st. louis dweller, enthusiastic traveler, oh-so-lucky mom (x2), cat butler, bi gal, iowa writers workshop alum. "the distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss." she/her
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i love the playlists that are going whenever i get a massage or facial and it took me until this week to realize i could play them for myself at home when i need to relax or focus follow me for more tips that are probably already beknownst to everyone
YIKES
his whole existence is summed by by "aw, buddy lmao"
our cat once got so profoundly catnip-turnt that he wandered into the countertop breadbox and just sat there, among the buns, for a full ten minutes before figuring out how to extract himself* *by walking forward
knowing stuff about malcolm gladwell is terrible in every way except for the rare occasions when his dumb theories lend themselves to an easy bit
ah i see he finally completed his 10,000 Hours of Being Trash and is now an expert
just finished a spectacular book of criticism that has A FEW THINGS TO SAY about mr. roth guardianbookshop.com/girl-on-girl...
lmao (i do want to see that giant cat though)
Hi did you move your newsletter away from substack? drop it in the replies so people can find you and subscribe! I am big on rewarding good choices
YES! i was shocked at their ability to maintain the munchies?!
the koi were hangry today
no he feels hand-drawn to me! i want to believe!
dragonfruit limeade was delicious but the real star of the show is this logo
thanks for calling out my two go-to monthly "this is a hellscape, so i deserve it?" expenses lol
*not* the easiest place to get to but one of the most magical places i've ever been!
put the Outer Hebrides on your list too
i empathize with this down to the last detail 💜
Spent the day driving around Manchester, New Hampshire, a city for 80-something New Yorkers in deep debt apparently. I was driving alone, something I’m known to do. I saw a woman fleeing domestic violence. I “rendered aid,” vaguely. Minutes or maybe an hour later I was walloped by a Mack truck.
i LOVE megan abbott and am a bit of a completist. this wasn't her best but it was a compelling narrative framing. it should've had a more ruthless editing pen taken to it; there was just a bit too much happening. i ADORED her last one, Beware the Woman. that, The Fever, & Queenpin are my favorites.
the long weekend double-header
!!!!!!! thank you, we were NOT all aware
needed access to some numbers for work, signed up for a statistics site, and am now fully distracted and thinking "yes i WOULD enjoy knowing more" about things like:
"omg is this a bengal?!?!?" beloved, that is just a standard-grade cat that hangs out near your dumpster
i LOVE hyperspecific groups, both online and irl. back before my favorite coffeeshop closed (thanks, pandemic!), i used to encounter a beekeepers' meetup group and they were INTENSE and full of DRAMA
me: i bet my cat absolutely never finds me annoying. what a perfect friendship we have my IG story from this day last year:
she said that “black” with a hard r
i genuinely love the subreddit r/cats because nine times out of ten the OP is like "what is wrong with my cat???" and then 100 answers are a variation of "cats do be like that"
asking price: your soul (OBO)
checking in with one of my most cherished affirmations
man if y'all are looking for a "speak truth to power" type in the mainstream media, it is 100% the extraordinary jenn white on @npr.org . she took down RFKJr in the 9a hour today (via incredibly good questions to her panelists) in a way i've not heard anywhere else
i would like to see the pretzel (respectfully)
she has just diagnosed him with "crowd anxiety"
oh thank you! <3
absolutely loved emily in that show, intrigued by the fact that lena dunham made her ex's new wife's foil so likeable and fun
my kid read all my old l'engle books and honestly they hold up! (she just turned 12)
Agent P!
venomous, yeah, but i'm not planning to get *that* close
oh my gosh thank you! i will watch this!
i was diagnosed with clinical depression my sophomore year of college. CHECKMATE, RFKJr!
i just KNOW those feet make a "thwip thwip thwip" sound when they run
this is exquisite. the platypus gets a top spot in my Favorite Creatures Pantheon.
these guys had to leave their jobs managing a home depot to do this shit for 29 days. christ what a humiliation for all involved
i had gestational diabetes when i was pregnant with my son. not being able to eat ice cream was TERRIBLE as a pregnant lady but i'm gonna see if it can get me grandfathered in to vax status
i KNEW smoking cloves in college would come in handy one day. tyvm cloves
disappointed to see that there's a netflix sports documentary about jerry jones that does NOT include an interview with my mom, america's number-one jerry jones hater
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
and she's so right! my tech is also great about being like, "hey man, what season do you think this IS?" when i inevitably want slate-gray in april or something. i LOVE this neon orange!
