Sabrina.C

@sabrinac.bsky.social

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game-maker, small-biz-owner, parent, pittsburgh-er, american, & frustrated optimist http://Ludoliminal.com http://TransformationalFramework.com http://PittsburghPlaytest.com

Band Squonk performs on stage at Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Arts Festival
Testing out our new inflatable trex suit
Screen shot of actual bill text: SEC. lll5. UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE.11 (a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-12 wise available, there is appropriated to the United States13 Secret Service, for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in14 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000,15 to remain available until September 30, 2029, for the pur-16 poses of security adjustments and upgrades, including17 within the perimeter fence of the White House Compound18 to support enhancements by the United States Secret19 Service relating to the East Wing Modernization Project,20 including above-ground and below-ground security fea-21 tures.22 (b) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made available23 under this section may be used for non-security elements24 of the East Wing Modernization Project.
The Point of Bread is to Eat It In his 1932 essay “In Praise of Idleness,” Bertrand Russell pointed out that the whole economy is built on the assumption that production is noble and consumption is frivolous. You make the bread, you are virtuous. You eat the bread, you are wasting time. Russell thought this was absurd, and he was right. The point of bread is not to fuel you to make more bread. The point of bread is to be eaten and enjoyed. To take a few minutes of your day to sit down and think, “damn, that’s some good bread.” Maybe alone. Maybe with someone you love. Maybe with enough time to invent a new sandwich and hand it to a stranger who then wonders if bread was always this ambitious. Work is important. Nobody is saying work is not important. But the fruits of work are the whole point of work. If you spend your whole life too busy cooking to ever eat, something has gone very wrong.
“"I go back to South Carolina, I'm asking them to send their sons and daughters over to the Middle East," Graham said on Fox News. "What I want you do in the Middle East, to our friends in Saudi Arabia and other places, step forward and say, 'This is my fight too. I join America. I'm publicly involved in bringing this regime down.'”
A map of interconnected Bluesky users with high density pockets labeled by community affiliation. My account is in the “board game community” cluster and neighboring clusters include “fiber arts and knitting community”, “clinical psychology, researchers and academics”, “gastroenterology and hepatology professionals” and “professional, astronomers and astrophysicists”. Oh and “British craft beer community”
Clipped text from quoted link: “Criminality is so rampant inside CBP that it has seen one of its own agents or officers arrested every 24 to 36 hours since 2005. CBP's misconduct scandal is so long-running that today it would be old enough to drink. In total, according to CBP's own discipline reports, over the 20 years from 2005 to 2024 - the last year numbers are available - at least 4,913 CBP officers and Border Patrol agents have been arrested themselves, some multiple times. (In 2018 alone, a single CBP employee was arrested five times.) To put that number in perspective: • The population of CBP agents and officers who have been arrested would make it roughly”
Screenshot of headline from The Onion shows a photo of Kristi Noem with headline “DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism”
“WHY IS THIS BOOK DIFFERENT? well, because I'm an artist first. Not your dad's accountant. And I've seen some shit as a woman, as a mother, as a creative, and, is frankly, as a person without much money or power. Here are some exam-ples: I was fired from a museum job for complaining that my pay was half that of my male colleagues, I've experienced pregnancy discrimination, and I had a gallerist cancel a once-in-a-lifetime studio visit when I asked for an extra 15 minutes because I was actively having a miscarriage. I've been assumed to be financially incompetent because I'm an artist. The creative stereotype is harmful and untrue (you know it, right? The one that says you're a flaky creative and "bad with money?"). True, I care more about inspiring people than amassing money. But also, I'm not stupid. I know how fully capable you are, and if I can do it, you can too. Your exact experiences are likely different, and yet you too may feel alienated in accounting spaces because your experience is so different from the accountant's. Maybe your perspective has been shaped by financial discrimination, being a different personality type, or having very dif. ferent interests from people in accounting. Perhaps you have worked hard to become the expert you are, only to feel humiliated admitting you don't know much about taxes in front of a judgmental accountant. Many of us feel like a round peg in a square hole when we talk to financial professionals.”
A hand holding a book titled “Taxes for Humans- Simplify Your Taxes and Change the World When You’re Self-Employed” by Hannah Cole A pink to yellow sunrise ombre background gives the book a light visual feel.
A weathered box reads “ELECTRONIC DETECTIVE game The computerized WHO-Done-it game Over 130,000 Murder Mysteries” And pictures a 1970’s style looking computer device and a giant question mark filled with faces and a smoking gun”
Tufts of fresh snow cover tree branches visible beyond a paned window which is silhouetted in the dim morning light
Sunrise over Highland Park, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. A bright orange sun peeks just over the horizon, lighting up a sheet of pebbly clouds across the sky, while large tree silhouettes frame the foreground
A pair of Lego raptors ripping open boxes of Nerds candies
Screenshot of email header reading “Your Ballot Has Been Received” from the PA Dept of State
A drawing of a dog garden gnome on cardboard being cut out with a utility knife.
