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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 38m

According to the two teachers I was hanging out with this week (my brother, who teaches 7th grade science in Illinois, and my cousin-in-law, who teaches high school art in Ohio), yes, indeed we very much do.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 10h

My sweet baby girl now tips the scales at 145 lbs and vet says it’s a good weight but adds that we should keep her there. She’s gained 34 lb in a year. Much of it muscle. Powerful girl.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...

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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center

A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It speaks volumes about the reporter’s skill that she used that short vignette to give her readers a very strong sense of just how big a self-centered jerk he is.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Um. Not a lawyer but… if you’re in the food business and your products “put a few kids in the hospital” and you publicly acknowledge that fact with those exact words… isn’t that something that leaves you open to (successful) class action lawsuit?

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The ceremony for my uncle at Arlington National Cemetery was beautiful. Beautiful day, beautiful ceremony, beautiful family and friends gathered. I am glad I went. And a bald eagle flew over the cemetery before the ceremony. Feathery bastards are stalking me.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My husband is the master carpenter and paid special attention to ADA compliance. Which is why my home has both stairs and a ramp in the garage. I learned a lot from him.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Anyway, the “closet” also has an iron in a holder affixed to the wall. It does not, however, have an ironing board, which accounts for the iron shaped scorch mark on the carpet beneath the iron’s holder. Again, lots of wasted space in that closet corner.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

When I arrived, there was a cricket on the wall above the safe, I did look carefully and made sure it was not a cockroach, but it was definitely a cricket. I took this as an omen of good luck. But the cricket is gone now.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And then let’s talk about the closet. There isn’t one. There is a bar with three hangers on it. Underneath that bar is what appears to be a safe. Something you could’ve actually put somewhere else in the room so that that people could hang their clothes without the safe being in the way.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Even my brother, normally not the most design sensitive person on the planet, commented “lousy feng shui” as he navigated the space between the bed and the wall in his identical room next to mine.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I will also point out that that wasted 4 ft.² in the bathroom could have been put to good use adding more space for someone to walk between the second bed and the wall. Because there is approximately 12 inches between the foot of the second bed and the wall of the bathroom. It’s a real squeeze.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And the reason I did not see it before was because it was tucked away behind the shower curtain. You can’t see it, and you can’t use it, but it’s there, dropped in as an afterthought. I find that a lot less charming than the rest of the room’s dysfunction.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Addendum: I was wrong about there being no grabs. There’s exactly one grab bar. It’s located at the back of the shower, far from where one would step into it, and right next to the toilet, but not where one would grab it in order to stand up from the toilet. It serves absolutely no useful purpose.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

When I first saw the room, I was a little disappointed, if not horrified, but I’ve come to realize that there’s something almost magnificent about the utter failure to achieve what one would normally expect in a mid range hotel. Plus I gotta say the mattress was incredibly comfortable.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

They have a microwave on the bureau next to the fridge, which suggest people spend enough time here to actually eat meals in this place. I wouldn’t recommend.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Striped checked carpeting argues with— I don’t even know what to call the curtains, they are a mishmash of squares in circles perhaps intentionally designed to drive people mad. Here, see the madness.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Well, OK, I’m already started on the decor. We’ve got your 70s earth tones as a theme, but everything is ever so slightly off in terms of color family. And they just randomly selected different patterns that have no consistency whatsoever.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I mean, I could very well go on with my critique of how this room was laid out and why it is not ideal for human habitation, but you get the point. There are all sorts of nicking, little inaccuracies, and weird decisions that went into how it’s laid out. I mean, don’t get me started on the decor.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That hypothesis is also supported by the fact that the two identical paintings above the two identical beds were not hung the same height. There is at least an inch of difference in the distance between the top of each frame and the ceiling.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Oh, and: the toilet is not straight. They installed it at a slight angle. Why is anyone’s guess, but given that the mirror in the living space is also askew, and was affixed to the wall that way (you can’t straighten it, I tried), it’s likely whoever slapped this room together, eyeballed everything.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

