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I see. At least she's being cared for, and when she's bigger she'll be more comfortable. I suppose having a 'private shelter' is all about this woman making her own rules- just for their own sake. People are so adorable!

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Swoon. It's always so refreshing to see AOC eviscerate some Republican clown, calmly and with a smile. Oh, how they hate that.

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She always has the best analogies. I think I've repeated her pool noodle comment several times.

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He's tied with Jordan in legislative accomplishments. Just sayin'.

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Nah, if you look at it as a function of time, Jordan's still whooping him. Byron is a freshman, his "accomplishments" are amateurish comparatively.

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I'm not sure where we are right now, but can we shake the tree?

Shaking the Tree - Peter Gabriel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bzicuTBjX8

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"Shakin' it up here, boss, shakin' it up here!"

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So, I am watching BlackkKlansman. And hooboy the klan that is infiltrated on ybe 60s sounds exactly lime the Republican party today. That might be by design on the part of the writers but I doubt they are wrong about either.

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zomfg such a great film!

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The deposed despot is dangerously decompensating and his aggressive rhetoric is becoming more virulent. He is fanatically bound and determined to "inspire" one of his deplorables to vindicate his name.

I am profoundly concerned regarding the safety and well being of legal professionals involved in Drumpfenfuehrer's prosecution as well as potential witnesses and their families.

IncompeDon is out of his tiny 'liddle mind.

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Werewolf. There wolf. Austin, TX.

Thank fuck you are back in one piece.

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You have an eye for a quote.

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Thank goodness!

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T+12 hours ... COVID booster. Arm is sore. 5G reception improved. Found several metal objects in the couch.

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They are called springs. And they come with couches.

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Benzinga: 'Mr. Trump May Lie, But Numbers Don't Lie' — Attorney General Says Trump Can Rant And Rave All He Wants, But It Doesn't Change That His Entire Empire Was Built On A Lie [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mr-trump-may-lie-numbers-185232068.html]

Vote counts don't lie either.

In possibly related news, Marjorie Taylor Greene and James Comer introduced a bill to change the meaning of certain numbers. "Numbers have a well-known Chinese Communist bias," they said. "Under our legislation, the meaning of those lying numbers will be subject to review by a new Federal Number Interpretation Agency. This will end the squabbling over things like who won the 2020 election."

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Any "Threads" user who didn't see this coming ...

𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝘀 “𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸” 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀-𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀' 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝘁-𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — The company said it's “listening to feedback” about the feature. — Meta is starting to ramp up its growth-hacking tactics

https://www.engadget.com/meta-is-promoting-threads-posts-on-facebook-and-theres-no-way-to-opt-out-202057606.html

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If you need something to reead:

https://dianemartingutel.substack.com/p/the-stage-magician

Please c̶l̶a̶p̶ like. 🖤

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I got myself signed up at the local Y and will start my swim classes today. After my class, I have to run over to my neurologist to drop off my new insurance information on to pick up another Ajovy sample. My prescription was in the process of getting approved (it's "tier 3" so mega pricey) when my company changed insurance companies, so now we have to start over again with getting it approved. Fortunately, my neurologist is very aggressive with getting approvals.

I could totally sleep a couple more hours this AM.

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..... heh heh.... signed up to the Y.... giggles...

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On the plane for Austin-finally.

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Welcome home. I was living in Teheran in 1967 and was wondering why my dad and everyone else wanted to get their hands on skookum radios that could pull in the latest information from Israel.

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I am SO glad you're on your way home here. I have been SO worried about you, cousin.

No, I am not crying. My eyes just sometimes leak like this when I'm particularly pleased.

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Texas? You should have applied for asylum in the EU.

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Hooray!

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That is great news!

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Safe travels, werewolf!

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Máebh is so clever. I am always tickled when I see the cats using actions in a symbolic, language-like way.

The upstairs litter box is in the bathroom off of my bedroom. A few minutes ago, she walked up near me where I was in bed and ostentatiously scratched on the carpet in a burying gesture. And then she moved a little bit, and repeated it, so I couldn’t miss it. I was curious, and I got up and looked around, because I’ve seen them use the gesture to indicate distaste, for example, when food they didn’t like was served.

Walked into the bathroom, and immediately realized that the litter box had been quite recently used, and left a lingering odor. I immediately accommodated her request, scooped and emptied the offending remains outside.

Humans: we have our uses.

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I remember watching an episode of 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 on cats. My big takeaway: Humans are still trying to figure out cats, while cats have had humans figured out for at least the last 10,000 years.

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My sweet Farrah will gently pat my leg when I'm a few minutes late with her treats. She absolutely knows when it's 8pm, apparently! It's one of the sweetest things I've ever seen.

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How is she when it comes to the spring-forward/fall-back switch-ups?

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Horrible! I always dread the first week of the time changes. I've found that easing her into it with 10 minute intervals works best. Shit, the time change is coming up soon, isn't it?

Well, shit.

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Have you tried discussing this with her?

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Ha! Oh, you're so cute!

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True, but hardly pertinent.

Look, she's bright enough to tell time, and to know when you deviate. What do you have to lose by trying?

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My pack will gather around me every evening at 5:45 just to remind me, dinner now.

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Cans. Can openers. Opposable thumbs.

I, for one, welcome our feline overlords.

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Yeikes. I had to clean some gross antisemitism off my gif post of yesterday. Like, where did that even come from? Fleischer Bros maybe? I intentionally post such lighthearted topics I’m really surprised anybody would bother trying to troll up their fascist nonesense.

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It's been ratcheted up to eleventy of late

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It really has.

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This guy (and I’m certain it was a guy) also managed to throw some vulgar sexism in there too, quite the charmer.

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Thank you. And sorry humans include such assholes.

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Dumb dumbs gotta dumb.

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Where has he been shitting if he didn't know where the potty was?

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