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J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 1h

Nodding my head like yeah

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J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 17h

Navy recruitment ad just ran with the tagline: “You can be smart. Or you can be nuke smart.”

They’re clearly letting Hegseth write the marketing copy now…

J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 18h

Absolutely not.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 20h

Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’

It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”

It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”

J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 20h

I’ve been enjoying This Guy Sucked lately.

J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 1d

I'm becoming a regular at a local diner, and it's my favorite. Solid black coffee, friendly wait staff, humorous eavesdropping. And I'm actually productive getting work done here. I need them to love me back (jk, feelings are gross... calling me "hon" is enough).

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 1d

Listen. ONE of the reasons I rock with Dolly (Capricorn Gang) is because she’s always proven to me that integrity may cause you pain, but it will never be the reason you suffer. Which is not to say that suffering won’t come, but it’ll never be because you abandoned yourself. That’ll keep you going.

PJR23 @stixx23.bsky.social · 1d

I hear she has supported school bands as well: www.thepinknews.com/2022/10/10/d...

Dolly Parton quietly funded Black school bands: 'The woman is a national treasure'

Dolly Parton paid for band uniforms and instruments for kids at majority Black high schools with zero publicity, a writer has revealed.

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J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 1d

I’d call it light fantasy (gods + magic + zombie-like creatures) with cozy mystery vibes. Enemies to lovers + secret pen pals. Open door but low smut. She’s a sunny, oldest daughter undertaker and he’s a grumpy ranger w/ a goofy partner. Macabre but not dark. Good character devt. Very cute.

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J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know if you enjoy romance, but I recently finished The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy and it was delightful. And very October.

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J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 1d

Damn it, I’m almost out of Taskmaster seasons.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 2d

When people make me the problem like that, I tend to retreat or focus where things feel less fraught. If they’re determined I’m the problem, then I’m going to keep doing what I think is right b/c they aren’t likely to change their minds. It doesn’t help, of course… but I’m stubborn, haha.

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J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 2d

Ugh that’s tough. I feel like half those issues aren’t actually about the info but about personality and how they wish I acted (i.e., like they do). If they actually wanted a functional solution, they would identify ways they could adjust to help and not just demand that I change.

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J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t know if it’s a true 7 thing. But I (a 5) had a 7 CEO who was obsessed with transparency (well… when he found it convenient). I got accused of negativity and gate keeping often, even when I simply suggested that we needed to give people context alongside information.

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J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 3d

It’s more often flavor. But when it is texture, the revulsion goes even deeper. Still argue with my mom that my powdered sugar hatred is flavor not texture, lol.

Cottage cheese is disgusting, but I don’t like milk or most yogurt. I like mushrooms generally, but sometimes they get too earthy.

J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 3d

Naive of me, I’m sure, but I was not prepared for integrity to be this optional / apparently unnecessary… just across the board…

J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 5d

Godson was making up names for the group today - others got Stop, Sneezy, and Mad. I got Chill. “Cause you’re just always chill.” I feel good about this.

J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 7d

I have sent a screenshot of this to several people, and I will probably send it to more. Just everything I want in a joke.

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J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 7d

Right?! Like when I am tempted to skip (or when I succumb to it), it’s almost always to get past something else and TO the dialogue. It’s where everything happens!

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J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 8d

Asked my dad for a lawyer recommendation for something. Reached out to the lawyer explaining what I needed. Lawyer responded: “Your dad gave you good advice in telling you to talk to a lawyer.”

Sir.

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J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 8d

Finally made cookies today with the butter I set out [redacted] days ago. I didn’t check the chocolate chip stash, so they have equal parts milk, semi-sweet, and mini dark chips. Still didn’t reach two cups, so I threw in the end of the chopped pecans. I’ve made worse decisions.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 9d

It’s only Tuesday. Have you heard about this? Shocking

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J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 9d

I’ve had Solar Opposites playing in the background while I work, and it is really great for only catching snippets. I get bits of dialogue that make absolutely no sense but they’re hilarious.

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J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 9d

I think you’re right.

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J. Elle Edmonds @hijaykayelle.bsky.social · 10d

Today is one of those rare days where I wish I was still in one of the group chats from my defense consulting days. Gah, the jokes would have been incredible.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10d

Article. I can read faster than any YouTuber can speak, even with the playback speed cranked up to comical levels.

THAT SAID, article writers these days need fucking EDITORS they spend whole paragraphs FAFFING ABOUT before they get to the point IT'S CALLED THE INVERTED FUCKING PYRAMID MY DUDES

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 11d

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

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