Fluff Orpington
@flufforpington.bsky.social
PNW small town/rural ancom. Here for the long and patient work. Into country music, history, plant stuff, and #MutualAid posting.
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Say hello to my big naturals:
Alberta and Canada
Alberta and Canada
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Say hello to my big naturals:
Alberta and Canada
Alberta and Canada
Say hello to my big naturals:
Alberta and Canada
Alberta and Canada
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Say hello to my big naturals:
Alberta and Canada
Alberta and Canada
Showed up for the interview 40 minutes early so I’m just sitting in my car trying not to look at anything on my phone that will bump my HR or blood pressure
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Showed up for the interview 40 minutes early so I’m just sitting in my car trying not to look at anything on my phone that will bump my HR or blood pressure
LinkedIn ads feeling topical
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
LinkedIn ads feeling topical
So lucky my FIL retired before he made it into the corporate world, because he is the sweet and kindly embodiment of “this meeting could have been an email”
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
So lucky my FIL retired before he made it into the corporate world, because he is the sweet and kindly embodiment of “this meeting could have been an email”
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November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Every single politician connected to Epstein can go. Any party. Every party. Out ya go.
"There are Democrats in congress who might be implicated and brought down by the Epstein files!"
Jesus, i hope so. Let's clear out the Senate caucus especially.
Jesus, i hope so. Let's clear out the Senate caucus especially.
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Every single politician connected to Epstein can go. Any party. Every party. Out ya go.
Despite one reviewer saying Ridley Road had a “paper thin plot” I’ll gladly take any representation of normal people getting involved in antifascist networks that recognize and fight against fascist crybabies.
Finally moving on to other Masterpiece series on my PBS Passport and Ridley Road is such a hidden gem
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Despite one reviewer saying Ridley Road had a “paper thin plot” I’ll gladly take any representation of normal people getting involved in antifascist networks that recognize and fight against fascist crybabies.
Small child, do not get me sick before this next interview. I beg.
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Small child, do not get me sick before this next interview. I beg.
Had heard about some of this before but never seen the history and science laid out so clearly.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Had heard about some of this before but never seen the history and science laid out so clearly.
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THE PROPHESY CAME TRUE
ONE SNOWSTORM AND THEN...
ONE SNOWSTORM AND THEN...
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
THE PROPHESY CAME TRUE
ONE SNOWSTORM AND THEN...
ONE SNOWSTORM AND THEN...
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mnemonic^:
Medicaid is AI_D_ to the _D_isabled*
Medicare is CAR_E_ for the _E_lderly
^ Despite being an attorney who encounters both, I have to consciously use this every time.
*I know other people are eligible, the point is medicare is for old people & this is an easy way to distinguish them.
Medicaid is AI_D_ to the _D_isabled*
Medicare is CAR_E_ for the _E_lderly
^ Despite being an attorney who encounters both, I have to consciously use this every time.
*I know other people are eligible, the point is medicare is for old people & this is an easy way to distinguish them.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
mnemonic^:
Medicaid is AI_D_ to the _D_isabled*
Medicare is CAR_E_ for the _E_lderly
^ Despite being an attorney who encounters both, I have to consciously use this every time.
*I know other people are eligible, the point is medicare is for old people & this is an easy way to distinguish them.
Medicaid is AI_D_ to the _D_isabled*
Medicare is CAR_E_ for the _E_lderly
^ Despite being an attorney who encounters both, I have to consciously use this every time.
*I know other people are eligible, the point is medicare is for old people & this is an easy way to distinguish them.
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Boomers who aren’t loser Senators love CBD products, who is this for
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Boomers who aren’t loser Senators love CBD products, who is this for
Went from reading about the Tush Push to the Flying Wedge to ancient Roman and German battle tactics in the most dad-coded Wikipedia hole I’ve ever been down
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Went from reading about the Tush Push to the Flying Wedge to ancient Roman and German battle tactics in the most dad-coded Wikipedia hole I’ve ever been down
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I don’t have a whole lot of advice for people younger than me but the earlier in life you stop worrying about what other people will think and just wholeheartedly enjoy the stuff you like the happier you’ll be
One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
Darn Tough turned me on to Cute Socks and I've never looked back
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I don’t have a whole lot of advice for people younger than me but the earlier in life you stop worrying about what other people will think and just wholeheartedly enjoy the stuff you like the happier you’ll be
I found out this morning that my husband doesn’t know the song, so these are going straight to his texts
It’s that day, y’all. Time to do some Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald posting…
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I found out this morning that my husband doesn’t know the song, so these are going straight to his texts
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It’s that day, y’all. Time to do some Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald posting…
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It’s that day, y’all. Time to do some Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald posting…
Finally moving on to other Masterpiece series on my PBS Passport and Ridley Road is such a hidden gem
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Finally moving on to other Masterpiece series on my PBS Passport and Ridley Road is such a hidden gem
My old org’s big annual event is coming up and I am hoping they realize how much chaos I prevented every year 🙂
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
My old org’s big annual event is coming up and I am hoping they realize how much chaos I prevented every year 🙂
My dream house involves a dining room with a wall of shelving and cabinets with pegboards inside where we can keep alllll of the art supplies and the kids can stow their schoolwork that they do at the big table.
Perils of living packed into the in-laws house: FIL threw away my whole stash of toilet paper rolls I was saving for an emergency winter craft night
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
My dream house involves a dining room with a wall of shelving and cabinets with pegboards inside where we can keep alllll of the art supplies and the kids can stow their schoolwork that they do at the big table.
Perils of living packed into the in-laws house: FIL threw away my whole stash of toilet paper rolls I was saving for an emergency winter craft night
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Perils of living packed into the in-laws house: FIL threw away my whole stash of toilet paper rolls I was saving for an emergency winter craft night
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Waaaaaaaaaay to many businesses require their employees to be nice to me while I am trying to remain invisible.
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Waaaaaaaaaay to many businesses require their employees to be nice to me while I am trying to remain invisible.
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In America a 9mm pistol is cheaper than a week of groceries
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
In America a 9mm pistol is cheaper than a week of groceries
Can’t put my finger on it, and this picture doesn’t do it justice, but some kid named Behren Morton is made up like a middle school girl from 1998.
November 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Can’t put my finger on it, and this picture doesn’t do it justice, but some kid named Behren Morton is made up like a middle school girl from 1998.