omg i was going to get my tipping-into-autumn gothy burgundy this week but . . . i feel Influenced
it's @joined-labeler.shatteredsky.net :)
oh ha, it's a labeler that i am finding very handy - it shows you the month & year someone joined. Nov. '24 is a lot of "twitter refugees" with iffy takes and loud follow-back demands
not beating the "Joined Nov. '24" allegations
just got sent some REAL bad ideas and am saving my responses in a file called Honesty.docx
checking in on my Gaylors w/ the utmost care
somewhat related:
a Seven that really means business
speaking of the smooth white boy rockers they used to make, i recently (like, last week) heard an interview with the lead singer of the goo goo dolls and he was so . . . charming?! and self-aware and thankful for having a long career despite being kind of mid? it was great!
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
Pritzker exhorts the news media to "tell it like it is:" "Donald Trump wants to use the U.S. Military to occupy a U.S. city, punish his dissidents and score political points." "Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here."
Reeling Walz in was spectacular political malpractice.
also, sound design really nailed that final, desolate "clank"
truly.
Guys, I have a special & unusual request today. My cousin Sean is a union bus driver here in Los Angeles who was just FIRED in retaliation for saying he would not let masked ICE agents onto his bus to abduct riders. The fight is on to get his job back, you can help: actionnetwork.org/letters/send...
also, endlessly fucking frustrating that we have a LOT of vacant properties owned by neglectful, greedy developers that could be *housing people right now*, including victims of the May EF3 tornado that STILL has lots of folks sleeping in tents and under tarps.
living in a blue city in a deeply red state: same
hell yea @chriswarcraft.bsky.social!
Last week I spent days walking the path of May 16th tornado to see where the recovery process in St. Louis stands 100 days on. I found a lopsided recovery effort where neighbors in already struggling areas of North City now wonder if their neighborhood has a future. www.stlpr.org/economy-busi...
this was a terrific piece, Kavahn. thank you for doing it, and for demonstrating the disparity.
currently reading megan abbott's _el dorado drive_ and . . . ?!?!?!?!!!? (complimentary)
honestly the visual i had when i typed it
thank you. i am out to rewrite history, but only in very very very small and cute ways
ooh it was the stove in Bewitched! (hey @endora-bullshit.bsky.social this is crossover content)
i am so obsessed. i bet cleaning canNOT be easy though
i'm becoming a Leaf Hopper Truther alongside ellie because this muppet-adjacent bug is CUTE AS HELL
we should think bigger and find a way to combine the two activities. defund the police, but make it participatory!
unparalleled rake-stepping
defund the police *and* great scavenger hunts? 😍
that's EXACTLY what i was hoping to find a photo of! incredible! i was curious whether it was completely custom.
Not sure if people have realized yet on just how many levels the #zcavengerhunt is working. Not only is it activating a bunch of people, not only is it getting people out and about in NYC, not only is it highlighting public transits, not only is it highlighting NYC history... it's also:
What a burden to be old enough to know who Dean Cain is
Remind me again who the danger is on our streets?
✨ manifesting ✨
perfect way to put it. we are in a joy deficit right now, so this is amazing to see!
ha! <3 my daughter would LOVE to dye strips of hair purple. and her school does allow it so . . . maybe!
isn't it?! it's apparently an example of the Sarasota School, a very particular type of MCM design. i wish i could find a good pic of the kitchen bc it was SO neat.
in this same episode, there was also a perfectly round house - an *adorable* mid-century modern. the owner had tremendous divorced-dad energy but in a . . . good way?! confounding
ok so one of the points of pride was that benito doesn't use paint (unusual flex? but ok?) so the peach is stucco and terracotta i *think*? i have NO idea what's going on with the furniture or the carpet. i do wish the zillow listing showed the bomb shelter/spa bc it was UNHINGED
no slumber, all party. a total misnomer of an event!
WE MADE IT. the earliest bedtime was 3a; the latest 7a. my iced coffee is tasting both good and necessary
It’s horrific, and I’ve gotten to the point — long past it, actually — where i feel some antipathy toward folks who choose to stay there and contribute, regardless of political affiliation or ideology.
i haven't seen that set! will seek it out!
totally fair - my intake of Behind the Bastards is probably more than is healthy! LOVE josh johnson, saw his set in STL right before the 2024 election :/
truly one of the worst bastards of our lifetime (and several others' lifetimes). have you listened to the eps on the "cancer cure"?
