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  RE: https://mstdn.social/@EthicalProfessor/117559008192528760 omg this thing, which did in fact happen, has my border-jaded self openly weeping

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  Complicating factors to think about if you are gonna use an EV for long-distance (I mean LONG distances; iykyk) travel: *consider your tradeoffs- we didn't even look at like, a Leaf, because we parent two tall male teenagers who also seriously play instruments- our life just flat requires midsize SUV space to work. And we chose higher ground clearance and AWD because we live on a mountain in Vermont. One of the toughest things about The Discourse is the tendency of zealots and wonks to act...

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  just over here blocking the ranting doomer takes you're boosting into my timeline 🙃 it takes very little effort to yell into the ether, and it hooks the reward part of the reptilian brain for both the yeller and the people receiving their anxiety you can be grim, but to be on my feed, you also need to be thoughtful, and accountable for your content and your impacts radical but real: doom is not inherently truer than modulated takes, even if it makes your activated brain feel somehow safer...

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  STOP PUTTING GLUE ON ICE CREAM CONE WRAPPERS WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU THANK YOU

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  I'm making a chocolate spice cake tomorrow (the magical kind that tastes extra decadent and it's bc it has secret zucchini) and slices will be given only to those parties who successfully eat a fridge leftover such that I get a container back 😅 #notkidding

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  we have reached the part of the music parent journey where the teen goes to practice and life suddenly has a backdrop of Vivaldi and I am so very here for it

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  Fantasy me: I want to go back to Japannnn Actual corporeal me: we definitely left at the correct time to avoid actual sublimation

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  We now rejoin your Wednesday, already in progress I hate it

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  It has become clear that the only part of Vancouver we are going to know on this trip is Richmond; this seems like a major fail along some metrics but y'all, I am so grateful for this place (and charmed by it, even) and the helpful hospitality of its people. From the Chinese-language laundromat a few weeks ago to the Chinese-language pharmacy and tea shop and grocery today, this community has saved my ass, and I like it.

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  fuck I do really appreciate the tactics and framework of this piece of journalism, though- 'let's methodically compare what is happening with what the law requires' https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/09/california-universities-military-equipment

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  On the minus side, we've been gone for a month, and our "small bathroom update" apparently looks like this (sitter just sent pics) 🤦🏼‍♀️😞☠️ On the plus side, we are now like ACTUALLY WAIT WAIT WAIT ... [whispers] *Japanese shower closet* 🌺

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  we live in a very old two story Vermont farmhouse and every other member of my family opens its various heavy interior doors like they are conducting a police raid

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  What is sweet in your life in this season? What is bittersweet?

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  Men on this platform, many of you SUCK at simply sitting with and accepting the fact that moving through the world in a female body involves constant interactions with males that are different and more difficult than you imagine things to be

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  Thought yesterday morning: maybe reconnecting with my Facebook village (which is people I actually know from childhood forward) will help me to feel more grounded as I recover from this annoying illness during this weird season Reality this morning: immediate panic attack That place has always been marginally problematic and moderately annoying, but wow, it feels AWFUL to me now the algorithmic changes make it impossible to feel like you're actually in touch with friends' lives and i...

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  we literally left a kid behind at the hotel and a bag behind on the airport shuttle, if you'd like to feel good about how your day is going

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  man, it is wild how much those funding arms and governing by fascism actually know (a paradoxical counterpoint with how truly dumb and ignorant many of their populist fans are), and it speaks volumes how desperate they are to prevent anyone ELSE from knowing https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/08/uk-report-ecosystem-collapse-national-threat-food-security

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  Me: I really need to buy a package of Kleenex Haneda, terminal 3: Gucci bag, you say? Me: Facial. Tissues Haneda: Fendi Me: Do you have a sundries shop Haneda: Hermés

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  Naoshima, Japan July 2026 #silentsunday #japan

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  me: how do i live here Switzerland: lol fuck off not possible the Netherlands: currently at odds with ourselves on whether possible; pls check back later Canada: please wait; we are calculating ... oh wait; one of you is one of our recruited and funded PhD students: fuck off Japan: here is how

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  today we visited a pigment factory/artisan dye workshop. I didn't get a pic of this part, but the reds and browns are from kiln-fired local soil, with higher temperatures bringing out more of the red #japan

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  word (and we are a FARMING state) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/26/vermont-paraquat-weedkiller-ban

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  has Chipotle's red sauce gotten less intense over the years or do they dim its wattage to regional spice tolerance

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  We now have at least three varieties of ant (small, medium, and LARGE, as it happens) trying to stake scout claims in various parts of our home and while we've escalated to baits we have not called an exterminator (who would place a larger bait in the ground near the house foundation) as we would have in the Missouri River valley I did consider it ... this is the time when one would consider it ... last night I contemplated my kitchen with murder in my heart but there is a family of...

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  We are doing an intentional stock up around here, both groceries and household items. It's annoying and expensive, and I've become convinced that the imprecision of guesswork (unless you run a VERY tight ship- we do not), the not-eternal shelf life of most things, and the reality that consumables are just shitty investments, in general, mean that this is not really recommended as a FINANCIAL hedge. You are more likely to lose money than gain it- the margins are just thin and th...

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  derpy cat as desk ornament (this is not a momentary pose- he is as zonked out as it seems. I keep trying to scoot him, which is very definitely going to knock things off my desk next) #catstodon

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  It's funny how we tie specific people in our lives to things in ways that are flattening and not rational as a way of 'knowing' them or the world Someone in my life (someone HERE; hello 😂 ) has asserted that they love oysters more than almost any food and I now think of them EVERY SINGLE TIME I see the word "vibrio" which is unfortunate and tragically funny. Something like 1 BILLION oysters are consumed US-side every year. Most people do not experienc...

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  what happened to annie lowrey's brain (marrying ezra klein inarguably did not help) https://archive.is/OJ7vH

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  "I know people are really going to come after me for publishing this take" have u considered that this is because it sucks

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  Last night after eating dive tacos we took a walk in an attempt to also eat dive ice cream and arrived just as it closed. I am telling you this backstory because I feel weird about what happened next which is that we wandered back to the very happening sort of weirdly indoor/outdoor hipster bar we had passed en route, decided to go in, got seated at the bar, had drinks and dessert AND A FANTASTIC TIME and then literally used maps to figure out where we were and discovered that it is a thin...