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Gayla

@azgayla.bsky.social

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Retired Federal Employee with a reignited passion for equality & humor. If we can't laugh at ourselves, well. . . we don't have a chance, do we? Founder of @oursafespace.bsky.social 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Weekly Newsletter here - bit.ly/OSSNewsletter

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Gayla @azgayla.bsky.social · 1d

I had thoughts.
I wrote them down.
I pretend people want to read them.
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Our Safe Space @oursafespace.bsky.social · 1d

Obstacles aren’t the end —
they’re the trampoline. 🚀
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Gayla @azgayla.bsky.social · 5h

Considering how brain dead I feel right now, I did a fine job.

#waffle1357 4/5

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squidward from spongebob squarepants is standing in front of a chain link fence with the words brain already left for today .

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Gayla @azgayla.bsky.social · 6h

Luck, kind sir. Luck.

Gayla @azgayla.bsky.social · 9h

@gallego.senate.gov is THE BEST.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

Johnson: Miss Grijalva has not yet had a scheduled date because she was elected after the house was out of session,

Gallego: You don't want her to be on the Epstein discharge.

Johnson: You guys are experts at red herrings.

Gallego: This is an excuse

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Rosanna @rosannaarquette.bsky.social · 11h

Adelita is ready to serve .swear her in now.

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Gayla @azgayla.bsky.social · 10h

I'm here to share something besides my Wordle Score!

This Saturday night, meet with legal experts Margo Cowan and Mo Goldman for answers about immigration law and attacks on the migrant community in AZ

#Tucson
October 11
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Free
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Ask A Lawyer Tucson: Immigration - Secular AZ

Please join us on October 11 in Tucson for Ask an Immigration Attorney, an informal discussion with legal experts to answer your concerns and questions about immigration law and attacks on the migrant...

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Gayla @azgayla.bsky.social · 12h

I fell for it too!

Gayla @azgayla.bsky.social · 14h

My allergies started as a kid, too.

Even living in the desert, I take a Claritin EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE. The only way I can keep my allergies under control.

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Our Safe Space @oursafespace.bsky.social · 14h

#Everyday

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Gayla @azgayla.bsky.social · 16h

You did great for a first try!

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Gayla @azgayla.bsky.social · 17h

Funnest one today!

Strands #584
“Now, hear this!”
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a woman wearing glasses says so much fun in front of a sign that says the spare norme

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Gayla @azgayla.bsky.social · 17h

Big banana head!!

Gayla @azgayla.bsky.social · 17h

Negative five points for style today.

No more than that. . .

Connections
Puzzle #850
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a woman in a dark room says careful 's not really my style

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Gayla @azgayla.bsky.social · 17h

I love this so much

Gayla @azgayla.bsky.social · 17h

Wasn't it fun? No hidden nonsense. Just you, your noggin, and words.

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Gayla @azgayla.bsky.social · 17h

Hilarious how long this took!

And I can't even tell you how that made me feel. Because, well, you know.

Wordle 1,572 3/6*

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a woman wearing glasses is saying i say nothing .

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Gayla @azgayla.bsky.social · 1d

Watched the movie.
Read the book.

Same feeling at the end of both of them. I need to go do that again.

There are times when Stephen King just scratches the itch.

Gayla @azgayla.bsky.social · 1d

It's all because, at any given point, I have 7 different gmails open.

And Google just freaks the f**k out sometimes. So I have to go back to ground zero.