Another 100+ mile bike ride yesterday. I needed to work off the stress of more trees falling on my property and the daunting costs of maintaining/preserving this house. https://www.strava.com/activities/18625818510
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pleroma 2.6.50-969-gdcf4b774.main+soapbox"Based-as-fuck TERF HOST" of Heterodorx.com
"...that badass chick with a web comic who's a free software activist"
Lesbian-adjacent Car Exclusionary Radical Bicyclist.
Recovering heterosexual.
Preferred pronouns: English.
"...that badass chick with a web comic who's a free software activist"
Lesbian-adjacent Car Exclusionary Radical Bicyclist.
Recovering heterosexual.
Preferred pronouns: English.
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Bought myself an ice cream maker and made ice cream. Also made warm fudge sauce, since I was already working with chocolate (TERFfles). The two together are AMAZING. Sometimes the things I produce in the kitchen are so good I feel sorry for the rest of the world for not getting to enjoy it.
George & Ira
My house was built in 1956. It's in a "new" part of town that freaked me out when I was a child in the 1970's, because its trees were so small. Just over a decade earlier it was still farmland. I grew up in an older neighborhood, in a house built circa 1910. It was about 70 years old when I was a kid.
My "new" house is now 70 years old. The tiny trees around it have grown big and are starting to die. This is the second one to fall on my property this spring. I hope to hire an arborist to evaluate all the others before one crashes through my roof. Because I'm too low-income to downsize (long story) I'll just keep drawing down my savings to maintain this place until I run out.
My "new" house is now 70 years old. The tiny trees around it have grown big and are starting to die. This is the second one to fall on my property this spring. I hope to hire an arborist to evaluate all the others before one crashes through my roof. Because I'm too low-income to downsize (long story) I'll just keep drawing down my savings to maintain this place until I run out.
Ira
Today I used up the remains of a 40-year-old bottle of Chambord by adding a few tablespoons to a raspberry syrup I was cooking. Contents of this same bottle flavored a ricotta cake frosting when I was 17, and a few other dessert experiments. It continued living in my parents' house after I moved away for 23 years, and during my parents' stint in Malaysia in the late 1980's to early 1990's. It was still there when I moved back to Urbana in 2012, following my father's death, and moved to our new house in 2016. My Momz left it behind when she moved to the "independent living" place half a mile away.
I rinsed out the vintage bottle they no longer produce (sad!), and bought 375 fresh milliliters in an inferior bottle at Meijer, because it was on sale. It will likely outlive me.
I rinsed out the vintage bottle they no longer produce (sad!), and bought 375 fresh milliliters in an inferior bottle at Meijer, because it was on sale. It will likely outlive me.
Why does this fecebook commenter think this is a win or gotcha?
Astoria, Queens, 1929. Don't know how I'd never seen this Bessie Smith musical short film before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAchCljBr_Q&list=PL0L3vf6TzXf7p6lOZ6YJ6WgUxjFdy2IL6&index=57
Filed my taxes, a task that fills me with dread and anxiety. Glad it's done. Yay me.
Ira says hi.
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@Sherri_Ingrey@spinster.xyz Golly it never occurred to me someone might say mean things about, denounce, and cancel me since that’s only been happening constantly for 9 years now.
Put empty ice bin on the counter. Seconds later:
3 days ago I biked 106 miles and felt pretty okay afterwards.
Yesterday I rode 109 miles and felt kinda sick afterwards. 2 centuries with only one day in between is apparently too much for me. https://strava.app.link/rbDpwYcms3b
Yesterday I rode 109 miles and felt kinda sick afterwards. 2 centuries with only one day in between is apparently too much for me. https://strava.app.link/rbDpwYcms3b
Oh lawdy, my second century in 3 days. Now I'm ready to rest. https://www.strava.com/activities/18653553563
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@Notgonnastop@spinster.xyz I don't think I'm a "senior" yet by City standards, despite the ravages of Covid. I'm 58. I do get a senior discount at the movie theater tho.
George and Ira quality cat content
Listening to the latest Informed Dissent podcast: https://informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/p/turban-and-karasic-at-the-apa-the
I sure got this 2023 portrait right! https://store.ninapaley.com/product/gender-wars-playing-cards/
I sure got this 2023 portrait right! https://store.ninapaley.com/product/gender-wars-playing-cards/
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@Gnomeshatecheese@spinster.xyz Cuisinart has this model on sale in much of the US right now. I made space for it lol. https://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-ICE-21-Quart-Frozen-Yogurt-Ice/dp/B003KYSLMW/ref=pd_lpo_d_sccl_1/136-4036267-6374829?pd_rd_w=MVYf1&content-id=amzn1.sym.4c8c52db-06f8-4e42-8e56-912796f2ea6c&pf_rd_p=4c8c52db-06f8-4e42-8e56-912796f2ea6c&pf_rd_r=HZXE4N3SE46VC6KP1ZTW&pd_rd_wg=oowEQ&pd_rd_r=0bbe3035-2b5b-4364-89d8-7c07149c1ec2&pd_rd_i=B003KYSLMW&th=1
I have had eczema in my ears since my late teens. Doctors have prescribed OTC cortisone cream, calendula cream, and eczema cream, which helped maybe 10% at best.
