There’s nothing quite like the feeling you have when you realize that you’ve finally won the love and affection of your cat.
Fatima
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senior editor for socials @houstonchronicle.com Chicagoan living in Houston, 🇧🇩🌙 Love so many things, hate a lot too 🫶🏽
Happy New Year! I started 2025 eating hazelnut cookies + strawberries with a glass of milk while watching Bollywood music videos. Felt really alone all day, but feeling hopeful about this year. May it bring lots of blessings, love, prosperity and freedom. Thankful I had this little guy with me!
And the way this isn’t even a vacation because I’ve got two weddings over two cities in two entirely different time zones to cover within 48 hours of each other hehehehehehehehe
Fatima@fatimafarha.bsky.social · 2y agoStarting a vacation/trip off sick is a -100/100 experience. I hate everything LOL
Starting a vacation/trip off sick is a -100/100 experience. I hate everything LOL
Maybe 2025 is the year I finally learn how to play the piano like I’ve been telling myself I will for years
Taylor Swift, Drake and Bad Bunny dominated Houston's Spotify Wrapped in 2024, showcasing the city's diverse music tastes. trib.al/PdWGWjv
How did Houston's Spotify Wrapped compare to the rest of the country?
Taylor Swift, Drake and Bad Bunny dominated Houston's Spotify Wrapped in 2024, showcasing the city's diverse music tastes.
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An explosive fire at a San Francisco Bay Area refinery burned most of the skin off Jerome Serrano. Here is how he and his family are surviving. trib.al/pJeCxz5
A faulty furnace. A blast of fire. And a man’s life, shattered
An explosive fire at a San Francisco Bay Area refinery burned most of the skin off Jerome Serrano. Here is how he and his family are surviving.
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The freeze watch is for Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker and Washington counties. trib.al/KyH9adE
Freeze watch to be issued for suburban counties north of Houston tonight
The freeze watch is for Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker and Washington counties.
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Less than a week after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed, authorities arrested 26-year-old Luigi Mangione. trib.al/vPb3Kvr
What to know about Luigi Mangione, suspect in United Healthcare CEO shooting
Less than a week after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed, authorities arrested 26-year-old Luigi Mangione.
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switching from a spray dry shampoo to a powder one was one of those little actions that has made my life just a little better
One year I just need Taehyung to release a full Christmas/winter album because this is truly his season and his voice is perfection for it
The Houston Chronicle has spent months looking into the rising cost of home insurance and potential solutions that state lawmakers can deploy when they reconvene in January. Here are the key findings: trib.al/KkQFiOq
Why Texas homeowners are paying a lot more for home insurance
Home insurance has increased everywhere in Texas and rates are now among the most expensive in the country.
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Some food I enjoyed from my last trip to Chicago: Argentinian meat platter + ceviche tasting from Carnivale Beef laghman noodles + blinchiki and syrnicki from Karavan
Went to the Nederlander theater in Chicago a few days ago for the first time and tell me why it’s so stunning…. I really should’ve been going to more shows when I lived there. This is your sign to go see more shows at your local theater.
I absolutely refuse to share my Spotify wrapped but just know this was my top song of 2024 and for that specifically I have no regrets or shame open.spotify.com/wrapped/shar...
My #1 song of 2024 - Listen now
2024 Wrapped
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There’s so much healing power in a particularly productive rotting day
It’s been like 10 days of having a cold and I’m finally done with the stuffy nose but I fear the cough will never leave me lmao I’m so tired
#Peter Hotez : Vaccine researcher Peter Hotez describes the big-ticket infectious diseases and pandemic threats that the new administration must be ready for on Day 1. trib.al/vWvXsRp
Dr. Peter Hotez: Five looming disease threats that Trump's team must face
Vaccine researcher Peter Hotez describes the big-ticket infectious diseases and pandemic threats that the new administration must be ready for on Day 1.
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I have a stuffy nose and I’ll have a stuffy nose forever. This is my life now. I miss when my nose wasn’t stuffy. I took that for granted.
My immune system not being able to handle the temp drop in Chicago and just crashing out entirely bc of how cold it is makes me feel like such an outsider here </3
Our restaurant critic Alison Cook had one last review in her — in which she finds Bar Bludorn, the upscale Memorial tavern, a likable mix of highs and lows. trib.al/TafS8T5
Alison Cook's last review: Big ups, mystifying downs at Bar Bludorn
Our restaurant critic Alison Cook had one last review in her — in which she finds Bar Bludorn, the upscale Memorial tavern, a likable mix of highs and lows.
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In my ideal world I truly would spend winters in Houston and summers in Chicago because the weather is immaculate on either end. But I’ll die on the hill that Chicago winters are still more bearable than Houston summers
I keep posting negative things so here are some photos from my fave place
Love when other things in my life are being difficult I also happen to just have a bout of congestion as if I’m not suffering enough
Texas public schools could be guarded by drones armed with pepper spray or Tasers under a new bill filed in the Texas Legislature meant to beef up school security.
Drones armed with pepper spray could guard Texas schools under new bill
Defense companies have promoted drones as a possible solution for stopping or mitigating school shootings, though school safety experts question the efficacy.
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Residents in the market for a new furry friend this holiday season will have the opportunity to adopt one from BARC at a reduced cost during the December Empty the Shelters event, officials announced in a Monday news release.
Houston's BARC animal shelter will offer reduced adoption fees in December
Families in the market for a new furry friend this holiday season will have the opportunity to adopt one from BARC at a reduced cost this December.
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A federal judge Monday said he would not immediately step in to stop The Onion, the satirical news website, from buying Infowars, the right-wing website run by provocateur Alex Jones.
Judge delays decision on The Onion's Infowars acquisition against Alex Jones
A Houston judge on Monday said he would hold a hearing in December to hear arguments about the Onion's bid to puchase Infowars.
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who knew constant anxiety, stress, burnout and exhaustion would eventually catch up to you and weaken your immune system and leave you vulnerable to more illnesses and then leave you couch-ridden on a lovely Saturday bc a mere cold has knocked you out hmmmm