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We moved from Utah to Chicagoland when I was 14. The queen bee(yotch) of 8th grade noticed I was weird, her minions let me know through targeted bullying helped by faculty. I spent 2 years in 8th grade. The next class was nicer to weirdos. My weirdness has only increased & I couldn’t be happier.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

That sounds horrifying. So glad your nightmare will soon be ending.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

My female BFF & I have lived together for 25 years. A few years ago we bought a house together. We had to throw out the "3 bid" thing due to how confused grown-ass professionals would get that no men were involved in the process. Now we go mostly with personal recs from other women & LGBTQIA+ folks.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Thanks for the reminder! I’m out in Wilkes where my choices are limited, not to mention how unreasonably early most places close. I saw one of these on 181st between Halsey & Glisan & I am certain any tacos I get from there will heal me.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Not sure if I have room when there's already a beef tallow coated labubu up there for scurvy prevention.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I wouldn't put it past Nora Roberts.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Revels rehearsals are underway. I did not get either of the solos I auditioned for (boo) although I am featured in an ensemble piece (yay). There is one more ensemble to audition for, which has barbershop style close harmony. Do I try for Tenor 1, Tenor 2, or Baritone? (the bass is too low)

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The return of the light after a long period of darkness. If this person thinks whatever sounds & tones & harmonies his plagiarism machine can extrude out of other artists work will somehow supplant the human impulse to create & communicate I am sorry he has lived such an impoverished life.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

… by a skilled choir for an audience. All of this because we 50 or so volunteers think it’s important, because we have an even larger community who gathers with us every year to sing & dance with us, to listen & share the very human experience of the turn of the year, the rediscovery of hope…

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Music that was written so that it could be played and sung in the home with loved ones, songs that were written as anthems to be sung during labor and suffrage protests, songs that were transmitted across the country before the advent of recorded music, & yes, even music composed to be performed

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Where I got together with 30 of my closest friends and we worked on songs that had been passed down orally/aurally for centuries before someone ever bothered to write them down, one that was written by a community who invented a whole new musical notation from first principles…

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Not sure whether to be grossly offended by this, or laugh uproariously at the typical lack of understanding of human nature this genre of statement displays. Because I saw it during a break from a choral rehearsal…

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Not to be a language prescriptionist, but that is NOT what that verb means when you noun it.

a screenshot of an email header from Cardi Beauty, advertising "The Snatch You Didn't See Coming", with little eyeballs. The first line of the email indicates it's for something called "Snatched Baddie", which I assume is some sort of pigment that will make your cheeks look fashionably sunken.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A pair of jeans I bought a few years ago were listed on the receipt as "Straight Boyfriend".

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s also fun (in the sense that it’s very much not fun) to actresses who are at most a size six referred to as “plus size” because you can’t count their vertebrae.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’m wondering what the scripted tour is. Do they tell spooky stories but without the jump scares? This sounds cool, even though I am not into the haunted house thing. I worked at a 6 Flags halloween thing & ppl tried to set fire to me 3X. I wasn’t even in the “house”. Those folks got kicked & hit

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I love many iterations of Star Treks for different reasons. Every character on SNW is someone I could imagine hanging out with, but Uhura is my absolute fave. Needless to say, I really enjoyed this episode.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’m old, so now it’s Domme vs Bog Witch. But same idea.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The armrests on the flight back did not fully raise so half the trip lacked the extra comfort we paid for. Also they announced our LHR gate being in another building requiring a tram ride about 20 minutes before boarding. DO NOT fly BA, especially to/from PDX. They suck so bad.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

which per their own policy we could pay them $$$ for. When we checked in at the airport the folks at the desk acted like we were trying to scam them despite showing multiple emails, confirmation # for extra seat etc...

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

BA sucks so bad. Friend & I went to the UK last year on BA, paid for an extra seat for "comfort", a policy clearly explained on their website, only to spend over 2 hrs on the phone w/ppl baffled at the very idea of such a thing & having to explain repeatedly that we were fat & wanted extra room...

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

When I asked my mom she said in our family you either have a terrible menopause or (what’s the opposite?) & that while the symptoms of peri- & meno- weren’t great, we didn’t get all of them. Here’s hoping those suffering through the opposite enjoy a relatively smooth peri & menopause.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’m in the midst of peri- after 40 years of whatever we’re calling PCOS & you know what? It’s pretty easy. Other than a lil extra executive dysfunction, for once my periods aren’t Elevator Doors in The Shining bad & I rarely get the ninja death cramps. No hot flashes no more rage than normal.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I can tell how much produce weighs, to within a few ounces. This comes in handy when shopping at the farmers market, both for budgeting and ingredient shopping purposes.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I am the Dorsme, and the vagina on the foot.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I know exactly what you're talking about. When I had Covid & subsequent pneumonia my lungs would keep me up at night with an ungodly hurdy-gurdy imitation. Even 2 years later I can sometimes still hear a distant slide whistle tootle from the depths of my trachea. It's disconcerting.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It’s Portland - you’re either going to get a llama, antifa, or a polycule.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Greetings from Rose City ComicCon, from me, my evil pikachu boyfriend, & the two baby butts I’m smuggling in my bodice.

