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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This neighborhood in Mt. Komorebi!!! 🤩 Featuring Maya and Tyler, who are equally as delightful! 😍 #sims4 #showusyoursims #sweeties

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Happy October! Time to put out the bone zoo! Every year I add a new creature. The owl is new this year. #halloween

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Twilight skiing is the best skiing. ⛷️ #sims4 #showusyoursims

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Meet the Siberian long tailed tit, a tiny adorable fluffball with double eyelids. Original post

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Paralives @paralives.com · 30/09/2026

our artists have been working on expanding Paras’ wardrobe and hairstyles, here’s a sneak peek of new items coming later this year in our first major update ⋆. 𐙚 ˚

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My fearless adventurers have arrived in Mt. Komorebi! We're going to sightsee and team-build and sleep off our jet lag for a couple days before we attempt that mountain summit! Surely it will all be safe and well, because this is TS4 and nothing bad ever happens here, lol!

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... Um. I think reading this book might be kind of like gawking at a gruesome traffic wreck. Like: I shouldn’t, I’m certainly not enjoying it, but I’m gonna keep staring at it for a bit longer before I try to wash it out of my brain. 🫠 I liked her memoir though.

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Half His Age

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I’m Gl…

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

But that can't be the end of human book publishing, right? Readers still want human-written books, right??? I wonder, because these AI books wouldn't be topping the lists if someone wasn't paying money for them. And more and more, I just get the feeling that people don't enjoy reading as much. 😔

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I've been trying to psych myself up to finish another novel WIP and get back into the publishing waters, but then I take a peek at some writer/author circles... You guys, it's rough out there with AI books taking over the lists and everything. Every day I see authors saying they're giving up. 😭

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I did the same thing, took a break for almost a year! 😁 They had an update in August that added some things, so I got back on it! Such a gorgeous game, and so relaxing if you turn off the fights.

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I must be the last one to discover this game has an optional day/night cycle. 🙃 It is very pretty! #ManorLords

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Last swim of the year. The water is already getting chilly, and no chance of it getting any warmer after next week. The official last day of summer is tomorrow and Tuesday brings actual sweater weather temperatures. So NOW we can have pumpkin spice everything and bonfires. Happy fall! 🎃🔥🍂

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happy bee at Home Depot. 🐝

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Nice! I was using mods for this, but this will be a very necessary fix for rotational players!

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

From a raptors program NPS put on at a local park this weekend. It was so fun seeing them up close! Such pretty birds! 🤩 #wildlife #owls

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#ManorLords is so pretty! 😍 Just playing peaceful, farming my farms and trying to keep all these people fed.

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A+ camouflage, my chonky friend!

A chonky toad blends in with the dirt and pavement.

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My cherry tomatoes took forever to ripen, but when they finally did, they did all at the same time! 🤣

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This game is so beautiful and chill and relaxing! I can literally lose track of hours! #ManorLords

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

He is the star of the show so far! 😍

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Started a new story this week! "the best thing you never hoped for" is about Selena and Summer, two twenty-something roomies, one incredibly charming pup, and their problematic crush on the same guy. Can their friendship survive it? 😬 Start reading here: pixeldistractions.tumblr.com/post/8253229...

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

And yet he’s still alive. Fuck.

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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

She was such an incredible woman and model human being on this Earth. RIP Dolly. 😭

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Offline mode to the rescue! I often keep my game un-updated for 6 months at a time! 😆

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Kiddo goes back to school tomorrow! I can't wait for the peace and quiet, you guys! I'm gonna think and plan and write SO MUCH! I'm gonna weed my yard and work on house projects and get so much done! You know, until the usual fall sickness comes around... 😏

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I need to play this city more often. It's so funny! This sim is a 4-star celebrity DJ with plenty of money, and he's here barefoot digging in the trash! 😂🤣😂 #sims4 #showusyoursims #sanmyshuno

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Yes, I think I have that one too! I like to imagine which neighborhoods are local to some and far away from others.

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

MCCC is an absolute for me! Wicked or wonderful whims are both good. I like the preteens, RPO, and realistic childbirth mods too. TOOL if you’re into building/decorating. Those are the big ones for me, and anything else could come or go.

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

More birthdays for the Harris family! Lucy's little brother, Sam, is all grown up and headed off to college in the fall. And cousin Zach is a preteen! #sims4 #sims4legacy

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Lucy's littlest one is a toddler like her big sissy now! #sims4

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Behold! My bountiful harvest. 😂🤣😂 So I totally did not give these plants the space they needed to thrive. 2 of 5 stalks did not produce at all, and one more ear was sad, so I composted it. But hey, still gonna eat some corn! Like, enough for a snack or something? 😆

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Wow, that is such a cool plant! I'd say I need one, except I'd be sad when it inevitably died under my care. 😂🤣😂 As for Steph, nope, she's just an ordinary legacy sim whose grandfather was Castor Nova from the TS2 Uni EP, lol!

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Yum! They look amazing! Mine are still very green, lol! 😆

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It's a wedding! Photo mode goes a long way to making it look like your friends are watching the vows and actually care, lol! And one of my favorite things about this game is that high heels actually make your para noticeably taller, so you can tower over your man on your wedding day! 😂 #Paralives

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Now that is a cute baby! ❤️ (I guess I could give her some hair, but none of my RL babies ever had any hair until they were a year old, so I'm kind of partial to baldy babies, lol!) #Paralives

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Found in Winchester, VA. Inside a silo! Also, only just noticed the artist is my age and has a death year. 😭 (Museum of the Shenandoah Valley)

Art installation inside a silo, ironwork birds and clouds turn on wind power.

Silo Skyline, 2020
Ironwork and fabrication by Andrew White (American, 1981-2023) with Jack McAllister (American, b. 1938)
Engineering and mechanical construction by Brett Phillips, Crider & Phillips, LLC
Iron, aluminum, aluminum mesh, steel, paint
Conceived and commissioned by Dr. Jack McAllister; funded by Jack and Jane McAllister

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Awesome! This was on my wishlist!

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Good camouflage, my little friend!

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Ha ha, and the forecast got even worse since I posted this. 😂🤣😂 Now calling for storms on the last day, too. It's okay. I got a refund and we'll go there some other time.

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Hopefully another time would be good! The spot we were planning on would make a very nice fall trip, in the mountains of Pennsylvania. The trees would be gorgeous!

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

But what is even up with all this rain? Was there some hurricane I didn't hear about??? 🤔

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The dates I booked for a camping trip. 😭😭😭 Yeah, I think we might sit this one out. I don't even hate the rain, honestly. If it was just me and hubby, it would be a whole different story. But stuck in a camper with bored kids for a week? All that mud. All that damp. No thanks.

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This! The em dashes were ours first!!!

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Paralives @paralives.com · 28/07/2026

we heard you loud and clear… the babies needed some work! here’s a sneak peek of their updated look, coming soon in our next patch on August 10th (๑ > ᴗ < ๑)

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Laura @lakesidelaura.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Ah, I love how easy it is to do custom family photos on the wall in this game! 🤩 #Paralives

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