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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I've seen enough Unwrapped episodes now to confidently say that riding the conveyor belt that enrobes you in chocolate would heal me.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 2h

If you see this, post not quite a Star Trek.

Scene from the movie Jason X. The head of KM-14, the main professor's android girlfriend , is resting on a sci-fi keyboard as a hand types near her. Her face looks sort of neutral and sort of concerned, and cables are dangling from her neck. I've been watching Friday the 13th movies all day.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 8h

Roses are red Violets are pretty

Preview of an article from the AP News website, with the headline "South Korea embraces a huge shark slowly circling a canal in the country's biggest port city." The image shows an overhead view of a shark in the water, with a crowd of people gathered around the edge of a railing looking down at it.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 9h

Here's a handy(?) seasonal recipe courtesy of Chex Cooking the Microwave Way, published in 1979. Call me old-fashioned, but I feel like it's more convenient to just put the cake in the oven once and wait, rather than hover by the microwave to rotate the mold 1/4 turn every 3 minutes.

Front cover of Chex Cooking the Microwave Way, with the original price of 50 cents visible in the top corner. It's a black background with a photo of microwave buttons used as a table for various cooked dishes, such as muffins, coated chicken, and breakfast casserole.

Recipe and photo for Pumpkin Cake, described as "A perfect ending to any meal." It's shown as a ring-shaped cake on a wooden cutting board with one slice cut out and on display. he recipe instructs you to use a 10-cup ring mold, but it's unclear what material the mold would need to be made of to microwave it. Ingredients: 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour, 1.5 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, 1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar, 2 eggs, 3/4 cup vegetable oil, 2 Tb water, 1 cup canned pumpkin, 1.5 cups Wheat Chex cereal crushed to 1/2 cup, 1/2 cup raisins, confectioners sugar. Directions: Lightly grease 10-cup ring mold. Line bottom with lightly greased wax paper. In larger mixing bowl stir together flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda and spices. Add brown sugar, eggs, oil, water and pumpkin. Mix at medium speed of electric mixer 1 to 2 minutes or until thoroughly blended. Stir in Chex crumbs and raisins. Pour into mold. Microwave MEDIUM (50% power) 15 minutes, rotating 1/4 turn every 3 minutes. Microwave HIGH 3 to 5 minutes or until done. Rotate 1/4 turn every minute. Cake is done when it begins to pull away from sides of pan and top springs back when lightly touched. Let cool 10 minutes before removing from mold. Cool completely. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar. Makes 10 to 12 servings.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's the first Friday in October and it was nearly 90° today, so obviously we need to immerse ourselves in full Halloween mode to combat that nonsense. Now watching what is quite possibly the most perfect anthology movie ever made. 🎃

Scene from the movie Trick 'r Treat. The character of Sam, a childlike Halloween spirit with a round burlap bag head and an orange onesie body, is standing inside the bedroom of the cranky neighbor. There is a jack 'o lantern on fire behind him, and the words "trick or treat, give me something good to eat" have been scrawled all over the wall in blood.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You can just put Goldfish crackers on your salad like croutons. No one can stop you.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you ordered a book recently, thanks for your patience with fulfillment! Our shipping plugin decided to stop communicating with us and hadn't been importing orders into our label queue. The same shipping plugin that's been boasting about new AI features. I'm sure that's just a coincidence. 🙄

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Logging on

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I have CBS on tonight and on a commercial break there was an ad for THE TRAITORS... which is an NBC show. I don't watch a lot of network TV, so I don't know how common this is, but is this how advertising works now? Are the networks not actually in competition anymore? Does anything matter?

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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Did you know? When you order an ATB book, there is a 100% chance it will be packed by me. That's because we store the print runs of our books and handle the distribution ourselves. It also means you can request a handwritten note for any gift orders! 🧛📚 ---> www.atbpublishing.com/product/coun...

Flat lay photograph of a book sitting on top of an unfolded packing box. Also visible is a pair of scissors, roll of tape, and insert cards. The book is green with multiple illustrated representations of Dracula lined up in rows. The title of the book is displayed on an illustrated tombstone, and reads, "Counting Draculas: Binge-Watching the Vampire King."

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One of our favorite pastimes is brainstorming hypothetical band names based on our conversations. @doctorofthedead.bsky.social is the keeper of the list and has just informed me we hit our 🎉 100th 🎉 band name! Which I guess is our version of a marriage milestone, so happy band name-iversary. 😂

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

September 30th vs October 1st

The character Tina Belcher from Bob's Burgers in her usual blue tee, sitting at the counter in the restaurant. She is holding a cup of coffee and almost smiling.

