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Laurie Ruettimann

@laurieruettimann.com
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 01/08/2025
So I’ll probably just post some cat photos over here.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 04/07/2025
Popping in on this fella named Banjo over the holiday. Yesterday we cleaned out all the toys I could reach under his sofa. Look at how proud he is. Teamwork makes the dream work! #catsky
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 04/06/2025
Today I reached peak LinkedIn with this Boffo The Bear connection request. Nothing explains how stupid this world has become since 2009. It’s not the phones, it’s not the social networks, I think it’s a virus.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 02/06/2025
I asked ChatGPT to be my best friend and tell me all the good things about my personality because I’m insecure. It told me I am being a huge dork and go spend time with people who love me. So I did. #AISky
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 29/05/2025
Infuriating. #TravelSky
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 24/05/2025
You don’t need to risk your job, your family, or your peace to push back. Gene Sharp showed us how ordinary people can resist authoritarianism without burning it all down. Here’s how to start. laurieruettimann.com/authoritaria... #activistsky
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 16/05/2025
If it’s Friday, I deadlift and eat free fries at @mcdonaldsjp.bsky.social!
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 14/05/2025
Roxy and I are talking to a couple thousand global employees about how they are ready for more from life. Not work. Life. No, I’m not Mel Robbins. I’m not even Tony Robbins. I am correct.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 13/05/2025
Sorry, I can’t come to your business event unless you pay my full fee. My cat Roxy has an obstruction in her bile duct and is in liver failure. We had an ultrasound but can’t do a biopsy. Anesthesia might kill her. Time is limited with this one. Every day is precious.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 06/05/2025
Me lately, asking a lot from my trazodone. #MetGala
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 04/05/2025
My face blew off. #fontainesDC #Raleigh
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 27/02/2025
Canceled a meeting today to donate cat food to a local pet pantry—zero regrets. Safe Haven for Cats is running on empty, which tells me people are running on empty. When families struggle, their pets do too. If you can, please donate. Helping animals is helping people. 🔗 www.safehavenforcats.org
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 22/02/2025
If Trump thinks Ukrainian Americans will give an inch to Putin, he has sorely miscalculated them. This protest in Chicago is loud and packed along the river. And it’s really just getting started. #SlavaUkraini
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 20/02/2025
I am doing the best I can.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 18/02/2025
Happy #presidentsday.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 14/02/2025
For about a year, my cat Roxy has been battling high liver enzymes and extreme nausea. We’ve done a lot for her, she’s had a several diagnostic procedures. We’re back to pumping her full of steroids, which seems to be helping. This kid is my best friend. I’m glad she’s a fighter! 💥 🥊
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 13/02/2025
I just got noticed that Dr. Elsey’s cat attract litter has been discontinued. I’m about to riot.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 12/02/2025
If you had a colonoscopy and didn’t post about it, was it even real? (Omg it was so real. All good.)
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 08/02/2025
Okay, so I talked to students of the UVA Darden Executive MBA program and tried not to be a Debbie Downer while saying—hey, you can’t fight city hall. Do your best. Then go home and be with your people. I think it went ok. They asked great questions, and I got some coffee. Not a bad Saturday!
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 08/02/2025
Board meeting over beignets with @scottsantens.com! #UBI
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 04/02/2025
Pretty good view!
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 03/02/2025
I hate everything about this timeline so much except for my cats.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 02/02/2025
I am also perplexed and missed the part of the story where Canada did something to America except this. abcnews.go.com/Politics/can...
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 02/02/2025
Oh, we’re doing this now? Cool.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 29/01/2025
AMA about avoiding work.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 27/01/2025
My favorite Internet dog Norbert passed away. My heart is so sad for his family. He was a good little guy and made a difference to so many. There is something good about social media. It’s animals. It’s always animals. www.instagram.com/p/DFVulday7_...
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 27/01/2025
Start of week two in this hellscape and gas is up in NC.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 27/01/2025
My cat Spicy lives for Sunday nights. We fold laundry on the bed and she sits on our clean clothes. Good thing I’m not allergic. (Oh shit! I am! Oh well.)
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 24/01/2025
Normal people with #longcovid: can’t breathe, can’t walk, eyes are bleeding. My version: I can’t smell my own body odor, coffee, or my cat Spicy’s breath. Thankfully, science has an answer—and it’s this smell training kit!
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 19/01/2025
I just got an email addressed to “laurieruettimanns” and it’s the highlight of my weekend.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 13/01/2025
The first edition hardcover of my book came out four years ago yesterday. It was in the middle of a pandemic and six days after an insurrection. The book did great and got a second edition. I hope you get a chance to read it. laurieruettimann.com/books/bettin...
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 10/01/2025
We are supposed to get snow in Raleigh tonight. It’s been 1077 days. I can go 1000 more. We had a huge snowstorm once when @jennifermcclure.bsky.social and I were in Istanbul, and the memes are still legend. Hope everybody stays home. This town is not built for precipitation.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 08/01/2025
It’s my birthday and I’m raising funds and awareness to fight lung disease. 🎉 🫁 Learn more here: www.instagram.com/reel/DEko1ao... Thanks for your support!
Laurie Ruettimann at her desk in a selfie image
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 09/12/2024
Mondays are for cleaning out Spicy’s fridge haul.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 09/12/2024
Had a great 14 hours in Baton Rouge at a birthday party. You’re like — whoa, that’s an insane trip. Yes, it was. But Auntie Laurie shows up for shit. It’s what I do!
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 08/12/2024
It’s an effective way to write! www.instagram.com/reel/CtSoCW3...
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 08/12/2024
I do my best writing on planes, so it’s a good thing I packed my power cord but not my laptop.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 04/12/2024
I took my brother to prom.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 24/11/2024
One of the best little day trips from Raleigh is a drive to Seagrove, NC. It’s the pottery capital of the world. We went today and bought a new piece for fun. If you ever come to see me, we’ll go! discoverseagrove.com/events-all/
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 22/11/2024
I grew up with cats and dogs and have not lived without a cat since I was 17 and went to college. (That’s 32 years ago.) This current cohort, Roxy & Spicy, are the two that have personalities closest to me. The love on their terms, they are princesses, and they hate to pose for photos.
Black cat in boxTortie cat with green eyes on a bed
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 21/11/2024
Barbie’s first job: Target. Ken’s first job: Target executive missing third-quarter revenue and profit estimates because of junk products like this.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 19/11/2024
Meeting between the meetings.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 19/11/2024
When I was a kid, we would go to the post office and feel so grown-up. I still feel that way today. It must be because of all that liberal USPS propaganda.
Boy playing with a US post office simulation toy
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 15/11/2024
I got influenced. This book better fix everything.
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Laurie Ruettimann @laurieruettimann.com · 15/11/2024
Costco has mf beets ??? for a free sample and I think I’m gonna riot.
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