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Rachel Weary 🇨🇦

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PhD student, lawyer on hiatus. She/her. Studying debt, feminism, and pseudolaw. Reposts are not endorsements unless they are reposts of cat photos.

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Rachel Weary 🇨🇦 @rachelweary.bsky.social · Nov 23

Virgo | Aug. 23 to Sept. 22 — Just when all hope is gone, you will find a secret stash of Oreos that actually makes up for quite a lot.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 4d

A valuable reminder in these hard times.

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Rachel Weary 🇨🇦 @rachelweary.bsky.social · 12d

Who says you can’t be productive while suffering from a cold.

A screenshot of Balatro’s achievements page showing the Completionist+ achievement unlocked.

Rachel Weary 🇨🇦 @rachelweary.bsky.social · 14d

Have been going for an increasingly big, fluffy, ‘80s-ish hairstyle lately. Went to the doctor’s this week and they added a full inch to my height. Probably a sign to tone it down a bit.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · Sep 5

Canadian man reading date never knows which is day and which is month unless day is above 12

KITCHENER – Local man Dalton Strickland, whose data entry job regularly requires him to read dates off a form and put them into a computer, literally never knows which date is the day and which is the...

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Rachel Weary 🇨🇦 @rachelweary.bsky.social · Sep 2

We have a similar warning at our local mall! Lots of people who want to climb whale statues, I guess.

Rachel Weary 🇨🇦 @rachelweary.bsky.social · Nov 29

Don’t tell me how to live my life.

A sign stating “Please DO NOT climb on or around the whale as to ensure the safety of all guests.” On the sign is a crossed-out picture of a person climbing a whale.

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Colin Craker @themarvelousmrc.bsky.social · Aug 29

Lt. Columbo meets the Batman

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Lisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @jlisayoung.bsky.social · Aug 11

‘Berta friends: don’t forget that today’s the day you can pre-order your COVID vaccine. bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...

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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · Aug 5

New Yorker cover, “Bodega Cat,” by R. Kikuo Johnson.

Illustrated cover of the New Yorker magazine showing a black bodega cat sleeping in a store.

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Rachel Weary 🇨🇦 @rachelweary.bsky.social · Jul 30

And use a proper stepladder rather than clambering on top of a table in high heels.

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Rachel Weary 🇨🇦 @rachelweary.bsky.social · Jul 29

The people demand the reinstatement of Felis.

Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · Jul 29

Did you know there was once a domestic cat constellation? 'Felis' was created by French astronomer Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande in 1799, but the International Astronomical Union dumped Felis when they created their official constellation boundaries in 1930. www.ianridpath.com/startales/fe...

Old timey star chart illustration of a shorthaired ginger and white cat floating amongst overlapping grids and little black stars. The word "Felis" is written underneath.

Rachel Weary 🇨🇦 @rachelweary.bsky.social · Jul 27

Today’s lunch: bread and butter, blackberries, tea. I’ve become a Beatrix Potter character.

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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · Jul 27

Oh no. Tom Lehrer gone. At his great age, it’s not a tragedy, I know, but it just does feel bad not having his genius in the world.

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Rachel Weary 🇨🇦 @rachelweary.bsky.social · Jul 26

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp: The armistice scene. Like the rest of the film, superbly written and acted. Unlike the rest of the film, filmed on the most distractingly obvious soundstage you’ve ever seen and looks like an episode of Star Trek where they time travel to WWI.

Roger Livesey and John Laurie on a very unconvincing WWI battlefield in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.

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RetroOoOoOo~ BOOmercial Screams @retro-commercials.bsky.social · Jul 26

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Rachel Weary 🇨🇦 @rachelweary.bsky.social · Jul 15

Doing my bit to help.

A very fluffy ginger cat lying on his back.

Rachel Weary 🇨🇦 @rachelweary.bsky.social · Jul 14

Starting to suspect that Apple Music’s Classic Rock station is really just the same Cars album on perpetual repeat.

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Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · Jul 10

Star Trek The Next Generation scene. We're in Data's personal quarters and he's sitting at his desk working on his future space laptop. Behind him are panel touchscreens filled with LCARS schematics.
In picture 1, Data's cat spot has jumped up and is standing on his computer. Picture two shows Data setting his cat back down on the floor. Picture 3 shows Spot has now jumped back up onto the desk. Caption reads, "(meowing)". Pic 4 shows Data sternly looking at Spot, closed caption reads, "Spot, you are disrupting my ability to work."

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Rachel Weary 🇨🇦 @rachelweary.bsky.social · Jul 4

Today in Google’s entertainingly useless AI: searching “demonym” + “noun” + “Scrabble strategy” produces a cornucopia of increasingly silly results. Going to win all my Scrabble games with a combination of the Parisian finesse and the Viennese blockade.

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Rachel Weary 🇨🇦 @rachelweary.bsky.social · Jun 25

My article on non est factum and the Guarantees Acknowledgment Act is now available in the Alberta Law Review.

"That Must be a Nice Document to Have": Non Est Factum and Section 5 of the Guarantees Acknowledgment Act | Alberta Law Review

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · May 31

Cancelled by the woke mob because I wouldn't stop saying "Murder, She Wrote" in a Yoda voice.

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Rachel Weary 🇨🇦 @rachelweary.bsky.social · May 27

Ignoring my responsibilities in favour of making increasingly elaborate ice cream sodas.

An egg cream in a fountain glass, with a spoon.

Grenadine ice cream soda in a fountain glass, with a spoon.

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Alex Panetta @alexpanetta.bsky.social · May 19

In an ever-shifting world where change comes so quickly it can be disorienting, even unsettling, it’s reassuring to be able to count on some consistent rites — like the annual ritual of the Toronto Maple Leafs exiting the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The Athletic @theathletic.com · May 19

The Toronto Maple Leafs have been eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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Pat Sobkowski @patsobkowski.com · May 10

Richard Posner holding his cat. Priceless.

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Rachel Weary 🇨🇦 @rachelweary.bsky.social · May 15

He heard the can opener.

A photo of a ginger tabby cat looking up imploringly.

Rachel Weary 🇨🇦 @rachelweary.bsky.social · May 11

As a kid, I had a clock radio with a sleep timer which caused the radio to play for an hour so you could fall asleep to music. Based on this, I assumed there was a national law strictly limiting everyone to one hour of radio per day. Unclear why I thought radio had to be rationed.

Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · May 8

“Bizarre things you firmly believed when a kid” is one of my favorite genres and I firmly believe we all have excellent examples if we can remember them

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