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Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 5h

How's that first one pronounced, may I ask. Because I'm very curious as to how people might mispronounce it!

Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 2d

It's a struggle to get Mimmy to eat much. A few licks at a time. At this point we're trying to get her meds into her too, but food and water are more of a priority. If she gets even some of her meds, great, I'll take it. But I'm more concerned with getting her to eat anything.

Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you. It'll be a horrible painful relief when she's no long struggling.

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Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much, and especially for the help you gave. It means a lot.

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Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 3d

We're making a call to a home service today, to help say goodbye to Mimmy in her comfy place.

If anyone wants to help make her final time a bit easier, we'd all appreciate that. Especially her, not having to take a hated car trip to the vet.

paypal.me/bibliotropic

Mim, a white-and-tabby cat lounging on blankets and pillows, eyes glowing from the camera flash. I love her so much.

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Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 3d

We're making a call to a home service today, to help say goodbye to Mimmy in her comfy place.

If anyone wants to help make her final time a bit easier, we'd all appreciate that. Especially her, not having to take a hated car trip to the vet.

paypal.me/bibliotropic

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Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 3d

Mimmy update - No real change overnight. Still struggle to get her to, she still seems out of sorts, and the only joy we really got to see from her yesterday is when we stuck a leash and harness on her and took her outside for a little.

Yeah, pretty sure we'll be saying goodbye soon.

A white-and-tabby cat, curled up and sleeping.

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Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 3d

By the way, this is Mim, when she was much younger and chonkier and with a functioning thyroid and kidneys.

Sleeping cat, white with grey-beige tabby markings around her eyes like a mask.

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Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 3d

I hate to do this, but it's a damn lean time, & saying goodbye to Mim, either at home or the vet, is going to take some finagling. If anyone can help a little, it'll be very much appreciated.

www.paypal.com/paypalme/bib...

I'm so sorry to ask, but I want my Mimmy's final moments to be comfortable.

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Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think Mim-cat is going to be with us much longer.

And I'm fucking gutted.

My heart can only be cut into so many pieces.

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more mr. dice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · Sep 6

don't think my computer is alive? go ahead and ask her yourself. do not ask her to do sex stuff, though, she's mine. she's my human property. she's a real living person with emotions and dreams who i can use as i please because i own her and i'm sick of your racist attitudes about our relationship

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Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 4d

Clues by Sam - Oct 5th 2025
(Couple of mistakes, but I didn't need to use any hints!)
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Less than 30 minutes
#cluesbysam
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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 5d

"Real pride comes when you no longer hide who you are"

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daryl "shut down, ass up'" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 4d

call me an asshole if you want, but there's people working very hard to de-humanize a whole swath of real human beings in the US and around the world, I do not have time for your insulting defense of chatgpt as a person

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Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 4d

Less good night on the CPAP. The problem is the pressure range; once it hits a certain point, it's definitely too strong, and starts causing problems with the mask.

I technically know how to adjust the range, but I'm going to wait until my Monday phone call with the sleep clinic before doing it.

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Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 4d

Friends, I'll tell you what I was just able to tell myself for the first time:

I love you, and it's going to be okay.🫂

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Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 4d

Also, bad Ria! I just noticed that I was downplaying an accomplishment and compliment, which I'm trying to not do as much.

Thus, I change my comment to, "Fuck yeah, I'm awesome!"

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Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 4d

Technically it was my 2nd night, since the 1st night just made me feel so suffocated that I took it off after 15 minutes. ^^;

The insurance company wants a compliance of 4+ hours a night for 22 days out of 30, so that's my goal! ✊

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Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 5d

Couldn't wear my CPAP for the whole night, but I did wear it for 4+ hours last night, and it seems to have cut my apneic events from 40 to 4.

That's a 90% improvement!

Still getting used to it, of course, but I'm encouraged by those results.

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Sonia Sulaiman is an Ignyte Award Finalist @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve decided to develop my game in the Unity engine using the Adventure Creator extension. But I need help. While Unity is free, there’s an 80$ USD fee for the extension. I really want to add exploration to this little game about Palestinian folklore. Help me out? ko-fi.com/soniasulaiman

Buy SoniaSulaiman a Coffee

Sonia is writing speculative fiction inspired by Palestinian folklore. Leave her a tip to support her work!

ko-fi.com

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 5d

Currently at:
— only buy tech too old to have AI built in
— painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well
— if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool
— if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts
— patiently wait for the crash

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 6d

#Solar becomes main source of electricity in the #EU for first time. More than half of the EU’s #electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from #RenewableEnergy
www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...

Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time

More than half of the EU’s electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from renewable energy

www.independent.co.uk

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Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 5d

That makes sense. I just remember noticing about a decade ago that it started tasting... I dunno, the best way to describe it is that it tasted like the stringy bits of a banana.
Then again, my brain is known to randomly make everything taste like spaghetti sauce, so don't take my word for anything!

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Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut @bibliotropic.bsky.social · 6d

I wonder when that phase-out happened in Canada. I noticed that the aftertaste of my salbutamol had changed after a while, but I chalked that up to my brain being my brain (ie, bad with processing things properly). It's hard to filter out the US-centric stuff to check Canada specifically, though.

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Charles Johnson Antifa ID Confirmed @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 6d

I’m so old I remember when the US had a constitution.

Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 6d

Apple said on Thursday that it had removed ICEBlock, the most popular ICE-tracking app, and other similar apps from its App Store after it was contacted by President Donald Trump's administration.

Apple removes ICE tracking apps after pressure by Trump administration

Apple said on Thursday that it had removed ICEBlock, the most popular ICE-tracking app, and other similar apps from its App Store after it was contacted by President Donald Trump's administration.

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