The character Tina Belcher from Bob's Burgers standing on a stage with a red curtain behind her. She is dressed as a literal sandwich, which means she's wearing a witch costume between two giant costume slices of bread.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

What it feels like to be a skilled professional applying to jobs in 2026.

Scene from the Twilight Zone episode The Obsolete Man. A man is standing with his back to the camera in a dark room. In front of him is a long, low table, with a man in a uniform sitting at the end of it in front of a microphone. Behind that man is a very tall podium, maybe 10 or 20 feet tall, with another man in a uniform standing at the top, also with a microphone. The man on the podium is interviewing the standing man to determine whether or not he's obsolete, and thus must be eliminated.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Also, defeating the actual bad guy in Aladdin involves tricking him into becoming a genie, thus trapping him in a lamp. Putting the genie back in the bottle is literally a known solution for dealing with genies.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you're in the Binghamton, NY area, the Roberson Museum just opened an exhibit of my late cousin Deb's work. One of my favorite things about Deb's art is how, no matter the medium, her distinct voice always shines through. roberson.org/project/koff...

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It’s OK to Pause…The Art of Deb Koffman - Roberson Museum

Plan Your Visit All Exhibitions I do what I do because I got tired of doing what I was supposed to do. Deb Koffman Enter the world of artist and author Deb Koffman in this vibrant exhibition celebrati...

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Eating a ridiculous quantity of wings about it

Overhead view of a bunch of takeout containers of wings on the table. There are both boneless and bone-in chicken wings in a variety of sauces.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I'm getting spammed daily with sponsored DMs on LinkedIn for graduate school programs. How on earth are schools this incapable of reading the room? I already HAVE a graduate degree. In fact, the horrors of the world are so cyclical, I got it right before the *last* recession. What I NEED is a job.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Every so often I remember this song exists and get to delight myself with another listen. (I love the animated style of the video, but warning to those who are sensitive that there is some use of flashing lights in the second half.)

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Gotye - State Of The Art (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Gotye

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Woke up feeling very uneasy this morning, and I can't really explain why. Nothing is differently bad (just, you know, the regular amount of perpetual bad) but I'm so out of sorts for no clear reason.

Screen grab from the game Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy on Nintendo Switch. It has a slightly cute illustrated style, and everyone's clothing looks like turn-of-the-century London (even though it's present day). The characters are standing on a shopping street in the city. On the left are a girl, boy, and hound dog, all dressed to the nines. On the right is an older man with a white mustache and hat pulled low on his forehead. His name is Stachenscarfen, and he is saying, "Quiet today, isn't it? Close your eyes, and you can almost see the eternal truths of the world unfolding before you."

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A bit late to the party, but we finally watched GODZILLA MINUS ONE tonight and it absolutely lived up to the hype. Not just a good Godzilla movie, but a good *movie* outside of the kaiju plot.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I know every marketing team is being pressured to game the algorithm by any means necessary, but if you list your book like this there is a 0% chance that I'm buying it.

Screen grab of a book listing from the ThriftBooks website. It has the cover on one side, and then the title and edition info on the other. The cover is an illustration of two people sitting in a pumpkin patch, leaning on a pumpkin the size of a car, with either a sunrise or sunset above them. The title on the cover is "Let's Give 'Em Pumpkin to Talk About," by Isabelle Popp. On the other side of the page, the title is written as, "Let's Give 'em Pumpkin to Talk about: A Quirky Pumpkin Spicy Small Town Rivals to Lovers Fall Romance." The hardcover is $39.55 and the paperback is $13.65.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Grimace's alt for writing McDonaldland fic on AO3

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There are a lot of songs and a lot of singers I've never heard of, so I feel like the rage bait writers are going to have to work harder if they want to burn me.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

this is who you had to buy weed from before legalization

Yukon Cornelius from the Rankin and Bass stop-motion Rudolph special. He's a stop-motion puppet with a big, curly, red beard and sqiggly red mustache that sticks out straight to the sides. He's wearing a red pom pom hat, tan furry earmuffs, a blue puffy jacket, and brown backpack straps. He has his tongue out licking a pickaxe.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Mooncake prices skyrocketed this year, so I went with a single-serve option instead of a tin. It's red bean with a (very slight) hint of rose. I usually lean toward lotus paste filling, but I may keep red bean in rotation in the future because it's quite good. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Close-up photo of a mooncake on a paper plate. It's a round pastry with scalloped edges and has been cooked while pressed into a decorative mold so the top is covered in intricate designs and Chinese characters.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Pro tip for seasonal drink lovers on a budget: You can get a bottle of Torani Pumpkin Pie syrup (reg or sugar-free) for home use and make your favorite coffees/teas/foods with it for pennies per serving. Trust me, you want the Pumpkin Pie and *not* the Pumpkin Spice: www.torani.com/catalogsearc...

