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Erica Goode
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Waiting to get my club back #rctid, hugging trees, loving my cats and dog, hating fascism, racism, misogyny, and neo-nazi scum. Nature created us with the ability to see green because She wanted us to care for plants and trees like no other creature can.
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The way Amazon music is doing the yearly roundup this year is to imagine what my festival lineups would be.
Erica Fest 2025 ENERGETIC ROCK STAGE Rage Against The Machine, Pantera, Arctic Monkeys, Nico Touches The Walls, Amazarashi, Alice In Chains, Oasis, Metallica, Incubus, Taiwan, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, FLOW GROOVE ELECTRONIC STAGE The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Tom Rowlands, Skrillex, The Chainsmokers, Galantis, Marshmello, Flume, Diplo, Tiesto, Jack Ü, DJ Snake MELODIC ALTERNATIVE STAGE Stone Temple Pilots, Nine Inch Nails, Faith No More, Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, Candlebox, Hole, Garbage, Echo and the Bunnymen, U2, Joy Division
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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It looks great in daylight without the lights on, too.
The same tree in daytime with sunlight on its central area.
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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The man who cut our tree down first thing yesterday said to his coworker, "This is a great tree to start the day." And he was right. 🎄
A dark vaulted room illuminated by a tall Christmas tree filled with lights and ornaments with a deep red skirt at its base with train tracks on it
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Are we sure that angels aren't actually cats? On the second day, He gave angels the ability to purr, and it was good.
A close up of two cats, one orange tabby and one gray tuxedo, sleeping nose to nose
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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🐈‍⬛☯️🐈
A dark gray cat curled up against an orange tabby like a yin yang symbol - head to butt, head to butt
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Happy picking out the tree but not actually getting it until next Friday Day to all who do this insane thing.
A seriously decorated living room with lots of lit Christmas garland and the Liverpool football match on the tv
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Haku is training at the foot of The Great Pumpkin Eater. He doesn't devour them as quickly as TGPE, but he is learning. Only a few of the minis left, and then it's just squash orts from cooking.
A black German Shepherd eating a small pumpkin across from a white German Shepherd eating a small pumpkin
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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This may be one of my favorite pictures ever. Haku and LB walking ahead under a bright sunburst and Ustinov's soft and beautiful ears just visible below. 💚
A street with a boy walking a black German Shepherd under a sunburst coming through trees and the top of a white German Shepherd's head visible in the foreground, his light red-brown ears illuminated like the wings of an angel in heaven
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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I used to be very selective about when I lit these up, but now I realize that is insane. Do what brings you joy now. 🎄⛄️🦌
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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I only rake leaves from the paths (which doubles as dog poo removal). Then I put the leaves around the saplings and trees, and I like to imagine that I am tucking them in for a long winter's slumber. 🌲🪾💤💤💤
A wooded area with trees and ferns visible from a deck, with an open area covered with orange and yellow and brown leaves The same area with the leaves gone and the gray gravel revealed (also you can see more of the deck stairs)
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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In two days, I have competed 95% of the outdoor decorations, and 85% indoor (no tree yet, obviously). He arrived from Grandma's and declared, "This is the best you've ever done, Mom." #MrsClaus 🤶
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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It has begun (in a hurry to surprise the LB when he comes home from Grandma's). 🎅⛄️🎄
An entry way to a covered walkway with a red neon Santa face, lit garland with baubles, and a family of lit deer with red bows The walkway descending with snowflake lights on the left, lit wreaths on the gold faces of the roof, and a large cartoon snowman in a red scarf and hat on the right
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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The trees are finally changing in my yard. Trying to enjoy it and not freak out that it is so late into fall.
A hillside with a gravel road covered in fallen brown and yellow leaves and lined with lush, verdant ferns and tall trees with green and yellow leaves
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Last year, two Japanese students at Reed reached out about a book they were thinking of writing. They wanted to make the incarceration history available to people in Japan (it's not widely known there) and needed help with resources and understanding the history.

