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Gretchen

@wokkax3.bsky.social

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Founding member of Golden Girls fan club, Blanche Davidians. But, I guess this is mostly a rodent account now.

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Gretchen @wokkax3.bsky.social · 4h

Alan has been slain by his conspiring brothers

Fat rat on his back with legs splayed like a possum playing opossum (or vice versa), two rats side by side looking the other way

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jay marie 🏳️‍⚧️ werewolf time @jmawork.bsky.social · 5h

wanted to redraw this oldie from 2018 (year of the dog)

an anthropomorphic shiba inu tooting a horn carrying a flag that reads “bark bark bark" in gold.

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Gretchen @wokkax3.bsky.social · 6h

This evening, some of us got baths and one of us (Alan) confirmed he can no longer fit in the blue tube

Alan with paws on edge of a cookie Tupperware deal filled with water

Alan looking plaintively with hands top of the blue tube. Sticks is grooming, butt toward camera

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Gretchen @wokkax3.bsky.social · 6h

One of my favorite chickadee pics. I like how she’s looking at me with minimal contempt.

Sweet little black, white, gray songbird chilling on a branch, July 2021

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Laughing Rat @laughing-rat.bsky.social · 1d

Delicious and nutritious Legg.

Agouti and white rat Ajax lies on his back hedonistically as he grooms his back leg. He's chomping on it like a corncob or a rib bone and clearly enjoying himself.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 22h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Gretchen @wokkax3.bsky.social · 15h

Just moved a doctors appointment back a month to give myself more time to become healthy and/or become a more convincing liar.

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strawbaby jam @strawbbfields4ever.bsky.social · 1d

always remember who was there for you at your lowest. thank you cigarettes

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Gretchen @wokkax3.bsky.social · 1d

I do, but not necessary. These seriously aren’t that hot.

Gretchen @wokkax3.bsky.social · 1d

cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/7579...

Salsa Macha Roast Salmon Recipe (Gift Recipe)

Salsa macha is typically served as a topping for anything from sunny-side up eggs to quesadillas and mariscos. But when you use it as a quick seasoning for slow-roasted fish, it delivers brightness an...

cooking.nytimes.com

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Gretchen @wokkax3.bsky.social · 1d

Macha according to the recipe I’m looking at. I’m no Diana Kennedy

Gretchen @wokkax3.bsky.social · 1d

It wasn’t really that bad, but I don’t normally taste random peppers in isolation. A little stoned and I have been wanting to try a salsa macha, so wanted to see what I’m working with

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Gretchen @wokkax3.bsky.social · 1d

Saving grace is they were all grown in Mass, so nothing crazy hot but sheesh

Gretchen @wokkax3.bsky.social · 1d

Stash IPA from Independence Brewery

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Gretchen @wokkax3.bsky.social · 1d

You’ll never guess what happened to my mouth after tasting these assorted unlabeled peppers a friend sent to me

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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 1d

What are jorts?

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Gretchen @wokkax3.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t. Play. Dumb. My friend.

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Gretchen @wokkax3.bsky.social · 1d

Actually you caught me. I rarely wear jorts inside. I changed before walking to grocery today, so . . . I guess I think jorts are mid-fancy.

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spleenly @spleenly.bsky.social · 1d

When something pinches your toe in the water that's ACrAB.

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Gretchen @wokkax3.bsky.social · 1d

My sense of fashion has become warped enough that I consider any outfit without jorts as being “kinda formal.”

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Gretchen @wokkax3.bsky.social · 1d

Gift article

wapo.st/42qEwma

Germans meet up to eat pudding with forks — and the trend goes global

The trend, called “Pudding mit Gabel,” has taken off on German social media, and now has crossed the Atlantic.

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Gretchen @wokkax3.bsky.social · 1d

I thought I was cool when I was younger but I have never in my life looked this cool with or without pudding and/or fork.
(“Tell us again about Atari Teenage Riot, Oma!”)

Young Germans eating pudding with forks Sunday at James Simon Park in Berlin. (Aaron Wiener/The Washington Post)

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Cosmic Horror Picture Show @cosmoslionheart.bsky.social · 1d

The Stupid Poors are Bathing too Much and Why This Justifies Me Sending Their Children to Die in The Water Wars

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Studies of contemptible little turd Lindsey Graham.

#caricature #art

Six caricature head studies of Lindsey Graham, from various angles.

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Gretchen @wokkax3.bsky.social · 2d

Lightly toasted