TikTok be like, “did you know if you like a tidy home that’s a trauma response? Sometimes you feel irritable? That’s a trauma response! Blink and breathe? TRAUMA RESPONSE!”
NISAR is a big step closer to its 2024 launch. 🚀
After years of construction, integration, and testing at JPL, the mission's science payload was recently packed up and shipped to @ISRO in India. Go inside the packing process with Scott Nowak, NISAR mechanical integration lead.
What my husband says: “I’m going to finish my report.”
What I’m assuming he actually means: “Please sit across from me and tell me your theories on famous cold cases.”
@Hopebagels2 Oh, that’s interesting! Is that term also used for seeing eye dogs or medical alert dogs? Seems like “emotional support” is a limiting term for all the stuff service animals can do!
Anyone who menstruates: “I’ve got a weird symptom. What does it mean?”
Medical community: “Eh, it do be like that sometimes.”
Menstruating person: “can I get more information or a treatment plan or something?”
Medical community: “IT. 👏🏻 DO. 👏🏻 BE. 👏🏻 LIKE. 👏🏻THAT. 👏🏻 SOMETIMES.”
Me: “Live your life how you want, man! As long as you’re not hurting anybody I don’t judge. You do you!”
Also me: “These made-up nonsense names for grandparents have to STOP!”
“My MIL asked if she could hold HER GRANDDAUGHTER. 😡 Like no bitch, that’s not YOUR granddaughter, it’s 👶🏻MY👶🏻 BABY! 😤 She will not leave my grasp for ⏱ONE ⏱ SECOND. The AUDACITY to want to hold MY BABY! I shut that SHIT DOWN. We momma bears have to 👏🏻SET 👏🏻BOUNDARIES👏🏻”
Since the TikTok algorithm seems to think I’m a mom, I’ve discovered a slew of videos whose genre is basically “moms upset that other people also love their baby.”
Hulu: “Listen, we’ve got plenty of other stuff we’re recommending to you. We’ve got documentaries, true crime, and plenty of other procedurals. I’m begging you, try something new.”
Me: “…start CSI season 11.”
If a pro-life politician crowing about today’s decision ever paid for your abortion and it feels like the right time to talk about it, my email is [email protected]
I usually like to walk on my lunch break, but it’s 97° out. So today we’re doing it Jane Austen character-style. (I take a refreshing turn about the room and unsuccessfully flirt with a disinterested brooding man.)