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Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · Jun 13

Drink your water

Reposted by Otterly EA

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 6h

Kavanaugh looking to find the "end point" when the Court no longer has to worry about the intentional use of race to create black districts.
I'd say "WHEN WHITE FOLKS STOP INTENTIONALLY USING RACE TO DECREASE BLACK VOTING POWER" but he thinks white people doing that is cool.

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 5h

*settling in*

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 6h

Locking in for oral arguments on the big voting rights case at the Supreme Court.

The next two hours or so will be... incredibly bad.

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 5h

Busy getting Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend a Nobel consolation prize.

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 5h

Making plans with (adult) daughter to make monster cut-out cookies for her D&D campaign. So excited!

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 5h

“If someone hurts you, it’s okay to cry a river. Just remember to build a bridge and get over it.”

🌉🌉🌉🌉🌉🌉🌉
Wise words.

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 5h

“We don’t need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful”

I don’t love Taylor Swift as much as D. (I also certainly don’t hate TS — good lord those haters are weird and not in a fun way.)

Tay would not approve being disrespectful of someone with different taste in music.

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 5h

Good times at the grocery store!

Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · 8h

Unfortunately, reality is only apparent *after* elections.

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 5h

“People are going to judge you anyway so you might as well do what you want.”

Eyes open during a kiss? Sure!
Wearing my son’s favorite cow print mask? Sure!
Listening to whatever musician I want? Sure!
Posting dumb shit on Blue Sky? Why not! 😆😆😆😆

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 5h

“you are not the opinion of someone who doesn’t know you.”

Got that right, Taylor. D thinks she knows me, but she’s delusional. She knows some made-up character named Charli (current nickname).

I, however, know D doesn’t know me, and I laugh at her gobbledy gook opinions.

“you are not the opinion of someone who doesn’t know you.”

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 5h

Well, in the dream scenario, I (or husband and I) spend 3 weeks in northern Italy so I can improve my Italian. Maranello could be worth a visit.

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 6h

Vrrrrooooom

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 16h

I have been talking about my sourdough bread today like I am Taylor Swift or something.

Here’s my first attempt at pesto sourdough. Looks kinda normal when finished, no green swirl, but man oh man, it tastes amazing.

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 21h

Sigh

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 23h

I could research this all day

www.tasteatlas.com/best-rated-c...

16 Best Cheeses in Scotland

List includes: Crowdie, Orkney Scottish Island Cheddar, Traditional Ayrshire Dunlop, Strathdon Blue, Anster.

www.tasteatlas.com

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 23h

My junior year economic history paper was on this exact topic. My professor loved it.

Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

We know Eli Whitney's story, right? He invented the cotton gin, interchangeable parts, and set the South and North on course for War -- except that didn't actually happen writes Ariel Ron @arielron.bsky.social in an important new Commonplace piece. Check it out:🗃️
commonplace.online/article/how-...

How Eli Whitney Single-handedly Started the Civil War . . . and Why That’s Not True - Commonplace

The real Whitney story is less grand than the legend, but more interesting and, ultimately, more edifying.

commonplace.online

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 23h

😆😆😆😆

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 23h

We could simplify this by eliminating Gouda (because we’ve been there)… but it would be fun to take train to Netherlands, then a boat to UK.

We’ll need first class seats on return flight to get our 500 lb bodies home

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 23h

Dreaming up our next Europe trip:

Parma (northern Italy between Milan and Bologna)
Gorgonzola (near Milan)
Gouda, Netherlands
Cheddar England (near Wales, Bath, Stonehenge and Jane Austen sights)
[random cheese town] near Hadrian’s Wall

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 1d

Wooo hooo!

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 1d

Tidbit for today: flamingos and flamingoes are both acceptable plurals.

Weird

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 1d

That Venn diagram is delulu

😆😆😆😆😆

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 1d

So proud of my husband today. For reasons.

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 1d

And has it already failed?

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 1d

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink

Tulip, Brooklyn Botanical Garden

Otterly EA @ohmalarkey.bsky.social · 1d

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink

Flamingo socks

Two feet with socks that have flamingoes on them plus the words: “I don’t give a flock”