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@laraseven.bsky.social

Current artcar: Memento Mori. Co-author of "Taking Your MLIS Abroad: Getting and Succeeding in an International Library Job." Jeopardy Silver medalist. Portlander.

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How old were you when you started taking enough medications/vitamins to need a 7 day pill sorter?

At what age did you need one further divided into am/pm or 3x a day?

02.03.2026 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There should be a documentary about this phenomenon called "Los Angeles is a playa hater"

02.03.2026 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Explains a lot about that happiest nation on Earth standing if these and Sibelius are their most recognizable cultural exports. Oh yeah and sauna.

01.03.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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*knocks on door* Mrs Smith? I'm from Army.
Your son got owned in Iraq. He showed great valor in the face of epic fail. Semper fi or whatecer
4:20 PM β€’ Jul 22, 2011

Jackson @tree_bro Follow *knocks on door* Mrs Smith? I'm from Army. Your son got owned in Iraq. He showed great valor in the face of epic fail. Semper fi or whatecer 4:20 PM β€’ Jul 22, 2011

This tweet preceeds and anticipates deaths in Operation Epic Fury by almost 15 years

01.03.2026 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6605    πŸ” 1243    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

Mandatory conscription for the children of everyone in the cabinet and the executive branch. I wanna see Baron at Fort Leonard Wood in 2 weeks. Hell, throw in Ivanka and Don Jr. too. Eric can serve his country as signal beacon or traffic cone.

01.03.2026 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My soccer fan coworker told me 2 weeks ago he had tix for Iran v Egypt World Cup in Seattle in June. I said then, it's nice that you think athletes will feel safe coming to the US this summer, or that this administration will grant them visas to play. #movethecup

28.02.2026 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tarot TikToker must pay $10M to professor she accused in Moscow murders, jury says A judge had already decided the tarot card reader was guilty of defamation. On Friday, a jury decided how much she owes in damages.

What a wild (in a bad way) story. Remember when those 4 college kids were killed in Idaho? A TikToker in texas made 100 videos about the murders and accused a college prof who was never a suspect, giving the prof PTSD and a solid defamation case. Texan acted as her own attorney!

28.02.2026 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I paid mine online about 5 days ago after getting an email notice, and I bet they dont cross reference "people who paid before February was over" with "people who will need a nudge if we're gonna get our $35 by mid april" and I get the mail piece anyway.

Perhaps I will bug my council reps about it.

28.02.2026 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, I think I have my answer: my weirdo added me to a 13th list :

"What Do You Think Happens When You Subscribe To A Block List?" moderation list.

And in fact they subscribe to at least 20k accounts, that's the block list that apparently has made me live in their head rent free.

27.02.2026 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A pharmacy label reading "white-blue speckled butterfly tablet" with a pill on top of it shaped more like a cartoon dog bone than a butterfly.

A pharmacy label reading "white-blue speckled butterfly tablet" with a pill on top of it shaped more like a cartoon dog bone than a butterfly.

Whoever wrote this description and chose "butterfly" and not "dog bone" has clearly not seen enough Looney Toons in their childhood.

27.02.2026 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pre marriage equality, a gender marker on your ID would prevent you from trying to marry someone you weren't legally allowed to, or prevent you from defrauding a marriage partner by lying about yr gender.

But if anything in yr pants influences how you drive, you probably shouldn't be driving.

27.02.2026 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

?? Not sure what to make of that, but anyone who wants to discuss the queer subtext of the epilogue of Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz should DM me.

27.02.2026 06:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Like many Pacific NW folk, my annual physical revealed a Vitamin D deficiency and I got a prescription for an 8 week megadose to reset my levels. Naturally my calendar reminders say things like "get some D today" and "lack of D is bad for you".

27.02.2026 04:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

There are probably dozens of screenwriters furiously rebooting the 1990 Andie McDowell romcom Green Card. Pitch: a happy together white US couple divorces, each marries Belgian/Dutch EU pals for the residency, only to fall in love with their new fake spouse! New update: throuple/poly ending.

27.02.2026 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please use alt text when you post. There are no captions on these pics and so many old white guys resemble each other. No idea who this is. I enjoy your posts, but you almost never use alt text, and I know you know it's the nice thing to do.

27.02.2026 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tonight we named our trivia team "US Women's Hockey team State of the Union Watch Party" and won the bonus points for best team name. It was certainly the longest team name as well.

25.02.2026 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You obviously have a mole taking money from Big Book Club. Hope your publisher has a polygraph operator on staff.

25.02.2026 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I asked my father if he knew who this was and he said, yes, he's the dog who plays basketball.

25.02.2026 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 313    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

Real talk: assuming the average Olympian is under 28 years old, do they even understand who this guy is? I saw Public Enemy at an arena show with Digital Underground, Kid n Play and Heavy D and the Boyz in 1990 and Winter sports fanboy is not a path I would have predicted for FF back then.

24.02.2026 06:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No it isn't. Don't use Substack. Don't publish on Substack. Don't subscribe to Substack. Tell people whose work you like that regrettably you cannot support the platform and would sub if they weren't on Substack.

20.02.2026 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Maybe swap the order of 5 and 6? The lighter blue could also be indigo and would lighten the purple in contrast.

24.02.2026 04:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I dunno, there's one thing I'd love to hear Kash now has in common with Toby.

23.02.2026 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A French biathalete stole my credit card from my hotel room and now I am unable to purchase any more biathalon jokes.

22.02.2026 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lonely Old People / The LOP could be a new potential voting block/political party.

22.02.2026 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Todd Solondz "Happiness"(saw in a theater 1st run, did not know anything about it).

"On the Beach" both for the despair, and the fact that it's 134 minutes, which is too long for a b&w 1959 sf apocalypse flick.

22.02.2026 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

The Oscar bait one, or the Cronenberg one?

22.02.2026 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I watched this yesterday. I had seen it before when it came out, but I think in light of Xfiles, I was inclined to believe the UFO storyline. Knowing going in that he's in deep denial made it crushing. Fun fact: that actor directed The Brutalist!

22.02.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Enjoying the game, but also thrilling to realize I learned as little about hockey from Heated Rivalry as I did about chess from The Queen’s Gambit.

Oh look a fight

22.02.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Oh for sure, and besides the Vegan thing, think they might be the only Sri Lankan place in town?

22.02.2026 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Counterpoint: mirasata is excellent for takeout, but unless something has changed since the last time I dined there (it -has- been a year), the dining area is poorly heated and chilly in weather like we are having today. I am an older folk particularly sensitive to cold, so maybe just a me problem?

22.02.2026 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0