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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Gonna get sappy on main for a second. But y'all. Science causes miracles. In case you didn't know: I'm a diabetic. I've also been a very stubborn asshole for many years about it. I know I've talked mad shit about GLP-1s in the past, but .... 2 months ago my A1C was pushing 10 and look at this shit.

Showing the readings from my continuous glucose monitor: times in range

Above target: 5%
In Target: 95%
Below target: 0%

Also I have a Derpy fidget keychain :D

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I need to find a place to talk about drum corps besides seeing aged out Gen X mad that DCI isn't the same sport it was in the 90s because what do you mean this is what Santa Clara Vanguard looks like this year.

a group of people in the Santa Clara Vanguard drum corps on a football field playing mellophones. They are wearing a uniform of black band shoes, bright red wide leg pants, a bright red latex-y looking top (probably not actual latex, that would kill someone in this heat), black leather vest (also probably not actual leather), and black leather arm guards.

They are wearing a small silver chain around their left hip and a larger chain that attaches from the waist of their pants to their instruments.

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I finally caved and here's to hoping one day I get clocked in public

Selfie in my car: I am a white, (probably) woman with a brown haired pixie cut and black rimmed glasses and wearing a black Boston Raiders T-shirt, where the screen printing is the colors of the bi flag instead of the black and yellow team colors. (The back says Rozanov and has his jersey number but you can't see that.)

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Everything is old is new again Jelly sandals They smell exactly like they did in the 90s They are ridiculous and I love them

Staring down at my feet, I am wearing a pair of dark wash skinny jeans and leopard print jelly sandals with gold buckles. They can be seen also in the full length mirror in front of me.

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I'm pretty sure I am never going to recover from this picture alone.

Hudson Williams in his little baby blue suit with slutty tank top and tie. Hudson has the suit jacket draped around his arms, showing off the slutty little tank top and his back muscles. Hudson is looking off to the side with his perfect face, mouth half open, serving cunt (in his own words).

This man is going to end me i swear to fuck.

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I do not like what I am seeing so far in these things for myself.

Merriam-Webster skeet:

Take a screenshot of this gif, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026

Let's. Go.

Your 2026 Word:

mortifying

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Something about this that has me in my feels now is that one of those series has an openly trans character and I have to wonder if this series would even get imported today. (I did see the 20th anniversary anthology at the store last weekend. Maybe there is hope. Also this cover is SO pretty irl.)

Book cover for the 20th anniversary edition of Paradise Kiss.

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I need you all to know that I went into the new town bookstore today and successfully resisted buying this. And also like ten billion other things but especially this.

A 7 piece dice set that is cat themed. The dice are metallic purple and there are itty bitty cat paws all over them and some numbers are shaped like cats.

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Traffic moving slow, lots and *lots* of honking. Flipped off a road counter protester in a *very* expensive souped up truck plastered in Trump flags almost literally foaming at the mouth screaming about immigrants. for reference, this is how my area voted in 2024. Pretty strong for Trump.

My local 2024 election results: 59.71% for Trump, 39.10% for Harris

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Amid many terrible things, sometimes things are not that bad.

A watermelon margarita with a tajin rim and mangonada straw, next to it an empty shot glass with a lime wedge in it. The shotglass previously contained tequila and came with the drink for free.

Carne asada tacos with onions, cilantro, and lime with refried beans topped with cheese and Mexican style rice.

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

My mystery box from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social arrived today! The way I gasped when I saw this sparkly blue/purple rock necklace, y'all. I'm surprised how much I love the gold necklace, I never would have picked for myself if I saw it; and boy does this purple/silver one speak to child me.

A photo of me, a woman with short brown hair & eyes, black glasses, wearing a burgundy shirt and a necklace. The necklace has a blue and purple rock pendant with glitter flecks and a swirl like a galaxy. The necklace is silver and contains various shades of blue and purple beads next to the pendant.

