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3 mice figurines: a mouse in a green sweater and backpack, clutching a sketchbook; a mouse in a pink coat and gray dress, holding greenery; and a mouse in a blue sweater and bowler hat, with a camera around his neck. Clearly, they are ready for fossil-hunting adventure.

These little guys definitely need a guide to Dorset fossils

The article was published in The Advocate, the magazine of LGBTQ news, so mentioning the gender and orientation of the governor is definitely appropriate; it’s information their readers want to know.

Massachusetts lesbian Gov. Maura Healey signs abortion and gender-affirming care shield law Shield Act 2.0 further strengthens protections for patients and providers of reproductive healthcare.

11 Aug 25 -- Mass. Dem. Maura Healey, US's 1st lesbian governor, signs bill strengthening shields for abortion and trans care incl. keeping patient files confidential & blocking courts consideration of cases which criminalize pediatric affirming care. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

so proud of my lesbian governor who is a lesbian (she's a lesbian btw)

Thank you! What a lovely object to wake up to.

It’s gorgeous!

Things that are gained with age:
- wisdom
- decreasing vanity
- increasing ennui
- invisibility from young adults
- mossy exterior
- talons for rending
- the desire to retire to a crumbling castle on the coast, and live with chatty ghosts

2 hours. I hate my computer. Hate hate hate.

1.5 hours, and I’m down to 10. 🙄
Email is always just a list of chores and tasks half-done, honestly. And they generate MORE tasks.

Also, my external hard drive started CLICKING, which means I’d better make sure the 2nd ext. hard drive has all its info before the 1st one breaks entirely…

27 emails in my inbox. Half a bag of Starburst candy and a cup of cold coffee. ONE HOUR GO GO GO

Yup. If your body can’t do the activity anymore, how do you persuade your brain to stop yearning for it? *sigh*

That costs a pang. I used to pack 2 changes of clothes, a bag of vitamins, a couple books, maps, a compass, camera, poncho, sandals, MP3 player, binocs. I could walk for miles with a backpack.

I miss being the kind of person who can do that.

Decluttering the clothes closet:
Okay, jackets are my weakness. But I use corduroy jackets as bathrobes, as well as wearing them outdoors.

But I did find a coat I don’t wear more’n once a year. Pretty, but uncomfortable. Gotta let go.

The backpack too. Since 2018, my back can’t handle the weight.

Don’t let this die. Keep elevating this.

⚾️👍

*btw, luggage tags are useful for other things:

If you leave in a building with shared laundry, hang one on your laundry basket;

You can tag your office chair, if your office has large meetings when furniture gets moved;

Basically, in any shared space, they’re useful.

Went through my travel supplies, hoping to consolidate 2 boxes to one.

Nope. After years of travel, it’s pretty streamlined:
Travel washcloths
First-aid kit
Mini flashlights
Eye mask
Swiss Army knife
Playing cards
Voltage power converter
Wallet for UK currency (larger than US)
Poncho
Luggage tags*

Oh, they’re adorable! It looks like your mom had fun, collecting them.

I’ll send you a DM, to talk about details.

*declutters several pairs of almost-supportive, almost-comfortable office shoes that have been stashed in my closet for years and years*

Talulah Black Milled Burnished Talulah is the brand new, unique styling of our classic mule. Sleek and slip-on, the mule features milled nubuck uppers in a variety of chic colors. Soft leather linings provide added comfort, while o...

This summer, I bought a pair of clogs to wear at home and a pair to wear at the office, and just having that much arch support during ordinary days ensures that I don’t have to waste so much time trying to find comfortable shoes for other times.

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Do I really have THAT much stuff?

Books, sure. I recognize that 10 bookcases is not the norm. (I could use another 3, to be honest.)

Craft supplies, clothes, shoes, cleaning stuff: I think I have a reasonably small amount.

Okay, maybe not the shoes. I walk a lot. My feet hurt.

COFFEE

Tired. So tired.

The dishes, papers and the laundry, in chorus: 🎶We don’t care! 🎶

Supreme Court justice suggests her colleagues have been taken in by 'moneyed interests' After the Supreme Court issued a 7-2 majority decision siding with the fossil fuel industry over environmental regulators, one of the dissenters lamented not just the decision itself, but the propensi...

Supreme Court justice suggests her colleagues have been taken in by 'moneyed interests'

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*waves pompoms to cheer your accomplishment* Three bags of cookbooks is a LOT!

YouTube video by Change.org Group of physicians petitions for removal of RFK Jr.

The physicians aren't messing around when it comes to the abusive and demented RFK Jr and nurses are right by their side. Please watch and share this important video. Sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...

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Juvenile Heermann's gull (very dark all over) in flight, flying over very very shallow water. Flying to the right maybe two feet off the ground. It's shadow is to the right. Just below the shadow is a reflection on the sheen of water.

Got this really cool, ghostly picture by accident the other day in Dillon Beach, CA. It is a Heermann's gull with both it's shadow and reflection.

#birds

No, you did not give those of us who happened to look like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor any due process. And that was profoundly wrong. It destroyed our lives.

❤️ Western Sicily. Very quiet and beautiful. Remians of Segesta, Selinunte and Agrakas (Zeus' temple 😳) are amazing.

Such a happy cat! 😻 And such a brilliant owner!