A middle aged white woman with purple and black hair wearing a corset made of Starship Enterprise fabric. Her substantial bosom has filded in on itself giving the impression of cherub butts. It’s very tasteful and elegant.

Middle aged dark haired woman wearing a spiral steel boned corset mini-dress covered in a Starship Enterprise print with a poufy crinoline standing next to a 12 ft tall inflatable pikachu variant.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I wonder if the wee little fascists were extra cranky because they had to take the Glen Jackson coming down from Battleground/Vancouver. Hope they got their ya-ya's out, but if not, I'm sure we can supply more dog poop for them.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I really liked it for the first couple of seasons. After that, having the sewists make pretty much the same types of things over & over (& very rarely for a non-standard sized person) it got a little repetitive. But I was binge watching it so the repetition was more obvious than intended.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We also looked for condos in elevator buildings but kept running into really high HOA fees. I just think building more of many types of buildings (vertical, elevator, shared wall, no shared walls, etc) will only help for every situation.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You don't even have to be that senior to need this! My housemate & I bought our 1st house at 50. Her knees don't always work. My ankles are less than 100% reliable. The only thing we could afford in walkable neighborhoods were vertical w/3 flights of stairs. Not doable!

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I am uncharacteristically out of ice cream for some reason, so instead I am eating dark chocolate ganache frosted marzipan sugar cookies.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Same. (I learned this at the Tillamook ice cream experience) I like having a scientific reason I can't eat brassicas. For some reason the Brussel Sprouts people refuse to believe me, but I don't care how much bacon you fry it with, I'm still giving an involuntary flehmen response if I get a whiff.

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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It would probably be cheaper to just run a D&D campaign, or write fanfic.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Pretty sure that's small dog breed kibble...

An add for dog food, showing a bowl of dry dog food on one side and the same pellets soaked in water on the other. The copy states "One Kibble, Two Ways", with detailed instructions about how to add water to a bowl of dog food.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

That's a violin case. The little pocket up top is for your rosin, mute, spare strings, & whatever other little violin dealie you can fit into it.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I absolutely CANNOT with the AI crying. It's either fakey open-mouthed, squinchy faced wailing like a toddler, or stoic tears down cheeks, gaze straight at the camera bs. How do people not clock the bad soap opera acting aspect of this crap?

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

(here is the exact same map, but that specifically calls out Utah - 56%, one percentage higher than Portland, where I currently live.)

Map of the US, showing what regional version of English I use - mostly western states - and stating that I most speak like a Utahan.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The hot spots - California, Utah, and Oregon - are all places I've lived. I've also lived in Northern Illinois/Southern WI (mildly red on the map) and NY (light blue). So I guess NYC didn't "take" at all.

The breakdown of where people speak English the most like me (Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, and San Francisco, CA) and least (New Orleans, LA, Atlanta, GA, and Houston, Tx). Also, "what gave you away" - the words that most strongly link me to Utah - Potato Bug, Drinking Fountain, and Frontage Road.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I haven't lived in Utah since I was 13, but I guess Potato Bug is a shibboleth.

A map of the united states, marked in Red where the English spoken most accurately resembles my own (Utah, West Coast states) and Blue where it does not (Deep South)

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

How is this more convenient than just taking a picture that's added to my camera roll that I can scroll through next time I can't remember where I put my passport? Like I do in parking garages? It just adds needless complication, lack of security & the possibility of random "ai" nonsense?

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Why do they all have a dust ruffle now? I like some super-femme looking stuff, but on a short busty middle-aged body, the giant puff sleeve & ruffle thing makes me look like a grotesque Baby Jane.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Didn't they just release a movie about how Robin Hood was actually a murderous asshole? It made like $12 at the box office. I don't think most of us are buying this transparent (public domain) propaganda.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Considering how well that Hugh Jackman Robin Hood movie that was marketed as "You Fools, Robin Hood Was Really A Murderous Piece of Shit!" did, I'm sure this will share the same amount of success.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I stayed in a hotel in Gdansk which was reputed to be where Copernicus stashed his mistress. Why yes, brough a linen kirtle & woolen overgown all the way from Los Angeles just so I could have some fancy pictures taken, for I am a nerd.

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Nerdy Alto @nerdyalto.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is the stuff I assumer Etsy would be shilling me after I searched for various medieval garments, & not the cilices they’ve been showing me. Maybe they just assumed I’m super interested in historical accuracy?

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Dina James @dinajames.com · 25/08/2026

When Rosalynn Carter passed, evil bastard Henry Kissinger followed shortly thereafter. It was surmised by some that she was allowed by the Universe to remove an asshole of her choosing from the world she left behind as a way to balance the scales. Dolly Parton has now entered the chat.

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Popcorn Guy Enjoys Popcorn While Relaxing

Alt: Gif Popcorn Guy Enjoys Popcorn While Relaxing

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