chilirlw
@chilirlw.bsky.social
Teacher of tiny humans
Parent of large humans
Former prop tart
Glitchen
She/her
Parent of large humans
Former prop tart
Glitchen
She/her
Pinned
chilirlw
@chilirlw.bsky.social
· Jul 20
I teach toddlers, and I'd love to have some help with my list! #clearthelists
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
If you feel like doing a small good thing today, you could do worse than getting something off a teacher's list. Like mine! #clearthelist
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"That doesn't belong in your mouth."
"That doesn't belong in your mouth."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"It's on Confluence."
"It's on Confluence."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Don't use gerunds in headlines and crossheads, for the love of God."
"Don't use gerunds in headlines and crossheads, for the love of God."
February 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"That doesn't belong in your mouth."
"That doesn't belong in your mouth."
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Wait, THIS is young Anton Chekhov? This? Good lord. Let that gun go off, daddy
February 7, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Wait, THIS is young Anton Chekhov? This? Good lord. Let that gun go off, daddy
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It’s been a very soggy week so celebrating winter flowers in the ☔️
Hamamelis, hellebore, snowdrops, iris reticulata and first crocus in pots.🌱
#SixOnSaturday
Hamamelis, hellebore, snowdrops, iris reticulata and first crocus in pots.🌱
#SixOnSaturday
February 7, 2026 at 11:08 AM
It’s been a very soggy week so celebrating winter flowers in the ☔️
Hamamelis, hellebore, snowdrops, iris reticulata and first crocus in pots.🌱
#SixOnSaturday
Hamamelis, hellebore, snowdrops, iris reticulata and first crocus in pots.🌱
#SixOnSaturday
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And manifest destiny was *such* a brutal genocide, such a thorough and monstrously vast horror, that it managed to erase Native American *recipes*
Not ingredients, because recipes are not the same thing as ingredients. Recipes, beloved specific dishes.
Not ingredients, because recipes are not the same thing as ingredients. Recipes, beloved specific dishes.
February 6, 2026 at 11:16 PM
And manifest destiny was *such* a brutal genocide, such a thorough and monstrously vast horror, that it managed to erase Native American *recipes*
Not ingredients, because recipes are not the same thing as ingredients. Recipes, beloved specific dishes.
Not ingredients, because recipes are not the same thing as ingredients. Recipes, beloved specific dishes.
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Well, it looks like someone is impersonating me on @bsky.app. Please report @cflourish1122t.bsky.social. This is NOT a backup account, as it claims to be. 🫠
February 7, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Well, it looks like someone is impersonating me on @bsky.app. Please report @cflourish1122t.bsky.social. This is NOT a backup account, as it claims to be. 🫠
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i don’t know if it’s the jaunty bow tie or what but i cannot stop laughing at this
February 7, 2026 at 6:19 AM
i don’t know if it’s the jaunty bow tie or what but i cannot stop laughing at this
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Good morning! 🌱
Some crocuses saying hello and giving us hope that spring is near. I still have some work to catch up on today, but that’s fine as the weather is meant to be awful anyway.
Have an amazing weekend!
Some crocuses saying hello and giving us hope that spring is near. I still have some work to catch up on today, but that’s fine as the weather is meant to be awful anyway.
Have an amazing weekend!
February 7, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Good morning! 🌱
Some crocuses saying hello and giving us hope that spring is near. I still have some work to catch up on today, but that’s fine as the weather is meant to be awful anyway.
Have an amazing weekend!
Some crocuses saying hello and giving us hope that spring is near. I still have some work to catch up on today, but that’s fine as the weather is meant to be awful anyway.
Have an amazing weekend!
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This is what they've done.
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:10 AM
This is what they've done.
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ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests
Juan Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he estimated they have dropped off 250 cars.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:30 AM
ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
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February 6, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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EVERYBODY CAN MAKE ART IT CAME FREE WITH YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT
February 6, 2026 at 6:42 PM
EVERYBODY CAN MAKE ART IT CAME FREE WITH YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT
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Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
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Owl Babies, Martin Waddell. Illustrated by Patrick Benson.
February 7, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Owl Babies, Martin Waddell. Illustrated by Patrick Benson.
