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Zen Zero

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People who live in glass houses shouldn't change clothes. Breakfast blog: https://xvf17.github.io/breakfast/ Joined Oct ‘23 #cooking #cats #birds #dogs

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Seasons Gratings🇨🇦🇺🇦 @stevedaly.bsky.social · 1h

Close up picture of a cat with unusually dilated eyes. The text reads “I’m Kat Patel I’m the director of the FBI”

Honestly, it would probably be an improvement. The cat looks way more competent.

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Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 17h

Welp.

I use StarLink for internet access. I live in a rural area and it’s the only solution that provides decent internet.

Today they seem to have started blocking access to BlueSky.

So fucking petty. Argh. FML.

Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 17h

Where’s he going to get his supply now that the Venezuela connection has been shut down?

Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 1d

Multi grain English muffins.
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Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, the reality is that crime is unusually high in areas where ICE is active.

Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 2d

Taco Tuesday meets national taco day meets three course taco meal. Pork belly bao, Mexican street tacos, and Taco Choco.
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Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 2d

Made a three course dinner for me and my partner. Except for the fact that the first two courses came out in opposite order, I think it went well. 🍽️🍜

Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 2d

I hate that guy.

Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 2d

Help me save my dinner! The recipe says to stir occasionally, but I’ve been doing it periodically. Should I start over?

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Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for your sacrifice.

Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 2d

The trees will be so happy.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations

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Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 2d

Release the naked bike ride video!

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d

seeing otherwise smart people share the story that a south carolina judge’s beach house was burned to the ground because of a ruling against trump despite there being no evidence of that has been frustrating. just because the other side has abandoned facts doesn’t mean we can, too.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 3d

Black people in Chicago had their apartment building raided in the middle of the night, were detained for hours, and had their Fourth Amendment rights violated during an ICE operation that had nothing to do with them. Nah, they are not thrilled.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Stephen Miller: "The Black people in Chicago are thrilled that we're getting the illegal aliens out of their communities who are stealing their housing, jobs, and resources."

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Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 4d

Take me to your litter?

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Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 4d

Honestly, neither sounds appealing.

Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 4d

Classic

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Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀 @disentingcat.bsky.social · 5d

Rapture Survivor Card
Celebrate 2000 years of "any day now"
Survive 9 End Times predictions and the 10th one is free!

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Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 6d

Nebbi says hi.

Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 6d

If there’s one thing I’ve learned since we put up our bird feeder, it’s that woodpeckers are assholes. #birds

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 8d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 9d

I never have, but we fostered a few. The forever owners usually keep the old name, but definitely not always.

Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 10d

Requesting occupation is a whole new level of sycophancy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry: "Tonight, we're sending the Department of War a request to send the National Guard, asking them to deploy the National Guard here in Louisiana into our cities like New Orleans and Baton Rogue and others."

Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 10d

Lucy offering to hold the football for Charlie Brown to kick.

Zen Zero @xvf17.bsky.social · 11d

It seems to me the best way to get the word out is to file a law suit insisting that they take this notice down.