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Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · Jan 21

So you’re saying that when I get knocked down, I should get up again? I should never let stuff keep me down?

Highlighted Kindle text

When the world knocks you down,
get back up and keep on walking.

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Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 8h

J: I'm leaving here in a minute

Me: Are you at the bottom of a well?

J, not fazed by my idiocy in the slightest: Yeah, I am. It's a bitch to get to this venue, but the acoustics are great

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Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 14h

It is a wonderful and strange thing to meet so many people during their formative years.

Effbook updates yesterday included someone getting their doctorate, someone buying a house, two people beaming as they hold ultrasound photos, and one person’s arraignment for m*rder.

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Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 15h

We went to put the air conditioners away yesterday and learned that a wasp nest decided to move into that crawl space. Good times!!!

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Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 15h

Is that bad

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 1d

Woman next to us, proudly: I’m 76 and this is my first protest!

My mom: I got you beat!!!

[they talk for 15 min and exchange numbers]

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Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 1d

Your dad is

SXM 009 90s on 9
90s on 9

The Fugees
Killing Me Softly With His Son
Leaving the “g” off of “song” changes things

Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 1d

Rosie!

Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 2d

My 80-year-old mom is protesting for the first time this weekend!!!

Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 2d

Me: what questions can I answer for you

[4 hands go up]

Me: to be clear, I will not be answering questions about why I’m wearing my hair down

[3 hands go down]

Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t have TikTok but I truly love Maria Bamford

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Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 2d

I would never 🤣

(But I appreciate the gentle reminder)

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Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 2d

I’m certainly excited (pissed) now!!!

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Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 2d

Just got reprimanded for [checks notes] “not looking excited enough during a meeting”

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Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 3d

A teenager 💔

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Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 3d

My love for this woman is unending

My next appointment is at noon ON A FRIDAY

Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · Sep 9

Once again I’d like to shout out the scheduler I talked to once at the dermatologist’s who asked “Do you want me to schedule your next appt deadass in the middle of the day so it would be dumb to go to work?”

Queen, you have changed my life

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Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 3d

I like the tone of these (“everybody calm down!! you’ll get your precious money eventually!”)

Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 3d

Am I really at work if I don’t get an email explaining another payroll error

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Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 3d

A kid was complaining about 2 characters in a book she’s reading and another kid said, “Oh that makes sense to me. After I was assaulted, I stopped wearing dresses altogether” and these are the things people casually disclose

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Mspreposterous @mspreposterous.bsky.social · 4d

An adult: sorry if you were offended earlier

Me: When? Do you mean when you called me in the middle of a class and told me to get 2 boxes to you asap and I said you could get them any time; they’ve been ready for you for 2 weeks? And you didn’t thank me and hung up on me?

Adult: Yes