Weak job growth. Millions losing Medicaid. Tax breaks for billionaires. A cover-up on the Epstein files. Is America great yet?
Scorpio, nurse. Battler against mediocrity & ignorance - including my own. Weβre all a work in progress. Be the corn in a bean field. #midwesterner #firstgen
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Weak job growth. Millions losing Medicaid. Tax breaks for billionaires. A cover-up on the Epstein files. Is America great yet?
Prague is wonderful- go to the conference anyway π
Wordle 1,539 3/6 The options were limited once I had the 1st and last letters. (Ohmygod my dog is farty in my office! Whew!) β¬π¨β¬β¬β¬ π©β¬β¬β¬π© π©π©π©π©π©
Have a good #Friday
Only someone who avoided the draft would want to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
Canβt hear that song without thinking about the movie scene with Jackie Chan β¦.β€οΈ
Vermont πΊπΈ during the fall is a popular travel destination, famous for its vibrant fall foliage, especially during October and early November. ππ πβ¨
Laura Ingraham promoted a medication for COVID that actually killed thousands of additional people early in the pandemic
Same. We have dogs and the Hoover we bought to replace our Dyson is A+ for a lot less money
I just learned about lantern flies. I think I saw one last week and I let him live. π¬ apparently I shouldβve squished him. π€¬
So they can do something about mass shootings, but only if the shooter is a trans person. White dudes can shoot up churches, schools, concerts, and movie theaters but the line that can't be crossed is a transgendered person tossing around the lead
Grow electricity. I tried growing tomatoes again this year with fair to middling result. Gotta get me some electricity seeds next year.
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You can hear RJK breathing over the mic while the senator is talking. οΏΌ
itβs sad to be so skeptical, but based on her past behavior there has to be something in it for her.
Yep just change out parts like a mechanic. I find it distressing to know how ignorant a world leader may be about a topic. (and Iβd bet that the person responsible for the hot mic is no longer with us.)
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h... Don't scroll on the bowl.
Interesting work - how many times have you told someone βthatβs not how it happenedβ? It makes sense. It would be a form of rationalization for whatever reason.
Men - always ready to make a divisive comment about how a woman has aged well they look like something from the crypt.
Wordle 1,538 4/6 I had a letter shortage. Due to a cancellation, I got six hours back into my workday!!!! π β¬β¬β¬π¨β¬ β¬β¬β¬β¬π¨ β¬β¬π©π¨β¬ π©π©π©π©π©
Connections Puzzle #815 It was a busy day. π¨π¦π¦π¦ π¦π¦πͺπ¦ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ
βDonβt answer the phone!!!!β Which then, of course, led to βwho answered the phone?!?!β Good times.
Yes!
In case anyone is wondering, what kind of person I am β I have a favorite tung oil. And I wish I had a table saw, but the fear of cutting off one of my fingers keeps me back. (the childhood memory of going into the shop of my motherβs woodworker friend. π¬)
Now now-
#BoycottApps I swear to god every business that I interact with, wants me to download their app. Screw it Iβm done. Iβm not downloading your app and I might start writing checks for everything β¦ on paper with a pen. Iβll go full Luddite. So if youβre behind me in the drive-through, beware .
The overall takeaway from the Epstein survivorsβ press conference is that they are united and are no longer going to allow rich and powerful men to victimize, silence and intimidate them. Including the ones in Congress and the perp in the Oval Office.
And they have to throw βanti- Christianβ in to rile up the evangelicals. Where would they be without them (yes, #FranklinGraham weβre looking at you). (BTW - Do you ever wonder why some folks have Twitter accounts and not π¦ ?)
Wordle 1,537 5/6 Augh - think simple π€¦π»ββοΈ π¨β¬β¬β¬β¬ β¬π¨β¬β¬β¬ π¨π¨β¬π¨π¨ β¬π©π©π©π© π©π©π©π©π©
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Iβll take Idiot for $500 Alex.
Well β¦ if rabid Fido does happen to bite the hand that feeds himβ¦
Yep, more ππ»
Doing Oklahoma proud. JFC.
I hope to god the web site isnβt real but if it is Iβm glad someone risked having it in their Internet history for the benefit of the rest of us.
Am I the only one who sees the irony of them offering a βunisexβ t-shirt?
Yes!!!
Iβm 5β6β - a 30 inch inseam means theyβll be high water pants. (I have long legs and arms.)
I can wear anything from a 12 (vintage jacket) to a 4 (purchased last month) - go figure.
It exists for generating sewing patterns (including underwear), it's completely free and it's called freesewing.org!
And shoulder-to-shoulder measurements for jackets, shirts, etc.
i wish brands would include more technical information in their product descriptions. i don't need to know this was inspired by timeless italian men summering in nantucket who could dress up or down. i want to know the fabric weight, leather tanning method, seam construction, etc.
Last days of summer scenes, Kenai River Alaska.
Thanks for reminding me - I have to mail that DVD. (And thatβs how long weβve had NetFlixπ(
Maybe heβll give you a Presidential medal?
