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Lucy @girlwhofiddles.bsky.social · 6d

No I swear the reason I don't sort my mail is named Circe (definitely not ADHD haha whaaaat)

Circe, a light calico with tabby stripes, lays atop a small pile of mail and a closed laptop, centered on a messy desk.

Circe, a light calico with tabby stripes, glares sleepily while settling in on a small pile of letters

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Lucy @girlwhofiddles.bsky.social · 6d

Hate it when you accidentally melt the cat

An overweight calico cat is lounging on a floral couch, legs stretched out behind her, arms reaching forward, head down between her arms. She is peaceful and highly liquid.

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Lucy @girlwhofiddles.bsky.social · 19d

Can we fire him yet

Eeeric Booran @deveric.net · 19d

"A permanent fence will be put up by the Minnesota Department of Transportation later this week, according to Ally Peters, spokesperson for Mayor Jacob Frey."

www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...

This mayor continues to ignore actual soutions, we have a better choice here y'all #DontRankFrey

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 19d

I feel like "don't cheer and applaud for unrepentant bigots" is not exactly a high bar to expect my elected representatives to clear, but here we are.

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · Sep 8

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

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Hourly Foxes @foxes.hourly.media · Sep 8

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Alex Ullman @nerdtothecore.com · Sep 4

Taking a break from Magic posting to say:

The current administration is trying to taking away the legal personhood status of at least two marginalized groups (immigrants, trans folks) in an attempt to make it so the law doesn't apply.

We can't be okay with reps throwing them further under the bus.

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · Aug 10

Testing Fat Patients' Patience

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon has four panels.

PANEL 1
The panel shows a doctor, with thick-framed glasses, neat shoulder-length white hair, and holding a clipboard, in an examining room talking to a patient. The patient is wearing striped pants and a square-collar short sleeved blouse, and has her dark hair in a bun. The patient is sitting on one of those patient examination tables they have in doctors’ offices.

The patient is using her right hand to hold out her left arm, which is not connected to her body, to show it to the doctor.

Important: The doctor is thin, the patient is fat.

The doctor is calm; the patient is also calm, but also concerned.

DOCTOR: Hi, I’m doctor Douglas. What seems to be the problem?
PATIENT: I woke up this morning and my arm had fallen off.

PANEL 2
The doctor, still speaking calmly, is looking down at the patient’s body. The patient, still holding her detached left arm in her right hand, looks a bit annoyed.

DOCTOR: Hmmmm…. First thing, let’s get you on a diet.
PATIENT: A diet? To reconnect my arm?

PANEL 3
A shot from behind the doctor, looking over the doctor’s shoulder at the patient. The patient is now quite angry, raising her voice.

DOCTOR: Your weight is the real issue here… How many times a day do you eat fast food?
PATIENT: I’M HERE ABOUT MY ARM!

PANEL 4
The doctor, now alone, sits at a desk in an office (desk lamp, degree on wall, books on a shelf). The doctor is typing on a laptop, and looks peeved. Above her, we see words in the air showing what she’s typing.

DOCTOR (writing on laptop): “Patient was uncooperative…”

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Lucy @girlwhofiddles.bsky.social · Aug 30

My summer obstacle course is just like the other ones, except it's a popsacle course.

Lucy @girlwhofiddles.bsky.social · Aug 25

My favorite thing about juggling my disabilities is trying to ferret out where any given symptom is coming from. My second favorite thing is filling out forms that want a static assessment of a highly dynamic set of conditions. It's so much fun y'all.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Aug 25

1. If you've scrolled social media lately, you've likely seem Democrats cheering for Gov. Gavin Newsom for trolling Trump relentlessly.

You've also likely seen trans people terrified of a Newsom 2028 run.

I explain why trans people are not feeling Newsom.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom

We have seen this song and dance before.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · Aug 19

When there was positive economic data under Biden, the New York Times told us to worry, with headlines like:
“Why a Strong U.S. Economy Is Making Stock Investors Jittery”
and
“Inflation Has Been Easing Fast, but Wild Cards Lie Ahead”
But when there is worrisome data under Trump, NYT reassures us:

Economic Data Has Taken a Dark Turn. That Doesn’t Mean a Crash Is Near.
Inflation is up and job creation down, but the U.S. economy could still pull through without too much pain.

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Lucy @girlwhofiddles.bsky.social · Aug 18

As a trained optician, it sounds like there's at least one measurement that's incorrect; unfortunately it matters more with progressives than it does with single vision. Online retailers typically don't have a lot of customer service, but I could take a look if you'd like!

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Lucy @girlwhofiddles.bsky.social · Aug 18

What you need here is an optician who's able/willing to check despite it not being "their" lenses.

Hi, I'm a trained optician lens wizard! In short, no pair of glasses should be giving you that, including progressives.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · Jul 15

the MPD officer who shot amir locke is now leading their new use-of-force. how is this current status reformable? it just gets worse

www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

Minneapolis officer who fatally shot Amir Locke heads MPD’s new use-of-force training

Police chief Brian O’Hara said Sgt. Mark Hanneman, who’s been with MPD for nearly a decade, is an “outstanding” trainer committed to bringing positive change to MPD. But Locke’s family and other comm...

www.mprnews.org

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Themperor Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedytcooper.bsky.social · Jul 15

It's non-binary awareness week, here's some facts you should know:

Non-binary people are diurnal, meaning they're most active in the morning and the evening.

Non-binary people are usually not aggressive but dont startle them.

Don't feed non-binary people from your hand, they can bite.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · Jun 24

they bring up we love mpls being chaired by andrea corbin who donated to the GOP last year while trump is now targeting minneapolis, and the blurring of the lines between what is conservative nationally and what is conservative locally, and what that could mean for next 4 years

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maia arson crimew 🏴 @crimew.gay · Jun 30

you can take the catholicism out of shame but you can't take the shame out of catholicism

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Hyperbolic Pair of Pants @corinnethespin.bsky.social · Jun 29

Folks who are Indigenous to Turtle Island / North America talk about their ancestors being here since time immemorial for very good reason. Western science is just barely beginning to catch up to millennia of oral history.

Archaeologists Found 23,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Where They Shouldn’t Exist

We thought we knew who was first to the Americas, but it seems we were wrong.

www.popularmechanics.com

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Lucy @girlwhofiddles.bsky.social · Jun 29

Damn I knew "tornados sound like a freight train" but it is DIFFERENT to hear that sound while sitting in the basement with the cats

Lucy @girlwhofiddles.bsky.social · Jun 28

It's really annoying how as soon as I put on my compression wear, my hand stops shaking. Stop working this good. I despise you.

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Keter-Class Kobold @koboldred.bsky.social · Jun 28

my girlfriend is so pretty, sometimes I look at her and make wistful little sounds

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Spooky Rex @katyrex.meatjacker.social · Jun 28

for science

pls reskeet if you have ever accidentally cosplayed Kim Possible

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Lucy @girlwhofiddles.bsky.social · Jun 28

Sitting on the floor at my window like a kid pressing their nose into the TV waiting for the rain to hit my roof

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Lucy @girlwhofiddles.bsky.social · Jun 28

I love being woken up by the constant flashes of lightning from a storm that hasn't even reached me yet

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