-NEPA, USA- Adjunct History Prof., Nerd, Crafter, Wife, Mom to a human and two dogs. Into vintage style, DIY, and being bad at video games. Screams about books a lot. She/her. magpiemakingdo.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3mjixqit3ws25I am not a big book re-reader. I’m generally one and done, and if I do reread it has to be after a few years have passed, and generally for some specific reason. And yet here I am, having just wrapped up my reread of TKWNKM, and STARTING A SECOND REREAD. IN THE SPAN OF A WEEK AND A HALF.15 Apr 2026 03:36 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjixqit3ws25https://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3m5fmcroslc2zI went to the grocery store today. Progresso soup was on “sale” - 2 cans for $6. On SALE. Let me repeat that: SIX FUCKING DOLLARS FOR TWO CANS OF SOUP IS NOW CONSIDERED A SALE PRICE. I bought diapers, coffee creamer, bread, a box of milk-bones, 4 4oz jars of baby food, and egg nog. It was $80. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Nov 2025 02:31 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5fmcroslc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3m2rhrnk7xc25Hey can anyone explain to me why I keep seeing “mom hack” videos where they take Barbies or other dolls and shrink wrap them in literal garbage (old yogurt container wrappers, etc...)? Why are people shrinkwrapping their dolls like this? Why is this a “hack?”09 Oct 2025 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2rhrnk7xc25https://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3lsydyko2nc2pIdk if it’s just my neurodivergence at work or my gut actually telling me something, but the harder the ad algorithm pushes MomCozy stuff to me, the more resistant to and suspicious of the brand I get.02 Jul 2025 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsydyko2nc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3lrly6vo2s22kI finished making a stuffed Winnie the Pooh sing Frère Jacques to my daughter and said the words “the political assassinations have started,” to my husband within the same breath this afternoon so… the historian in me is feeling real weird.14 Jun 2025 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrly6vo2s22khttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3lqnptvnz7k2aI know my PPA meds are working because I was able to watch The Pitt (I haven’t really been able to watch medical drama shows without having issues since my Anxiety disorder surfaced in college) and OH MY GOD IT WAS SO SO GOOD. Some of the best character writing I’ve seen on TV… ever basically.02 Jun 2025 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqnptvnz7k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3lprdaaaruk2jI cannot tell you how frustrating it is that all these cute personalized books and stuff, where you can personalize the characters to look like you and your family, don’t have different body types. Like, no matter how close the hair and coloring options are, they just aren’t gonna look like us.22 May 2025 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lprdaaaruk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3lp7zoiplds2vI love the idea of using one of those app baby books bc it feels like I might actually be able to FINISH one that way… but the elder millennial in me does NOT feel good about giving some random company access to all those personal details and I’m shocked that more people don’t feel ick about that.15 May 2025 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp7zoiplds2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3lnqkq4rpg22aI’ve moved on from ANTM in my “Rewatch Aught Era Shows While Nursing” TV marathon to Project Runway, and a couple things: 1) Tim Gunn is a treasure and such a great teacher.26 Apr 2025 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnqkq4rpg22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3lmner4zrmc2mAmerica’s Next Top Model Rewatch Update: Gone back to the early early seasons now, which I skipped bc I saw them so much on repeat in college when they were in syndication and OH BOY, how the fuck did Janice Dickinson get away with saying some of this shit on national television?12 Apr 2025 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmner4zrmc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3lmfgqshdt22eBeen working my way through old familiar media while I nurse chicklet🐣 bc my brain is too broken for new information at the moment, and OH BOY watching America’s Next Top Model at the age of 37 is a VASTLY different experience than watching it at 21.09 Apr 2025 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfgqshdt22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3llefei3wis2iIf you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Mar 2025 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3llefei3wis2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3llefbv77rs2iBeen rewatching Kitchen Nightmares while nursing chicklet bc I don’t have the brain bandwidth for anything new or plot based rn, and just realized that Gordon Ramsay was only a few years older than I am now when this show started and I am having a little bit of an existential crisis about it.27 Mar 2025 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3llefbv77rs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3ll7wn3pfxs2qHow the fuck are all these momfluencers