On a more serious note, there is absolutely nothing in the way of grab bars or supports in this bathroom. Not in the tub/shower, not near the toilet. If you are an older person, or someone with vertigo, as I am, or someone who just needs additional balance aids, you’re on your own.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The bathroom trashcan is in the alcove outside the room where the shower and the toilet is. This immediately tells me that the room accessories were chosen & placed by a man. If a woman had done it, there would be a trashcan next to the toilet. With a lid, ideally.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The towel rack meanwhile is on the wall directly above the toilet toilet. Fine, close to the shower, I guess that makes sense. At least it does if your guest is short. If your guest is tall, and they stand up from the excessively low toilet, they’re in for a nasty surprise.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And one would imagine, if designing for human use, that it might be appropriate to place the toilet paper roll with an easy reach of the toilet within that 4 sqft. And yet it was placed as far as possible from the toilet so that someone sitting on the toilet must lean over to grab the toilet paper.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Because there is a good 24 inches or more between the right side of the toilet as you face it and the wall. Ample space you have moved the toilet over so that it wasn’t directly in front of the door and so that one could clean around it. But no. Four empty square feet is what was desired.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The tub is crammed into a corner, expected. The toilet, directly in front of the door, is jammed next to the tub. There is zero space between the tub and the toilet. Aside from the nagging question of how one cleans around the toilet… why?

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There is a sink in a doorless alcove with a door next to it. Pretty standard. Inside the room beyond the door is a tub and a toilet. Also standard. It’s the positioning that gets things weird.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The hotel room I’m staying in is a master class in poor living space design. I mean, hotel rooms in generic hotels generally are intended to be utilitarian rather than comfortable, but this isn’t even that. Starting with the bathroom:

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

According to my husband, Romy is now completely integrated into our pack. We haven’t even had him three days yet. Even dang, who was terrified of him, has come around and is now his best friend. That is just mind blowing.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The icing on the cake was when I stood in front of the Capitol building chatting with a friend and a bald eagle flew by. Then either the same eagle came around again or its mate flew by as well. It was cool! But I didn’t have my phone out.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We chatted a bit in Spanish, she complimented me on my accent, and that was it. Warm fuzzies that my knowledge of other languages, however, limited, can make people so happy.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We determined that what she wanted was a photo of her standing in front of the ginormous totem pole in the museum, so I snapped two pics with her phone, one sufficiently large enough to capture the whole totem pole, and the second one close-up.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Then while I was in the Museum of the American Indian, a woman hesitantly approached me and said something of which I only understood “photo”; I took a chance and asked her in Spanish if she spoke Spanish, and her face just lit up.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My Uber driver, Mehmet, was listening to Arabic music, so when he delivered me safely to my destination, I got out, said Shukran, salaam alaykum, and he just beamed at me.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That was more for @turhansbeycompany.bsky.social ‘s benefit than yours. He would troll me mercilessly if given the opportunity.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Meanwhile Satan is getting the second tier evil and hopefully is gonna go bigger soon.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ooh, Bakker too? Nice way to start the morning.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Every dancer in the movie? Or in general?

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I told them not to do this to me before I got on the plane, dammit. Did they listen? No.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My husband eats one of these every day with bananas & milk, but the mitigating factors are (1) he’s a farmer so eating hay seems reasonable to him and (2) high fiber/complex carbs provide excellent lasting blood glucose control for a T1 diabetic who hates eating during the day. A foodie he ain’t.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I’m feeling like my sons may have transmitted their cold virus to me, dammit.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

(The dog’s sleeping happens in a crate, just to be clear.)

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Someone may have gotten their wish. At least for a while. But when Mama has to get up at 3:15 AM, snuggles are temporary and sleeping is done in a crate.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Someone thinks he should be on the bed

Roman, a three year old Rottweiler, looks at me hopefully as I lie in bed.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Good goddamn riddance. Shame he died at home when he deserved to spend his natural life in jail for child sexual abuse.

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Elizabeth No War or ICE @fenbeast.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

At very least, differentiate your candidate's known corruption from the allegations you're spreading about the guy you're trying to sink, right? Otherwise the calculation becomes, "Well, they're both on the take, BUT AT LEAST HE DIDN'T TAKE AN ANTI-ABORTION JUDGE'S WORD FOR IT." But you do you.

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