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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 20m

People in other countries must find the American medical industry so confusing. If I don't work, two months later, my medical insurance evaporates and I have to pay out of pocket. My job is hard labor.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Slick Rick once asked two important questions: Are you in good health? Have you really checked yourself? So many self-improvement narratives focus entirely on body size. Living at the gym to get a smaller body equals discipline, which means you're a better person, right? Living your best life!

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you're a scholar of baroque pop like me, you already know Gary Usher-- creator of Sagittarius, angeleno, musique concrète lover, friend of Brian Wilson, clever lyricist. Now that horny season is over and spooky season has arrived, I would like to introduce something ridiculous.

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Dracula's Deuce

YouTube video by The Ghouls - Topic

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Teaching everyone on the Internet how to love me, part I: if I have a terrible day at work, I will not want to cook or eat out. I will want a bath and a good cry. Try suggesting Jollibee takeout and a salted hot chocolate from 85° or rose boba and fries from S Level.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Crying on my lunch break like a muthafuckin #GIRLBOSS

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

TIL that most of my young coworkers, most of them too young to remember 9/11, believe it was an inside job.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We did it. We stopped it. By three votes. I brought two people. Goddamn. ⚡

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

One by one, nearly every person who agreed to come vote and fight with me at tonight's General Meeting has bowed out. Workers of my classification are going to get shortchanged in the upcoming negotiations. I tried. 💔

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Full card art for the TCG's 30th. I've mostly stopped playing IRL since I can't get cards, but these are SO. FREAKING. CUTE. 😍 www.pokemon.com/us/news/see-...

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See a Day and Night’s Worth of Cards from Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration

See newly revealed day- and night-themed illustration rare and special illustration rare cards.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I am the entire market for industrial strength cuticle oil that smells like roses and is full of evil eyes

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

New goal: learn to walk like Tommaso Ciampa #AEW

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

That is no way to treat a perfectly good screwdriver! 😡 Appreciating the mix of American and UK hi vis gear on security. Meanwhile, Okada's hair has not moved a centimeter. #AEWAllIn

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Welcome to the bitchy, pissy match! TIL that Kyle Fletcher's full name is actually Kyle Fletcher #AEWAllIn #bitch

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The only two things Don Callis can do at once are suck and yap 😝 #AEWAllIn

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Got home, limped to the mailbox, answered my phone. Mum. Asked her to hold for a second while I stripped in the mud room and tried to brush the concrete off myself. Laid down in front of a fan, still filthy, and did two hours of tech support. Hot pot can wait another day. Ordered a pizza.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

One of the hardest life lessons for me: scale back. I have the resources and skills to do so many cool things. Elaborate dinners, unforgettable parties... but I'm also pushing 50 and exhausted from work. Hot pot can wait a day. Giving myself permission to grab a burrito hurts.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Hello from the 14th floor of a future Krankenhaus in Seattle.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Was forced into being in charge today, and gods... I never, ever, EVER want to be a foreman. I would rather jump out the 14th floor window and eat the shards that land on me. Money isn't everything, although I suppose it can buy more ice cream for me to cry into.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

These have been appearing in strategic locations in the downtown core of Seattle and I'm so confused. Pro-natalist nonsense, I think?

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I will save you, $1 broken mini rose from the farm's clearance racks. Just wait. You'll see! #relatable

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A man on Mercer Island just found out that his dog goes insane when he sees live swordfighting #Macbeth

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This girl had a long and tense day, is about to sacrifice some sleep to listen to MAGA jerks at a Union meeting and deserves a treat

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

When you see a construction worker with a rubber wedding ring, he's probably one of us. Most of us don't wear metal jewelry. You'll see the occasional guy with a big ol' cross or diamond earring; he's probably a foreman or doesn't wire much.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I don't hate country western music. A pretty girl playing a guitar always makes me smile, I love to dance and I like old-fashioned songs with funny lyrics, especially by women. I like when the Irish-American roots show through, but I also like how it's diversified in recent eras. That said...

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

PSA! Macbeth 👏 is not 👏 a good 👏 play 👏 for small 👏 children

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This morning, I was turning onto I-5 and an old red Chevy swerved into my lane, broadsiding my car. I pulled over and she quickly pulled up next to me, smiled and said "let's go to the left so we're not blocking the thing! There's space." I said "okay! I'll follow you!"

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Laying in a Kneipp bath eating gummies after cleaning all my Knipex and Pica for work Have reached peak germanity

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

COVID almost killed me. It would have been days before anyone knew. I was a healthy 42-year-old hiker. The guy next to me in the ICU, a more advanced hiker around my age, didn't make it. Yeah, guy. There was no room. But it's all imaginary.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A lot of people miss the subversive undercurrent in the Dungeon Crawler Carl books. There are layers to it. Some are on-the-nose.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I'm probably very isolated for someone my age; I live, shop and hike alone. Sometimes I catch a show solo. It started during my divorce and the pandemic and has deepened over the past half-decade. Sometimes I try to be a little social; sometimes it's lovely and sometimes I want to flee.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Dragon hair clip, Blissfully Bookish (TikTok)

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

PSA: Yes, I have put on some weight. This happens to depressed ladies in their fifties who are constantly switching between night and day shifts. I will handle it. Thank you for your concern.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Last day of Gen Con fit check! Argonath tee, Rosalie Tolentino (TikTok) Grey jeans, NYDJ, partially deconstructed Sailor Moon lanyard, Sweet Kitty (Renton, WA)

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Gen Con night out bonus fit check! Stone Castle Medieval Denim Dress, the Little Bazaar 🤍

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Hundreds of moids using Dungeon Crawler Carl as an excuse to walk around #GenCon in their boxer shorts. Motherless behavior. Fkn whores.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Gen Con day 3 fit check: Pink patchwork skirt, thrifted Rose of Versailles tee from Teepublic Fairy glasses from LensAlter (I changed some charms out) White bloomers from Vibsion (these things fuck)

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Gen Con Day 2 fit check: Cheap fishnet tights and top Skirt made of a vintage dress and some slipshorts Kenny Omega tee, ShopAEW

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Actual Gen Con Day 1 fit check: Awesomely heavy Aigis tee, Steady Hands Slutty cargo pants, Yoreo

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Gen Con Day One: air travel outfit Noah glitter glasses, Elklook Z grade pearls strung at the last possible minute Tank and cardigan, Amazon Tall maxi skirt, Lannaclothesdesign, Etsy Boat shoes, Sperry

A 48-year-old woman in head-to-toe gray at DFW airport.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains." Uh... STP? Also this

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Feel free to mute me [in general! or] for the next few days if you don't want to see Gen Con, or, more importantly, my outfits.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A rare summer thunderstorm just blew through my shitty little town.

Choppy water, Poverty Bay, WA. The storm came suddenly. Upside? The beach is clear and there's no line for coffee.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Do you ever look at some engineering marvel or a friend's new knees or a work of art and think "my god, humans are incredible"? I do that on construction sites pretty often. One day I'm eating lunch in a hole in the ground and a few months later it's a crowded, fancy upscale concourse.

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Mei Dean Francis @gamefrau.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Did you have "global bestseller made of Quicktime events" on your 2026 bingo card? Me neither. 'Road to Empress', which is split into two parts, is a spectacular game about Empress Wu. One of its goofiest charms (there are many) is that after beating it, it makes you do the job for a while.

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