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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This was in the town Facebook group. So yes, the racist ads are for a certain type of person. Also, welcome to Southlake, Texas.

We already hav an Islamic Center right across the street from one of our elementary schools. With close housing around their property.
Now, this used to be a Christian Church! Now they are sending out, over speakers outside, a call to prayer 5 times a day AND have bright lights on their property shining into neighbors backyards. It's really causing a stir around here. This is a Christian community and they're starting to overtake the community. AND, if our local government tries to do anything about it they cry discrimination!!! So the local government is letting them get away with what would be breaking the code for any other residents!!
What can we do about this???

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Basically my expression the entire time I record episodes

Me, laughing and having a great time with friends. They're all just out of frame, laughing too.

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Assimilation in food cultures is great, actually

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is my soul dog Milton, and we are also nearing the end. I am so sorry - our obligation and privilege as pet owners is to ensure they only know a life of love. It’s the hardest when we have to choose the end.

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Scenes of dogs around the house today.

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Roasted potatoes as the side and sauce here. The kids demolished it (no sauce for them- they didn’t want it), but this one is a TikTok success

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I made the viral roasted “chicken au poivre” recipe and y’all, this might be the best smelling thing I’ve ever smelled

Roasted chickens resting while the sauce reduces

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Oldest got me a Lego set for my birthday (“Plants, because you love them so much”) and told me that my gift was that they’d leave me alone long enough to do it. It’s amazing when your kids *get* you. Real Housewives and time alone? Best present ever.

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Nike is QUITE concerned that all the house guests are outside without her guarding

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Puppy Max is proof that if you believe in yourself enough, you can achieve your dreams

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Solidly in my mid-40s now and there’s no hiding it at 44, but life is pretty great these days.

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Remember the Wyland wall that the City of Dallas painted over and destroyed for a temporary FIFA mural? Someone attempted to restore it. Godspeed, graffiti artist.

Tiny white whale graffiti in corner of a giant blue wall that says "Killer Whale"

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Finally edited pictures from our trips earlier this year and so long as my kids want to fish in gorgeous places, I’m happy to join.

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Dying happy because I saw a baby orca and also accidentally photographed a male orca hunting (and eventually killing) a seal

Hunting orca (the blood in the water seconds after this signaled the end of the hunt)

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sometimes the Amazon delivery is a little larger than expected…

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Ready to be a sad girlie at the Noah Kahan concert. Time for emotional ruin.

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

When a Texas girl travels and is no longer in enemy territory - you don’t see these signs at home

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

An hour walk for five minutes of peace

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Middle age sneaks up on you, because before you know it, you’re running Merlin while walking your dog in the morning

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

a break in the heat is coming! lolsob

Weather for next ten days and on next Thursday, high temperatures finally drop below 106

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Pizza as made by Youngest (including letting the dough ferment overnight). It was fantastic.

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🎶I hate it here so I will go to secret gardens in my mind🎶

A long range forecast of unrelenting heat and despair

And even longer range forecast of terrible fucking temperatures because Texas is hell.

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The jealousy they talk about in the Bible

The most jealous girl looking at a puppy chewing on a bone

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I will never, ever fit into the town where I live

Who is everyone using for pumpkin decor this fall? Want to get mine scheduled.
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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The Majestic Floof, surveying her kingdom in between barks (and swatting me for pets)

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This is a puppy pictures account now. Snoozing (while the car is parked), waiting to pick up Oldest from high school orientation

I’m sorry but it’s the cutest puppy ever, curled up in a ball in the car

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

She’s got a…ludicrously capacious bag.

Massive Big Ass Bag being sold at Lululemon

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Puppy saw geese for the first time and it was the longest he has ever been still while awake. It blew his mind.

Puppy staring at a few disinterested geese

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Home from a week away and the puppy is living up to being a Velcro dog

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Worse places to be for the sunrise

Sunrise over the mountains with a lake in the foreground

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Forgot about lettuce until after I ate the tacos. Taking my life in my hands for a bit

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We got a float to put Max in “water jail” so he can’t cause havoc while we’re in the pool and it’s the best $25 I’ve ever spent.

A puppy unhappily floating around a pool in an inner tube

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Trapped. But happy about it.

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

If I have a super power, it's being able to pick (without knowing the cost beforehand), the most expensive thing of all the options. If I have two super powers, it's not understanding the dimensions of things I buy. One of the funniest results thus far:

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Teaching Oldest the deep magic and watching Super Troopers together

Passed out puppy in my lap while we watch Super Troopers

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

We got a new permanent family member today: Max! Aka Mad Max, aka Max Furstappen, aka Maximus.

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

My Great Pyr in her happy place, in between barks

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J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Look, it physically pains me to agree with Clay Travis but he's right. (And, brace yourselves, Lalas is stupid and wrong). I have a very, very strong hobby horse with all the things wrong with youth sports today, as someone who believes participating in sports is one of the best things for kids.

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