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Xenophile23
@xenophile23.bsky.social
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Accidental cosmic tourist. Music, books, cats, plants, natural beauty, good laughs, good food. Singing, making, reading, thinking. Stubborn as those garbage bags that time will not decay. Junk, but I'm still holding up this little wild bouquet.
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Lily crossed the Rainbow Bridge 01/23. She loved music, would climb into my lap when I played guitar. At the end, she kindly stayed for days after her body stopped accepting food or water. When I told her it was OK to go, she went peacefully to sleep. I am crying now. Blessings to Charlie's people.
A black and white cat, LILY, on a chair seat with her paws dangling in front
November 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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BEAUTIFUL but needs ALT text. Here you go.🐱
I moved on him like a bitch. I just start voting. I don't even wait. Just vote. And when you're registered they let you do it.
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Take the fictional character quiz and post the first four you know: openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...

That was pretty fun. 😸
Belle, Elizabeth Bennett, Willow Rosenberg, Fox Mulder
May 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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@edzitron.com so thoroughly flogs to death the illusion that generative AI is a real business that it should be the last word on the subject. Or rather words. A lot of excellent words. Read it.
... what business use case exists that justifies burning hundreds of billions of dollars, damaging our power grid, hurting our planet, and stealing from millions of people? Even if you can put troublesome things like “morals” or “the basic principles of finance” aside ... It doesn’t make humans better, it reduces their work to a stagnant, unremarkable slop in every way it can, and reduces the cognition of those who come to rely on it, and it costs hundreds of billions of dollars and a return to fossil fuels for some reason.
February 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Meme in r/joannfabrics by CraftyMama3992:
A meme posted in r/joannfabrics, made by CraftyMama3992. There are four doors along a hallway. The first three are labeled Hancock Fabrics, AC Moore Arts and Crafts, and JoAnn. Blood is running out of these open doors. Death with a bloody sickle is knocking on the fourth door, labeled Michaels.
February 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Reposting with ALT text. Stay present, don't avert your gaze.
Posted by Brian Gibbs I am absolutely heartbroken and completely devastated to have lost my dream job of an Education Park Ranger with the National Park Service this Valentine's Day. Without any type of formal notice my position was ripped out from under my feet at 4pm on a cold snowy Friday. Before I could fully print out my government records, I was locked out of my email and unable to access my personal and professional records. Please know and share this truth widely: I am a father, a loving husband, and a dedicated civil servant. I am an oath of office to defend and protect the constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. I am a work evaluation that reads "exceeds expectations". I am the "fat on the bone". I am being trimmed as a consequence of the popular vote I am a United States flag raiser and folder I am my son's "Junior Ranger" idol I am of the place where I first told my spouse I loved her I am a college kid's dream job I am the smiling face that greets you at the front door I am your family vacation planner I am a voice for 19 American Indian cultures I am the protector of 2500 year old American Indian burial and ceremonial mounds I am the defender of your public lands and waters I am the motivation to make it up the hill I am a generational cycle breaker I am the toilet scrubber and soap dispenser I am the open trail hiked by people from all walks of life I am the highlight of your child's school day I am the band aid for a skinned knee I am the lesson that showed your children that we live in a world of gifts- not commodities, that gratitude and reciprocity are the doorway to true abundance, not power, money, or fear. I am the one who taught your kid the thrush's song and the hawk's cry I am the wildflower that brought your student joy I am the one who told your child that they belong on this planet. That their unique gifts and existence matters. I am an invocation for peace I am gone from the office I am the resistance But mostly I'm just tired. I am tired from weeks of being bullied and censored by billionaires I am tired of waking up every morning at 2am wondering how I am going to provide for my family if I lose my job I am tired of wiping away my wife's tears and reassuring her that things will be ok for us and our growing little family that she's carrying Things are not ok. I am not ok. (This is the second tie in under five years a dream job I worked has been eliminated. Now I may need to uproot my FAMILY again.) Stay present, don't avert your gaze. Stay present, don't avert your gaze. Until our paths cross down the trail, Fare thee well. Ranger Brian (green heart emoji) Four photos of Ranger Brian Gibbs in front of the park sign for the Effigy Mounds National Monument, with his son, and with his wife and son
February 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Reposting with ALT text.
Smokey the Bear leaning on a shovel says "Only YOU can prevent forest fires. Seriously. We've been defunded. It's just you now."
February 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Water actually falling from the eaves and running over the sidewalks. 😌
January 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Look! LISTEN! RAIN in Orange County CA! 😻
January 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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If you see this quote with flowers from your gallery
Bright orange many-petaled star shaped flower on a spring cactus plant, with some green cactus stems and orange flower buds surrounding it
January 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Image of Bishop Mariann Budde preaching in the Washington Cathedral. In the image below, Crowley asks "What was it she said that got everyone so upset?" In the next image, Aziraphale replies "Be kind to each other." In the last image, Crowley says sadly "Oh, yeah. That'll do it,"
January 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Cover of children's poetry book shows a little dark gray mouse perched on a mushroom against a background of leaves and plants in many shades of green, including grass, ferns, and fruit.
November 14, 2024 at 3:31 AM
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Nibble, Nibble by Margaret Wise Brown
August 24, 2024 at 12:42 AM
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If you see this, post something purple.
purple hydrangea blossom
June 12, 2024 at 2:45 AM