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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 9h

There's one in Seattle's Pike Place Market of a pig (really a piggy bank) whose nose is rubbed for good luck.

Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 20h

Halloween is finally on a Saturday - so why is everyone having parties on the Saturday BEFORE? (And when I'm out of town) Is it to not clash with the Trick-or-Treaters?

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It didn't bother me at all or stand out. Later I thought about it and wondered if she didn't have parents or teachers read books to her when she was little. Both my parents and my teachers read YA novels to us all through elementary school. Either that or she expected audiobooks to be radio plays

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A friend in my bookclub decided to try the audiobook version for once. I usually opt for audiobooks. She found it annoying because it included the audio narrator saying the words "she said" and "he said" after a sentence and how could I stand it? I asked her if she reads that part in printed books

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I was at Bloom Bistro & Grocery in Georgetown (Seattle) and saw a full wall of beautiful artwork And the artist is here on Bluesky!

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Art of Kelly Dean Verity @kverityart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

But two get one sale on 8x8" and 8x10" art prints until 10/18! Help me catch up on some expenses!

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Wow. The man who never heard anything when a woman spoke (out of a department that was 80% women) just Peter Prinicple'd his way to SENIOR vice president. I saw the announcement right after I got done applying for unemployment benefits.

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 08/10/2026

I REALLY like this @anildash.com piece on 'unalive' and algospeak in general, particularly the exploration of the implications for a generation of people growing up steeped in it.

anildash.com

We are going to kill “unalive” - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just saw a bumpersticker that said "Deport Musk Make Tesla Great Again" It was on a cybertruck.

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I think it's a generic box for anything and probably should be read in an excited voice. "Hooray, your package is here!" However, when it's here because I have to return my laptop after being laid off, I hear it in a gruff voice of a command. (Might also be the periods)

Side of a cardboard box that says "It's here. Open it."

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Damn, hit ‘em with the lookback

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Both me and my parents thought Newt Gingrich was dead until today.

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ok, so maybe Good Fortune wasn't the best movie option to forget about today being my last day at work. It was cute though

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

He was already in the second stage in the first 3 minutes

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Dang it, Mariota. I used to be happy when he scored. Figures a Duck would do well in this rain tho

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Had to dig this up to show my brother as the game had only just begun.

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hmm, Trojans and Knights. Teams with human mascots playing dirty against the teams with animal mascots. Some sort of metaphor there but it's 1am & brain 🪶

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Watched a football game today (Oregon Ducks) where where the opposing team purposely injured their star. Then watched a rugby league game (Penrith Panthers) where the opposing team went after their star & broke his leg. Guys, I think sports might be dangerous

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

On the bright side, I think your body is on Portland time at least. I arrived in Portland last night (ok, by car from Seattle). The timing of your skeets seem to match my sleep schedule. Wishing your food findings to be soon and that it includes skyr

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We were there at 6:30 pm a couple of years ago and almost all of it was closed.

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It was nice to be at a meeting where I didn't have to take notes or remember anything that was said.

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Had our last team meeting today. I thought maybe they would say something nice or at least a goodbye to the 3 of us being laid off. We trained most of this team. But nothing. I don't know if they're saving it up for something else or if they're doing a "sweep it under the rug" move.

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hells yeah! Max rules!! I've been occasionally listening to the ReLiving Single podcast too

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I had one young manager say something about my "exit interview." No, people getting laid off don't get one. Can you imagine? "So now that we've suddenly fired you because we don't like the law in your state that makes sure you have a liveable wage, what do you think of us & your time here?"

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

People at work, like lower management, keep wanting to do nice "good-bye" things for us few being laid off. Things we normally do for people leaving the company. I keep having to point out: others who left were leaving for a new job. We're just being fired. Not exactly a fond farewell.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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Rebecca Hicks (She/Her) @rhicks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Day two in Artist Alley B24 at Rose City Comic Con! #rosecitycomiccon

Me behind my table of art and stickers and books at Rose City Comic Con.

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Being around World Cup fans in a host city taught me how to be a gracious to those who root for the other team. But that does not include the Patriots. SEAHAWKS WIN AGAIN! Suck it, Pats!

