Dorene
@waywardscootergirl.bsky.social
A generalist at heart, striving to live the breadth/depth of my life as well as its length. Engineering prof. by day, @PtDefianceZoo Aquarium volunteer on Sat.
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Would you really like to live in a society where you have no responsibility and no freedom, no choice, only the false option of obedience to the law, or disobedience followed by punishment? Would you really want to go live in a prison?
December 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Would you really like to live in a society where you have no responsibility and no freedom, no choice, only the false option of obedience to the law, or disobedience followed by punishment? Would you really want to go live in a prison?
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Do nothing because it is righteous or praiseworthy or noble to do so; do nothing because it seems good to do so; do only that which you must do and which you cannot do in any other way.
December 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Do nothing because it is righteous or praiseworthy or noble to do so; do nothing because it seems good to do so; do only that which you must do and which you cannot do in any other way.
I urge everyone to work your way through commenting to help preserve the Endangered Species Act. Use the link below for the assist!
📣 Important action alert: your comments are needed by December 22nd to help protect the Endangered Species Act!
Our BOLD Action guide helps guide you through the process:
tinyurl.com/boldactionesa
Comments can be brief but it's important many people register their opposition to these changes!
Our BOLD Action guide helps guide you through the process:
tinyurl.com/boldactionesa
Comments can be brief but it's important many people register their opposition to these changes!
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I urge everyone to work your way through commenting to help preserve the Endangered Species Act. Use the link below for the assist!
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What will the creature made all of seadrift do on the dry sand of daylight; what will the mind do, each morning, waking?
December 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
What will the creature made all of seadrift do on the dry sand of daylight; what will the mind do, each morning, waking?
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Looks like we’ll have to make our own institutions. The ones that made us have been stolen, and gutted, and hollowed.
December 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Looks like we’ll have to make our own institutions. The ones that made us have been stolen, and gutted, and hollowed.
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It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.
December 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.
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Every Southern Resident killer whale calf is a gift, but due to the pod's small size and low reproductive rate, K-Pod calves hit differently.
We were honored to have the chance to glimpse this newest little one in person today as the orcas were leaving Puget Sound.
#whalesky #salishsea
We were honored to have the chance to glimpse this newest little one in person today as the orcas were leaving Puget Sound.
#whalesky #salishsea
December 13, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Every Southern Resident killer whale calf is a gift, but due to the pod's small size and low reproductive rate, K-Pod calves hit differently.
We were honored to have the chance to glimpse this newest little one in person today as the orcas were leaving Puget Sound.
#whalesky #salishsea
We were honored to have the chance to glimpse this newest little one in person today as the orcas were leaving Puget Sound.
#whalesky #salishsea
Winter Puzzle #3 complete!
December 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Winter Puzzle #3 complete!
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I don't know why but in the last 2 days I've seen multiple people posting about my favorite shark the tasselled wobbegong and in case your timeline has not been similarly blessed I just think you should be aware that this is what it looks like
December 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I don't know why but in the last 2 days I've seen multiple people posting about my favorite shark the tasselled wobbegong and in case your timeline has not been similarly blessed I just think you should be aware that this is what it looks like
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Would you like an Elsie sticker? We're adding a complimentary sticker to each order from my web store made between now and December 17th. Visit maryrobinettekowal.com/store/ to shop for signed books, mission patches, and stuffies. Note: we cannot accommodate Elsie sticker design preferences.
December 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Would you like an Elsie sticker? We're adding a complimentary sticker to each order from my web store made between now and December 17th. Visit maryrobinettekowal.com/store/ to shop for signed books, mission patches, and stuffies. Note: we cannot accommodate Elsie sticker design preferences.
Really @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social ? That's the best you can do?
Also, our @thepwhl.com team is @pwhltorrent.bsky.social...
Also, our @thepwhl.com team is @pwhltorrent.bsky.social...
Seattle’s New Women’s Hockey Team Wins First Game, Speck on Seattle Times Sports Page: tinyurl.com/muxy5mty
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Really @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social ? That's the best you can do?
Also, our @thepwhl.com team is @pwhltorrent.bsky.social...
Also, our @thepwhl.com team is @pwhltorrent.bsky.social...
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November sightings map is here! Last month, we predicted that November would be the highest month of the year for Southern Resident sightings in the Salish Sea and that Bigg’s killer whale sightings would drop off considerably.
