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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 1d

I thought they were sandhills! Then I overthought it and thought maybe they were whooping😅

They are perhaps a bit too bold, but cool to see/walk among.

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, they don’t give a shit. We do have a big crane sanctuary nearby-ish where they’re trying to de-endanger the (whooping?) cranes. They go to a lot of effort to not socialize the cranes with people, but, it that’s where these guys are from…well…uh…

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 1d

Not that I saw, but it probably doesn’t matter that much, just annoying in the morning.

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 1d

Oh

The second crane, also within touching distance if I no longer want fingers

The third crane, also from way closer than wildlife should let you get. This one clicked at me, probably in warning.

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 1d

These cranes were in the exact same yard yesterday, but I’m walking the block today. Wonder how close they’ll let me get?

Urban fall street with fallen leaves lining the sidewalk, and three cranes (the bird kind) vaguely visible if you zoom.

About a house closer to the cranes; this person raked their yard, so it’s just green grass with a dusting of crispy yellow leaves.

Yet closer to the cranes—just one driveway away now, you can see them without me telling you to look.

Three cranes in a yard with some pumpkins on display; photograph taken from just one driveway’s width away from the cranes.

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, and while we’re here the alcohol portion of the questionnaires was also a bit weird. Options were:

Never

1-3 drinks a months

3-5 drinks a week

Daily

…so if it averages to two per week, I choose…?

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 1d

Am I ready to quit? Is it possible to quit something you’ve never started? Am I not ready to quit because I very literally cannot?

Am I going to get pamphlets mailed to me about quitting/not quitting now based on my answer?

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 1d

This stupid questionnaire for my dr’s appt is all “have you ever smoked?” Never. “Well what about vaping?” NEVER. “Ok, but are you ready to quit??? Yes or no.” And then they forced me to answer the last question or I couldn’t submit the form.

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, I’m having the same problem.

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 4d

Usually it’s the same designer, or at least roughly the same design vibe throughout a book. No idea who was like “yeah, this bug-eyed droopy-beak dirp of a bird is fine” this time.

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 4d

But then on the next page it has this nightmare of a robin:

Picture of a page on knitting instructions to make the derpiest looking bird to ever exist, and also a photo of the bird (allegedly a robin)

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 4d

This book of knitting patterns has this really cute fairly realistic blue tit:

A picture of a page of knitting instructions with a picture of a knitted blue tit.

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Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 11d

I just feel like we all deserve this this weekend.

Tom Holland Performs Rihanna's "Umbrella" | Lip Sync Battle

YouTube video by Comedy Central UK

www.youtube.com

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 13d

For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.

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bingge meowmeowifier @kitschlet.bsky.social · Apr 5

it just occurred to me to repost this here since i deleted twitter, so anyway it's kinda like this

a graph where the Y-axis is labeled "HAS their shit together" to "DOES NOT HAVE their shit together," and the X-axis is labeled "SEEMS like they have their shit together" to "seems like they DO NOT HAVE their shit together." there is a picture of xie lian in the quadrant for "has their shit together/seems like they do not have their shit together", and hua cheng in the quadrant for "seems like they have their shit together/does not have their shit together"

this one has lan wangji in the quadrant for "has their shit together/seems like they do not have their shit together" and wei wuxian in the quadrant for "seems like they do not have their shit together/does not have their shit together"

luo binghe and shen qingqiu are together in the "seems like they do not have their shit together/does not have their shit together" quadrant

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 16d

So the elves don’t do any of the work here, but I guess they’re around? Thanks, guys. Or fate. Or coincidence. Whatever.

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 16d

It was a bag falling off of something. That something was a shelf, which I had looked on (which is how the bag got floor-bound), but in bending down to pick up the bag, I saw…MY CLIPBOARD just far back on the shelf.

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 16d

Just spent 10 mins looking everywhere for this little clipboard I use at work. I finally gave up, and started to do something else, only to hear some weird rustling in the other room. Probably a bag falling off a shelf, but wouldn’t it be funny if it was my clipboard knowing I was looking for it…

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Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social · 20d

Here's a fun idea: presidential immunity goes away.

"Ann! Then when presidents do crime, they can be prosecuted!"

Uh, yes. Ideally so. That's the goal.

"But what if a liberal president does crime?!"

Then they get prosecuted.

Build a fucking president's jail. Use the ballroom money.

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 20d

Idk i was off internet/news/socmed for a week, and not really sure I want to be back tbh

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 26d

Enjoy yours, too!

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 26d

And by “work” I mean watering my poor neglected plants before I abandon them for a(nother) week and staring into the void wishing time passed faster.

I might also fix a shoe or two if I get bored.

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 26d

Ok, three hours of work and then VA CA TION TIME

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 27d

My heart is already on vacation; why does my brain still need to be doing work? This is all a terrible scam.

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Amy Qui @qui.bsky.social · 28d

Apparently one state used expired garlic salt as their winter road salt one year, and that brought about alarming rates of roadkill. I suppose a book is less likely to kill a deer, but something something unintended consequences.

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