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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 15h

The owns these people come up with. The man used to be a fucking Democrat. It just shows off what a grifter he is. 😩 (Same folks who think any of us care if Bill gets arrested with all the other pedos in the Epstein files. Go for it!)

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 17h

Was watching But I’m a Cheerleader with 12yo. Dante Basco comes on screen. “Why does he sound so much like Zuko?!” 😅

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 19h

I mean… there were a huge number of stories in 2024 about the percentage of their income, millennials were spending on their housing. But, as I said, I’m done talking about this for today.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah. I’m done for the day.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 20h

Asthma... anxiety... vocal chord disorder... chronic hyperventilation, ffs... Not sure what your symptoms are, so sorry if this is totally irrelevant.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 20h

Not a doctor! But I cannot tell you how many misdiagnoses I had before I figured out this was what was wrong with me.

en.wikipedia.org

Costochondritis - Wikipedia

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 20h

I mean... it's not inconsistent from what I've heard from my peers. But I'm also not in a position to evaluate the methodology.

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Breaking the 30% Rule: The Real Cost of Housing for Millennials and Gen Z

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 20h

Okay. Maybe I'm making some mistakes on economics, but I don't know where TF you're finding "1960s style houses" for $150k. And as for other things Millennials are spending money on—I can't find a more recent statistic, but one 2024 study found we're spending an avg of 60% of our income on housing.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 20h

What a horrifying idea! Some MAGA asshole grandparent forcing their no-contact child to subject a queer grandkid to sit there and be shamed or deadnamed. Or a toxic grandparent using a grandkid as a bargaining chip to manipulate their child, just like a shit parent in a custody case. 😱

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 21h

Well, CPI doesn’t include food or fuel, does it?

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 22h

Cost of living and value of a dollar are two different. The cost of housing is the biggest difference—it has WAY outpaced inflation. Education—many Millennials are still paying on student loans, 20 years on. I also wonder what the median is. There’s massive income inequality among us.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Think y’all may have a typo here.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

FWIW, there are a lot of *people* at public health agencies still doing the work.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

12yo LOVES Seiji Yoshida’s Houses with a Story (trans Jan Mitsuko Cash), found w/ help from @averyudagawa.bsky.social + SCBWI Japan. “Imagined houses and the people who make them home offer unexpected worlds to wander through and explore…” Anything else remotely like this awesome book out there?

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Houses with a Story: A Dragon's Den, a Ghostly Mansion, a Library of Lost Books, and 30 More Amazing Places to Explore

For fans of Studio Ghibli, artist Seiji Yoshida's fantastical, award-winning art book is a perfect gift that transports readers to imaginary houses, each with their own story to tell. A book to unlock...

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Read Japanese Literature @readjapaneseliterature.com · 06/10/2026

N Americans—Bookshop.org is running Anti-Prime FREE SHIPPING today + tomorrow (10/6-7)! Pick up your #bannedbooksweek titles or anything from your TBR. Support your fave indie shop or RJL! Our shop has tons of curated lists, bit here's a list of horror. bookshop.org/lists/japane...

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Japanese Horror Stories
By Read Japanese Literature

Visible covers include My Annihilation by Fuminori Nakamura, Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino, Out by Natsuo Kirino, Body by Asa Nonami, Now You Are One of Us by Asa Nonami...

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Did you notice this is a two-page list?

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It’s been up on RJL’s horror list for days and it’s on this list I just posted!

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It’s not like the man hasn’t been impeached fucking TWICE already. 😩

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If I never see To Kill a Mockingbird on a #bannedbooksweek recommendation list again, it will be too soon. And @bookshop.org , I dearly love y’all, but in the year of our lord 2026, there are more important voices to hype than Anthony Burgess and Stephen King. 😩

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Read Banned Books: Adult Books

The following book recommendations are some of the many that have been banned or challenged in schools and libraries across the U.S. Use code BBW26 at checkout to receive 15% off* these titles. *Sale...

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I also thought, “I’m glad I know Joyce so I am sure she means the silicosis.“ 😅

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hmmm… Well, I’ll keep an eye out when it gets colder. I suppose there’s also a lot of South between Ohio and Georgia.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I couldn’t even look at the covers!

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As a Souternern, I think this dude is rocking Midwestern. Or possibly Canadian. I’m not sure men down here do tucked in plaid.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Wow! I got an Edelweiss review copy, but I may have to try to get a physical one!

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’d love to try induction, but I HATE cooking on electric. It’s impossible to control the heat while you’re cooking. We’ve thought about buying an induction hot plate just to try it out for when we need to replace our stove. And we always run the vent fan when we’re cooking.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This clip cuts of the worst of the rat experimentation/toeture. (Rewatching, I’m also realizing a lot of the fear factor for me likely came from this intense soundtrack. What TF?!)

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The book isn’t scary at all. It’s magnificent! But the Great Owl? m.youtube.com/watch?v=SqYo...

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THE SECRET OF NIMH Clip - "The Great Owl" (1982)

YouTube video by JoBlo Animation 4K

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Y'all, there is so much gender in 20th century Japanese women writers' reinvention of yama-uba. Like, my gender journey in the last few years has seriously been reluctant, uncomfortable cis woman --> "oooh! yama-uba!" ---> gender queer

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I can't be the only one who was thrilled to hype a book they've already read and honestly wanted more people to be able to read. You've hit a sweet spot.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

TBF, @zackdavisson.com originally published this book *before* the "Japanese cat book" trend. The 2nd edition was already out in 2021. But, yeah, republishing it is very smart.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My daughter was enjoying TNG so fucking much until we hit this one. Hasn't watched another episode since.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Oooh! I read this as kid’s dad. 🤦

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

How’d y’all make it to now on the pterodactyls thing? 15yo marched home from kindergarten to blithely share we’d been misinformed about that one. 😅 (I still contend that the difference between “giant flying reptile” and “dinosaur” is completely arbitrary.)

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It *is* a weird sort of place—gratitude for what my parents *have* given me and grief for what other parents gave their kids that mine didn’t. Being generation in on what’s bound to be a multi-generational project of healing intergenerational trauma.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My parents caused a lot of psychological harm, but are also materially well-off and generous. Also very much the “not until it affects someone I care about” kind of Republicans who, say, did an instant 180 on mental healthcare when I was hospitalized for PPD.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Your mom is a riot. If she remembers who I am, please say hello.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Our family policy on spending money for costumes is that almost everything has to be re-wearable. Last year, we were characters from The Princess Bride. 11yo picked up some brown pants and a vest. Dad got Fezzik PJ pants. Only 1-off buys were a black mask, black gloves, and a wig.

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If 1981 is millennial, I’m NOT an elder millennial anymore. Wasn’t it on the fives for a super long time? 45-64: Boomer 65-84: GenX 85-?: Millennial? *I think the problem may be the number of damn micro-generations for Millennial because of tech development?

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I have never used “elder millennial” to refer to myself as “kinda old”. 😅 Seriously… what I’ve noticed shifting is the damn generational boundaries. 1985 was a solid lower boundary for a long time—who TF born much before then thinks about themselves as a Millennial?

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