Find out about it here!
www.orcabehaviorinstitute.org/sightings-ma...
Find out about it here!
www.orcabehaviorinstitute.org/sightings-ma...
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
November sightings map is here! Last month, we predicted that November would be the highest month of the year for Southern Resident sightings in the Salish Sea and that Bigg’s killer whale sightings would drop off considerably.
Find out about it here!
www.orcabehaviorinstitute.org/sightings-ma...
Find out about it here!
www.orcabehaviorinstitute.org/sightings-ma...
I'm in an unsubscribe from almost everything mood.
December 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I'm in an unsubscribe from almost everything mood.
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Thought about this book series a couple days back — read it 25 or so years ago and loved it.
Something made me think about it recently. Took a couple books to a Little Free Library tonight and there it was.
Looks like my magic is working again.
Something made me think about it recently. Took a couple books to a Little Free Library tonight and there it was.
Looks like my magic is working again.
December 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Winter puzzle #2 complete! (Caveat, done with friends...)
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Winter puzzle #2 complete! (Caveat, done with friends...)
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YA author Natasha Bowen shares that she never saw herself in any books until she was 19yrs old! Representation matters, especially when it's authentically part of storytelling and not crammed into an otherwise white/eurocentric story.
open.spotify.com/episode/7qwT...
open.spotify.com/episode/7qwT...
Ep. 221: Who Gets to Be the Hero w/ Author Natasha Bowen
open.spotify.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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I'm the one saying, "It's okay, he's only checking us out..."
Lunging sea lion startles sunrise swimmers at Colwood beach - Cold-plunging in the waters of Esquimalt Lagoon is supposed to take your breath away. But for two sunrise swimmers, a routine dip got the blood pumping in more ways than one.
Read more at: goldstreamgazette.com/2025/11/24/v...
Read more at: goldstreamgazette.com/2025/11/24/v...
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I'm the one saying, "It's okay, he's only checking us out..."
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One way to save $ on breakfasts if you like hashbrowns is to make em from potatoes.
If you can get a 10lb bag of spuds for $5, often doable this time of year, you can turn half into hashbrowns to freeze—
Peel. Cube them. Parboil in boiling water maybe 3-4 minutes. Strain. Cool. 🍜🍽️
If you can get a 10lb bag of spuds for $5, often doable this time of year, you can turn half into hashbrowns to freeze—
Peel. Cube them. Parboil in boiling water maybe 3-4 minutes. Strain. Cool. 🍜🍽️
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Spent yesterday afternoon using a headlight restoration kit on my 15 year old Honda Fit. Not because of aesthetics, the car's paint job is pretty bad. Instead I wanted to improve the road visibility in the dark and a lot was compromised by cloudy headlight.
We'll see how long it lasts!
We'll see how long it lasts!
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Spent yesterday afternoon using a headlight restoration kit on my 15 year old Honda Fit. Not because of aesthetics, the car's paint job is pretty bad. Instead I wanted to improve the road visibility in the dark and a lot was compromised by cloudy headlight.
We'll see how long it lasts!
We'll see how long it lasts!
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If you haven't seen this guide yet, it helped me: www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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The #WestCoastHealthAlliance continues to strongly recommend vaccines to protect our children, noting that rigorous research of millions of people in multiple countries over decades provides high quality evidence that vaccines are not linked to #autism. (1/
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The #WestCoastHealthAlliance continues to strongly recommend vaccines to protect our children, noting that rigorous research of millions of people in multiple countries over decades provides high quality evidence that vaccines are not linked to #autism. (1/
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Ladies and gentleman, the first-ever Seattle Torrent goal 🥹
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Ladies and gentleman, the first-ever Seattle Torrent goal 🥹
Inaugural Vancouver Goldeneyes versus Seattle Torrent PWHL hockey game! Let's go Torrent!!!
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Inaugural Vancouver Goldeneyes versus Seattle Torrent PWHL hockey game! Let's go Torrent!!!
Working remotely from friends' house and spent several hours yesterday on the phone with IT trying to figure out why I couldn't access the company server. Long story short, the company server and one of their devices had the same IP address. Which device you ask? The stove/oven...I kid you not.
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Working remotely from friends' house and spent several hours yesterday on the phone with IT trying to figure out why I couldn't access the company server. Long story short, the company server and one of their devices had the same IP address. Which device you ask? The stove/oven...I kid you not.
