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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 12h

My dogs have different approaches to being at the ocean. One of them really gets it. The other one… not so much? 😂

A medium size brown and white dog lying on a rocky coast looking out at the ocean. The water beyond him is calm and the sky is clear.

A yellow lab-type dog also lying on the rocky coast, but his back is to the ocean and he is looking into the brush. Admittedly the brush is pretty, going green to red, and there are likely some squirrels running around in there. Beyond him more the rocky coastline and a glimpse of ocean and sky top right.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I guess I’m saying I hear you, and Trinity is another example.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I went to Trinity, a year behind Tucker Carlson (much to my disgust). I knew nothing about anything when I enrolled. As it turns out, Trinity is a safety school for rich prep school kids who don’t legacy their way into an Ivy. The drinking/frat/SA scene there was ghastly.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I mistakenly used cumin instead of cinnamon in the apple pie at thanksgiving a few years ago. It was not a good pie.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I think I would fall right over in delight to see that!

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

As someone who lives in the northeastern US, they seem like a storybook animal to me. It makes me laugh to think about seeing kangaroos the way we see deer or turkeys around here. I’m envious!

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

That is so cool. How often do you see them, Anne?

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I tried it a couple of weeks ago and it was down. Assumed it was DOGE’d.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Geez, that seems like a lot of dead birds for one walk. I take photos of dead birds too… most of mine are from window strikes.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just blocked him. His profile says in part “I collect you” Total creep.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I agree! We just had this conversation at my house :)

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Any hope for ACA subsidies being restored?

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And the ironic thing is, a boy/man who does THIS is a leader, a protector, an alpha in the best way. The rapey men are none of those things. They are not who they believe themselves to be.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nuvaxovid (formerly Novavax) without insurance was $298 today at CVS (ouch, but worth it).

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s tough to get a good view of this hillside across from where i live, but it’s always worth trying. Every year it has the best reds.

A glimpse of a hillside covered in trees with fall red foliage. The foreground is trees with leaves that are starting to yellow, creating a sort of lime-green color.

A zoomed close-up of the last photo, with the red-leaved hillside taking up most of the shot. It’s a little blurry due to the zoom.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Yes! It’s great, isn’t it? especially at night

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I really, really love living in a place where I can hear the train whistle as it goes through a couple times a day.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’m pretty tired of people who live in the US with their “Why aren’t millions of Americans out in the streets protesting,” takes. Why don’t you start, poster, by asking yourself why YOU aren’t out in the streets and maybe you’ll be closer to an answer.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I agree with you, Vivian. Predatory men are afraid they will get themselves into a sexual situation with someone and that it will degrade their own “manhood” if it turns out that person is a trans woman. And they react violently to this possibility.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It was really yummy. Those tomatoes have so much flavor!

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Pineapple tomatoes almost make me believe in a benevolent God. (@davidleegardens.bsky.social)

Two big tomatoes held in hand. They are orange with red streaks

One of the tomatoes sliced in three parts. The inside is orange with red webbing.

Brucshetta: the orange tomato with red webbing on a slice of bread, with cheese and garlic, broiled

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We aren’t “hallucinating intolerable inflation.” We are, in the real, actual world - at the grocery store, when paying our bills - experiencing intolerable and unsustainable price pressure on necessities like food, energy, and health insurance/health care.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I saw a new gyn doc this year and inquired about whether a hysterectomy might be a good option for my issues and she said “I will do a hysterectomy for anyone who wants one” and i was immediately in love. She’s awesome. (Unfortunately I am uninsured, so $-wise it’s out of reach.)

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It’s an argument among migrating birds while in flight.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

That’s an interesting perspective. Yeah.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A kindred elbow 💪🏽🤍

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yeah! like I can fall into the trap of getting worked up by Stancil, but it’s mainly because what he posts is often so disconnected from reality. It’s just posting, and posting and posting.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It’s unfortunate my brain works this way, but it’s like a pebble in my shoe that the Strait of Hormuz is not literally straight. I propose the Elbow of Hormuz.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

He’s dozing through the ceremony at the pentagon. Just shown live on MSNow. An absolutely abhorrent human.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

That’s brutal. So wrong. Sorry.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I think this works. I always assumed this would refresh my feed, but hitting it once seems to take you back to where you left off. Thanks!

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It’s pretty amazing how dialed-in it is!

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This cracked me up. I did not think this was discernible in the way I talk. Link in second post below.

A screenshot of my dialect map results.

“You talk most like someone from Vermont - about 57% of your answers match a typical resident.”

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

That seems like a good plan. I mean, not good. But sensical given the situation.

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I got a call from a specialist’s office today to book an appointment for my 86 yo dad in response to a referral from his primary that was made in May 2024. Sept 2026 was their first opening since then for a new patient 😑

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I love how weird the RBG young’uns look!

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ames @amsrbb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026