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Em, midly

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Emily Chicago, IL she/her

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Sarah Parcak, Book Writing Madness 's avatar Sarah Parcak, Book Writing Madness @indyfromspace.bsky.social
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Christ, I made more as a scribe working OT under Thutmose III during the Battle of Megiddo in 1457 BC

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Someone pulled the emergency door release or something, but it’s in another car so I don’t get the tea

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“Attention passengers: we’ll be standing momentarily because one of you did something really stupid”

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I think today went well. I’d roll that boulder a few more times

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He color coded the college visit spreadsheet, booked his own visit appointments, flagged and coherently communicated a scheduling conflict, and proposed alternatives. I know full adults who can’t do half of this

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I legit believe my 17-year-old nephew was the smartest person and best listener I tried to explain a task to all day

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You’d think I would’ve seen my subsequent string of defeats coming

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I’ve been on a roll with duels tonight. Who wants to face the gnoracle?

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So @youterus.bsky.social was helping me job interview prep and saying to imagine myself successful in the role and I just howled “you must imagine Sisyphus happy”

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Same! I know actual wings are a fully different flavor profile from boneless, but I hate the work of eating them more than I like the flavor

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I also let them know specifically how they can be of any help

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Love getting an “I hope this email finds you well” from someone who is clearly mad my series of emails found them at all

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So then it became about being in my hometown, going to the wrong building because the high school moved to the edge of town 4 years ago, and having to ask for help from someone I graduated with who now works at the school

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omg I actually had the didn’t finish high school dream, except I do so much with admission contingency outreach at work that I knew I was being asked to do something I didn’t need to do because someone didn’t understand a process and I really just needed to request my transcript

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brb, forgiving my cat for tracking litter onto the sheets

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history is just learning the lore of real life

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I’m disgusting but at least I have sheets on my bed and my glasses safely folded on the nightstand

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folks… we are juiceless we have lost the juice how could we lose out to Threads of all places on bullying the Times

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omfg i absolutely love the American Chopper meme & i hadn't seen this one yet 😹 *adds to growing collection* this is one of my faves

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I got home from surgery and looked in the mirror and cried with relief! I scar easily and had some small complications so it was a little rocky self-image wise for awhile, but still so much better than the discomfort of having big ol’ sweaty meat bags on my chest.

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