Gfrancie (Benevolent Siren)
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I make dinner & swear too much. I think that's all you need to know. 'Chocolate Cake for Imaginary Lives' published by Deixis Press is available now She/her
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Myers Briggs test for Irish men:
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Myers Briggs test for Irish men:
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Can any generous souls out there please help my partner and I cover £20 of basic groceries to last us the rest of the week? We're pretty much out of ingredients ♿🏳️⚧️
paypal.me/StuffOfMemes
paypal.me/StuffOfMemes
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Can any generous souls out there please help my partner and I cover £20 of basic groceries to last us the rest of the week? We're pretty much out of ingredients ♿🏳️⚧️
paypal.me/StuffOfMemes
paypal.me/StuffOfMemes
My oldest kid who away at university couldn't be with us today BUT, this kid of mine put together a thanksgiving dinner with a bunch of people. My kid made the turkey and it looks so good. My kid is gonna be okay.
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
My oldest kid who away at university couldn't be with us today BUT, this kid of mine put together a thanksgiving dinner with a bunch of people. My kid made the turkey and it looks so good. My kid is gonna be okay.
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This is a kink.
I'm speaking as an *expert*
This is 100% a sexual kink.
I'm speaking as an *expert*
This is 100% a sexual kink.
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is a kink.
I'm speaking as an *expert*
This is 100% a sexual kink.
I'm speaking as an *expert*
This is 100% a sexual kink.
Okay. My niece who has a food allergy and is vegetarian said it was nice to have so many flavours and so much food available to her.
I am now verklempt.
I am now verklempt.
November 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Okay. My niece who has a food allergy and is vegetarian said it was nice to have so many flavours and so much food available to her.
I am now verklempt.
I am now verklempt.
The chocolate tart turned out to be a favourite with everyone. Especially with raspberries and cream.
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The chocolate tart turned out to be a favourite with everyone. Especially with raspberries and cream.
There does come a moment mid-cooking when I think, "oh shit... I am in over my head. How is this going to come together?"
I usually need to sit down, drink a glass of water and look at the puzzle of it all. Then I keep going. "do I have enough butter?"
I usually need to sit down, drink a glass of water and look at the puzzle of it all. Then I keep going. "do I have enough butter?"
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
There does come a moment mid-cooking when I think, "oh shit... I am in over my head. How is this going to come together?"
I usually need to sit down, drink a glass of water and look at the puzzle of it all. Then I keep going. "do I have enough butter?"
I usually need to sit down, drink a glass of water and look at the puzzle of it all. Then I keep going. "do I have enough butter?"
Thanksgiving dinner has been accomplished.
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Thanksgiving dinner has been accomplished.
I tell myself, "hey no rush. Dinner will happen, people are patient." and somehow I have this homing beacon that allows me to turn out dinner bang on time. Even when I cook multiple dishes with a million components.
November 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I tell myself, "hey no rush. Dinner will happen, people are patient." and somehow I have this homing beacon that allows me to turn out dinner bang on time. Even when I cook multiple dishes with a million components.
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False. Mid afternoon is perfect because then around 8 PM you can have turkey sandwiches
An old Correct Opinion that is Still Correct—The Best Thanksgiving Dinner Time Is 8 p.m.
Listen Up, Turkeys: The Best Thanksgiving Dinner Time Is 8 p.m. - Hell Gate
Most Thanksgiving stressors stem from the massive mid-day meal.
hellgatenyc.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
False. Mid afternoon is perfect because then around 8 PM you can have turkey sandwiches
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My nephew: Are you a girl or a boy?
Me: a boy, I used to look more like a girl but then I turned into a boy
Nephew: How???
Me: I went to the doctor and they gave me some medicine
Nephew: …
Nephew, bragging now: I’M a boy and I didn’t even HAVE to go to the doctor
Me: a boy, I used to look more like a girl but then I turned into a boy
Nephew: How???
Me: I went to the doctor and they gave me some medicine
Nephew: …
Nephew, bragging now: I’M a boy and I didn’t even HAVE to go to the doctor
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My nephew: Are you a girl or a boy?
Me: a boy, I used to look more like a girl but then I turned into a boy
Nephew: How???
