J. Roach
@roachj.bsky.social
Lives and works at the crossroads of museums, libraries, and archives.
For connecting academically: BA Linguistics (college of info), MBA, MLIS (college of data, info and society)
For connecting academically: BA Linguistics (college of info), MBA, MLIS (college of data, info and society)
anytime you address people experiencing poverty with generalized assumptions about everyone's situation, you really sound wildly uninformed and blind to your privilege - in pretty much every context this could come up
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
anytime you address people experiencing poverty with generalized assumptions about everyone's situation, you really sound wildly uninformed and blind to your privilege - in pretty much every context this could come up
After the order to expedite the files, and based on his behavior over the past few days, I really think we are collectively witnessing a late stage, full-on narcissistic collapse.
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
After the order to expedite the files, and based on his behavior over the past few days, I really think we are collectively witnessing a late stage, full-on narcissistic collapse.
IRS agent: *murr murr murr murr murr murr*
Me: *sigh* you are extremely muffled, sir --
IRS agent: *putting the whole microphone down his throat* MURRRMURRRMURURUMRUMRURRMURRROR APARTMENT
Me: Yes.
IRS agent: WHICHMFMF OENEMMF
Me: (guessing) Apartment.
IRS agent: Thank you.
send help
Me: *sigh* you are extremely muffled, sir --
IRS agent: *putting the whole microphone down his throat* MURRRMURRRMURURUMRUMRURRMURRROR APARTMENT
Me: Yes.
IRS agent: WHICHMFMF OENEMMF
Me: (guessing) Apartment.
IRS agent: Thank you.
send help
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
IRS agent: *murr murr murr murr murr murr*
Me: *sigh* you are extremely muffled, sir --
IRS agent: *putting the whole microphone down his throat* MURRRMURRRMURURUMRUMRURRMURRROR APARTMENT
Me: Yes.
IRS agent: WHICHMFMF OENEMMF
Me: (guessing) Apartment.
IRS agent: Thank you.
send help
Me: *sigh* you are extremely muffled, sir --
IRS agent: *putting the whole microphone down his throat* MURRRMURRRMURURUMRUMRURRMURRROR APARTMENT
Me: Yes.
IRS agent: WHICHMFMF OENEMMF
Me: (guessing) Apartment.
IRS agent: Thank you.
send help
"Charlie Brown" -- such an old fashioned word, "Charlie Brown"...
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"Charlie Brown" -- such an old fashioned word, "Charlie Brown"...
memory foam mattresses were never meant to be shared
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
memory foam mattresses were never meant to be shared
super mario “special” exists
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
super mario “special” exists
mamdani as soon as he left the WH:
a man in a red shirt is making a funny face while standing on a field
Alt: a man in a red shirt is making a funny face while standing on a field, wiping something gross yet invisible off himself in a panic
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
mamdani as soon as he left the WH:
dear bluesky:
I want a "haha, nice" to pop up every time I'm the 69th like on a post, because I am childlike and full of whimsy,
I want a "haha, nice" to pop up every time I'm the 69th like on a post, because I am childlike and full of whimsy,
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
dear bluesky:
I want a "haha, nice" to pop up every time I'm the 69th like on a post, because I am childlike and full of whimsy,
I want a "haha, nice" to pop up every time I'm the 69th like on a post, because I am childlike and full of whimsy,
me: that’s my heating pad
my cat:
my cat:
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
me: that’s my heating pad
my cat:
my cat:
my god we need a much more rigorous civics education in this country
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
my god we need a much more rigorous civics education in this country
my cat has a heart-shaped nose ok? and he would totally boop you with it like a gentleman, and maybe use it to sniff your eye - so you can't be sad, I forbid it
November 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
my cat has a heart-shaped nose ok? and he would totally boop you with it like a gentleman, and maybe use it to sniff your eye - so you can't be sad, I forbid it
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two reflections
holding the same sky
in a tumultuous sea of silence
you and I float
against the restless dark
#Photography Albert Ibars
@albert-ibars.bsky.social
holding the same sky
in a tumultuous sea of silence
you and I float
against the restless dark
#Photography Albert Ibars
@albert-ibars.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
two reflections
holding the same sky
in a tumultuous sea of silence
you and I float
against the restless dark
#Photography Albert Ibars
@albert-ibars.bsky.social
holding the same sky
in a tumultuous sea of silence
you and I float
against the restless dark
#Photography Albert Ibars
@albert-ibars.bsky.social
Trying to use the proper -philia term isn't just splitting hairs, it's trying to split a turd three ways as if that somehow improves upon the turd. It's still a turd and your point is moot. They're children. They were violated. They were exploited. They are legally protected. Discussion over.
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Trying to use the proper -philia term isn't just splitting hairs, it's trying to split a turd three ways as if that somehow improves upon the turd. It's still a turd and your point is moot. They're children. They were violated. They were exploited. They are legally protected. Discussion over.
