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Selena Maranjian

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Woman worrier, over-judger, catastrophist, cautiously optimistic, order Muppet. Love books, great TV, wooden jigsaw puzzles, and modern board games. Longtime (contract) writer for The Motley Fool. Sharing some humor to help us deal with stress. She/her.

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Poem Good Bones by Maggie Smith

Poem Good Bones by Maggie Smith

Love this
#poem #poetry

06.11.2025 06:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a sign on a tree that says "tudoring" (spelled wrong, of course) and a phone number

a sign on a tree that says "tudoring" (spelled wrong, of course) and a phone number

When you want to help your kids, but not too much...
#tutor #kids #education #tutoring

05.11.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of an old cell phone in a rock. Says "Ah yes, A Nokia fossil from the Myspacean Period."

Photo of an old cell phone in a rock. Says "Ah yes, A Nokia fossil from the Myspacean Period."

:) #fossil #history #tech

05.11.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Clever post of yore:

@anacaprana
My relatives 6 years ago: β€œHow many branches of Government are there?”
My relatives today: β€œThings are looking good for a January Senate runoff for control of the Senate based on returns in DeKalb.”

05.11.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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@PadmeAndidala
If The Breakfast Club was made today it would be a silent film about 5 kids staring at their phones

@AriSchulman
Twitter yesterday: #Polling is dead, cancel the quants
Twitter today: #Exitpolls reveal third-generation Uzbeks from the Ottumwa exurbs betrayed us by 1.7 points

05.11.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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@Angry_Staffer
It’s possible to be pro-Israel and still want what’s best for the Palestinian people.
It’s possible to be pro-Palestinian and still want what’s best for the Israeli people.

#Israel #Palestine #peace

05.11.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

posts of yore:

@WilliamAder
Set my clocks back this morning and had another breakfast.

@jimgeraghty
I counted the yard signs in my neighborhood, and "ADT Home Security" is going to win in a landslide

@OhNoSheTwitnt
Ah Fall. The leaves are changing colors and Donald Trump is trying to deport them

05.11.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Seen from the cover of a John Bull magazine looking down on an idealised village in autumn with a bonfire prepared and children playing football on the green

Seen from the cover of a John Bull magazine looking down on an idealised village in autumn with a bonfire prepared and children playing football on the green

Other work by the Ladybird artists
β€˜Autumn scene’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt

04.11.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 246    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4

Post of yore:

@brhodes
Looking at Black voters in Milwaukee, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Atlanta, it's striking that people who have been treated the worst by our democracy consistently do the most to save it.

#voting #election

04.11.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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@SelfAwareROOMBA
Battery low. Obsidian sky. Lost. ROOMBA just wanted to see the beach.

@nathanwpyle
movie plot:
a moth is an aspiring #fashion designer but must overcome his habit of eating his own work

@RickAaron
With all the #stress eating I may reach 270 before either of the candidates.

04.11.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Clever posts of yore:

@TheWeirdWorld
I wonder if birds on my feeder are friends or if it’s like a public bathroom and no one makes eye contact.

@funnyfries
I don't want to say I'm lazy but I thought I had mono and it turns out I just prefer not to move if I'm not on fire.

#lazy #funny #birds

04.11.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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@cpin42
Cop: Can you describe the man who stabbed you?
Me: He kept going like this [stabbing motion]

@TheBoydP
Protip: If your spouse says β€œThanks for the help” when you didn’t do anything don’t reply β€œYou’re welcome”.

@pauleggleston
I passed my #genetic engineering exam with flying koalas.

04.11.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Posts of yore:

@aweissmann_
I’m as #nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

@deloisvete
Saw someone get offended online and comment "two shay" and I can't stop thinking about it

@FUNNYsnarkyJOKE
How long do you have to be a #disaster before they name a #hurricane after you

04.11.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#dogs :)

04.11.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BY ORDER AND DECREE OF YOUR MERCHANT OVERLORDS, IT IS NOW CHRISTMASTIME! MAKE YOURSELVES JOLLY OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES!

