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ana is tired@koutavi· 11d

was it pushed back internationally? 🥺 (this is a barnes & noble email)

a screencap of an email i just received about my worst man pre-order saying the publisher changed the book's release date to mid october and they expect it to ship 10/13

ana is tired@koutavi· Jul 9

i have never even read tomie and i should, but i don't think this image is ever going to be anything besides "this is what bpd feels like" to me i more often describe it as a demon i keep restrained in my head that still screeches terrible things nonstop, but this is the best visual representation

an iconic panel from junji ito's tomie, where she is glancing offscreen smiling calmly but a monstrous face (like hers but scarred and warped horrifically) is emerging from the side/back of her head with its eyes wide and teeth bared

ana is tired@koutavi· Jul 7

hey you in the #nyc metro area!!! have you ever wanted to #foster a #rescuedog????? the nycacc is wildly over capacity and is contacting rescues begging for help, but we need! more!! fosters!!! struggling with the crushing weight of reality these days? searching for meaning? save a life today! ama!

the will ferrell meme where the top image is a city engulfed in flames labeled "HUMAN SOCIETY" and the bottom is him with hands cupped around his mouth shouting, captioned "ME: CAN YOU HELP ME SAVE A DOG?"

ana is tired@koutavi· Jun 30

idk who needs this pupsicle recipe, but peanut butter and diced apples in unsalted bone broth is my new foster dog's absolute favorite summer treat.

a photo of a storage container full of diced skin-on apples soaking in chicken bone broth, beside a 9-pop pupsicle mold and squeeze pack of buddy butter (dog-safe peanut butter) -- 6 of the molds are full already but the 3 on the right only have a dollop of peanut butter at the bottom, waiting for apple and broth

ana is tired@koutavi· Jun 23

new sticker design... it's SQUARE?! (the sticker has been round or oval my entire life)

ana is tired@koutavi· Jun 21

whatever led us here sure wasn't the right course of action, no. it's worth mentioning that @jfrejnyc.bsky.social endorses brad lander! and the lobbying texts i'm getting on goldman's behalf are... let's just say they're very focused on the matter of community support. of only one community.

a text i was sent by the "united communities and institutions of boro park" talking about the serious challenge goldman is facing from [lander], who they avoid mentioning by name and is notably also jewish

"Good morning! Early voting is underway in Boro Park, and we cannot afford to stay home. Congressman Dan Goldman is facing a serious challenge from a candidate backed by Mayor Mamdani that supports penalizing our yeshivos and opposes key protections for Eretz Yisrael. Dan has stood with our community when it mattered most, fighting to restore childcare subsidies, helping families return from Eretz Yisrael during times of crisis, and always answering the call when our community needed him. He is proudly endorsed by Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein, District Leader Pinny Ringel, and mosdos and askins across Boro Park. Every vote matters. [...] Don't wait. Vote today. The future of our community depends on it."

ana is tired@koutavi· May 31

even if you've done this before, do it again now. the update must have reset things to hide by default bc i KNOW i've turned "rude" off before:

a screencap of the "rude" setting in bsky's advanced security options..... i have absolutely set it to off before, because i am a big girl who can handle seeing "rude or impolite, including crude language and disrespectful comments" on the internet, but it was set to hide again.

ana is tired@koutavi· May 10

i did make some delicious and decently aesthetic treats! just... gotta figure out how to not let them go to waste, at the least.

lemon-cardamom souffle cups with blackberries
cherry cheesecake swirl brownie cups

hojicha fig brown butter dark chocolate brownies
lemon and blueberry sweet rolls, to be reheated and topped with vanilla bean cream cheese icing, not pictured bc the bags were in a cooler

earl grey shortbread with real tea steeped in the butter
masala chai snickerdoodles

ana is tired@koutavi· May 2

the bus shelter ad i saw yesterday seems to be the same campaign, an AI company called "artisan" that hasn't gotten quite to the "stop hiring humans" full bus wrap escalation in nyc yet; we've got the first only:

a pale woman with dark hair and severe cheekbones is on an ad by ARTISAN proclaiming "ava doesn't need a 1:1, PIP or a pep talk"

that same pale, stern woman is now blown up to take up the full back of the bus, the ad now proclaiming "STOP HIRING HUMANS" and "hire ava, the AI BDR" which idek what that means so I can't tell you. also an ARTISAN ad.

ana is tired@koutavi· Apr 29

trust the process...

a screenshot of something horrible and sludgy looking in a quart container; cloudy yellowy-brown liquid with dark bits at the bottom... i am steeping earl grey tea in butter for flavored shortbread

ana is tired@koutavi· Apr 21

thank you from pennylou ❤️

sweet pennylou, a large mixed breed dog with caramel coat and white nose/neck/chest and pawsocks, sits on a purple check pawprint blanket with her feet folded adorably and a squeaky plush duck toy tucked against her chest. this is her ducky now, thanks!

ana is tired@koutavi· Apr 20

gonna leave you with this video of her on day 3, coming home to a box that had been delivered for her while we were out thanks to friends who supported me in saving her. i'm out of breath because i started crying a little when i realized she was leading me home, before thinking to film it for ELO.