Letting my dogs out πΆ Cannot listen to his voice.
Instead of sending a get well card or flowers ππ€‘ gives him a medal. How focked up is that?!?
No.
Connections Puzzle #814 Well, at least they did better than I did in Wordle this morning. π¨πͺπ¨π¨ π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ
Same here β¦
Wordle 1,536 5/6 Sweet Jesus, that took way too long. β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬ β¬π¨π¨β¬π© β¬β¬π¨β¬π© π¨β¬π¨π¨β¬ π©π©π©π©π©
h/t @karaswisher.bsky.social
#EatTheRich #FuckTheOligarchy #NoKingsInAmerica
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Researchers report that getting rid of belongings is anxiety producing π€·π»ββοΈ(I havenβt read the papers) but my problem is βit still fits, I might wear it, and I paid good money for that.β I need to gift some of my suit jackets - that I havenβt worn since 2020.π€¦π»ββοΈ
So β¦ Since weβll be starting on Tuesday is everybody ready to be confused about what day it is for the rest of the week?
#Photography #California #NoWhere
Of course he is. Awards from ππ€‘ are like Cracker Jack prizes. Meaningless. And frankly, something decent people would refuse.
So he thinks that workers who receive paid holidays donβt want them? Perhaps he shld focus on requiring all the businesses who are closed every Sunday to be open?
Wow, if only we wouldβve seen that coming. π€¦π»ββοΈ
Me too! Weβre so clever π
Sadly, yes.
Wordle 1,535 2/6 Whoa! Well ainβt that something? π¨β¬π©β¬π¨ π©π©π©π©π©
NYT, Pg. 1, 8/31/25- India-Pakistan conflict βis far deeper and more complicated than Mr. Trump was making it out to be.β Always thinking heβs the smartest person in the room, βa lot of people donβt knowβ. JHC weβre living in Idiocracy.
Ohmygod stop!!!!πππππππ
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Connections Puzzle #812 Ouch! My brain! π¨π¨π¨π¨ πͺπ¦πͺπͺ πͺπ¦πͺπ© π©π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π¦π¦π¦π¦
(RJK shld be the one pushing his wheelchair.)
A thread ππ»- adventures with snakesβ¦.
I still have the note one of our sons taped to the bottom of an overturned bowl - on the kitchen counter no less - βWarning! Biting spider inside.β π·οΈ (And it wasnβt a joke.)
He continues to provide evidence about the (otherwise unbelievable) contrast between his self-image and reality.
I would expect the AMA would be doing pressers on the daily. π€·π»ββοΈ
Wordle 1,534 5/6 That error on try 2 π€¦π»ββοΈ π¨β¬π¨π¨β¬ π¨π¨β¬π¨β¬ π¨π¨π¨β¬π¨ β¬π©π©π©π© π©π©π©π©π©
The administration can say what they want they should realize by now that saying something doesnβt make it so (pple arenβt falling for their lies & π π©.)
Proving that the ππ€‘ administration know nothing about the scientific method.
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We mustβve been typing at the same time!
Weβre going to see a lot of elementary school children being led away in handcuffs. π§π»π¦ππ½ππ»ββοΈThatβll teach the little buggers to play hopscotch on a city street!
Thank god no one showed up with a sandwich!
Change clothes? Huh, no.
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Of course this is a consequence- how many people with those magical self parking cars can parallel park unaided? How many drivers with back up cameras know/remember how to use their mirrors? Just this week we had 1 delivery truck back into a rock pile & another into a side of a hill. Skill erosion.
Wow, ticketing for missing or expired tags - thatβs really doing Lordβs work. π
I made a thing π #knitting #knittersofbluesky #crafters
Beautiful!
No, these a$$hats are running & βgoverningβ under the name & auspices of the GOP. The Venn diagram of Republicans & MAGA doesnβt overlap with any Democrat that I know. Sorry, itβs Republican politicians whoβve resigned/chose not to run again rather than say GFY to ππ€‘ & his minions.
As children my 2nd cousin & I spent many an hour under my great auntβs quilt frame while her, relatives, & her friends quilted. While she later sent the tops to be machine quilted she made quilts well into her 90s. π’
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Exactly!
Wordle 1,533 X/6 Well π©Have a good one. Iβm working on furniture today #GetItDone β¬β¬β¬π¨π¨ π¨π¨β¬β¬β¬ π¨β¬β¬π¨π© β¬π©β¬β¬π© β¬π©π©β¬π© β¬π©π©β¬π©
A collection of clips from MSNBC of multiple Republicans getting booed at town halls this week.
It is hilarious that he uses a chalkboard to legitimize his claims.
Connections Puzzle #810 ππ π¦π¦π¦π¦ πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π© π¨π¨π¨π¨
β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβa$$ kissingβ - so painfully true.
Wordle 1,532 6/6 Augh!!! so many choices! π¨π©π©β¬β¬ β¬π©π©π¨β¬ β¬π©π©β¬π© β¬π©π©β¬π© β¬π©π©π©π© π©π©π©π©π©
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