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Female at Law @femaleatlaw.bsky.social · 10h

The cat distribution system has dropped a kitten in my backyard

Kitten with gray tabby back and tail and white chest and legs, eating from a bowl of food on the edge of a concrete patio next to a green lawn

Female at Law @femaleatlaw.bsky.social · 10h

The problem is less that Americans "want" to buy cheap things than that wages have not kept up with inflation. Sure, buy a couple of "timeless pieces," but if you need a full work wardrobe and it costs 8-10% of your gross income... 🤷🏻‍♀️ Vintage doesn't address the issue of availability of larger sizes

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mike @staykinduniverse.swifties.social · 1d

hard to just have a nice weekend with civilization collapsing in the background

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Female at Law @femaleatlaw.bsky.social · 2d

I went out to a bar on my 21st birthday, the bartender was my high school social studies teacher, and at some point my dad dropped in.

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 2d

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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Female at Law @femaleatlaw.bsky.social · 3d

Is that Lewandowski? Is she "praying" next to her affair partner?

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

Woman Tends To Do Best Creative Thinking When Backed Into Corner With Livelihood At Stake https://theonion.com/woman-tends-to-do-best-creative-thinking-when-backed-in-1851338274/

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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 3d

so crazy to just be living every day through the slow motion car crash of escalating fascism and it’s still like. aw man i have to go to the dentist

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Female at Law @femaleatlaw.bsky.social · 3d

In the spirit of manifesting what I want to see in the world, perhaps the midterms produce an impeachment-ready Congress, and the end comes sooner than expected

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𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 💀 @unfitz.bsky.social · 3d

I tried living the dream but it turned out I was just having the hallucination.

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 4d

I like it when there are a bunch of people on here talking about a sporting event that I'm not watching.

It's like seeing a flock of pigeons eating a smashed sidewalk donut together. I'm not partaking, but you guys dig in.

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d.ly @dly.bsky.social · 4d

WHY DOES EVERYTHING HURT AND WHEN WILL I FEEL JOY AGAIN!!!!!!!

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Female at Law @femaleatlaw.bsky.social · 4d

A civilized society provides emergency health care to people in crisis regardless of ability to pay, these vulgar little monsters can FOH

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 4d

Ideally you don't have to keep asking if the President even knows he's lying.

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Wendigo Wires 👻 @joparkerbear.bsky.social · 4d

If you had a time machine, you’d kill Hitler. I’d go back and fuck a guy from the 90s a few more times. Not the same etc

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Female at Law @femaleatlaw.bsky.social · 4d

I could miss work to listen to my dog snore, but nearly murdered my ex-husband for snoring

Small white Maltese dog with black nose and black toes sleeping on a bed in front of pink and white pillows

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Female at Law @femaleatlaw.bsky.social · 4d

I will never stop saying that I did everything "right" by trad standards - married my high school sweetheart, stayed married for 22 years. Turns out he had a secret second family. The percentage of women 45+ who are divorced has skyrocketed. You need to be able to take care of yourself (and kids).

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Female at Law @femaleatlaw.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, I challenge someone to explain how Buffalo is culturally distinct from Rochester, for example. As a New Yorker transplanted to the actual Midwest, I don't see how Buffalo is Midwestern.

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Female at Law @femaleatlaw.bsky.social · 4d

"Dictatorship" seems easiest for all to understand

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Female at Law @femaleatlaw.bsky.social · 5d

I really like MSI gaming laptops, and I'd say get one with the highest-numbered GeForce RTX graphics card you can afford, the other specs will typically align.

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Female at Law @femaleatlaw.bsky.social · 5d

We've been trying to appeal to young voters for decades and they mostly never show up to vote, with Obama being a notable exception, but he was a uniquely charismatic candidate the likes of which wasn't around for 2024.

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Female at Law @femaleatlaw.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, he was basically a moderate Republican and either indistinguishable from Harris on the left-right spectrum, or right of her. The documented problem in 2024 was that Harris lost 2020 Biden voters, and I still believe that's a combo of misogyny/racism and leftists refusing to vote over Palestine.

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Female at Law @femaleatlaw.bsky.social · 5d

The assumption, which has data backing it from past campaigns at all levels, is that non-/rare voters are a more unlikely get than engaged voters. There's just not really evidence for the belief that, when the electorate is right of most Dems, running a leftist will activate non-voters. When has it?

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Female at Law @femaleatlaw.bsky.social · 5d

There are a bunch of sources that analyze this, but no, Trump's major advantage was in retaining his prior Repub voters, not getting new/infrequent voters. Harris was pretty close to Trump in terms of share of new/rare voters. Harris was hurt by failure of regular/past Dem voters to turn out.

Female at Law @femaleatlaw.bsky.social · 5d

My left shoulder is like one of the less popular members of an ensemble TV cast who develops a substance problem and starts disrupting production for everyone

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