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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Book Cover of the Day:
February 7, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Book Cover of the Day:
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Extrapolating in another direction: I also often think of just how much human potential has been lost because of systemic racism, classism and imperialism. All the joy, innovation, art and more that we didn’t get - the opportunity cost of systems where one or a few men (its usually men) benefit.
This is only related in a sideways manner, but: the story of any small slice of humanity is the story of humanity, just boiled down and distilled. So:
In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.
In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Extrapolating in another direction: I also often think of just how much human potential has been lost because of systemic racism, classism and imperialism. All the joy, innovation, art and more that we didn’t get - the opportunity cost of systems where one or a few men (its usually men) benefit.
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One of the Lewis Chessmen - currently on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Found in 1831 on a beach at Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, the Chessmen dates to the late 12th or early 13th century. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #LewisChessmen #NMS
February 6, 2026 at 7:25 AM
One of the Lewis Chessmen - currently on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Found in 1831 on a beach at Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, the Chessmen dates to the late 12th or early 13th century. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #LewisChessmen #NMS
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You were meant to take up space and your needs are not a burden; they are part of your worth.
February 7, 2026 at 3:00 AM
You were meant to take up space and your needs are not a burden; they are part of your worth.
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It's Friday. And I want you to enjoy these fabulous eels from a 19th C. children's reader, printed on cloth.
Also note the resplendent goat. That's a goat you could take home to meet your mother. Or...is it?
Have a eely good weekend, 'y'all!
🗃️🧪
Also note the resplendent goat. That's a goat you could take home to meet your mother. Or...is it?
Have a eely good weekend, 'y'all!
🗃️🧪
February 6, 2026 at 8:04 PM
It's Friday. And I want you to enjoy these fabulous eels from a 19th C. children's reader, printed on cloth.
Also note the resplendent goat. That's a goat you could take home to meet your mother. Or...is it?
Have a eely good weekend, 'y'all!
🗃️🧪
Also note the resplendent goat. That's a goat you could take home to meet your mother. Or...is it?
Have a eely good weekend, 'y'all!
🗃️🧪
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Jumping through yet another hoop
BnF Latin 12048; Sacramentarium gelasianum; 8th century; France (diocese of Meaux or Cambrai?); f.80r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF Latin 12048; Sacramentarium gelasianum; 8th century; France (diocese of Meaux or Cambrai?); f.80r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Jumping through yet another hoop
BnF Latin 12048; Sacramentarium gelasianum; 8th century; France (diocese of Meaux or Cambrai?); f.80r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF Latin 12048; Sacramentarium gelasianum; 8th century; France (diocese of Meaux or Cambrai?); f.80r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
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it's not just that Mamdani is charming af (he is), it's that he is normalizing the idea that children are full members of society that we all share a collective responsibility for
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
it's not just that Mamdani is charming af (he is), it's that he is normalizing the idea that children are full members of society that we all share a collective responsibility for
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New prints! ->> store.falseknees.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:31 PM
New prints! ->> store.falseknees.com
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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I am certain that whenever someone posts about “gatekeeping art” or whatever, they’re talking about posting drawings online for clicks. They never mean arranging rocks in the back yard. They never mean whistling to yourself and finding a tune that makes you happy. They never mean napkin doodles.
February 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I am certain that whenever someone posts about “gatekeeping art” or whatever, they’re talking about posting drawings online for clicks. They never mean arranging rocks in the back yard. They never mean whistling to yourself and finding a tune that makes you happy. They never mean napkin doodles.
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Archaeologists analyzed the residue in a Roman glass vial and found it contained what was likely a preparation to treat inflammation and infection, as described by the physician Galen. It was *very* rough medicine …
archaeology.org/news/2026/02/02/contents-of-1900-year-old-roman-vial-analyzed/
archaeology.org/news/2026/02/02/contents-of-1900-year-old-roman-vial-analyzed/
February 2, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Archaeologists analyzed the residue in a Roman glass vial and found it contained what was likely a preparation to treat inflammation and infection, as described by the physician Galen. It was *very* rough medicine …
archaeology.org/news/2026/02/02/contents-of-1900-year-old-roman-vial-analyzed/
archaeology.org/news/2026/02/02/contents-of-1900-year-old-roman-vial-analyzed/