ana is tired@koutavi· Apr 19

sweet baby got a medicated bath and pro pawdicure and was an ANGEL about it all, received a pupcup for her efforts, and is now taking a much deserved nap on fresh bedding because (as her bandana says) we gotta maintain that clean pup energy! a good day for pennylou.

pennylou is much cleaner, the crusties gone from her nose and legs, and is offering a paw politely. she is wearing a white bandana and a new pink harness.

she's giving the camera a big smile because she's all clean! and sweet girl actually loves baths/anything to do with water, haha. she had a blast.

pennylou gets a pupcup for being the best girl, on which the barista wrote "I love you Penny Lou!" which was super cute. and objectively correct; pennylou is exceedingly lovable.

pennylou napping as a croissant, now on a purple pawprint gingham blankie as fresh and clean as she is.

ana is tired@koutavi· Apr 19

sorry i've ceased to exist; got a new foster!!! she is simultaneously the easiest behavioral and most worrying (& heartbreaking) medical case i've ever had, still settling. + scrappy is larping 50 first dates. after every nap he sees her again and is all WHOMST?! INTRUDER!!! but it's improving.

pennylou is a tan dog with white markings (muzzle, neck/chest, pawsocks) who is utterly emaciated, her nose and ears crusty from infections, and she is the best girl. she's sitting adorably at attention with her tongue in a tiny excited blep, ears perked and expression pleading. nanny had a treat; pennylou has perfect puppy eyes.

pennylou is lying on her side on a red/black/white pawprint themed blanket, every last bone visible under her skin but she's still posing like a puppy, legs bent like she's prancing and head turned towards the camera to ask nanny to keep giving tummy rubs.

pennylou attempting to make herself small to match her foster siblings by curling into a puppy croissant. it didn't work, she's still a large breed, but she achieved an impressively tight curl! every last vertebrae and her hipbones are dramatically visible.

pennylou getting some after walk snuggles in nanny's lap-- she does not fit, nanny is small and pennylou is large, but she's gonna get those cuddles regardless. she has one paw hooked over my arm and is resting her head on my chest while getting scritches.

ana is tired@koutavi· Apr 13

gimmie your best joke about what the veteran type guy's hat should say because i can't say mine given that the Generic Stubbled White Man resembles the man of files (my best guess at the actual letters in this slop, if it was the english alphabet, is P E B U R? I O in case you're on a small screen)

a blown up section of trump's AI slop of him as a healer; it's the man with a white beard wearing an olive green cap with gold embroidery -- presumably meant to resemble a veteran in the prompt. because it's slop, the hat is illegible but my best guess/strongest visual impression of the letters (if it's the english alphabet only) is P E B U R? I O. okay, go!

ana is tired@koutavi· Apr 10

...............................no. i do not need an AI to "understand and interpret" the photos I AM CURRENTLY TAKING????? or any photos i want to look at tbh. stop forcing the enshittification engine into e v e r y t h i n g this is so stupid. we already have auto-sort albums via recognition!

i was just trying to check facebook notifications and got this new alert: "your camera app just got smarter. the new meta ai app understands and interprets your photos." NO. WHY. BAD. GLAD I DON'T USE META MORE THAN IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IN THE FIRST PLACE.

ana is tired@koutavi· Apr 5

me trying to figure out how to beg for money to be able to keep volunteering in under 300 characters like

a screenshot of the character count in the bottom right corner of the bluesky new post interface... it's in the red by -3527 and i have added a gigantic cringing emoji.

ana is tired@koutavi· Apr 1

my grandfather would've loved this one, he used to say "what's the alternative?" and he was right. i lean more into the "hang in there, it gets worse!" flavor of dark humor, myself, but this one's going on the wishlist anyway.

a little smiling cartoon bomb with a lit fuse, hanging from the text "hang in there" by one hand and giving a thumbs up with the other -- below him, under the thumbs up, is "it gets worse"

ana is tired@koutavi· Mar 15

search your camera roll for "hell"

a photo taken in nyc on june 7, 2023 of a diablo IV billboard in times square that says "welcome to hell, new york" beside a pretty demon lady -- the ACTUAL sky above times square is a deep, dense orange from wildfire smoke. (the diablo IV billboard says it released on 6/6, so our descent into canadian fire smoke hell was prophesied, in a way...)

ana is tired@koutavi· Mar 9

did a charity bake sale that was apparently all pastry chefs contributing except me, meaning none of mine sold and after crying i had to run around delivering treats to friends so they didn't go to waste. 3rd time my offerings didn't move, so i'm officially giving up, but i did get a clip out of it:

ana is tired@koutavi· Mar 2

okay but i swear he was kinda cute to my eyes but when i tried to draw him i got to the beard and realized this one was scary too so just. switched to red BUT I CAN'T DRAW! look back at your original photo, do you see the cute guy now?

my shitty procreate doodle of a sinister-looking man in the shadows of the moon surface. i then switched to red pencil and drew a devil horns and tail.

