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Poor Magni. We have people here all weekend so his routines are totally upended and there's so much excitement and he is still, emotionally, a baby, and he just melted down and started wailing tonight bc @dbirtolo.bsky.social needed to be in bed so Baby could sleep.

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I made 3 quiches for breakfast tomorrow. Two are headed for the trash because one of the plates broke on the shelf above another. So that was like $40 straight in the bin...

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Update: The White House is already backing down on this. Keep calling your reps. Keep pressuring them. Along with your reps, the white house phone number is (202) 456-1111. Use 5calls.org to get all your reps in one place along with a guide. www.nysun.com/article/whit...

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This is key to understanding the building outrage & backlash that extends way beyond the hurt of those fired. Firing people for no reason is brutal & loathsome but the even larger overall offense is wiping out all the fired people’s jobs with them, all the purposes & needs & value those jobs serve.

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If you’re sexually active in a red state read this and then save it somewhere easily accessible.

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Today I saw a small child point at a cybertruck with deep disdain. Her dad tactfully said "Yes, it's irritating that it's there," and then her younger brother groaned "I don't LIKE the cybertruck"

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Trump administration is planning to use polygraphs to assess federal employee loyalty. There are ways to manipulate polygraph results, and we will provide guidance to coalition members. Polygraph results are not admissible in court due to their potential for false positives and negatives.

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Instead of doing something simple and effective, why not do a very a complicated form of a nothing that hands a loaded gun to your opposition? That's the Democrat Promise

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I have a lot of indie devs following me, so I thought I'd give you a lil PSA If you're sending out keys to content creators? Please treat steam curators with utmost skepticism, there's a huge network of fake curators who are running a massive scam, so please double and triple check them.

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UTAH FRIENDS, URGENT PUSHBACK NEEDED ON THIS BILL PLEASE. le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/...

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Nine years ago, my mom and I were on day two of our cross-country drive to move me out here. She'd follow a few years later. I miss a lot of people and things in North Carolina, but I do not regret that move in any way.

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The neighbor's rooster appears to be missing the fact that it is 2am.

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I feel like this shot would be 100x spookier if it was minus one orange soccer ball.

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Our spooky bare willow trees.

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It was foggy and spooky tonight on our evening walk with the dogs.

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Every win is a good one.

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🧵 You can't win these arguments with facts. You can't out-logic them.

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Compliments of 🟠. Geauga County, Ohio, YMCA….

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Cops parked at the end of the driveway we share with 2 other neighbors. Never met the ones at the end, only have seen their young son tromping about on adventure. Feeling painfully grateful that they're white, so it's not likely to be ICE. Hoping the loud bang I heard not long ago is unrelated.

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"There is still so little available to read on Slavic mythology in English (and for adults), and The Slavic Myths is to be welcomed as a wonderful introduction to the matrix of story in the cultures of Eastern Europe". My review: drfrancisyoung.com/2025/02/15/r... @thamesandhudson.bsky.social

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Count me in, ladies!! 💙💙

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Nicknaming Magni "Muppet" was one of the best things we ever did. It's so much funnier to yell for a Muppet than it is to yell for the dog.

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The trip of a lifetime continues! Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper are reuniting for a new series of audio adventures with @bigfinish 9️⃣🌹 Find out more on the #DoctorWho website ➡️ https://bbc.in/3ENKIvb

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National Nuclear Security Administration officials are attempting to notify some employees who had been let go that they are now due to be reinstated — but they're struggling to find them because they don't have their new contact information. nbcnews.to/4104StF

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📌CDC EMPLOYEE RESOURCES📌 Thread organized by topic. Reply with resources/requests. Resources not fully vetted. SAVE DOCS (eOPF, mypay, benefeds, PMAS, CV, telework agreement, contacts). Save/BCC termination email. Opening a termination email triggers lockout countdown. DO NOT OPEN until ready.

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Block anyone posting about the LGB or LGBQ+ community. This is an active effort to erase trans people. There is no Pride without trans people. Specifically trans people of colour. Dropping the T is bootlicking. It's throwing them under the bus and waiting happily to be next.

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I spent yesterday shocked and appalled by a group chat re: what’s happened to the VA here in western Washington; if any investigative journalists want the scoop, my email is in my bio. Employees are terrified to talk, but unhoused/impoverished vets who once received aid are now dying in the streets.

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Allergy testing done - as someone who has a lot of tattoos, there were only a couple of moments that bothered me. The verdict appears to be that, as someone who lives in the Evergreen State, I've made the terrible decision to be mildly allergic to...trees.

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Sif is curled up in a cute little ball, her head buried in my pillow and her paw possessively on my arm, which is unusually, effusively affectionate for her. It would be really sweet if I didn't know that she's loudly protesting that Magni stole the spot she wants. The huffs against my shoulder...

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I just discovered that cough drops + mask = fumigation of the entire nasal and ocular system. Wheezes freshly

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I've been using @dbirtolo.bsky.social's EV for commuting, but had to take my venerable old truck on this 16 degree morning and apparently she considers herself too old for this crap and started complaining via electrical system issues.

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@dbirtolo.bsky.social and I are currently arguing about how much sympathy I should get because Magni is snuggled next to me, farting gently in his sleep, and my darling partner is unsympathetic. Also, typing "Help, MuppetFarts" made me giggle.

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Our annual February game weekend is rapidly approaching, and menu planning is in (late) full swing. 12 people, 3 days. I make a list of everything that sounds good/fun right now, then whittle it down a few times. Half the fun is 'shopping' my cookbooks.

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I know I'm queer, but Cate Blanchett's character in Ocean's 8 really reminds me of that fact.

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36ish hours until allergy testing and I'm coughing like a consumptive. This is going to be fantastic for conducting in-person interviews tomorrow. "Please pardon me while I cough a lung up and try not to throw up, I'll be fine in a moment."

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