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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 2h

Look I've been holding off from months asking this on Bluesky because of my pride but I need help.

My car needs brakes, my rent is past due and my step kid needs shoes.

I hate having to ask this

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 2h

Yay! I'm glad someone is calling it Seamester

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 2h

Whoever called it "Semester at Sea" missed a great opportunity to call it "Seamester"

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 2h

Nooooooooooo! 😿

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 15h

"'I’ll sit in your car for the fraction of the price of a parking ticket,' Ms. Charlet said in a [TikTok] video"

This is literally the plot of the Seinfeld episode "The Alternate Side" (S03E11).

I guess it's a reminder that "art may imitate life, but life imitates TV"

George asking the usual car-minder "Maybe I could move the cars until you get back"

George during the car-minding time looking really frazzled saying "I got a car overheating, I got an alarm that won't go off, I'm pressing 1, I'm pressing 2... help me!"

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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 1d

spotted at the local pinball place in Somerville

Gilligans Island pinball game, with the banner that says protect trans youth

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 20h

You'll be given cushy jobs!

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 20h

brb, busy up-zoning the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage

This is the kind of smart, multi-modal transit that is illegal to build in most American cities

Disneyland Monorail passing over the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage with a yellow submarine in the water underneath it.

Carterhawk, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 21h

He got up and I'm now fed!

Sorry for hungry posting on main. Might thirst post later.

Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 23h

I'm so hungry, but my cat is sleeping on me.

I really don't know how to solve this problem.

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 22h

If only I had a cat treat within reaching distance 😸

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 23h

How? I kinda thought that and then was like "but how would they get into my apartment?"

I'm trapped and there's no solution! I guess I'll have to accept my fate.

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 23h

I'm so hungry, but my cat is sleeping on me.

I really don't know how to solve this problem.

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Jessi Murray @jessimurray.bsky.social · 1d

Time for this one again.

Janet from The Good Place cheerily saying “Fun Fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide,” to Chidi as Michael looks on.

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 1d

I was at Honk yesterday and it was amazing. I think it's my second favorite Somerville day, after Porchfest.

Sometimes I wonder if other cities have stuff like this - big public festivals without large monetary expectations or anything.

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not even a coffee drinker and this thread sounds so cozy to me.

I decided to skip Honk today because of the rain/weather, though I did have lunch on my friend's (outside, covered) porch which was really cozy.

Now I'm home cuddling under blankets with my cat!

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 3d

Wow, I love that so much! Is it wallpaper? The color and pattern are amazing.

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 3d

How did I not know this place existed?

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 4d

Shabbat shalom!

Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 4d

I guess I'd recommend getting an editor that will show you a preview as you go (source on left, output on right kind of thing).

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 4d

I've known students who seemed to have a LaTeX allergy and refused to use it in school.

Me? I wrote a lot of my stuff in LaTeX. So I guess you could say I had a LaTeX fetish.

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 4d

Can cats see ghosts?

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 4d

I love people who are like "I do my shot on Thursday" while I'm here thinking "my shot day changes whenever I forget and do it the next day" 😆

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 5d

So cute and peaceful! And I love the blanket they're on

Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 5d

Every year, I say goodbye to friends who get priced out.

Every year, more friends talk about how much longer they can afford to stick around.

Scott @scottsthoughts.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Why do I want the city to build more housing? Is it because I'm in the pocket of big developers*? Is it because I want to displace longtime residents?

No, it's because I very selfishly want my friends to be able to find places to live near me. I want friends who are a walk/bike/bus away and not […]

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Scott @scottsthoughts.better.boston.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Why do I want the city to build more housing? Is it because I'm in the pocket of big developers*? Is it because I want to displace longtime residents?

No, it's because I very selfishly want my friends to be able to find places to live near me. I want friends who are a walk/bike/bus away and not […]

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better.boston

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