03.11.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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:) #timechange #daylightsaving

04.11.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So, now's a good time to remind you all that Senators and Reps are cowards who will respond to pressure from phone calls, especially. 5Calls has a script you can use as a base and build from there. Sitting here complaining online does jack shit, because it can be ignored

Light those switchboards up

26.10.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🌊JOIN A TEAM TO HELP DEMs WIN
πŸ”΅VOTE FORWARD
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πŸ”΅5 CALLS
5calls/org
πŸ”΅SWING LEFT
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πŸ”΅POSTCARDS TO VOTERS
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πŸ”΅ROCK THE VOTE
rockthevote/org
πŸ”΅FIELD TEAM 6
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#VoteBlueAndGetOthers2JoinU

27.10.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Michelangelo's painting of God touching Adam, finger to finger, but instead of Adam, it's a cat about to strike God.

Michelangelo's painting of God touching Adam, finger to finger, but instead of Adam, it's a cat about to strike God.

:) #cats #art #arthistory

03.11.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
β€œA vote is a kind of prayer for the world we desire for ourselves and for our children.” β€” Senator Raphael Warnock

β€œA vote is a kind of prayer for the world we desire for ourselves and for our children.” β€” Senator Raphael Warnock

#vote #voting #election

03.11.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Clever posts of yore:

@MaryLowry1
This extra hour thing is great. I'm setting my clocks back again tonight, too.

@JohnFugelsang
"GEORGE SOROS IS A FOREIGN BORN BILLIONAIRE WHO USES HIS $ TO INFLUENCE OUR POLITICS!!" - Rupert Murdoch's FOX News.

03.11.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Posts of yore:

@DanRegan_Comedy
According to this cheese Advent calendar I bought yesterday I guess I should wish everyone Merry Christmas today

@iamdevloper
1969:
-what're you doing with that 2KB of RAM?
-sending people to the moon
2017:
-what're you doing with that 1.5GB of RAM?
-running #Slack

03.11.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Clever posts of yore:

@benedictsred
Me, whispering to Starbucks employee: Someone took a large…sorry…a venti poop on the floor.

@sketchesbyboze
things to ask yourself when buying a new dress: does it have pockets? how would I look solving murders in it? can I wear it whilst running from #Dracula

03.11.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
@LaComtesseJamie
I'm amazed by people who lose weight w exercise. When I exercise nothing happens bc my DNA still thinks I'm a European peasant. So it's like "Oh! Are we running from the English again, lass? Dinnae ye worry: we'll keep ye plump as a partridge to outlast the murderous bastards!"

@LaComtesseJamie I'm amazed by people who lose weight w exercise. When I exercise nothing happens bc my DNA still thinks I'm a European peasant. So it's like "Oh! Are we running from the English again, lass? Dinnae ye worry: we'll keep ye plump as a partridge to outlast the murderous bastards!"

:)

03.11.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Clever posts of yore:

@HousewifeOfHell
May the gargoyle of happiness squat on your buttress.

@yvonnezlam
What's a professional way to say, "This is six problems in a trenchcoat pretending to be a solution?"

@logically_jc
β€œNauseously optimistic” pretty much sums it up.

#election #happy #funny

03.11.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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@prodigalsam
How many white people does it take to change a light bulb? A BRUNCH!

@frenchielaboozi
i can't believe i have to keep washing this stupid body until i die

@ilgrandechuck
New Jersey residents are soaking up floodwater by using millions of discarded copies of "Atlas Shrugged."

01.11.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Clever posts of yore:

@Shariv67
Sadly, for every hour of daylight saved by men, women save only 49 minutes.

@Kendragarden
This election season has cemented my love for Rachel Maddow, vodka, Stephen King, chocolate, sighing, eye rolls & vigorous shower screaming

#election #daylightsaving #women

01.11.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Clever posts of yore:

@capricecrane
People can be taught to hate. And people can be taught to spell. But apparently, it's one or the other.

@RobinMcCauley
A woman started choking in the line at Starbucks - it was so scary but thankfully someone opened another register.

#education #starbucks

01.11.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Clever posts of yore:

@faithchoyce
I like my coffee like I like my Lives Matter

@Social_Mime
After you turn 40 house arrest is no longer a "punishment."

@michimama75
Me, stirring my coffee with a Twix bar: Why does my stomach hurt?

#candy #coffee #aging #BLM

01.11.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of Cher, says don't forget to turn back time on Sunday - Cher with your friends

Photo of Cher, says don't forget to turn back time on Sunday - Cher with your friends

#Daylightsavings #turnback #cher

01.11.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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