Notices by TayFoNay, Sigh-D (tayfonay@beige.party)

Got my ducks in a row

Life is easier when you recognize the kids who never did any work on the group project grow up to be the adults who never do any work on the group project because they’re busy posting on LinkedIn

Crazy red #aurora visible to the naked eye. Chicago suburbs, 11/11/25.

There’s a kid wearing a MAGA hat to school the past couple of days, so 14 checked with the dean about the rules for wearing political clothing and it’s allowed so long as it doesn’t cause a disruption. So she asked to borrow my Punch a Nazi hat today.

Breaking the stigma of butthole talk one toot a time

A friend was walking her dog in Oak Park IL yesterday morning and witnessed ICE detain a U.S. citizen, who is part of the community rapid response team, with their guns drawn, across the street from an elementary school. She ran up to record them and realized it was someone she knew when another person yelled for his name. ICE released him after a few hours and gave him a ticket for… something.

Apparently their group chat is named Chiraq Team 2.

Found this kitty in the parking lot hiding under a car after karate today. Very friendly so clearly this is someone’s cat but was scared out of her little mind. We’ve posted on Nextdoor, unfortunately no microchip. Local shelter won’t take her so she’s hanging out in our garage. Our dogs are not cool with cats. Hopefully someone sees the post and is reunited. Otherwise we’ll find her a happy home.

On a crazy chance, if you recognize this cat shoot me a DM. Found in west suburbs of Chicago.

#Caturday

If only I could go back in time and tell 2001 me that I now bear the mark of Antifa in 2025.

#NoKingsDay

Weird. The volcano Kilauea started erupting last night and I’m just going to mention that in Hawaiian legends, Kilauea is the home of Pele and these eruptions are seen as displays of her passion and strength. Tūtū Pele is a symbol of resilience and transformation for Hawaiians, on this random Saturday in October where millions of people are heading out to protest a tyrant.

#NoKingsDay

Edited to add a pic from the USGS livestream. She mad.

Your periodic reminder that Larry Ellison owns 98% of the island of Lānaʻi, the 6th largest Hawaiian island.

Back in 2010 when I was doing my post-doc I decided to have my first child. My salary was 100% paid by an NIH grant. A U01, which is a multicenter grant that includes the NIH as a collaborator. So you’ve got my boss, a guy at a university in New York, and a program officer at the NIH running things.

Guy in NY is not happy that I decided to get pregnant and tries to block me from receiving paid maternity leave, which is a benefit my university offered. He was bitching to the lady at the NIH, and my boss had to get the university lawyers involved.

Needless to say I received 12 weeks of paid leave. He spent the remainder of my post-doc looking for ways to fuck our team over. He hoarded the data from the study and excluded us from any publications. I’ve not spoken to him since the grant ended.

Yesterday I ended up on LinkedIn for some reason and see a request from him to connect. Bruh, as my 14 year old would say.

Took my ass down to the beach to get a better view. Bright moon and clouds making it not great but can see with the naked eye. Even caught some movement.

Empire Beach, MI
October 1, 2025

#aurora

My friend invented a game that could possibly become the official game of Mastodon.

Check it out here:

https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/cat-conquest-complete-edition

#CatsOfMastodon

Wait… we’re not the talking point any more?

#uspol
#WarRavagedPortland

I’m back from the woods. 4 days with zero connection to the outside world thanks to Verizon having no coverage where I was in the UP of Michigan.

What’d I miss?

Friend who's going backpacking with me sends me this shit yesterday.

This is the company I keep.

I've been toying with having a professional-ish account on here for a while. I started on mastodon on nerdculture and it wasn't a good fit. So I moved over to Beige.Party where I am not very professional. So I'd like to keep it separate.

I'd like a similar vibe to Beige. Small, well moderated, nice people who don't take themselves too seriously. But that would make sense for a psychologist / academic in the non-profit space.

Appreciate any recs and boosts!

Good news for Friday:

1) 14 got a B on her math test after she was convinced she was going to fail. I have to admit, I wasn't very hopeful because of how hard the material had been for her but she rocked it.

2) Day 1 of school, 14 was the only person who didn't stand up or recite the pledge of allegiance. About a week later, 3 more kids joined her. Today, nobody in her class stood for it.

3) I got a bunch of work done the past 2 days after procrastinating for weeks, so now I can resume procrastinating on the next set of tasks for weeks.

Pfizer COVID vax: here’s a little arm pain for a day or 2.

Moderna COVID vax:

Mr Nay downloaded every episode of The Colbert Report if you wanna come over and party like it’s 2007.