Lydia Scratch - Sweary Midlife Coach

Text saying "You've read your last free article."

Jacked action hero with goon in headlock, in raspy yet firm voice:

Sometimes I'm able to find something to say to ease the leader's pain of plummeting popularity. Like they took over a sinking ship, or their opponent negotiated a deal.

With Poilievre, I don't even want to fucking try to ease his pain. Fuck him and his obsequious and irrational megalomania.

Gah.

Trump take gas?

It is possible. YOU are possible.

It is worth the effort. YOU are worth the effort.

We give a fuck. And we will keep giving a fuck even after you remember who you are.

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Earn those stripes until you lose yourself.

Then admit you're powerless over what earned you those stripes.

And then rip off the earned badge and remember who you are again.

(I really hope Gen Z is generation that eventually says fuck you to Big Alcohol the way Millennials did with smoking.)

It's the little things that tether us to ourselves.

a woman wearing a cowboy hat and scarf . Alt: a woman wearing a cowboy hat and scarf nodding her hat

I see you. And I respect you.

I refused to own a copy.

My 15 year old daughter picked up on the meanness of the Giving Tree world way sooner than I did. She's going to be okay.

Take a victory spin, @philibin.bsky.social!

You just filled my cup with those words!

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I watched it with my 15 year old daughter. It was darker than I remembered it being, but still hits.

My girl *loved* it.

Omg. Same!

As a kid it was about kindness.

As an adult woman and mom? Fuck that shit. Ugh. Rage is boiling up again...

The Titanic.

My sister and I made a Solemn Vow never to see the movie after it was released. We were just being contrarian and petty snobs. The irrationality of the Solemn Vow was a key part of its charm.

It's one of the few Solemn Vows I continue to honour.

Goals!

I'm doing the opposite of doomscrolling Rosie!

I'm scrolling past skeets that might shit on today's happy glow.

That's why I stopped to check you out!

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Holy shits! That's a huge amount of adulting!

High five!

Ladybugs in early March. Sitting on dead plants in the sun.

Some tulips sprouting through dirt and dead plants in early February in Calgary.

Every year I'm reminded about the optimism of Spring.

And when I see buds or bugs again, I'm reminded that darkness will always be broken by the lightness of hope.

All will be well.

(Pis from very early buds and bugs showing up in Calgary, AB)

To the women who are drinking or did drink to cope with the shit that is #perimenopause, you aren't alone.

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Tulips sprouting in early February in Calgary.

And my tulips were sprouting on 6 February!

Two ladybugs pretending it's May, not early March. Just chilling on some dead plants.

I think this the earliest I've seen ladybugs in #Calgary?

I love them!

#yyc
#FindBeauty

After filling my Lamy with Diamante Earl Grey ink, little smudges of ink on my fingers

I'm convinced it's not possible to fill a fountain pen without getting ink on your fingers.

I've been using fountain pens for over 30 years, and I have never succeeded at keeping my fingers out of the ink!

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TAKE MY MONEY!!!!

So context only matters if it's bad news?

I finished the last season of Slow Horses and all I could think of was well James Callis is at playing the role of both Whelan and Baltar.

That Moore fact kind of threw me. In a "don't humanize that simpering obsequious beast" way, with a touch of reluctant compassion for both Whelan and Baltar.

The quotee tweet made me say "no no no no no no" more than I thought it would.

Help spread the word!

On Monday, March 9, the Bearspaw South Feeder Main (BSFM) will be shut down to allow for planned reinforcement repairs to support the stability of the current pipe.

1/5

Either the bombing of the school was intentional. Or they blindly listened to fucking Claude.

It is legit terrifying.

Like, fuck.

Oh!

Inks are made for paper. Pens are just the delivery mechanism.

Make sure you're not using three-hole punched lined paper!

PSA

Inks are made for paper. Pens are just the delivery mechanism.

Use your delicious inks on worthy paper. Leuchtturm1917 and Moleskine are the best somewhat affordable options for journals.