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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 8h

October 1st, time for fall perfumes! Enforced Modesty goes metallic on me in warm weather, but fig and lilac take the lead in cooler weather. Easy comfort reach, similar to Parakeet in the summer. Seattle Chocolate is one of the few gourmands I enjoy. Dark chocolate and fir trees 🍂 #perfumesky 🍂

Picture of 2 bottles of perfume on a table. Cirrus- Enforced Modesty and Olympic Orchids- Seattle Chocolate

Fragrance notes for Enforced Modesty: thyme, laurel, fig, fig leaf, green mandarin orange, ivy, lilac marble

Fragrance notes for Seattle Chocolate: cocoa, fir balsam absolute, poplar bud, silver fir, woods, oakmoss, bourbon vanilla, musk

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 8h

It's raining hard and the temp is nice. Want to open my bedroom window soooo bad but it will take days to get the humidity out this house. Even with a dehumidifier on each level.

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 11h

Do I need more candles? Nope. Did I buy 3 fall candles from my favorite brand (The New Savant). Yes, because it's my first Halloween as a homeowner and I need to set the 👻 VIBES 🎃 Headed to At Home this weekend to buy skeleton window lights with the gift card my boss gave me.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 17h

Dark thread. Since we watched Musk literally push a "protect the Boers" button in real time with Grok, we now know people or companies could theoretically pay their way into putting a thumb on the scale for Grok/Claude/ChatGPT. This is why the AI stans want you to believe it's thinking

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 20h

I’ll be the first to sign the petition. There’s one on my street that is both loud and high pitched. I grind my teeth when I hear it…every 2-3 days.

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

Seattle friend sent me a chocolate gift basket. I'm going to be okay after all.

Picture of 7 different chocolate bars and a box of bon bons from Maeve

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

Sad to hear this. I bought a membership when I moved to Detroit last year. Not a ton of selection, but it's an oasis in a food desert. Perfect for mid-week grocery shopping, or a quick hot bar meal for those who work in New Center/Midtown.

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

FedEx is holding my package hostage. A chocolate gift basket from a friend in Seattle. If I go to this place tomorrow and they tell me its not there again, I'm flipping tables. They had me running between 4 FedEx stations last week, including the damn warehouse. I NEED THAT CHOCOLATE.

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

“In aggregate, these channels represent a sophisticated AI-enabled political influencer operation. They also underscore how a relatively unknown actor can influence political content algorithms, which is especially alarming in the lead-up to the 2026 midterms.” riddance.ai/reports/poli...

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These anti-Democrat YouTubers are paid actors | Riddance

AI-enabled personas are targeting mayors, governors, and members of Congress. One network used “ghost creator” personas to accumulate 45 million views on YouTube and millions on TikTok.

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026

That 7pm vanilla lemon cappuccino...maybe a bad idea.

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026

Catching up on some youtube channels I follow. Wired has a new series where experts debunk AI slop. I LOVE watching experts nerd out. youtu.be/4o2YEkmejU0?...

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Biomedical Scientist Fact Checks Pseudoscience Slop

YouTube video by WIRED

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026

#SOTD Orris Forest by Maher Olfactive. If I see coumarin or a lot of green notes, I typically avoid. But the sample kept haunting me. 1st full wear of the season...I actually love this. Orris butter is the star, and it feels like a walk thru Hocking Hills in the fall. #perfumesky

Description of perfume from the website: Growing up, my grandmother lived south of Saint Louis close to the Meramec River. As a child, I loved hiking out in the woods behind her house down to a creek that was a tributary to that river. There were fun hills to climb, and the smell was so fresh, green and vibrant.

As I was composing Tempo Rubato and contemplating the multifaceted scent of orris butter, especially the watery green nuances. It suddenly made me think of those hikes. So I composed this with those memories at the top of mind to create a nouveau fougère of sorts.

The result is a fresh spring day with blooming flowers, shimmering green notes with dew drops, the wet rocks of a creek and spicy, mossy undergrowth.

Notes: cassie absolute, violet leaf, orris butter, fig leaf, piñon pine, juniper tree, Bulgarian lavender, coriander, oakmoss, coumarin, dark-aged patchouli and Indian black pepper.

Picture of 15ml bottle of Orris Forest by Maher Olfactive

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

I’m either gonna get the trash cans to the corner or be on time for work. Can’t be both.

