Next weekend I’m going on a trip with a very specific theme that has me digging into the depths of my closet 💜⚜️

Another day, another hilariously awkward push poll about Texas politics. I actually laughed out loud at “James Talarico is too loco for Texas.”

Rush Creek Reserve is a limited seasonal release from Uplands Cheese in Wisconsin and I make sure to secure one every year. Soft and custardy and intensely savory, this cheese is an umami bomb in a spruce bark wrapper. IMO Best paired with potatoes, thick bacon, cornichons, and beer.

The adoption of the 'ty' beanie babies tag logo into corporate Slack emoji culture is fascinating to me. Personally, I can't *not* see it as the beanie baby tag first and foremost even though I haven't seen it in that context irl in decades

I just want everyone back home in the Midwest to know that here in Texas they only recently got Jets Pizza so I keep getting review videos gushing over it as if it’s some exotic gourmet restaurant and I’m dying inside 😂 They’re even romanticizing the ranch dressing

Bluesky is asking me to age verify because I’m in Texas. All options require me voluntarily sharing confidential information. If you never hear from me again, this is why.

I am giggling that this is how the Balogun news is spreading on TikTok

#sotd for the 4th of July 🇺🇸 is Knee High 🌽 from @pearfatparfum.bsky.social I’m a Midwest Girlie and nothing says peak summer like honeysuckle and sweet corn 💛💚 *Indiana sweet corn, honeysuckle, tiger lily, fresh blueberries, hot summer air* #fragsky #perfumesky

My June Tray🍍🍊🥭 The Texas heat has kicked on full blast, so my tastes swing to tropical fruits. Oranges, pineapples, bananas, and mangos all reign supreme, generally over a vanillic, ambery base. Everything feels bright and colorful and perfect for sipping a frozen cocktail 🍹 #perfumesky #fragsky

I have a ton of midcentury furniture and decor that gets everyday use, but this bottle opener from my great-grandparents’ cottage likely dates to the 1930s or early 40s

I’m a jaded old game dev, but a custom mold-a-rama in the Gearbox lobby legitimately made me giddy 😄

The old DoorDash non-AI algorithm was doing just fine. It knew I frequently order crab rangoons, so it offered me more crab rangoons. Perfect, no notes.

My May tray 🥛🪷🍐 For the last month I found myself reaching for lactonics, with three out of my top five on heavy repeat being lactone-forward. Milky, musky florals really carried the essence of late spring for me, with some guest appearances from bright fruits and vanilla #perfumesky #fragsky

They’re not beating the scammer allegations 😆

Venmo really popping off today with idiots who send money to strangers. Cause that’s exactly what a scammer *would* say, lol

Just another exciting morning in sharing a last name with a common money transfer app 🙃 And please note: this spam was all *after* I commented on the original payment noting it was sent to the wrong person and they could contact Venmo CS for a reversal of payment

What does 'Certain, practically certain' even *mean* and why are they combined into a single scale value?

Fair vs Fairly Good vs Good?

Realistically, what is the actual difference between Slight, Some, and Fair possibility? Those labels overlap so much, and are so subjectively, that they only create more confusion about what each options represents.

tag yourself, I'm 'Very probable'

There’s imagery from Mixed-Up Mother Goose that is still my primary point of reference for some of those stories

Midwest, big sky

In my hometown so posting some emo lyrics: Drive down that country road Where we spent so much time doing nothing Midnight, Midwestern skies

Final note: this survey was clearly biased toward two political candidates- Candy Noble primarily but also a few questions tossed in for Jimmy Blacklock But of course, unlike a political ad there's nothing to tell me on a "survey" like this who funded it. Who just advertised these candidates to me?

And the wording of this question gives the game away completely - *having learned more about it* as if anything in this form was a reliable source of information about either candidate

At this point I know their game, and watch as they feed me a series of very biased descriptions of positions held by each candidate. This is not an unbiased political poll, this is political propaganda masquerading as a survey

And finally, they drop the act and go all in on being political propaganda

And sure enough, my concerned was well founded. Despite having made clear earlier in the survey that I didn't support Candy Noble as a candidate I was given a question with no clear answer option for 'Not voting for her'. This is also using an emotional and priming framing for the statement. 🚩🚩🚩

Next sign that something was off was this instructional page. I'd already told the survey I wasn't voting for Republican candidates, so the assumption built into this wording that I *was* interested was concerning. Also, I was sent this survey on April 21st. The State Rep primary is already over.