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CK DexterHaven

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Chief Cat wrangler @ HouseOfPotats. I foster cats and tiny kittens. I also do pet hospice mentoring. Holler if you need help! companionanimalpawspice@gmail.com

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Tired of interesting times

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Me- I’m fine! I can make a trip to the drugstore Body- hmmm, let’s make you dizzy at the pharmacy counter, and send all your blood to pool in the extremities! Me- yup, horizontal the rest of the day over here. Body- don’t forget the fan

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Eh, I did at one point. But it was battleground Texas in 2016 and 2020. I was feeling ornery

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And at least one is very concerning. The nanny (so power imbalance) and contemporaneous notes saying she didn’t consent

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I mean…is anyone researching this? I’ve been side eyeing polls most of this year.

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Yeah I hadn’t translated it into those terms, but you’re right. There’s potentially some notable skew. Also thinking about Mom locking back into “my vote is private” territory again

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This is a good reminder. Folks are being more careful about calls from unknown numbers. Which could be self selecting certain types of voters for polls.

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I am literally a professional politics-knower and I can confirm that our ability to predict what will happen next is literally never as good as pundits like to pretend it is. As I tell my grad students, social science doesn't do point predictions.

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I’m a target demographic voter and get called for polls a LOT. This election cycle I’m dealing with chronic illness and do not have energy to poll. I’m ignoring those calls. I’ve missed 5 in the last 3 weeks. Mom is a demographic voter. She’s refusing to answer polls. Shes answered in the past

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Yeah it’s a little hard Here to dial in spoiling levels/settings. Where there’s no algo to let you know friends are into thing XYZ, you end up assuming nobody cares about spoilers. Again I’m so sorry

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I recognize that slightly vacant meezer face! :)

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I mean I’m pretty tolerant and work to be conscientious of other people. But that was a line.

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Very appreciated thank you! It was a DAY

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Dodger has thoughts AND vibes

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This big, no longer super spicy boy just found his forever family! Paperwork signed. They are the cutest and they pick him up on the weekend. Yay!

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A house panther in his natural habitat

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Y’all, it was a day with the maternal unit. Cute animal pics plz

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Random related question- which eras are you interested in

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Chiming in- Dad was a German military historian. I’m very comfortable with identifying Nazis AND THEY CAN GET FUCKED.

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It was def a step I wasn’t willing to take

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I’ve told the story before. I stopped posting regularly when I discovered that some people insisted on CWs for cats staring at the camera. Because eye contact. 😑 I respect that it’s a thing for some folks. But damnit that was…

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Yall if I ever do that, kindly DM me and smack me silly

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Me trying to figure out if I can get away with muting Kennedy and RFK or if I need to mute dog Grrr

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Very first ever foster for my rescue group (the tortie). Shes 14 this year

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I remember these! And this is a good parallel

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I’ve had cats do that with babies. It’s a legit thing

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I’m going to miss this so much. They’re a legend

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I mean true. Also London is basically on a line with Calgary. Which makes me a little more empathetic

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And real person internet installed and running. Yay 100mps

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