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

Space heater is on...and may not be doing enough. Let me go ahead and order this winter fleece blanket. I thought I had more time.

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

Current read: As The Earth Dreams, Black Canadian Speculative Stories I think I bought this in either Vancouver Canada or Seattle early last year. I love a good magical realism short story collection. It’s probably half of the books I own. #blackbooksky

Picture of a book on a green stool.

EDITED BY TERESE MASON PIERRE
AS THE EARTH DREAMS
BLACK CANADIAN SPECULATIVE STORIES

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

I have to be productive tomorrow. Meal prep, several loads of laundry, clean/mop the house. Lord give me strength.

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

That fan recognition interlude on the second Dru Hill album meant a lot to the high school freshman version of myself. I just knew they were talking to ME.

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026

Really impressed with Tale! Bad Lily is already on my FB list, and now Rouse. Animalic jammy rose w/a realistic honey note. Fleurt was a pleasant surprise. Creamy, not too sweet gourmand. Not something I’d get a FB of but it was fun to sample. Water Me was the only one I didn’t care for. #perfumesky

Picture of 2 sample vials: Rouse and Fleurt

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026

More for me. I visited the factory/restaurant when I lived in Oregon. My friends had to roll me out of there and I haven’t bought anything but Tilamook cheese products since. The pizza they served 🤌🏾

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026

Year 14 in civil rights/title ix compliance. When I tell you this ain't far off. I've lost count of the amount of times I've presented 4k evidence to the accused just for them to look me dead in my face and say something like "I said what I said". My god. The screams I've had to swallow 😂

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

They’re going to claim that trace amounts of birth control in drinking water is a public health risk, and then make birth control pills illegal, aren’t they?

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 15/09/2026

#SOTD Tale Parfums Bad Lily. Now THIS is the green scent for me! Love at first spray. So hard to describe tho. Creamy, anise adjacent, green, musky, and prune fruity. Never goes too sharp or green, and doesn't come off too literal like a lot of green scents. On the FB list #perfumesky

Note pyramid breakdown from Parfumo:

Top: Cyclamen, Galbanum, Nettle
Middle: Datura, Lily of the Valley, Solanum
Base: Tree Moss, Damson Plum, Patchouli, Musk

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026

I’m an alto who was raised singing in Pentecostal choirs. I scream everything I sing, just like my patron saints Fantasia and Jennifer Hudson lol. If I had to pick:

Screenshot of Apple Music playing So Fine by Mint Condition

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 13/09/2026

Saving grace for my wallet is that most designer and mass market niche brands use materials I either can't smell or don't like my skin chemistry. Closest indie and small niche buying options are 3-4hrs away so no opportunity for immediate gratification buys. Now if I lived in Chicago 💸 #perfumesky

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026

#SOTD Journeys 4/RIMA by Sarah Horowitz. I have been looking forward to pulling this back out for fall. It's my favorite patchouli dominant perfume ❤️ Not too gritty or dry, the florals hold their own next to the ambers and patchouli, and the blood orange opening sticks around a bit #perfumesky

Picture of the perfume bottle on a table

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026

Re: $5k for 🔴 midterms Reminder (as someone who has worked at all levels of gov’t) that public servants are explicitly prohibited from the slightest appearance of financial impropriety. It’s why Inspector Generals and required annual disclosures exists. I’ve had to turn down $25 coffee gift cards!

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026

It is very likely my next day off isn't until Thanksgiving break. Exhausted already.

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026

BFF came to visit and clear the new house. Crystals, palo santo, and sage in tow. All I know is all this better lower my housing costs!

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Good Vibes Growth Ritual

Alt: Good Vibes Growth Ritual

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 05/09/2026

Mostly resisted blind buying this year. Failed twice, one so bad I felt shame lol. There's some upcoming releases that may get me 😩 #perfumesky Cirrus hinted at a cherry floral (iris?) scent. Regime des Fleurs Saffron Fever sounds amazing. Isabelle Larignon and Domestica teasers have me intrigued.

