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damned soul-o-man @dansolomon.com · 11h

imo if your workplace culture is such that employees feel comfortable displaying swastikas in their cubicles then the swastika-displaying employee is somehow not actually the biggest problem

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Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 11h

Haha I was expecting a smartass answer but more in the vein of calling Jim furry 😆

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Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 11h

Pretty!

A hilly yard surrounded by fall trees with a lovely sunset sky of blue and yellow and orange

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Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 13h

Somebody furry thinks they have the right to barnacle on me after waking me up at 4:30am and screaming for a half hour

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Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 14h

Don’t scrape it off!

Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 19h

They truly are. I want that robot to be my BFF

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Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 20h

Just 100% bad faith 100% of the time

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Lotta @gemmy.bsky.social · 20h

Picked up some of my finished pieces - a set of figurine luminaries- at my pottery class last night. I’m so so happy with how they turned out! May have to make some more for the holiday sale in early December.

A luminary shaped like a deer. Buff clay, Blue Black glaze.

A luminary shaped like a moose. Buff clay, Panama Red glaze (turns green in the electric kiln)

A luminary shaped like a robot. Buff clay, Blue Amber (adulterated Honey Amber) glaze. His ”hair” is high temp wire.

The tree luminaries lit last night. I had intended for the robot’s eyes to serve as holes, but sadly, it didn’t work out so well and one of the eyes got glazed shut.

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Wrappin' Osborne @wrappin-osborne.bsky.social · 1d

The perfect mug for the insanity of the world! ;) Snag yours today! #ceramics #ceramicart #ceramicmug #middlefinger #skeleton #engobe #screenprint #artist #handmadepottery #handthrownceramics #halloweenvibes #spooky #spookyseason #halloween

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Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 21h

Love that carved cup

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MB Pottery @mb-pottery.com · 1d

1/ Hand-building and glaze-making 2-in-1. These two were waiting for glazing for months. I was really afraid of ruining the forms with some random glazes, and so we waited.

#pottery #handbuilding #glazemaking #potteryglaze

Two vases. The closer one in focus is green with tiny protruding balls and vase top off-center, reminiscent of a cactus. The further one, slightly out of focus is blue, gold, and white and in a shape of a pitcher.

A vase that is blue, gold, and white and in a shape of a pitcher.

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Victor Turner Overdrive @badfriendclub.bsky.social · 1d

This one came out pretty nice, it was fired in reduction. The other will have a more complex color scheme and fire in oxidation in a week or so.

Brown fired bottle shaped vase with a darker brown chevron pattern around the upper half

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Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 1d

You could always get a bag clip and save them for later when you’re feeling a little dickish

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Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 1d

I think a bag is like 15-20 dicks and a plethora is probably like 10

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Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 1d

All ladder content, all the time

Screen shot of two posts on my feed, one mentioning a ladder stitch and the other mentioning the movie Jacob’s ladder

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Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 1d

Uh oh watch out!

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Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 1d

One of her names used to be Barnacles (pronounced bar-nuh-cleez) like Heracles

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Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 1d

It does not take long to acquire a barnacle when I come home from work and try to nap

A woman in glasses laying in bed under blankets, with a small tortie cat planted on one of her shoulders

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Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 1d

@talcotts.bsky.social I have a new friend for you

✨ lorem ipsum dolor sit amet ✨ @thalasseus.bsky.social · 1d

reverse seasonal affect disorder where I get a hit of dopamine from cold stormy weather

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Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 1d

Any manager who truly thinks this should eat a plethora of dicks

Ask a Manager @askamanager.org · 1d

my boss says people who work from home shouldn’t take sick days

A reader writes: I was recently out to lunch with my manager and a client we’ve worked with for many years. We were talking about how the shift to WFH has changed the way we approach certain parts of our job and how we feel our companies get more work out of us than ever […] The post my boss says people who work from home shouldn’t take sick days appeared first on Ask a Manager.

www.askamanager.org

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Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 1d

Well I’m shocked! I’ve never felt I had the patience to put in effort/practice to be halfway good at anything. Plus I’ve always felt I lacked the right kind of creative mind to Make Things.

But to me pottery is mostly physics and that works for me. :)

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eli yudin @eliyudin.com · 1d

between g-fuel and protein powder it turns out the young male right-wing movement might just be lead poisoning

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 1d

Or hot! (*rimshot*)

Who’d have ever thought I’d do something art-adjacent? 😆

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Andrea @jkpolk.bsky.social · 1d

Noborigama? Big kiln fired using a shit-ton of wood over like 3 days. It puts lots of atmospheric effects on the pottery via the wood ash and added salt/soda and ensuing chemical reactions. As opposed to an electric or propane kiln that just heats shit up high enough for final firing.

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