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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14h

Hi, I missed you #fedi friends! :neofox_heart: I have 7 doctors and still no answers. A neurosurgeon actually said to me "welp, I got nothing for ya" after ordering a lumbar puncture and brain MRI. I did not yeet him into the sun only because it was a remote […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Umm... how to describe this. It's a goldfish in a "single-buoyancy goldfish aid" which is basically a harness the fish can float when he has no float left.

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

#Today I parked - looked at the car parked next to me - and saw shirtless man with an invisible hand and a bit of… rhythm… So if anyone needs me I’ll be over here breaking out the brain bleach :revblobfoxnotlikethis: How’s YOUR day going, fedi friends?

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

Hey fedi friends, long shot but does anyone have experience with Buprenorphine patches for long term #painmanagement and have any tips? My doctor didn’t tell me annnnything and I’m trying to avoid Dr. Google :blobfoxgooglytrash: #askfedi #chronicpain

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

I’m sorry I disappeared again, fedi friends :neocat_drowsy: Currently having a flare up so bad I took a chunk out of my fingers clenching my fists in pain. I want a refund on my meat suit because this one is fucking defective. :neocat_cry:

Clenched fist with two injuries on fingers that match up with the nail

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026

How the FUCK How in the FUCKING fuck Seriously, how THE FUCK… …is it only #wednesday :blobfoxgooglytrash:

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

Ten years without you. I survived June again. #fathersday

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026

Why yes, I am going to spend #Saturday night organizing my #sticker book :neocat_laugh: Whatca up to, fedi friends?

Pink sticker book and a big bin of stickers to be organized

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026

Sourcing for #CivicTech folks today and this is the actual-non-ironic-FR-FR #WhiteHouse #LinkedIn page.... gives me a damn jump scare every time. I hate this timeline :blobfoxshocked:

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026

Brain has done the dumb and weather is doing the beautiful ☀️ So fuck it, I’m playing hooky to give this CM Storm #keyboard from my Closet of Random Tech (TM) some love :blobfoxflower: #mechanicalkeyboard

Well used mechanical keyboard in need of a clean, a keycap puller and bin and some fruit treats

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026

When you forget to turn off the notetaker before you start your private post-call WTFs :blobfoxgoogly:

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026

Umm..... I don't know how to explain this but I lost the specific color of pen I was writing my to-do list with and now I can't finish the list until I either: 1) find the damn pen 2) rewrite the entire list in another color So how are your #neurospicy brains working today, fedi friends? […]

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026

Little bit of a comedy of errors at times but after a birthday week in #PalmSprings, I’ve evolved into my final form ✨ #lgbtq #pride #FuckItImForty

Pink haired woman in a yellow dress with giant sleeves standing next to a sign that says “drag queen crossing”

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026

This is the face of a happy #birthday girl, unaware she is about to get so altitude sickness so badly they’ll have to take the #gondola off schedule to emergency haul her ass back down asap :blobfoxgooglytrash: So, how’s your week going? :blobfoxgoogly:

Woman with pink hair and her lovely momma in a denim jacket and orange hat

Same pink haired woman with three of her moms in a gondola

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026

#Today started at 3am with flight delays and a dental crown falling right out of my mouth… Hey universe, let’s leave this bullshit in my 30s, thank you very much :neocat_angry: Here’s my last pic as a 30-something, waking up to a new adventure! Good night […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026

[Food] I have been given so much surprise #cake today - and none of it was a lie! :neocat_laugh:

Champagne, chocolate cake with a plate that says “happy 40th birthday” and a nice note on light blue paper

Pink haired woman on a porch in a fluffy hotel robe with champagne

More delicious cake that says happy birthday (with a candle!)

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026

Hi fedi friends, after long months of physical and mental #health bullshit, ya girl is (hopefully) back 💜! Just in time to turn 40 in #PalmSprings. I missed you! How have you been? Whatca been up to? #ChronicIllness #FuckItIm40

Woman with pink hair in a bright swimsuit and cover up in front of a desert view

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026

The world is heavy but at least there are toe beans :neocat_heart:

Siamese and black cat feets with delightful multicolored toe beans

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

Good morning fedi friends :neofox_heart: what's on your plate #today? I have to review 600 #resumes this morning. :ablobfoxbongoterrified: The application asks 'why should we hire you (in 50 words or less'. Here, a 🧵 of #application answers with answers are making my morning.

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

It’s been rough, fedi friends. I’m losing weeks and weeks of my life to #pain :blobfoxcry2: Had my first ever epidural today and HOLY SHIT did they underplay how it would feel :blobfoxdizzy: The Dr said I should feel relief in 3-7 days, so please send good vibes! I hope I feel better - I miss […]

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 31/03/2026

Hi #fedi friends, just clawed my way up from the dark place :ShadowCatKnife: So grab some tea, pull up a toadstool, and catch me up! How have you been?? :ShadowCatHeart: #depression #mentalhealth #TheHorrors

Frog that says “ sorry I haven’t been silly lately. I’ve been at war with myself again.”

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2026

Never not thinking about the time a #startup I was working with posted the following on Slack: “Happy #internationalwomensday to Jenna, hopefully next year we’ll have more!” :blobfoxcrylaugh: #WomensDay #womenintech

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026

[420] My high ass to the Family Size bag of snacks: “ohana means family, and family means no chip gets left behind” :blobfoxpleading: The snacks are gone.

