youtu.be/8cF0tf35Mbo I’m just a smol account here, but for anyone who sees this, I think we all can use a little Aretha right now.

Aretha Franklin Brings President Obama To Tears Performing At Kennedy Center Honors

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I just made some shrimp creole but altered the recipe and put in maybe juuuust a touch too much cayenne and hot sauce. Delicious but my mouth is on fire!

a cartoon character sitting in a car holding a cup

ALT: a cartoon character sitting in a car holding a cup

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Ok, just finished episode 11 of The Human Division.” @scalzi.com , dammit, it’s embarrassing to weep in a public bar drinking a tasty adult beverage!

I was walking on Lake Street in Chicago the day after Rahm Emmanuel was elected mayor. He was walking toward me with this entourage and I refused to make eye contact.

Paul Owen@paulowengames.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Please quote this from the time you didn't interact with someone famous. I was visiting with family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the same time that Mother Theresa was there visiting her Missionaries of Charity. The bishop held a Mass for her at the church where I was baptized. I didn't go.

Remember this: Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously, and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly... Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks... One single thing will break the siege. Remember this: Try. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQd4...

Andor: Nemik's Manifesto

YouTube video by SWFT

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 10mo ago

If you are arresting someone for playing the Imperial March you are literally a stormtrooper!

I love Bluesky. I commented on someone’s post last week and mentioned I powerlift. A reporter from The Guardian US asked if I’d be willing to be interviewed. Here’s the result!. What an interesting life I lead! www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Meet the 75-year-old powerlifter headed to the world championships

Kate Evert started working out to appease her kids. Now, she’s confident in her strength and ability

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I was not careful enough this year: robins have built a nest in the pergola above my patio. Once again, fledgling carnage as the babies try to fly while my golden doodle, who is unfortunately a stone-cold bird killer, decimates them. And of course it is I who needs to deal with the corpses. Ugh.

—hat check girl (first job) —day care helper for migrant kids —guide-lecturer at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago —admin asst/even coordinator at The Wings Club/The Charles A Lindbergh Fund —free-lance computer/software trainer —law firm IT departments (various user-facing positions)

Matt Browner Hamlin@mattbh.com · 2y ago

Introduce yourself with some jobs you've done apart from what you do now: - hotel doorman - barback - teaching assistant - basketball ref - Eddie Bauer clerk