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Retired editor/copyeditor. Fiber artist. Cat guardian. Book advocate. Fan of the Constitution. Tao-ish w/ a side of Druid. She/her (trying to keep up but I'm old, so appreciate a little grace). Aspiration: Ornamental hermit. Education Is Everything.

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artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · Mar 3

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artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 6m

I stocked up on coffee in the past couple of months --and I'm glad I did that. The last on-sale price I paid (maybe 2 weeks ago) was $12/25.9 oz. Today that price was $19.
Weirdly, local gas prices have been stable in the $3.15 range.

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 16h

Policymakers acting is why malnutrition is increasing.

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 17h

This is very important. Your therapist is not your friend, a confidant, or a parent. It's a different kind of relationship that is both intimate and distanced and that takes a while to figure out. (At least it did for me)

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 18h

I believe you mean "Fox is killing American Democracy."

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

All those tariff savings have to go somewhere.
/s

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

They've already signed without signing. This is purely performative.

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

*have* the kind of...

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, but no. I've done the whole exhibition thing for years and years. I've only recently realized how much I hate it and why. It's much, much better for my health if I don't go there. Sometimes you don't know what something will be for you until you try it.

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

By the time I'm over my stuff the person has decided I'm not interested in their friendship and has given up on me. It's really awful.
Someone asked me recently why I don't exhibit my artwork. I told her I can't manage going to openings because people like my work, but they don't like me.

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artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

Great! No one will think to look for it there!

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

Does Musk know about this?

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artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

We underestimate them at our peril. As we are seeing.

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

Are you going to try for the "cleverest sign" bonus?

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

It's not "powerlessness" for me so much as it is anger and regret at being so unaware of what was really going on (and at stake/at risk) with me.

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

He doesn't the kind of self-awareness that I think you intend.

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artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

Hypocrite.

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

Thrill-killing. The felon talks nonstop about how much he wants to kill people.

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

Worse still is the tyrant that thinks he **is** God.

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

My reactions are completely predictable. Friendly people scare the bejesus out of me.

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artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

I old enough to remember dialing "0" for "operator" and speaking to an actual person.

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artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

I love this show. I just hope it doesn't turn into an endless string of car chases and "who's banging whom this week" tropes.

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

I've only recently realized how the formal aspects of Edward Hopper's work are influenced by Vermeer.

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

I heard there's a "cleverest sign" bonus to the base protest pay. Get out your Sharpies!

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

And 2 of the baby mommas were "illegal aliens" and 4 of the children were "anchor babies."

artcat1.bsky.social @artcat1.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe that was his "Vietnam" too.