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 05/09/2026

Another week of wfh because of contractors. New homeowner life, I guess? Wore some fall scents I've been craving. Everything I've sampled from Universal Flowering I've liked and bought these during their recent sale, and Lilac No. 4 on Mercari. These travel bottles are adorable! #perfumesky

Picture of 3 travel size perfumes from Universal Flowering: Seduction Theory, Mona, and Etude in Black

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 04/09/2026

Told my sister a similar thing last night. We were born & raised in OH, she lives in Chicago now and me in Detroit. We’ve been thru a few tornados, incl. in other Midwest states. The skies yesterday were a bit triggering. For her it was last week. It was giving Xenia OH. IYKYK, not good at all

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 02/09/2026

Sometimes I see bad takes and check to see how many folks have saved the post. Because I know when those takes are proven to be as awful as most already knew, them saves will become hilarious quote posts.

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 02/09/2026

Positive: slow breakfast with jazz in my new home has done wonders for my mental health Negative: I have roots in my sewer drain AND need my backyard regraded

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Jackie B Sigh

Alt: Black woman scratching her braids and sighing

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026

I need to show this to 2 friends. One was born and raised in Portland, the other was visiting me when I lived there. Different occasions they pissed my off so bad while parallel parking that I made them get out their own damn cars and stand on the sidewalk so I could do it myself.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 01/09/2026

Can you spot AI? We tested chatbots to see how they respond to election falsehoods. We found that they can debunk falsehoods — but they don’t always get it right. Read our report on AI and election disinformation: bit.ly/3TSPbV6

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026

Haven't posted my #sotd for a minute because I am sick of summer and summer fragrances. Bring on the cooler weather, I'm ready to pull out my fall perfumes and body care. Amber, resins, heavy orris and rose, leather ❤️ #perfumesky

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 28/08/2026

It’s 215p and I have not showered or combed my hair. I’m still in my pajamas. Why? Because work was blowing up my inbox by 7a and I went straight from bed to home desk. Been here ever since. Let me go wash my ass…

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026

1st time online today, was real confused about the OH mentions and some associated words. Now that I know: as a native Ohioan who lived all over the state, incl. briefly in SE OH, that man was out there for DRUGS and diabolical sex-based activities. Antisocial personality type shit.

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026

Today is cool w/enough breeze to turn off the air and open all the windows. I WAS gonna wash clothes and sanitize my floor. But why waste this breeze when I could pour a drink and disassociate* *needed bc the students return tomorrow and I am not mentally prepared. Where tf the summer go?!

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026

I'm so tired of all this. Having to check the status of food as you create your online grocery order is ridiculous. It's almost like we need a government entity ensuring the food system is safe...

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026

Been focused on loving my current collection, letting go of scents that no longer bring joy. Seeing space on the shelves and bottle dents is oddly satisfying, and I don't feel the need to fill that space. Also achieved balance w/sampling. Ready to put the summer scents up tho! #perfumesky #scentsky

Parfumo screenshot of 4 perfumes worn this week: Maher Olfactive Waking Dream, Parfums Obim Galactic Rose, Syd Botanica Ghost Flowers, Cirrus Maid Marian

Parfumo screenshot of 4 perfumes worn this week (2): Amphora Virginal, Cirrus Parakeet, Punk & Dandy Avenue in the Rain, Isabelle Largnon Bangla Yasaman

Parfumo screenshot of 4 perfumes worn this week (3): Parfums Obim Ultra Violet, Cirrus Parakeet, Amouage Ashore, Universal Flowering Etude in Black

Parfumo screenshot of 4 perfumes worn this week(4): Nostos Calico, Cirrus Sybarite, Punk & Daddy Avenue in the Rain, Isabelle Largnon Bangla Yasaman

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026

Cleveland Sirens gear secured 💪🏾 didn't notice that the sweatshirt I got is a crop top, but it's getting worn, fupa and all.

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 21/08/2026

Selling and buying perfume on Mercari is an experience I don't think I care to keep having. Might have to give the reddit perfume subs a shot in the near future...because this is getting to be aggravating. Scammers, low-ballers, ghost sellers, etc. #perfumesky

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Queen Side Eye @sulainterrupted.blacksky.app · 20/08/2026

#SOTN is my attempt to touch grass. Grass is my fave Lush scent, next to Rose Jam. Smells like fresh cut, wet grass before your allergies kick in. Ave in the Rain smells like stepping outside after a rainstorm, while Earth Star is wet forest floor and mushrooms. Weird but calming. #perfumesky

Picture of a bottle of Lush Grass shower gel, and two perfume travel sprays: Syd Botanica Earth Star and Punk & Dandy Avenue in the Rain.

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