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Weftage

@weftage.bsky.social

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Resident of USA, Oregon, Portland (which has not, in fact, burned to the ground, despite what you may have been told.)

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Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 13m

<Replaces screen>
Gesundheit!

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Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 45m

Nobody who speaks English has any business complaining about "borrowings" in a language

Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 2h

Planning is important

Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 2h

Those shelves should be grateful you feed them so generously

Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 7h

This won't do for Americans. For us, everything is The Size of A Buick. So you'll need to find car park space for an 8849m vehicle.

Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 9h

<FEEEEEEEEEEEDBACK!>
Apparently

Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 9h

Impressive shot! (Should we run, or send an ambassador?)

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 12h

Why are so many people sharing opinions on primaries that they can’t vote in?

This is not your fight. Stay out of a primary unless you live there. Let the local organizations take the lead.

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Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 11h

👀 Are...they some kind of insect?? Also, I see that even "Christian" artists require the boobplate armor for the wimmens. 😑

Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 11h

(Old expression, in which "Motherhood, baseball, and apple pie" are cast as bedrock American things, and beyond question or challenge. Leader Jeffries is trying to remind his Republican colleagues that voting rights are, or ought to be, in this category.)

Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 11h

There's even more to be said for "Watch what you habitually say in private, because your face may get stuck that way in public" and "Don't post what would be harmful if it escaped confinement"

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Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 11h

There's something to be said for "Self censorship is bad" and "Not every thought needs to be for public consumption,"

BUT

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Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 23h

My state lege just lost a Rep. who was 41 years old. Diagnosed in February of this year.

None of us knows the day or the hour.

Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 1d

No matter how many goddamn followers they have. Enough.

Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 1d

There's a cat back there somewhere

Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 1d

But, but, I AM THE WALR-- uh, THE UNIVERSE!!
<sigh>

Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 1d

C1Z, though if I'm being honest, D: All of the Above

Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 1d

<inspects>
<report> That is a pillbug

A greatly enlarged photo of a common pill-bug, Armadillidium vulgare

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Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 1d

The authorities are going to need to do a follow-up seismic assessment

Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 1d

(Naivety.) <gives Brosephus' autocorrect the stink-eye>

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Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 1d

The media lose interest as soon as there is a high-probability result. Legislatures normally extend courtesy to the presumptive elected. So a lot of people don't realize it's not really over until the cert. This is not an excuse for the Repubs to be dragging their fragrant little rumps like this.

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Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 1d

Betteridge's law of headlines: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word NO."

...or in this case, NO but in thirty foot high flashing neon letters

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Jamie S. Bowen - Harris Democrat they/he/she @jamiesbowen.bsky.social · 2d

I Need y'all to understand that we are going to have to strategically decide where to put the most support from the LGBTQ+ community as a Block. Meaning we Need to Vote together.
We are in perilous times & will need to ignore some shit & vote for Harm Reduction.
(3/)

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Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 1d

Ha! The whole rest of the world eats OVERSEASONED food!!
<Runs away being pelted by saucepans and spice jars>

Weftage @weftage.bsky.social · 1d

There's a well-known, extremely popular novelist here whose non-fiction essays I enjoy and value. I don't like their novels at all. There's nothing wrong with them, I just don't care for the characters, settings, or plots. (Other than that, they're great, eh.) De gustibus.

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