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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 9h

I have the Fluent Pet Connect, I like that it logs and has a single speaker I can put where I want.

But expensive

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 9h

We are all frogacus

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 18h

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 17h

Which is interesting because I do wonder if we worked to make cities more accessible to people with sensory issues if they would also become better for the people from the suburbs who complain of disgust.

Because I agree, I don't think it is a thing you can target directly for this audience.

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 17h

Being overstimulated sucks, but it is also a feeling that is often seen as "weakness" where "disgust" comes from a place of presumed superiority.

And I don't actually doubt that a fair number of people who are unused to them are overstimulated by cities and need that to be something else.

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 17h

But needing quiet or predictable patterns would require admitting weakness.

Hating these things instead? That was manly.

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 17h

I think this is tied to the whole expansion of the suburbs after world war two.

I think about how many people were trying to treat PTSD with real estate.

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Raven Campbell @ravenmcampbell.bsky.social · 18h

let's talk about disgust at cities.

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 17h

I am sure the highland cattle would drink a coffee before napping on a nearby dog if they could figure out how door dash works

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 1d

It has been really wonderful for us, the dog only has six words but that makes a big difference.

I am pretty lazy about training, dog could probably handle more.

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 1d

My small dog has successfully identified "stranger" by hitting a button three times today.

This is a good thing because the small dog is much less likely to bark since I have given her other tools to inform me about window doings.

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 2d

In addition to a "Kavanagh" stop I think there should be a "Roberts" analysis which is shadow docket order with no or minimal analysis that is also somehow expected to be applied by the lower courts.

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 2d

A potentially collectable party being involved almost always changes things

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 2d

Yep.

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 2d

It is hard to practice law and not break Kfabe without also kind of buying in to Kfabe.

It is why in our family my wife is in charge of deciding when it is time to leave and not me.

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 2d

There is a throw away joke about the third amendment here but also a serious question, how will they keep all these agents in Chicago, for example without spending money?

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 2d

This leads me to wonder about another thing, are the agents who have been sent to Chicago having to pay for their own hotels now and have had reimbursement shut down?

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 2d

It looks like the National Guard might not be getting paid
apnews.com/article/shut...

AP reader question: How does the shutdown affect National Guard troops?

Here’s a question submitted by an Associated Press reader: How does the shutdown impact National Guard troops?

apnews.com

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 2d

I was wondering, are National Guard members likely to be paid for these deployments while ICE and other agency members are not getting paychecks?

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 2d

Go ahead and put some extra reminders in your phone to get in touch with people you care about.

Maintaining relationships gets a little harder as people are pulled in more directions, but it is also more important to your happiness because making new friends is likely to be harder

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe the real differentiation in tech for social media was moderation and policy all along.

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 3d

It feels like the Times telling on themselves, but that is fair, she was very good about never making it about her.

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 3d

I mean also I guess she is only new to you if you are the Seattle Times?

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 4d

You will probably see this elsewhere but ruling!

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

No national guard for you!

storage.courtlistener.com

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Melissa Hall @vrimj.bsky.social · 4d

They want to grant license not make law.

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