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Oh, how I love it when Diamond Joe stirs the pot!

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Time for airplane mode

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TABZ!

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So I am awake in the night for the nicest of reasons. No not that. One of the nicest reasons.

Serendipity the Eldercat woke herself up, crying a while ago. She does that sometimes, Awakens from a bad dream, or awakens disoriented, as if she is lost and alone. The first few times she did that it was just terrifying wail of sorrow, but tonight it was just kind of bewilderment.

And I was half awake, so I got up pretty quickly, but Gryffn was next to me in bed, and she shot out like a rocket, and went to her. Serendipity raised the two kittens up by hand, and taught them to be very, very good cats, but she tolerates few overt displays of affection from them. And yet, when she is in need of support, they come running and go to her and try to comfort her.

Serendipity needed or wanted about 15 minutes of solid cuddling, but she was purring and happy for most of it. Came on here to say that I really love being part of this funny household.

There are a couple of people here who love to point out that if I died, they would eat my face. So deeply suspicious are they of cats that they probably think a couple of strange cats would turn up at the feast as well. The only thing I find distressing about that idea is that they would be afraid and alone and uncared for. I wouldn’t begrudge them a cheek or two.

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The fried chicken in those Wesson ads LOOKS SO PERFECT.

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I kinda loved the idea of a band called Dead Cat Bounce. Like I would start one if there weren’t one but turns out there was... Irish comedy troupe slash band; sounds like mostly defunct some ten years though did a réunion in 2017...

... like of course a band called Dead Cat Bounce has to have a reunion.

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‘They were too drunk to fly’: Dumpster-diving vultures in Conn. became intoxicated

A pair of vultures in Connecticut were rescued earlier this month after they became severely intoxicated from gobbling up fermented food and fruit from cocktails while dumpster diving.

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/04/17/they-were-too-drunk-to-fly-dumpster-diving-vultures-in-conn-became-intoxicated/?p1=hp_featurebox6

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I have to fix a door hinge this weekend. Lucky me.

(Actually it's an easy fix, I just like to complain cuz I'm practicing to be a crotchety old fart.)

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Insomnia is just freakin' evil.

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#Worldle #818 (18.04.2024) 2/6 (100%)

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https://worldle.teuteuf.fr

Rainy here, but temperatures have been so clement that things are blooming several weeks ahead of schedule.

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Good morning! Holding off on playing Worldle until after I've had a cup of coffee.

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It won't happen, but wouldn't it be awesome if after his graduation, Barron Trump announces that he's voting for Biden for president, because he loves democracy and competence, but his dad hates democracy and competence.

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𝗠𝗧𝗔𝗖 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮, 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/04/17/russia-us-election-interference-deepfakes-ai/

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Down below I saw the discussion about cults. It is probably a good time to disclose that I was once in a cult 40 years ago. Like Scientology, this one had well known celebrities. Florence Henderson was at the very top of the hierarchy. I was in the Cult of Wessonality.

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Ben Shapiro says Biden afraid to bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran.

Joe Biden Is Scared of His Own Shadow

https://www.creators.com/read/ben-shapiro/04/24/joe-biden-is-scared-of-his-own-shadow

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𝗪𝗣: 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗞𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 '𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻' 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲'𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀.A secret Kremlin foreign policy document calls for Russia to leverage the war in Ukraine and exploit weaknesses in "unfriendly states" in order to forge a new global order in which the U.S. no longer plays a leading role, the Washington Post reported on April 17.

https://kyivindependent.com/wp-secret-kremlin-document-outlines-plan-to-weaken-ukraines-allies/

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