A photo of me, a woman with short brown hair & eyes, black glasses, wearing a burgundy shirt and a necklace. The necklace has a gold pendant that looks like the sun and opalescent sparkly stone in the middle and around the outside. The pendant is surrounded by beads in shades of gold and opalescent with tiny sparkly rocks.

A photo of me, a woman with short brown hair & eyes, black glasses, wearing a burgundy shirt and a necklace. The necklace is silver with a silver sun/moon pendant, surrounding the pendant are silver, white, and purple beads of various shapes and sizes.

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

You know, I'm not even mad. I know what everything is this year and it's songs I actually like.

Spotify Wrapped 2024

Top Artists
1. Hoyo-Mix
2. Yu-Peng Chen
3. Masayoshi Soken
4. Yuki Kajiura
5. RADWIMPS

Top Songs
1. Work Song
2. Shinzo wo Sasageyo
3. Montering (Call Me By Your Name)
4. Genshin Impact Main Theme
5. girls

Minutes Listened 16,702

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Please give Hazel and Plum some scritches on my behalf. :)

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

But y'all. This is a fire and road hazard. And even the most patient people are gonna get frustrated and call commercial haulers eventually. And I reiterate. This pile is *small*.

Vegetative debris from Hurricane Milton waiting to be picked up on the side of the road. Pile is a rectangular pile about 15 feet long and 5 feet wide and 2-3 feet tall. It is full of fallen tree branches and all of the vegetation is dead.

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

It is the day before the election and people are really running quizzes like we used to do on OKCupid on who we should pick for president.

Hi [my government name]! Wondering which presidential candidate you match with most? Take this quick quiz to find out!

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

If y'all are wondering how the evacuation for Hurricane Milton is going in a state with almost no public transportation and 2, maybe 3 roads out of the state, this is what I'm seeing over on the Meta.

Photo of a gridlocked road with the following caption:

I-4 and I-75 are at a standstill, people are running out of gas on the roads because most everybody left last night. In 6 hours my friend made it 110 miles. State put out notice that no gas was available anywhere in the red zone. They are stuck.

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

The area has a tropical wave going over it right now - Tuesday that's expected to dump several inches of rain before the hurricane arrives. Its giving 2004 which was a fun time for no one who lived here.

A map of Florida with the tracks of hurricanes Charley, Ivan, Frances, and Jean; which all struck Florida in August - September 2004.

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 17/06/2024

If you see this, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery.

Looking out towards the ocean from your point of view. You are under a blue canopy tent with a large rainbow beach umbrella directly next to your tent for extra shade. Two families have set up their umbrellas and chairs about 10 feet in front of you. The sky is blue with a couple of cirrus clouds visible and the water is turquoise from a distance with a few small waves coming on shore. There are many families out in the water.

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 18/04/2024

Finally loaded my character data into the Dawntrail benchmark. We're looking very cute with the new graphics update. Not a bad benchmark score if I do say so myself. What a difference from barely holding on to Shadowbringers and Endwalker.

A close up face shot of my FFXIV character Timbre looking at the wonderous sea ahead - she is a pale-skinned lalafell with white hair and purple highlights and deep purple eyes with freckles

An action shot of Timbre - she is holding 2 swords and has jumped into the air to complete her final attack on her enemy, sparks flying all around.

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

Me: Oh god, it's super Tuesday. Did I forget to vote? Did I fuck up? *googles* Oh, our primary isn't until the 19th. Wait. I signed up again after Fuckwit canceled all mail in ballots. Why didn't I get it in the mail? *voter looks up* Not qualified to vote? What? ... Oh, for fuck's sake, Florida.

On November 30, 2023, Politico reported that the Florida Democratic Party had only submitted Biden's name to the Secretary of State, which means that the primary will be cancelled under Florida law.

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Diana | Permanent Resident at The Cottage 🏒 @dumplingmana.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

Whoever the person at my local Chinese restaurant is that folds the dumplings, they deserve a raise because these are some beautifully made dumps.

A half moon shaped dumpling with many pleats from the front.

A half moon shaped dumpling with many pleats from the back.

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