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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

It seems strange but possible that there also might be key demographic differences between Buffalo and Columbus at the top and Detroit at the bottom, though I can't imagine what those are

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

How is Detroit apparently both the cheapest and worst place to live (by a lot)? This data set has never tried the food here *or* tried to pay city rent and/or property taxes afterward

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

When I was first on Tumblr in the 2012-2014 era, it was a lot easier to make friends there, I feel like? These days, post comments have mostly replaced asks, and imo they're a little awkward, and also the culture has swung back away from adding to reblogs, so. Not just you for sure

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It's truly unfortunate that I won't get to know what drama will unfold at my own funeral. Maybe none, if I outlive all the reliable sources of family drama. Maybe there won't be a giraffe. Hmm. Maybe I need to cultivate some giraffes

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The drama after a family member dies never lands quite where one expects it to. Or it does, but then there's bonus surprise drama lurking behind the curtain. Oh, you thought there was just an elephant in the room? You didn't know about the giraffe, did you?

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I checked the website folder where my layout banner lived and there was another, earlier layout banner in it, which is the best I can do while out of town. So for now, my Dreamwidth is back in its Wynonna Earp OT3 era

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Yesterday in transit, I posted to my Dreamwidth to make a Festivids letter placeholder post. This morning, when I clicked into the post to edit it, I ... saw my c. 2017 Dreamwidth custom layout for the first time in a while, and said "oh no" 2017 sure was a long time ago

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Funeral this weekend for a sudden death in the family, and my brother is sick and might not be able to make it, and also this week (had to be this week!) I have been inducted into the perimenopause club against my will. If anyone needs me, I will be physically, mentally, and spiritually unavailable

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm three cocktails, one glass of port, two desserts, and a cheese plate into the evening and it's starting to sound like a great idea to begin a Word of Honor rewatch

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Stop #2 did not have cheese, but it was beautiful

A cluster of five lit taper candles, illuminating colorful patterned wallpaper.

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I am pleased to report Stop #1 has cheese

A bright pink pomegranate cosmopolitan in a fancy glass, with a pin that says "it's my birthday" resting against the glass

A cheese plate featuring three cheeses, grapes, crackers, and tiny pickles

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It feels weird to go out to do my solo birthday plans amid an unexpected death in the family, but everyone is telling me to go out and try to have fun, so. I am out. Let's see if fun commences

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

That will be the last copper vase anyone sees out of me for a while

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I've been out of the studio for a while, so it hadn't occured to me what might have happened to the price of copper in the interim until I saw a post about data centers burning through it - the relatively cheap, 18-24 gauge copper I use for raising has more than doubled in price in six months

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

458 on my phone, 2 on my laptop. I have a tendency to treat open phone tabs like bookmarks with commitment issues.

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A message from a bar bathroom stall:

Written in sharpie on a wall, "Byler was endgame. Trust."

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's fine to like inoffensive things other people think are poorly written. There's no need to prove to people they actually just lack media literacy. I have enjoyed many a donut that wasn't from an award-winning bakery, bc sometimes donuts are donuts and that's okay. Can fandom ever chill

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's a bad song. She has a varied discography of tracks about haters, and some are great (not any on Showgirl to be clear), but this one isn't. She has tons of interesting love songs, and this one doesn't really qualify as interesting or a love song. I will not be saying *any* of this on reddit

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

for those spectating from a safe distance, TSwift fandom continues to eat itself over the new tracks - mostly about Cleveland!, which is the kind of unpopular that forever obligates certain parts of any fandom to take up arms to defend the thing one outraged essay at a time

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

may aphids swarm his plants and carpenter bees eat his porch

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

this is about new pop music dropped today, if that helps, lol

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Is there drama in CR? I haven't started on the new episodes yet, I'm oblivious to how things are going

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

now I want to know what YOUR fandom is lol

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

did the fandom you're thinking of drop four new episodes this morning tacked onto last year's season

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I do not feel like being keyword swept into an algorithmic feed on this morning, which really limits what I can say in this unlocked environment, but 🍿

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

an interesting morning to be in a particular fandom I'm in several different subreddits for Particular Fandom, and the positivity-focused ones are eating themselves while the fans having honest feelings-focused ones are delivering one-liners better than anything in Particular Fandom's new material

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's so weird!! "You're my least senior crew member ... I invited you up to my cabin ... why don't you take your clothes off and try out my shower" yes this is normal and not at ALL sketchy

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Not mentioned: I also ME3 romanced Samantha Traynor, which was so "lesbians for the male gaze" that I ranted about it for days. Too cowardly to get the murder fish out of his assassin jacket, but Samantha is immediately in her underwear? To *initiate* the romance? I see you, game

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Best ME3 romance options: Garrus (f), Kaidan or Steve (m) Steve probably just edges out Kaidan, but Kaidan has so much story. Both are delightful. Garrus is Garrus and Garrus is the best. Liara is a fine option, but she's obsessed with Shep regardless, so not a lot changes.

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Best ME1 romance option: None Kaidan gets pressured by his boss, Ashley is terrible, and Liara isn't finished baking yet. None Romance. Best ME2 romance options: Garrus (f), Tali (m) Thane is fun, but locks out Garrus later. Tali does *not* sweat it if you break up with her in ME3.

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Currently on yet another Mass Effect 3 playthrough to try out a male Shep romance with Kaidan. I have, at this point, sampled the majority of romance options. I have opinions.

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Also, on the way home I stopped at a farm with a PIES sign and met a dog and got an apple pie and honey. I'm still thinking about the homemade jam and pear bread I didn't get. What a lovely almost-fall day

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The orchard was a bit of a mud bath, but the trade-off was the apples putting on a bit of a show, so: worth it. The Empire apples (on the right) were fogged over with moisture that turned them almost plum purple, and it was so, so pretty.

An unpicked Macintosh apple on a branch. The apple is small and round, has subtle lighter and darker red stripes, and is glistening with raindrops.

An unpicked Empire apple on a tree branch. The apple is fogged with moisture that turns it from red to almost purple.

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

the u-pick orchard had a minimum weight ... what am I going to do with all of these apples

An enormous sack of apples sitting on a porch rocker. The bag is clear, and through it you can see fully 25 pounds of freshly picked apples.

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

if you can't tell, the yellow pear tomatoes up front are my mom's favorite to snack from, next year I'm not bothering with anything else not pictured: tiny orange pear tomatoes of some kind (?) and cayenne peppers, I ran out of bins

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

someone save me from tomato and pepper season, plants can't stop won't stop

Eight containers overflowing with red, orange, yellow, black cherry, and stripey yellow-green tomatoes, plus green poblano, orange habanero, and wrinkly red carolina reaper peppers.

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

you realize this is extremely of my interests and I will be dying to hear more, yes

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

green grape soda does exist, we have it here! green grapes aren't an especially rare sparkling beverage flavor

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Purple. Grape is a recognizable shade of purple across mediums. It has a purple hex code. It's purple. Green *can* be associated with grapes, but the color "grape" is purple. You just mapped a new hill for me to die on

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Are you tracking plant sources? I do this with my planting season tracker and it's been v useful for tracking supplier quality / where to find specific plants again

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Yeah, the knock-off has no idea where I live, but the NYT one basically has my zip code

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Trelkez @trelkez.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

In my corporate retail jobs, the answer was nothing and never - we weren't allowed to take anything, not even from regular clients; for your local small business, shareable snacks (bakery, grocery, catered, whatever - not homemade, if they don't know you) around the holiday crush go a long way.

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