“Grown-Ass Women Living Their Best Lives”
A dramatic red and yellow box cover with black text reads The Game Of Cootie - an exciting educational game for all ages. TRADE MARK REG. Des. Pat. 167,006 manuactured by W. H. SCHAPER MFG. CO. INC. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. There is a somewhat disturbing bug like creature shown in the box center.
Photo of a screenprinting kit box with a very distinctive art style
Headline: "Secret Service to investigate whether Trump was sabotaged by UN staff"
A screenshot of a spa itinerary for Sue to get a grand relaxation massage, 60 minutes. There’s a photo of a beautiful looking scenic spa hideaway in the woods with a water feature in front. The reservation is for a glacial waters spa.
A chart showing different indicators for tracking the health of an upcoming crowdfund. Lines track Total KS Followers, Total Pre-Launch Mailing List, Total Pre-Launch Reservations, and estimates for total backers and total raise. Columns track Daily Ad Spend and Daily Change in KS Followers, Email Leads, and Reservations
A 3D print of a blue bus tilted up and partially embedded in a black base with inscription Pittsburgh 2019. As seen at Yinz coffee in Bloomfield
Headline from Fortune: A Trump court loss on tariffs could mean a $150 billion refund for American Businesses
A short video ad for Uh Oh, Dino! board game
Uh Oh, DIno! board game box on a gradient background
A prototype dial concept
Three small sheets of paper clearly torn from a notebook, each with a unique raptor drawing on it. Each one a unique, true masterpiece* *this might be an exaggeration
“Tilting” in Olde English is the act of attacking something with a lance while on horseback, also known as jousting. It came from the technique used in jousting where knight would start carrying the lance pointing up, then the knight would lower, or tilt, the lance downward toward their opponent in an attempt to knock them off their horse (or kill them if we’re talking about actual war). The expression basically means “fighting a pointless, unwinnable, and, frankly, just plain asinine battle“, much like Don Quixote himself attempted to kill a windmill he thought was a dragon. It came to English after the Spanish novel “Don Quixote” was translated from Spanish and re-published in English, and became hugely popular among English speakers for a time.
A photo of the back end of a grey Prius with a Pennsylvania license plate that reads DIATOMS
An unusual sunflower stalk with many multiple flower buds on it.
“Since January, the NWS—a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—has reduced its workforce by nearly 600 people as a direct result of staffing cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, as part of Trump's mission to eviscerate numerous federal agencies. This policy is in line with Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation-led blueprint for a far-right overhaul of the federal government that calls for "dismantling" NOAA. Trump has also called for the elimination of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, arguing that states should shoulder most of the burden of extreme weather preparation and response. Shutting down FEMA would require an act of Congress.”
A poster reads Take what you need: Remaining paper tags are: LOVE FAITH PATIENCE COURAGE UNDERSTANDING PEACE STRENGTH
A crop of a flyer. The text reads “Get ready for International Mud Day! MONDAY, JUNE 30TH Dear Families, We're excited to announce that The Center will be celebrating International Mud Day on Monday, June 30th! All classrooms-from Infants through Preschool-will have the opportunity to engage in a range of developmentally appropriate, outdoor mud-based experiences on the playground. What is International Mud Day? International Mud Day is a global celebration”
ice agents (theoretically?) wearing masks and dressed in plainclothes leading handcuffed people to unmarked dark-tinted-window vehicles.
A box of chunky fluorescent “Lecturer’s” chalks with great copy- “These new fluorescent chalks enable you to put a new flair and spark into your chalk-talks, sales presentations, group demon-stratións, foremen's meetings and safety talks. They're attention winners for the platform. performer who wants forceful and dramatic results.” The chalks are: orange, red, pink, purple, blue, green
A watercolor of Bluey and Bingo posed in front of their house in a scene meant to mimic American Gothic. A label in the upper right reads “Title: DaDaDaaDaaDaDa BLUEY!!!!, Medium: water color & paper”
A UPS invoice showing 17$ in us gov fees and 53$ in UPS “Brokerage Charges”
A picture of a circular sticker that reads “I voted n’at “with the Pittsburgh city landscape in the background
A sign on a empty store Front says Furbes Avenue pet supply coming soon with a picture of dogs ( and the address is on Forbes Avenue)
clip from amazon showing three 2025 Mensa Select board games listed as "Frequently bought together" - Diatoms, Hutan, and In the Footsteps of Marie Curie.
