Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026All of my calories burned today are from being drenched in the sudden burst of rain en route to the train station. But… it was a lot of rain, so I have burned a surprising amount of calories. 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Did anyone else sign up for the Reedsy Writing Sprint next month? I want to get some momentum on my novel. #writing 010
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026America’s Rasputin: youtube.com/shorts/kyYxw...youtube.comWhy did the execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee fail? #Tennessee #BBCNewsYouTube video by BBC News 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Played the Thriller album for my youngest the other day, and when “The Girl is Mine” came on, I was surprised to realise Paul McCartney is on it? Loved that song as a kid, I guess I just didn’t realise who Paul McCartney was. #truths 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Cast your vote! Is purgatory: A) DMV B) IKEA waiting room C) Thanksgiving dinner with mediocre cooking? #purgatorypoll 011
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Watched Jurassic Park for the first time with my youngest (8). I think I found it more scary than he did! 🦖 #parenting 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You’re welcome. youtu.be/SzlZSG9PjMU?...youtu.beevery manic cancer dream girl movieYouTube video by ButterFaces 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Left the house early for a morning yoga class, and got to see a beautiful pink-streaked sky & get a seat on the bus… #spoiled 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Train conductors in the NL will see you hobbling towards the doors, and just blithely lock you out. #heartless 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The pumpkin spice latte is better at Kiosk than Starbucks. ☕️ 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026So tired my bags have bags & I now have zero fucks to give. #comeatme 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I just realised how much money my friends have when I looked up buying an automatic litter box they’re using… 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026How old am I, you ask? Old enough to need to hire movers. Old enough to have grown up without a cell phone. Old enough to have the discs in my back slip, unbidden, inducing nausea and necessitating a limp that is impossible to hide. #feelingold 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Nearly signed off my last work email “Beta regards,” #alwaysproofread 000
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Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Is it just me, or is Emily Henry’s writing good, like, every other book? #booksky 080
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Had to leap over a mouse the other day to avoid it running across my foot. Emitted a strangling sound that I didn’t even know I was capable of. The little mouse was not more scared than me, I assure you. 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 15/08/202615 minutes into building the IKEA Kallax, sans hammer, she gave up and realised having furniture is overrated & she could just sleep within the confines of the partially built storage cube set. 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I am 50% coffee and 30% chips and have zero regrets. 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Decided to try pin curls last night. Wanted to look like Marilyn Monroe. I. Did. Not. Brushed it out until it looked like my head was ensconced in a cloud, a tuft on each side. When I laughed about it, partner’s re. was: “It looks better than when you started.” 🙈 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026*crunch, crunch* No, I do not *crunch* have a stash *crunch* of chips *crunch* in my work bag *crunch crunch crunch*. Why do you ask? *The dust of orange powdered tortilla chips rise in small plumes as typing resumes* 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 29/07/2026A few days late, but I’ve finally written a little something again. letzbeereal.wordpress.com/2026/07/29/1... #writingletzbeereal.wordpress.com1 x PZ 3×150What is the best purchase you have ever made? The right tool makes the job easier. From the first wheel invented by a caveman to the dating app that metamorphosed the awkward meet-cute into the dan… 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Supposed to be hot balls today, so I am in short shorts. Thought nothing of it until I walked past a priest outside my apartment, and now feeling self-conscious and now keep trying to discreetly tug them down. #summerprobz 020
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I never thought I could feel empathy for a fan. But the one in my kitchen is giving out the low, concerning growl of a death rattle, and it makes me keenly aware of mortality. 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Had the most vivid dream that George Costanza was a nepo baby, and spent 20 minutes this morning trying to Google to see if my brain was just regurgitating weird Seinfeld facts or something. #dreamz #notanepobaby 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Missing my weekend reading as I slowly drive myself insane with overwork… 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 07/07/2026People really are often disappointing, aren’t they? #increasinglydisillusioned 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Watching HIP (with subtitles, because my French isn’t super strong), and High Potential is almost scene for scene. #TV 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 01/07/2026It is Wednesday, it is July, it is 2026, it is the twenty-first century, it is a life, it is a world, it is a universe. 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Watching “Lucifer,” and the homicide detective is his sibling, right? #Lucifer #hypothesis #plotting 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Everyone go see Masters of the Universe so they will make the She-Ra movie, please. 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 07/06/2026I learned about this song from a Jay Harangue video, & it’s been stuck in my head for the last two days: youtu.be/U2Mrg-Ez_Yk?... #youvebeenwarnedyoutu.beProve I Love Ya (Dancin' It's On Soundtrack)YouTube video by DJ Yarcassi 100
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Thank you Domino’s for your pizza deal on Wednesday’s. Truly helpful & nice break from meal prep in the middle of the week. 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Why use sunscreen when you can use sun protecting fluid? We all know fluids are good for the skin. #marketing 030
Reposted by IsobelMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 28/05/2026Q: Can you run away? A. I am a world-class athlete. I can turn and sprint so fast that my old high school friend will never catch me. B. I tore a ligament last week mowing the lawn. I can hobble, but it will cause permanent damage. C. I have gout.buff.lyCan You Avoid an Old High School Friend at the Bus Stop? A Decision TreeAre there other people at the bus stop? Can you pretend to know them? A. Yes, there’s a small crowd, including a friendly-looking woman with a pug. She’s wea... 0377
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 21/05/2026If they sent Bluesky DMs with the LinkedIn AI bots. “Hello, Turd Nuggets and then you Die; The investment landscape is a rapidly changing environment full of excitement and peril. 100
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Apple Cake!!! #booksky letzbeereal.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/a...letzbeereal.wordpress.comApple Cake Makes the WorldI recently read an ARC of Allegra Goodman’s novel This is Not About Us. Centered around different members and generations of an East Coast Jewish American family, this novel is a character explorat… 010
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 23/04/2026My review of “My Year of Rest & Relaxation?” #booksky letzbeereal.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/t...letzbeereal.wordpress.comThe early aughties were decadent and depraved…I didn’t initially have any interest in reading Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation. I was under the mistaken impression that it is autobiographical (emphasis on “mistaken,” and quiet… 020
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Got a robot vacuum recently & asked 7 this morning to turn on his robot brother. He was scandalized. “How would you even GIVE BIRTH to a robot?” he asked. 000
Isobel @theisobelgarcia.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Learned today that before cheddar cheese making was regulated, it used to sometimes *explode.* Can you imagine dying of cheddar cheese explosion? Have I accidentally found a synonym for dying of embarrassment? #themoreyouknow 010
Reposted by IsobelGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 15/04/2026"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.theguardian.comTax Day is a reminder of America’s unequal tax system. But we can fix it | Zohran Mamdani, Gabriel Zucman and Joseph StiglitzThere is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us 326110714268
