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Becca Z.@ziebra.bsky.social |
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Southern expat in the Pacific Northwest Health research data wrangler 🐶📚🧶😴🐏🏀😷
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Becca Z.
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The mostly deaf dog slept thru the nearby professional fireworks show from 10:15-10:45. But now she's up and terrified at 1:30 in the goddamn morning bc it turns out she can still hear fireworks when they're going off on the next block. Fucking assholes.
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Becca Z.
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I genuinely hope everyone setting off fireworks blows off a finger tonight.
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Becca Z.
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Pepper Anne! 😂
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Becca Z.
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At the time, I knew our friendship was unconventional, but I didn't realize just how vulnerable I was. I don't know whether to think I got lucky or whether so many other women are unlucky. /fin
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Becca Z.
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He treated me like a niece or daughter at a time when I was becoming estranged from my own father. It was really eye-opening for me to experience what a kindly, supportive, friendly father/daughter relationship might look like.
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He gave me his mother's (lovely) wedding china when he eventually moved away. And he never, ever hit on me.
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Becca Z.
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He was about 60 and straight (had been married, still dated women). We met at the apartment complex pool and used to hang out there, occasionally grabbed lunch or dinner together, even went to a few movies. We talked about music, politics, our respective crazy families.
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Becca Z.
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The news about a certain older author perving on a much younger employee reminded me of a *non-creepy* relationship I had in my early twenties. I was living alone in my first apartment/job out of college and became friends with an older male neighbor.
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Becca Z.
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It most certainly does. 💜
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Julia S.
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many people are saying that the NYT’s disastrous performance at writing editorials that seem lazy and out of touch reflect a newspaper not up to the challenges of its rigorous job
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Becca Z.
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Ugh. I'm really sorry this happened to you.
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Becca Z.
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I am sad but ultimately grateful that Olive is now too deaf to hear them. She used to be so miserable.
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Becca Z.
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I still have a pair of Calvin Klein pajama pants that my mom bought at T.J. Maxx in the summer of 2000. (Don't ask me why I remember that; I just do.) They finally fell apart, after 24 years. That'll do, PJs. That'll do.
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Becca Z.
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Passing on a gift link to the WaPo article in the screengrab below:
wapo.st/4cudrkQ
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Becca Z.
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I don't know if Biden should resign or drop out now. (I never wanted him to be the nominee in 2020.) But I know I'm utterly terrified at the thought of watching this man and his campaign sleepwalk into November.
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I've seen some posts by people who are angry that no one is calling on Trump to drop out due to age, senility, felony convictions, etc. And I'm just gobsmacked by these posts, because there's no POINT in urging Trump and his supporters to be reasonable. That ship sailed years ago. Let that dream go.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈
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Reminder from a Pittsburgher who was at one point Mr. Rogers neighbor: “Look for the helpers” was intended to be advice for his usual audience, children. We’re grown ups now. We’re supposed to be the helpers.
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Becca Z.
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"Celebrate with a (Safe) Bang" is the heading of an actual message sent out by my corporate overlords. I snickered.
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"Asked directly on Monday whether Biden was recalibrating his position on reform after the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling, his deputy campaign manager Fulks said, 'I don’t have any news to share on that this morning,' adding that Biden “deeply respects our institutions of government.'" AUUGGGHHHH
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YES. I'm pretty sure one of the characters in "All Quiet on the Western Front" suggested this; it's one of the few things I retained from my required h.s. reading.
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Anna Phylaxis
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that's the whole idea, yes people lose their jobs, their health care, and their homes, and then, once they get arrested for sleeping rough or nonpayment of tickets, they become slave labor for prison jobs.
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Becca Z.
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"I swim in sh*t all the time, and I'm fine," said DeSantis.
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Becca Z.
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Ugh, really? Regina, be better, better, better!
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Ah, this makes so much sense and explains why I struggle so much when speaking Spanish: I don't know how to be dysfluent (yet). I do know some curse words, though. Maybe I can start throwing those in when I stumble. "Sí, fui al mercado ayer para comprar... Joder. ¿Cómo se dice 'raspberries'?"
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Becca Z.
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Agree this is the best way to go in. I've been annoyed by a lot of the acting/directing, but Manny Jacinto is very good.
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Becca Z.
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They want a president who can clearly articulate why genocide is fine, goddammit. /s
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Becca Z.
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Eight years and counting. Whew.
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil
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I promise you that the Democratic Party as a whole is not playing 4d chess, or even just regular chess
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Becca Z.
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Geez. 😖
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Becca Z.
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Ah, gotcha. Well, here's hoping it is really nothing. I know it must be hard for you to navigate this stuff from afar!
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Becca Z.
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Ah, memories. In summer 1996, I attended a camp in Old Salem, NC. My dorm was right across from the public square where they were filming the stoning scene for this TV movie version of The Lottery. I saw pre-Felicity Keri Russell when she still had the curls! www.imdb.com/title/tt0116...
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Woof, this kind of behavior sets my teeth on edge. Like, either it's a big deal (in which case, you tend to it in the moment, like an adult) or it's not (in which case, just don't bring it up). What is it with moms?!
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Becca Z.
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Oh Lord! I was about to say "I'm so glad I finished college before smartphones"...but actually I might have made better choices! 😂
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Becca Z.
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Bless his heart. 😂 (Gosh, I loved to watch him play basketball.)
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Becca Z.
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Not open world, but Chants of Sennaar has a Tower of Babel thing going on. 👀
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Becca Z.
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I seem to remember you posting about a dog with amazing side-eye when I was on the Other Site. Is that the elder statesman you visited?
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Becca Z.
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Listening while I enjoy my morning coffee. 😉
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Becca Z.
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It's esp. frustrating given we have more solutions for extreme cold than heat! Not that people don't die in the cold, obviously. But you can only take *off* so many clothes, and sweating doesn't help in high humidity. But hey, why let a little thing like basic science interrupt our morality plays?
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That must suck so hard. I plan to use my recently acquired middle-aged white lady privilege to tell off assholes who are rude to retail/service workers, bc I know the workers can't do it.
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OMFG.
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Becca Z.
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Or run around in restaurants with table service. Whew.
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Becca Z.
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Sounds like the parent/child version of dog owners who yell "s/he's friendly!" about their unleashed dogs.
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Becca Z.
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😐
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Becca Z.
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Okay, who put #cats in charge of AI?
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Becca Z.
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BRB I just need to stare at the wall for a while.
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Becca Z.
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On hold w/ my company's national HR service line. There's terrible elevator music, of course—but the "best" part is the music is on a THIRTY-SECOND LOOP. It cuts off in the middle of a bar and starts over. Are they literally just looping a free 30-second sample?! JFC.
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lacey
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thinking about my dog and how he makes sure i get my daily mental health outings for #makeaterriblecomicday2024
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Becca Z.
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It seems like so many celebs are doing such weird stuff to their bodies nowadays. At least I understand what most of them are going for, though. Can't say that about Elon...
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Becca Z.
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A crow chased a Cooper's hawk right in front of my balcony when I was hanging in my hammock chair yesterday. I was so excited. 🩵 Didn't see any prairie dogs, though. 😉
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