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in other cat news, we had to treat them for worms and one of the boys is such a drama queen about getting pilled that he's on hunger strike for food offered by spouse. he'll eat food if *I* provide it but not if spouse does hopefully he'll get over it soon bc spouse provides main meals. i'm treats

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 36m

update: spouse has moved the box from the recycling pile to somewhere Sofia can sit on it without being in the walkway

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 49m

so in my view she understands time perfectly well, her only mistake was thinking sixty seconds was adequate notice for spouse to pull me out of a hat on demand

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 49m

on days when i am here but don't get out of bed, Sofia doesn't go bother spouse, she sits on me until i wake up. And then we negotiate whether Sofia wants food or human furniture more. but my point is, the only time she went to ask spouse for something at brunch time is when I wasn't here at all.

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 49m

I have an alarm to get them brunch at 11:25. On a day I wasn't here, of which there have been maybe 5 since Sofia joined us? she went to bother spouse at 11:24. now spouse points out she was a minute early. to which i say, she wasn't asking spouse for wet food, she was asking spouse to produce ME

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 49m

the book i'm reading is arguing that humans are the only animal we know can tell time and i'm like have you ever met a cat whose dinner is late? like sure they'll try to scam for extra dinner other times but they also know when it's due.

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 1h

for some reason, spouse could not understand why I asked if we were actually allowed to recycle this box

a tortie cat comfortably flopped on a cardboard box, staring up at the camera with interest

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 4h

US,california, yes, also in houses i'm visiting but i'm usually the only guest to do so and sometimes it's weird. (i grew up in the southwest, south, and northeastern US in that order, so uh, heck knows where the habit comes from.)

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 4h

spouse tried to get vaccines this week and noped out bc pharmacy claimed they weren't insured and/or the jabs weren't covered. apparently for the next attempt i will need to go along to be like "hi, yes, i'm on their plan, you gave me fully covered shots last week, would you like to try again"

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 7h

also it's so funny to me that a couple of years ago it was a secret attraction you had to pay a tour guide to see and now they're just publishing the address

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 7h

deeply overpriced. most million dollar houses in the area at least have a garage.

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 7h

i have had a strange fleeting desire to try to walk to the pharmacy and i'm just picturing myself huffing and puffing and calling my spouse to come get me i hate my chronic illness

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 10h

*sighs at rx* do i want to pay $25 to not have to cut some weird shaped pills in half

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 23h

ok i need to write down 3 migraines this week i'm due a period and if my PMS now includes 3 days of migraines i was MUCH better off on the continuous hormones that supposedly raised my risk of migraines

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

interesting but it looks like it's a machine-knittable solution rather than a human knitting one

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Christopher R. Rice - The Raven Maniac @ravensnpennies.com · 09/10/2026

I need compensation for brain.

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

i mean yes but, i already know that on low enough energy i will eat one date and a small piece of cheese and go back to bed

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

i appreciate the urgent care that told me they didn't have the imaging i needed and to go to the ER, without checking me in and taking a copay first

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

thought "maybe i would be less frustrated if i stopped medicating the adhd on purpose and didn't have the motivation for all the things i'm too fatigued to do?" but, it's hard enough to manage eating medicated i think it would be bad if i gave up and sank into the morass of executive dysfunction

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

ahaha spouse annoyed i made them wait when i knew they'd be off work at 12 and i was like "i didn't wanna get out of bed idk if my body is trying to tell me something or???" Called 2 pharmacies and the doc office trying to chase down my adhd meds. THEN i diagnosed executive dysfunction. oops

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

ugh it's thursday why has the pharmacy not heard from the doc i saw on tuesday yet

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thanks for the info, I didn't realize how localized what had been told (by a firefighter at a public building) was until I went searching for sources at request just now

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

i've been meaning to read @tkingfisher.com's webcomic Digger, was confused so many randos were mentioning it lately.

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

i feel like it's fine to boggle but i am resisting the urge to submit corrections. they can know what i bought from them but I'm not giving them free extra data

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

mine thinks i "probably" live where i live and i'm like. amazon. you ship stuff to my home address regularly. what are you hedging about.

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

why does an online store that sells lots of stuff try to gauge preferences to advertise to you more stuff you might buy? golly gee no idea

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

honestly surprised there's not a "neurodivergent millennial lesbian" header in here somewhere. it didn't fit in the screenshot but there's also one about "consistently repurchases favorite food items" and i was like do people not???? ohhhh it's calling me an autistic same food eater

screenshot of jmtorres's amazon "About You" page, which features the following facts:
-built fiber arts toolkit over time
-craft and creative supplies
-selects ChiaoGoo for knitting cables
-actively pursues fiber arts and natural dyeing
-knits or crochets regularly
-has a cat

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

i went to an endodontist that gave you a channel menu and headphones so you could pick what you wanted to watch or listen to while they worked on you.

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the problem with enjoying horror podcasts is that they're not exactly comfort listening for bedtime

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

just had an absolutely bizarre actor bingo on x-files. andy robinson i only know your face in cardassian makeup and prosthetics but your voice is... distinctive

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"one BMI fatter" holy shit does this guy hear himself

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

the book i'm listening to right now is extremely interesting and relevant to me (it's breaking down microbiome stuff in inflammatory bowel patients in current chapter) and also treats obesity as a disease without nuance. i'm. struggling.

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

sigh body is shaking the migraine stick a me for doing too much

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

spouse wants to know the ones that weren't worth arguing. invader zim?

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I wonder if it's purely an answer gate? since "AI detector" are so wonky. Like if they say they detected AI, they hope actual AI users are ashamed enough to be like "i did yeah" and everyone else will be indignant like you, so answering "no I wrote it do you want old files?" is enough for approval

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

over the past several days: ☑️☑️dishes ☑️bed linens changed ☑️bed linens washed bed linens put away ⏹️laundry migration project ⏹️correspondence ☑️therapy ☑️shower ☑️☑️swim ☑️vaccines ☑️☑️shopping cobbler mushroom kopitas smear the cats with meds that looks better though i do keep adding on, eh

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

my watch rated my body battery at 70% this morning which is. not unprecedented but not since june. i did several house chores before the usual lunch and swim. post-swim it says 40%. That's been a start of day on *good* days the last few months. but do i feel different? idk. i guess better early?

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

watching late x-files for the first time since i lived in los angeles and yep i recognize this "bank"

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

oh dear i'm so sorry my comment was relevant but i'm glad i said it?

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

i'm sorry, i hope that works!

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

successful examples include: Carlo Rovelli's physics books, Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith about the evolution & potential consciousness of cephalopods, The First Signs by Genevieve von Petzinger about abstract symbols in ancient cave art

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

everyone tell me your favorite nonfiction book about something you think is cool (so, not something terrible like war crimes, but otherwise pretty open) i'm looking for audiobooks and have found the most relaxing thing is someone doing a deep dive on something they think is awesome

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

i've had protein, carbs, electrolytes, and naproxen. was i wrong and this is secretly a migraine despite dark not helping? fine let's throw the vasodilator at it

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

ok wth i have a headache that keeps getting worse. walked into a dark room and it flared. rubbed my scalp and ow.

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

i guess the relevant tip is check you meds and/or, if frustrated, don't hold it in, try screaming into a pillow?

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jmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

sigh, i wanted(!) to do stuff today but spouse didn't want to go out so now i'm laying around wondering what's wrong with me (i need to eat. what's wrong with me is i didn't eat enough breakfast bc we usually go out for lunch with a gym/errand trip)

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