Quote from nor article on trump eo to defund npr and pbs. It includes an all cap quote from trump accuses someone of being ‘monsters’ destroying the country…
A photo of a teabag showing a cartoon version of trump surrounded by symbols of his ridiculous incompetent hostile presidency with the words “ImPeachMint Tea” on the. Bottom and “Make America America Again” on the top
Photo of Caution Signs board game
Screenshot of portion of NPR article: MRIs find more cancers According to Berg's own findings, mammograms detect, on average, five cancers out of 1,000 patient scans. Ultrasounds catch a couple additional. "We added a screening MRI and found another 15 cancers per thousand, even after the mammogram and ultrasound," she says, meaning it detected far more cancers at earlier stages. Unlike a CT scan, MRIs do not expose patients to radiation. Yet — for various reasons, cost, complexity, or lack of awareness — Berg says fewer than a tenth of those eligible for the follow-up MRIs, get them. Often, she says, doctors don't have the time to go through each patient's risk assessments to help determine whether they should pursue an additional MRI.
A person-sized rabbit made out of white and pink balloons holding a large carrot also made out of balloons
Text reads: It is difficult in some cases to get to the very heart of the matter. But in this case, it is not hard at all. The government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process that is the foundation of our constitutional order. Further, it claims in essence that because it has rid itself of custody that there is nothing that can be done. This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear. The Executive possesses enormous powers to prosecute and to deport, but with powers come restraints. If today the Executive claims the right to deport without due process and in disregard of court orders, what assurance will there be tomorrow that it will not deport American citizens and then disclaim responsibility to bring them home?∗ And what assurance shall there be that the Executive will not train its broad discretionary powers upon its political enemies? The threat, even if not the actuality, would always be present, and the Executive’s obligation to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed” would lose its meaning. - quotes from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal re: Kilmar Garcia case Heroes in the court every day standing up for America ❤
Screenshot of quote from the article linked above: How do we break this apocalyptic fever? First, we help each other face the depth of the depravity that has gripped the hard right in all of our countries. To move forward with focus, we must first understand this simple fact: we are up against an ideology that has given up not only on the premise and promise of liberal democracy but on the livability of our shared world – on its beauty, on its people, on our children, on other species. The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants. Second, we counter their apocalyptic narratives with a far better story about how to survive the hard times ahead without leaving anyone behind. A story capable of draining end times fascism of its gothic power and galvanizing a movement ready to put it all on the line for our collective survival. A story not of end times, but of better times; not of separation and supremacy, but of interdependence and belonging; not of escaping, but staying put and staying faithful to the troubled earthly reality in which we are enmeshed and bound.
Snippet of text from Solnit’s latest newsletter, linked below: “Imagine you were on a ship, and reports kept coming to you that the new captain and his crew had done a series of strange things--jettisoned the anchor, blew some holes in the hull, shredded the sails, thrown some of the old crew overboard. But also imagine that the person delivering these reports brought each of them to you as though it was an isolated incident, curious, maybe distressing, but your reporter didn't want to add them all up to tell you that crazy malicious people are trying to sink the ship and everything on it.”
A photo of a fortune cookie fortune reading “The simplest answer is to act.” With Lucky numbers 3, 8, 14, 22, 31, 34, 42
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is terminating parole protections for people who entered the country through the CBP One app, revoking legal status for nearly a million migrants who came to the U.S. during the Biden administration. Roughly 985,000 people used the app to make appointments at a port of entry at the border, with those who entered often permitted to seek asylum and given temporary work authorization.
A search for stock market crash on foxnews.com shows top results is from 2017
Screenshot of top headline at Fox News: President Trump yours return of the ‘American Dream’ in historic tariff announcement, with photo subtitled ‘our turn to prosper’
Screenshot of email, sender obscured: Hey Sabrina - Saw you went to CMU, so naturally I have to ask - what was your go-to order at Primanti Bro's? I know the timing wasn't great a few months ago, but I figured I'd reach back out and see if there might be some renewed interest in saving your team time (and money), given everything going on.
Clip from the paw patrol movie where Mayor Humdinger promises to remake Adventure City by smashing parks, libraries, and museums
On top a post commenting on the writing flaw of using the word “just” in every sentence. Directly underneath a post by a random other person, that begins with the word “just”
A grey stuffed kitty sits politely on a park bench with a sunset in the background
A hot dog sits with a French fry on either side inside a bun
A laser engraved sign shows iconography for man, woman, half man/woman, baby, wheelchair, alien, knight, two-headed person, Bigfoot, and robot. Underneath it reads “WHATEVER Just wash your hands!”
A full moon rises over a stark line of leafless winter trees. The moon and trees are reflected below on the surface of rippling water stretching out towards the camera. In the reflection the pale white moon appears as a smeared golden streak. The top sky line and bottom water edges both fade to white, giving the impression that the treeline and its reflection float in emptiness.