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Nola Barrett

@nolabarrett.bsky.social

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Everyone's favorite aunt--you know, the cool one. she/her

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · Nov 24

Please be aware that if you want to add alt text, and you post a gif that already has alt text, there is a VERY GOOD chance that the alt text in question is crap and you should just swoop in there to replace it. Literally any kind of description will almost certainly be better than what's in there

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 11h

I have been *fighting for my life* to print a return label for a defective product and at this point I just want to throw my laptop through the window

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 13h

folks, don't sleep on those unclaimed property sites that states run. Somehow connecticut had a $325 check from a paper I haven't run in since the 1990s, and I'm getting the money!

(google 'unclaimed property' for whatever states you used to live in, you can figure it out from there)

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20h

Young Republicans say they love Hitler. But what does that tell us about their politics?

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 22h

Ope. There's a certain point where drinking water just doesn't work the same way

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Eric Feltman @chefericfeltman.bsky.social · 1d

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 1d

I still do, bc what if I lose my phone?

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 1d

That sounds delish, tbh

Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 2d

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 2d

All the dishes are back--
No room
In the cupboards

Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 2d

Oof. I remember this, it was very much not good

Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 2d

Why, yes, i *am* extremely audacious, just ask her 🤣

Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 2d

@nuclearanthro.bsky.social

Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 2d

Excuse me, I would like to make the bed.
What do you mean?

A cream colored cat lies on her back on a bare mattress looking innocent and definitely not moving

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 2d

There was snot everywhere

Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 2d

“Let me explain, Officer.”

Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

The drives were clicking.

Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 2d

A common failing in that man's followers, tbh

Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 2d

I will miss these two, but I hope they get to go to their forever homes very soon, and I know that's a load off your shoulders!

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, but fresh baked bread, tomato warm from the garden, mayo, salt & pepper--can't be beat

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 2d

We do an appetizer lunch on major holidays with dinner later in the evening--I think these would be great

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Eric Feltman @chefericfeltman.bsky.social · 4d

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Braised beef short ribs in citrus and exotic long pepper, offer deep richness balanced by bright aromatics. Inspired by Asian and French techniques, these bite-size indulgences turn comfort into artful luxury. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe

Click here for recipe

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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🎃CK DexterHaven🎃 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 2d

How we started, and how we are ending. (She’s off to cattery tomorrow)

Teeny tiny grey tabby on a sock sweater next to a cat plushie

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 2d

This is Pixie, right? Is Jimmie going, too?

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 2d

Madness, indeed! I'm thinking Christmas--

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Nola Barrett @nolabarrett.bsky.social · 2d

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d

The Nobel Peace Prize committee says they've awarded this year's honor to María Machado of Venezuela. But an AI video posted on the MAGA MOMS 4 LIBERTY Facebook page clearly shows that the prize was awarded to Donald Trump. For busy MAGA moms for liberty, it can be hard to know who to trust.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 3d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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