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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · 3d

No, I am not drinking on the job. This is the only way I can keep Mr Shiva Kitty from sitting on my computer while I'm working. (I only allow him to do so during Zoom meetings.)

#TuxedoCatsOfBsky
#WFHstruggles

Shiva sulks upon realizing a line of wine bottles has formed a wall between him and my laptop and monitor.

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · 12d

Are going to see them this Wednesday, Patricia?

Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · 13d

Oops, I meant to type "the bizarre *secrecy*…"

Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · 14d

Makes me now curious as to who are all the comedians who turned down the invitation. Who knows, I may end up being a fan of theirs.

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · 14d

Just as Nazi soldiers couldn't get away with, "I was only doing my job," the day will come when these fascist thugs will face the same outcome.

Meanwhile, may you and your family find strength and be loved.

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you, Dr Maalouf, for making public this horrifying experience. To me, the bizarre secretary around your husband's arrest, and even release, underscores the fact that the individuals who are supposed to protect us are not merely following orders, they are complicit to crimes against humanity.

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · 14d

I should clarify that I'm referring to those who God named in his article. TBH I've barely even heard of most of the others because so many comedians in recent years turned me off to stand-up. There's a very fine line between astute, thought-provoking social commentary and just being a mouthy jerk.

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · 14d

They were already dead to me by being TERFs, sex offenders, etc.

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · 14d

Imagining tens of millions of Americans running to their closest railroad track to squish it.

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Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...

Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin

www.nytimes.com

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · Aug 11

Oh *I* feel bad: I feel bad for their underpaid employees who are kidnapped and sent out of the country to jails that make Kafka's "In the Penal Colony" read like a tour brochure. But the farmers? Nah. Come Nov 2026, I wonder how many will still have heads in the sand and vote yet again for Repubs.

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · Aug 10

"CV: CANNOT HEAR HEART OVER PURRING; good femoral pulses. RESP: PURRING VERY LOUDLY, RE 1/3; DIFFICULT TO HEAR LUNG SOUNDS OVER PURRING"

– Notes from the pet hospital ER doctor's clinical summary re: my girl, Sita Kitty. She's ok now, had a bout of bronchitis, antibiotics are doing their job. 🚑💉🐈💕

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · Jul 30

It's great! And it's not asking me to edit your profile. No shenanigans from me, oh well.

But the music is fabulous.

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · Jul 5

Excerpt from Music Heals, a brief & meaningful essay by my dear friend & teacher @jovinosantosneto.bsky.social

"Whether you are contemplating motion or rest as our lives unfold, please know that Music is your best source of Truth, Justice and Beauty."

Read why:
open.substack.com/pub/jovino/p...

Music heals.

Some notes on current events.

open.substack.com

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · May 10

So, IBM not only shuts down their DEI research team, they delete their decades of collected data on the subject.

Don't be surprised by this: this is the same IBM who supported the Nazis, back in the day.

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · May 1

Hmmm, I suppose my lack of dental cavities (I know, right??) must explain why I tested at a piddly 147 IQ.

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · Mar 29

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of...

I don't believe "house" is an accurate translation — to me, it feels more like home for the heart and soul, the seat of one's core being. But I don't speak Nahuatl, so I can't say for certain. If you have a different translation, I welcome your sharing.

Gulf of Mexico - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · Mar 29

Hi Itztliehecatl, current US politics made me wonder how people of pre-colonial times named the gulf. I searched through various tribal websites and maps, and Wikipedia. I haven't yet found this info about Northern coast tribes, but the wiki references Nahuatl-speaking Aztecs.

Gulf of Mexico - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · Mar 1

And is is just me, or does the gulf look like a schnauzer?

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · Mar 1

Oops, created/posted this 2 wks ago on IG; meant to share here as well. Given that Google & most others still take it in keister for Felon47, it is sadly still relevant.

(Granted, Mayans, Northern gulf tribes & other pre-col non-Aztecan ppl likely also had their own names for this body of water.)

Map of Gulf of Mexico, with both Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of America labels crossed out. The names are surrounded by this text: "Um, actually… Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl (Mexica Nahuatl for "House of Chalchiuhtlicue," Chalchiuhtlicue being the deity of the seas)."

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · Mar 1

Home is in the heart. You have a big heart and good friends. You have a home.

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · Mar 1

Brilliant idea @anildash.com. Heck, I'd build the deck myself.

PowerPoint Kills Fascists.

Anil Dash @anildash.com · Mar 1

The thing that everyone thinks is nuts, but I absolutely think would work: a presentation that looked like an Apple keynote product launch, but for all the cool shit that the government makes for people. Cancer treatments, national parks, space discoveries, free tax filing, cool new airports.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Feb 28

If you were in Congress, what would you do for the State of the Union? What do you think Dems should do?

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · Mar 1

@governor.ca.gov I appreciate the intension & strongly recommend offering a small selection w/in core categories, not just the 1. A single topic will alienate ppl who don't relate to it & you'll lose them. You'll get better engagement w/1 topic each re: econ, civil rights, housing, healthcare & edu.

Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · Mar 1

@governor.ca.gov I appreciate the intension & strongly recommend offering a small selection w/in core categories, not just the 1. A single topic will alienate ppl who don't relate to it & you'll lose them. You'll get better engagement w/1 topic each re: econ, civil rights, housing, healthcare & edu.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Feb 27

This week, California launched Engaged California, a first-in-the-nation digital platform designed to help Californians shape the future of our state — starting with the Los Angeles wildfire recovery process.

Learn more at engaged.ca.gov

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · Mar 1

Gawd I loved reading that, Tom.

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Mimi Runs with Scissors (she/her) @mimirunswscissors.bsky.social · Mar 1

The poise and calm Zelensky demonstrated was admirable — inspiring, even. Makes me wonder how much his years of not allowing hecklers at the comedy clubs get in his craw may have helped him though this.

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