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TheAmericanCanine

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Former news producer turned dog trainer. Still a news junkie. More at theAmericancanine.com

created February 6, 2024

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Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

I own a boarding kennel and have to argue with people ALL THE TIME because they don’t want to vaccinate their dogs. Some get no outright belligerent about it and often have crazy reasons.

4/9/2025, 2:04:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is like if Ramsey made Reek cut off his own manhood.

3/9/2025, 7:19:01 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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2/9/2025, 7:48:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Maybe not “greatly”

2/9/2025, 7:46:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

What is the black flag on the roof?

1/9/2025, 7:41:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s no surprise as it is a really good read. Not sure about Chris’ Abe Lincoln voice in the audiobook though. lol.

30/8/2025, 2:35:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And for a moment we all remembered how hope feels.

30/8/2025, 2:24:25 PM | 35 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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29/8/2025, 6:05:15 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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The real “new leaders“ in the Dem party are a threat to the old school’s status quote. Some of us have been shouting for 20+years about the lack of cultivating next generation candidates.

28/8/2025, 7:37:21 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

If there is a just God, that won’t even be a concern.

28/8/2025, 7:24:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

A guy came up to me, big guy with tears in his eyes and said, thank you sir. Thank you for spreading that mulch. It provides a crisp edging and helps retain water. I visited the park for the first time in years after seeing that. Thank you sir!

28/8/2025, 3:03:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m a bit more supportive of sending NG troops out to pick up litter.

27/8/2025, 2:57:17 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

Those clean sweeps often come at a very steep cost. See your previous example about Grant.

27/8/2025, 2:12:36 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Europe Politics non-official (@eupolitics.bsky.social) reposted

Little legs, big dreams: More than 100 teams compete in Lithuania’s international Corgi race https://www.europesays.com/2355045/ VILNIUS (AP) — Cute and adorable Welsh corgis, widely known for their association with the British royal family,…

24/8/2025, 1:30:05 PM | 198 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

The enemy of your enemy is not always your friend.

24/8/2025, 7:58:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

The DNC should not give another penny to these idiot consultants.

24/8/2025, 7:51:50 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

This is why you have to watch the “new allies.” They may be on our side against Trump but they are still not progressive.

24/8/2025, 7:30:13 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

What’s that system called when the government controls the means of production?

22/8/2025, 8:36:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

Most of those rich Dems are hedging their bets in case the orange Mussolini decides to name himself emperor.

22/8/2025, 8:00:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

It has never meant anything at all. Ever.

22/8/2025, 6:05:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

If you wanna save souls, go where the sinners are.

22/8/2025, 12:29:05 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

But thEy MiGHt sCarE the uNdecIdED VoTerS.

21/8/2025, 7:44:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

So the president will go cavorting down the streets in an area where Jeanine “where’s my box o’wine” Pirro just said they will allow open carry of long guns and shotguns. Wonder how the Secret Service will deal with that.

21/8/2025, 7:36:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

Which is more insulting? That they thought the reporter could be bribed or that they thought she could be bribed for so little?

21/8/2025, 7:22:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social)

If there ever comes a time when I got the rabies, a lot of people are on my bitin' list. Cool video from Tyler Childers. www.facebook.com/share/p/16ot...

21/8/2025, 6:19:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

Or he is goading Zelenskyy into attacking Russia which will “justify” Russian escalation as self-defense.

21/8/2025, 3:40:57 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That was a close call. He almost had to face a little accountability.

21/8/2025, 3:17:31 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

Far too many people think food means love.

19/8/2025, 2:21:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow, and I thought the HBO Max branding was bad.

18/8/2025, 2:30:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social)

Kind of insulting to dogs tbh

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18/8/2025, 2:26:47 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Seriously, how can you tell the difference between actual law enforcement agents in their very nonuniform uniforms and some jackhole who bought a bunch of tacti-bro crap off Amazon?

14/8/2025, 7:37:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

Bringing shame upon the Ball State Hoosieroons.

13/8/2025, 2:43:11 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

I mean really, this does scream America today.

13/8/2025, 12:33:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

“Feels crime-y” is the new “feels truthy.”