Recently a fellow sufferer told me ocean swimming seemed to improve her symptoms. I had leftover 3% saline solution after switching to 7% for treating my Bronchiectasis (lung condition) so started swabbing my ears with it twice daily.
It works. So much better now. Wish I hadn't had to wait until I was 58 to learn this. Wish doctors knew about it. Posting in case anyone with this annoying distracting maddening condition can use this info.
MOAR SALT!
Recently a fellow sufferer told me ocean swimming seemed to improve her symptoms. I had leftover 3% saline solution after switching to 7% for treating my Bronchiectasis (lung condition) so started swabbing my ears with it twice daily.
It works. So much better now. Wish I hadn't had to wait until I was 58 to learn this. Wish doctors knew about it. Posting in case anyone with this annoying distracting maddening condition can use this info.
MOAR SALT!
Paris, Illinois.
(Yes I've biked there. More than once.)
https://youtu.be/zSgrOvMLWsY?si=6WiORaZVM71dtQPF&t=260
(Yes I've biked there. More than once.)
https://youtu.be/zSgrOvMLWsY?si=6WiORaZVM71dtQPF&t=260
Rural America be like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1J3NLNWAPU
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@FemaleIsNotAFeeling@spinster.xyz Have been vegan, not anymore. Mostly vegetarian due to squeamishness. Very occasionally eat fish. Will allow myself to eat birds & mammals if I crave them, but so far haven't. I really just don't like meat.
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@Flick@spinster.xyz Not officially yet, but you can't get it anywhere.
Kate Farms chocolate nutrition shake is an acceptable substitute, but more expensive.
New Heterodorx podcast! Episode 191: Iran So Far Away https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/episode-191-iran-so-far-away
Nina is a Certified Food Handler, Cori is a Certified Ball Handler, and “bureaucracy just hasn’t been done right yet”. We helplessly learn about learned helplessness and why our episodes are so few and far between. Plus anomia (anomic aphasia), lesbian comedians, Robby Hoffman, rumination, and Iran. Why is the Islamic regime firing on its neighbors? Is this the beginning of World War 3? Is Nina emerging from cancellation? Why is Cori boycotting, divesting from and sanctioning NYC? If you can make it through all the distracting cat antics, you might hear some answers!
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@LadyMont@spinster.xyz Itches, burns, flakes and peels. I had to frequently remove dead skin from (ie pick) my ears or else it would accumulate in my ear canals and itch even more. Finally don't have to do that. Big relief.
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@EatKnitSleep2@spinster.xyz Can you wear merino wool? I prefer merino bras to cotton because they regulate temperature better and don't collect sweat and stink. Also very breathable. Branwyn makes good ones, including a "busty" version for larger cup sizes, but they cost a lot.
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Surely there are more than 14 women here who can answer my Very Important Bra poll! Please share. Let's get some data!
RT: https://spinster.xyz/objects/a76a66e2-df76-4ece-9e77-c23cca78bfeb
Just re-listened, after many years, to the late David Rakoff speaking on the musical Rent: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/472/our-friend-david
It's so good. Listen! (Go straight to Act 6.)
It's so good. Listen! (Go straight to Act 6.)
Sometimes I despair of aging. Other times I think, I'm looking pretty good for 58. Helps when the camera is at a distance. Malnutrition from "Exercise-Induced Gastrointestinal Syndrome" also plays well to the camera, but like Crohn's disease is quite painful and life-impairing so I do not recommend.
Ira and George playing under/on the "Cat Panic" quiltlet.
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@Flick@spinster.xyz Reminds me of the glass walled bathroom I endured in the DOUBLE room my then-boyfriend and I stayed at in Greece. The toilet was proudly and LOUDLY displayed in there too, so i got to hear every his digestive malfunction amplified by vibrating glass panes in the middle of the night every night.
There are very few photos of me actually riding a recumbent bike, because I usually ride solo and can’t photograph myself from a distance. Here's a rare one taken by a friend yesterday evening.
I'm performing an unscientific experiment called "How much homemade ice cream can I eat before I get literally or figuratively sick of it?"
Ever wonder how to punish a sin? Do you investigate, bring before elders, or just start stoning? or burning? or by the sword? Whose blood is upon whom's? Well wonder no more! This handy reference chart explains all. https://ninapaley.com/2026/08/18/sins-and-punishments/
New (old) Heterodorx podcast! Episode 196: The Squeaky Wheel Gets The Avocado Oil https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/episode-196-the-squeaky-wheel-gets
Heterodorx is on indefinite hiatus while one of us goes through some Life Stuff He Can’t Talk About. But here’s a recording from early April, released today, June 5. So much has already changed! For example, Nina’s favorite nutrition shake, Soylent, is no longer available. SAD! We also discuss vegans, vegetarians, having to eat meat when you don’t want it, a canceled (and then uncanceled) YouTuber, Spirit Island, house-moving helicopters and other Homo wner content, and greatly exaggerating reports of our death.
Ever wonder what ruminant/bird you need to sacrifice for your sins and impurities? Well wonder no more. This handy table makes it easy to atone! https://ninapaley.com/2026/08/14/sin-offering-table/
Look closely and you can see the fang punctures George leaves on this stool he regularly attacks.