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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 7h

Mid to late 40s is the kind of time where every once in a while you need glasses but mostly you don't.

Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 18h

Blast. Congrats to the Jays. The Mariners have still never gotten to the big dance - this is as close as they've ever been.

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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 18h

Arrrrrghggh blarghle

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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 20h

Ok, the Ontario/Reagan ad is 🔥🔥🔥. I'm actually kind of shocked I so clearly and quickly recognize Reagan's voice. youtu.be/hN_CVvzExpM?...

Ontario launches $75 million ad campaign using the words of Ronald Reagan to argue against tariffs.

YouTube video by Toronto Sun

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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 21h

First inning, and already I've never seen a play quite like that before.

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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 22h

Ok, on the couch. Beer. Cat. Let's go #mariners!!!

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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 22h

Happy Diwali to all those who celebrate - and all those who just like sparkles and light. #diwali

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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 1d

This killed me in the audio book version of Hunt for Red October.

Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 1d

I personally would have been happy with the Mariners going to he world series for the first time (checks notes) ever.

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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 1d

Hello, @tkingfisher.com if you are looking for something that can happen only in the modern age and yet seems very doomy in a creepy way.... here are the ads I just got shown. #imindanger #noneoftheabove

Three ads for caskets, with 72% off the red wood on with tasteful cream lining

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d

Failure to return the shopping cart to one of the cart returns if you are able is a sign of someone who does not value the social contract.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 5d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 2d

I'm sorry, that sucks

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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 3d

I mean, you can't even see blocks from within Bluesky can you? I have no idea how many people have blocked me.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

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Ryan Art @ryanart.tmo.fyi · 3d

✨ Legend ✨

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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 4d

You know when the rest of us say we finished a book, we mean reading it.

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Wiredferret! @wiredferret.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, god. He looks like he could be in a Tarantino movie.

How can I know so many embarrassing things about him and still be forced to confess that he is fly?

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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 5d

I assume T Kingfisher recs are superfluous.

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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 5d

Book 54: reread. This is such a good overview of bipolar as a lived experience. Plus the art is super sexy.

app.thestorygraph.com/books/bfebb5... #bookaweek

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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 7d

NPR's veteran defense reporter Tom Bowman: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon Pass

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Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 7d

This was possibly the coolest I have ever felt in my life. #merzouga #morocco #horses #sahara

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The Moon in the Sahara

I was flying at full gallop over vast black stone desert on a white stallion named Ayyur – moon in Berber. The red dunes of Erg Chebbi rose over the horizon, and as we drew closer the minaret…

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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 8d

I woke up at 3 am thinking: if you are traveling exactly around the world and travel East, you go earlier and earlier in the day. If you go West, you get later and later. But if you travel the same amount of time to go the same amount of distance you must arrive at the same time, right?

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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 8d

What is the greatest vulnerability to AI being at successful as the markets are currently counting on?

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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 8d

You need both tools and practice.

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Brenda @mytruantpen.com · 9d

My husband has gotten really good at the built in bookshelf in response to our rather extensive book storage needs

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