Star Simpson
@starstar.bsky.social
I’ve finally thought of an analogy that I like:
Parenting is like putting on a play.
Single parenting is tough because you have to do all of the costume and set changes, and even operate the curtains, all WHILE still acting in the play.
Parenting is like putting on a play.
Single parenting is tough because you have to do all of the costume and set changes, and even operate the curtains, all WHILE still acting in the play.
December 8, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I’ve finally thought of an analogy that I like:
Parenting is like putting on a play.
Single parenting is tough because you have to do all of the costume and set changes, and even operate the curtains, all WHILE still acting in the play.
Parenting is like putting on a play.
Single parenting is tough because you have to do all of the costume and set changes, and even operate the curtains, all WHILE still acting in the play.
My kid is 4. Is he old enough for this to be his first theater movie 😭
For its 50th anniversary, the original theatrical cut of Star Wars will be released in theaters in Feb 2027 (maybe even IMAX). Han shoots first, no weirdly svelte Jabba. [gizmodo.com]
It’s Official: The Original Theatrical Cut of ‘Star Wars’ Is Coming Back to Theaters
Lucasfilm is celebrating the film’s 50th anniversary on February 17, 2027, in the best possible way.
gizmodo.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My kid is 4. Is he old enough for this to be his first theater movie 😭
I’ve been in physical therapy for a leg injury for the past few years and have now learned a lot about fascia release which is very cool. Overall I’m in much better shape now but having released the fascia now the original scar pain is back and I keep feeling like I’m getting stabbed, gosh it hurts.
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I’ve been in physical therapy for a leg injury for the past few years and have now learned a lot about fascia release which is very cool. Overall I’m in much better shape now but having released the fascia now the original scar pain is back and I keep feeling like I’m getting stabbed, gosh it hurts.
I can’t just make lunch for my kid. He got shredded chicken with cumin-yogurt sauce, toasted diced sweet potatoes with ketchup, radish wedges in herbed soft cheese, carrots roasted in sea salt, olive oil and a touch of brown rice syrup, coconut chunks with cinnamon and limed jicama with tajin.
December 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I can’t just make lunch for my kid. He got shredded chicken with cumin-yogurt sauce, toasted diced sweet potatoes with ketchup, radish wedges in herbed soft cheese, carrots roasted in sea salt, olive oil and a touch of brown rice syrup, coconut chunks with cinnamon and limed jicama with tajin.
I finally unpacked my cast irons and my Dutch oven and it feels like welcoming home some good old friends. Truly jubilant they are BACK.
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I finally unpacked my cast irons and my Dutch oven and it feels like welcoming home some good old friends. Truly jubilant they are BACK.
Four year olds are so wonderful. I could listen endlessly to him getting increasingly excited as he counts up to One-Hundred in his helium voice.
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Four year olds are so wonderful. I could listen endlessly to him getting increasingly excited as he counts up to One-Hundred in his helium voice.
I didn’t grow up celebrating Christmas but I’m still trying to make it happen for my little guy with very little guidance, and so many aspects are puzzling and inscrutable.
December 4, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I didn’t grow up celebrating Christmas but I’m still trying to make it happen for my little guy with very little guidance, and so many aspects are puzzling and inscrutable.
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Are you there Claude? It's me, Margaret.
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Are you there Claude? It's me, Margaret.
Had an incredible time at Chasing Wonder! 💞
November 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Had an incredible time at Chasing Wonder! 💞
Who wants to be first to welcome me back to SF?
October 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Who wants to be first to welcome me back to SF?
Watched a loud group of American tourists from Massachusetts (“which is in the United States”) break into the conversation of a group of Norwegians at the next table at the cafe, to ask “how much did your sweaters cost?” with each side proceeding to entirely fail to comprehend each other
September 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Watched a loud group of American tourists from Massachusetts (“which is in the United States”) break into the conversation of a group of Norwegians at the next table at the cafe, to ask “how much did your sweaters cost?” with each side proceeding to entirely fail to comprehend each other
Someone (I can’t find it now) responded to a prompt asking how to describe the internal experience of autism, without relying on external gaze / inconvenience to others, and gave “the desire to observe without being observed” and I loved that.
