Average Jane
@averagejane.bsky.social
I mostly talk about pets, board games, gardening, coffee and recipes. Embracing my inner crone by turning into your Mom Friend. I only speak for myself. Yes, I will go to brunch with you. | She/her
The spouse has nicknamed one of the cats “La Llorona” because of the way she drifts around the house wailing for no apparent reason. Anyway, that’s why I’m awake at 5am.
February 9, 2026 at 11:04 AM
The spouse has nicknamed one of the cats “La Llorona” because of the way she drifts around the house wailing for no apparent reason. Anyway, that’s why I’m awake at 5am.
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My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
Kansas City folks: here’s your cue to message the mayor about vetoing some bad legislation around energy codes. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Kansas Citians: Urgent Appeal, An Open Letter to Mayor Q
An Open Letter to Mayor Quintin Lucas of Kansas City, MO Note: I’m writing this as an open letter because an issue has reemerged in Kansas City MO that is a reflection on what is happening in America ...
www.dailykos.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Kansas City folks: here’s your cue to message the mayor about vetoing some bad legislation around energy codes. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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“If everyone that came before me had just complied and complied and complied, I probably would have entered this theater, any theater, through a colored section. Every good thing you have in your life is a product of someone else’s struggle.”
This is a very powerful video from comedian Josh Johnson. Not just because what he says that's meaningful. But because it shows an emerging trend that high profile people have finally started speaking up, despite concerns it might alienate their followers.
It is time to choose sides.
It is time to choose sides.
January 29, 2026 at 5:40 PM
“If everyone that came before me had just complied and complied and complied, I probably would have entered this theater, any theater, through a colored section. Every good thing you have in your life is a product of someone else’s struggle.”
There’s a scene from the show iZombie that I think about a lot. A woman has been turned into a zombie and is trying to deal with it as best she can. And we find her still filling her bird feeders. 🧵
January 26, 2026 at 3:59 PM
There’s a scene from the show iZombie that I think about a lot. A woman has been turned into a zombie and is trying to deal with it as best she can. And we find her still filling her bird feeders. 🧵
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oh it's going to be a Recession recession
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
oh it's going to be a Recession recession
Post a car picture you took.
January 18, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Post a car picture you took.
Wow, did I need that! 💓
hello. if you’ve been super plugged in and activated lately, if you woke up this morning and went from 0-100, i want to be the real hippie friend and invite you to be in your body for a few minutes with me
i just did this meditation, maybe you can too. take some breathes. drink some tea.
i just did this meditation, maybe you can too. take some breathes. drink some tea.
Vagus Nerve Reset Meditation | Somatic Practice for Deep Nervous System Renewal
YouTube video by Wendy Jones | Guided Meditations
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Wow, did I need that! 💓
Finally trying to get my blog back in shape after staying on Typepad to the bitter end and losing all my photos in the transition to Wordpress.
January 12, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Finally trying to get my blog back in shape after staying on Typepad to the bitter end and losing all my photos in the transition to Wordpress.
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If you use Discord and want to tell them how you feel about them adding AI tools, here's a link to the survey. Share it far & wide. Let them know we don't want it. discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:11 AM
If you use Discord and want to tell them how you feel about them adding AI tools, here's a link to the survey. Share it far & wide. Let them know we don't want it. discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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This wheel is to the boy squirrel the way that the football is to Charlie Brown and it still makes me laugh every time he tries to use it only to be immediately spun.
January 6, 2026 at 2:53 AM
This wheel is to the boy squirrel the way that the football is to Charlie Brown and it still makes me laugh every time he tries to use it only to be immediately spun.
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I need a mood booster, let's talk about capybaras.
Here's a capy demonstrating one of MANY ways they can move through the water: running along the bottom.
They're 'semi-aquatic' mammals, just like hippos, seals & beavers. They LOVE water.
(📷: Fernando Maidana)
Here's a capy demonstrating one of MANY ways they can move through the water: running along the bottom.
They're 'semi-aquatic' mammals, just like hippos, seals & beavers. They LOVE water.
(📷: Fernando Maidana)
January 6, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I need a mood booster, let's talk about capybaras.
Here's a capy demonstrating one of MANY ways they can move through the water: running along the bottom.
They're 'semi-aquatic' mammals, just like hippos, seals & beavers. They LOVE water.
(📷: Fernando Maidana)
Here's a capy demonstrating one of MANY ways they can move through the water: running along the bottom.
They're 'semi-aquatic' mammals, just like hippos, seals & beavers. They LOVE water.
(📷: Fernando Maidana)
My boy cats snuggling.
January 4, 2026 at 5:06 PM
My boy cats snuggling.
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oh shit tomorrow is circle back day already
January 4, 2026 at 4:12 PM
oh shit tomorrow is circle back day already
I bought this rack at an estate sale and gathered my TBR piles from all over the house to consolidate them. We won’t talk about the digital TBR list.
January 4, 2026 at 12:55 PM
I bought this rack at an estate sale and gathered my TBR piles from all over the house to consolidate them. We won’t talk about the digital TBR list.
Making black-eyed peas with ham and cornbread for lunch and hosting a board game meetup. Seems like a decent way to start the year.
January 1, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Making black-eyed peas with ham and cornbread for lunch and hosting a board game meetup. Seems like a decent way to start the year.
Signing off until I finish this book.
January 1, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Signing off until I finish this book.
Anyone else announce to your cat what flavor of Churu you’re dispensing, like a sommelier trying to sell them on it?
January 1, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Anyone else announce to your cat what flavor of Churu you’re dispensing, like a sommelier trying to sell them on it?
When I was in my early 20s, I’d go to Waffle House with my band after gigs. However, our drummer couldn’t come with us because he’d been banned from the local WH, presumably for some kind of drunken nonsense. Sorry, Randy. More pecan waffles for the rest of us.
December 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
When I was in my early 20s, I’d go to Waffle House with my band after gigs. However, our drummer couldn’t come with us because he’d been banned from the local WH, presumably for some kind of drunken nonsense. Sorry, Randy. More pecan waffles for the rest of us.
I need one more to get to 100. Fortunately, the one on the list for today is short.
NEW: How many books did you read this year? If it was more than 2, congrats: you read more than the median American.
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
December 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I need one more to get to 100. Fortunately, the one on the list for today is short.
Eating cold lingonberry pancakes at IKEA as my distant Swedish ancestors look down and think, “Why don’t you just learn to make them?”
December 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Eating cold lingonberry pancakes at IKEA as my distant Swedish ancestors look down and think, “Why don’t you just learn to make them?”
I’d had my dining room table leaf in for well over a year because it was slightly stuck after I refinished the top. Of course it ended up being super easy to unstick and now we’re boggled by all the extra room we have.
December 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I’d had my dining room table leaf in for well over a year because it was slightly stuck after I refinished the top. Of course it ended up being super easy to unstick and now we’re boggled by all the extra room we have.
Tomorrow is the day I put the tree away. I’m also going to wash the living room rug while I’m at it.
December 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Tomorrow is the day I put the tree away. I’m also going to wash the living room rug while I’m at it.