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re: california voted no against a one time billionaire tax

doesnt really make sense to me. i didnt know everyone was a billionaire and i’m feeling quite left out


11/6/2026 11:16:21

re: currently in minnesota

yes, i’m in minnesota


10/22/2026 15:09:21

re: note to self

(going out of town & wont be on computer for a bit) combine site meta & resources page, make a form based “notes” page that is like the big list in my old digital garden


10/20/2026 23:16:07

re: watched you can see everything (elizabeth holmes x nathan fielder doc)

how kooky! i had zero clue what to expect and how it would equate to 3 hours of plot… but it was so well done, i dont think there was ever a point where i wished it would wrap up asap. i think we got to witness a perfect storm of manipulation and performance and charm, and i am still thinking about how all of these hyper-realized behaviors intertwine. i think the most superficial feeling i had when leaving the theater was how much LESS of a scandal theranos wouldve been if it took place today… simply because of how desensitized we are to billion dollar fraud…


10/18/2026 20:55:11

re: HORRAY!

my complete overhaul is done. what a journey.


10/15/2026 22:32:14

re: SITE OVERHAUL

ok so i feel like i’ve gotten this site totally done up in the way i wanted it to be and i’m very satisfied about it… the only thing is that NOW i’m feeling like switching up the homepage. the page that was the most TEDIOUS thing to build but it just has such awkward movement that i feel meh about since it’s literally the very first thing you see upon opening. i’m worldbuilding in my head and imagining the perfect homepage to tie the whole site together and then… it will be done.


10/14/2026 18:21:37

re: steinbecks east of eden

i finally finished reading east of eden a few days ago. i started it in august, took a month long pause to read other books, and then came back to it a week or two ago. i dont feel very passionate about it (in the way that i think many people do). it was just okay to me. i think steinbeck created a very effective microcosm with accurate caricatures that built that microcosm up, but it felt too tight. that big thread of fate and destiny felt too restrictive and it prevented me from really getting sucked in (i felt like i was far outside of the story the entire time). you learn about a character very explicitly, you watch that character behave exactly the way you’d expect. at its worst, it was boring. at its best, it was nicely written (especially the dialogue).


10/13/2026 23:31:56

re: haiku

tiktok killed twitter/ twitter killed twitter too/ then they all killed us


10/11/2026 11:33:11

re: update

working on completely overhauling the whole website!! again!!


9/29/2026 16:38:07

re: HELLO WORLD

yay! we’re live! i honestly miss (old) twitter so much sometimes… i think this will scratch the itch for me. i made this using the google sheets/form javascript magic which means i can keep a shortcut to my private google form on my phone and brain dump whenever i feel like it and then it’ll all just auto update here!


9/23/2026 13:42:55

re: test

let's try another one to be sure


9/22/2026 22:05:44

re: test

hello hello is this thing on

more


9/22/2026 21:29:48

luca commented:

hiiiii

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talyssa replied: hiii! ty for visiting

talyssa commented:

it's me, just testing :T

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talyssa replied: i can reply too :D