ana is tired@koutavi· Feb 17

if i complain about something publicly the problem tends to resolve itself soon after, so COME ON UPS, CONFIRM MY EXTREMELY TIME SENSITIVE PICKUP THAT MUST GET TO TEXAS TOMORROW MORNING i requested yesterday and had samples drawn, if this doesn't go out TODAY i have to wait 2 months or pay a tech!

the ups laboratory pak, all filled and packed up and ready to go BUT I STILL DON'T HAVE A PICKUP CONFIRMATION AND THERE'S NOT A STORE FOR MILES AROUND this has to be ON A PLANE TONIGHT let's gooooooooooooooo

ana is tired@koutavi· Feb 17

i wrangled my mother into going through the hall closet with me today and found the MOST RIDICULOUS item that was definitely a gift my grandmother bought my her for some christmas... apparently there's a whole bunch on ebay for a couple dollars each and no interest, lol...

ana is tired@koutavi· Feb 14

the alt texts are gonna burn me outl

seriously look at these decorations! lots more baked goods, set up with love

ana is tired@koutavi· Feb 14

i really want to go nuts at the empanada table ngl

my setup is not as cute as most others you can tell i have never tabled rip

my table mate also bakes, tarts and cupcakes!

all kinds of treats and pops down at the end table, more coming... these ladies know how to decorate

ana is tired@koutavi· Feb 13

7/12 batches of cookies down, then just some brownies to go... anyone want to buy some valentine's cookies at a neighborhood holiday market tomorrow? (i hope somebody does, bc this has been a lot of work!)

peanut butter pumpkin oat dog biscuits cut into adorable custom shapes (hearts with pawprints trailing along them, a paw with a little heart in its pad) as well as traditional little dog bones of various sizes

tray 1/4 of decorated heart-shaped sugar cookies; this tray is frosted in white and pink, pink sugar crystals and red/pink/white nonpareils, white and bright pink royal icing

tray 2/4 of decorated heart-shaped sugar cookies; this tray is frosted in white and pink and red. white with pink and red sugar crystals or white heart outlines filled with bright pink or red royal icing, some plain and some covered with festive nonpareils, jimmies, and candy hearts.

tray 3/4 of decorated heart-shaped sugar cookies; this tray is frosted in white heart outlines filled with bright pink or red royal icing, some plain and some covered with festive nonpareils, jimmies, and candy hearts. (if you were curious, tray 4 is my clumsy learning curve screw up tray and will likely be turned into samples.)

ana is tired@koutavi· Feb 9

www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel... hey #dogsofbluesky can we boost this fundraiser to get diamond and her owner veterinary care and warmer clothes, respectively? it's deathly cold out! the original post on facebook (link in alt text) has updates that the gfm doesn't yet so i've included a screencap!

the updates from the original post, found here: https://www.facebook.com/ssweet.caroline/posts/pfbid02iNWkKxBH2BJvzQii3YPVAe82jW19m38D6LFY2cNjEjeU3WVUKg8bvsohPD6K97uXl

Update- 2/7/26
Thank you to all of you who donated and shared we were able to put him and Diamond in a nyc pet friendly hotel last night ❤️ our next step is to get warm clothes fot him & get Diamond a medical apt & get spayed. Thank you for your contined support, donations and shares
please everyone continue to share his story so we can provide permanent help instead of temporary
https://gofund.me/9ab0503ee
Update- 2/6/26 3:45 pm
We found a pet friendly hotel w breakfast included in Queens that’s $1,552 total for these nights. We still need money to cover for that 💔🆘 so far we only have $1,100 and we also need money for her medical and spay 🚨 Pleaseeeeee any amount is greatly appreciated. I willl post pictures once we get him & her God willing we get funds needed
Update-
We have created a GoFundMe to help this poor homeless man and his beautiful dog please any amount donated is greatly appreciated and if you can, please share that is extremely helpful too
https://gofund.me/fa738dcc6
Emergency 🚨🚨🚨🚨
This homeless man has this beautiful dog named Diamond 🩷
She was used for breeding by junkies until this nice man took her in. She needs medical and to get spayed 🆘
The man went to court yesterday and he will be able to go back to housing on February 17 😢 so the next few days him and Diamond will be freezing and sleeping in the streets 🥶💔
We need help for-
Medical & Spaying

ana is tired@koutavi· Feb 9

miss rachel and zohran mamdani wah wah wah meme

ana is tired@koutavi· Feb 7

i have been visited by the brooklyn whistle fairy!!! shoutout to @gregpak.net for the push -- i'll be bringing them, handmade lanyards, and other supplies to a community building, whistle-kit-making event in my neighborhood tomorrow.

two (of many) handmade, light green lanyards with keyrings on them for a whistle. they're seamless so it the ring can float and won't get stuck in yarn when we put something on it.

ana is tired@koutavi· Feb 7

@shysterb.bsky.social pretty sure you're the one i should show this off to... it's not done yet but am i fulfilling the 'something beautiful' criteria?