This week, I got my copy. 🤗
A book cover with a young girl on the left holding an elephant stuffed animal with barracks behind her, and the older version of her in the right standing in front of a building with a sign reading, Ikoi no Kai. Title of the book is, The Things We Took With Us. The same book cover but the words in Japanese. This is the back of the book in America but the front of the book in Japan. Book versions of the book meet in the middle.
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Autumn is truly the most beautiful.
A path ending through a line of trees on both sides, with fallen yellow and brown leaves upon it
November 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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The tiny items you sent, @thecemeterygates.bsky.social, are the purple chihuahua with the ghost family, the frog beside the bird bath, and the food the skeleton is eating.
Front of a wooden haunted house with black fencing, lit street lamps along a path to the purple front door, with bright green moss on the ground and dragons and a mummy and yellow and red trees A side view of the same haunted doll house with the one of fall foliage trees leading to a headless gentleman on the side of the house The back of the haunted house with a orange patio set with cute little ghosts eating donuts, a stand with fresh pumpkins, a scarecrow, and a bird bath An interior room of the haunted doll house with a LEGO skeleton sitting in a large white chair in front of a table with coffee, eggplant, red pepper, and bottle of beer
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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This morning, before the rain hit, we engaged in a very important activity for our mental health. 🍂🍁🍂
A boy with a backpack on kicking his way through a long line leaves alongside a street
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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The Transition (because I don't want to have to put up the wreaths later when I already have the ladder out now)
A covered walkway of descending stairs with a Christmas wreath in the foreground and Halloween spider webs, white spiders, a hooded jack o'lantern, and black and orange baubles
November 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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"Monetised inattention" - what a perfect way to describe current culture. (Also sad to think about it in those terms.)

www.ft.com/content/0a90...
In other words, these technologies help create a sort of music that no one needs to listen to, and films no one needs to watch. Culture in the 2020s is shaped by the so-called “attention economy” — but it’s a peculiar phrase, considering what is often being monetised is not attention, but inattention. For Spotify’s part, this has made it all the easier for the company, at times, to fill its popular lean-back playlists with anonymous stock music licensed at a discount. On Netflix, it has created conditions for the rise of generic, low-quality films optimised towards user searches.
November 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Figured out what to say when surrounded by kids - "Bad word ICE!"

Saw an old white dude dressed in king regalia and yelled, "No Kings!"

Some idiot asked "Is this a political thing?" YES, IT IS.

Little kids loved it and gave me hugs & high fives. Start 'em young. 🎃 🐸

Happy Halloween and fuck ICE.
A person in an inflatable green frog costume standing on a street with trick or treaters visible in the background
November 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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It's really impossible to measure the damage to children's lives - the irreparable harm that we are witnessing at the hands of our own government.

They don't even feel safe to play soccer with their friends and peers.
Immigration Enforcement & Our Development League   Dear OYSA Members, Over the past several days, we have heard from several of our member clubs who have made the incredibly difficult decision to withdraw from their scheduled Development League matches. Their decision was not made lightly. It comes amid deeply distressing reports of immigration enforcement activity in local communities, which has caused fear and uncertainty among many families — families who are, and have always been, at the heart of our game. These clubs have expressed that their priority must be the safety and well-being of their players, parents, and communities.
October 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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When this bubble bursts, the economic carnage will be catastrophic.
For more evidence that we are in the middle of the “we’re going to be ruefully laughing at this in the future” stage of the boom just look at the increasingly incestuous relationship between the AI companies themselves. Even Morgan Stanley’s analysts have conceded that the AI industry has become “increasingly circular”, with suppliers funding customers, customers investing in suppliers, and vendor-customer revenue sharing agreements.
October 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Had another get-together with some crafts for adults. 🎃🖌
A dining room table with multiple settings with newspaper under a ceramic plate and a paper plate with a wooden craft to be painted, with crackers and cheese and carrots and other snacks in the middle, and a plastic witch's hat with paint pots around the brim
October 31, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Finished up the pumpkins just in time. 🎃 🕷 🕸
A covered walkway at night with bats and purple lights hanging down and spiderwebs along the railing; and jack o'lanterns on top of the railings on both sides, with fog machine smoke in the air.
October 31, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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A person biking in the forest called out as she passed, "The fog will protect you today!"

Still not sure what she meant, but fog absolutely portends a good day.
A two lane street lined with fallen leaves on the ground and tall trees in a line with green and yellow leaves, and thick fog hanging in the air
October 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM