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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 3h

Nothing like having the first pain-free dental experience of your life at age 30 to make you realize that, yup, local anesthesia has never once worked on you before.

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah no shit

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 20h

WEIRD

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 23h

My 3yo nephew is, too!

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 23h

What are some other numbers relevant to the situation, npr?

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 23h

Hey bestie it's not a war if one side doesn't allow the other to have its own military

NPR @npr.org · 23h

It's been two years since Hamas-led militants attacked Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. In response, Israeli leaders promised a punishing offensive. Here are some numbers showing the war's toll.

These numbers show how 2 years of war have devastated Palestinian lives in Gaza

It's been two years since Hamas-led militants attacked Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. In response, Israeli leaders promised a punishing offensive. Here are some numbers showing the war's toll.

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 6d

Been trying to figure out how to get all of this down on paper for a year or three. valerie-ettenhofer.ghost.io/quitting/

63 Reasons To Quit Your Entertainment Journalism Job in 2025 (NOT Clickbait!)

Number 36 will surprise you!

valerie-ettenhofer.ghost.io

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 23h

Good to be here! I missed ya.

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 23h

I realize I shouldn't have done check marks because I haven't actually done these things, but it's far too late to fix it now.

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 23h

✅️ Outline a recurring column idea
✅️ Reach out to people about it if I'm feeling brave
✅️ Watch some new releases
✅️ Donate to the Prisoners Lit Project
✅️ Confirm my U.S. tax filing
✅️ Try not to take a whole day off after my dentist appointment

Keeping myself on track here, sorry if it's boring.

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 23h

Weds-Fri unemployment goals:
✅️ Make it to my interview tomorrow
✅️ Do the bulk of two bigger applications
✅️ Surf for quick apply jobs
✅️ Finish today's essay
✅️ Edit and publish it, or publish something smaller if it's not ready
✅️ Clear my godforsaken email
✅️ Change my signature and bios
(cont.)

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 23h

It's pretty funny that I spent a year working on my health (glad I did!) in hopes of getting more productive at work, but in the end, quitting my job was the thing that finally made it easy to put in a 7 hour work day.

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 23h

✅️ applied for two jobs
✅️ confirmed one interview
✅️ updated my spreadsheet
✅️ surfed job boards
✅️ ordered a new work skirt
✅️ set up a petsitting profile
✅️ built a contact list for one potential project
✅️ wrote 1700 words of another
✅️ sent my MP and Starmer emails that will surely go unread

Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow's unemployment goals:

-job apps
-update job hunt spreadsheet
-order new interview clothes
-prep for an interview
-harass my local representatives about the ongoing genocide
-cancel subscriptions I can't afford
-outline and research some writing project ideas I have to see if they're viable

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

It's so incredible how low homicide rates are in Europe. The UK, with a population of 70 million people, had fewer than 600 murders in 2023.
www.connexionfrance.com/news/double-...

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 1d

Here's where I'm at, give or take a couple that could easily move up or down. This is in relation to each other, not the music of any other artist.

TS album ranking. Top tier are Folklore, Speak Now, and 1989. A tier are Reputation and Red. B tier are Fearless, self-titled, Death of a Showgirl, and Evermore. C tier are Midnights and Lover. D tier is Tortured Poets Society.

Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 1d

My thing is that I actually enjoy this album because I thought the two before it were on some level bad, but I think this one is on some level bad...with good beats.

Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 1d

It is SUCH a formative experience the first time your favorite artist releases a bad album. I envy all the kids going through it this week, you’re about to learn so much about the world! You’re learning how to let go!

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 1d

[Hacker voice] I'm in.

Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 1d

If you're trying to DM me here, try Instagram (same handle) for now. Bluesky thinks my face is fake so it can't verify that I'm old enough to access private messages.

A notice from Yoti age verification that says "we can't be sure that the image was of a real face" lmao

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! So far I've had one great interview for a position I didn't end up getting, and two more coming up.

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow's unemployment goals:

-job apps
-update job hunt spreadsheet
-order new interview clothes
-prep for an interview
-harass my local representatives about the ongoing genocide
-cancel subscriptions I can't afford
-outline and research some writing project ideas I have to see if they're viable

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this must be what they already think i look like

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Amelia Emberwing @thatwitchmia.bsky.social · 13d

Bear's out of the bag. I'll be moderating the @criticalrole.bsky.social x @primevideo.bsky.social panel at NYCC.

Get ready for all things #MightyNein and #LoVM as we take a look ahead at what's to come in the animated world of Exandria!

A poster for the Critical Role and Prime Video panel out of NYCC. The image features the animated forms of both Mighty Nein and Legends of Vox Machina at the bottom.

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 1d

You are cute!!!

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 1d

If you're trying to DM me here, try Instagram (same handle) for now. Bluesky thinks my face is fake so it can't verify that I'm old enough to access private messages.

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 2d

You're so blessed to have avoided Friends

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Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social · 2d

Mrs. Doubtfire and Matilda seem to be the two big ones for me. I'm also not 100% sure I saw the entirety of the Nancy Meyers Parent Trap.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 3d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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