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Kevin Patrick O’Ghoul 🍅🥫 @kevin.doyle.boston.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

Going to Tucson for work, what’s good there? (boost my good fediverse friends)

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

[420 + noms] So, how was your day? :blobfoxdizzy:

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

Good morning, fedi friends! I'm onboarding a new client #today so I dusted off my #makeup and grown up clothes and accidentally went full cunty lesbian chic :blobfoxblushmore: but you know what? Screw it, I'm kinda here for it :blobfoxcrylaugh: What's on your hump day agenda?

blonde woman with red lipstick and large tortoise shell glasses taking a selfie in her kitchen

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026

This is the kind of morning #motivation you text the girlies in 2026 :blobfoxbongo:

Nicole Ritchie saying "Oh hey bitches, just here to fuck shit up."

Text message: "Morning! Let's fuck up some conservative white man's day “

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2026

It feels so wrong to sleep comfortably in my bed when the world is cold and starving and scared. Already afraid to see the #news in the morning.

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2026

Time to #sticker up my new #Kindle! I looked at all the (much better) options but I’m too dependent on #KindleUnlimited for my smut :ShadowCatHeart: #stickers

Lots of packs of stickers around a teal kindle

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2026

#saturday is for: * naps * baby cat cuddles * #painting magic rocks in the yard I hope your day is kind to you, fedi friends :ShadowCatHeart:

Many colored rocks and paint supplies on a table

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

The most #Monday of all the Mondays over here… Just one more business call then I can go have a stress cry as a little treat. #today

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2026

In “I’m older than dust” news, I was in the store and an employee said “ma’am” so I looked around me to see who they were talking to… It was me! I am ma’am 💀💀💀 #WomanOfACertainAge

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026

Why would I finish any of my current sanity #crafts when I could start something new? :smiling_angel_devil: #adhd #crossstitch #wip #embroidery

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2026

Time for a distraction! What should I do with these beauties?? :blobfoxartist: #painting #art #rocks

3”-4” rocks painted with a white base coat sitting on cardboard full of paint splatters in many colors

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2026

<RANT> Finally met with the pain management doctor - he wants to stick a giant needle in my neck to make the nerves shut up and it hurts enough that I’m willing to let him. Scheduled it for two weeks out, earliest I could get… Now UHC #insurance is requiring a prior authorization for the […]

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 11/02/2026

Survived the day... Tucked myself into the tub… Fired up my #kindle… attempted to fire up my kindle… Y’all, my kindle gave up the ghost - too much smut on one little memory chip I suppose :blobfoxcry2: Sure, I can just read on my phone or replace it but I get weirdly sentimental about my […]

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@aronow/11603673271300… #Fedi PSA - it takes less time to just block someone than to leave a nasty comment you make sure can’t be quoted :blobfoxbongo:

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026

It'd be better if it was about owls.

apparently there's an important
episode of football on this
weekend

Yes, the football fandom is going
nuts. Lots of cosplaying going on.
Tickets to the con are outrageous,
though.

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026

Y’all! I can’t with these two, my heart has melted into a puddle :blobhaj_melty_crush: Adopted them as a bonded pair, 100/10 best decision ever. #caturday #cats #catsofmastodon

Siamese cat and black cat cuddled up, sleeping with their heads together

Siamese cat and black cat cuddled up, Siamese is giving his brother a bath

Siamese cat and black cat cuddled up, black cat being a silly baby while his brother tries to nap

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@jzb/116030544789390310 Awww, what a sweet baby cat! Happy Caturday, Willow!! :neocat_heart:

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

I know I should stand up, thank you #AppleWatch but the baaaaaaaby :neocat_heart: #catsofmastodon #cats #wfh

Siamese cat curled up on a lap while the person’s watch tells her to stand up

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

I just need SOMEone to be as delighted as I am that my new #hair and fav shirt are fully vibing with each other and #mastodon seemed like the place :ShadowCatHeart: What’s your tiny delight for the day, fedi friends? #today #lgbtq #pink

Woman with pink hair and a “protect trans folks” sailor Jerry tattoo style snake tshirt

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

Go outside, they said. It’ll help the electric meatball, they said. K. I’m waiting. -_____- #depression #bipolar

Woman with her head buried in her hood, giving a halfhearted thumbs up after she drug herself outside against her own will.

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026

I've been trying to sleep since 10pm. It's 2:30am. Gave up and decided to bang out some work so I can hopefully crash after my morning meeting. Luckily #fedi is 24/7 so GOOD MORNING fedi friends! :neofox_heart:

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026

This is Baby Sir’s donut, sometimes I put #catnip on it and he turns into a derp - please enjoy :ShadowCatLove: #catsofmastodon #blackcat #cats

Black cat with a pink catnip donut looking very stoned

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Madame Aronow @aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 31/01/2026

Doing some #crossstitch #cats on this cozy #caturday even though I should be doing something… anything… off my to do list :blobfoxcomfy: What’s everyone up to?

Cross stitch on red fabric of ghost cats around a mailbox. Still a WIP

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