12/8/2025, 7:58:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social)

Mama said you ugly sucka! (But we think you’re adorable!) www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/u...

12/8/2025, 4:20:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

The cautionary tale is that if you give up your rights and autonomy for likes and clicks one day you will wake up with no rights or autonomy.

12/8/2025, 5:45:15 AM | 21 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

Every time someone says something Trump does is illegal while he does it anyway, I just want to scream in their face.

11/8/2025, 7:57:46 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social)

No department or agency should have to run a gofundme to pay for treatment of a K9. If you can't afford care, don't launch the program. RIP Karma. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

11/8/2025, 4:46:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What a sloppy looking bunch.

11/8/2025, 2:27:16 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

The Lake House.

9/8/2025, 8:04:37 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A spunky 23 year old would do better than this.

9/8/2025, 2:41:31 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social)

Take a bite outta crime? No, take a bite outta the budget. www.npr.org/2025/08/08/g...

9/8/2025, 12:08:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social)

Mutt of the century. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

9/8/2025, 12:00:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social)

Yeah, we don’t need that type anywhere near the service dog industry. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

7/8/2025, 1:21:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

Next will be offering convicts freedom if they sign up for ICE, like Russia recruits for its army.

6/8/2025, 2:40:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

Democrats don’t think like republicans or react to the same type prods. But Dem think tanks and media firms think like republican firms which is why they don’t work. Imho

5/8/2025, 2:25:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted

Will everyone quit and roll over? The law firms, media companies, universities, government employees. Will you all cling to what you have and hope you can just ride it out, Republic be damned? Shame on all of you who don’t stand up, just remember we will never forget.

1/8/2025, 11:57:24 PM | 25457 6737 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

If there was a Democrat, Stephen Miller, he (or she)would be bludgeoned in the media. He would be torn apart for every move that he made. The right gets a pass on even the most awful policy.

2/8/2025, 2:40:36 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

I have a pocketknife in case whittling makes a comeback. I’ll be ahead of the curve.

31/7/2025, 2:44:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

I worry that under his leadership it will go from useless to very dangerous for some people.

31/7/2025, 4:09:51 AM | 10 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

Interesting how conservatives always notice when something is skewed against them, but sell them notice when it is skewed in their favor.

30/7/2025, 7:29:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social)

Dogs do amazzzzzing thingzzzzz. msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/bu...

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30/7/2025, 4:17:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

If they were smart, they would print the pages on toilet paper because that’s about the only use anyone has for anything he has to say.

30/7/2025, 2:43:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

When Dems get power back, the NYT will publish an op-ed about “now being the time for healing” and Dems will wring their hands and end up putting up a bunch of rightwingers in the name of bi-partisanship.

30/7/2025, 1:39:59 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

The damage done by this administration will be generational

30/7/2025, 1:32:38 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

That alone had me laughing.

27/7/2025, 3:58:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

Also on a well. In the 4 years I have lived here and had water delivered, the company has traded hands 3x. Worse service and higher price with each turnover.

26/7/2025, 2:39:00 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

Some doors invite spiders to create webs you will walk through every morning when you walk outside.

23/7/2025, 11:25:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

If you pay once, the bagman keeps coming back.

23/7/2025, 2:40:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

He is just a walking, talking example of why we desperately need a functioning Dept of Ed.

23/7/2025, 4:13:46 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social)

Heavy metal icon and cuddler of puppies. RIP Ozzy. theamericancanine.com/2025/07/22/n...

22/7/2025, 8:53:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social)

Goodbye to an icon. Rest easy, Prince of Darkness.

Ozzy Osbourne, dressed in a dark flowing shirt, stands at a microphone.
22/7/2025, 6:59:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

Put a bulb of garlic in his mouth and a stake in his heart to make sure he doesn’t come back.

22/7/2025, 12:45:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social)

One of the first viral stars of the social media age, Maddie the Coonhound, passes away. people.com/maddie-belov...

21/7/2025, 11:04:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Because this administration is horrible about everything.

21/7/2025, 6:56:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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America has an undiagnosed mental health epidemic.

