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Chelsea O'Brien

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Higher ed. Community College. Belonging in higher ed. Grower of things. I used to run a tutoring center now I do student success stuff. PhD student. She/her. Views my own.


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We have no power, which is an interesting holiday twist

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Apparently I can no longer eat Wegner's bread products which is just... Shitty. I need to find a local bakery now because baking all of my own bread just requires a lot of planning and executive functioning my brain doesn't handle.

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A WARRIOR FEARS NOTHING, NOT EVEN ASKING FOR HELP.

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Washington has now arranged himself between me and the only door in the room during the "fun" daytime booms

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To be fair, LinkedIn does not build any confidence in humanity

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This makes me think a lot about the death of the expert. We don't do a thing anymore because the experts say not to, but because a loud mouth asshole says we should it gets written about.

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Today I'm starting the Crescent City series! Gotta love a vacation day.

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I really wanted to make strawberry jam this year, but the season was short and the best berries came out during the heat wave. My next shot will be raspberry jam in the next week or so - I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

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What time do we think the booms stop

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They definitely have opinions. We have osprey and eagles where I am and I assume they also have opinions.

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I wonder what they think about our fireworks

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The fireflies are putting on a good, quiet show though. I appreciate them.

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Seems like there are other ways to make money, like congestion pricing

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Oh, my dad has emerged with fireworks. Husband has been volunteered to set them off. My anxiety is super excited.

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NYS recently began allowing the sale of fireworks around the 4th. I'm not sure why, maybe they wanted increased hospital visits.

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Washington does not care about fireworks. In fact, he gets super happy. We think in his previous life he was training to be a gun dog. I, however, would prefer we just let professionals handle that at least a mile away from me. Not next door.

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An article: when we will see the Jedi portrayed as good guys? Me: and whomst amongst you has not done the requisite reading...

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I missed several locations with sunscreen. This is sad.

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Today's total: 2 gobies, 3 tiny perch

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We've been on the water for several hours. Husband has caught exactly one fish, which was an invasive species that we needed then to figure out how to bring home and dispose of. I know fishing isn't always the same as catching but this is impressive.

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I finished the Elements of Cadence duology. It was fine, good. Very Scottish, lots of far. The second book was just a slow read for me and I feel like there are a bunch of loose ends. But it was lovely and it's set is a beautiful world.

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I had forgotten about that, but yes!

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One of the towns around me is just corrupt, it has been since I was little. The newest development: a recent deputy something or other, who just retired, is charged with a variety of crimes related to her town position.

13wham.com/news/local/f...

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A poundcake I made in 2016 for a July 4th party. I made a lavender glaze to stick the all edible flowers on it. New Yorkers: you can find the flowers at a vendor at Union Square green market on Saturdays.

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The air is so gross this morning. Ugh.

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Congressman Joe Morelle (D, NY-25), lead Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, has announced he is introducing a constitutional amendment to reverse the SCOTUS’s decision on presidential immunity.

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I have a question that might be silly I know folks who are deeply socially anxious or have other stuff going on that forecloses going out into the neighborhood/developing traditional community ties, and are skeptical when I say everyone has some way they can contribute How can they help organize?

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I have a feeling is this always the answer

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Ok, so I've been working out and lifting weights (nothing too intense, think more aerobics than grunting) to be able to help husband lift his 85+lb kayak. Today was the day (yay! It was so much easier!) and now I can stop working out, right?

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This Internet recipe definitely got the timing of these cookies wrong. Sigh.

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Can anyone help David? 🗃️

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I'm old enough to remember when everyone agreed it would be unprofessional and unethical to diagnose Trump as a sociopath

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Since some of you have problems hearing it from me, here's another person with counterdisinfo expertise

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Husband watched a "financial guide" video a few months ago which "recommended" everyone with a low interest rate mortgage should refinance so they can learn to "work hard". No. Where do these people come from?

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if you're playing with a cat correctly, you'll be working roughly 900 times harder than the cat. 99% of the effort must be yours. playing with cats is not about exercise, it's about drama. And cats are harsh critics. they need to BELIEVE that plush banana is afraid for its life.

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I listened to the Pod guys for a while but it just became stale. They were snarky and sometimes mean; I didn't feel I was learning anything from them that I couldn't get elsewhere. How are they still a thing? Are they inventing the Twitter Coup to stay relevant? (sorry if you listen and like them)

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Doyle: No, mom, those were MY eye boogies and I liked them right where they were *huffs and walks away*

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Yes, but here in NY he's been endorsed and our delegates have been assigned to him. The process (here) starts in like January. If we wanted another candidate that should have happened last fall before all of the processes started.

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I'm going to need an explainer on what happens to the states who have elected Joe through our primaries and have already selected delegates if Joe bows out. Like, my brain can't wrap my head around it because I ducking walked petitions in the stupid ass cold of February and March.

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When this would happen in a previous role, I would meet with the student in the middle of the suite so everyone could hear my answers

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Stop. Messing. Up. My. Spreadsheets.

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The libby left also really needs to adopt some of the sensible prepper practices — keeping a few weeks of food on hand, reducing debt, having several months of living expenses on hand, reducing consumption, etc — because we have to be ready for the disruption.

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Out of my small kitchen tonight: 2 cast iron skillet pizzas and 2 dozen chocolate chip cookies (for weekend festivities). Most everything is already clean, too

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