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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 9d

Man, the boys aren't making this a feckin nail-biter or anything. #Mariners #MightAsWell

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 19d

How are the marlins using the hope chests? With their flippers?

a dolphin is jumping out of the water .

Alt: A marlin, a type of large sea fish with a long spikey nose, jumping from the water.

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 19d

Dear @seananmcguire.bsky.social- I adore you. I also misread merlin as marlin every single time and have this experience...

a man in a tuxedo is holding a piece of paper in front of a woman in a dress .

Alt: Winona Ryder, clearly confused as fuck, as high level math equations dance in front of her

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 25d

We're past "Keep Calm and Carry On", folks.

Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Aug 4

They're doing a tour in the US this summer, and since we aren't comfortable getting to them at the moment, this let us check a bucket list thing for us.

My partner got the heraldic arms of Jerusalem (he's a heraldry nerd). I got a Coptic design symbolizing love and family.

Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Aug 4

They specialize in pilgrim and Coptic tattoos at their shop in Jerusalem and have handcrafted olivewood stencils stamps going back hundreds of years. They also do designs for other faiths and secular art by request.

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Aug 4

What do you mean the 15th Wedding Anniversary isn't the Tattoo Anniversary? My partner and I drove 1500 miles round trip for these?

(Because we are history nerds, and getting tattooed by the Razzouks, who have been doing it for 28 generations? Epic!)

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Aug 2

I wasn't treated like a customer worthy of respect and customer service in my own right until I moved to the Seattle area in my late 30s.

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Aug 2

I was a big fan of "ignore female customers in nerdy spaces"... I literally walked into probably 10-15 games shops/comic shops in my younger years only to be ignored completely by the staff or asked if I was shopping for my brother/boyfriend.

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Jul 6

Remember when a bunch of folks talked about how DOGE was gutting the NOAA/NWS and it was gonna get people killed?

WELL, HERE WE ARE...

Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Apr 24

You might be a tired ex- attorney if you were confused why people thoughtvLLM degrees didn't work.

What makes this stupider is my second career is as an academic advisor working with CompSci students. I know what Large Language Models are...

Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Apr 24

Part of me wonders if this was a vigilante action by someone in the DoJ

Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Apr 15

I am choosing 8. Because it is absolutely frivolous as a super power, but Hella cool linguistically.

Alternatively, if you get a whole bunch of people to do it, you could have a Code Talkers situation.

So, maybe not frivolous.

LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · Apr 15

This is viral on the other site and I've genuinely had great conversations about it

Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Apr 10

I want a signed contract.

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Apr 10

No one:....

My knee: You move me? You shift me one micrometer to the left?

Pain! Pain for you for ever and ever!

Anyways, being in your 40s is hilarious.

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Apr 9

Because glowing blue pee trails will make folks easier to track in the coming...unpleasantness.

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Apr 8

I have never understood the role of Cassandra from Greek mythology more than I have based on daily conversations with people over the last 36 months.

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Mar 11

If anyone is looking for a name for their country punk band, may I offer up Dimebag of Coleslaw?

#BandNames #IAmNotMusical #ButWishIWas

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Feb 22

I had people once ask me if folks down south were so poor, we ate shoes.

They thought we meant the shoe brand.

A little sliver of my soul died that day.

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Feb 12

I had Noro less then 2.5 weeks after having my appendix out. I still don't know how I didn't end up hospitalized again.

Wash your hands. Wear a mask.

RachelDi @racheldi.bsky.social · Feb 12

Folks, I am begging you to mask up again & wash your hands frequently because Flu A and norovirus are both REALLY bad right now. Norovirus will not be killed by hand sanitizer either, you must wash your hands with soap.

Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Feb 12

If we do not give ourselves reasons to fight, what are we even fighting for?

Post on, good sir.

Also, if you are inspired to write more Kaiju books...just saying.

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Feb 11

a group of stuffed animals are sitting at a table with coffee cups

ALT: a group of stuffed animals are sitting at a table with coffee cups

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Feb 10

Congratulations, #YaleLawSchool. You must be so proud to have produced this! (/sarcasm)

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Jan 28

Friends, find a self care thing- a short yoga routine, doing a coloring page, screaming into a pillow, guided meditation. Whatever works. One thing. Then block some time in your day for it. Every single day for the foreseeable.

This is an ultra marathon, not a sprint.

Take care of yourselves.

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · Jan 23

We don't out people.

Not for being trans.

Not for being queer.

Not for their immigration status.

Not for their pregnancy status.

Not to cops. Not to anyone.

You do not know who might be a collaborator, even unintentionally.

WE KEEP OUR MOUTHS SHUT AND WE MIND OUT OWN BUSINESS.

IMMIGRANTS MATTER. @shinery.bsky.social · Jan 23

A lot of people act like they don't know undocumented immigrants because they're ashamed to be associated with them, so saying they don't know any when questioned by ICE shouldn't be an issue.

a woman in a black and white jacket is sitting at a table in a diner .

Alt: a woman in a black and white jacket is sitting at a table in a diner .

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