Me: I went to the doctor and they gave me some medicine
Nephew: …
Nephew, bragging now: I’M a boy and I didn’t even HAVE to go to the doctor
Me: a boy, I used to look more like a girl but then I turned into a boy
Nephew: How???
Me: I went to the doctor and they gave me some medicine
Nephew: …
Nephew, bragging now: I’M a boy and I didn’t even HAVE to go to the doctor
So...much... butter.
a cartoon character made out of bread with peanut butter on it
Alt: a puppet of a slice of bread and it is rubbing butter on itself while looking just off camera. It is weird.
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
So...much... butter.
I found this cranberry & clementine stuffing mix at Sainsbury. I decided to augment it by adding some crumbled home-made cornbread. Then I cooked up leeks and shredded parsnip in butter & fresh thyme and added that to everything along w/ veg stock, so I can make vegetarian stuffing balls.
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I found this cranberry & clementine stuffing mix at Sainsbury. I decided to augment it by adding some crumbled home-made cornbread. Then I cooked up leeks and shredded parsnip in butter & fresh thyme and added that to everything along w/ veg stock, so I can make vegetarian stuffing balls.
If you are cooking Thanksgiving dinner, you are going to be washing your hands even more than usual and that can dry out your pretty paws. I am a BIG fan of Neutrogena Norwegian formula hand cream. Am I a "brand ambassador"? No. I am a lady who spent years in jobs that dried out my hands.
November 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
If you are cooking Thanksgiving dinner, you are going to be washing your hands even more than usual and that can dry out your pretty paws. I am a BIG fan of Neutrogena Norwegian formula hand cream. Am I a "brand ambassador"? No. I am a lady who spent years in jobs that dried out my hands.
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Americans abroad.
a cat wearing a yellow scarf is sitting at a table with plates of food and the words happy thanksgiving written on the bottom
Alt: a cat wearing a yellow scarf is sitting at a table with plates of food and the words happy thanksgiving written on the bottom.
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Americans abroad.
Working on the next dessert. It won't be fancy but I am hoping it will be reliable. Then I am going to watch "Home for the Holidays". Me and 11 other people saw it when it was in the theaters. We still exchange holiday cards.
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Working on the next dessert. It won't be fancy but I am hoping it will be reliable. Then I am going to watch "Home for the Holidays". Me and 11 other people saw it when it was in the theaters. We still exchange holiday cards.
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They need to get back together… and leave us alone
So Olivia Nuzzi is clearly a piece of shit who can never work in journalism again after this.
And, also, Ryan Lizza is clearly a piece of shit who should never work in journalism again after this either.
We're all agree on that, right?
And, also, Ryan Lizza is clearly a piece of shit who should never work in journalism again after this either.
We're all agree on that, right?
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
They need to get back together… and leave us alone
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Thanksgiving at Bradstreet Farm
Playlist - Thanksgiving at Bradstreet Farm - 43 items
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November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
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like i'm not kidding there's going to be a market for stuff that is "certified real"
Once you get tricked by an AI video of animals being friends you can get so mad you decide Sam Altman isn’t even a real guy
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
like i'm not kidding there's going to be a market for stuff that is "certified real"
A Florentine bittersweet chocolate tart.
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A Florentine bittersweet chocolate tart.
Once upon a time I would have done some self-destructive stuff to get a kind of dopamine hit from life. Right now? I am trying out a recipe I have never tried before. I am hoping it might make a good dessert for Thanksgiving. I tell other people not to do this but I know I can get away with it.
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Once upon a time I would have done some self-destructive stuff to get a kind of dopamine hit from life. Right now? I am trying out a recipe I have never tried before. I am hoping it might make a good dessert for Thanksgiving. I tell other people not to do this but I know I can get away with it.
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someone the other day tried to tell me that I'm obviously a millionaire
from a bird cartoon
from a bird cartoon
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
someone the other day tried to tell me that I'm obviously a millionaire
from a bird cartoon
from a bird cartoon
Very helpful.
I've talked a little about In This Family before. It's a show I produce and we made a mini-sode about not going bananas when surrounded by family at the holidays with the attendant pressures, grudges, and politics.
More ITF here: www.nexusfamilyhealing.org/podcast
More ITF here: www.nexusfamilyhealing.org/podcast
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Very helpful.
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“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...