exercise or the soft tissue work he did.
i have pt in half an hour, what odds are we giving that i want to drown the pt within five minutes
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
i have pt in half an hour, what odds are we giving that i want to drown the pt within five minutes
today has been a good day, both in terms of finding a physical cause for some of my sinus fuckery and also my neck being less of an asshole, so I actually got my hair done (unbraid, comb and brush, rebraid) and I just really goddamn hope I’m not gonna pay for it tomorrow, sigh. disability, whee!
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
today has been a good day, both in terms of finding a physical cause for some of my sinus fuckery and also my neck being less of an asshole, so I actually got my hair done (unbraid, comb and brush, rebraid) and I just really goddamn hope I’m not gonna pay for it tomorrow, sigh. disability, whee!
eyyyyyy guess who does indeed have a deviated septum! CT scan ahoy, and I will almost certainly be having surgery for that too next year. YAY OBVIOUS MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH KNOWN FIXES
December 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
eyyyyyy guess who does indeed have a deviated septum! CT scan ahoy, and I will almost certainly be having surgery for that too next year. YAY OBVIOUS MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH KNOWN FIXES
love to be at an ENT office and the only one masked, patient or staff
December 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
love to be at an ENT office and the only one masked, patient or staff
new frontiers in pain: both my hands are aching like hell, somehow, despite the fact my left hand is half-numb from the nerve impingement. how. how the fuck, body.
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
new frontiers in pain: both my hands are aching like hell, somehow, despite the fact my left hand is half-numb from the nerve impingement. how. how the fuck, body.
my iced tea was $5.74, I paid $6 cash, she gave me a quarter and a nickel innchange. I went… shouldn’t that be 26 cents, not 30? She was like, no, no it was 30 and at that point I gave up. it’s her drawer that’s gonna be off, not mine
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
my iced tea was $5.74, I paid $6 cash, she gave me a quarter and a nickel innchange. I went… shouldn’t that be 26 cents, not 30? She was like, no, no it was 30 and at that point I gave up. it’s her drawer that’s gonna be off, not mine
Calling on the brain trust! Help Mary and a chair user out, yeah?
Does anyone have suggestions for SF & F in which the main character is a full time wheelchair user?
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Calling on the brain trust! Help Mary and a chair user out, yeah?
in stupid anxiety brain tricks, my brain forgot that the answer to "if your insurance are pvc jelly dicks about covering your surgery", is "you reschedule for after their office yells them into submission" rathen than "and then you are on the hook for the entire cost of surgery". brains! so helpful.
December 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
in stupid anxiety brain tricks, my brain forgot that the answer to "if your insurance are pvc jelly dicks about covering your surgery", is "you reschedule for after their office yells them into submission" rathen than "and then you are on the hook for the entire cost of surgery". brains! so helpful.
Josie has either fourth or fifth stage object permanence and it is a really, really good thing she is a very sweet cat and not much inclined to true mayhem and sticks largely to things like stealing socks.
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Josie has either fourth or fifth stage object permanence and it is a really, really good thing she is a very sweet cat and not much inclined to true mayhem and sticks largely to things like stealing socks.
it’s honestly not even the degree of pain that is the worst of it right now, although it is intermittently really fucking bad, it’s the fact I *can’t tune it out* that is absolutely driving me around the twist. I can’t tune it out and I can’t fucking concentrate so I can barely even distract myself
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
it’s honestly not even the degree of pain that is the worst of it right now, although it is intermittently really fucking bad, it’s the fact I *can’t tune it out* that is absolutely driving me around the twist. I can’t tune it out and I can’t fucking concentrate so I can barely even distract myself
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Here, have some kittens. Del (black) & Maple (b&w) getting bigger, but still derpy
(Photos by Kid the Elder)
(Photos by Kid the Elder)
December 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Here, have some kittens. Del (black) & Maple (b&w) getting bigger, but still derpy
(Photos by Kid the Elder)
(Photos by Kid the Elder)
I am probably never going to get over the fact that the #DCEAUoD led to Whitney fucking Fordman setting up shop in my head. If you went back in time twenty years and told bb!niq that, she would have stared at you like you’d lost every last one of your fucking marbles, she fucking hated him SO MUCH.
December 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I am probably never going to get over the fact that the #DCEAUoD led to Whitney fucking Fordman setting up shop in my head. If you went back in time twenty years and told bb!niq that, she would have stared at you like you’d lost every last one of your fucking marbles, she fucking hated him SO MUCH.
I did manage to summon my doc by posting the “hey distract me” thread. He ended up stabbing the cyst, it only gave up a little clear fluid, so I get to monitor it for another week and see if it finishes calming tf down or if I need topical clindamycin.
December 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I did manage to summon my doc by posting the “hey distract me” thread. He ended up stabbing the cyst, it only gave up a little clear fluid, so I get to monitor it for another week and see if it finishes calming tf down or if I need topical clindamycin.
I am twiddling my thumbs at the doctor’s office, idk why my doctor is running 20 minutes late and counting, but anyway, ask me anything #DCEAUoD or #PacificRim
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I am twiddling my thumbs at the doctor’s office, idk why my doctor is running 20 minutes late and counting, but anyway, ask me anything #DCEAUoD or #PacificRim
I am not a fan of the fucking headache that is just permanent now, I have to say.
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I am not a fan of the fucking headache that is just permanent now, I have to say.
well, I have had the chirp halo tens unit for not even a full day and I definitely find this WAY more usable than the old style unit I had, so yay for that.
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
well, I have had the chirp halo tens unit for not even a full day and I definitely find this WAY more usable than the old style unit I had, so yay for that.
Heads-up, my favourite recipe manager app, Paprika, is on sale right now. 40% off the mobile apps, 50% off the desktop apps. They offer a sync service across devices, but you pay upfront for the app(s), not for a sub for the service (it's free)! They make it really easy to get your data in and out!
Paprika Recipe Manager for iOS, Mac, Android, and Windows
paprikaapp.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Heads-up, my favourite recipe manager app, Paprika, is on sale right now. 40% off the mobile apps, 50% off the desktop apps. They offer a sync service across devices, but you pay upfront for the app(s), not for a sub for the service (it's free)! They make it really easy to get your data in and out!
Time sweeps dust of hope from his hands, and turns another page
but the Eagle has landed: tell your children when; Time won't drive us down to dust again
but the Eagle has landed: tell your children when; Time won't drive us down to dust again
Filk Legend Leslie Fish Has Died
The nigh legendary singer-songwriter entered hospice care at home. The announcement was made on Saturday, November 29, 2025, that she had passed.
scifi.radio
November 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Time sweeps dust of hope from his hands, and turns another page
but the Eagle has landed: tell your children when; Time won't drive us down to dust again
but the Eagle has landed: tell your children when; Time won't drive us down to dust again
the muscles that are fucked from compensating for the neck being fucked are what keep laying me out in bed more than the pain and other bullshit, and I am so fucking tired of it
(there is no question mark in this post)
(there is no question mark in this post)
November 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
the muscles that are fucked from compensating for the neck being fucked are what keep laying me out in bed more than the pain and other bullshit, and I am so fucking tired of it
(there is no question mark in this post)
(there is no question mark in this post)
I am so glad my father’s retirement community has an excellent kitchen because we just had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner that was zero effort; we showed up at the dining room for our reserved time and they served us delicious foods.
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I am so glad my father’s retirement community has an excellent kitchen because we just had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner that was zero effort; we showed up at the dining room for our reserved time and they served us delicious foods.
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We are so thankful for each and every one of you. From our house to yours-
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
We are so thankful for each and every one of you. From our house to yours-
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.