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Tracy M

@dandelionmama.bsky.social
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Expert at 3 a.m. anxiety. Second-hand goddess. About the messy business of making a life. Vaccines and civil rights are good actually.

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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 21h
That song has, in fact, been sung to her now many times!
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 22h
Hey 👋 hi. We’re 11 months into this same thing. I’m so sorry friend, and I hope your stay here is much (much) shorter than ours. ❤️‍🩹
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Betty Update:
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I remember. 💖 happy anniversary to you both with all the love
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The belief in that invisible foe is nigh-on religious. And it’s growing as education is gutted and opportunities shrink. It’s a gordian knot that has no quick fix and leaves me feeling pretty hopeless many days. But that’s a different issue entirely.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Having been in court with sovereign citizens trying to argue cases I have less faith in believing they are attempting to harm their audience than in a growing §§ that honestly can’t follow logic and believes everything is a game to figure out against an invisible rigged foe.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Poverty, lack of access to care, and soaring, opaque, billing from for-profit healthcare leaves people feeling frightened and desperate and willing to listen to anything that might get them care and safety. Desperate people do desperate things & poor people are used to debt collection. It’s f’d.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Maybe, Sam—but have you ever tried to get in to a doctor or get care in the US when you have no money and no insurance? When you have an emergency or an injured kid and no resources? I’m not saying collections is smart but it’s a byproduct of our stacked for-profit system.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s a lot to handle all at once. Sending you love.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I have no clue how or why it helps, but it’s worth smelling like soup.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Not a fun time.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My kids and spouse took me out to lunch and we watched a movie. It was lowkey and fine. ♥️
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Today is my birthday. It’s also my sister-in-law who died unexpectedly at 38 funeral/memorial. My family is all there. I can’t go because I have a trial this week. It’s all fine and also heavy and I’m tired and sad.
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Mean Girls: Cady Heron & Aaron Samuels - October 3rd
ALT: Mean Girls: Cady Heron & Aaron Samuels - October 3rd
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s the Same Ten Families ward trope meta version. Lol.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Say hello to ELIZABETH TAYLOR, aka Betty, our newest family member. Our existing family member is Having Feelings.
A mastiff puppy with big paws, being help in a man’s armsA brindle dog with a white chest having very expressive feelings about a new puppy
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Mine too.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Menlo/Atherton are the worst NIMBYS.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Immigration Law was the most demoralizing class in all of law school. I was gobsmacked. My amazing professor was a Rwandan genocide survivor immigrant. I worry about his safety now. They really will put children in hearings without attorneys. It’s obscene.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yeah that was WILD and so dangerous.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It is good to be your internet friend—you impact me for good regularly.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tattooing this on the inside of my forearm.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
and the shoes! 😍🤩💖
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They’d certainly have Maverick waves for about 60-90 seconds.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That is also not for me and seems…bad? Like, the actual ocean is never more than a few hours away and why?
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I had an optic migraine yesterday for the first time in years. Wtf pressure!
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is bone-deep. It’s also insomnia. But it’s more than that—it’s years of everything in every direction requiring more than I have and the cellular depletion that compounded stress and overextension cost a life.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I miss sleep. I miss being able to sleep. I miss what it feels like to be rested. I’m not sure I remember anymore.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I could not get my boys to wear pants even when it snowed. And now that we’re in Colorado, it’s The Official State Look.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My daughter has this same physique!
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As another person from SF, “air conditioned by god” is perfect. I now live in Rockies, but yeah.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s true and we got him to over 11, which is really unusual in a giant breed—I knew while it was happening that those were gifted bonus years. Yet I’m still feeling so wrecked.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I miss my dog a lot. It’s a grief akin to losing a person and it’s still hammering me.
Older gentleman English mastiff chewing on his comfort lamby.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I do believe in challenging reads and persevering in some cases—but it’s very fact specific—and frankly life’s too short and my TBR pile is too tall to push through on any book just because.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Santa Clara County Sheriff Inmate Search indicates he is still in custody.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Idk how reliable it is, but here is the victims' family's post: www.facebook.com/aurelio.bali...
facebook.com
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bail hearing was on the 18th and he was denied. Still in custody at least until plea hearing set currently for November 17.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I love those witches so much I drew the family geneology chart in the fly pages just to keep track of Julian and make sure I understood Mona. And the show? Pffffft.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
But the Mayfair Witches is damn near unwatchable and it breaks my heart.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
How’d AMC do such a truly phenomenal interpretation with Anne Rice’s vampires and then botch the Mayfair witches so goddamn badly?? Because these three? And the arcs? Loooooove.
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Bailey Bass Iwtv
ALT: Bailey Bass Iwtv
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
1. Parties 2. Watermelon 3. Reality TV 4. Game of Thrones 5. Minimalism 6. Summer 7. Casinos 8. Red 9. Parades 10. Marshmallows
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Agree. Some need to watch that video.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I’m not sure I am. My sister-in-law died suddenly, my beloved dog died, spouse has been out of work for 10 months and we’re sinking, I can’t sleep anymore, my country is…waves hands…and I feel on the brink of losing it all the time
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dashing through the store at opening, blocking aisles, hiding things, leaving discards everywhere—all bad. All rude. All inconsiderate. Learn some manners.
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Macklemore's Thrift Shop Fur Coat
ALT: Macklemore's Thrift Shop Fur Coat
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As a looooong-time thrifter, please hear me when I say fuck resellers. I know times suck—J has been out of work for almost a year & we are hurting—but that doesn’t mean pushing people aside to pile a cart with everything we can grab to then check eBay & leave discards in piles is ok. It’s not.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’m joining ranks and agree. :)
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My youngest brother recently unexpectedly lost his wife, and he’s been leaning heavily on his gaming friends. It makes more sense to me now (not that it had to before).
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Anyway—if you’re near the middle of your life like me, comfortable in what you know, this is a reminder to try something you know nothing about—to connect to the people you love. It will be worth it. It’s good to be rattled. My view of video games as art & community has cosmically shifted.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
(NB: I heard Wil Wheaton on The Hilarious World of Depression talk about video games saving him during his darkest days. We are a family of MH & developmental disabilities & this comment directly influenced me to try something new. I’m sad it didn’t occur to me earlier as a way of connection.)
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Folks. It was so much richer & more beautiful than I previously understood. It was artistic & the world & layers within were creative & interesting. I’d seen this game & others in the background for years—I’m not someone who dismisses kids interests—It simply never occurred to me I could play too.
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Tracy M @dandelionmama.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As a PacMan era girlie, the controls, camera, & movement were disorienting —but it was also beautiful how it moved. My kid showed me I had a quiet room to rest, a cat & a hot spring. Then he showed me how to ask for a quest, he joined me, we ate together & then went on an adventure.
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