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In the late 1990s, I worked for an internet filtering service. We weren't censoring everything. Offices could chose what they wanted to block from their employees (gambling, chat rooms, sports) which meant we had to put a label on all websites. And what is the internet mostly full of?

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Surfing the internet for porn. I'm proud to often be the cause of managers regretting asking this question as a team ice breaker.

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Gave my parents one for Christmas a few years ago. They really like it and my Dad enjoyed your description about inserting a new box. "So true!!" Made him chuckle.

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I knew these two things were definitely the giveaway for the PNW. Except it's liquid sunSHINE, not liquid sun.

What gave you away

Answers that point most strongly to
Washington:

What do you call the little gray
Creature (that looks like an insect
but is actually a crustacean) that
rolls up into a ball when you touch
it?
Potato bug

What do you call it when the rain falls
while the sun is shining?
Liquid sun

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I thought I was laid off because I had been there for over 10 years. Finding out who else is getting the ax, it looks like anyone in WA who worked for them for over 5 years.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.

Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
13 When ballots are submitted to USPS in large-volume
batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I do know that the last few years I didn't receive a merit-based raise because the percentage of the raise in WA pay was higher so they considered THAT my raise.

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I was just told I have one month left with the company I work for. The reason I'm being laid off is that they can't afford what Washington state requires for pay. It has nothing to do with my performance. I'm salary & have been there 15 yrs. Not sure how WA laws for minimum wage play into that

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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #BanX #NoAfD #FBR @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation has found Facebook's parent company, Meta, is paying controversial content creators including a white nationalist with Neo-Nazi links and a prominent anti-vaxxer. Content produced by these creators appears to be, at times, in violation of Facebook's own policies.

abc.net.au

Facebook pays controversial creators to produce rage-bait content

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation reveals Facebook is directly funding some controversial Australian content creators including a white nationalist and an anti-vaxxer influencer.

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

One thing both Cubs and Mariners fans agreed upon: Bregman sux! He got boo'd by everyone every time

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I went to the Mariners/Cubs game today. They lost 2-19. This isn't isn't their worse loss THIS WEEK! The Cubs fans we brought with us started to tease us around the 8th inning. We've been M's fans for life - do you think you can hurt us? We're used to this!

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The horde of elementary school kids on unicycles that used to be in parades in Seattle. Still might be. I just haven't lived there for a few years.

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I might be wrong, but specifying unicycles feels very Seattle.

A sign that says BICYCLES &
RECREATIONAL
EQUIPMENT SUCH AS
SCOOTERS HOVERBOARDS,
UNICYCLES MUST WALK
WHEN USING SIDEWALK.

The Smith Tower in the background

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Orca Behavior Institute @orcabehaviorinstitute.org · 22/08/2026

Overheard on the marine radio last night as T137A Jack got some *serious* air in the Strait of Juan de Fuca south of Victoria! 👀 Photo by the talented Alex McIntire! #orcas #killerwhales #salishsea #whalesky

A water-clearing breach from an adult male Bigg's killer whale with the text "Jack just made the ending of Free Willy way more believable"

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

*"an special?" That's what I get for deciding to add "special" in at the last minute.

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

As usual, after going clothes shopping for an special event, I come home with the thought: Maybe I'll just learn to sew.

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Reason #5 to listen to the baseball game on the radio while watching ESPN on mute: I got to hear the description of people rushing the field and getting arrested at the Seattle/ Yankees game while ESPN switches to commercials and then other games

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Best way to use purpleair.com map: click on the gear icon at upper left and choose "US EPA" in the "Apply Conversion" setting, or else readings will be too high. Also uncheck the box "show inside" to avoid seeing monitors located indoors, which have a black circle around the colored dot on the map.

purpleair.com dialog box that comes up after clicking on the gear icon at upper left.

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Juliet🦇 @inventingwords.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Yes, because that's totally how my credit union that is only on the West Coast operates. They call from South Carolina and don't even identify themselves 🙄 I'll be sure to call them back and give them aaallll my info so they can make sure I didn't get scammed!

Screenshot of my visual voicemail
(803) 930-8846
1:17PM, Today

This call IS for the payment of $1,299
for the recent order of the Galaxy
S26 Ultra on your account. If you
do not authorize this, please press
1 to speak to our customer support
representative.

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