Product photo from the Torani website for Pumpkin Pie syrup. It shows a big glass bottle of the syrup sitting on a counter, next to a slice of actual pumpkin pie on a plate. There is a person in a white and gray flannel shirt standing behind the counter, with their hand resting on some sort of latte or milkshake drink presumably made with the syrup.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I drove past a small local bank building today that I guess either moved or closed (can a bank go out of business?) and the property is available and I've been unemployed for so long that I'm genuinely tempted to come up with a drive-through business idea that isn't food.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

My brain, giving me a little pep talk each morning:

A cartoon boy named Buddy in Sim design style is speaking. The speech bubble says, "Try to survive!"

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I can tell that a product/brand/movie is terrible as soon as they make me watch an entire YouTube ad with no skip button. The longer the unskippable ad, the worse the thing is.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wishing a happy Accidentally Found the Utz Factory Outlet Store Day to all who celebrate

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Once walked out of an interview and saw a guy I knew in the lobby, duct-taping his shoes together. He later told me his reaction was, "Oh, shit. Natalie is here. I'm screwed." Guess who got the job? 🙄 I promise you, bringing a drink to an interview has nothing to do with your success or failure.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"I didn’t want people to think that we’re doing Stranger Things. This exists in the world of Friday the 13th, it’s *grounded*," says CRYSTAL LAKE showrunner Brad Caleb, who's telling a prequel story about the slasher icon that became a zombie and later went into space and morphed into a cyborg.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I dealt with a surprise car issue (fine now) before having any coffee this morning, so I think that's enough doing things for the day.

Scene from the Star Trek: Lower Decks episode "Veritas." Tendi, Rutherford, Boimler, and Mariner are walking down a hallway on the ship, all of them wearing their uniforms. The first three look a combination of tired and annoyed, while Mariner looks angry. Coming toward them with his back to the viewer is the character of Q in his floating chair, wearing his long red robe and official purple hat. Mariner is saying, "Get out of here, Q. No, We are done with random stuff today."

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Treating myself to a fancy peanut butter and jelly sandwich

Very large container of Jif peanut butter next to a very small jar of Stonewall Kitchen Cinnamon Pear Jam.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Mentally, I'm here

Sign over a grocery aisle that I took in Dongbei Province, China in 2006. It's a big yellow sign with text on each side and arrows pointing to the side of the aisle for the text. On one side in Chinese it says 干货, which means "dried food" but is translated in English as "Fuck goods" and on the other side in Chinese it says 干果, which means "dried fruit," but is translated in English as "Fuck."

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The uncanny valley holiday perfume commercials are starting earlier this year and I haven't consumed nearly enough pumpkin spice yet to fortify myself against them.

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When people are like "oh if I won the lottery I would keep working because I just would have to" I just don't relate to that at all. I don't want to work, I don't want to hustle, I don't want to grind. I would be so content if I could just exist and enjoy the little things that I like and that's it.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Trying to pump myself up to get anything done these days

Screen grab from the game Hello Kitty Island Adventure on Nintendo Switch. The character of Retsuko, a red panda, has transformed into her angry state of Aggretsuko, with glam rock makeup on, singing into a microphone. She is saying, "Smiling wide to hide the rage I have to keep in check."

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

You can't convince me that this is a real guy. He's some sort of Willy Wonka character that the show created.

Screen grab from Unwrapped interview. The man being interviewed has dark hair and a thick mustache. He is wearing a cream mock turtleneck underneath a caramel brown blazer. He is sitting in front of a display of various kinds of brightly colored candy packages. He is identified as "Armand Hammer, Sour Candy Expert."

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I've been unemployed since Jan 2025 after a 20yr writing/editing career. Thousands of applications. No job offers. When I interviewed to be a grocery cashier they told me they were afraid I'd just leave if I found a job in my field so they didn't want to train me. There's literally no way out.

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Natalie Litofsky @positivelynatalie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🎶 Putting peanut butter in my ramen 🎶

The character of Jean-Ralphio from Parks and Rec, a derpy guy with curly hair, wearing a suit, holds his hand to his open mouth shouting. A speech bubble has been added as if he's yelling the text of this post.

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