20/7/2025, 9:25:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

I can’t wait for MAGA to find out that’s just Mexican Coke.

20/7/2025, 3:04:54 AM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m surprised the cops even came out. When I lived in Cincy we couldn’t ever get them to respond even to crimes in progress.

19/7/2025, 7:37:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s for the money, right? The money?

19/7/2025, 7:33:58 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

If you wanted to keep the appearance of a government while making it as dysfunctional as possible, I can’t imagine behavior any different than exactly what they’re doing.

19/7/2025, 2:32:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

So if you work to get a bunch of domestic terrorists off the street, they will out you. If you snag US citizens and send them off to secret prisons, they will protect your identity.

18/7/2025, 5:13:15 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

“There has never been a President this high.” And within every lie is a kernel of truth.

18/7/2025, 2:33:01 PM | 18 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social)

Another “faulty air conditioner” blamed when a cop leaves his partner to die.

17/7/2025, 4:12:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

She should be seriously pissed at her old man for helping Trump get elected in the first place.

17/7/2025, 12:02:48 AM | 30 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

I might be mistaken, but firing people who have seen the evidence when you were trying to pull off a cover-up is probably not the best idea.

16/7/2025, 11:36:22 PM | 624 33 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

As one who used to keep bees, let me assure you, while they might be free now the ancillary cost add up quickly. Your beekeeper outfit, your hive boxes, the frames. The expenses get out of hand, not to mention the amount of time that you invest in it.

16/7/2025, 7:42:18 PM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

“Unlikely story” meaning demonstrably false.

16/7/2025, 2:07:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

The fact that he was not immediately struck by a lightning bolt after saying this just confirms my atheism.

15/7/2025, 9:06:40 PM | 365 10 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

Never wearing seatbelts.

14/7/2025, 4:20:33 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

She knows but she’s counting on her listeners not knowing.

14/7/2025, 4:02:26 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

I still believe that we as a nation need to figure out what it was about the whole Q phenomenon that turned seemingly normal, rational human beings into raving lunatics.

13/7/2025, 10:28:15 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

Is this “Golden Age” that he talks about anything like a Thousand Year Reich?

13/7/2025, 6:34:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

I can’t wait to see her go to prison.

12/7/2025, 4:36:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not often that one gang will let another gang just move onto its turf.

12/7/2025, 2:35:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

In case anyone needed another reason not to watch his show.

11/7/2025, 1:33:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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10/7/2025, 11:53:39 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Because this administration is both incredibly terrible and terribly incompetent.

10/7/2025, 11:50:51 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

The Emperor came back..somehow.

10/7/2025, 7:36:52 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe wore a garment of two different fabrics?

10/7/2025, 7:24:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

He probably won’t be asked to ride a space shuttle so better fit than Transportation Secretary.

10/7/2025, 7:19:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

That is the pseudo Christian way to say there is another rooster in the henhouse

10/7/2025, 6:07:45 PM | 61 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

How long until we find out he is getting paid off?

10/7/2025, 6:06:16 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s not that they don’t remember the past, they know all about it and are doing their damndest to bring it back.

9/7/2025, 7:32:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social)

When was the last time you heard of a SWAT team needing non-profit help to raise money for equipment? If an agency won't budget for the K9 unit, they shouldn't have one. www.kiro7.com/news/local/p...

9/7/2025, 4:48:19 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Heroes come in all sizes. people.com/hiker-stuck-...

9/7/2025, 4:18:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social)

Everybody’s talking about the new Superman and Krypto, but there’s a long history of super pets. theamericancanine.com/2025/07/07/s...

9/7/2025, 2:38:31 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think that is becoming less and less a California thing though.

8/7/2025, 7:29:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

It is that stupidity that makes him so dangerous. You can see people manipulate him in real time.

8/7/2025, 7:25:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social)

Keep your mind fresh. www.forbes.com/sites/jenree...

8/7/2025, 6:19:39 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture TheAmericanCanine (@tonymcfee.bsky.social) reply parent

So instead of “mass” layoffs, it is only eliminating 30k? At an agency already overworked? Gotcha.

7/7/2025, 9:35:28 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view