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Programmer. SFFH writer (A.L. Goldfuss). Genderfluid, but she/her is fine. I use @blockpartyapp_ and might not see your replies. Nothing personal.
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Oct 8, 2018 9 tweets 1 min read
I'm home with my boo and I'm taking a Twitter break. I'll be back in a few weeks. I need some space from the rage and grief I plunge into on here every day. Also, as much as I love using this as "Alice's Anxiety Corner," there are 40k of you now and that doesn't really work.
Oct 7, 2018 4 tweets 1 min read
I started watching a show called Killing Eve on the plane and it's giving me life right now It's about an M15 agent (Sandra Oh) who ends up hunting an assassin (Jodie Comer) with the help of her coworker (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) and it's funny as hell
Oct 7, 2018 7 tweets 1 min read
0% here for dudes telling me to buck up and lead them to revolution. I am allowed to mourn. Do I mourn forever? No, that is a wasted life. But I need longer than 12 hours to recover from this blow and I am allowed that time.
Oct 7, 2018 6 tweets 1 min read
Hey friends, I need some good book recommendations. Something engrossing and preferably written by a woman.

Examples:
- Gone Girl
- Ancillary Justice
- The Fifth Season
- old school Anne Rice
- mysteries, southern gothic, something that keeps me glued to the page Doesn't have to be a series. Standalone is fine. But it needs to grab me and hold me. I need an escape.
Oct 5, 2018 5 tweets 1 min read
If you've called and campaigned but still need something to do with all that rage, comb through the mentions of well-known women and report/block the trash Start with WoC and white trans women, they get the worst of it
Oct 5, 2018 5 tweets 1 min read
I chose my bus seat poorly but at least I'm only in it for 4 hours No overhead storage or outlets cha cha cha
Oct 5, 2018 4 tweets 2 min read
lol if you weren't one of the ten people at the NY Botanical Garden today glasshouse interior of large fountain in a central water feature with boughs of ivy hanging overhead, no people in sightcanopy walkway inside glasshouse, large tropical trees, no peopleexterior still pond with giant water lily pads in the background and blooming lily flowers in the foreground, no peopleexterior walkway by a long rectangular pool with a small waterfall, no people featuring monarch butterflies and a Georgia O'Keeffe exhibit! closeup of female monarch butterfly, wings closed, on orange flowerthree monarch butterflies on a gathering of orange flowersgeorgia o'keefe painting of pink and white hawaiian flowerstwo georgia o'keefe paintings, one showing red pointed flowers and the other showing a busy green plant similar to an artichoke
Oct 5, 2018 5 tweets 1 min read
evening: saved takeout box of pan fried dumplings the only sauce they gave me was soy but the dumplings are moist enough on their own

clearly homemade, too
Oct 5, 2018 7 tweets 1 min read
I took myself out to a nice dinner but got it into my head that my card might be declined and I immediately lost my appetite and ate almost nothing but my card *wasn't* declined so now I'm back at my hotel room upset and lightheaded and that's just how it goes sometimes
Oct 4, 2018 5 tweets 1 min read
have moved from the conference hotel to my decidedly smaller, decidedly louder personal stay hotel I only care about the noise
Oct 4, 2018 4 tweets 1 min read
I spent $35 on mediocre eggs benedict and I'm ready to go home now they garnished it with bell peppers

BELL PEPPERS
Oct 3, 2018 10 tweets 2 min read
The average OpSec bro has less practical training than a teenage girl Teenage girl training:
- Watch your drink
- Travel in groups
- Text his license plate to your friends
- Have a safety call
- Don't give out your address
- Anonymize sext pics

OpSec bro training:
- Use a VPN
Oct 1, 2018 4 tweets 1 min read
I'm dressing up for my nerd panel and no one can stop me I work from home and live in a city where people wear jeans to the ballet I AM DRESSING UP FOR THIS PANEL
Oct 1, 2018 6 tweets 1 min read
skipping most of the marvel movies then going straight to Infinity War thoughts on Infinity War:
- I enjoyed it even though I was missing a lot of context
- I want to go back and watch the movies I missed
- they threw every hero they had into this thing and it still failed the Bechdel Test
Sep 30, 2018 4 tweets 1 min read
oh also me shooting a recurve bow pic by the lovely @FeyNudibranch, supplies & location by the fantastic @thelongshanx
Sep 30, 2018 4 tweets 2 min read
A lovely fall day! Featuring an orange and almond cake with whipped cream and candied ginger, marsala chai, charcuterie, honey from the backyard, and good friends. whole almond orange cake. it's about 1 inch tall, 10 inches wide, orange in color, and very moist.view of wooden table with orange almond cake, small charcuterie, veggie tray, and four cups of tea. people's hand are holding three of the tea cups.slice of orange almond cake with whipped cream and candied ginger. mostly drunk cup of tea behind it. I used this recipe with a 10" springform pan, baked at 375* for about 55 min (originally planned on 45 min but my batter was very wet).

cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/3251-c…
Sep 28, 2018 13 tweets 2 min read
Looking for respite this weekend? I recommend GRAND DESIGNS, the show where white people go bankrupt trying to build the same house. And the host hates all of them
Sep 27, 2018 6 tweets 1 min read
ok I tuned in for Kavanaugh and dude's a mess

glued to his notes, stumbling over his words, angry

you'd think he'd be better in a court setting separating myself from all the reasons I don't want him confirmed, I'm not convinced he has the professional chops to be a supreme court justice

dude's delivery is amateur
Sep 27, 2018 4 tweets 1 min read
I 100% support anyone watching Dr Ford's testimony. I am just saying, as someone who has been losing sleep due to high stress, you don't have to. That's all. I want to watch it but I know it's better for me physically/mentally/emotionally if I do not.
Sep 27, 2018 5 tweets 1 min read
Hey, it's me. Someone with a smidge of authority who has an inkling of what you're going through.

You don't have to watch Ford's testimony. You don't have to read it. You don't have to know about it at all.

It's your day and they don't get to take another from you. It's not your job to listen to her. It's not your responsibility as a woman or as an assault survivor.

The only people who have to listen to her are already in that room.
Sep 27, 2018 6 tweets 1 min read
yesterday my physical therapist taped up my midsection and I was going to make "therapy corset" jokes today but it hurts like fuck to take off so joke's on me I got half of it off and gave up, it's part of me now