Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 7hThey would have hated to see my AIM chats with SmarterChild when I was 12 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 20/08/2026(apparently someone I used to know is followed by someone I met more recently and I didn’t know they knew each other and now I am wondering how the hell they know each other) 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I know it goes off phone contacts but if I wanted to add them I would have. 100
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Instagram “people you may know” ruined my day today. Zuckerberg can go to hell. 100
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Watching Dune and wondering why no one has fabric dye in this universe 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 21/07/2026“Leftist” is so broad and it’s less No True Scotsman and more “leftist” can encompass various schools of thought that have meaningful distinctions. Reformists / revolutionary socialists / anarchists Interventionists / anti-imperialists Postmodernists / materialists All get labeled as “leftists”. 020
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Sometimes I have a day where I get really agitated over a small thing and then when I come out of it I get kind of frustrated. Like yes I am a human being and this is normal but I do wish I were more logical and even tempered sometimes 😩 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Every single person who promoted this guy is someone not worth listening to ever again tbh 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Every time I’ve walked outside in this heat wave I’ve been like “oh ok I can handle this” And like I haven’t been too sweaty but at the end of a short walk I feel short of breath and a little lightheaded 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Why thanks for asking, lately I've been making lavender honey iced coffee with a splash of oat milk. 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 10/06/2026It's honestly unfair that I can only tolerate 1 coffee per day because my home barista skills are top notch. 100
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Hi hi!!! I am playing Midsommarfest 2026 in Andersonville, Chicago at noon on Sunday June 14, north stage !!! All original tunes!!!! Hope to see people there 😊😊 #midsommarfest #chicago #chicagomusic #singersongwriter #originalmusic #livemusic 030
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Unfortunately in spite of being off of Facebook for a decade, I am back on so I can decorate my house on Marketplace I guess nobody uses Craigslist anymore ??? 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Preparing myself for tomorrow’s Day of Lying. People will lie to you and then call you foolish for believing them. But I say people who believe things they are told are kind and pure of heart and people who lie for fun are foolish. 🙂↕️ 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Ugh you’re too nice and too talented it’s pretty cringe 110
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Chicago had military jets too, they flew past me loud as fuck even though I’m nowhere near the stadium, shook my building and set a car alarm off on my block. I think it’s really interesting they are talking about jet fuel rationing but they have the fuel for this 010
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 27/03/2026It’s true I’m playing Midsommarfest in Andersonville, Chicago. Sunday, June 14 from 12-12:30 110
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 24/03/2026This is a joke, they should have me on tiny desk 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 24/03/2026You know when someone's art is very NPR (derogatory) 100
Reposted by Alyssa BrayZoë Takaki @zoetakaki.bsky.social · 17/03/2026As the parks department destroys people’s belongings, a CPD officer decides to keep an American flag as the only thing saved from the trash truck. 68133
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Out today and I heard 2 women talking shit about their friend. One was being really really loud and the other was whispering. If you’re going to gossip in public, both parties must agree to be equally loud or equally quiet because it’s really annoying to hear just half of the tea! 001
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 13/03/2026The thing I cannot figure out about AI writing is why would I want to read something someone else couldn’t be bothered to write? What does anyone get out of that 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 12/03/2026She had a foreign policy advisor who said in a leaked email she was “firmly an interventionist”. She said that was not approved and she fired him. But on video when asked she said she wanted to end strategic ambiguity and would sell weapons to Taiwan. 160
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Genuinely I actually think we should put all world leaders in a colosseum and if they want the oil that bad they should be prepared to fight a lion for it 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Every famous person who did the GLP-1 + deep plane facelift combo 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Gorgeous Chicago day And I rode my bike for the first time this year The first warm day and it’s like oh was my whole problem for the last two months just seasonal depression lol 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 03/03/2026I was JUST thinking about this because I think that series shaped a generation’s view on “the rapture”. My mom, raised Catholic, had never heard of the rapture until that book series. 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 02/03/2026People are way too invested in dunk politics online for laughs It accomplishes next to nothing 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 02/03/2026I’ve not been swayed by anything, I’m asking questions which haven’t been adequately answered. If you have actual concrete answers to those first questions, by all means provide them. Otherwise leave me alone! 010
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Why did you come into my comments to change the subject to talk about other candidates? 110
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 28/02/2026She didn’t live in IL-09 when she announced her run. That impacted the perception of people who DO live in the district, and her ability to build her reputation and a real base of support in the community. I actually live in the district, and have for over a decade. Do you? 050
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Idk people in Maine but maybe one person would lol Chicago politics are very local, and Kat is carpet bagging which raises skepticism across the political spectrum. She’s been posturing as a grassroots organizer in a city she has no ties to. She’s won some over but not sure if it’s enough. 130
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Her campaign has felt like a grift from jump tho I’m actually in her district tho so I’ve been paying close attention 1120
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Sometimes the internet pile-on culture is something I just can't look away from, as much as I know it's not a good use of my time and energy and is stoked by bots and bad actors. It's like I'm trying to understand the patterns in the hopes that I'll learn something about propaganda and groupthink. 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 25/02/2026I’m prepping my files to start recording studio versions and it’s so tedious triple checking every file to be sure things are set up correctly but every time I do a tedious thing I improve my understanding of the craft 010
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 25/02/2026There’s a lot of things that piss me off about prompt-generated AI music but one particular thing is pissing me off today and it’s audio quality and file management UGH 210
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Repainting my entire place, trying to understand why so many homes are millennial gray and reading “gray is calming”. Yeah, sure, let’s paint walls the color of a gloomy overcast day, surely that will calm us all right down into subclinical depression. 010
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 09/02/2026I am repainting my bedroom from light gray to off white and I am about halfway through. Started questioning my choices. Feeling like, is this worth my time or a lateral move? But holding up my art prints has restored my trust in the process. Love how much more vibrant the print looks 000
Reposted by Alyssa BrayDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 06/02/2026Encouraging to see some members of the US Olympic team wearing masks to protect their health ahead of competition. 211626348
Reposted by Alyssa BraySteve E. Tricks @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 12/07/2025friedrich engels on “social murder” in his book condition of the working class (1845) 626792
Reposted by Alyssa BrayElizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 03/02/2026in 2026, let's bring back the concept of "selling out" and once again make it contemptible 960794
Reposted by Alyssa BrayKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Homelessness is a policy choice. Suffering is a policy choice. Everyone deserves a safe place to lay their head, food on their table and healthcare. When basic needs are met health and happiness improve. We could easily provide for everyone… those in power don’t want to. 5289102
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 30/01/2026I have improved a lot in the last 2 years so I think part of it is my skills could finally catch up to the idea 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Actually finished a song I spent over 2 years writing and it might be some of my best lyrics yet Sometimes you just gotta let stuff marinate I guess 100
Reposted by Alyssa BrayNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 26/01/2026The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change. 262206378516
Reposted by Alyssa BrayDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23/01/2026In response to the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization, California announced that it has joined the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network, the first state to do so. 18673216
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 23/01/2026My interior decor is about to be so fucking charming and tasteful you have no idea Call Architectural Digest and schedule a home tour for me in 1 year 000
Alyssa Bray @abraycadabra.bsky.social · 23/01/2026After ordering William Morris knockoff wallpaper samples from multiple companies I've finally found one that is not terrible. Once I get this wallpaper up in my entryway, it's over for the rest of you. 100