that the algorithm is FILLING my feed with (against my will, btw) finding time to both care for and breastfeed their kid, keep their house immaculate, and film and edit content? I can’t even get the fucking dishes done reliably.25 Mar 2025 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll7wn3pfxs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3lk7hx24tms2cFinally getting around to watching Abbott Elementary since I’m tied down nursing Chicklet🐣 like 90% of the day and OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS SO MUCH I’M SO GLAD IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO GET TO BECAUSE NOW I HAVE 3.5 SEASONS TO BINGE.12 Mar 2025 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk7hx24tms2chttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3lk6qkmxo7s2aHey Geisinger, I appreciate the offer but no, I’m not driving two and a half hours to Lock Haven for my postnatal checkup just bc it gets me in a day earlier. That’s absolutely bonkers.12 Mar 2025 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk6qkmxo7s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3lk44rxjrqk2tOh my fucking god, Meta is such a trashfire. Stop flooding my Instagram AND Facebook feed with reels of babies with text saying “this was the last video I took of you before [insert terrible rare thing resulting in death here].” I can’t even just scroll past and not interact bc it’s the cover image.11 Mar 2025 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk44rxjrqk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3ljj2cbi7qc2rMan, being a first time mom as an elder millennial with boomer parents and greatest gen grandmothers is a damned trip in terms of how it lays bare the way expectations for parenting have changed.03 Mar 2025 22:56 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljj2cbi7qc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3ljgm5q3tzk2rI CANNOT for the life of me figure out this goddamned Moby wrap. I have watched eight thousand tutorials and I KNOW I’m putting it on correctly, but I CANNOT get her in the damned thing for some reason.02 Mar 2025 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljgm5q3tzk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3ljfknc2bfs2mIf I had infinite money, my first big splurge for myself (as opposed to family stuff- new house, college fund for chicklet🐣, paying off Jim’s student loans, etc…) would be to have someone make me a modern computer, but housed in an old 90s Blueberry or Key Lime iBook clamshell case.02 Mar 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljfknc2bfs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3lj7cjpvcok27Losing Howie the Crab AND Leon the Lobster all in one week? While the postpartum hormones are hormoning? Didn’t have sobbing uncontrollably on my living room floor over crustaceans on my bingo list for 4th trimester, week 3 but here we are.28 Feb 2025 01:57 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj7cjpvcok27https://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3lj3gogaexc2wHot Fabric Take: A lot of us are mourning a JoAnn’s that hasn’t actually existed for years now. Their fabric selection has been basically nothing but quilting cottons, fleece, and snuggle flannel for years now. And even their selection of those things has gotten shitty recently. #sewing26 Feb 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj3gogaexc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3liwui4wvd223Hey algorithms, I LITERALLY just gave birth 2 weeks ago. Stop serving me ads for shady pseudosciencey infertility treatments and services. Despite my age, I ain’t your target demographic here. Also, they all sound like scams anyway.24 Feb 2025 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwui4wvd223https://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3lirkhompc223What is the point of changing pad covers? We have a super cute one, but guess how long it took to get shit, piss, or both on it? (Immediately. IMMEDIATELY.) So do people just have a bunch and swap them out every change? Because that’s $$$$… but it also seems the only way to keep it clean & covered.22 Feb 2025 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lirkhompc223https://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3liokrdpo522kOh my GOD I am so sick of subscription services that just keep limiting what you get for your money. Everand (Scribd) has now adopted an “unlock” model and basically just put 90% of my saved list behind an unlock. On what I’m paying now I get ONE SINGLE unlock per month. Guess I’m cancelling.21 Feb 2025 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3liokrdpo522khttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3lifvkdouz22wChicklet🐣 has arrived!!! Both she and I are home and recovering well ❤️17 Feb 2025 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lifvkdouz22whttps://bsky.app/profile/magpiemakingdo.bsky.social/post/3lhjyc2bql22gClassic me: get really excited about an art project, have this grand idea for how it's gonna end up, get tunnel vision, and then at the LAST STEP fail miserably and realize that none of what I planned was gonna work from the start bc I overlooked something in the research phase bc I was too excited06 Feb 2025 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:a26ugwp3px232i2syo3zpmmw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjyc2bql22g