What’s the ADHD edition of this?
What’s the ADHD edition of this?
September 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Someone (I can’t find it now) responded to a prompt asking how to describe the internal experience of autism, without relying on external gaze / inconvenience to others, and gave “the desire to observe without being observed” and I loved that.
What’s the ADHD edition of this?
What’s the ADHD edition of this?
Ólafur Darri is no longer the telecom’s voice for a wrong number in Iceland, I’m so disappointed that I no longer get to be gently laid straight by his crackly booming baritone. 🥲
September 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Ólafur Darri is no longer the telecom’s voice for a wrong number in Iceland, I’m so disappointed that I no longer get to be gently laid straight by his crackly booming baritone. 🥲
If I could redesign bathrooms with unlimited budget —
Floors would have a lot more texture and not be slippery when wet tile
General purpose sink? No, I want a car wash for my hands. I want some kind of actuator-driven terry cloth end-effector thing, like a massage chair but for suds.
Floors would have a lot more texture and not be slippery when wet tile
General purpose sink? No, I want a car wash for my hands. I want some kind of actuator-driven terry cloth end-effector thing, like a massage chair but for suds.
August 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If I could redesign bathrooms with unlimited budget —
Floors would have a lot more texture and not be slippery when wet tile
General purpose sink? No, I want a car wash for my hands. I want some kind of actuator-driven terry cloth end-effector thing, like a massage chair but for suds.
Floors would have a lot more texture and not be slippery when wet tile
General purpose sink? No, I want a car wash for my hands. I want some kind of actuator-driven terry cloth end-effector thing, like a massage chair but for suds.
A dear friend (one of my roommates in an apartment during undergrad, we kept in touch) passed away this Sunday. I’m heartbroken, my sleep has been wrecked. I’ve also discovered that he scrubbed himself from the social networks, which I respect but find surprisingly upsetting.
August 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A dear friend (one of my roommates in an apartment during undergrad, we kept in touch) passed away this Sunday. I’m heartbroken, my sleep has been wrecked. I’ve also discovered that he scrubbed himself from the social networks, which I respect but find surprisingly upsetting.
fun 🍬 idea — I know it’s early to think about Halloween 🎃 but if anyone wants a big bag full of Icelandic candy to hand out this year HMU, I’m thinking of importing a pile of it myself.
August 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
fun 🍬 idea — I know it’s early to think about Halloween 🎃 but if anyone wants a big bag full of Icelandic candy to hand out this year HMU, I’m thinking of importing a pile of it myself.
Bluesky is definitely better than all the other posting text things at this point. So glad we’re all still here.
August 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Bluesky is definitely better than all the other posting text things at this point. So glad we’re all still here.
My 3.5-year old read story books to me for an hour yesterday before bedtime. I’m astonished. To be clear, he learned how to read while I feel like I did very little to actively encourage it. There’s so little guidance about how to be a good & supportive parent to a kid like this.
August 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My 3.5-year old read story books to me for an hour yesterday before bedtime. I’m astonished. To be clear, he learned how to read while I feel like I did very little to actively encourage it. There’s so little guidance about how to be a good & supportive parent to a kid like this.
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Autistic people trying to flirt
August 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Autistic people trying to flirt
Who do I know in Toronto?
June 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Who do I know in Toronto?
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I left Ireland and moved to New York in 1997. Decades on, what the US has become has broken my immigrant heart.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
June 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I left Ireland and moved to New York in 1997. Decades on, what the US has become has broken my immigrant heart.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
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Anyone still looking for a place to stay at Airventure? One of our roommates backed out. If you’re going to Oshkosh and looking, contact me or @starstar.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Anyone still looking for a place to stay at Airventure? One of our roommates backed out. If you’re going to Oshkosh and looking, contact me or @starstar.bsky.social
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The former Governor of Maryland seems to be mistaking stars for drones. From x.com/MatthewCappu... / @matthewcappucci.bsky.social
December 14, 2024 at 6:32 AM
The former Governor of Maryland seems to be mistaking stars for drones. From x.com/MatthewCappu... / @matthewcappucci.bsky.social
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