Lotus
@wlotus.bsky.social
Lotus (she/her) is a photographer, musician, blogger, computer engineer, and gamer. Learn more at https://wandalotus.net .
I love this place....
Another Look at the Native Plants Garden in Autumn
I love this place....
wandalotus.net
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I love this place....
Lexington Ave Express
Prime train and people watching.
Prime train and people watching.
Lexington Ave Express
Prime train and people watching.
llfablog.lotuslandfineart.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Lexington Ave Express
Prime train and people watching.
Prime train and people watching.
Good! Equal marriage protection for queer couples is a fundamental human right.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...
Supreme Court denies Kim Davis' petition to revisit same-sex marriage ruling
The judges will not revisit the landmark 2015 decision in Obergefell v Hodges.
abcnews.go.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Good! Equal marriage protection for queer couples is a fundamental human right.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...
I've never played with the tattoo artist skill/business. Now that my sim is dating someone who owns their own tattoo business, I'm going to play around with it. First order of business: building her a business spot she can take her infant to. #TheSims4
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I've never played with the tattoo artist skill/business. Now that my sim is dating someone who owns their own tattoo business, I'm going to play around with it. First order of business: building her a business spot she can take her infant to. #TheSims4
I read the title a couple of times in shock before I realized this was The Onion. LOL!
Amazon Fires Employee Who Tested Positive For Having Food In Their System
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I read the title a couple of times in shock before I realized this was The Onion. LOL!
Every year these berries catch my eye.
Red Berry Season
Every year these berries catch my eye.
wandalotus.net
November 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Every year these berries catch my eye.
Why is the bacon pancakes meme stuck in my head????
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Why is the bacon pancakes meme stuck in my head????
After a week plus of significant emotional upheaval, I have been making a conscious effort to ground myself. I have been meditating and also playing chakra balancing tones like this video to calm my nervous system.
youtu.be/iUQHLXHnh2w?...
youtu.be/iUQHLXHnh2w?...
HIGHER CHAKRS Alignment 》Heart, Throat, Third Eye, Crown 》Chakras Alignment Series
YouTube video by Meditative Mind
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November 30, 2025 at 6:44 AM
After a week plus of significant emotional upheaval, I have been making a conscious effort to ground myself. I have been meditating and also playing chakra balancing tones like this video to calm my nervous system.
youtu.be/iUQHLXHnh2w?...
youtu.be/iUQHLXHnh2w?...
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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The right is full of grown-ass adults who are afraid of vaccines, kid's books, and anyone Twitter or OAN tells them to fear, including the entirety of NYC, and NYC is full of people who cheerfully chase federal agents out of the state and then do stunts on Citibikes; you tell ME who's going to win.
The scene now at Lafayette and Howard, diagonal to the ICE garage which activists remain camped out in front of on both sides of the building.
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The right is full of grown-ass adults who are afraid of vaccines, kid's books, and anyone Twitter or OAN tells them to fear, including the entirety of NYC, and NYC is full of people who cheerfully chase federal agents out of the state and then do stunts on Citibikes; you tell ME who's going to win.
Recover from a lifetime of fight or flight without financial worry. Then I'd work on the many projects I have that could eventually make me money, if I had the mental capacity to push them to fruition.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Recover from a lifetime of fight or flight without financial worry. Then I'd work on the many projects I have that could eventually make me money, if I had the mental capacity to push them to fruition.
One of my legacy saves is doing weirdness where the lots load bulldozed. I'm not about to lose 27 generations to weirdness, so off I go to save all of the households and lots to my library and repopulate a new save with them. #theSims4
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
One of my legacy saves is doing weirdness where the lots load bulldozed. I'm not about to lose 27 generations to weirdness, so off I go to save all of the households and lots to my library and repopulate a new save with them. #theSims4
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Average folks kettled ICE
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Average folks kettled ICE
My sims and I approve this message.
playing video games is being productive
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
My sims and I approve this message.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Commissioned
Billy Joel
Janelle Monae
Sade
Janet Jackson
Commissioned
Billy Joel
Janelle Monae
Sade
Janet Jackson
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Aerosmith
Delain
Nightwish
Arch Enemy
Tengger Cavalry
Aerosmith
Delain
Nightwish
Arch Enemy
Tengger Cavalry
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seeb:
Men At Work
Dio
Frenchy and the Punk
Kamelot
Cellar Darling
Men At Work
Dio
Frenchy and the Punk
Kamelot
Cellar Darling
November 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Commissioned
Billy Joel
Janelle Monae
Sade
Janet Jackson
Commissioned
Billy Joel
Janelle Monae
Sade
Janet Jackson
The dining room is all decked out for Easter. If you look closely, you'll find egg hidden for egg hunting fun. #TheSims4
Room Name: Easter Dining
Packs Used: Seasons
EA ID: wthelotus
Room Name: Easter Dining
Packs Used: Seasons
EA ID: wthelotus
November 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The dining room is all decked out for Easter. If you look closely, you'll find egg hidden for egg hunting fun. #TheSims4
Room Name: Easter Dining
Packs Used: Seasons
EA ID: wthelotus
Room Name: Easter Dining
Packs Used: Seasons
EA ID: wthelotus
What did we learn this day, Ms. Burglar?
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
What did we learn this day, Ms. Burglar?
"While not examined in this study, previous research links pre-trial detention to long-term recidivism due to external factors like loss of employment, damaged social relationships, and criminogenic influences from jail."
amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/11...
amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/11...
Bail reform research shows mixed results outside city and in NYC suburbs
A John Jay College study finds NY bail reform lowered long-term recidivism, with short-term increases among high-risk defendants.
amsterdamnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"While not examined in this study, previous research links pre-trial detention to long-term recidivism due to external factors like loss of employment, damaged social relationships, and criminogenic influences from jail."
amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/11...
amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/11...