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Canoe on the Lake (2015)
Art Print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...
Art Print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Canoe on the Lake (2015)
Art Print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...
Art Print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...
being married to me:
husband: *hands me a small, but heavy package*
husband: what you got in here, rocks?
me: yea
husband: people just send you rocks huh
me: yea
me: *walks away*
husband: *hands me a small, but heavy package*
husband: what you got in here, rocks?
me: yea
husband: people just send you rocks huh
me: yea
me: *walks away*
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
being married to me:
husband: *hands me a small, but heavy package*
husband: what you got in here, rocks?
me: yea
husband: people just send you rocks huh
me: yea
me: *walks away*
husband: *hands me a small, but heavy package*
husband: what you got in here, rocks?
me: yea
husband: people just send you rocks huh
me: yea
me: *walks away*
someone somewhere is already adapting the sandwich guy's trial into a broadway play
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
someone somewhere is already adapting the sandwich guy's trial into a broadway play
Coherence is such a good movie - follow the trend and go watch it. It’s worth it.
November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Coherence is such a good movie - follow the trend and go watch it. It’s worth it.
I know things are terrible, but this moment requires your energy and boundless hope to help when the moment calls for it -- both of those things come from compassion for yourself, as much as you can manage right now.
Guard your heart and mind, and be ready for a neighbor in need.
Guard your heart and mind, and be ready for a neighbor in need.
October 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I know things are terrible, but this moment requires your energy and boundless hope to help when the moment calls for it -- both of those things come from compassion for yourself, as much as you can manage right now.
Guard your heart and mind, and be ready for a neighbor in need.
Guard your heart and mind, and be ready for a neighbor in need.
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
surely we’ve done shittles already
surely we’ve done shittles already
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
S&Ms
S&Ms
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Slickers
Slickers
October 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
surely we’ve done shittles already
surely we’ve done shittles already
converting to linux in my downtime (as I search for a job in a sector that's barely clinging to life and rapidly abandoning its integrity) sounds like a welcome distraction and morally good decision actually
October 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
converting to linux in my downtime (as I search for a job in a sector that's barely clinging to life and rapidly abandoning its integrity) sounds like a welcome distraction and morally good decision actually
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I’m gonna be angry at you for wanting higher wages
I’m gonna be angry at you for being on food stamps
I’m gonna be angry at you for working full time and being on food stamps
I’m gonna be angry at you for trying to get me to connect the dots to the actual problem
I’m gonna be angry at you for being on food stamps
I’m gonna be angry at you for working full time and being on food stamps
I’m gonna be angry at you for trying to get me to connect the dots to the actual problem
October 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I’m gonna be angry at you for wanting higher wages
I’m gonna be angry at you for being on food stamps
I’m gonna be angry at you for working full time and being on food stamps
I’m gonna be angry at you for trying to get me to connect the dots to the actual problem
I’m gonna be angry at you for being on food stamps
I’m gonna be angry at you for working full time and being on food stamps
I’m gonna be angry at you for trying to get me to connect the dots to the actual problem
pro tip: if you’re gonna leave the sink running while half asleep, make sure it drains well
just a lil tippy tip for you there
for no reason
don’t try to blame it on ghosts either, your husband is smarter than that
just a lil tippy tip for you there
for no reason
don’t try to blame it on ghosts either, your husband is smarter than that
October 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
pro tip: if you’re gonna leave the sink running while half asleep, make sure it drains well
just a lil tippy tip for you there
for no reason
don’t try to blame it on ghosts either, your husband is smarter than that
just a lil tippy tip for you there
for no reason
don’t try to blame it on ghosts either, your husband is smarter than that
just telling the world I took my first dose of prescribed adhd meds at 38 years old and you’re all in big, big trouble now
god kept me down for a reason
I’ve been training in 100x gravity
I am overpowered
I’m gonna take her for a spin first, gonna read and learn things until I throw up
god kept me down for a reason
I’ve been training in 100x gravity
I am overpowered
I’m gonna take her for a spin first, gonna read and learn things until I throw up
October 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
just telling the world I took my first dose of prescribed adhd meds at 38 years old and you’re all in big, big trouble now
god kept me down for a reason
I’ve been training in 100x gravity
I am overpowered
I’m gonna take her for a spin first, gonna read and learn things until I throw up
god kept me down for a reason
I’ve been training in 100x gravity
I am overpowered
I’m gonna take her for a spin first, gonna read and learn things until I throw up
She’s cold :(
And apparently prefers me to her bougie enormous heating pad with adjustable settings 💕
And apparently prefers me to her bougie enormous heating pad with adjustable settings 💕
October 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
She’s cold :(
And apparently prefers me to her bougie enormous heating pad with adjustable settings 💕
And apparently prefers me to her bougie enormous heating pad with adjustable settings 💕