Mira
@miraphorism.bsky.social
a menace and a magpie. queer. fandom, libraries, law, and miscellany. I say fuck a lot. I am 30 or 40 years old etc. not a professional account.
the universe is not allowed to fuck with me for the next 72 hours. i'm at my limit.
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
the universe is not allowed to fuck with me for the next 72 hours. i'm at my limit.
the last week of my life has really been trying to kill me before I can make it to 2026
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
the last week of my life has really been trying to kill me before I can make it to 2026
good lord. uber put me in a suburban, this thing is a tank. I had to climb up into it.
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
good lord. uber put me in a suburban, this thing is a tank. I had to climb up into it.
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Beautiful series of images by Eduard Pechuël-Loesche from an 1888 book on the strange skies produced the world-over after the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa.⠀⠀
More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/studies-on-twilight-phenomena-after-krakatoa
More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/studies-on-twilight-phenomena-after-krakatoa
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Beautiful series of images by Eduard Pechuël-Loesche from an 1888 book on the strange skies produced the world-over after the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa.⠀⠀
More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/studies-on-twilight-phenomena-after-krakatoa
More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/studies-on-twilight-phenomena-after-krakatoa
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I'm often asked why my book about the dramatic rise of the "working homeless" is based in Atlanta.
The answer? Because Atlanta is a stand-in for any number of other cities where workers earn nowhere near what it costs to stay housed, and people are forced into homelessness despite working nonstop.
The answer? Because Atlanta is a stand-in for any number of other cities where workers earn nowhere near what it costs to stay housed, and people are forced into homelessness despite working nonstop.
Atlanta retail workers earn less than half of what they need to make rent
The wage gap between rent and earnings in metro Atlanta is on par with the national level.
www.wsbtv.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm often asked why my book about the dramatic rise of the "working homeless" is based in Atlanta.
The answer? Because Atlanta is a stand-in for any number of other cities where workers earn nowhere near what it costs to stay housed, and people are forced into homelessness despite working nonstop.
The answer? Because Atlanta is a stand-in for any number of other cities where workers earn nowhere near what it costs to stay housed, and people are forced into homelessness despite working nonstop.
strut mounts and link. cool. cool. cool. I definitely have $1500 sitting around for that.
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
strut mounts and link. cool. cool. cool. I definitely have $1500 sitting around for that.
the longer it takes for the auto place to call me back about my car, the more nervous I get about how expensive this is going to be. I literally just put new tires on this bitch, I am so tired.
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
the longer it takes for the auto place to call me back about my car, the more nervous I get about how expensive this is going to be. I literally just put new tires on this bitch, I am so tired.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
my reddit investigations suggest something more than my brakes/rotors are messed up, so that's going to be fun. good thing I decided I wasn't traveling this holiday season.
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
my reddit investigations suggest something more than my brakes/rotors are messed up, so that's going to be fun. good thing I decided I wasn't traveling this holiday season.
From the makers of Big Boat Stuck we now bring you: Four Bus Stuck
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
From the makers of Big Boat Stuck we now bring you: Four Bus Stuck
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Watching the Today show with the family.
The scrubs reboot is mentioned
Daughter asks "what's a scrub"
"A scrub is a guy who thinks he's fly, also known as a buster"
My wife is glaring at me.
The scrubs reboot is mentioned
Daughter asks "what's a scrub"
"A scrub is a guy who thinks he's fly, also known as a buster"
My wife is glaring at me.
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Watching the Today show with the family.
The scrubs reboot is mentioned
Daughter asks "what's a scrub"
"A scrub is a guy who thinks he's fly, also known as a buster"
My wife is glaring at me.
The scrubs reboot is mentioned
Daughter asks "what's a scrub"
"A scrub is a guy who thinks he's fly, also known as a buster"
My wife is glaring at me.
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It's a beautiful day. We just dropped new merch for the first time in a year.
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
🧵
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
🧵
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It's a beautiful day. We just dropped new merch for the first time in a year.
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
🧵
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
🧵
I have two projects I should be working on but I think they're December problems now
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I have two projects I should be working on but I think they're December problems now
not to be a conspiracy theorist but I enjoy that they pointed out the other delay so I could read between the lines and wonder if this was actually delayed bc of Cheney's recent demise 💀
Apple TV series The Hunt postponed due to plagiarism allegations
Apple TV series The Hunt postponed due to plagiarism allegations
French thriller starring Benoît Magimel has been accused of stealing its story from a 1976 action film
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
not to be a conspiracy theorist but I enjoy that they pointed out the other delay so I could read between the lines and wonder if this was actually delayed bc of Cheney's recent demise 💀
some days I feel like I'm losing my fucking mind I tell you what
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
some days I feel like I'm losing my fucking mind I tell you what
I literally don't care what's in the pics, we're literally using acts of war against civilians, criminal or not
The military has released 21 video clips of U.S. attacks on vessels it says are trafficking drugs. But they tell only part of the story.
What the Pentagon’s Attack Videos Reveal About the Boat Strikes at Sea
The military has released 21 video clips of U.S. attacks on vessels it says are trafficking drugs. But they tell only part of the story.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I literally don't care what's in the pics, we're literally using acts of war against civilians, criminal or not
eye doctor tried to talk me into progressives yesterday bc I take my glasses off to read in the evenings but I don't want to leave the glasses on that's the whole point. anyway it's so mild right now I can't justify the expense and adjustment period.
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
eye doctor tried to talk me into progressives yesterday bc I take my glasses off to read in the evenings but I don't want to leave the glasses on that's the whole point. anyway it's so mild right now I can't justify the expense and adjustment period.
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When I see the Rich get owned by the Poor.
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When I see the Rich get owned by the Poor.
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My investigation into traffic and crashes around the Meta data center site in Richland Parish, Louisiana (what Meta says will be the largest in the world) aired on @npr.org Morning Edition today:
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My investigation into traffic and crashes around the Meta data center site in Richland Parish, Louisiana (what Meta says will be the largest in the world) aired on @npr.org Morning Edition today:
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The writers very obvious very cool and awesome fetishes
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The writers very obvious very cool and awesome fetishes
every time i see the truly awful shit chatgpt spits out in these troubled chatlogs, i just want to be like, you trained it on wattpad, i'm not sure what you thought it was going to do
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
every time i see the truly awful shit chatgpt spits out in these troubled chatlogs, i just want to be like, you trained it on wattpad, i'm not sure what you thought it was going to do
in the same way i have played ffxiv ARR expansion like 10 times on different characters, i am making...a third genshin account. this one to try a no wishes, full clear abyss game.
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
in the same way i have played ffxiv ARR expansion like 10 times on different characters, i am making...a third genshin account. this one to try a no wishes, full clear abyss game.
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It is such a disorienting feeling when someone you care about but hadn't talked to that much in a couple of years dies suddenly because there is now a freshly dug hole inside of you and yet the day to day routine of your life has not been altered one bit. www.welcometohellworld.com/watertown-ma...
Watertown, Massachusetts
This piece appears in my book We Had It Coming.
I am sitting in a waiting room right now none of us ever want to be inside of crying about an old friend I'm not entirely sure is even gone yet. The te...
www.welcometohellworld.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It is such a disorienting feeling when someone you care about but hadn't talked to that much in a couple of years dies suddenly because there is now a freshly dug hole inside of you and yet the day to day routine of your life has not been altered one bit. www.welcometohellworld.com/watertown-ma...
wasn't really hungry around 7 but now of course it's 11pm and I'm starving 💀
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
wasn't really hungry around 7 but now of course it's 11pm and I'm starving 💀