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Kindra Cotton

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Digital Marketing & Cybersecurity Specialist. Information Marketer. Content Creation Muse/Adrift Federal Employee with too much knowledge of USAJOBs. The best reason to follow me: All Your Base Are Belong To Us.

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Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · Jun 16

Today I'll share some tips I've learned for mastering the USAjobs (federal employment) website and getting a federal job. I've shared this in other places, so today's BlueSky's turn! #FederalJobSearchTips

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Madame DeFarge @madamedefargeknits.bsky.social · 11h

I still remember the imperious flick-of-the-wrist my kids would use to hand me their used Kleenexes.

a woman in a white dress is standing next to a railing and says " why thank you "

ALT: a woman in a white dress is standing next to a railing and says " why thank you "

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Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 10h

People in Nashville pronouncing "Demonbreun": Don't miss this thread! 🤭

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 16h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 10h

I still don't get what that last one is! 😳

Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 10h

Thanks. I found 'the sweet spot' at 22 minutes! 🫡

Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 10h

LOL @ "his name ain't John". YOU ARE HILARIOUS! 😂

ALSO: That's not his name, that's his job title! 🤭

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Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 12h

If you were a Baby Golden Potato, cleaned, cut, and quartered and slathered in garlic butter at 400⁰ in the Air Fryer: How long would you expect to cook? 🤔

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Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 14h

What's this guy's name?
[DON'T LOOK IT UP!]

a pillsbury dough boy is standing in front of a plate of food

ALT: a pillsbury dough boy is standing in front of a plate of food

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✨️🎃The Notorious R.E.M sleeper✨️🎃 @aczu4.bsky.social · 14h

NY'kers when you say the city in Texas. LMAO 😭😭

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LizNWillTradeCandyCornForAlmondJoys @liznisherenow.bsky.social · 14h

This is not a small thing at all.

The Trump administration will soon be calling the SPLC and the ADL insurrectionists. Wait for it.

🦄)))🕊️🎗️✡️🐇 YES ON PROP 50 @melisandra01.bsky.social · 14h

Ahem

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FBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center, Anti-Defamation League after conservative complaints

FBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau is cutting ties with two organizations that for decades have tracked domestic extremism and racial and religious bias, a move that follows complaints about the ...

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 21h

Missy Elliott is set to perform at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2025 on October 15th.

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Adrian C. Jackson @adriancjax.blacksky.app · 14h

Steven Spielberg went on a helluva animation run.

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Energetic Nova @energetic-nova.bsky.social · 14h

😅 I get told Im off topic but I feel on topic. Its hard to tell what on topic means.

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K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 15h

Or they desperately want me to stop talking. 😂

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Jamie @itsthejam.bsky.social · 15h

There’s actually a word for this conversation style! It’s called cooperative overlapping and I can only speak for my culture, but it’s very Jewish. It’s how we show we’re engaging, if someone just listens quietly to me I feel like they aren’t paying attention.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 15h

Is it possible the only reason being interrupted bothers us so much is that it’s supposed to? This will be an easy no for many people, I’m sure, but I hope they ask themselves why. What feeling does it give you? What does it mean to you when you’re interrupted by a conversation partner?

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 15h

The politeness question also asks us to infer that the interrupter either doesn’t care what the speaker has to say or assumes they know what the speaker will say, but I find that more often than not, it actually indicates excitement or passion or deep curiosity about the topic being discussed.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 15h

Still, the insistence that interrupting is always impolite doesn’t leave room for the nuances of banter, cadence, or the tendency of some people to monologue until they’re interrupted because they can’t break the chain of their own thought and need the conversation partner to do so.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 15h

However, not everybody can do this because the interruption they want to make doesn’t build on the current topic as much as it changes the topic, and that’s difficult for someone (like me!) who likes to stay on topic until the subject naturally diverges into something new, but adjacent.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 15h

I know it’s not technically polite, but I love having a conversation with other people who are comfortable with short interjecting interruptions. To me it makes the conversation feel more like something we’re weaving together rather than alternating individual presentations. It feels more alive.

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VaJenell Hugh-Briss @finalgirlboss.bsky.social · 14h

Houston Street #IYKYK

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 16h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Big Lord Bunny @ceepain.bsky.social · 23h

Cause lil sisters gone make some shit shake behind their big sisters ... ask me how I know.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23h

Freida Parton says she did not mean to scare anyone when asking for prayers for her older sister, Dolly:

Freida Parton
“I want to clear something up. I didn't mean to scare anyone or make it sound so serious when asking for prayers for Dolly. She's been a little under the weather, and I simply asked for prayers because I believe so strongly in the power of prayer. It was nothing more than a little sister asking for prayers for her big sister. Thank you all for lifting her up. Your love truly makes a difference.”

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23h

Freida Parton says she did not mean to scare anyone when asking for prayers for her older sister, Dolly:

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Sbooks @bemorelikeharper.bsky.social · 14h

All of this is volunteered information. I’m not sharing anything I’m not willing to be challenged on.

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kattsdogma.bsky.social @kattsdogma.bsky.social · 23h

oh no! the ‘search posts’ link is not working !

𝕊ℍ𝕀ℕ𝔾𝕃𝔼𝕊 𝔻𝕆𝔼𝕊ℕ’𝕋 ℂ𝔸ℝ𝔼

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 22h

There are only two types of products and services now: outright scam and pseudo scam (where you're like ehh technically I got something in exchange for my money but cmon)

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