shorty0927.bsky.social
Domestic food chemist, horticulturist, & sustainability engineer. Armchair epidemiologist. Restorer of old tools & mechanical things. 🧿
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I'm starting to worry that IF the Dems manage to win elections and gain control in the next four years, the will do NOTHING to prosecute these clowns. I want a Nuremberg-like response, not a Merrick Garland response.
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Lots of blood in whatever history that window is depicting.
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never mind...I see it. 🙂
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I watched the first episode last night because you have been posting about it, but I'm finding it hard to watch. It makes me uncomfortable, and I'm not sure why. As someone with social anxiety, I can relate to the process of practicing what I plan to say, but the show's methods feel so manipulative.
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...er, "good name"
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I suspect that the cat is sitting in front of the refrigerator because that is where the warm air is exhausted from the refrigeration process. My cats do the same thing with our heat vents at home.
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I then realized the shrew was not moving around, apparently very happy to be in a cozy shirt, so I quickly unlocked the padlock with both hands, opened the gate, and let the shrew go in the blackberry brambles where the cat dare not go.🏅(5/5)
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I was afraid the shrew would wiggle out of the shirt, so for a minute I was trying to turn the key with one hand while cupping the lump in my shirt with the other. It wasn't working very well. (4/5)
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When I got to the gate, the challenge really began. How do I open a keyed padlock without the use of my hands?
Solution: Roll the shrew up in the hem of my t-shirt. (3/5)
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I caught the shrew, had it cupped between both hands, because it would jump out if I didn't. Used my bum to open the sliding patio door, retrieved the padlock key from the nail just inside the patio door with two of my fingers (while still holding onto the shrew). (2/5)
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🤦♂️
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The first Western Tanager I saw after moving to the PNW was bathing in a pothole mud puddle. Broke my heart.
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Folks with severe impairments should get a pass, but anyone remotely able-bodied should be out protesting, too...not just sitting at their computers.
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As a middle-aged person with anxiety issues, it's really hard to get out there, but being visible is absolutely necessary. I can't mentally handle going to every protest, but I have to go to some. I MUST. I take a Xanax if necessary.
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Seek out like-minded people in your community and get together. Be visible. Be loud. The lone-wolf keyboard-warrior approach won't get the job done. When middle-of-the-road Dems in your community see momentum behind AOC, Bernie, etc, they'll have no choice but to capitulate.
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The Masked Singer, The Voice, RuPaul's Drag Race, etc. isn't enough glitter-fueled chaos and theatrical drama for you?
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It's been reported that it would cost taxpayers $1 billion to retrofit it to make it usable as Air Force One, though. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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Original Planet of the Apes with Charlton Heston.
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Younger American voters don't understand the consequences of sitting out an election or voting for a third party like some of us older voters do. Protest votes because of a single issue are fine for primaries, not for the elections that really matter.
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Sorry. Some of us are just angry about young adults (mainly) sitting out this election because of a single issue. I was not happy when Harris announced on a talk show that she was a capitalist, but I still voted for her because the alternative was so much worse.
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Well then you're part of the crowd that fueled the single-issue (Gaza) outrage in the US, prompting millions to abstain from the election. No better than a Russian bot.
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Single-issue voters still not comprehending that you all f***ed us?
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I think THIS is the face they used...
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Maybe the locals in Texas can confirm, but I'm wondering if he was looking too serious in all of his previous campaign images and so they attempted to create one where he was looking more friendly?
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To me, it looks like his face is aimed directly into the camera while the rest of the head and torso are askew. The extra face shadowing on the right is trying to make it look like his face is pointing away from the camera.
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Kinda looks like his face was photoshopped onto a generic head/torso.
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Not sure if it's a coincidence (probably not), but my Android-based TV woke up today with a new "feature"...the ability to control Nest and other "smart" home devices. I don't have those fancy gadgets, but I feel for y'all.
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Would LOVE to see citizens of the world boycott the US-hosted matches of the World Cup next year. As much as the loss of tourism revenue would hurt us (Americans), we totally deserve it.
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It sounds almost like it might have been a portable wifi hotspot for a cellular network that he brought in? I did that many moons ago when my employer started forbidding use of work computers for personal surfing & communication. It was a state gov't, but not high security like the freaking DoD.
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😆
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That's geriatric Gen X music right there.
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We live in the rainy, temperate PNW, which rhubarb loves. I dump spent coffee grounds on it about once a month and compost over winter. Mother Nature does the rest! (4/4)
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Ten years ago, we bought a house and planted the corm right away. Two years later, it was prolific, producing short, fat stalks--more than I could possibly use in a year. I regularly get 3 or 4 stalks that are as big as my wrist. This year, there's at least six. (3/4)
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This plant was purchased about 18 years ago and was kept in a container for the first 8 years because we lived in a condo. It wasn't thriving in the pot, but I kept it alive. (2/4)